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 prog