Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 10/07

20070250468 - Relevancy-based domain classification: A domain classifier develops and maintains relevance data about specific domains based on historical relevance data and source context data. Such data may be used to classify the user's interest in attempting to visit a specific domain and thereby redirect the user to a website expected to be aligned with... Agent: Hensley Kim & Holzer, LLC

20070250467 - Systems and methods for targeted content delivery: The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems and methods directed to tiered delivery of content to viewers. At each tier of the delivery process, content providers and/or authors may modify and/or customize a portion of the content based, at least in part, on tags associated with the content and user... Agent: Fish & NeaveIPGroup Ropes & Gray LLP

20070250476 - Approximate nearest neighbor search in metric space: A metric space search method can include building a tree data structure representing a database and providing the metric space. The tree can include one or more nodes each having a cluster of one or more data points. Each cluster can have a center data point. During the building of... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070250475 - Computer system and method for reducing power consumption of storage system: A disk rotation control part for controlling the rotations of a plurality of disk devices is provided. The configuration is such that a disk of a disk device for which an access will not be generated is rotated at a second rate of speed, which is faster than 0, and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070250485 - Apparatus and method of generating document: An apparatus receives an instruction indicating a time when a query for the data acquisition is to be executed. The apparatus executes the query at the time indicated in the received instruction, and generates a document using data acquired from the execution of the query.... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070250490 - Data processing unit: A data processing unit includes: a data storage section; a data acquisition section that acquires the dates of multiple date items including date attributes; a date representing section that represents the dates of data in such a manner that the lapse of months from January to December is expressed circumferentially... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070250482 - Method and apparatus for document matching: Documents written using a markup language such as XML may be decomposed into Path and Parent Associated Node (PPAN) elements, each of which is a linear data structure that includes the content of a node, the parent-child relationship of the node, and the path level of the node. A number... Agent: John C. Gorecki, Esq.

20070250488 - Method and system for creating search result list: A method and system for creating a search result list, which can simplify a system configuration by searching a single database for search information, and also can display search information on a plurality of display areas with only one keyword purchase. According to the present invention, there may be provided... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP

20070250487 - Method and system for managing single and multiple taxonomies: A system and method may include retrieving a first taxonomy comprising at least one first category and one or more second taxonomies, at least one second category being associated with at least one of the one or more second taxonomies. The system and method may further include creating a new... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070250494 - Enhancing multilingual data querying: In one aspect, a method for multilingual data querying includes receiving a request for a query. The query includes a base word in a source language used for a search of a database in a target language. The method further includes applying the request to factors, selecting components based on... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070250493 - Multilingual data querying: In one aspect, a method for multilingual data querying, includes determining a word ontology of a base word in a source language, generating a set of words representing the word ontology of the base word, translating at least a subset of the set of words into a target language and... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070250492 - Visual search experience editor: This document describes, among other things, a visual search experience editor for providing a tailored search experience to one or more end-users. In certain examples, the editor provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWIG)-type interface, so that an administrative user can see what the tailored search experience will look like to the end-user.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070250516 - Member centric information dissemination system: A member centric information dissemination system in which individuals may easily join and participate in multiple, unrelated groups. Individuals may maintain all or some of their contact information private, and they have the ability to set rules for each group on how and when information may be disseminated to them.... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20070250515 - Method and system of securing content and destination of digital download via the internet: Methods and system of securing content and a destination of downloaded data may include a remote server comprising an executable file generator module operable to generate a customized file comprising requested map information and a data marker locking the map information to a predetermined end user device. The file generator... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070250466 - Method and system for generating an analytical report including a contextual knowledge panel: Described is a method and system for producing and displaying a required analytical report based on user-determined rule-set, selectively including contextual information that is specifically linked to the analytical report. Certain report-attributes, e.g., role ID, subscriber ID, and report ID/what-if ID, which are characteristic of the required report, are inputted... Agent: GlobalIPServices, PLLC

20070250469 - Efficient storage and search of word lists and other text: A computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying machine-readable digital data arranged to facilitate expedited searching. The data includes a plurality of words residing in a table having rows and columns, each word residing in a different row and each letter of the word occupying a different column in that row.... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070250470 - Parallelization of language-integrated collection operations: The subject disclosure pertains to implicitly and adaptively parallelizing program language-integrated operations comprising queries and the like. In particular, a parallel execution plan can be generated and/or selected based on static information surrounding operations. The plan can be augmented subsequently or concurrently based on dynamic information concerning the operations, machine... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070250472 - Query condition building using predefined query objects: A method, system and article of manufacture for query processing and, more particularly, for managing execution of a query against data in a database. One embodiment comprises receiving a query having (i) at least one result field configured to return data from at least one data record included with the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070250477 - Ranking and clustering of geo-located objects: A method of updating information stored in an index associated with spatially-related objects is discussed. The method includes accessing a hierarchical multi-level index having leaf nodes containing information about an object and non-leaf nodes storing information about a number of nodes related to the non-leaf nodes, adding a representation of... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070250471 - Running xpath queries over xml streams with incremental predicate evaluation: A method that eagerly evaluates predicates of XPath queries over XML document nodes for a set of commonly known functions and operators (including arithmetic, general comparison, value comparison, Boolean operators, etc.) without materializing sequences is discussed. Such eager evaluation of predicates reduces the amount of buffer space required since evaluation... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20070250474 - System and method for implementing flash forward queries: A system, method, and computer-usable medium for implementing flash forward queries. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a database predictive manager receives a specification of at least one database structure as a candidate for a flash forward query, which predicts a condition of the at least one... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070250473 - Use of materialized transient views in query optimization: Methods and systems for integrating use of materialized transient views into generation of an optimized query execution plan. Features and aspects hereof provide rapid identification of common expressions in a query as transient view candidates and then rapidly select among the transient view candidates for those transient views that most... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070250486 - Document date as a ranking factor for crawling: 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

20070250480 - Incremental update scheme for hyperlink database: A database of hyperlinks, stored in a hyperlink store or distributed across multiple machines such as a scalable hyperlink store, may be incrementally updated. When data is added, instead of modifying an existing data store, a hierarchy of data stores is built. The data stores are merged together, such that... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070250491 - Method for referencing image data: A method for referencing image data. Preferred methods include methods for linking, characterizing, searching, and navigating the image data, as aids to reviewing the image data.... Agent: Birdwell & Janke, LLP

20070250483 - Methods for virally forwarding a search in a social networking system: A computer-implemented method for executing a search in a social networking application is disclosed. In one aspect, a social networking application facilitates the initiation of a search, based on user-provided search criteria. In addition, the social networking application generates a list of persons to recommend to the searcher, for forwarding... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070250484 - Perception research system and method: A perception research system and method is configured to combine aspects of both quantitative research and qualitative research. The perception research system includes a user interface that allows users to interact with the system based in part on the graphical nature of the user interface to form qualitative associations between... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070250481 - Projected business objects: A computer-readable medium including instructions for performing a method for implementing a reusable template entity within a software system. The method includes retrieving a template entity from a repository in response to a request, wherein the template entity contains a plurality of elements related to a plurality of roles associated... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070250489 - Query meaning determination through a grid service: A method, system, and program for query meaning determination through a grid service are provided. A search service within a grid environment receives a free text string as a search query, wherein the free text string includes multiple specifications. The search service controls distribution of the free text string to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070250479 - System and method for facilitating collaborative generation of life stories: Content that has been entered by a user for one purpose is used to generate new content for the user's life story collection. This facilitates the generation of relevant content in a life story collection system. In one example, a user enters a text narrative of a life story and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070250478 - Visual search experience editor: This document describes, among other things, a visual search experience editor for providing a tailored search experience to one or more end-users. In certain examples, the editor provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWIG)-type interface, so that an administrative user can see what the tailored search experience will look like to the end-user.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070250498 - Determining related terms based on link annotations of documents belonging to search result sets: Techniques for automatically focusing searches conducted by a search engine are provided. According to one aspect, revised query terms are automatically generated based on text in links that are in incoming (and/or outgoing) link lists associated with documents that are referenced in initial search results generated based on initial query... Agent: Hickman Palmero Truong & Becker LLP/ Yahoo! Inc.

20070250502 - Method and device for efficiently ranking documents in a similarity graph: A method, device and computer program product for determining an importance score for a document D in a document set by exploiting a similarity matrix/graph S or subgraph S'.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070250495 - Method and system for accessing referenced information: A method and system are provided for accessing referenced information from non-hyperlink references (232) in a text document (214). Key data (260) identifying the referenced information is extracted from a reference (232) in the text document (214). A search (206) is requested for the referenced information using the key data... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070250499 - Method and system for finding data objects within large data-object libraries: Various embodiments of the present invention include a method for searching or browsing data objects within a data-object library. A current sub-population of data objects is initialized. The current sub-population contains data objects selected from the data-object library and defined by current data-object-selection criteria. Then, in a continuously iterating fashion,... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20070250500 - Multi-directional and auto-adaptive relevance and search system and methods thereof: The multi-directional and auto-adaptive relevance and search methods hereof are capable of clustering information and users in ways that allow for higher quality search results to be provided to all the users of the system. As part of the operation of the search engine, both information pages and users are... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070250503 - Querying markup language data sources using a relational query processor: An XML wrapper queries an XML document in an on-the-fly manner so that only parent nodes in the document that satisfy the query are extracted and then unnested. The parent nodes and associated descendent nodes are located using XPath expressions contained as options in data definition language (DDL) statements. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20070250501 - Search result delivery engine: A method of delivering search results may include segmenting a query to obtain one or more word groups, such as nGrams, analyzing each word group to determine a degree of relatedness between that word group and a group of Internet websites related to each other by a common factor, for... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070250497 - Semantic reconstruction: Determining a semantic relationship is disclosed. Source content is received. Cluster analysis is performed at least in part by using at least a portion of the source content. At least a portion of a result of the cluster analysis is used to determine the semantic relationship between two or more... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Apple Computer, Inc.

20070250496 - System and method for organizing recorded events using character tags: A computer system organizes text narratives and images about events using character tags, which are tags that are defined by users with respect to those persons that are depicted in the text narratives and images. Each character tag is associated with either a user profile or a pseudo-profile. A pseudo-profile... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070250504 - Office system content prediction based on regular expression pattern analysis: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for content prediction. Differences between a sample set of cells and a target set of cells are compared to identify a pattern based on regular expression analysis. A preview of content prediction changes is presented for a user selection. Content... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070250505 - Method and apparatus for defining a workflow: An apparatus and method are disclosed for defining a workflow. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device can have a controller programmed to organize one or more active objects selected from a content source according to a plurality of operational paradigms... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070250507 - Electronic file sharing: A system includes a server and a source client executable on a first electronic device in communication with the server. The source client is operable to send a file to the server. The system further includes a recipient client executable on a second electronic device in communication with the server.... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070250506 - Tracking and editing a resource in a real-time collaborative session: A method and system for tracking and editing a resource in a real-time collaborative session is provided. A collaboration system provides real-time collaborative sessions between participants. When a participant in a collaboration session uploads a non-editable copy of a resource for viewing in the collaborative session, the collaboration system records... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070250508 - Organizational reference data and entitlement system: A system including a centralized organizational information system in communication with a centralized organizational information database. The system also includes a federated set of entitlements engines in communication with the centralized organizational information system and a plurality of entitlement databases, wherein each of the entitlements engines is for determining whether... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070250509 - User interface for machine aided authoring and translation: A user interface and associated methods for machine aided authoring and translation is provided. The user interface can display strings and associated metadata to assist with authoring and translations. The metadata can be used to mark the strings. The metadata can include one or more constraints which correspond to evaluation... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070250514 - Browsing and monitoring the web through learning and ingemination: Information retrieval and consumption from the web is becoming the fundamental way we manage our lives, business and leisure. To simplify retrieving information of our interest, a lot of research has been done in the area of web crawlers, or “bots” that navigate the web automatically, read web pages, and... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070250510 - Dynamic rss services: An Internet browser application is arranged to automatically display an RSS feed. When a web page is requested, if the Internet browser is selected to be in an RSS feed mode, the Internet browser detects for an RSS feed for the requested web page. If the RSS feed is detected,... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070250513 - File caching: A system and method for publishing a file on a network is disclosed. A caching service is disclosed that reduces the load on the publisher's server by publishing that the file is at a fictitious network location. Requests directed to the fictitious location are received by the caching service and... Agent: James J. Decarlo Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070250511 - Method and system for entering search queries: Method and apparatus for entering search queries are disclosed. The method includes presenting a web page, wherein the web page includes at least a story and a thumbnail image associated with the story, dragging the thumbnail image to a search box on the web page, releasing the thumbnail image to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070250512 - Video interactivity via connectivity through a conditional access system: Methods and systems for accessing DVD off-disc content using a broadband conditional access network are described. In one embodiment, content is read from optical media and based on that content, a request is initiated to a conditional access network interface for content not stored on the optical media. Content is... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070250519 - Distributed differential store with non-distributed objects and compression-enhancing data-object routing: One embodiment of the present invention provides a distributed, differential electronic-data storage system that includes client computers, component data-storage systems, and a routing component. Client computers direct data objects to component data-storage systems within the distributed, differential electronic-data storage system. Component data-storage systems provide data storage for the distributed, differential... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070250517 - Method and apparatus for autonomically maintaining latent auxiliary database structures for use in executing database queries: A latent auxiliary database structure constructed for executing a query is automatically saved for reuse in subsequent query execution instances. The latent auxiliary database structure is not maintained concurrently with changes to records in the database tables. If a query execution strategy is subsequently invoked which uses the latent auxiliary... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070250518 - Method and system for correlating location information of a server: A method and system for correlating location information of a server. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a method that includes causing a node to obtain correlation of a first address of at least one target server with a second address of the at least one target server... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070250523 - Computer systems and methods for automatic generation of models for a dataset: A method of automatically generating models from a dataset includes multiple steps. First, a description of a view of a dataset is provided. The description includes multiple fields associated with the dataset. Next, a set of properties is determined for each of the multiple fields. Finally, the description is automatically... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070250521 - Surrogate hashing: Surrogate hashing is described, including running a hashing algorithm against a portion of a file to generate a hash value, determining whether the hash value is substantially similar to a stored hash value associated with another portion of another file, the portion and the another portion being standardized, and identifying... Agent: Kokka & Hsu, PC

20070250520 - System and method for managing web applications: A method, system and article of manufacture for processing requests in web applications and, more particularly, for processing requests between two different applications. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method of processing a copy request in a distributed environment including at least a first and a second application. The method comprises... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070250522 - System and method for organizing, compressing and structuring data for data mining readiness: Systems and methods for performing data mining in a set of binary data arranged as a plurality of data items in which each data item has a plurality of bits, each bit in a corresponding one of a plurality of bit positions. The set of binary data is arranged in... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A. 4800 Ids Center

20070250530 - Method and apparatus for displaying content list: A method and apparatus are provided for displaying a content list for conveniently searching content. A method of displaying a content list classified into a plurality of categories, the method includes displaying a first content list on a screen; receiving a command; and displaying a second content list on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070250529 - Method for automatically generating a dynamic digital metadata record from digitized hardcopy media: The present disclosure relates to automatically generating a dynamic set of metadata from digitized hardcopy media. The technique includes scanning the image side and non-image side of a plurality of hardcopy media. A dynamic digital metadata record of each of the plurality of hardcopy media is created and used for... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070250527 - Mechanism for abridged indexes over xml document collections: Techniques are provided for indexing XML documents using abridged indexes. According to one embodiment, a value index is created for each node of an XML documents as specified by one or more criteria. The criteria are used to determine one or more paths of XML documents. For each path specified,... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070250524 - Method and apparatus for workload and model based materialized query table or view recommendation technique: A computer implemented method for generating data for a database. A plurality of slices are identified within the database. The plurality of slices are described using metadata for the database. A set of slices are selected from the plurality of slices based a policy to form a selected set of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070250528 - Methods for processing formatted data: A method for generating metadata for processing by various processing components is provided. Source data is obtained and compiled into metadata. The metadata can include one or more constraints which correspond to evaluation criteria and one or more anchor points. Operations may be performed on a string utilizing the metadata.... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070250525 - Model-based event processing: Model-based event processing is described. In an embodiment, a model of a system includes managed entities and relationships between the managed entities. Events associated with the managed entities are identified and determined to be correlated if the managed entities with which the events are associated have a relationship according to... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070250531 - System and method of web browser-based document and content management: A method and system for managing documents and content is provided. The method and system can include a management application hosted in a data center and access to the management application for a user in a remote location. The access can be provided by way of a web browser over... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070250526 - Using speech to text functionality to create specific user generated content metadata for digital content files (eg images) during capture, review, and/or playback process: A method for adding user defined metadata to digital files (eg images, video music, etc) is disclosed. The input method for the user-defined metadata consists of using speech to text conversion technology where the user speaks a description of the content, which is then included as metadata with the digital... Agent: Michael Scott Hanna

20070250532 - Method for automatically generating a dynamic digital metadata record from digitized hardcopy media: The present disclosure relates to automatically generating a dynamic set of metadata from digitized hardcopy media. The technique includes scanning the image side and non-image side of a plurality of hardcopy media. A dynamic digital metadata record of each of the plurality of hardcopy media is created and used for... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070250535 - Image forming apparatus, job setting support method, and job setting support program: The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a storage unit storing therein a database that contains a plurality of setting value strings of executed jobs. Here, each setting value string (i) indicates a setting condition used in a corresponding executed job, and (ii) includes setting values, each of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070250539 - Modular system for optimizing knowledge yield in the digital workplace: A networked computer system, architecture, and method are provided for optimizing human and intellectual capital in the digital workplace environment.... Agent: Mark A. Montgomery

20070250536 - Content start control device: The content start instruction reception unit 201 of the content start control device 100 receives a start instruction for a content, and sends the content ID of the content to the license information verification unit 211. The license information verification unit 211 obtains information on whether or not a license... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070250537 - Method of matching the contents of a container with information pertaining to its use: A method and apparatus for matching the contents of a container with information pertaining to its use. In an embodiment, the method is used for matching a beverage with a meal. The method comprises providing an identification of a given one of the beverage and the meal, the identification defining... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070250533 - Method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for generating or updating a metadata of a multimedia file: A system, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program product for generating and/or updating a metadata of a multimedia file are provided. The system comprises a storage device for storing the multimedia file and the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an extraction unit for extracting storage information of the multimedia... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070250538 - System and method for monitoring and displaying database performance information: A system and method for monitoring and displaying database parameters and performance metrics is provided. The database parameters and performance metrics are displayed on a streaming ticker. The streaming ticker indicates when the parameters and performance metrics change and when the parameters and performance metrics are out of specified ranges.... Agent: Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP

20070250534 - Virtual jukebox music system and method: A virtual jukebox music system includes a music database stored in a removable hard drive, a music creator module, a music player module, and a music selector module. The music creator module is connected to a CD drive, an input module, and a first computer readable medium for storing a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070250543 - Differential data managing apparatus: A differential data managing apparatus includes: a comparison display section which displays data items in each of databases in a tree structure, and displays the data items that are different with each other between the databases as differential data items distinguishably from the other data items; Portable Document Format (PDF)... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070250540 - A computer system with file attribute extension: A computer OS with an extended file attribute (EFA) is proposed to extend, without modifying a legacy virtual file system, the legacy file attribute of legacy files where each legacy file includes a file content and a legacy file attribute. The OS has a file attribute extension mechanism for adding... Agent: Chein-hwa S. Tsao

20070250544 - File management apparatus, file management method, and program: Disclosed herein is a file management apparatus including, a table management section, a file name display control section, a file access control section, and a mode switching section.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20070250541 - Information generating apparatus and information generating program: In a CPU 11 within a PC 10 as an information generating apparatus are provided, a seed information acquiring section that acquires as seed information, from an source file, at least one of a data string within said file and the file size, a code generating section that generates a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070250542 - Method and apparatus for editing a production data store by shadowing content: Improvements in the creation, maintenance and management of web based information are provided. A development environment conducive to separation of tasks and data, works in combination with the means to present views of changed information for approval to users. Data from file systems and database systems can be combined to... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (customer No.w/ibm/svl)

20070250545 - Computer implemented method for transforming an event notification within a database notification infrastructure: A computer implemented method for automatically transforming an event notification within a database notification infrastructure based on client specified formatting and/or editing procedures. The method includes transforming the event notification having a format compatible with a database using a client specific format conversion procedure into a client-compatible event notification format.... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070250546 - Burn log files: A system and method for simplification of burning log files onto an external medium is disclosed. Specifically, a computing system records log files relating to any system processes and the log files are selected to be transferred to an external media. The log files stored on the external media may... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070250547 - Log preservation method, and program and system thereof: An agent program 141 stores a log file in a storage device 150. By controlling an access to the storage device 150 according to volume management information 153, the storage device 150 prevents the log file from being updated. A manager program 142 communicates with the agent program 141 to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070250550 - Systems and methods of providing versioned user information to an entity: Systems and methods of providing versioned user information to an entity. A media is configured to be provided by a user to an entity. Versioned user information comprising information about the user is associated with a first key, the first key at least partially based on an identity of the... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070250549 - Updating of objects in object-based control systems: Embodiments of the invention are directed towards providing safe updating of objects in a computerized object-based system for process and manufacturing control. Some methods in some embodiments of methods may include providing a production environment within the system comprising operative versions of computer objects and at least one related engineering... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070250548 - Systems and methods for displaying a cellular abnormality: In accordance with the principles of the invention, methods, systems, and computer-readable mediums are provided for processing image data representing cellular analysis result data including accessing image data; generating an intensity histogram based on the image data; transforming the intensity histogram into a stepped image; performing normalized cross-correlation between the... Agent: Beckman Coulter, Inc.

20070250551 - Architecture for supporting sparse volumes: An architecture, including a file-level protocol, for supporting sparse volumes on a storage system is provided. The file-level protocol provides coherency checking for use in retrieving data stored on a backing store remote from a storage system.... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070250553 - Copy process substituting compressible bit pattern for any unqualified data objects: A copy procedure detects qualified data objects in a body of source data, and copies the source data to a target storage unit except for unqualified data objects, which are replaced with a prescribed bit pattern. Following completion of the backup, a record is prepared indicating that all data objects... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070250552 - System and method for caching network file systems: A network caching system has a multi-protocol caching filer coupled to an origin server to provide storage virtualization of data served by the filer in response to data access requests issued by multi-protocol clients over a computer network. The multi-protocol caching filer includes a file system configured to manage a... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070244851 - System and method for interacting with visual surrogates for real world objects: The present invention relates to systems and methods for facilitating the interaction with data using interactive data structures. The method of the present invention comprises generating one or more objects associated with one or more items of content. The one or more objects are combined to form an interactive data... Agent: Dreier LLP

20070244871 - Data store list generation and management: Techniques for data store list generation and management are provided. A user supplies criteria for a list via a graphical user interface tool. The criteria are used to generate a query, and the query when executed against a data store produces results representing the list. The list may then be... Agent: James M. Stover Ncr Corporation

20070244861 - Knowledge management tool: A document processor for use with an indexing application comprising: a content extractor proxy that implements a pre-defined programmatic interface for content extractors; a data store; and an extended document metadata processor; wherein: the content extractor proxy receives a signal from the indexing application identifying a target document; and the... Agent: Sonnabendlaw

20070244867 - Knowledge management tool: A document processor for use with an indexing application comprising: a content extractor proxy that implements a pre-defined programmatic interface for content extractors; a data store; and an extended document metadata processor; wherein: the content extractor proxy receives a signal from the indexing application identifying a target document; and the... Agent: Sonnabendlaw

20070244872 - Systems and methods for internet searching: Systems and methods are provided for a brand search ecosystem accessed via a network including a database of brands and branded products, locations, features, and services with input on business rules, algorithms, and information from brandholders and/or providing economic incentive payments to participants in the brand search ecosystem. The brand... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070244883 - Analytics based generation of ordered lists, search engine fee data, and sitemaps: Systems and methods are described that provide for generating ordered search results based on dynamic web analytics data that allows a resulting list of records that is responsive to a query to be ranked in a fashion that improves user satisfaction and conversion success rate. The system interrogates a target... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070244882 - Document management system and method: Provided are a document management system and method. The document management system including a database storing documents and a document classification unit for automatically classifying the documents stored in the database, wherein the document classification unit comprises a feature extraction module extracting features based on a keyword included in the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070244884 - Method for ranking webpages via circuit simulation: In one embodiment, a method for ranking webpages is provided. The method includes generating a web circuit model having a node representing each webpage. The model is simulated to identify the potential at each node. The webpages can then be ranked according to the potentials of the nodes to which... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20070244881 - System, method and user interface for retrieving documents: Provided is a system of retrieving a document. The system includes a DB storing a document, a document feature writing unit, a query input unit, a keyword extraction unit, a weighting unit, a document retrieving unit, and an output unit. The document feature writing unit extracts attribute information of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070244887 - Systems and methods for discovering frequently accessed subtrees: A method for discovering frequently accessed subtrees, performed by an electronic apparatus, comprises the following steps. A request is received from a source. A global prefix tree (GPT) comprising multiple traversal paths is acquired, each traversal path representing one of a plurality of frequently accessed subtrees. A response comprising the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070244899 - Automatic folder access management: Methods and systems are provided for decentralizing user data access rights control activities in networked organizations having diverse access control models and file server protocols. A folder management application enables end users of the file system to make requests for access to storage elements, either individually, or by becoming members... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd. Gerald T. Shekleton

20070244906 - Collaborative content generation system and method: The present invention discloses a system and method for managing the collaborative generation of content for an electronic document such as software applications, computer programs and the like. A source content item (42) is created at a source development environment (32) and accessed over a network (102) by a plurality... Agent: Clause Eight Intellectual Property Services

20070244903 - Collectively managing media bookmarks: A method, system, and program are provided for collectively managing media bookmarks. A bookmark management system uploads user specified bookmarks designating play locations with media items from media systems and stores the bookmarks in a searchable database. The bookmark management system stores bookmarks in the searchable database according to at... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20070244905 - Computer-readable recording medium containing application management program, and method and apparatus for application management: A computer-readable recording medium containing an application management program for automatically performing version management to surely manage versions of a client application that communicates with a server application. A communication request monitor acquires a communication request issued from a terminal device to a server, and extracts version information of a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070244848 - Apparatus and method for routing composite objects to a report server: A computer readable medium stores computer executable instructions to receive a collection of composite objects. An aggregate dataset that includes a portion of the contents of object instances in the collection of objects is created. The aggregate dataset is passed to a report server. A report that includes data from... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070244852 - Database query processing method and system: An approach to reuse of database query functions using a set of “intelligent” fetch functions, one for each object in the application, in such a way that each function is able to locate the right occurrence of the database table from which it must fetch the data, then fetching the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070244849 - Method and system for access and display of data from large data sets: A method and system for accessing and display of data records from large data sets. The method includes defining a plurality of boundaries to logically partition the large data set into a plurality of buckets in accordance with a predefined sort order. The sort order is based on data stored... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070244850 - Perfect multidimensional spatial hashing: A multidimensional hash table is created based on a data source having sparse multidimensional data. The sparse source data is mapped into the hash table using a hash function. The hash function can be defined by accessing multidimensional values in an offset table. The offset values in the offset table... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070244873 - Associative search engine: This invention relates to an advertisement machine which provides advertisements to a user searching for desired information within a data network. The machine receives, from a user, a search request including a search argument corresponding to the desired information and searches, based upon the received search argument, a first database... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070244870 - Automatic search for similarities between images, including a human intervention: The present invention proposes a method and a device for improving the relevance of images shown to a user during an image search phase in an indexing engine. The method includes firstly a step of evaluation by a user of the method or the device of the relevance or the... Agent: Thomas Langer Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane

20070244855 - Determining searchable criteria of network resources based on a commonality of content: A method, article of manufacture, apparatus for determining keywords to be used by a search engine. In one embodiment, a list of hyperlinks contained in an electronic document is identified by a searching program. The searching program then accesses the resource content (e.g., HTML) from each resource pointed to by... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070244857 - Generating an index for a network search engine: A method of generating a TrafficRank index for a network search engine is described. The method includes monitoring network traffic through a network device. The method further uses the monitored traffic information to generate and maintain a TrafficRank index. The invention extends to a method of generating search results, including... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070244868 - Internet book marking and search results delivery: A method of enhancing search results provided over the Internet may include providing a service over the Internet to members of a group of service users, the service resulting in multiple selections of each of a plurality of web pages by different members of the group, maintaining a first database... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20070244856 - Media search scope expansion: In response to the user query of a first data source, the first data source is search and search results, if any, are displayed. In addition, a second data source is searched using the same or a similar query and the results, if any, are displayed.... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070244853 - Method and computer for responding to a query: A method of, and a computer for, processing a query. The method includes receiving the query in a first language at a computerized messaging device, the first language being one of different languages. A template in the first language is then selected from one of the different languages and query... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070244865 - Method and system for data retrieval using a product information search engine: A system for searching for data in a database. A query search is received in a query language using objects. The query search includes a number of objects having attributes. A set of hybrid query instructions is generated using the number of objects having attributes for searching relational and hierarchical... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070244859 - Method and system for displaying relationship between structured data and unstructured data: A method, system, and software of relating structured data to unstructured data includes displaying unstructured data in a first display area and displaying structured data related to the unstructured data in a second display area. In response to a change in the display of one of the unstructured data in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070244858 - Method and system for enhanced web searching: A system for user-directed acquisition over a wide area network includes a client computer, a database having information data relating to user-entered text of HTML pages, and a server computer having a program software stored on the storage device to receive a user-entered word data in a first language from... Agent: A Patent Lawyer Corp, PC R William Graham

20070244869 - Method and system of searching: The invention is concerned with a method and system for searching databases. It allows the user to get proper search results by classifying the user identity. A child, an adult, a Professor or even a labor worker, will get the searching results per their knowledge and expertise. A chosen weighted... Agent: David Gross

20070244854 - Methods and systems for output of search results: Systems and methods that output search results are described. In one embodiment, a search engine implements a method comprising receiving a search query, identifying a plurality of item identifiers responsive to the search query, identifying a first group of item identifiers from the plurality of item identifiers, wherein the first... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070244864 - Modifying thresholds for communications traffic data: Methods, systems, and computer program products modify one or more thresholds used to monitor communications traffic data. A method involves identifying threshold register keywords associated with thresholds to be modified. The threshold register keywords identify thresholds within threshold tables used to monitor the communications traffic. The method further involves examining... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070244860 - Querying nested documents embedded in compound xml documents: Querying a compound XML document having a primary XML document and multiple nested documents may be performed in a single query. The single query comprises an expression of at least one attribute and the encoding type of the nested documents. Execution of the query involves decoding each nested document according... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070244866 - System and method for responding to a search request: Provided is a system and method for context based searching. A participating website may be provided with an interface which allows users to perform searches by indicating keywords to be searched. A search services provider performs a search based on the keywords as well as the context of the participating... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070244863 - Systems and methods for performing searches within vertical domains: A graphical user interface stored in a memory of a client computer is provided. The interface comprises a prompt field for a vertical search query from a user. The interface further comprises a field for displaying a plurality of names. Each such name represents a vertical collection. The plurality of... Agent: Jones Day

20070244862 - Systems and methods for ranking vertical domains: A computer comprising a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory coupled to the CPU is provided. The memory includes a vertical index comprising a plurality of vertical index lists. Each vertical index list comprises a head term and a plurality of vertical collection identifiers. Each vertical collection referenced by... Agent: Jones Day

20070244875 - Shortcut enabled, context aware information management: A context aware, shortcut enabled system of presenting information through a user interface, implementing memory prostheses and context-oriented changes in meanings of shortcuts. Embodiments include selecting a context, receiving a shortcut entered through the user interface, the shortcut having a associated with it a shortcut field name set comprising one... Agent: The Biggers Law Firm

20070244874 - System and method for good nearest neighbor clustering of text: 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

20070244885 - Associative search engine: This invention relates to an advertisement machine which provides advertisements to a user searching for desired information within a data network. The machine receives, from a user, a search request including a search argument corresponding to the desired information and searches, based upon the received search argument, a first database... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070244886 - Associative search engine: This invention relates to an advertisement machine which provides advertisements to a user searching for desired information within a data network. The machine receives, from a user, a search request including a search argument corresponding to the desired information and searches, based upon the received search argument, a first database... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070244876 - Data flow system and method for heterogeneous data integration environments: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing a mixed data flow. Mixed data flow operators are classified. The mixed data flow operators are associated with multiple runtime environments in which the mixed data flow operators can be executed. The mixed data flow operators are segregated... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070244880 - Mediaset generation system: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for generating composite mediasets from mediasets, each comprising media items, associated with a plurality of users. In some embodiments, individual and/or group recommendations are provided for creating a group playlist by aggregating user taste data for a plurality of users in a... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070244879 - System and method for retrieving task information using task-based semantic indexes: Described is a method for retrieving task information using task-based indexes. The method includes an act of acquiring task-based categories and documents. Task-descriptive symbols are then associated with each task-based category. The documents are indexed to create an index having index words and pointers. The index words reflect the information... Agent: Tope-mckay & Associates

20070244877 - Tracking methods for computer-readable files: Apparatuses and computer-implemented methods of tracking high-risk, computer-readable files as they are accessed or created on a computing or data storage device are described according to some aspects. In one embodiment, file access events and file creation events between at least one software, middleware, or firmware application and at least... Agent: Battelle Memorial Institute Attn:IPServices, K1-53

20070244878 - Virtual sports industry simulation: There is disclosed a system and method for executing a multi-user virtual sports industry simulation. In an embodiment, the system comprising means for receiving a plurality of user-controllable inputs relating to each user's economic strategy, means for receiving a plurality of user-controllable inputs relating to each user's skill strategy, means... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20070244888 - Affinity attributes for product assessment: A system allows users to create keywords to describe an item such as a product or service. The keywords can be used by additional users, such as shoppers at websites on the Internet, to obtain information about a product or service for purposes of making a purchase. Affinity attributes are... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20070244889 - Byte string searching apparatus and searching method: According to the present invention, there is provided a byte string searching apparatus for searching for a search object byte string including a (a is an integer of not less than 2) consecutive bytes, having: a comparators each of which compares externally input first data having n (n is an... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070244890 - Determining a known character string equivalent to a query string: A system, method, and computer program product perform text equivalencing. The text equivalencing is performed by modifying a string of characters by applying a set of heuristics, comparing the modified strings of characters to known strings of characters. If a match is found, the text equivalencing engine performs database update... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070244891 - Method of obtaining data samples from a data stream and of estimating the sortedness of the data stream based on the samples: Disclosed is a method of scanning a data stream in a single pass to obtain uniform data samples from selected intervals. The method comprises randomly selecting elements from the stream for storage in one or more data buckets and, then, randomly selecting multiple samples from the bucket(s). Each sample is... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070244892 - Organizational data analysis and management: Organizational data analysis and management are described, including evaluating an item comprising the organizational data, the item being created in a first application and having a first format, associating the item with the matter based on a type or a classification, and configuring the copy of the item for presentation... Agent: Kokka & Hsu, PC

20070244893 - Sorting method and apparatus using a cam: Method and apparatus for using a Content Addressable Memory for sorting a plurality of data items is presented. The data items to be sorted are stored in the Content Addressable Memory. A plurality of bit-by-bit burst searches are performed on the contents of the Content Addressable Memory with all other... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20070244897 - Methods and systems for change management for a group policy environment: Comprehensive change control and enhanced management of GPOs in a client-server environment is described. A Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) extension provides seamless integration with GPMC. The application or extension provides a secure archive for controlling changes to GPOs. To change a GPO, an administrator “checks out” the GPO from... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070244894 - Peer-to-peer file sharing system and method using downloadable data segments: A peer-to-peer filing sharing system and method are provided which allow peers in a P2P network system to download segments of a large file in indeterminate order, storing them in a database and making those segments available to other peers in the P2P network system. Given the possibility that only... Agent: George Likourezos, Esq. Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070244898 - Row-level security in a relational database management system: An access control system and access control methods provide multilevel and mandatory access control for a database management system. The access control techniques provide access control at the row level in a relational database table. The database table contains a security label column within which is recorded a security label... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20070244895 - Syndication of content based upon email user groupings: A system and method for managing distribution of content to groups of users is described. One embodiment includes establishing subscription information for each of a plurality of user groups within an enterprise, storing the subscription information for each of the user groups in a first data store and retrieving, from... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070244896 - System and method for authenticating remote users: An Active Directory (AD) is utilized to authenticate a remote user to a server or node by providing an object corresponding to the node. The object include an Access Control Entry (ACE) that is listed within an Access Control List (ACL). The ACE also lists privileges that are designated for... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070244902 - Internet search-based television: The best features of both Internet video search and television-type viewing experience have been combined. A user may use a remote control to enter search terms on a television monitor. A search engine may then search for video files accessible on the Internet that correspond to the search terms. Indicators... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070244900 - Internet-based search system and method of use: An Internet-based search system and method of use. The system in its various embodiments includes an electronic database. The database includes one or more topical categories of information and wherein the categories are further divided into datasets of one or more pre-selected web locations. The invention also includes an Internet... Agent: Brent T. Winder Jones Waldo Holbrook & Mcdonough, PC

20070244904 - Method and architecture for goal oriented applications, configurations and workflow solutions on-the-fly: An architecture to deliver web applications to users that is comprised of links to virtual applications that are composed of physical applications (e.g., a software component with special rules). The web applications can be created, combined into larger applications and installed without the typical effort of writing and debugging software... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP

20070244907 - Method, system and computer readable medium for addressing handling from an operating system: A method, system and computer readable medium for information handling within an operating system, including providing a record retrieval program; providing an input device within a window or screen of the operating system and configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from local and remote information... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070244901 - Replication and synchronization of syndication content at an email server: A system and method for providing content to an enterprise is described. One embodiment includes receiving, from each of a plurality of users within an enterprise, subscription information, which indicates content feeds that each corresponding user desires to receive content from and retrieving content items from a plurality of feeds.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070244908 - System and method for optimizing multi-pathing support in a distributed storage system environment: A Multi-Pathing Optimization Module (MPOM) interfaces with a client to route a data access request along a most optimal path to a storage system serving data container stored on a striped volume set (SVS). The MPOM constructs and references a Location Data Structure (LDS) containing striping rules associated with the... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070244909 - Technique for data mining using a web service: A technique for the deployment of data mining algorithms on a web service, such as IBM's WebSphere Application Server, is disclosed. Rather than having to deploy the data mining models with the data, the data can be transported to the web server as part of a message. Models can be... Agent: Ibm Corporation (syl-end) C/o Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP

20070244910 - Business process meta-model: A meta-model representing a business process. Operative expressions are defined for identifying the business process. The business process includes a plurality of activity sequences. Metadata is collected associated with the defined operative expressions. The collected metadata is formatted according to a schema. The meta-model representing the business process is provided... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070244911 - Composite clinical data dictionary (c²d²): A system and method for taking data from a known source, breaking it down into its most generic, atomic form, and in so doing removing all ambiguity, and translating the generic data into any type of application. For example, and not by way of limitation, this system and method breaks... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070244915 - System and method for clustering documents: Provided are a system and method of clustering documents. The system includes a document DB, a document feature writing unit storing documents, a document retrieving unit, a clustering unit, and a cluster DB. The document DB stores documents. The document feature writing unit extracts attribute information of documents stored in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070244914 - Electronic information feedback: Included are systems and methods for providing customization via information feedback. At least an embodiment of a method includes providing data related to a web page and receiving data related to at least one user action on the web page, the at least one user action being indicative of user... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP/ Bellsouth I.p. Corp

20070244912 - Graph theory-based approach to xml data binding: A technique in accordance with one embodiment of the invention automatically generates class interfaces for regular expressions based on graphs that correspond to the regular expressions. According to one embodiment of the invention, a graph is automatically generated based on a regular expression. Strongly connected components within the graph are... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20070244913 - System, method and apparatus for generating a formatted data set: In one embodiment, a method of generating a formatted data set in accord with a number of formatting rules includes the steps of A) indexing, with a standard data name referenced by one of the formatting rules, a mapping set comprising a first number of mapping pairs, each mapping pair... Agent: Verigy

20070244916 - Variable text processing for an electronic press: A software system is useful for generating page files from a template file and database entries. The database entries are representative of variable information and the template file includes data designating a first variable text area and a second variable text area. The software system includes a computer-readable medium storing... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20070244921 - Method, apparatus and computer-readable medium to provide customized classification of documents in a file management system: A customizable file template for use in a document or file management system to control how document files are classified, imported, and/or retrieved from the system. The method, as well as a corresponding apparatus and computer-readable medium, enables an administrator to generate a custom classification tree unique to his or... Agent: Mcintyre Harbin & King

20070244917 - Coordinated employee records with version history and transition ownership: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable program code are provided for associating historical events with a user. A historical event is identified for association with the user. A determination is made as to whether the historical event has been certified by a trusted authority in response... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070244918 - Flashback database: Techniques are described herein for returning a repository to a prior state. The repository may be, for example a database, and the prior state may be, for example the consistent state that the database had at a particular point in time in the past. When a operator-caused error has been... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070244922 - Graphical user interfaces for custom lists and labels: Graphical User Interfaces for custom lists and labels are provided. A database includes fields that define views when processed by an application server on behalf of a user. At least one view permits the user to supply criteria for custom defining lists or sets of labels, which are also retrieved... Agent: James M. Stover Ncr Corporation

20070244920 - Hash-based access to resources in a data processing network: Provided are methods, apparatus and computer programs for enhanced access to resources within a network, including for controlling use of bandwidth-sensitive connections within a network and/or for automated recovery. Hash values are used as ‘unique’ identifiers for resources distributed across a network, and each one of a set of pool... Agent: Anthony England

20070244919 - Resource association: A method of associating a resource attribute and a discussion topic is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes, in an end station, in response to display of at least one of a resource and a topic, and following user input indicative of a create association request, generating an association... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070244923 - Method and device for managing objects of a communications network: In one aspect, a method for the simplified management of objects of a transport network, particularly for allocating and/or managing access rights to this object for a group of users is provided The objects are managed by network elements and can be based on different technologies. The access rights are... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070244928 - Image forming system and service person support method therefor: An image forming system which enables a service person to accurately and promptly replace or adjust a faulty component part of an image forming apparatus at the occurrence of a malfunction or during a periodic inspection. An external storage device stores to-do items and reference data. A service person performs... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070244927 - Circular matching system and computerized circular matching method: Disclosed herein are a circular matching system and a circular matching process, which provide a circle in which a plurality of preexisting pairs, in each of which the members are unsatisfied with each other according to predetermined criteria, are swapped in a circular manner to form new optimal or suitable... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070244925 - Intelligent image searching: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving a query and determining a first plurality of images using a first search technique and based on the query, each image in the first plurality of images being associated metadata. Identifying metadata based on the query. And analyzing associated metadata for... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070244929 - Mid-roll insertion of digital media: An example embodiment of the present invention provides a process for inserting a source media stream into a target media stream, which media streams might be in container file format. The process opens and reads into memory structural information from a target media stream and structural information from a source... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20070244924 - Registering, transfering, and acting on event metadata: A technique and associated mechanism is described for registering event metadata at a first site, transferring the event metadata to a second site using a portable module, and processing the event metadata at the second site. A user can register the event metadata at the first site in the course... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070244930 - System and method for utilizing profile information: The present invention provides a system and method for utilizing profile information to set and maintain general and applications settings. In architecture, the system includes a computer device for performing the operation. The computer device comprises an operation module that determines an operation type and a setting module that determines... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070244926 - Transparent virtual machine for mobile applications: The inclusion of metadata within an application description file allows a virtual machine to create an application descriptor file that may be registered with the mobile device operating system so that an icon associated with the application description file may be displayed in the main ribbon. Execution of an application... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070244932 - Method for providing personalized information lifecycle management service using policy-based autonomic data management: Provided is a method for providing personalized information lifecycle management service based on a personal data management policies. The method includes the steps of a) determining whether there is material change between a system for providing the information lifecycle management service and a first storage device connected to the system... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070244931 - Audit trail management for a menu system in a digital consumer product: A digital consumer product having a menu system includes an audit trail system having an audit trail management system that removes screens from an audit trail triggered by the addition of a new screen to the audit trail. Menu screens and/or video screens are added to the audit trail as... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070244933 - Display system for airplane cockpit or other vehicle: A display system for an airplane or other vehicle is disclosed. A rear projection LCD is used to allow for a maximum amount of screen area to be used in displaying operator pertinent data.... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070244934 - Labeling system and method: A labeling system and method applicable to an electronic system with a storage unit and General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins is proposed. First, a setting module sets a plurality of hardware version information and combinational logics of the GPIO pins each corresponding to a different hardware version information, and stores... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070244935 - Method, system, and computer-readable medium to provide version management of documents in a file management system: A method, system, and computer-readable medium to provide version management of a compound document in a document management system where the compound document includes multiple component files. The method comprises assigning a version number to the compound document, enabling a user to index the version number according to a change... Agent: Mcintyre Harbin & King

20070244938 - Creating host-level application-consistent backups of virtual machines: A host server hosting one or more virtual machines can back up host volumes and the one or more virtual machines installed thereon in an application-consistent manner. In one implementation, a host-level requestor instructs a host-level writer to identify which virtual machines qualify for application-consistent backups. The host-level requestor then... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070244937 - System and method for application fault tolerance and recovery using topologically remotely located computing devices: A system and method for application fault tolerance and recover using topologically remotely located computing devices are provided. A primary computing device runs one instance of an application (i.e. the primary application instance) at a production site and an active standby computing device runs a second instance of the application... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070244936 - Using a heartbeat signal to maintain data consistency for writes to source storage copied to target storage: Provided are a method, system, and program for using a heartbeat signal to maintain data consistency for writes to source storage copied to target storage. A copy relationship associates a source storage and target storage pair, wherein writes received at the source storage are transferred to the target storage. A... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070244941 - Method and system to quarantine system software and configuration: The present invention provides a system and method to quarantine in the storage operating system and configuration information in which the storage operating system is stored in a designated partition on a removable nonvolatile memory device, such as a compact flash or a personal computer (PC) card that is interfaced... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070244939 - Method, system, and program for a policy based storage manager: Provided are data structures for use in storing data. A plurality of data structures are defined in a computer readable medium, wherein each data structure indicates a plurality of attributes and at least one function of a storage resource to store data. Policies are defined in the computer readable medium... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070244940 - Method, system, and program for a policy based storage manager: Provided are data structures for use in storing data. A plurality of data structures are defined in a computer readable medium, wherein each data structure indicates a plurality of attributes and at least one function of a storage resource to store data. Policies are defined in the computer readable medium... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070244942 - Using dynamic analysis to improve model checking: Model checking has been used to verify program behavior. However, exploration of the model is often impractical for many general purpose programs due to the complexity of an exploding state space. Instead, a program is instrumented with code that records pointer dereference information. The instrumented program is executed thereby recording... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20070239668 - Apparatus and method for managing digital contents distributed over network: A content management system entails analyzing similarity of the contents distributed among at least one network element (e.g., contents server) and managing the contents on the basis of the analysis result. The content management server analyzing similarities of content files and providing the similarities information includes a communication unit that... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070239667 - Database query generation method and system: A process for generating SQL queries to retrieve requested information from a database, whilst applying requested search filters, involving defining a “base” query, which is the simplest SOL query that can be executed to retrieve the information requested by the user (i.e. without applying any search filter), and then use... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070239666 - Method and system for a de-normalized electronic-catalog: A system (100) and method (700) is provided for searching content in a de-normalized database. The method can include receiving (702) a search request from a user, constructing (703) a configuration query from a configuration table based on an identity of the user, and executing (704) a single fetch into... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070239690 - Document data processing device, document data list provision method and computer program product: A method and device is provided which allows users to easily confirm which document data is saved even in an environment where document data are distributed and saved on plural devices. An image forming device is provided with a box management portion for managing a box where document data is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070239692 - Logo or image based search engine for presenting search results: The present invention relates to a search engine which, in response to a search query, generates links to a set of documents relevant to the search query submitted by a user, associating an identifying logo for each of the generated links in the set of documents; and returning the generated... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070239697 - Extracting semantic attributes: Extraction of semantic information and the generation of semantic attributes allows for improved organization and management of data. Semantic attributes are automatically generated and eliminate the need for manual entry of attribute information. A semantic file network may further be constructed based on similarities between files that are based on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070239712 - Adaptive grouping in a file network: Extraction of semantic information and the generation of semantic attributes allows for improved organization and management of data. Semantic attributes are automatically generated and eliminate the need for manual entry of attribute information. A semantic file network may further be constructed based on similarities between files that are based on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070239733 - System and method for managing virtual tree pages: A method for processing a request to display data, comprising receiving at a virtual tree server a request to display data stored in a database, the data being associated with a selected node of a virtual tree structure. The method continues by loading node definition data in response to the... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070239726 - Systems and methods of transforming data for web communities and web applications: Systems and methods for modifying the content of portal screens associated with a web community that include one or more web communities accessible by at least one server through a network, where each web community is associated with one or more portal screens and each portal screen is associated with... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20070239727 - Unified searching and running of files: A unified user interface is described that allows a user to search, browse, and launch items from the same user interface. For example, a single text input box may be provided that allows the user to perform all these functions by typing in a portion of an item name or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070239654 - Electronic device and method therefor: An electronic device comprises a user communication interface, a memory for storing music tracks, a music player capable of playing back the music tracks, and a processor provided for measuring, for each of the music tracks, how many times the music track is played back and how long time the... Agent: Perman & Green

20070239655 - Method and system for executing directory-basis migration in a global name space: There has never been disclosed a method of executing migration on a fine-grained basis than a file system basis in a manner that is transparent to clients in a storage system with a plurality of servers to which a global name space is applied. In a storage system with a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070239653 - User interface morph based on permissions: Forms may be morphed based on permissions such that objects for which permission or a license is not available are not displayed. Relevant code may be analyzed to determine whether permission to a table is available and if permission to a table is not available, objects that rely on that... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070239660 - Definition and instantiation of metric based business logic reports: Groups of subordinate report definitions are determined for selected scorecard metrics based on suitable report type and layout features. A list comprising the available reports is assigned to each source metric enabling association of the groups across metrics. A context of the scorecard is passed to a physical instantiation of... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070239662 - Expanded snippets: A system provides a list of search results, where one of the search results in the list of search results includes a snippet from a corresponding search result document. The system receives selection of the snippet and provides an expanded snippet based on the selection of the snippet. The expanded... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20070239665 - Identifying columns for row based operations: Provided are techniques for, under control of a backup application, identifying one or more columns to be used by a row based operation. A row map is created that includes indicators which indicate the identified one or more columns. The row based operation is generated, wherein the row map is... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070239658 - Optimization of performing query compilations: Implementations of various technologies for compiling a query. In one implementation, the memory consumption of the query may be monitored. If the amount of memory consumed by the query exceeds one or more gateway thresholds, then the query may be processed to acquire one or more gateways. The query may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070239670 - Optimization-based data content determination: Improved data content determination techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with information-seeking systems. For example, in one illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for determining data content for a response to a query comprises obtaining a user query, and dynamically determining data content suitable for generating a response... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070239663 - Parallel processing of count distinct values: A system and method for efficiently determining the number of distinct values in a column of source data is disclosed. Source data (e.g., source table) may be in the form of rows and columns that represent information. From the source table a count distinct function may be carried out to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070239659 - Query generator: A query generator for generating a query for retrieving a desired set of data from a relational database is disclosed. The query generator is adapted to: a) receive an input query adapted to retrieve a superset of the desired set of data from the database; b) analyse a default filters... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen, LLP

20070239656 - Removal of database query function calls: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, article of manufacture, and an apparatus used to optimize a database query. Query tools often generate database queries that include unnecessary function calls. Embodiments of the invention provide a mechanism to analyze and remove function calls included in a database query. If removing... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070239657 - Selection of attribute combination aggregations: Implementations of various technologies and techniques for method for selecting an interesting attribute combination aggregation. In one implementation, an attribute combination aggregation may be generated. One or more values in the attribute combination aggregation may be statistically analyzed. The attribute combination aggregation may be determined as interesting based on the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070239671 - Selection of search phrases to suggest to users in view of actions performed by prior users: A search engine system assists users in refining their searches by suggesting previously-submitted search phrases to such users. The search phrases are selected to suggest based on collected data regarding search behaviors of search engine users. In one embodiment, candidate search phrases are scored and selected to suggest based at... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070239664 - System and method of implementing system-maintained index maintanence: A system, method, and computer-usable medium for interfacing an application with a database; implementing a collection of indexes, wherein the collection of indexes facilitate faster access by the application to data stored in the database; detecting a query by the application to the database for particular data; and in response... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070239661 - Systems and methods for a distributed in-memory database and distributed cache: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for managing a distributed in-memory database and a database cache. A database cache is provided. An in-memory database is provided. The in-memory database is distributed over at least two sub data processing systems in memory.... Agent: Sun Microsystems C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070239669 - Translator of statistical language programs into sql: System and method for translating statements and expressions within statistical language programs into SQL. These statements include one or more input statements and have a plurality of data rows. These statements include one or more array statements, the array statements having a set of original variables. The method for translating... Agent: James M. Stover Ncr Corporation

20070239672 - Client category configuration: Client category configuration is described, in which, a computer-implemented method may be employed to find categories of clients based on configuration data obtained from the clients. A configuration recommendation is then created for a particular one of the categories based on configuration of one or more of the clients included... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070239689 - Context sensitive searching front end: A context sensitive searching front-end is disclosed for use in a deposition or trial proceeding wherein a computer aided transcription terminal provides real-time transcribed text down-line to attorney terminals. The terminals may thereafter use the transcribed text and any other text currently being displayed to formulate searches with little or... Agent: Christopher C. Winslade Mcandrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

20070239678 - Contextual search of a collaborative environment: Techniques and systems are provided for capturing relationships between items in “bonds”, and using the bonds to facilitate searches against the items. It is described how bonds that reflect relationships between searchable items are stored. The degree of separation between any two given searchable items is based on the minimum... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070239693 - Device, method and computer program for processing a search request: A device for processing a search request includes a request receiver for receiving a search request from a first user and a categorizer for associating the search request with a category from a plurality of various categories. The device further includes a communication partner determiner for finding a second user... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070239694 - Graph querying, graph motif mining and the discovery of clusters: A method for analyzing, querying, and mining graph databases using subgraph and similarity querying. An index structure, known as a closure tree, is defined for topological summarization of a set of graphs. In addition, a significance model is created in which the graphs are transformed into histograms of primitive components.... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070239683 - Identifying unique objects in multiple image collections: A method of identifying images containing a unique object found in at least two separate image collections of different users comprising identifying the unique object and providing features for the unique object; at least one user identifying at least two separate image collections produced by separate users that potentially have... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070239685 - Integrated user interface: A method and system for collecting contextual information in order to provide a requested service is provided. A service provider and a user may exchange a conversation and/or contextual information relating to a service over a communication channel. Based on the received user contextual information, the server may determine an... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070239684 - Keeping offensive content out of default view on a website: A content management system determines which user submitted content is to be included in a default experience of a mixed content website. Users submitting content are assigned trust levels based on their history of content submittal and other users' experience with the submitted content. Once a user reaches a predetermined... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070239679 - Master pattern generation and utilization: A master pattern is identified in a target database for use as a template for data entry. The target database is qualified based on one or more database prerequisites. A plurality of similarity patterns is generated based on comparisons of records in the target database. These similarity patterns may be... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070239676 - Method and system for providing focused search results: A method of providing search results includes performing a search in response to a search request, providing a first list of results responsive to the search request, providing a list of selectable terms based on content included in the first list of results, receiving a user-selected term from the list... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070239674 - Method and system for providing weblog author-defined, weblog-specific search scopes in weblogs: A system for defining search scopes provided through a Weblog, which a Weblog author is allowed to define publicly available, Weblog-specific search scopes that all users with access to the Weblog can use. In an enterprise Weblog embodiment, such customized, Weblog specific search scopes may advantageously be used to provide... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070239687 - Mobile communication terminal and method: A method for handling media files having attributes is disclosed. A user-configurable play criteria specification is provided, and the method involves automatically selecting and performing a current media file having at least one attribute in compliance with the play criteria specification. Moreover, the method involves receiving a user input indicative... Agent: Perman & Green

20070239691 - Optimization techniques for linear recursive queries in sql: A system and method of evaluating an SQL recursive query having one or more base select statements and one or more recursive select statements. In one technique the query relates to a base table and has a filter condition on one or more columns from a result table returned by... Agent: James M. Stover Ncr Corporation

20070239677 - Predicting community members based on evolution of heterogeneous networks: A community mining system analyzes objects of different types and relationships between the objects of different types to identify communities. The relationships between the objects have an associated time. The community mining system extracts various features related to objects of a designated type from the relationships between objects of different... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070239673 - Removing nodes from a query tree based on a result set: In an embodiment, a query tree is created that represents a query expression, where the query tree includes a union of nodes. Each of the nodes represents a respective partition of a table, and the query expression specifies a key value and the table. A determination is made whether a... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070239686 - Search engine for presenting to a user a display having graphed search results presented as thumbnail presentations: The present invention relates to a search engine system for querying and displaying structured data. In various aspects of the invention, users are permitted to enter simple keywords and/or advanced profiles which results in a set of graphed results being returned as thumbnail presentations. The user is then permitted to... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20070239688 - System and method for altering search result sequence based on user preferences: A system and method for receiving search criteria from a client; determining if the client has specified a set of user preferences for defining a search result presentation order when returning a plurality of search results, in response to uniquely identifying the client; and presenting the plurality of search results... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070239682 - System and method for browser context based search disambiguation using a viewed content history: A mechanism is provided for context based search disambiguation. A client provides additional cues for search term disambiguation through the context of the specific user's browser. In one embodiment, a viewed content history is sent along with the search term(s) to be disambiguated. The viewed content history acts as a... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070239681 - Techniques of efficient xml meta-data query using xml table index: XML table indexes provide a more efficient mechanism for searching data stored in aggregate form. XML table indexes are a set of tables created to project out in column form commonly sought metadata from stored XML documents. By projecting the data includes into column form, queries on the XML documents... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070239675 - Web search media service: The subject disclosure pertains to Internet or web search engines and more particularly toward a media service integrated or associated therewith. The media service can identity particular media queries as well as provide and present useful information in an easily accessible manner. The search engine can therefore provide a common... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070239680 - Website flavored search: In a method of profiling a website, an information server receives multiple search queries from a website submitted by different users. Different search results responsive to the search queries are provided to the requesting users. The information server monitors activities of the users on the search results and generates a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070239696 - Interactive relational graphic solutions: Interactive relational graphic solutions facilitate an economical teaching tool to explain a plethora of educational topics. The solutions are associated with a graphics capable application of a computing device. The solutions facilitate user interaction by graphically correlating functions through a series of interactive control points. The correlation may include a... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070239699 - Media system having preemptive digital audio and/or video extraction function: A media system is disclosed that uses preemptive recording of media files to reduce playback latency when media tracks are subsequently selected for playback during the recording process. The media system comprises a primary storage device capable of storing media files and a secondary storage device capable of reading digital... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070239698 - Search engine for evaluating queries from a user and presenting to the user graphed search results: A search engine is provided which responds to a user's queries by generating and presenting a graphed result. In various aspects of the invention, these search terms can be associated with one or more axes of the desired graph. Thus, by way of example, a graphed result can be obtained... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20070239695 - Transient storage in distributed collaborative computing environments: Content files are managed and tracked in a distributed collaborative computing environment to receive, store, and maintain content descriptor data associated with a distributed content files in a central directory registry. The central directory registry can be accessed by a plurality of remote distributed computing devices via one or more... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20070239704 - Aggregating citation information from disparate documents: A method and system to aggregate and present citations for disparate documents are provided. When the documents are similar to scholarly articles, the documents are further processed to extract citations associated with the document. The citations extracted from each document are utilized to generate a listing of citations that represents... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070239706 - Citation network viewer and method: A visualization-based interactive legal research tool that generates from a multi-dimensional citation network a semantics-constrained citation sub-network that focuses on one individual issue in which a user is interested, and puts the sub-network on an interactive user interface (“UI”), which allows the researcher to browse, navigate, and jump over to... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070239708 - Database search method of searching a document database for a desired document file: An index file for use in search processing employing a search engine, retains information that indicates a correspondence of a keyword to its positional information. The index file comprises a key file that includes a list of pointers to character strings. The character strings are included in document files that... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070239703 - Keyword search volume seasonality forecasting engine: A method and system are provided for forecasting keyword search volume. Keywords are categorized by concept and by the amount of data available for use in predicting future behavior. The keywords and/or the categories can also be categorized as seasonal or non-seasonal. A category level seasonal variation pattern can then... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070239707 - Method of searching text to find relevant content: A method of locating relevant documents wherein documents are given a fingerprint comprising weights associated with particular topic categories of a classification system, each weight representing a degree to which the document relates to the particular topic category, a first piece of text is identified and given a fingerprint comprising... Agent: Steven Horowitz

20070239705 - System and method for performing a similarity measure of anonymized data: A similarity measure system selects a first value and a first context related to the first value, divides the first value into a first set of substrings in an order preserving way, and processes each of these substrings through an obfuscation function to produce a first set of obfuscated substrings.... Agent: Samuel A. Kassatly Law Office

20070239701 - System and method for prioritizing websites during a webcrawling process: A system and method for prioritizing a fetch order of web pages. The method comprises extracting by a web crawler a set of candidate web pages to be crawled. Each web page in the set of candidate web pages is associated with a website in a computer network. A determination... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070239702 - Using connectivity distance for relevance feedback in search: A unique system and method is provided that facilitates improving relevance of search results over the initial searching ranking. The system and method involve obtaining relevancy feedback for at least one search result (user rated) and then generating a connectivity graph or web-graph (for Web searches) for the user rated... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070239700 - Weighted determination in configuration management systems: A system, method, and medium for providing configurable item configuration data by receiving a plurality of configuration data sets from a plurality of sources, all which pertain to the same configurable item (CI), then using weighting rules and preferences to assign weight values for each option, feature, and component in... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20070239709 - Data transfer method and system: Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for transferring data from a defined source business component to a defined destination business component and/or between user-specified fields associated with the defined business components are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the invention enable a user to populate data fields of a first user interface... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070239710 - Extraction of anchor explanatory text by mining repeated patterns: A method and system for identifying explanatory text for a referenced web page based on a reference to the referenced web page contained in a repeated pattern of a referencing web page is provided. An anchor explanatory text (“AET”) system uses the hierarchical organization of the web page to identify... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070239716 - Generating specialized search results in response to patterned queries: Third party content providers can specify parameters for generating specialized search results in response to queries matching specific patterns. In this way, a generic search website can be enhanced to provide specialized search results to subscribed users. In one embodiment, these specialized results appear on a given user's result pages... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070239713 - Identifying the items most relevant to a current query based on user activity with respect to the results of similar queries: A facility for ranking in a result set is described. The facility establishes a system of ratings for combinations of a web page with the query term that reflect the level of relevance of the web page to the query term. In response to each of a number of content... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070239715 - Managing content objects having multiple applicable retention periods: A content management system and process that determines how long a content object should be retained. The system may include a content objects storage system configured to store content object information relating to a content object. It may also have a retention rules storage system configured to store retention rules... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070239711 - Mapping of a transactional data model to a reporting data model: Systems and techniques for mapping of a transactional data model to a reporting data model are described. In one aspect, an article includes one or more machine-readable media storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations. The operations include receiving a transactional data model and a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070239714 - System and method for identifying new business partner: A method for determining whether a business partner newly found by an external resource is the same as an existing business partner saved in an internal database before entering information of the newly found business partner into the database. Information about newly found business partner from external resources is temporarily... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070239717 - System and method for architecting pattern based models within a governmental framework: A system and method for processing patterns that provides technological implementation details of an enterprise application within the context of a public-sector enterprise reference model framework. A system is disclosed that includes: an architecture product library having patterns that define reusable assets for use in modeling enterprise applications; a framework... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070239718 - Configuring communication systems based on performance metrics: A method for configuring a communication system is described. The method includes, for each of a plurality of requests in a communication protocol between a client and a server, estimating values for a plurality of attributes associated with the request, and computing a resource usage estimate, based on a plurality... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070239719 - High performance support for xa protocols in a clustered shared database: A shared memory device called the Coupling Facility (CF) is used to record the indoubt transaction entries for each member of the database cluster, avoiding the CPU cost and elapsed time impact of persisting this information to disk (either via a log write or a relational table I/O). The CF... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20070239721 - Cross-entity sales lead rights assignment and action planning system: A sales lead server is accessible over a network and hosts databases containing static and active content related to sales leads. The server includes a memory to store records of databases containing static and active content, a database manager to render databases with the static and the active content in... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070239722 - Distributed user-profile data structure: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a distributed user-profile data structure that describes a portable-electronic-content-rendering-device user, the user's various electronic devices, the user's downloaded content, and other information that is exchanged, in initial steps of various information-exchange and transaction protocols. The distributed user-profile data structures that represent... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070239723 - Livestock tracking and management system: With the onset of BSE or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in Great Britain, and subsequent infections here in the U.S., there has been an increased push to monitor and track movements of animals on ranches and farms. In fact, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is in the process of implementing a... Agent: Storm LLP

20070239720 - Virtual universal naming convention name space over local file system: Systems and methods that create a virtual name space of Universal Naming Convention (UNC) over a local file system (e.g., drive letter based names), via employing a UNC provider and filter arrangement that changes a name in the file object to reparse it to a volume where the local file... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070239725 - Active cache offline access and management of project files: In a client-server computer system, an active cache is utilized by a client-based project management application program to access and manage server-based project files offline. The current status of a connection between the client and the server is monitored. If the status of the connection between the client and server... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070239736 - Commit tree optimization based on recovery topology information: Minimizing transaction managers. A method that may be practiced in a commit tree topology including a plurality of transaction managers to manage transactions. The transactions include a set of operations that are all performed if a transaction is completed or all aborted if a transaction is not completed. The transaction... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070239732 - Method and system for providing improved url mangling performance using fast re-write: Method and system for providing improved uniform resource locator (URL) mangling performance using fast re-write including scanning a web page, detecting an absolute URL in the web page, and modifying the detected absolute URL to a corresponding relative URL in the web page, is disclosed.... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070239724 - Mobile search services related to direct identifiers: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for using a mobile communication facility to provide information to users who present a direct identifier to the wireless search platform. A method of providing mobile content relating to direct identifiers may include a user controlling a mobile communication facility... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070239730 - Service management framework: Articles and associated methods, systems, and computer program products relate to a service framework to register multiple plug-ins on a client and to provide access to functionality that would otherwise be unavailable to a user until they logged-in. One plug-in module enables an unauthenticated user to interact with a server... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070239734 - System and method for browser context based search disambiguation using existing category taxonomy: A mechanism is provided for context based search disambiguation using existing category taxonomy. A client provides additional cues for search term disambiguation through the context of the specific user's browser. A bookmark or favorites data structure is sent along with the search term(s) to be disambiguated. The bookmark data structure... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20070239737 - System and method for providing feedback to wireless device users: A user feedback generation and management capability, operating possibly within a Value-Added Service Provider, provides key feedback (e.g., information, updates, etc.) to a Mobile Subscriber (MS) during, for example, the MS′ receipt of rich content on the MS′ Wireless Device (WD). The feedback may be conveyed to a MS′ WD... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20070239728 - System and method for transactional session management: A system and method of transactional session management. Information sufficient to permit creation of a deep copy of a session object is saved concurrently for all aspects of the transaction. For example, the saving may save state information provided by different hierarchical levels of the session as well as possible... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070239729 - System, method and program to test a web site: Computer system, method and program product for testing a web site are disclosed. Numbers of hyperlinks required to navigate from one web page of the web site to other, respective web pages on the web site are determined. A score for ease of navigation though the web site based at... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070239735 - Systems and methods for predicting if a query is a name: A system and method for predicting if a query is a name is provided. The method begins by providing an input query. A name database, having a list of names, famous names and queries that are known to not be a name is searched to determine if the input query... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070239731 - Triggering server state changes with references: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for triggering server state change using references. A method includes receiving a request to change a state of the server system, interpreting the request to determine which property is indicated by the reference, computing a value for the property, and using the value... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070239741 - Data storage, retrieval, manipulation and display tools enabling multiple hierarchical points of view: Systems and methods for data storage, retrieval, manipulation and display provide search engines and computer-based research tools for enabling multiple hierarchical points of view. Category definitions in the hierarchical data structures can include lists of set members, like word arrays of set members, generative descriptions for determining set members, and... Agent: Foley Hoag, LLP Patent Group, World Trade Center West

20070239740 - Method and apparatus for detecting a change-point in a time-series of computer telemetry signals: A system that detects a change point in a time series of telemetry signals from a computer system. During operation, the system receives the time series of telemetry signals from the computer system. For each element in the time series, the system (1) inserts the element into a data structure... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070239738 - Method and apparatus for sorting character strings having complex characters: A method and apparatus (100) are provided for sorting character strings having complex characters, like accented characters for example. Complex characters having a base character and a linguistic modifier are stored (201) in decomposed form, with the base character being stored as a base data element (205) and the modifier... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070239739 - System and method for automated construction, retrieval and display of multiple level visual indexes: A method for displaying a multiple level visual index representing data records, comprises storing a plurality of data records and receiving a request to access the stored data records. The method continues by using index parameters to generate a multiple level visual index for the stored data records to be... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070239749 - Automated interactive visual mapping utility and method for validation and storage of xml data: A method, apparatus and computer program product is provided for automatic validation of Extensible Markup Language (XML) data through interactive visual mapping, before storing the validated XML data into a target destination. The method allows a user to interact with a graphic user interface (GUI) to obtain mapping of an... Agent: Sandra M. Parker Law Office Of Sandra M. Parker

20070239750 - Communication screening system and method: A database includes class fields that can designate contacts in relationship to the database owner, so that when incorporated into the logic of a communication device, the logic can be configured to automatically determine how a communication from that contact is routed. The database thus allows contacts to be sorted... Agent: Gateway, Inc. Attn: Patent Attorney

20070239744 - Database physical design refinement using a merge-reduce approach: Various embodiments are disclosed relating to database configuration refinement. In an example embodiment, a method is provided that may include determining a size limitation for a database configuration, determining a workload of the database configuration, and making a determination that a size of the database configuration is greater than a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070239742 - Determining data elements in heterogeneous schema definitions for possible mapping: Determining data elements for possible mapping in heterogeneous schema definitions. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user indicates whether two non-leaf elements (in respective schemas) are structurally similar, and the probability of possible match of a first element (in a first schema) and a second element (in... Agent: Law Firm Of Naren Thappeta

20070239754 - Digital interactive phrasing system and method: A digital interactive phrasing (DIP) system allows listeners to select and edit digitally prepared elements, such as audio or video clips, in any arrangement to create a custom mix. The elements may be reused to make new, different arrangements, as desired by the listener. The system allows the selection, assembly... Agent: Christopher J. Mcdonald Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp

20070239752 - Fuzzy alphanumeric search apparatus and method: A fuzzy alphanumeric search apparatus searches for a search character string (e.g., MPN) in a source character string (CPN) database. The match is fuzzy since it only matches some of the MPN characters (referred to as tokens) against some of the CPN characters. Nearly all part numbers have a base... Agent: Brosemer, Kolefas & Associates, LLC - (lucent)

20070239751 - Generic database manipulator: A middle layer in business applications is provided to wrap all the database management operations generically, to store changed data temporarily, to validate and lock the data before updating the database, and to synchronize the data change and unlock it as a whole when a commit method is called. In... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070239745 - Hierarchical clustering with real-time updating: A probabilistic clustering system is defined at least in part by probabilistic model parameters indicative of word counts, ratios, or frequencies characterizing classes of the clustering system. An association of one or more documents in the probabilistic clustering system is changed from one or more source classes to one or... Agent: Patrick R. Roche, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070239748 - Management of reference data for platform verification: Management of reference data to be used for verification of platform is described herein. The reference data may be in the form of reference integrity metrics (RIM) records that describe trusted platform components.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20070239743 - Method and apparatus for modifying a row in a database table to include meta-data: One embodiment of the present invention provides a database system that facilitates modifying a row in a database table to include meta-data about operations performed on the row. During operation, the database receives a command to perform an operation on a row in a table of the database. The database... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070239747 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing read ahead and caching in an information lifecycle management system: A method, system, and computer program product for providing read ahead and caching in an information lifecycle management system of a host system is provided. The method includes monitoring data access activities performed by requesting entities of the host system. The method also includes building an index of sampled data... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20070239753 - Systems and methods for mining transactional and time series data: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for analyzing transactional data. A similarity analysis program may be used that receives time-series data relating to transactions of an organization and performs a similarity analysis of the time-series data to generate a similarity matrix. A data reduction... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20070239746 - Visual merge of portlets: The present invention provides visual merging of portlets associated by a common key of data (e.g., a common Click-to-Action key). A method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: providing a plurality of portlets having a common key of data; and merging at least two of the... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070239771 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: Metadata items commonly included in all sets are specified and displayed as common metadata items. When the user selects one of the displayed common metadata items as a designated common metadata item, metadata values in respective sets of an item indicated by this designated common metadata item are classified to... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070239773 - Module specification language and meta-module: A language for the specification of object-oriented modules is disclosed. A meta-module for representation of module specifications as object-oriented data structures is disclosed. A parser for the language converts a human-readable textual expression compatible with the grammar of the language to an object-oriented data structure composed of instances of the... Agent: Dimelab, LLC

20070239769 - Packaged warehouse solution system: A data warehouse solution system comprises a metadata model, a user interface and an engine. The metadata model has an information needs model including metadata regarding information needs for building reports by users, and a data information model including metadata describing data that is available for building reports. The user... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20070239761 - Associating user-defined tags with event records in an events repository: Techniques for accessing an events information repository are provided. An event information repository contains event records defining real world events. A programmatic interface is exposed to third-party applications for accessing the event records within the repository. Specifically, the programmatic interface provides a set of routines that perform operations on the... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070239762 - Automated interactive visual mapping utility and method for transformation and storage of xml data: A method, apparatus and computer program product is provided for automatic mapping of Extensible Markup Language (XML) data through an interactive visual mapping tool before storing the XML data into a target destination. The method uses an interactive visual mapping tool having a graphic user interface (GUI) to obtain automatic... Agent: Sandra M. Parker Law Office Of Sandra M. Parker

20070239770 - Data compilation apparatus and method: An information organiser comprises processes and data storage which can be accessed by users over a network, for example the Internet. A user can trigger transmission of information items from a variety of different sources to the organiser and use processes of the organiser to collate them into a project... Agent: David E. Huang, Esq. Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20070239756 - Detecting duplicate images using hash code grouping: A duplicate image detection system generates an image table that maps hash codes of images to their corresponding images. The image table may group images according to their group identifiers generated from the most significant elements of the hash codes based on significance of the elements in representing an image.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070239766 - Dynamic software performance models: Simulating an application. A method that may be practiced in a computing environment configured for simulating an application modeled by an application model deployed in a performance scenario of a computing system by deploying service models of the application model to device models modeling devices. The method includes referencing a... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070239757 - Dynamic tables with dynamic rows for use with a user interface page: Methods and apparatus for rendering tables for display in a web page of a web application to be dynamically rendered. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for rendering tables associated with a web application arranged to display a first page includes obtaining an input to the... Agent: Aka Chan LLP / Oracle

20070239767 - Implementing referential integrity in a database hosting service: Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to assign primary keys and foreign keys to lists of any number of sites that are maintained by a database hosting service. More specifically, a scalable table, like the master table described below, may continue to be used without specifying... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070239758 - Loosely coupled log sequence identifiers: A method for applying a transaction to a database, the method includes generating a global log sequence identifier (GLSI) value within a first node based on log sequence identifier (LSI) values from one or more additional nodes, generating a local log sequence identifier (LLSI) value within the first node based... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070239765 - Message-oriented divergence and convergence of message documents: A computing device comprises a memory to store a first version of an extensible Markup Language (XML) message, a receiver to receive a second version of the XML message, a processor and a display interface. The display interface provides a user interface having a first control, a second control and... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070239764 - Method and apparatus for performing constrained spectral clustering of digital image data: A method and an apparatus process digital images. The method according to one embodiment accesses element data representing a plurality of elements belonging to a plurality of digital images; performs a similarity analysis between the elements from the plurality of elements to obtain inter-relational data results relating to the elements;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070239772 - Method and apparatus for reducing index sizes and increasing performance of non-relational database: A method for increasing performance of non-relational databases with reduction in view index sizes is provided. One or more user views are provided in addition to the master view having all hierarchical/categorized data. User views are created having a subset of this hierarchical/categorized data that significantly reduces index size and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070239763 - Method for representing and recreating object dependencies from one database system to another: A method and system for recreating a plurality of database dependencies of objects from one database to another is disclosed. The method and system comprise categorizing the dependencies based upon at least one base object and formalizing the relationships of the dependencies based upon the categorization. The method and system... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070239755 - Methods and systems for messaging in a collaboration system: Methods (300) and systems (100) for messaging in a collaborative environment (102) are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, metadata (500, 900) associated with a message (412) can be inherited from attachments to that message and/or bequeathed to discussions which includes that message. In this embodiment provision of discussions... Agent: Jlb Consulting, Inc. C/o Intellevate

20070239759 - Range and cover queries in overlay networks: System and methods for range and cover queries in overlay networks are described. In one aspect, respective node intervals [s, t] of multiple node intervals are allocated to corresponding nodes in a segment tree. Each integer s and t corresponding to an index to a sorted array of possible endpoints... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070239768 - System and method for creating a dynamic database for use in graphical representations of tabular data: A search engine is provided which responds to a user's queries by generating and presenting a graphed result. The present invention includes automated and human process for retrieving raw data from various sources (to include Internet sources), profiling and storing structured data derived from this raw data, and retrieving this... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20070239760 - System for providing an interactive intelligent internet based knowledgebase: An Internet based computer application that consists of a back-end user interface for use by the client (“client”), and a front-end interface website for use by the end-user of the client (“user”, “end-user”), comprising customisable frequently asked questions (FAQs), help pages, discussion forums, downloadable documents, user created web pages, multiple... Agent: Daniel Simon

20070239775 - Data oriented navigation within software applications: Various embodiments as described and illustrated herein provide data oriented navigation within software applications. Some such embodiments include navigations within objects that make the navigations available to other objects. Objects in such embodiments include a representation of a software application data model to determine an object that is responsible for... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070239774 - Migration of database using serialized objects: Methods, systems, and apparatus for migrating a database of a workflow processing system from a current version to a new version by serializing the data into serialized objects and then deserializing the objects into the new version of the database. The current version of the database may include elements of... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20070239787 - Video generation based on aggregate user data: Apparatus for editing and generating media assets is provided. In one example, the apparatus includes logic for receiving data (e.g., edit instructions, views, votes, etc.) from a plurality of users, the data indicating a selection of at least one media asset from each of a plurality of sets of media... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070239779 - Analysis of media content via extensible object: A system and method are provided for analyzing media content and generating related metadata as it is provided to a computer. In one embodiment, the system includes an extensible analysis object managing a plurality of plug-ins for analyzing the media content and generating metadata related to the media content.... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070239776 - Bonded material monitoring system and method: A bonded material monitoring system is connected with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and a custom system. The bonded material monitoring system includes a material tracking module for inputting inquiring instructions of materials ready to be inquired and receiving material data corresponding to the inquiring instructions and provided by... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070239783 - Configuration tool for a content and distribution management system: b

20070239781 - Electronic device and method therefor: An electronic device including a user communication interface; a memory for storing music tracks and information about each of the stored music tracks, a music player capable of playing back the music tracks, and a processor. The information includes titles of the music tracks and names of artists or music... Agent: Perman & Green

20070239778 - Forming connections between image collections: A method of establishing a connection between two image collections, the method includes providing a first image collection from a first user; providing a second image collection from a different second user; analyzing the first and second image collections to produce a similarity score between the first and second image... Agent: Pamela R. Crocker Patent Legal Staff

20070239785 - Media distribution system for distributing media that includes media personalities: A media distribution system includes a plurality of media clips that each includes at least one media personality. A media classification file defines a personality media selection parameter that includes a list of the media personalities included in the plurality of media clips. A database functions to associate each of... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20070239784 - 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

20070239780 - Simultaneous capture and analysis of media content: A system and method are provided for analyzing media content and generating related metadata as it is provided to a computer. In one embodiment, the system includes at least one analysis object for analyzing the media content as it is received and generating metadata relating to said media content.... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070239786 - System for maintaining regulatory compliance of communication point data: According to another embodiment of the invention, a method of formatting communication point data comprises storing a communication point data set; storing a plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining how to format the communication point data set, each of the plurality of communication-point-formatting data sets defining a respective format for... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070239777 - System, method and computer program products for creating and maintaining a consolidated jobs database: Systems, methods and computer program products include job bots that are configured to periodically visit network sites that have stored therein one or more job postings. During each visit, the one or more job postings are analyzed and a searchable job post database is updated to add new job postings,... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070239782 - Systems and methods of conducting clinical research: Information management systems for clinical research, and related methods, are disclosed. The management system may have a database of biometric sample information. At least some of the pieces of sample information in the database may have been received from a test-subject in a first clinical research effort, and each piece... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP The Guaranty Building

20070239788 - Topic specific generation and editing of media assets: Apparatus for generating and editing media assets based on context is provided. In one example, the apparatus includes logic for causing the display of a suggestion for a media asset to a user based on context, logic for receiving at least one media asset, and logic for receiving an edit... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070239795 - File management apparatus: A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a first non-volatile storage medium that holds a metadata group including a plurality of pieces of metadata corresponding to a predetermined file type; a detector that detects a file of the predetermined file type; a metadata guide unit that introduces, as selection... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070239792 - System and method for exploring a semantic file network: Extraction of semantic information and the generation of semantic attributes allows for improved organization and management of data. Semantic attributes are automatically generated and eliminate the need for manual entry of attribute information. A semantic file network may further be constructed based on similarities between files that are based on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070239789 - Active cache offline sharing of project files: In a client-server computer system, an active cache is utilized by a client-based project management application program to share server-based project files with an offline client, so that the project files may be updated by modifications made offline. A project file is saved from the active cache for sharing with... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070239794 - Method and system for updating logical information in databases: A method for updating logical relationship information describing one or more defined logical relationships among a plurality of segments of one or more databases includes accessing the logical relationship information and establishing a plurality of updates corresponding to the one or more defined logical relationships. The plurality of segments includes... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070239793 - System and method for implementing a flexible storage manager with threshold control: A system and method for implementing storage management with threshold control is provided. A flexible storage manager associates storage devices having a similar performance characteristic into logical constructs called storage groups. Storage groups having the same performance characteristic from a plurality of storage systems are organized into storage pools. The... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20070239791 - Systems and methods for a distributed cache: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide managing a distributed database cache. A database cache is provided. The database cache is distributed over at least two data processing systems.... Agent: Sun Microsystems C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070239790 - Systems and methods for a distributed in-memory database: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide managing an in-memory database. An in-memory database is provided. The in-memory database is distributed over at least two of data processing systems in memory.... Agent: Sun Microsystems C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070239798 - Long-lived data transactions: In one embodiment, a method for facilitating long-lived data transactions includes starting a data transaction during a first user session, storing data associated with the data transaction in a temporary storage table, and ending the data transaction during a second user session using contents of the temporary storage table.... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070239796 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing a database with a third party database: In one embodiment, the present invention is a method of changing information in a first database and a second database. The method includes receiving new information. The method also includes receiving a first record from the first database, the first record corresponding to the new information. The method further includes... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070239797 - Systems and methods for synchronizing data in a cache and database: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention provide for managing a database. A data store is provided that is distributed over at least two sub data processing systems. A first information in the data store is associated with a first consistency level and a second information... Agent: Sun Microsystems C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070239799 - Analyzing log files: Log files from disparate systems may be transformed to a common format. That common format may then be searched for information resident in log files from both systems. In some embodiments, this enables disparate log files to be quickly searched, particularly where specific types of log files may be identified... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070239801 - Information recording medium, and reproducing medium and apparatus: An information recording medium and a reproducing method and apparatus are provided, so as to effectively update software in the reproducing apparatus. The information recording medium is provided with data and information for updating software stored in an apparatus which reproduces data from the information recording medium.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070239802 - System and method for maintaining the genealogy of documents: A system and method that provides a mechanism for tracing the history of changes made to the content of a document by a user. The system allows a user to open an existing document, to make one or more changes to the content, to generate meta-data describing the user's intent... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20070239800 - Update manager for database system: A database management protocol exchanges update tokens between a client and a server on which the database resides. When a client requests data to be read from a database, an update manager either reads an update token stored therein or generates one dynamically. The update token represents a current state... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070239806 - Methods and apparatus for a fine grained file data storage system: A method for maintaining access information for individual data portions within a file. Generally, the system disclosed herein provides a method for procuring and maintaining various access information specific to data portions within a file. Thus, by providing specific access information to a file data portion the access manager allows... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070239805 - Network repository auto sync wireless handset: According to the invention, one embodiment of a method and program of synchronizing an end device with a data repository is disclosed. In another embodiment, a method for synchronizing data, both multimedia and non-multimedia, with a repository is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a method for synchronizing data with multiple... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070239803 - Remote mirroring method between tiered storage systems: A method and system are provided in which files copied from a local storage system to a remote storage system are copied in such a manner that they reflect the arrangement and hierarchy of those files in the local storage system, including storage class. This allows the remote storage system... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070239804 - System, method and computer program product for storing multiple types of information: A method for storing multiple types of information, the method includes: storing information representative of a content of a persistent memory entity at a certain point in time; and storing information representative of a state of a virtual machine at the certain point in time. A computer program product including... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20070239807 - Siebel crm lov/mlov remapping tool: The present invention presents a method, system and computer-implementable medium for remapping child references when parent reference updates are processed. The method includes the steps of creating a table that is used to store List Of Value (LOV) reference updates that need to be processed for remapping; creating triggers to... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070233650 - Automatic categorization of network events: A system and method to facilitate automatic categorization of events in a network, wherein one or more keywords are retrieved from a keyword database, each retrieved keyword matching a corresponding event unit of an event input by a user over a network. A dominant keyword corresponding to a highest parameter... Agent: Stattler-suh PC

20070233658 - Identifying a result responsive to location data for multiple users: According to one general aspect, a method for searching includes receiving, at a host from a client device, a search query that enables access to location data associated with multiple users. Receiving the search query includes receiving a travel objective and receiving an indication of a particular place. The method... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070233661 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, storage medium and data signal: An information processing apparatus includes an information embedding section, a feature quantity acquiring section and an information managing section. The information embedding section embeds information, which specifies content relevant to document data, into the document data. The feature quantity acquiring section acquires feature quantity information about the content. The information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070233663 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for searching information: An acquiring unit acquires a first search criterion from outside. A first searching unit extracts a first search result that satisfies the first search criterion from a storing unit that stores information to be searched. A first output unit outputs the first search result to a first output device. A... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070233657 - Searching method for a patent database system and generating a brief from of search results: A searching method for a patent database system includes the steps of: selecting at least one super-linking object such that the designated super-linking object automatically links at least one classification list containing one or more of first super-linking blocks; selecting at least one of the first super-linking blocks from the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070233662 - System and method for advertising goods and services using a short identifying code: A system and method of providing advertising information from a database of advertising listings using a short, easy to remember alphanumeric identifying code associated each listing. The codes are promoted through various known advertising methods. A consumer, upon observing the ad and the code, can obtain additional information regarding the... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20070233673 - Apparatus and method for searching multimedia data based on metadata: Provided are an apparatus and method for searching multimedia data based on metadata. The apparatus for searching multimedia data includes: a mapping information storing unit for storing and managing mapping information between a Moving Picture Experts Group 7 (MPEG-7) query attribute and an MPEG-7 metadata property; and a query attribute... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070233670 - Document management system, program, and computer data signal: There is provided a document management system including a document provider unit that acquires, in response to an access request, a document which is associated to a document ID specified by the access request, from a document storage holding a document which is associated to at least one document ID,... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070233676 - Computer-readable recording medium storing information search program, information search method, and information search system: A computer-readable recording medium storing an information search program capable of retrieving desired information with ease. An index information-producing section produces index information associating a preparation object keyword with file identification information for identifying files in the file information each including, in a usage time zone thereof, a date and... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070233678 - System and method for a visual catalog: A virtual catalog system and method for collecting, classifying, storing and exploiting a plurality of assets. The system uses a keyword tree comprising a plurality of nodes that each include at least one keyword. Assets are classified by associating a keyword set with each classified asset, the keyword set including... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070233687 - File access control device, password setting device, process instruction device, and file access control method: A file access control device included in a file management system having a storage unit has an access control management unit that controls access to the storage unit or to a file for which an access is requested while checking a file access right referring to access right information which... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070233688 - Online system for exchanging fraud investigation information: Systems, methods, and software for selectively sharing fraud investigative information or cases between two or more investigative entities. The system enables one entity to make its cases selectively viewable and searchable to other entities with access to the system. The one entity specifies whether the entire case file is accessible... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070233696 - Apparatus, method, and program product for information processing: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing an interface for using a web service on an external server device. A first tree structure used for using the web service is stored. A request message calling up a web service is generated in response to... Agent: Mollborn Patents Attn: Ibm

20070233699 - Database system management method and database system: A control device 10 at a main center, in order for an update carried out in an operation database device M to be also conducted in an operation database device S at a sub-center, generates and transmits a differential log file 16 to a control device 20 at the sub-center.... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070233702 - Device and method for retrieval in network: A device discovery section discovers devices connected to a network. A metadata acquisition section acquires, via a communication section, all summary information held by the detected devices and containing recording dates and times of image contents. The metadata acquisition section stores the summary information acquired in a metadata control section.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070233703 - Service selection for composite services: A system for selecting services that are used for a composite service, may include an accessing unit and a processing unit. The accessing unit may be configured to access: tasks of the composite service, transactional requirements of the tasks, services that are configured to fulfill the tasks, and transactional properties... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070233697 - System and method for avoiding notification of unwanted information: A system for avoiding notification of unwanted information, which can reduce the chance of information becoming a subject of conversation that a communication partner does not want to know, during the communication with the partner. The system comprises an unwanted-information storage unit, a known information storage unit, a matching decision... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070233701 - System and method for securing content ratings: A system and a method secure content ratings by providing rating value information for a multimedia file which is based on, corresponds to and/or is associated with media, content and/or information in the multimedia file. A content fingerprint of the multimedia file is combined with the rating value information to... Agent: Patents+tms, P.C.

20070233634 - Method and system for estimating cardinality in a database system: A method and system for estimating cardinalities for a plurality of columns in a database system is disclosed. The method and system include obtaining statistics collected for the plurality of columns. A first portion of the statistics indicates at least one relationship between at least a portion of the plurality... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070233636 - Peripheral device that manages data deletion authority: A peripheral device has a mounting portion and a storage unit. The mounting portion is configured to mount a removable storage. The storage unit is configured to store data. The reading out unit reads out specific information from the removable storage medium when the removable storage medium is mounted to... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070233635 - Systems and methods for organizing an event and tracking attendance status: A user accesses an organization device and schedules a location-specific event. The user has the option of inviting event participants, who can send to the organization device a response regarding the participation status of the invitee. The organization device tracks the participation status of each invitee. The organization device can... Agent: Digital Cyclone, Inc. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20070233639 - Access controller and method for controlling access to medical data: In an access controller and method for controlling access to medical data, the medical data being provided as at least one first file and a second file independent of the first file with findings regarding patients that are generated by medical personnel being stored in the first file and measurement... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070233643 - Apparatus and method for protecting access to phishing site: An apparatus and method for protecting an access to a phishing site are provided. When accessing a phishing site, an access URL information is acquired using a pcap library. A previously established phishing site database is retrieved and it is reported that the accessed site is the phishing site when... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070233641 - Column constraints based on arbitrary sets of objects: Techniques for using arbitrary sets of objects to constrain objects in database systems. The constraint set of objects is associated with the constrained object in the database system and the database system will perform an operation which adds an object to the constrained object only if the object being added... Agent: Gordon E. Nelson Patent Attorney PC

20070233642 - Explicit key paging: A method of retrieving a page of records from a database system may include receiving a first query from a client device that, when processed by a database system, identifies a plurality of records that have a specified order and that are transmittable to the client device in pages that... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070233640 - Method and system for faster instance startup for large resource configurations: A method for starting up a database system, comprising allocating memory spaces for three buffers; initializing two of the buffers; partially initializing the third buffer where the third buffer is larger than the other two; instructing the memory manager to initialize the remainder of the third buffer in the background... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP Third Floor

20070233638 - Method and system for providing cost model data for tuning of query cache memory in databases: Providing cost model data for tuning query cache memory size in database systems. In one aspect, a query is received, and a query cache is checked to determine whether a stored query matches the received query. When a cache miss has occurred due to no stored queries matching the received... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070233637 - Methods of cost estimation using partially applied predicates: In accordance with aspects of the present invention, provided are methods, systems, and computer program products for incrementally estimating the cardinality of a derived relation including statistically correlated partially applicable predicates for a range-partitioned table. During the generation of a QEP a cardinality estimate is calculated in which one or... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070233644 - System with a data aggregation module generating aggregated data for responding to olap analysis queries in a user transparent manner: A system for supporting OLAP analysis over a network. The system comprises an OLAP server for enabling an OLAP user to perform OLAP analysis via interaction with a client machine on the network. The system also includes a data aggregation module comprising a multi-dimensional datastore, an aggregation engine integrated with... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20070233646 - Automatic browser search provider detection and usage: Various embodiments enable a web site to expose various search providers that it promotes to browsers that navigate to that site. In at least some embodiments, the search providers are exposed using the HTML of a web page. When a browser navigates to that site, it processes the HTML of... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070233664 - Digital data processing apparatus and methods for improving plant performance: The invention provides, in one aspect, human machine interface (HMI) methods and apparatus that permit users to search and/or view plant and other real-time process automation data in a manner similar to that with which they search and/or view pages on the Internet (web). Related aspects of the invention provide... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20070233656 - Disambiguation of named entities: Named entities are disambiguated in search queries and other contexts using a disambiguation scoring model. The scoring model is developed using a knowledge base of articles, including articles about named entities. Various aspects of the knowledge base, including article titles, redirect pages, disambiguation pages, hyperlinks, and categories, are used to... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070233648 - Execution cost reduction of sampled queries in a database: A method, system and computer program product for reducing the execution cost of sampled queries of tables in a database. A subset of entries comprising row identifiers or key values based on an input query of data in the tables of the database is generated. A sampling predicate to reduce... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070233654 - Facet-based interface for mobile search: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve data searching on mobile devices. A facet-based search application is provided that has a filter region, a results region, a facet navigation region, and a menu region. A user applies a facet-based filter to a set of data by selecting a number... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070233655 - Graphical program representation of queries: System and method for specifying a graphical query in a graphical program. User input configuring a plurality of nodes and connections between the nodes that specifies a query may be received. The input may be received to a graphical user interface (GUI) and may specify at least a data source... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070233649 - Hybrid location and keyword index: A method and system for generating a hybrid index for indexing objects based on location and keyword attributes and performing location-based searching is provided. A search system performs a location-based search using a hybrid index that indexes both location and keyword attributes of objects. The search system generates the hybrid... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070233659 - Information auto classification method and information search and analysis method: A method for searching information, which includes accessing an information source online or offline, the information source including a number of plurality of selectable fields, selecting and extracting specific fields that satisfy a search condition from the information source, and grouping and displaying contents of the extracted specific fields with... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070233651 - Online analytic processing in the presence of uncertainties: Disclosed are embodiments of a method for online analytic processing of queries and, and more particularly, of a method that extends the on-line analytic processing (OLAP) data model to represent data ambiguity, such as imprecision and uncertainty, in data values. Specifically, the embodiments of the method incorporate a statistical model... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070233653 - Selecting directly bid upon advertisements for display: Methods and systems in search marketing which permit advertisers to provide advertisements to a search engine, as well as bids associated with the advertisements themselves, are provided. Advertisements are selected for presentation when they are determined to be relevant and payment for presentation is due only upon the conditions of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070233647 - Sharing items in an operating system: Systems and methods are provided for sharing items and viewing shared items in an operating system. A user may initiate a search that executes a query on the file system, returning a list of items owned by the user and shared out to other users. In order to increase efficiency... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070233645 - System and method for building an xquery using a model-based xquery building tool: A system and method for building an XQuery using a model-based XQuery building tool is presented. An XQuery builder includes a general user interface (GUI) that enables a user to graphically interpret XML source documents and create a query model. The XQuery builder then optimizes the query model by generating... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Svl (jvl) C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20070233652 - System and method for pre-sorting table data: A system and method are described for efficiently filtering and restoring tables within an enterprise application server. For example, one embodiment of the invention detects that a filtering function has been selected for a particular table node and responsively stores elements from the table node within a backup table collection.... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070233660 - System and method for retrieving information and a system and method for storing information: A system for retrieving information, the system comprising: an input means arranged to obtain a statement; and a processing means arranged to: select a first record based on an element of the statement; select a second record that references the first record; examine the second record to identify a third... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20070233665 - Systems and methods for selecting a material that best matches a desired set of properties: Disclosed herein is a method for selecting a material that most closely matches a desired set of properties, the method comprising: obtaining at least one input parameter from a user; retrieving actual property values for at least one preliminary matching material from a global data repository; determining a match between... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070233666 - Drilling on elements in arbitrary ad-hoc reports: Mechanisms are provided for drilling on data elements in arbitrary ad-hoc reports. Data elements in one ad-hoc report can be examined and then drilled on, in order to obtain other related data elements in other ad-hoc reports. Thus, in one exemplary aspect of the disclosure, when a user selects a... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070233671 - Group customized search: A computer-implemented method associates a plurality of groups with a user. Each group may have at least one profile. The method also includes receiving a search query from the user and identifying information items associated with the search query. The method computes adjusted scores for the information items based on... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070233667 - Method and apparatus for sample categorization: A method and system for categorizing biometric measurements of a user is described. The method collects a plurality of biometric measurements of a user and validates the plurality of biometric measurements. The plurality of biometric measurements is categorized based on a plurality of predetermined parameters. A category with the most... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070233668 - Method, system, and computer program product for semantic annotation of data in a software system: A method, system, and program product for rapid semantic annotation of data in a software system is disclosed. The method may include receiving an annotated portion of a data set; and producing a recommended annotation for a data sample of the data set, wherein the recommended annotation is derived from... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070233672 - Personalizing search results from search engines: A personalized search engine system and corresponding method which is used by an identified user for retrieving documents on a corporate network or intranet. The identified user being related to a unique personalization identifier (UPID) and to a list of group personalization identifiers (GPIDs). The system comprises a search engine... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070233669 - Selective latent semantic indexing method for information retrieval applications: A term-by-document (or part-by-collection) matrix can be used to index documents (or collections) for information retrieval applications. Reducing the rank of the indexing matrix can further reduce the complexity of information retrieval. A method for index matrix rank reduction can involve computing a singular value decomposition and then retaining singular... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070233674 - Systems, methods and apparatus to determine relevance of search results in whole/part search: Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which, in one aspect, one or more wholes and parts of wholes are searched in a database, presented to a user, sold and/or distributed.... Agent: Ramirez & Smith

20070233675 - Document management device, document management method and document management program: There is disclosed a document management device, a document management method, and a document management program capable of contributing to a reduction of burdens on document data management. The document management device comprises: a document image display controller which displays a predetermined image corresponding to selected document data; a similarity... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070233677 - Method and apparatus for matching provision data with request data in a trading system: Provision data from a provider application is matched with request data from a consumer application operating in a trading environment in which third party compatibility rules are applied to matched request/provision data pairs.... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070233680 - Auto-generating reports based on metadata: Mechanisms are provided for auto-generating reports based on metadata. Entities in databases may have some associated metadata, and this metadata may serve as the basis of the reports. Such reports may be generated not only automatically but also dynamically. The generation of reports may also be a function of the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070233679 - Learning a document ranking function using query-level error measurements: A method and system for learning a ranking function that uses a normalized, query-level error function is provided. A ranking system learns a ranking function using training data that includes, for each query, the corresponding documents and, for each document, its relevance to the corresponding query. The ranking system uses... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070233683 - Database management system with efficient version control: A two copy versioning scheme is proposed. The scheme provides efficient implementation for a high read load database and eliminates read dependencies. The versioning scheme provides efficient implementation for transactions executing under ANSI READ COMMITTED isolation, and is extensible to serializable isolation. The two-copy versioning scheme is garbage free meaning... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. (oracle)

20070233682 - Deleting mechanism in sip multimedia services: A method of deleting an item from a user account in a SIP multimedia environment. When an item such as an instant message is to be deleted, a SIP REFER message is transmitted from a user device to delete the item from the user account, with the message including a... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070233681 - Method and system for managing development components: Methods, systems, and software for managing development components or other enterprise content—whether developed internally or by third parties—are described herein. One method for managing reusable development components includes identifying a first development component of a first type. This first development component is stored in a repository, with the repository including... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070233684 - Neighboring locking technique for increasing concurrency among transactions: New lock modes are based on the concept of neighborhoods and are applied to spaces in indexes. The new lock modes include a Read, or shared, neighborhood (Snei) lock mode and a Write neighborhood (Xnei) that enhance concurrency among non-serializable transactions.... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20070233685 - Displaying access rights on search results pages: A system and method are provided for allowing authorized users to access search results containing protected content, and for indicating within a user interface which search results an affiliated institution has and does not have access to. The invention can be configured to identify which search results within a search... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070233689 - Enabling a web application to access a protected file on a secured server: A document exchange environment for allowing a user to access documents. The document exchange environment includes a web server, a document vault database and a file server. The document vault database is coupled to the web server and stores information regarding whether a user is authorized to access a document... Agent: Stephen A. Terrile Attorney Of Applicant(s)

20070233686 - Isolated access to named resources: When a process running in an isolated execution environment is started by a user, the credentials of the user are associated with a naming environment for the isolated execution environment. The isolated execution environment may be implemented via creation of a namespace representing resources available to one or more processes... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070233693 - Configuring a communication protocol of an interactive media system: A method for configuring a communication protocol between a client and a server is described. The method comprises, for each of a plurality of potential requests from the client to the server, estimating values for a plurality of attributes associated with the request, and computing a resource usage estimate, based... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070233694 - Configuring interactive media systems based on performance metrics: A method for configuring a system that includes a server in communication with a client according to a communication protocol is described. The method comprises determining at least two of an application metric that characterizes performance of multiple possible instantiations of an application, each instantiation being configured to execute on... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070233704 - Data migration method: Data migration arrangements for storage systems are disclosed.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070233698 - Distributed computing system having autonomic deployment of virtual machine disk images: A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. For instance, a distributed computing system comprises a plurality... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20070233705 - Method of generating a web page: A method of generating a web page modifies uniform resource locators (URLs) of embedded resources in a web page. The modified URLs include data prepended to information from the original URLs. The prepended data may be a hostname or an network address that is resolvable to a shared network of... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070233695 - Methods and apparatus for providing map locations in user applications using url strings: In one illustrative example, a method for use in mapping a location in a computer device includes the steps of receiving an electronic file or message which includes a hypertext link mapping indicator associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) string having a server address and latitude and longitude coordinates;... Agent: John J. Oskorep, Esq. One Magnificent Mile Center

20070233706 - Shared content delivery infrastructure with rendezvous based on load balancing and network conditions: A method of processing requests for resources in a system in which a plurality of content providers provide multiple resources. Content providers offload the serving of some of their resources to a shared content delivery network (CDN) formed by a plurality of servers. The CDN is shared among the content... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20070233700 - Storage cluster system, data processing method, and program: Disclosed is a storage cluster system which includes a storage cluster constituted of a plurality of storage devices and a host device connected to the storage cluster by a first communication network, and each storage device includes a plurality of accessible regions into which a region logically accessible by the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070233691 - System and method for implementing accumulative rows within master tables: A system and method are described for efficiently filtering and restoring tables within an enterprise application server. For example, one embodiment of the invention detects that a filtering function has been selected for a particular table node and responsively stores elements from the table node within a backup table collection.... Agent: Sap/blakely

20070233692 - System, methods and applications for embedded internet searching and result display: Systems and methods allow a user of a text or graphics editor to quickly create multiple robust internet search queries by selecting and ranking groups or individual key words from a document. A user who is composing or reading a document can identify and link multiple sets of key words... Agent: Jon E. Kappes Law Offices Of Steven G. Lisa, Ltd.

20070233690 - Web service contract selection: The present invention refers to the field of networked computer telecommunication, and in particular to a method and system for processing contract data defining contracts between a service requester and a service provider for services like Web Services to be provided via a network. In order to improve the processing... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070233712 - Checklist management device, checklist management method, and recording medium therefor: A recording medium causing computer to execute a checklist management program for managing a checklist comprised of a plurality of operation items to be checked, which generates attribute information specifying if the operation item is conducted for each of the operation items, obtains frequency distribution about an evaluation value corresponding... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070233714 - Reproducing apparatus, content selection method, and program: A reproducing apparatus includes an operator block, a storage block, a reproducing block, and a control block. The storage block is configured to store content management information having identification information for identifying content data and attribute information about the content data and a sort list with the content management information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070233715 - Resource management system, method and program for selecting candidate tag: Resource management system, method and program for selecting candidate tag are provided. The tag can be readily attached to a resource by presenting a candidate tag also to a resource newly registered in a database. The degree of similarity of a new registration resource to each of a plurality of... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20070233708 - Accessing an events repository: Techniques for accessing an events repository are provided. An event information repository contains event records defining real world events. A programmatic interface is exposed to third-party applications for accessing the event records within the repository. Specifically, the programmatic interface provides a set of routines that perform operations on the repository.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070233707 - Combined content indexing and data reduction: Data storage is improved by combining content indexing and data reduction in text-containing files by using common word elimination. Raw data is processed by finding words in selected files, creating an index of found words, and replacing the words in the raw data with pointers to the corresponding words in... Agent: Mcguinness, Manaras & Emc

20070233711 - Method and apparatus for privacy preserving data mining by restricting attribute choice: Improved techniques for privacy preserving data mining of multidimensional data records are disclosed. For example, a technique for generating at least one output data set from at least one input data set for use in association with a data mining process comprises the following steps/operations. At least one relevant attribute... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070233713 - Recording medium storing slip data processing program, method of processing slip data, and slip data processing device: In a slip data processing program according to the present invention, in a first process step of a task executing a rule corresponding to an acquisition destination (action), data to be processed is collected into one. Also, when termination state information of one of the respective steps included in the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070233709 - Smart containers: Smart containers are disclosed. A definition is received of a logical structure configured to manage associated content. A policy or operation specified by the definition is applied to an item of content associated with an instance of the logical structure.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Emc Corporation

20070233710 - Systems and methods for notifying listeners of events: In one embodiment, systems and methods are provided for tracking events wherein an event system monitors certain areas of a system. When an event occurs in one area of the system, the event system notifies the processes listening to that area of the system of the event.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070233719 - Information providing method, information providing system, information providing apparatus, information receiving apparatus, and computer program product: A central apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of terminal apparatuses through a relay apparatus transmits to the terminal apparatus a browsing program for browsing provision information. The terminal apparatus receiving the browsing program accepts a start instruction of the browsing program and transmits a start notice for notifying... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070233720 - Lazy bulk insertion method for moving object indexing: The present invention relates to a lazy bulk insertion method for moving object indexing, which utilizes a hash-based data structure to overcome the disadvantages of an R-tree, and uses two buffers to simultaneously store operations in the buffers and process queries stored in the buffers, so that the overall update... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20070233718 - Generating and utilizing composite keys in lieu of compound keys: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the retrieval or interaction with data in databases. A database has one or more tables with compound keys. An entity key that is a single composite key of each of the compound keys is generated via an invertible composition transformation. The composite... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070233717 - Generic product configuration framework for building product specific installers: A generic product configuration framework is disclosed which utilizes a number of components to facilitate platform-independent configuration of installers and the installation of software products. The framework includes metadata, which defines actions, properties and characteristics for creating installers for software products. Two such types of actions include interactions to conduct... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP And Sun Microsystems, Inc.

20070233716 - Image data flow producing system, method and program: There is provided a technique that can contribute to a reduction in work loads in production of an image data flow that is formed by plural processing units for performing predetermined processing for image data and sequentially passes processing results in processing units at pre-stages to processing units at post-stages... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070233721 - Receiver apparatus and method for releasing memory thereof: In a receiver apparatus of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) data transmission scheme, it is achieved to minimize the occurrence of the system performance degradation and problems caused by TSN flash execution. In the receiver apparatus, each of a plurality of reordering buffers that temporarily store received traffic data... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070233724 - Computer-readable recording medium recorded with performance information collection program, and performance information collection apparatus and method: In a business system constructed by a web server, an AP server, and a DB server serially connected in this order, the times required for the transmission and reception of messages with respect to the servers or business applications located in downstream processes of the servers, are respectively measured. Then,... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070233725 - Text to grammar enhancements for media files: A control system in a vehicle for extracting meta data from a digital media storage device over a communication link. The system includes a communication module for establishing a communication link with the digital media storage device. The system also includes a processing module coupled to the communication module. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070233723 - Method for determining a most probable k location: The process of traversing a K may involve determining a match between a root node and a Result node of a node on the asCase list of a current K node. When learning is off and a match is not found, the procedure may ignore the particle being processed. An... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070233722 - Method, system, and program product for managing adapter association for a data graph of data objects: The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for managing adapter association for a data graph of data objects. Specifically, under the present invention, a data graph of data objects is generated (e.g., on a server), and then serialized. In performing the serialization, the data graph is translated... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070233726 - Methods and apparatus for visualizing a music library: Visualizing and exploring a music library using metadata, such as genre, sub-genre, artist, and year, is provided. Geometric shapes, such as disks or rectangles, may be divided into sectors representing genre and each sector may be further divided into sub-sectors representing artists associated with each genre. The sector's relative size... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP

20070233727 - Multiple virtual devices: Techniques for multiple virtual devices are disclosed. A method allowing for sharing a storage device among multiple users of a computing device may be implemented on a sharing device coupled with the computing device. The storage device may be a hard disk. Users may designate multiple virtual devices and select... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070233728 - Foundation layer for services based enterprise software architecture: Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having foundation layer functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070233729 - Method to raise accuracy of targeting the segmentation for sample distribution: To enhance the targeting accuracy in providing services such as provision of samples for members by performing management of member information and authentication while securing personal anonymity. There is provided a center server and a store terminal. The center server gives a unique ID to a member application, sends it... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070233735 - Apparatus for filtering malicious multimedia data using sequential processing and method thereof: An apparatus for filtering malicious multimedia data using sequential processing and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a maliciousness classification model training unit extracting a predetermined feature from at least one or more types of moving pictures and then, through machine training, generating a maliciousness determination model for... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070233734 - Enhanced use of map and map metadata: An electronic map together with metadata relating to at least one position on the map is provided for a user. A pointer to additional data related to the metadata may also be provided based on the reception of a selection of additional information according to a user made selection profile.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070233741 - Interface for seamless integration of a non-linear editing system and a data archive system: To provide consistent operation within an A/V handling system, a coordinated interface is provided to allow the transfer of data between an editing system, capable of editing video signals, and a data archive system, designed for archival purposes. The interface of the present invention takes into account the different data... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20070233738 - Media access system: Methods and systems for indexing video files, the method comprising selecting and loading a video into a video editing program, segmenting the video into short clips and creating an edit decision list (EDL) containing information corresponding to the short clips, importing the video and EDL, parsing the EDL, and automatically... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20070233736 - Method and system for social and leisure life management: A method and system for providing online management of social and leisure life activities. The method includes listing one or more events in an events database, listing profiles of one or more users in a users database and linking information from the events database to the users database based upon... Agent: Akc Patents

20070233731 - System and method for configuring media systems: A system and method for configuring a multi-component media system allows a user to specify a system and to obtain appropriate connection diagrams for the components, as well as a configuration dataset which can be loaded into a remote control to operate the resulting media system. Multiple connection diagrams can... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070233737 - System for determining whether screen displayed by program satisfies specification: It is determined whether a plurality of screens to be sequentially displayed by a process of a program satisfies a specification without executing this program. A system of the present invention stores a first schema prescribing a specification of a first screen, a second schema prescribing a specification of a... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070233732 - Content request, storage and/or configuration systems and methods: A content request, storage, and configuration system is provided which associates pieces of content with one or more keywords, and configures the content for the benefit of a user. Users load content into the system or link content elsewhere to the system, and optionally designate a set of actions to... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070233733 - Fast generalized 2-dimensional heap for hausdorff and earth mover's distance: A method of measuring distance between two distributions of data points in a space is described. The distances between data points are ordered in a plurality of heaps stored within 2-D heaps, which is constructed by giving heap structure to a list of one-dimensional heaps. Each plurality of heaps is... Agent: Jonathan O. Owens Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070233743 - Method and system for spatial and environmental media-playlists: A system is disclosed for selecting musical media files from a plurality of available musical media files for play to a user based at least in part upon a current location of the user. In an embodiment, a spatial media server stores a set of geospatial playlists, each of which... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070233739 - Method for reconstructing a three-dimensional target volume in realtime and displaying it: The invention relates to a method for reconstructing a three-dimensional target volume, particularly within the human body, in realtime and displaying it, with a three-dimensional reconstruction volume being determined from a basic set comprising a minimum number of two-dimensional images obtained from an image recording device located within the target... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070233730 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for facilitating user interaction with customer relationship management, auction, and search engine software using conjoint analysis: Methods, systems, and computer program products for combining conjoint analysis with customer relationship management software, search engine software, and auction software are disclosed. According to one method, conjoint analysis is used to facilitate user interaction with a search engine. According to the method, search keywords are received as a user... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070233744 - Remote personalization method: A method of producing a personalized data file includes the steps of providing a message comprising at least one word to a person present at a site on a network and specifying a first data file, and producing a personalized data file by digitally combining the first data file and... Agent: Michael M. Gerardi

20070233742 - System and method of shared file and database access: A shared file and database access system is disclosed, which comprises a database of information relating to employee characteristics including an interview, and at least one communication port allowing access to the database. In one embodiment, the system is operable through the communication port to select information from the database... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070233740 - System and methods for enhanced metadata entry: A system and methods for facilitation of enhanced user interactions with metadata corresponding to one or more media files. A number of user interface methods are described and may be used alone or in combination with one another to present an enhanced metadata entry and modification interface to a user.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070233749 - Automatic reduction of table memory footprint using column cardinality information: In a business system, one or more methods can be used to reduce an amount of redundancy in the storage of data. One implementation includes a method of reducing a memory footprint of a database table having multiple rows and one or more columns, in which each of the one... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070233745 - Data flow optimization in meta-directories: A system and method for producing a meta-directory integrator having improved data flow which accumulate a list of input, calculated, attributes, intermediate output, and final output attributes by traversing from a first connector function to a last connector function in a first meta-directory integrator; by performing data flow analysis to... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20070233748 - Internet access apparatus and method for notifying of web page update using the same: An Internet access apparatus and a method for notifying of a Web page update using the same. The Internet access apparatus stores access information regarding at least one Web page selected by a user and checks the update condition of the Web page at predetermined update monitoring periods, in order... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070233747 - Meta data conversion device, meta data conversion method, and meta data conversion system: It is to provide a meta data conversion device for converting to meta data in line with a purpose of a content provider when generating meta data for digest viewing or when selecting segmentation meta data. Thus, there is provided a meta data conversion device including: a meta data database... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070233746 - Transitioning of database service responsibility responsive to server failure in a partially clustered computing environment: A facility is provided for transitioning a database service from a failing, primary server to another server of a computing environment including a plurality of servers, at least some of which have a common database service capability, but not commonly replicated supporting databases. The facility includes, responsive to detection of... Agent: Ibm Corporation Department 417

20070233751 - Controlling the validity status of communicated messages: A method for managing a message communication system comprising providing a token log as a data structure that contains a user-extensible set of tokens and implied conditions under which specific tokens are considered valid. The method also includes creating a new token as a set of symbols and storing the... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Slc

20070233750 - Data control apparatus and method: This present invention introduces a data control apparatus and method for global navigation satellite system (GNSS). The data control apparatus has a serial transport interface for transporting data blocks at a data transfer rate from a data source. A microprocessor executes a program routine for sequentially writing the data blocks... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070233753 - Database system management method, database system, database device, and backup program: A method manages a database system that includes a first database device whose memory content in a storage area is changed based on a command designated through a network from any business terminal device, and a second database device for storing the same memory content as the first database device... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070233752 - Method and apparatus to reclaim nonvolatile memory space: Various embodiments for reclaiming nonvolatile memory space are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a nonvolatile memory to perform reclaim operations to recover memory space from a reclaim block containing stored information. The reclaim block may be associated with a reclaim page to store one or more reclaim... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070233755 - Apparatus, computer program product, and method for displaying data: A data displaying apparatus includes a displaying unit that, when a search result contains an instance data generated based on an old version of a dictionary, displays the instance data generated based on the old version of the dictionary in a display mode that is different from the display mode... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070233754 - Process integration error and conflict handling: A system and method are provided for handling errors that arise in communications between process agents on behalf of business objects. The system and method deal with the discovery and reconciliation of business-logic-level errors and conflicts. The system and method may operate at two levels: they may detect errors and... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070233756 - Retro-fitting synthetic full copies of data: Multi-dimensional surrogation systems and methods are provided that generate at least one data surrogate using information of data and numerous data changes received from at least one data source. Embodiments described herein perform shadowing of production server databases, including creation of synthetic fulls by retrofitting log shipping to enterprise database... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20070233757 - Garbage collection method and a hierarchy storage device: A tape library device connected with a magnetic disk device. The tape library device includes at least two magnetic tape media being capable of storing data and first controller for controlling transfer information and storing information. The magnetic disc device includes a magnetic disc being capable of storing data and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP