Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 12/07

20070299807 - Apparatus and method for organizing user's life pattern: An apparatus and method to organize a user's life pattern are provided. The apparatus includes a landmark probability estimating module to estimate statistically at least one landmark based on log data indicating a user's life pattern, an image generation module to generate image corresponding to a landmark included in a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070299803 - Federated transaction path and service level agreement monitoring across service oriented application partner domains: Computer implemented method, system and computer usable program code for monitoring a transaction that crosses an enterprise boundary in a composite application. A computer implemented method for monitoring a transaction that crosses an enterprise boundary in a composite application includes a provider enterprise of the transaction receiving a request to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070299804 - Method and system for federated resource discovery service in distributed systems: Methods and systems are provided for identifying and allocating resources disposed within a plurality of distributed and autonomous computing systems, each of which may have its own legacy resource discovery service. Resource identification servers disposed within each one of the distributed computing systems communicate resource attribute data to a tree... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20070299806 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying a container associated with a plurality of files: Methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying a container associated with a plurality of files are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes providing for associating a file with a container associated with at least one file to form a plurality of associated files. The prevailing metadata is... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor, P.A.

20070299805 - System and method of report layout reference processing: A report layout reference system and method of processing report layout references in a report is provided. The report layout reference system comprises a report object model builder for generating a report object model of a report, a destination repository for storing the location of referenced objects, a report fetcher... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070299810 - Autonomic application tuning of database schema: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing a database. Performance data is determined for the database. The performance data relies on a key of the database. A schema of the database is autonomically modified by making changes utilizing the performance data in response to determining... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070299811 - Parallel population of an xml index: Populating an XML index is parallelized, providing both inter-document and intra-document parallelism, by using multiple pull-type parser processes to parse respective XML documents in parallel and to call respective ‘instances’ of the function that generates the index entries based on parsed XML node information. The function is configured to operate... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070299812 - Workload manager for relational database management systems: A relational database workload manager is provided for dynamically managing processing priorities assigned to queries executing within a relational database management system (RDBMS). The workload manager monitors executing query process threads and at set time intervals reduces the processing priority assigned to each executing query. This automated method of managing... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070299817 - Automatic search functionality within business applications: Disclosed herein is an integration of automatic search functionality into a business application. The application is monitored for an instance wherein the user is initiating an activity that involves an expenditure. Upon detection of such an activity, a query is automatically generated based on information related to the expenditure. The... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070299815 - Automatically displaying keywords and other supplemental information: Various embodiments can utilize information that is displayed for a user to automatically generate a list of keywords and use that list as a means to display supplemental information that is relevant to the keywords. In at least some embodiments, the displayed information is analyzed using an extraction algorithm to... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070299814 - Autonomic lock escalation in an sql environment: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, article of manufacture, and an apparatus used to optimize the execution of a database query. One embodiment includes a computer-implemented method that includes the steps of receiving a query of a database, prior to executing the query, analyzing the query to select a... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070299820 - Crid-based metadata management architecture and service for p2p networks: A method is provided for retrieving metadata for content residing in a peer-to-peer network. The method includes: determining a content reference identifier for the content; generating a hash value for the content reference identifier; determining location of a metadata service based on the hash value; and retrieving metadata for the... Agent: Gregory A. Stobbs

20070299823 - Customizable parameter user interface: A customized form is provided for entering parameters associated with a query. A user may desire to modify a report resulting from a query to a database. To enter the parameters for modification, a customized form is displayed to the user. The customized form allows for entry of the parameters... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20070299822 - Database connectivity: Database connectivity without a need for installing database specific drivers on individual client machines/applications is provided. A database access application module resides on a server associated with the database(s) to be accessed. User interface modules residing on individual client machines/applications enable users to submit their queries or select from a... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20070299830 - Display of search results: In an example embodiment, a method for displaying a search result is provided. The method may comprise receiving a search query and a window size of a Web browser and accessing contents associated with a search of the search query. The contents are rendered to provide rendered images and each... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070299827 - Document retrieval system, document retrieval apparatus, document retrieval method, program, and storage medium: In a document retrieval system for retrieving a document from documents stored in storage devices according to a retrieval condition input by a user, the storage device where a retrieval is carried out is selected from the storage devices, and the retrieval condition is input. In the selected storage device,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070299824 - Hybrid approach for query recommendation in conversation systems: Techniques are disclosed for combining natural language generation with query retrieval for context appropriate query recommendation. For example, a computer-implemented method for generating a recommended query for a conversation system in response to an original user query, wherein at least a portion of the original user query is not understandable... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070299816 - Immutable bookmarks for large objects in a database: User-level bookmarks are initially created at a specified offset in a large object (LOB) of a database and automatically updated to reflect a new offset, if necessary, after database updates. By logically linking the bookmark to a data element, the bookmark continues to point to the same logical data element... Agent: Aka Chan LLP / Oracle

20070299826 - Method and apparatus for establishing relationship between documents: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for establishing documents relationship based on user's operation upon search result. When a user uses search engine to search for documents with a query in repository, the search result may be a list of ranked documents, and these documents may... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20070299828 - Method and apparatus for processing heterogeneous data: Methods and apparatuses to compile heterogeneous data, regardless of origin, into a single, unified system, which provides customers with the ability to control the process for managing their data for viewing, categorizing/cataloging/classifying, annotating, converting, storing and exporting their data according to their own specifications. One embodiment includes: providing a user... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20070299821 - Report specification system and method: A report specification for defining a report and a system and method of producing a report output from a report definition are provided. The report specification comprises a data selection specification for defining one or more sets of data that are to be reported against and a layout specification for... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070299819 - Resource discovery and enumeration in meta-data driven instrumentation: A method for enumerating an asset includes receiving an enumeration request for enumerating an asset, obtaining a data acquisition (DAQ) definition associated with the enumeration request, translating the enumeration request from an information model format to a DAQ format, wherein the DAQ definition complies with the DAQ format, identifying an... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070299818 - System, method and computer program products for determining o*net codes from job descriptions: 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

20070299837 - Data processing method and system based on networked relational dimension: The invention provides a data processing method and system based on a networked relational dimension. An aggregation on the attributes of the entities having networked relations and/or the attributes of the relations between the entities is described; a transitive rule of relations between the entities having networked relations is described... Agent: Bond Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070299836 - Database query language transformation method, transformation apparatus and database query system: The present invention provides a method for transforming a concept-based query into SQL query statements, comprising the steps of: transforming inputted concept-based queries into logic rules; checking validity of the logic rules; optimizing the valid logic rules; and translating the logic rules into SQL query statements in accordance with the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070299833 - Network-based determination of user content preferences: Network-based determination of user content preferences involves determining preferences of a plurality of users via respective network-capable processing devices of the users. The preferences are collected via a network entity and merged to form a group preference associated with the plurality of users. Content is provided to at least one... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC Suite 125

20070299835 - Search engine for software components and a search program for software components: To investigate software connectability quickly with higher precision when creating an application from a combination of software components, there is provided a search engine for software components including: a software component repository (303) which stores a set having, as elements, ranges that define input and output of a plurality of... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070299834 - Techniques of rewriting descendant and wildcard xpath using combination of sql or, union all, and xmlconcat() construct: A method for processing queries is provided. A first representation of a query is generated, where the query includes a certain operator that is to be performed based on an XPath expression that is expandable into multiple location paths. The first representation of the query is rewritten into a second... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070299841 - Predictive data search: A method for searching for data files stored in a mobile device may include accessing a memory including a plurality of data files, the data files including file information fields containing a group of characters; retrieving at least a part of a first file information field associated with the data... Agent: Harrity Snyder, L.L.P.

20070299842 - Bucket-based searching: An item discovery module (IDM) is described that allows a user to find one or more desired items within a store of candidate items. In operation, the user enters a search selection, upon which the IDM determines a collection of matching items. The IDM groups the matching items into one... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070299843 - Solving table locking problems associated with concurrent processing: Stored pages in an electronic database are re-ordered such that the data that is being requested by multiple processes is re-ordered to be spread over several different pages such that a lock on a first page will no longer lock processes from data on the locked page.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20070299845 - License management system, license management server apparatus, information processing apparatus utilizing a license, and control method thereof: A floating license management system is applied to a case where a license issuance is requested when all issuable licenses are issued. By issuing an excess license, more users can execute an application software or a program even when a specified number of floating licenses are all being used. A... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070299844 - Method and apparatus for obtaining information based on user's access rights: Information is searched for in response to receiving a query from a user requesting the information. However, the information located is inaccessible by the user due to the information requiring access rights that the user does not have. Therefore, related information requiring access rights that the user does have is... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael Dryja

20070299852 - Information sharing control system: An information sharing control system including plural terminals for holding private relevant information containing identification information of other terminals or users, the private relevant information being created on the basis of transmitted/received e-mails or non-disclosed information or on the basis of a medium, and a first server for receiving a... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070299849 - Logging of application messages: The processing application includes numerous jobs for performing processing operations on computing objects. Whereas previous systems log job information on a per job basis, the apparatus and method includes generating application messages. These application messages are generated based on events in the operation of the application and the messages include... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070299847 - System and method for instrumentation using a native-asset-interface repository: A method for managing an asset using a DAQ runtime that includes acquiring a management request from an information model, identifying an asset type of the plurality of asset types for the management request, identifying a DAQ definition based on the asset type and the management request, wherein a native... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070299848 - System and method for mapping between instrumentation and information model: A method for managing an asset that includes acquiring an information model request for managing the asset, wherein the information model request is in an information model format, identifying a name and a type of an attribute from the information model request, obtaining a mapping specification entry matching the name... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070299846 - System and method for meta-data driven instrumentation: A method for managing an asset includes receiving a management request for the asset from a management application where the management request complies with an information model format, identifying a data acquisition (DAQ) definition for the management request, translating the management request from the information model format to a data... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070299850 - Voice/text memo synchronized digital photo readers/frames and data accessing methods: According to principles of the present invention, a digital content (photo or video clip) file can have an associated audio and/or text file that shares the same prefix file name as the content file but with a different suffix file name. These associated files record either voice or text memos... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20070299809 - Method for managing data access requests utilizing storage meta data processing: A method and system are provided for managing requests to access data in a computer environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a request manager receives a request associated with meta data corresponding to data that is maintained separately from the meta data. In another aspect, the request manager... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20070299808 - Telephone/transaction entry device and system for entering transaction data into databases: Transaction data is entered by the user in response to prompts in a template. The template and entered data are accumulated into data transactions which are exploded and sent to an external database servers for processing and storage. Each database server may explode the data transaction to produce ancillary records... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20070299813 - Method, apparatus, and system for searching based on search visibility rules: According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a search request containing search criteria is received from a first user. A search is performed based upon the search criteria and the first user's organizational identifier to identify data records that match the search criteria... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20070299832 - Method and apparatus for query rewrite with auxiliary attributes in query processing operations: Methods and apparatus are provided for rewriting queries during a database query processing operation to include auxiliary attributes not included in the original query, thus improving processing efficiency. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for rewriting a query in a query processing operation includes the following... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070299831 - Method of searching, and retrieving information implementing metric conceptual identities: A method and system for searching and retrieving and providing information, wherein a value identifying at least one of a concept, word, phrase and sentence; and a second value for performing a mathematical operation or calculation for identifying at least one of a: third value, and value range for performing... Agent: Frank John Williams

20070299829 - Price comparison engine and related searching methods and systems including merchant bidding: Disclosed herein is a price search engine and method for producing up to the minute prices for queried goods and services. Also disclosed are novel advertisement systems and methods, that converge internet advertising with print and television advertising and novel enhanced merchant bidding methodologies, systems and products by such processes.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070299825 - Source code search engine: In an embodiment, a method of operating a software search engine is provided. The method includes populating a software code database from one or more sources of source code. The method also includes receiving a search query for a software code search engine (525). The method further includes searching the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070299838 - Concept based cross media indexing and retrieval of speech documents: Indexing, searching, and retrieving the content of speech documents (including but not limited to recorded books, audio broadcasts, recorded conversations) is accomplished by finding and retrieving speech documents that are related to a query term at a conceptual level, even if the speech documents does not contain the spoken (or... Agent: Telcordia Technologies, Inc.

20070299839 - Responding to requests for data: A user information item is associated with a data set selected by a user for delivery over an electronic network. The user's present and previous data selections are analyzed to identify a user information category related to at least one of these data selections, and the user information item is... Agent: Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070299840 - Responding to requests for data: A user information item is associated with a data set selected by a user for delivery over an electronic network. The user's present and previous data selections are analyzed to identify a user information category related to at least one of these data selections, and the user information item is... Agent: Cooper & Dunham LLP

20070299853 - Dynamic publication of information from a database: Systems and methods for electronic management can be configured so that content is stored apart from the information for formatting the content. A data structure for the content may be initially defined, and content items may be stored in the data structure. Formatting information may be stored separately from the... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20070299851 - Interoperable public and proprietary web accessible database and data brokerage: A preferred embodiment system provides a secure repository for researchers' data. The system also supports the sharing of proprietary and draft data amongst collaborators. The system provides for brokerage service for the submission to and collection of data from production facilities. Additionally, the system provides web based advertising of context... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20070299854 - Symmetric transformation processing system: An application system includes a first process configured to execute an application program, wherein the application program is operable to use a set of data structures. The application system also includes a second process configured to interpret a markup language document. A transformation template is configured to specify a symmetric... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070299855 - Detection of attributes in unstructured data: A method for processing information includes receiving a set of records, which include a plurality of fields containing data regarding respective items, and selecting a field that occurs in all of the records and contains multiple terms in each of the records. At least first and second terms that occur... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070299856 - Data aggregation: An apparatus for aggregating data and for building a virtual data model 4 of an organisation's data which will typically be held in a plurality of different data source 1. The method and apparatus function by first standardising and splitting 2 the data into different types, then performing a cleaning... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20070299862 - Context-aware, adaptive approach to information selection for interactive information analysis: Improved information analysis techniques are disclosed. For example, a computer-implemented method of automatically assisting an analyst in a current information analysis task includes the following steps. An analytic context is modeled in a user-system cooperative manner, wherein the analytic context is a structure representative of user analytic actions and relationships... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070299857 - Cross domain communication: Various embodiments utilize nested Iframes within a web page to allow cross domain communication. That is, various embodiments can create an embedded Iframe that shares the domain of an Iframe or web page with which communication is desired. Because the embedded Iframe shares the domain of the Iframe or web... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070299865 - Method and apparatus for fast similarity-based query, self-join, and join for massive, high-dimension datasets: A method and apparatus for fast similarity-based query, self-join, and join for massive, high-dimension datasets have been disclosed.... Agent: Heimlich Law

20070299864 - Object storage subsystem computer program: An object storage subsystem program with federated object storage on multiple computing nodes, which may be added as a component to existing open source platforms. The subsystem program increases programming efficiency by leveraging existing open source solutions, directly integrating with an application development framework, increasing the efficiency of the framework,... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20070299858 - Schema version management for database management: Creating a relational database table that identifies at least one application as belonging to a logical group. All components that belong to the logical group are listed and a unique schema name is created for each component by combining a logical schema name of each component with a designated system... Agent: Perman & Green

20070299859 - Summarization systems and methods: A server-side summarization system includes a function for acquiring material to be summarized, along with source information about the material, a converter for converting the acquired material to machine-readable form, if not in that form when acquired, a summarizer for creating a summary from the acquired material, and a storage... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20070299860 - System and method for comparative analysis of business intelligence data: A comparative analysis system allows independent management of definition of dimensional members of a multi-dimensional model. A user can select dimensional members of interest and at least one operator to manipulate the selected members based on the selected operator. The system manages placement of the selected members in a report... Agent: Perman & Green

20070299861 - System and method for managing large olap in an analytical context: A large report management system manages a large Online Analytic Processing (OLAP) report. The system segments a set of members of interest for an OLAP report to define one or more segments, and determines an interest degree of each segment. The system generates a summarized representation of each segment that... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070299866 - Interactively comparing records in a database: The present invention can allow an electronic catalog or other set of items to be searched and compared interactively. In one embodiment, the invention includes displaying a list of items in an electronic catalog, each item corresponding to a row of the display, each row having values corresponding to attributes... Agent: Christopher J. Kulish, Esq

20070299863 - Portable object serialization: Disclosed herein are platform- and device-independent systems and methods for serializing and deserializing data. A method of serializing data stored in a data structure comprises generating a data structure descriptor representing information about a memory layout of the data structure and serializing the stored data based upon the data structure... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070299867 - Method and system for defining a heirarchical structure: A hierarchical structure is provided. The hierarchical structure includes object items (301-306) for objects (101-106) located in the hierarchical structure, each object item (301-306) having a name and a link (321-326). The hierarchical structure also includes node items (311-314) each having a name of a hierarchical path name. A node... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070299871 - A universal method of controlling the recording of audio-visual presentations by data processor controlled recording devices: Controlling the audio-visual recording by audio-visual recording devices within a facility comprising the host or owner of the facility predetermining a plurality of value levels of at least one attribute of said audio-visual content and predetermining a plurality of limitations on the recording of audio-visual content, each corresponding to each... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070299874 - Browsing and searching of podcasts: Improved techniques that facilitate the use of podcasts are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, organizing, searching, browsing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to yet one aspect, tags are embedded into syndication feeds that may be made available for distribution by an online media... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070299870 - Dynamic insertion of supplemental video based on metadata: A media service application responsive to a media retrieval request received from a user of client computer to retrieve a video designated by the retrieval request. The media service retrieves relevant advertisements as a function of metadata included in the video file and/or stored personal preference data of the user.... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070299875 - Method and apparatus for setting playlist for content files in mobile terminal: A method and apparatus for setting a playlist for content files stored in a mobile terminal that can reduce initial execution time associated with the content files by generating the playlist using header information extracted from the content files are provided. A specific content file is stored in a first... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070299872 - Method, apparatus, and program product for developing and maintaining a comprehension state of a collection of information: Aspects of the disclosed technology enable a knowledge worker to easily and efficiently develop and maintain a comprehension state of a document collection. One aspect of the technology includes a methods, apparatus, and program products that alter a relationship data structure representing a comprehension state responsive to manipulation, in a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070299873 - Podcast organization and usage at a computing device: Improved techniques that facilitate the use of podcasts are disclosed. The improved techniques can pertain to publishing, hosting, accessing, subscribing, managing, organizing, searching, browsing, transferring, and/or playing podcasts. According to one aspect, tags are embedded into syndication feeds (e.g., RSS feeds) that may be made available for distribution by an... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20070299877 - Group content substitution in media works: A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiments may include a record of primary authorization rights applicable to a... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070299878 - Management of contract data: A method and system for contract processing. Sent by a procurement contract management system (PCMS) to decentralized execution systems is a list of I identifiers identifying a contract dataset in the PCMS earmarked for archiving. The PCMS receives from each DES a return list of M of the I identifiers... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070299879 - Method for automated data storage management: A system, method and program product for assigning management classes to data objects. The disclosed system includes a class assignment system for assigning a management class to an inputted data object, wherein the class assignment system analyzes historical usage characteristics of existing data objects that have attributes similar to the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070299876 - Method of searching for information in a database: The present invention relates to a method of searching for information in a database, the method comprising the steps of: presenting at least one item of data to an observer and measuring at least physiological parameter of the observer; and in the presence of a variation in the physiological parameter... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070299868 - Method, device and system for information based automated selective data handling and provision by identification means: In general, the present invention purposes a method for automated information based selective data provision by an identification device is provided. Information data associated with a plurality of data records stored in a data storage are scanned in order to obtain filter information relating to the plurality of data records... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20070299869 - Web page performance scoring: A browser-based tool is provided that loads a Webpage, accesses the document object model (DOM) of the page, collects information about the page structure and parses the page, determines through the use of heuristics such factors as how much text is found on the page and the like, produces statistical... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070299880 - Document management server, document management method, computer readable medium, computer data signal, and system for managing document use: There is provided a document management server including a receiving unit that receives from a client a request and a first ID representing a document, an ID processing unit that issues, when an operation is performed on the document, a second ID, and records a derivation relationship having the second... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20070299881 - System and method for protecting selected fields in database files: A system and method for masking selected information in at least one original Db file to prevent unauthorized access to that information, the at least one original Db file being duplicated from a Private Zone having full accessibility thereto, into a Public Zone having only partial accessibility thereto, the system... Agent: Edward Langer C/o Shiboleth Yisraeli Roberts Zisman & Co.

20070299883 - Database offload processing: Handling a database request includes providing a first database manager on a storage device containing data for the database, generating the database request external to the storage device, providing the database request to the first database manager on the storage device, and the first database manager servicing the database request... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070299882 - Unified mechanism for presenting and resolving grouped synchronization conflicts: Conflicts detected during synchronization of replicas are enumerated and resolved according to a specified policy, comprising conditions and actions or simply a specified action. Specified actions may be drawn from a set of standard actions and custom actions may also be composed. The conflicts are enumerated and resolved in logical... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070299884 - File management device and electronic equipment: A file management device for a control system, has a file write unit which records data of a file into cluster areas of a recording medium, records file information into a directory area of recording medium, and records FAT chain information into FAT of recording medium; a file delete unit... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070299885 - Apparatus and method for forming a homogenous transaction data store from heterogeneous sources: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to gather first committed transactional record from a first transaction log associated with a first data source. The first committed transactional record is converted to a homogeneous format to form a first homogeneous transactional record with a common transaction record header containing... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070299888 - Automatically maintaining metadata in a file backup system: A technology for automatically saving an original copy of an image file in a location hidden from a user is disclosed. The technology accesses metadata associated with an image file and determines whether an original copy of the image file exists. Provided an original copy of the image file exists,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070299889 - Information processing apparatus performing plurality of series of predetermined processes and control program embodied in computer readable medium to be executed in information processing apparatus: In order to easily change the settings for executing a plurality of series of processes, MFP includes a storage portion to store program key definition data defining a plurality of series of processes, a process execution portion to read the program key definition data from the storage portion to execute... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070299886 - Media difference files for compressed catalog files: Generating a difference (DIFF) file for catalog files. A second catalog file is compared with a first catalog file to identify at least a modified portion in the second catalog file. The modified portion indicates a difference between the content of the first catalog file and the second catalog file.... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070299887 - Multi-master database synchronization without loss of convergence: Tombstones can be removed from a data store without data corruption. Tombstones placed into a forgotten knowledge list can be compared against each other and/or items in a tombstone table, and deleted when tombstones representing subsequently deleted items are extant. Also, creation database version information can be kept along with... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070299891 - Data back-up utility: A back-up utility for data based on user selectable configuration(s) is provided. A user interface enables users to define or select from default parameters for source and destination paths, frequency of back-ups, filters to be applied, and the like. Formatting, naming convention, and the like, of the source data may... Agent: Merchant & Gould Bellsouth Corporation

20070299890 - System and method for archiving relational database data: The present invention provides a way to archive relational database data in a Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) such as a in a format of the relational database. Specifically, the present invention provides a Virtual File System, (VFS) having an interface for linking a relational database with an HSM such as... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070294211 - Apparatus and method for browsing contents: An apparatus and method for browsing contents, the apparatus including: a generation module to generate a key value using metadata of contents as an input value; a management module to manage an index for accessing the key value; and an output module to output a user interface (UI) required to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070294209 - Communication network application activity monitoring and control: Communication network application activity monitoring and control apparatus, methods, and data structures are disclosed. A communication network user that initiates access to an application provided in a communication network is identified. Records are dynamically created and maintained to reflect accesses by the user to the application and other applications that... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070294212 - Information processing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: An information processing apparatus that can alleviate the stress of a user by clearly showing the acquisition status of contents data that is held by a peripheral device in a situation in which a plurality of devices are connected by a network. Contents data including metadata and image data that... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070294205 - Method and apparatus for detecting data tampering within a database: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates detecting data tampering within a table in a database. The system operates by hashing a row in the table to create a row-hash. The system then hashes a block of consecutive row-hashes to create a block-hash. Finally, the system... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070294202 - Methodology for file identification and retrieval in directories for categorized files: A computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code are provided for marking objects. Responsive to an object being received, the object is stored in a directory in a file system. An indicia is associated with the object and the directory. The object is displayed using the indicia as... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070294207 - People searches by multisensor event correlation: A data indexing system and method includes acquiring activity data in a context and indexing the activity data in accordance with contextual conditions. The activity data is stored in accordance with indices. An event is correlated with the activity data by using the indices to review the activity data in... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070294206 - Predicting capacity consumption in a memory component: Techniques and technologies are provided for predicting when remaining storage capacity of a memory component will be fully consumed. For example, the remaining storage capacity of the memory component can be determined and a rate of change of the storage capacity can be calculated. Using this information, a prediction or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070294203 - Search early warning: Systems and methods for automatically delivering information to a user concerning the embedded code contained in a web page before the user downloads the web page are disclosed. A search engine, in addition to performing a standard subject matter word search requested by a user, searches each web page to... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070294210 - Stent customization system and method: Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient, and for customizing one or more attributes of a stent ex situ as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient or for customizing one or more junctions of a stent... Agent: Searete LLC

20070294204 - System and method for accessing content from selected sources via a document processing device: The subject application is directed to a system and method for the content retrieval and routing via a document processing device. The document processing device first receives output routing data from an associated user corresponding to a desired destination for retrieved content. The device then receives a content query from... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20070294208 - Updating a data warehouse schema based on changes in an observation model: A method, information processing system, and computer readable medium for modifying at least one data warehouse schema based on detected changes in an associated observation model are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one new observation model has been created. The method also includes determining if at least... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070294216 - Method and apparatus for predicting future behavior of data streams: Techniques are disclosed for predicting the future behavior of data streams through the use of current trends of the data stream. By way of example, a technique for predicting the future behavior of a data stream comprises the following steps/operations. Statistics are obtained from the data stream. Estimated statistics for... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070294215 - Method, system, and program product for generating a virtual database: The present invention provides a virtual database as well as a method, system, and program product for generating a virtual database. Specifically, under the present invention, Service Data Objects (SDOs) corresponding to a plurality of database tables are provided within a virtual container. Once provided, two or more of the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070294217 - Safety guarantee of continuous join queries over punctuated data streams: Systems and methods are disclosed to guarantee the safety of a continuous join query (CJQ) over one or more punctuated data streams by constructing a punctuation graph; checking whether the punctuation graph is strongly connected and if so, indicating that the CJQ is safe to execute. The system uses a... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20070294214 - System and method for managing execution of queries against database samples: A method, system and article of manufacture for query execution management and, more particularly, for managing execution of queries against database samples. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for managing execution of a query against a database having a multiplicity of data records. The method comprises receiving, from a requesting... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070294227 - Apparatus and method to search content in multimedia device: An apparatus and method to search content in a multimedia device, and more particularly, an apparatus and method to efficiently search content in a multimedia device using various metadata of the content, the apparatus including: a content storage unit to store content; a metadata storage unit to store metadata of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070294221 - Designing record matching queries utilizing examples: The subject disclosure pertains to a powerful and flexible framework for record matching. The framework facilitates design of a record matching query or package composed of a set of well-defined primitive operators (e.g., relational, data cleaning . . . ), which can ultimately be executed to match records. To assist... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070294225 - Diversifying search results for improved search and personalization: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate diversifying search results to improve searching and/or personalized searching. An interface component can receive a query. Additionally, a result diversification component can modify diversity of a set of search results obtained by a search engine in response to a query... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070294228 - Management apparatus, control method, and storage medium: A management apparatus connectable, through a network, to a managed device located in a network environment utilizing a firewall to disallow spontaneous access through the network from an outside, the management apparatus includes an input unit configured to enter an instruction addressed to the managed device, and an instruction reply... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070294222 - On-demand news service based on end-user requested and generated content: A news system, user computing devices, and wireless feeder devices communicate through a network to provide on-demand news content to users of the user computing devices. The users of the user computing device's requests play an active role in guiding the generation of news content for the news system. Users... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070294232 - System and method for analyzing patent value: At least one exemplary embodiment discloses a system, computer program product and method for evaluating the value of a legal document such as a patent-related document. In accordance with at least one exemplary embodiment, a Latent Semantic Analysis (“LSA’) search engine can search a database of patent-related documents to identify... Agent: Maier & Maier, PLLC

20070294220 - System and methodology providing improved information retrieval: System and methodology providing improved information retrieval are described. In one embodiment, for example, in a computer system that comprises a central server and one or more remote servers, an improved method of the present invention is described for performing distributed query processing, the method comprises steps of: receiving at... Agent: John A. Smart

20070294223 - Text categorization using external knowledge: A system and method for categorizing documents with the aid of an external knowledge database. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an external knowledge database is used to provide concepts related to the documents of a categorized database and an input document in order to improve the ability of... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070294224 - Tracking discrete elements of distributed transactions: Methods and systems for grouping two or more communications on a computer network into a transaction. One embodiment includes a method of tracking an asynchronous communication between two applications. The method includes receiving a first and third event record associated with a first and third application, wherein the first and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ibm Svl

20070294231 - Viideo library management method and apparatus: According to one embodiment, when a user designates a management method, a folder is added automatically for file management, allowing the user to easily search for a desired file. Basically, a video library management apparatus is provided with a storage section including a plurality of folders, each of which stores... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070294226 - Wireless network that provides location information when queried by a client device: An apparatus and method of providing location information to a client device connected to a wireless access network are disclosed. The wireless access network includes a plurality of access nodes, and each access node has location information. A plurality of the access nodes receive a query from the client device,... Agent: Tropos Networks Patent Dept.

20070294238 - Automatic layout of unpredictable content from multiple sources: Methods and systems are provided for managing, compiling, and displaying unpredictable digital content received from a plurality of sources, such as news information transmitted in RSS feeds. A layout may be selected from multiple display templates, each having slots for the segments of media that are received. Selection of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070294237 - Enterprise-wide configuration management database searches: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for enabling enterprise-wide queries by linking configuration management databases (CMDBs) together. A query and unique query key to access data stored in a CMDB is received. The query is processed against data internal to the CMDB. If the information... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070294241 - Combining spectral and probabilistic clustering: Data clustering is performed by executing a spectral technique, embedded within a probabilistic technique. In one embodiment, the probabilistic technique is performed by a generative model, and the spectral technique is performed within the generative model. In another embodiment, the probabilistic technique is performed by an aspect model, and the... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070294239 - Handheld electronic device with assisted text entry using existing message thread, and associated method: A method of facilitating the entry of text into a new message generated by a messaging application of a handheld electronic device is provided that includes receiving a command to reply to or forward a received message that is included within a message thread, scanning the message thread, identifying a... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20070294240 - Intent based search: A system, a method and computer-readable media for locating and presenting relevant documents in response to a search query. Classification tags are assigned to electronic documents. Information is extracted from the documents. In response to a user search query, a set of relevant documents is identified, and an intent is... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070294246 - Associating metadata on a per-user basis: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for associating metadata with an identifier for the author thereof and for communicating metadata to one or more users having shared copies of the associated file, such communication being independent of communicating the associated file. Context is provided for each metadata value associated with a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070294248 - Compliance facilitating system and method: A computerized system (1) for facilitating compliance with a number of regulatory regimes includes a first input interface (7) for receiving information about various regulatory regimes and a second input interface (8) for receiving a questions in respect of each regulatory regime for determining whether a user (16) is meeting... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070294247 - Identifying optimal multi-scale patterns in time-series streams: A method, system, and computer readable medium for identifying local patterns in at least one time series data stream are disclosed. The method comprises generating multiple ordered levels of hierarchal approximation functions. The multiple ordered levels are generated directly from at least one given time series data stream including at... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070294245 - Method for simple hardware implementation of jpeg size limiter: A size limiter module used to limit a file size of an encoded file is disclosed. The size limiter module includes a size limiter set-up calculator and a size limiter processing engine. The size limiter calculator is configured to identify a maximum bit size for a set of data to... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20070294244 - System and method for configuring application programs: A system includes a communication unit to receive a request to change a configuration of an application program, and a storage unit to access a configuration state that represents the configuration. The system further includes a processing unit to identify a further configuration state that is consistent with a system... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20070294252 - Identifying a web page as belonging to a blog: A machine learning classifier is used to determine whether a web page belongs to a blog, based on a number of characteristics of web pages (e.g., presence of words such as “permalink”, or being hosted on a known blogging site). The classifier may be initially trained using human-judged examples. After... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070294253 - Secure domain information protection apparatus and methods: Secure domain information protection apparatus and methods are disclosed. Service access information associated with access, by an external user that is outside a secure domain, to a service that is provided in the secure domain is processed to determine whether it includes sensitive information. If so, a protection action is... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.

20070294263 - Associating independent multimedia sources into a conference call: A teleconferencing system includes a network. The system includes a content node having content and an address in the network and in communication with the network. The system includes a first user node and a second user node in communication with each other through the network to form a conference.... Agent: Ansel M. Schwartz

20070294254 - Method and apparatus for managing multimedia content: The invention includes a system, apparatus, and method for storing media content within a service provider network. The system includes multi-service servers associated with access points adapted to allow end-user devices to access the service provider network. Each multi-service server includes a common storage partition adapted for storing media content... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ Lucent Technologies, Inc

20070294255 - Method and system for distributing data processing units in a communication network: A method and system for distributing a plurality of data processing units (116, 118, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128, 130 and 132) in a communication network (100) is provided. The communication network comprises a plurality of manager data processing units (104, 106 and 108) for serving the plurality of data... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070294256 - Online service for program lookup: An integrated program lookup browser provides an integrated system with an online program lookup web service that assists the user in finding these unrecognized files, protocols and web page objects by allowing the user to perform a program lookup on a web service that can search one or more databases... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070294257 - Peer-to-peer file sharing: A peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system is provided with an enhanced search method for a client computer therein. The method includes masking at least one term in a multi-term query entered into a client computer of the P2P system to obtain a masked query and routing the masked query to... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070294260 - Software emulation tutorials: A method and arrangement is provided for creating a tutorial for troubleshooting a software application. The method begins by saving captured display screens of a software application operating on the respective versions of the hardware device in one or more files. This step is repeated for each of a plurality... Agent: Mayer & Williams PC

20070294258 - System and method for incident reporting: A system and method for incident reporting uses an application server on a network to facilitate the creation of incident reports and distribution of the reports for review, and controls access to the incident reports to protect the integrity and confidentiality of the reports. Each incident report is given a... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070294213 - Method and system for providing access to a database: A method and system for providing user-friendly access to a database are described. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a database server. There is at least one database coupled to the database server, wherein the database server enables access to the at least one database. A user-defined interface... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070294218 - Method and system for reducing host variable impact on access path selection: The present invention proposes enhancing the access path selection process by storing the relevant frequency distribution and the host variables values used for selecting the access path together with the corresponding access path executable. This way, the host variables impact to the access path can be inexpensively assessed and the... Agent: Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC

20070294219 - Shared scans utilizing query monitor during query execution to improve buffer cache utilization across multi-stream query environments: A system for data base management using memory devices holding a database containing tables of data occupying extents. A database engine reviews each query to determine an extents list of extents containing the data needed by that said query. A query monitor then re-orders the extents lists so that extents... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Offices

20070294236 - Caching permissions information: A method for determining group membership in a computer system, the method comprising: obtaining an identifier that describes a member of a group, the member of a group having a member hash table that contains group membership information describing to what groups a member belongs; performing a primary search of... Agent: Gazdzinski & Associates, P.C.

20070294229 - Chat conversation methods traversing a provisional scaffold of meanings: A method and system for iteratively searching large amounts of data in response to a user request by traversing a conversational scaffold and producing a document set in response to the request, producing category descriptors for the document set, transmitting the category descriptors to a chatterbot response composer for producing... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070294230 - Dynamic content analysis of collected online discussions: The present invention is an enterprise solution that comprises methods for collecting, storing, categorizing, and analyzing online peer-to-peer discussions in order to illuminate key consumer insights—clarify public opinion, quantify trends and findings, and develop the components for completed consumer research studies. The inventive system analyzes collected data based on predetermined... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP Attn:IPDocketing Dept.

20070294234 - Dynamic database access via standard query language and abstraction technology: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that allow saved abstract queries to be referenced from within query statements constructed using standard query languages, such as Structured Query Language (SQL), are provided.... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070294235 - Hashed indexing: Indexing data items into an index. A method includes identifying a parameter pattern for a data item stored in a data store record of a data store. The data store record has a data store location identifier. The method further includes identifying a hash of the parameter pattern. The data... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070294233 - Structured natural language query and knowledge system: A structured natural language query and knowledge system is provided to allow a user who lacks programming skills to enter a database query or a rule in the form of a structured natural language sentence. The scope of the sentence is preferably defined by an improved object relational query language,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070294243 - Database for efficient fuzzy matching: A database includes a repository of data segments to be searched, called standard streams. But rather than searching all possible segments of each standard stream, the database includes a set of index files that reference a number of different segments in the repository. Each index file provides information about whether... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070294242 - Storage device and recording medium: There are provided a storage device and a computer readable medium capable of efficiently storing keywords contained in description information and efficiently retrieving the keyword. A list producing portion extracts the keywords from the description information and produces a keyword list correlating the keywords with the scene information containing the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070294249 - Electronic program guide: In order to provide end users with an individualized electronic program guide, a plurality of client devices is connected to a back end system. Each client device is operable by an end user. User information, which is related to content of at least one end user is collected. Individual preferences... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20070294250 - Method and system for customizable and intuitive content management on a limited resource computing device such as a mobile telephone: A customizable, intuitive content management front end is provided for a mobile communication device having limited computing resources. The content comprises multiple content items in several different content types. The apparatus comprises an environment management unit operative to support an environment, typically a three-dimensional environment, as a display on said... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070294251 - Method and system for generating help files based on user queries: A method and system for generating a help file based on failed user queries. A help file generation system collects failed user queries from user computer systems. The generation system assists a developer in identifying failed user queries that are related to a topic. The generation system then updates the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20070294261 - Communication system for processing data: In a plurality of sub-systems, a respective sub-system processes data according to a logic system specific to the respective sub-system. At least some of the sub-systems respectively include at least one acquisition unit which is configured in such a way that it acquires information relating to the processed data of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070294262 - Communicational identities system: A system and the method of creation new communications between people and entities seeing in daily life comprising the highly integrated communicational identities system said system working with communicational identities numbers said C-numbers precisely identified with corresponding profiles in sophisticated interactive database said database, assigned and registered to the users,... Agent: Vladimir Boutkovski

20070294264 - Method for sharing source code over a network: Under the present invention source code can be shared among nodes in a peer-to-peer network. Specifically, source code to be shared will first be analyzed to identify a set of code patterns, assigned one or more predetermined categories based on the set of code patterns, and then selectively indexed. A... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & D'alessandro, LLC

20070294259 - System and method for finding product and service related information on the internet: A system for finding information about a particular consumer product on the Internet, comprising a relational database for storing information elements representative of universal product numbers (UPNs) assigned to consumer products and registered with the relational database, and a trademark (TM), a product description (PD), and a plurality of uniform... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20070294268 - Apparatus and method for processing data corresponding to multiple cobol data record schemas: A computer readable medium is configured to receive an identification of a plurality of data records, where each data record corresponds to one of a plurality of data record schemas represented in COBOL, and each data record schema corresponds to one of a plurality of standardized data record schemas. The... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070294267 - Apparatus and method for processing of cobol nested data record schemas: A computer readable medium is configured to parse a COBOL copybook to determine that the COBOL copybook is a nested data record schema, and to transform the COBOL copybook into a standardized data record schema.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070294269 - Data analyzing method, apparatus and a method for supporting data analysis: A data analyzing method, apparatus, and a method for supporting data analysis includes creating or storing a semantic entity repository, wherein the semantic entity repository includes a structured entity set of entities and properties thereof, reference ranges describing the possible values of the properties, and the mappings between the entities... Agent: Pastel Law Firm

20070294265 - Identification of content downloaded from the internet and its source location: A method for identifying a predetermined type of content such as video from data retrieved on the Internet to facilitate bookmarking of the content is disclosed. The method comprises determining a source location of data retrieved from the Internet, determining whether the data correspond to the predetermined type of content,... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20070294270 - Layering and referencing of scene description: A unified mechanism of scene description includes layering and cross-referencing relationships. The scene description specifies components using one or more layers. A layer includes an opinion of value for one or more attributes of one or more components. A layer can be sparsely populated with opinions of attribute values for... Agent: Jonathan M. Hollander Pixar - Hollander

20070294266 - Management of time-variant data schemas in data warehouses: A system, method, and computer readable medium for preserving information in time variant data schemas are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one modification request associated with a database schema has been received. In response to the modification request being received, a metadata table associated with the database... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco Pl

20070294271 - Systems and methods for monitoring and detecting fraudulent uses of business applications: A systems and methods are described detect fraud in existing logs of raw data. There can be several disparate logs, each including data of disparate data types and generated by different and possibly unrelated software enterprise applications. The fraud management system aggregates and organizes the raw log data, extends the... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20070294272 - Apparatus and method for autonomic index creation, modification and deletion: An index advice record engine generates and stores index advice records. An index advice policy mechanism allows a user to define an index advice policy that specifies criteria for autonomic index creation, modification and deletion. An autonomic index mechanism reads the index advice records, compares this information with the criteria... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070294273 - Method and system for cataloging media files: A system (100) and method (700) for capturing and cataloguing media filenames can include a media capturing device (101, 102 or 103), a context input device (106) for a providing a context value associated with at least one media file, and a processor (106) coupled to the context input device.... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070294274 - System and method for managing a consistency among volumes in a continuous data protection environment: Described is method and system for protecting file on volume based CDP and restoring data consistency between files and database managed by database application. One of the benefits of an implementation of the inventive concept is that administrator can protect a specific file by inserting a marker, which is stored... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070294275 - System and method for using demographic organization and segmentation to manage large scale projects: A method and system is provided to demographically represent and implement one or more projects associated with an entity such as a corporation in a database so that the views into the database reflect a defined hierarchy of the demographics of the project or entity. The views may be created... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070294278 - Managing changes in aircraft maintenance data: Airline operator-customers manage aircraft maintenance data for fleets of commercial aircraft using a suite of electronic maintenance tools that are delivered to the customers over the Internet and viewed with a web browser. The maintenance tool suite includes an authoring module that allows customers to create, edit and manage both... Agent: Tung & Associates

20070294277 - Methodology for directory categorization for categorized files: A computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code are provided for categorizing directories using categorized objects. Responsive to receiving a plurality of objects, the plurality of objects are stored in a directory in a file system. One of a plurality of indicia is associated with each of the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070294276 - Moving records between partitions: In an embodiment, data is partitioned into partitions, which are divided into levels. The levels are ordered by creation times of the levels. A request is received at a current partition, which includes a key that identifies a field in a record and a value for the key. A determination... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070294279 - Stent customization system and method: Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient, and for customizing one or more attributes of a stent ex situ as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient or for customizing one or more junctions of a stent... Agent: Searete LLC

20070294280 - Stent customization system and method: Methods and systems are described for receiving a parameter relating to a specific patient, and for customizing one or more attributes of a stent ex situ as an at-least-roughly contemporaneous response to receiving the parameter relating to the specific patient or for customizing one or more junctions of a stent... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070294288 - Data disambiguation systems and methods: Various embodiments provide a state-based, regular expression parser in which data, such as generally unstructured text, is received into the system and undergoes a tokenization process which permits structure to be imparted to the data. Tokenization of the data effectively enables various patterns in the data to be identified. In... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Morasch & Colby, P.s.

20070294282 - Dynamic xsd enumeration: In general, in one aspect, a method for dynamic markup language schema enumeration includes receiving a request for schema file data, the schema file data for validating markup language data, using a database query to retrieve from a database values in a database table that are valid values for the... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070294287 - Research data repository system and method: System, method and program product for managing reference data. A data access program receives data retrieval policies and retrieve reference data from remote sources in accordance with the data retrieval policies. A research application assists in generating a conclusion based on said reference data which has been retrieved. A local... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070294284 - Spatial data portal: A system and method link one or more disparate datasets with one or more spatial layers to create linked datasets. One or more data attributes common to the dataset and the spatial layer are identified, and the linkage is defined between the dataset and the spatial layer. The spatial layer... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070294285 - System and method for processing event predicates: Described is a method comprising initializing a first set of bits corresponding to a first plurality of predicate indices to a first value, and initializing a second set of bits corresponding to a second plurality of predicate indices to a second value. A subscription is processed. The subscription includes a... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070294286 - System and method for processing event predicates: Described is a method comprising initializing a first set of bits corresponding to a first plurality of predicate indices to a first value, and initializing a second set of bits corresponding to a second plurality of predicate indices to a second value. A subscription is processed. The subscription includes a... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20070294283 - System, method and software application for managing meta-language documents: The present invention provides a system and method for managing meta-language documents. In particular, the system and method receive Delta documents specifying the exact locations of changes required in a meta-language document and process the meta-language document to produce an updated meta-language document.... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070294281 - Systems and methods for consumer-generated media reputation management: TruCast is a method for management, by way of gathering, storing, analyzing, tracking, sorting, determining the relevance of, visualizing, and responding to all available consumer generated media. Some examples of consumer generated media include web logs or “blogs”, mobile phone blogs or “mo-blogs”, forums, electronic discussion messages, Usenet, message boards,... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070294290 - Fail over resource manager access in a content management system: In a content management system having a plurality of resource managers storing objects, a replica resource manager stores a replica of an object stored in one of the plurality of resource managers. A library server contains a resource manager table that defines the plurality of resource managers and includes availability... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20070294289 - Organizing related search results: The present invention provides system, methods, and apparatus for organizing objects obtained from data retrieval. It provides a method to assemble the objects into a set based upon their relevance ranking, associated metadata including categories, and the proximity of these categories in a graph. The method provides for selecting objects... Agent: Louis Paul Herzberg

20070294292 - Advertising transfer and playback on portable devices: Managing predetermined media content in connection with rendering selected media content on a portable computing device. A client application executed on the portable computing device specifies a predetermined media file to be rendered in connection with a selected media file. The client application tracks the rendering of the predetermined media... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070294296 - Constituent data and transaction system: A method of creating and maintaining an organization membership data base which is easily updated and accessed for solicitation and attendance purposes.... Agent: Paul K. Brooks

20070294293 - Enabling global applications and services for content devices: Enabling global applications and services available to a user to service an action for content on a content device associated with the user is provided. A network device detects a device event for the content device. One or more applications and services available to service one or more actions for... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20070294295 - Highly meaningful multimedia metadata creation and associations: Systems and methods for generating temporal metadata for a media source as a function of detected content. An analysis engine detects content within a media stream of a media source. A metadata creation engine generates temporal metadata as a function of the detected content. The generated temporal metadata may be... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070294298 - Matchmaking of semantic web service behaviour using description logics: A computer-implemented method includes receiving a request for a web service and comparing a description of a behavior of the requested web service to a description of a behavior of an existing web service. The description of the behavior of the requested web service and the description of the behavior... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070294294 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing metadata entry: An apparatus for providing metadata entry includes an output device, an interface element and a tagging element. The output device is capable of rendering an activity such as a media file via an electronic device. The interface element is capable of accepting a user input of a selection of a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070294297 - Structured playlists and user interface: A user interface distinguishes between individual songs and collections of songs. A listener might review or manipulate individual songs, collections thereof, or individual songs within those collections. Review and manipulation includes visualizing those songs and collections queued for play, selecting either individual songs or collections thereof for listening, and selecting... Agent: Swernofsky Law Group PC

20070294303 - System and method for acquiring mortgage customers: One embodiment of the invention provides a machine-readable medium embodying a method of providing a list of individuals who are most likely to move, payoff or refinance their mortgages. The method includes receiving a name and an address from a customer database, retrieving demographic data corresponding to the name and... Agent: Ketan S. Vakil Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.

20070294302 - Defining privileges in association with the automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system: Systems, methods and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system are provided. The systems, methods and computer-readable media of embodiments described herein utilize a number of information sources prior to initiation of configuration, implementation and/or maintenance to tailor or... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070294291 - Environment load totalizing device and method: A storage unit (20) holds component information, step information, and information (stage definition information) on the basic steps assigned to the life stages of a product. The step information includes information on environment load items, information on the basic step corresponding to the objective step, and information on components associated... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070294300 - Image data management device: An image data management device has a data reading unit and a control section. The data reading unit includes a plurality of recording medium insert sections. To the recording medium insert section, a recording medium having recorded photographic image data is connected detachably and data can be read from and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070294305 - Implementing group content substitution in media works: A classification method and system for possible content alteration of a media work may include criteria regarding content that is feasible for alteration. Such criteria may be maintained in records that are accessible to an interested party. Some embodiments may include a record of primary authorization rights applicable to a... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070294301 - Information management method, information management program, and information management device: To allow desired information to be easily retrieved from various types of information. Information is registered at a music playing position of music data. Music data that are audio data or MIDI data are played. While music data are being played, registration instruction is issued for example with a keyboard.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070294304 - Method, system, and program for accessing calendar information for shadowed users from a database: Provided is a method, system, and program for accessing calendar information of users in a database for presentation by a personal information manager. Scheduled event records for users are maintained within the database. Further maintained in the database is information on a current location of wireless devices of users in... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP

20070294299 - Methods for using geospatial information as geospatial session files: Methods and apparatus are provided for storing, transporting and accessing a packaged collection of geospatial information. A geospatial toolkit including source, handler, and data modules is configured to access geospatial data from a variety of sources, parse the geospatial data, and provide geospatial content in a unified format. Parameters, including... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070294311 - Application program interface to manage media files: An application program interface to manage media files may be described. An apparatus may comprise a media processing sub-system having a processor and a memory. The memory may store an application program interface software library having multiple software objects. The processor may execute the software objects in response to application... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070294312 - Declarative management framework: User productivity can be facilitated by providing an interface between a high-level intent and low-level settings that should be configured to achieve the intent. The intent can be expressed in declarative language. The intent can be verified to determine if it conforms to a target, a policy, or both. Policy... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070294307 - Extending configuration management databases using generic datatypes: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for allowing users with minimal database skills to produce efficient, extended configuration management databases. Input is received from a user to extend a configuration management database, wherein the input includes a generic data type. The generic data type is... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070294308 - Managing data retention in a database operated by a database management system: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for managing data retention in a database operated by a database management system (‘DBMS’) that include creating, in metadata of the database, a retention policy for data of the database, and enforcing the retention policy by the DBMS. Managing data retention in... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20070294310 - Method and apparatus for storing and recovering fixed content: Fixed Content Aware Storage (FCAS) system includes a file system configured to store the Fixed Content data and a database system configured to manage the stored Fixed Content and its metadata along with other related information. Additionally, the FCAS includes data integrity resolving means. The data integrity resolving means executes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070294309 - Orchestrated peer-to-peer server provisioning: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to server provisioning in a heterogeneous computing environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for secure and verified distributed orchestration and provisioning. In one embodiment of the invention, a server provisioning method can be provided.... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20070294306 - Automatic publishing of digital content: In one embodiment, there is provided a method for a media storage device to manage digital content. The method comprises determining if there is digital content to be categorized into one or more galleries; automatically categorizing said digital content into the one or more galleries; and for digital content categorized... Agent: Hahn And Moodley, LLP

20070294313 - Data management apparatus, data management program and data management method: A technique discriminates important contents and less important contents and prevents a situation where folders are occupied by less important contents to make it impossible to register important contents from taking place. A mobile printing server comprises a personal important folder 2 that stores data, a personal non-important folder 3... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070294314 - Bitmap based synchronization: In one embodiment, a method for bitmap based synchronization of a source volume and a target volume comprises obtaining, in a source controller, a synchronization timestamp, and for one or more bits in a bitmap representing the source volume, transmitting a synchronization request to the target volume, wherein the synchronization... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070294315 - Contents delivery system and network server: A contents delivery system including a network player and plural network servers. When the network player transmits a contents acquisition requirement to one of the network servers, the network server detects a CPU load, and when the CPU load is judged to exceed a CPU load threshold, the network server... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070294316 - Synchronization of application rules across database instances: A method and system for synchronizing M application rules across N database instances. N and M are each at least 2. A rule synchronization agent is executed which updates N1 database instances with the M application rules and does not update a remaining N-N1 database instances with the M application... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070294317 - Apparatus and method for journaling and recovering indexes that cannot be fully recovered during initial program load: An index recovery mechanism recovers all indexes that were journaled and may be fully recovered during IPL. In addition, the index recovery mechanism performs a first stage of processing for any index that was journaled but cannot be fully recovered during IPL. The first stage processing includes storing index recovery... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070294318 - Method, system, and apparatus for auditing, tracking, or inspection of data, objects, or their corresponding modifications: A method and system for tracking changes to business data objects are presented. The system tracks changes to business data object of an underlying software system. It records data after each change to the business data object, and allows the user to review past versions, and compare different versions. The... Agent: Maxvalueip Consulting

20070294319 - Method and apparatus for processing a database replica: A computer system for mounting a replica of a database. The computer system includes a first instance of a database operating in a first environment. The first instance has allocated to it a first amount of a resource. A replica of this first instance is created and a second instance... Agent: Emc Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070294320 - Automated priority restores: A priority restore agent in a data storage system generates a priority restore data set for a client computer system or device by identifying a set of active data sets and/or a set of key data sets within client system data generated by the client computer system. The priority restore... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070294322 - Defining privileges in association with the automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system: Systems, methods and computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, for automated configuration, implementation and/or maintenance of a healthcare information system are provided. The systems, methods and computer-readable media of embodiments described herein utilize a number of information sources prior to initiation of configuration, implementation and/or maintenance to tailor or... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. Intellectual Property Department

20070294323 - Dynamic and selective data source binding through a metawrapper: A system, method, and program storage device implementing the method, for integrating data in a database management system, wherein the method comprises grouping data sources and replicas of the data sources that provide analogous data into a common logical domain; writing application queries against the common logical domain; selecting a... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070294321 - Systems and methods for backing up data files: Disclosed are systems and methods for maintaining, in a storage system having a source storage system and target storage system, information from which a set of source data files stored on a storage system can be retrieved. In one embodiment, the method comprises storing baseline images of one or more... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070294325 - Activity history record apparatus and method: An activity history record apparatus includes a portable receiver that receives information, which contains position information and which is transmitted from a transmitter disposed at a predetermined position. The receiver includes a reception section, a voice detection section and a storage section. The reception section receives the information. The voice... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070294324 - Techniques to manage media files: Techniques to manage media files may be described. An apparatus may comprise a media processing sub-system having a processor, a memory, and a communications interface. The memory may store a media file manager for execution by the processor. The communications interface may receive multiple media streams of media information. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070288421 - Efficient evaluation of object finder queries: The subject disclosure pertains to a class of object finder queries that return the best target objects that match a set of given keywords. Mechanisms are provided that facilitate identification of target objects related to search objects that match a set of query keywords. Scoring mechanisms/functions are also disclosed that... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070288420 - Method of fast one-way search and database thereof: A method of fast one-way search and the database thereof is disclosed. The database comprises a plurality of records. Record IDs of section headers obtained by dividing the database are stored in a first table. Record IDs with continuous position addresses previous to that of a last found record are... Agent: Madson & Austin

20070288422 - Methods & apparatus for searching with awareness of geography and languages: A system that automatically discerning the best combinations of a user query's geographical origin and language, retrieving and displaying search results accordingly. A record on the system are associated with a geographic location and a language. A record could be composed of two or more records, each of which associates... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20070288423 - Program update control apparatus: There is described a program update control apparatus, which make it possible to determine an updating sequence and necessity or not of update operations for a plurality of programs, so as to appropriately control the update operations to be conducted in an external terminal apparatus, when updating the plurality of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070288425 - Complex data assembly identifier thesaurus: Systems and techniques for the creation and use of a complex data structure identifier thesaurus. In one aspect, an article comprises one or more machine-readable media storing instructions operable to cause one or more machines to perform operations. The operations include receiving, from a data processing system, a collection of... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070288424 - Software and device for effecting independently refreshable, markup language-based database queries and user interface screens: To effect database queries and user interface screens that are independently refreshable and markup language-based, a machine-readable medium contains object-oriented code for defining a database query, including instructions for storing the result of the database query, based on a markup language element representation of the query, and object-oriented code for... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070288426 - System and method for bookmarking and auto-tagging a content item based on file type: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for bookmarking and tagging content items such as media files with user-defined tag information and system-defined tag information based on file types. Utilizing tag information, a user of a bookmarking and tagging service provider can easily search for and retrieve links... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20070288428 - Apparatus and method for autonomic index creation: An index advice record engine generates and stores index advice records. An index advice policy mechanism allows a user to define an index advice policy that specifies criteria for autonomic index creation. An autonomic index creation mechanism reads the index advice records, compares this information with the criteria in the... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070288433 - Determining relevancy and desirability of terms: A system and method to sort search results based upon a desirability value is illustrated. This desirability value may be based upon the difference between a demand value and a supply value. Demand may be based upon user activity such as click-throughs, purchases, price, or location. Supply may be based... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070288434 - Method and apparatus for verifying content reuse rights and resolving rights in the presence of multiple licenses: A small program in a browser that a knowledge worker uses to search for content can be activated when the worker wants to determine available rights for a publication that has been found. When activated, the program accesses a rights advisor website that converts the URL of the publication in... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20070288436 - Methods and apparatus for entity search: Methods and apparatus that deliver a searching experience that is substantially akin to consultation with a human expert, and that satisfies a user's information need in fulfilling projects such as purchasing, shopping, procurement, bartering, requesting for quotes, in online retail, traditional retail, wholesale, health care, travel, real estate, restaurant-going, entertainment,... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20070288438 - Methods and apparatuses for searching content: Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for searching contents, including structured search are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention use tree structures (or more generally, graph structures), layout structures, and/or content category information to capture within search results relevant content that would otherwise be missed, to reduce the incidence of... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070288442 - System and a program for searching documents: A device for searching documents which expands search results and extracts highly related documents. The device has a processor, a memory for storing a program to be executed by the processor, and an input unit for input of a keyword and searches documents according to the keyword. By executing the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070288431 - System and method for application programming interfaces for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction service to receive from a consumer application a request for activation of a keyword extraction service via an application programming interface, the request including an identity... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070288432 - System and method of incorporating user preferences in image searches: A system and method for incorporating relevance feedback into an image search. A multimedia database is first searched using a domain specific similarity matrix (DSM), resulting in a list of image results ranked by their similarity to a query key-image. The results are then reexamined using a personalized similarity matrix... Agent: Catalina & Associates A Professional Corporation

20070288429 - Techniques of optimizing xquery functions using actual argument type information: A method for optimizing functions is described. A query including an invocation of a function is received. A function declaration indicates that the function is associated with a first set of datatypes. At compile-time, static type-checking is performed on the query. During the static type-checking, a second set of datatypes... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20070288443 - Time series pattern generating system and method using historical information: An object of this invention is to analyze history information for each of a plurality of instances, and generate a time series pattern for each of a plurality of business processes. A time series pattern generating system analyzes the history information of an instance generated upon each execution of a... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070288445 - Methods for enhancing efficiency and cost effectiveness of first pass review of documents: Methods for reviewing a collection of documents to identify relevant documents from the collection are provided. A search of the collection can be run based on query terms, to return a subset of responsive documents. A probability of relevancy can be determined for a document in the returned subset, and... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20070288446 - Peer-to-peer file sharing: A peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing system is provided with an enhanced search method for a client computer therein. The method includes masking at least one term in a multi-term query entered into a client computer of the P2P system to obtain a masked query and routing the masked query to... Agent: Pauley Persen & Erickson

20070288451 - Generating searchable keywords: Generating searchable keywords includes obtaining sets of parameters that include weights, where the weights correspond to actions for changing first words into predicted keywords, using the sets of parameters to obtain predicted keywords from the first words, determining a prediction value for each set of parameters, where the prediction values... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070288455 - Method of optimizing web hyperlink text for better listed search result: A method of optimizing a web hyperlink text for a better listed search result includes steps of partitioning the hyperlink text into four parts defined as a first part, a second part, a third part, and a fourth part, wherein each of the first and fourth parts has at least... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070288454 - System and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction and contextual advertisement generation are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction service to obtain information related to user activity on a host site and to extract relevant keywords from content of a web page, the information related... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070288452 - System and method for rapidly searching a database: A system and method for rapidly searching large databases. A database is transformed into a similarity matrix using a similarity metric, such as an edit distance. A query object is compared to one member of the database using the same similarity metric, resulting in a similarity score. The row of... Agent: Catalina & Associates A Professional Corporation

20070288453 - System and method for searching multimedia using exemplar images: A system and method of searching multimedia databases using key images that returns image content ranked by degree of similarity to the key-images. A user accesses the search engine via a graphic user interface (GUI) that allows the user to enter key-images using drag-and-drop technology. The user may also enhance... Agent: Catalina & Associates A Professional Corporation

20070288458 - Obfuscating document stylometry: A new system has been invented that can obfuscate the stylometry of a document. This may be used to anonymize a document and make it resistant to forensic stylometry analysis, or to mimic the style of an existing set of documents, for example. A system may compare indicators of distinctive... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070288459 - Stream data processing method cooperable with reference external data: Provided is a stream data processing method cooperable with external data in real time. By providing a stream predict cache corresponding to a hierarchical cache of relation data predicted as being a data matching target with stream data, the number of accesses to a database is reduced to improve performance.... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070288462 - Assignment of a display order to images selected by a search engine: A method is provided for assigning, to each of a plurality of images within different collections in a group of images selected by a search engine, a position within an order in which the images are to be displayed for viewing. The method comprises assigning an initial handicap value to... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070288463 - Cluster delta push: Methods and apparatuses for providing access to data in a cluster database are described. Embodiments of the invention include identifying situations in which many nodes require relatively equal access to a data block, and taking appropriate measures to improve the performance of the system in these situations. For example, a... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070288464 - Profile rating and verification system: An Internet-based dating and social networking system in which member profiles are authenticated and rated by other members.... Agent: Shumaker Loop & Kendrick

20070288485 - Content management system and method for portable device: The present invention relates to a content management system and method of content management on a portable device. The content management system of the present invention includes a storage unit which stores at least one content file, a content list manager which creates a content list of contents files satisfying... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070288479 - Method and apparatus for converting a document universal resource locator to a standard document identifier: A method and apparatus that automatically converts a universal resource locator that specifies a location for a publication into a standard publication identifier that identifies the publication uses a plurality of parser rules, each parser rule being adapted to extract data fields for a particular form of universal resource locator.... Agent: Law Offices Of Paul E. Kudirka

20070288467 - Method and apparatus for harmonizing the gathering of data and issuing of commands in an autonomic computing system using model-based translation: A system includes vendor specific converters [210, 215, 220, 225] to gather vendor-specific data from sensors [235, 240] and convert to normalized data. The vendor-specific data comprises at least a first input and a second input. The first input corresponds to a first language and the second input corresponds to... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070288487 - Method and system for access control to consumer electronics devices in a network: A method and system for access control to resources comprising consumer electronics (CE) devices in a local network such as a home network, is provided. Controlling access involves maintaining an access list in the network, wherein the access list includes information for controlling access to one or more resources in... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20070288474 - Method for changing configuration of servers in a shared-nothing database system: Provided is a method of changing the configuration of a shared-nothing database system without shutting down the system. The configuration changing method for a shared-nothing database system includes plural database servers, a storage which provides data areas to the database servers, and a management server which has a database management... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070288475 - Method for processing multiple continuous top-k queries: A method for processing multiple continuous Top-K queries, which is performed between a master server and multiple of slave servers, including steps of: a first step, for arbitrarily selecting the multiple of slave servers and querying and counting up K of accumulated values of which are recorded at most; a... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070288486 - Methods and system for providing information: The present invention provides a method for enabling requests for information as well as methods and a system for providing, storing and accessing information via an online database. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method for providing information that includes providing a code in a media application,... Agent: Trask Britt

20070288473 - Refining search engine data based on client requests: When a client application, such as a web browser, is used to navigate documents, search engine data, additional navigation data, and other metadata can be displayed to the user within the client application. Navigation data is logged and recorded as users transition from one document to another in in the... Agent: Hickman Palmero Truong & Becker LLP/ Yahoo! Inc.

20070288471 - Remote storage of a markup language document for access by sets of wireless computing devices: A user may be presented with a set of groups at a first computing device. Each group is for containing a set of markup language documents to which access by wireless computing devices is granted or denied as a whole. The markup language documents may define wireless computing device operation... Agent: Smart And Biggar

20070288470 - Selection of media for public rendering via user devices: Selecting media for public rendering via user devices involves coupling one or more proximately co-located mobile devices to a network. Metadata of the mobile devices is discovered via the network. The metadata is indicative of media preferences of users associated with the mobile devices. The metadata is correlated to determine... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk, LLC

20070288468 - Shopping context engine: A system receives context data associated with a context and a user. The system then associates the context data to a user identifier and retrieves data associated with the context. The system then filters the data according to the context data to create result data. In another embodiment, the system... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070288469 - System and method for mixed mode delivery of dynamic content to a mobile device: A method, system and apparatus for mixed mode delivery of content to a mobile device, the method having the steps of: receiving a subscription message including a filter; storing the filter; sending a subscription identifier; applying the filter to content available on the content provider, thereby producing a content subset;... Agent: Research In Motion, Ltd

20070288472 - Transaction processing system and method: A card sub-system includes a negative display unit and a positive display unit and means for transmitting transaction data. A transaction sub-system includes terminals adapted to receive transaction data transmitted from the card sub-system. A server sub-system is adapted to receive transaction data from the transaction sub-system and adapted to... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20070288435 - Image storage/retrieval system, image storage apparatus and image retrieval apparatus for the system, and image storage/retrieval program: An image storage apparatus comprises: a photograph information analysis processor for outputting photograph information perception data quantitatively associated with perception terms (language) relating to photograph images; and a color perception analysis processor for outputting color perception data quantitatively associated with perception terms relating to colors of the images. The output... Agent: James G. O'neill Klein, O'neill & Singh LLP

20070288440 - Method and system for operating a web based service: A web based services to (1) create and manage contact information, (2) create and deliver mail pieces, (3) retrieve and compile contacts specifically tailored to user selected attributes, and (4) search the web for available jobs tailored to user provided search criteria is disclosed. The contact information is integrated with... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070288437 - Methods and apparatus providing local search engine: A local search engine geographically indexes information for searching by identifying a geocoded web page of a web site and identifying at least one geocodable web page of the web site. The system identifies a geocode contained within content of the geocoded web page of the web site. The geocode... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20070288427 - Mobile pay-per-call campaign creation: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving a request from a mobile communication facility, receiving information relating to the mobile communication facility, generating at least one suggestion based at least in part on the request, and presenting at least one suggestion to the mobile communication... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070288439 - Search engine dash-board: A computer system that facilitates presentation of data to a user. A search engine component receives and executes queries on behalf of a user. Results of the query are received and analyzed by an analysis component that filters and organizes the results as a function of relevancy of the data... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070288441 - Synchronizing distributed work through document logs: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for synchronizing distributed work. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving first and second metadata entries, adding the first and second metadata entries to a set corresponding to a digital object, and providing access to first and second unique identifiers used for referencing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070288430 - Techniques to control recalls in storage management applications: Techniques for reducing false recalls by controlling recalls performed by data migration applications in a storage environment comprising a plurality of storage units. According to an embodiment of the present invention, false recalls are reduced by restricting certain users, groups, and programs from performing recall or demigration of data. Techniques... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070288444 - Web-based customer service interface: A system and method for processing a web-based query is provided. The system comprises a web server for transmitting a web form having a text field box for entering a natural language query, and a language analysis server for extracting concepts from the natural language query and classifying the natural... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20070288448 - Augmenting queries with synonyms from synonyms map: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, operable to perform operations including receiving through a user interface with an interface language a search query having query terms; using the interface language to select one or more mappings and using the selected mappings to simplify each query term; and applying... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070288449 - Augmenting queries with synonyms selected using language statistics: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, operable to perform operations including receiving from a user through a user interface a search query comprising a query term, the search query having attributed to it a query language; deriving a simplified query term from the query term; and identifying one... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070288450 - Query language determination using query terms and interface language: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, operable to perform operations including receiving from a user through a user interface a search query comprising one or more query terms, the user interface having an interface language, the interface language being a natural language; and determining a query language for... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070288447 - System and method for the aggregation and monitoring of multimedia data that are stored in a decentralized manner: System and method for the aggregation and monitoring of locally saved multimedia data, whereby an arithmetic and logic unit accesses network nodes linked with source data banks over a network. In a memory, at least one rating parameter and predetermined source data banks are allocated to one or several search... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288457 - User interface methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on relationships between the user and other members of an organization: A user-interface method of selecting and presenting a collection of content items in which the presentation is ordered at least in part based on navigation and selection behavior of the user learned over time is presented. The method includes providing a set of content items each with an associated relevance... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070288456 - User interface methods and systems for selecting and presenting content based on user navigation and selection actions associated with the content: A user-interface method of selecting and presenting a collection of content items based on user navigation and selection actions associated with the content is provided. The method includes associating a relevance weight on a per user basis with content items to indicate a relative measure of likelihood that the user... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070288461 - High-speed term and phrase matching via successive complexity reduction: A composite match criteria list having a plurality of match criteria is created. The composite match criteria list is from a plurality of user match criteria lists of a plurality of users, each having one or more user match criteria. A first message is received. It is determined whether the... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070288460 - Method of analyzing and searching personal connections and system for the same: A personal-connection analysis and search method includes the steps of extracting a word from a text used in communications, accumulating the number of times of appearing the word as a communication flow, generating communication networks in an organization, extracting communication cores having a high density communication from the communication networks,... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070288480 - Collection and distribution of sense-on-demand data: A method and system for collecting and distributing sense-on-demand data is provided. The sense-on-demand data system uses a network of centralized computers and remote units. The centralized computers may be operated by or on behalf of the operator of the sense-on-demand data system, and the remote units may be operated... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070288481 - Ejb cluster timer: Multiple application server instances can be arranged in a cluster that implements a distributed EJB timer system. A high availability database can store EJB timer info. The EJB timer jobs can be distributed among the application server instances of the cluster that implement the distributed EJB timer system. In case... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070288477 - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus includes a user interface serving as a data input/output unit, a communicating unit that executes data communication, and a data processing unit that executes bookmark setting processing serving as Web page browsing processing and URL (Uniform Resource Locator) registration processing of a Web page. The data... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070288465 - Method and apparatus for analyzing community evolution in graph data streams: Improved techniques are disclosed for detecting patterns of interaction among a set of entities and analyzing community evolution in a stream environment. By way of example, a technique for processing data from a data stream includes the following steps/operations. A data point of the data stream representing an interaction event... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20070288484 - Method and download agent for implementing parallel download: A method for implementing parallel download applicable to a system supporting the download of chunked download content includes: acquiring download source information corresponding to download content, wherein the download source information comprises multiple content sources providing the download content, and the multiple content sources corresponds to multiple download servers respectively;... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070288478 - Method and system for media navigation: A method and system for media navigation. A descriptor hierarchy may be accessed. The descriptor hierarchy may include at least one category list. One or more media descriptors may be accessed for a plurality of media items. The plurality of media items may be accessible from a plurality of sources.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070288483 - Method for the real-time distribution of streaming data on a network: A method for sampling of streaming data for distribution on a network (e.g., the Internet) includes receiving the steaming data (which includes periodically updated information items) from a streaming data source. The periodically updated information items of the streaming data are subsequently sampled using a sampling process based on a... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070288476 - Methods and systems for conducting research operations: Methods and systems for conducting research operation are disclosed. A method conducting a research operation comprises carrying a PUA on the person of a participant in the research operation, and carrying a research system on the person of the participant wherein the PUA and the research system are operative to... Agent: Patent Docket Clerk Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

20070288482 - Rfid workflow client: An RFID edge server can receive RFID data from at least one RFID reader. A thin client application can communicate with the RFID edge server. The thin client can run in an application container and provide for a UI display.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070288466 - System and method for evenly distributing data across a distributed member architecture utilizing a home silo: An enterprise system for processing member requests and storing member data may be evenly and randomly distributed across system components. All system resources such as, for instance, user and client data, applications manipulating the data, and user interface data may be evenly distributed across several discrete server groups connected in... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070288489 - Apparatus and method for autonomic index creation, modification and deletion: An index advice record engine generates and stores index advice records. An index advice policy mechanism allows a user to define an index advice policy that specifies criteria for autonomic index creation, modification and deletion. An autonomic index mechanism reads the index advice records, compares this information with the criteria... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20070288490 - Method, system, and database archive for enhancing database archiving: A database archive, and a system and method for generating database archives is disclosed. A processor may store in a database archive an index that includes record entries that each references one or more record fields of a database, and may store the record fields independently of the database archive.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070288493 - Administering devices including creating a user reaction log: Methods for administering devices, including creating a user metric vector including a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a user metric space including a plurality of metric ranges, and determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space. Embodiments include identifying an action in dependence upon the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070288494 - Distributing files across multiple, permissibly heterogeneous, storage devices: A file system (i) permits storage capacity to be added easily, (ii) can be expanded beyond a given unit, (iii) is easy to administer and manage, (iv) permits data sharing, and (v) is able to perform effectively with very large storage capacity and client loads. State information from a newly... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070288488 - Message catalogs for remote modules: A system and method for incorporating message catalogs in remote modules. The system and method comprise a container server that identifies one or more modules for use with a container document, receives a module specification from a remote server, and serves the container document with module data based on the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070288491 - Method and apparatus for configuring a plurality of server systems into groups that are each separately accessible by client applications: A method and apparatus for configuring a plurality of server systems. In one implementation, the method includes configuring the plurality of server systems as a first database having a group name and a group port, and configuring a subset of the plurality of server systems as a second database having... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070288492 - Method, system and computer program for inserting records into a database: For a data processing system having memory for storing a database, a method, a system and a computer program product for directing the data processing system to process a record to be inserted into the database is disclosed. The database includes a plurality of base tables. The method includes the... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20070288495 - Automated logical database design tuning: The subject disclosure pertains to logical schema tuning for databases. Mechanisms are provided for automatically recommending one or more logical schema transformations to improve database performance with respect to workload and data characteristics. Furthermore, several potential schema transformations including desirable properties are presented including mapping tables, vertical partitioning, frequent value... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070288496 - K engine - process count after build in threads: In a KStore having a plurality of K nodes with count fields a method for updating count fields, receiving a particle to provide a received particle, updating selected node counts of the plurality of nodes counts in response to the received particle to provide first updated K node count fields,... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20070288497 - Apparatus and methods for providing route-based advertising and vendor-reported business information over a network: A method of providing information about vendors to a user includes receiving from the user a query identifying a contemplated route, providing a computer database of self-reported business information from the vendors, each vendor having an identified geographic location, and providing to the user, via a server accessible over a... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070288500 - Extensible data collectors: User productivity can be facilitated through automated sampling and aggregation of performance or other dynamically varying data to make such data available for a wide range of uses. A data collector is provided and can be a dedicated data collector per machine, there can be multiple data collectors per machine,... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070288498 - Interface for managing search term importance relationships: A graphical user interface is disclosed for management and easy reorganization of graphical objects displayed over the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface may relate to prioritizing and organizing the results of a database search. The graphical user interface may alternatively relate to prioritizing and organizing graphic objects such... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20070288499 - Rfid tagging of media/multimedia files: A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for tagging a media/multimedia file created by a device possessing an RFID transponder tag reader with RFID transponder tag content data. The RFID transponder tag reader equipped device creates a media/multimedia file and determines whether a data containing RFID transponder tag... Agent: Moore And Van Allen PLLC For Semc

20070288505 - Meta data management device and meta data use device: For server apparatuses which accumulate content files and attached information about the contents, there has not been a means to distinguish items of the information which the server apparatuses permit editing of. Therefore, when a different terminal connected to the network is to modify the attached information about the contents,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070288506 - Method and system for importing data: A method and system for importing data comprising the downloading of product data from different sources and in different formats; processing the downloaded data by at least comparing it with data downloaded and stored in a product database; and reviewing the results of the comparison to detect differences in the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070288501 - Method and system for importing html forms: Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots (i.e., agents) provide for accessing, processing and managing data in a place. HTML may be dragged and dropped... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070288504 - Method, data generator, and program to generate parts catalog data and parts catalog display: A method of generating parts catalog data for a visually three-dimensional parts catalog of a product includes inputting data of a part of the product either as three-dimensional data or as a data combination of two-dimensional data and position information of the part in a three-dimensional model of the product.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070288503 - Online advertising valuation apparatus and method: A method comprising for determining the value provided to an advertiser through the advertiser's online advertisements. The method may begin with providing an online advertisement linked to content. A macro-context may be obtained that quantifies the affinity of the content for a plurality of domains corresponding to a semantic space.... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20070288502 - Systems and methods for comparing, retreiving, and reporting data: A system is described that allows users to conveniently search for and exchange information. In some embodiments, a web service allows for personal injury attorneys to locate medical providers according to their geographic location, specialty, and fee arrangement. Users may advantageously identify preferred members or providers, and those providers are... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070288507 - Autonomic computing method and apparatus: The disparate data and commands from are received from a managed resource (102) and have potentially different semantics. The disparate data and commands are processed according to rules received from an autonomic manager (112) to produce a single normalized view of this information. The actual state of the managed resource... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070288508 - Computer software development methods and systems: A method is provided for providing one or more services by a service provider to a service consumer. The method may include defining a meta-model describing at least one core service and at least one compound service; creating a model for the core service based on the meta-model; and implementing... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070288509 - Method and apparatus for generating customized maps: Disclosed is a system and method for generating a map. The system and method include a database for storing a list of recipients and characteristics associated with each recipient in the list of recipients. The method and system also include a control module for receiving a characteristic associated with at... Agent: At&t Corp.

20070288511 - Information point: Information point having a provider for providing a data structure having entries about different objects, wherein a limited geographical area is associated to every object, and wherein object information is associated to every object, a determiner for determining a geographical position of the information point, an examiner for examining whether... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070288510 - Java object cache server for databases: A cache server is provided in a network for storing Java objects for retrieval by one or multiple application servers. Application server(s) are configured to request an object from the cache server, rather than requesting the Java object directly from a database, so as to reduce processing load on the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070288512 - Resource management program, resource management process, and resource management apparatus: In order to enable hierarchized resource-managing functions to mutually request processing and maintain the uniqueness of processing performed by each of the resource-managing functions, a process is performed as follows. When a first action request is inputted, an action-handler search unit analyzes the request condition indicated in the first action... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070288522 - Information processing apparatus and recording medium: A technology for converting input data into device-processable data that is processable by a device connected via a network is disclosed. A predetermined information item included in the input data and a predetermined position information item corresponding to the predetermined information item are held in advance in association with a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070288517 - Information processing system, terminal device, information processing method, and program: An information processing system includes a storage section, a separation section, an interval related information generation section, a control section, and a content data management section. The storage section is configured to store content data. The separation section is configured to perform an analysis process on the content data stored... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070288513 - Method and apparatus for building skills in accurate text comprehension and use of comprehension strategies: System and method for developing cognitive skills in a student, utilizing a computing device to present stimuli and to record responses. A stimulus may be graphically presented to the student via the computing device, and the student may be required to respond to the stimulus. A determination may then be... Agent: Huffman Law Group, P.C.

20070288521 - Multi-mode transfer communication system and method therefor: A multi-mode transfer communication system and a method therefor are provided. The method is used for performing a multi-mode transfer communication and includes steps of providing a medium device having a contact list with a plurality of contact subjects, detecting a connecting request from a user to provide the connection... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070288514 - System and method for keyword extraction: A computer-implemented system and method for keyword extraction are disclosed. The system in an example embodiment includes a keyword extraction component to extract relevant keywords from content of a web page, to identify items relevant to the extracted keywords, and to rank the relevant items.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20070288516 - Delivery of navigation data for playback of audio and video content: In accordance with the present invention a filtering process is based on the output side of a multimedia decoder. A navigator, located at a server system, monitors the current play position of multimedia content at a consumer system and compares that position with navigation objects. Each navigation object defines a... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070288519 - Diagnosis, complaint or symptom-driven electronic medical record information query: A query protocol that retrieves all pertinent information from the electronic medical record based on the patient's current diagnosis, complaint or symptom. The query of the electronic medical record will include but not be limited to all relevant prior visits/hospitalizations (including all information contained therein ie. vital signs, review of... Agent: James Ford

20070288515 - Method and apparatus for routing data in an automatic identification system: A system for routing data in an automatic identification system includes an event management system (EMS), a real-time in-memory data structure (RIED) coupled to the EMS, the RIED for storing event information gathered by the EMS and a task management system (TMS) for ensuring that the RIED is updated by... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20070288518 - System and method for collecting and distributing content: A system method is provided for virally distributing content. One or more items of content may be received from a content provider, and the received content items may be packaging in a container. At least one of the packaged content items may be a viral content item associated with a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070288523 - Techniques for storing multimedia information with source documents: A method of storing information for recorded information and a source document is provided. The method comprises: determining a first piece of information included in the recorded information; determining at least a first source document from one or more source documents that comprises information that matches the first piece of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070288520 - Workflow improvements: An RFID workflow module can use metadata to indicate configurable elements. An administration console can use the metadata to produce a configuration page for the RFID workflow module. The configuration page can allow a user to configure the RFID workflow module.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070288524 - Apparatus and method for efficient handling of mostly read data in a computer server: An apparatus and method is described for improving access to mostly read data on network servers. The preferred embodiments more efficiently utilize replicated data servers to minimize server response time for improved performance of data access to network servers by workload managing client requests across the primary server and all... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20070288525 - Enabling access to remote storage for use with a backup program: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for enabling access to remote storage for use with a backup program. Access is enabled to remote storage offered by an Internet Service on a remote server over the Internet. Indication is maintained of files on a source drive in a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070288526 - Method and apparatus for processing a database replica: A computer system for mounting a replica of a database. The computer system includes a replica of a first instance of a database and is operated to create from that replica a second instance of the database. In response to a request to create the second instance, the system automatically... Agent: Emc Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20070288527 - Delayed deletion of extended attributes: Methods, systems, and products for delayed deletion of extended attributes associated with a file in a file system are provided. Embodiments include identifying a file to delete, moving an extended attribute directory associated with the file to a background deletion directory, deleting the file, and deleting in the background the... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070288528 - Method, apparatus and system for configuration-dependent control of furnishing information: A method and apparatus for updating technical data sets that perform maintenance processes in technical systems is provided. The technical systems include a plurality of components that can each be configured dynamically. After a change in configuration of a component is detected, a report is sent by a configuration database... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070288529 - Framework to optimize delete all rows operations on database objects: A bulk delete operation with reduced latency allows for retrieval of deleted data. Each database object holds a Delete SCN indicating when a bulk delete operation was last performed. Each row in the database object holds a Row Modification SCN indicating when the row was last updated. A bulk delete... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070288530 - Method and a system for backing up data and for facilitating streaming of records in replica-based databases: A system for backing up a set of records. The system comprises a database in which to store the set of records and a data management module configured for backing up the set of records in a plurality of record groups in a first continuous data batch using a single... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070288531 - Mobile device with an embedded file system capable of updating file system components: A file system based OS, such as CRAMFS, is employed in an electronic device. These OS are embedded in some electronic devices and the file systems have particular behavioral characteristics in these electronic devices embedded OS. Updating files in such file system requires the use of heuristics that help manage... Agent: Kevin Borg Mcandrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

20070288532 - Method of updating an executable file for a redundant system with old and new files assured: During an active system providing a service by an old file, a standby system executes the old file and a new file in parallel. Responsively to data transition in the synchronous target memory area of the active system, in parallel to event-driven data synchronization between the old memory areas of... Agent: Venable LLP

20070288533 - Methods and systems for file replication utilizing differences between versions of files: Methods and systems for efficient file replication are provided. In some embodiments, one or more coarse signatures for blocks in a base file are compared with those coarse signatures for blocks of a revised file, until a match is found. A fine signature is then generated for the matching block... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070288534 - Backup and recovery of integrated linked databases: A programmatic method for automatically backing up and restoring an integrated database system comprising a Lotus Notes/Domino loosely structured database and a linked DB2 relational database that stores data mapped from the Domino database. The method comprises integrated first and second client application programs running on server hosts for backup... Agent: Law Offices Of Barry N. Young

20070288535 - Long-term data archiving system and method: Described is a long-term data archiving system. The inventive methodology provides a method for legacy applications to access long-term archived data even if the storage system access method has changed. Data from the legacy storage system is migrated to the modern storage system. During the migration, the notations associated with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070288536 - Managing data with backup server indexing: Indexing functionality can be shifted to one or more backup servers in a backup system. In one implementation, a backup server can receive one or more data backups from one or more production servers. The backup server can then build or create one or more indexes at the backup server,... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070288537 - Method and apparatus for replicating data across multiple copies of a table in a database system: A method for handling transaction messages in asynchronous data replication in a database system, in which the database system includes a source node and a target node, and each transaction message has information concerning a row change to a table copy at the source node. The method includes determining whether... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070288538 - Method and system for executing a task and medium storing a program therefor: A method (and system) for executing a task includes executing a first task in which garbage is collected using a garbage collector, and executing a second task, the garbage collector being preemptable (e.g., preempted) by the second task.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070282783 - Automatically determining a sensitivity level of a resource and applying presentation attributes to the resource based on attributes of a user environment: A method and system is provided for automatically determining a sensitivity level of a resource and automatically applying presentation attributes to a resource based on attributes of a user environment in which the resource is presented. Aspects of this embodiment include monitoring attributes of a user environment in which a... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20070282784 - Comprehensive algebraic relationship discovery in databases: The present invention provides methods and systems for discovering and determining algebraic relationships between sets of data, such as numeric columns in a relational database, based on a “bottom-up” (or data-driven) approach. Embodiments of the present invention provide for the discovery and determination of algebraic relationships within a single relation... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group

20070282787 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing apparatus that performs processing for editing information on contents includes: an acquisition means for acquiring attribute data classification information in which a plurality of attribute data indicating predetermined attributes of contents is correlated with category data indicating categories for classifying the plurality of attributes; a selection means... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282785 - Keyword set and target audience profile generalization techniques: A variety of techniques are described by which keyword sets and target audience profiles may be generalized in a systematic and effective way with reference to relationships between keywords, profiles, and the data of an underlying user population.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070282782 - Method, system, and program product for managing information for a network topology change: Under the present invention, information pertaining to an existing network topology is imported into a migration database. This information typically comprises information about devices in the existing network topology, existing network addresses for the devices, whether each device has a static or a dynamic address, information about locations of the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070282786 - Portable digital audio bible: A portable dedicated audio Bible device is disclosed that includes an indexed and multi-formatted audio version of The Bible. A set of computer-executable instructions drive a user interface including an LCD. The user interface allows users to search and play the audio in a variety of ways, including, for example,... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20070282789 - Analysis of olap data to dertermine user-relevant information: The analysis of OLAP data to determine user-relevant information firstly generates a set of queries based on said preferences. Each query is evaluated sequentially against the OLAP data to give a query result. For each evaluated query in turn, it is determined whether said result is relevant to the user... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070282793 - Computer desktop sharing: A desktop sharing system.... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20070282790 - Online propagation of data updates: A method for online propagation of data updates, the method including initiating a record update process for any of a plurality of records in a system responsive to a modification of a trigger data item, where the process is performed while the system is online, creating an update process timestamp... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20070282791 - User group identification: An apparatus for determining a relation between a user and a group of people, comprising: a) a group characteristic receiver, configured to receive at least one group of characteristics pertaining to a respective predefined group of people, b) a user data receiver, associated with the group characteristic receiver, and configured... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20070282805 - Apparatus and method for comparing metadata structures: A computer readable medium has executable instructions to access a first question domain with first object definitions and a second question domain with second object definitions. Differences between the second object definitions and the first object definitions are identified. Severity values characterizing the differences are determined. A list of the... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070282804 - Apparatus and method for extracting database information from a report: A computer implemented method includes extracting query information from a report, generating database information characterizing table and column metadata for a data source, and analyzing the relationships between the query information and the database information to identify a table and column invoked by the report.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070282801 - Dynamically creating and executing an application lifecycle management operation: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamically creating and executing an application lifecycle management operation. Embodiments include receiving a packaged application for lifecycle management and an instruction to perform a lifecycle management operation; querying a plurality of plug-ins for steps to carry out a plurality of aspects... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070282814 - Learning syntactic patterns for automatic discovery of causal relations from text: The present invention provides a method for extracting relationships between words in textual data. Initially, training relationship data, such as word triplets describing a cause-effect relationship, is received and used to collect additional textual data including the training relationship data. Distributed data collection is used to receive the training data... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20070282809 - Method and apparatus for concept-based visual: A method and apparatus is provided for visually coding or sorting search results based on the similarity of the search results to one or more concepts. A search query containing search terms is used to conduct a web search and obtain search results comprising a number of document surrogates describing... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070282800 - Method and data processing system for managing user roles: The illustrative embodiment provides a computer implemented method, a data processing system, and a computer program product for managing user roles. A customization application receives a request to modify a user role for an application. In response to the request, the customization application allows a user to modify a set... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20070282816 - Method and structure for string partial search: An index structure, tendency B trees, to alleviate the high cost of string partial search in large data sets is presented. A tendency B tree is a two layered data structure, including a logical layer and a physical layer. In the logical layer, a tendency tree provides a hierarchical structure... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070282803 - Methods and systems for inventory policy generation using structured query language: Methods and systems for generating a business policy, include receiving a query in a structured query language to generate a business policy, and optimizing the business policy using a structured query language program.... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070282810 - Overlay dataset: Overlay datasets provide an efficient, flexible and scalable mechanism to represent the logical replication of one or more prior defined datasets. Only changes made to an entity in an overlay dataset's underlying dataset are replicated into the overlay dataset (such changes do not affect the underlying dataset). Read operations directed... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070282817 - Plant information server, plant information processing method and plant information processing system: A storage section stores plant information as an object to which attribute information is attached. An extraction section compares an extraction condition that is written by a query language and is received from a client with the attribute information to extract plant information that meets the extraction condition from the... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070282798 - Relational database architecture with dynamic load capability: A relational database architecture with Dynamic Load capability, including a relational database for storing records, a storage unit, a record dispatcher for storing a plurality of objects, each containing at least one record, in the storage unit, and a mapping of the objects to the records which they contain, where... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070282808 - Search processing method and apparatus: This invention is provided to reduce a processing volume when extracting record sequences meeting the ordered plural search conditions. This invention includes: assigning a flag for each item value of a specific item based on a search instruction including plural ordered search conditions, wherein each search condition designates a specific... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070282806 - Searchable storage system: A searchable storage system indexes data, such as a blob (binary large object) as it is stored. The indexes are stored simultaneously with the data by the same storage mechanism. Data cannot be stored without indexing it. Any indexing technique may be used. The indexes are then used to access... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070282799 - System and method for semantic analysis of intelligent device discovery: The present invention provides a method, system, and service of analyzing electronic documents in an intranet, where the intranet includes a plurality of web sites. In an exemplary embodiment, the method, system, and service include (1) crawling HTML content and text content in a set of the sites, (2) deep-scanning... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070282807 - Systems and methods for contact center analysis: Systems and methods for providing integrated solutions for performing workforce management and quality monitoring utilizing an integrated data warehouse system are provided. In this regard, a representative method comprises: generating data from a plurality of workforce optimization (WFO) applications, the WFO applications including, with respect to a workforce, forecasting, scheduling,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070282820 - System, computer program product and method of simplifying commands for retrieving data from a database system without leading and trailing space characters: A system, computer program product and computer Implemented method of simplifying commands for retrieving data from a database system without leading and trailing space characters are provided. The system, computer program product and computer Implemented method allow a user to use only one function to remove any leading and/or trailing... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ve) C/o Volel Emile

20070282828 - Information search method using search apparatus, information search apparatus, and information search processing program: Some preferred embodiments provide an information search method using a search apparatus, wherein a search is conducted based on a search condition inputted by a user and information on search results is provided to the user via a display device. The information search method comprises the steps of discriminating whether... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070282826 - Method and apparatus for construction and use of concept knowledge base: A data structure, apparatuses and methods for expanding a search query to be used by a web search engine is provided. The search query is expanded by accessing a concept knowledge base data structure having concept data objects and term data objects with each term data object defining a term... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070282824 - Method and system for classifying documents: The invention provides a method and system for classifying insurance files for identification, sorting and efficient collection of subrogation claims. The invention determines whether an insurance claim has merit to warrant claim recovery efforts utilizing software code for partially describing a set of documents having unstructured and structured file data... Agent: Plevy, Howard & Darcy, P.C.

20070282825 - Systems and methods for dynamic content linking: Techniques and technologies are provided which can provide other information to a browser that is relevant to particular information within a web page comprising content. These techniques and technologies can be implemented as part of a system which comprises a browser running on a computer, a first information source and... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070282832 - Automatic tracking of user data and reputation checking: A unique system and method that facilitate automatic tracking of user data and providing on-demand site or merchant reputation information is provided. The system and method involve monitoring user input such as by keystrokes over a period of time and forming a long continuous string of characters. The string of... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070282834 - Database search method and apparatus utilizing variable number of search boxes: A search method and apparatus for a database are disclosed. The search apparatus includes a database for storing records having n searchable fields, a display unit for displaying one or more input boxes according to the number of input characters, a key input unit for inputting a character or a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070282833 - Systems and methods for processing regular expressions: A method for reducing the size of a DFA associated with a regular expression separates the functions of locating subexpressions within the DFA and determining if the located subexpressions satisfy a regular expression. For example, the functions of (1) locating subexpressions in a range asserting expression and, (2) determining whether... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282837 - Measuring the performance of database stored procedures in a multi-tasking execution environment: Various embodiments of a computer-implemented method, system and computer program product are provided. One or more components executing one or more stored procedures are identified. The stored procedures have stored procedure identifiers, respectively. Database data that is associated with at least one of the one or more stored procedures is... Agent: International Business Machines Corp.

20070282838 - Fine-locked transactional memory: A method comprises associating a plurality of locks with a data object accessed concurrently by a plurality of threads, where each lock corresponds to a respective partition of the object. The method includes using a first non-blocking transaction (such as a Hardware Transactional-Memory (HTM) transaction) to attempt to complete a... Agent: Mhkkg/sun

20070282840 - Human data management: The present invention discloses methods and systems for managing data in user-centric environment. In this environment an entity is authorized to receive user data based on the relationship between the entity and a user. A user provides message data for communication to a selected entity by one or more communication... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20070282841 - System and method for role based analysis and access control: A system and method for program access control includes, for a typestate, providing typestate properties and assigning a role to the typestate in a program in accordance with the typestate properties. Access to operations is limited for the typestate in the program based on the role assigned to the typestate... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070282843 - Systems and methods of managing specification, enforcement, or auditing of electronic health information access or use: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, related to managing specification, enforcement, or auditing of electronic health information use. In general, data characterizing a request to modify access rights to health information is received and the access rights are modified in accordance with the request, where the modifying includes modifying... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20070282855 - Access record gateway: Systems and methods of managing access records of user access to a secure data network include an access record gateway and an access record datastore; the access record gateway being in communication with an access server of the secure data network; and the access record datastore being in communication with... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070282856 - Database application federation: A database federation mechanism permits one or more applications external to the database to be registered. Applications so registered may be automatically invoked in response to database queries—where such invocation utilizes data from specific database entries.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070282851 - Mapping and communicating data from a user interface to an application program: Provided are a method, program, and article of manufacture for mapping and communicating data from a user interface to an application program. Data is received from a user interface via a network protocol directed to an application program. State information is generated for a user of the user interface to... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070282850 - Method and system for media content distribution: This patent discloses a media distribution and marketing system to create a plurality of virtual distribution networks (VDNs) to provide media content to a plurality of subscribers of the VDNs, and provides a method of enhancing the subscriber base of the VDNs. The system delivers content sample packs to subscribers... Agent: Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd.

20070282854 - Method and system for protecting the security of an open file in a computing environment: A file security protection method and system. The method is performed by an operating system of a computer system. A metadata token is received from a software application executing on the computer system. The metadata token denotes that the application has opened a file. The metadata token includes the name... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070282847 - Resource locators for widely distributed systems: Methods and systems provide simple syndication, browsing, searching, and subscribing solutions to networks of friends. In at least some embodiments, the approaches utilize standard HTTP protocols for consumption, subscription, and interaction of data while using the local file system for publication. The inventive approach overlays a URL address space that... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070282858 - System and method for playing rich internet applications in remote computing devices: A system and a method of playing rich internet applications on remote computing devices by using a certifying player to invoke server-side web services through a single, secure, certifying intermediary server. The application player resides in the remote computing device and is configured to be executed by the remote computing... Agent: Akc Patents

20070282846 - System and method for securely partitioning a media library: A system and method for securely partitioning a media library of a media-on-demand system is provided. Middleware instances are created for each user group defined in the media-on-demand system. Users or clients that are part of a particular user group can only access content that has been registered with the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070282849 - System, computer program product and method of automatically removing leading and trailing space characters from data being entered into a database system: A system, computer program product and computer Implemented method of automatically removing space characters from data being entered into a database system are provided. When a user creates a table in a database system into which data having leading and/or trailing character spaces may be entered, the user may specifically... Agent: Ibm Corporation (ve) C/o Volel Emile

20070282852 - Targeted rules and action based client support: Targeted rules and action based support techniques are described, in which, operational data collected from a plurality of clients is used to generate support instructions for troubleshooting operational problems of the clients. Clients are provided targeted access to support instructions based upon information included in the support instructions which matches... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070282848 - Two-way synchronization of media data: A system and method for retrieving media data from a portable media device for storage on a client computer during synchronization between the portable media device and the client computer. A media player application (MPA) identifies media data on the portable media device that has been modified since a last... Agent: Senniger Powers (msft)

20070282857 - Web service execution method, processing method and apparatus: A web service execution apparatus that sequentially executes a plurality of web services develops a first information for invoking a first web service in a memory, and deletes the first information that is developed in the memory. The apparatus then develops a second information for invoking a second web service... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070282781 - Method to retrieve data for an equipment, plant or a process: A method to retrieve and/or access information about an equipment, plant or process in a facility including a plurality of devices and one or more control systems for process monitoring and control, wherein energy-related information and other data for each said device is stored in a the control system. A... Agent: Venable LLP

20070282788 - Annotated values: Methods and systems provide for annotating values entered in form fields, and the ability to retrieve the annotations concerning those values. The system and method include a user interface for receiving user input and storing annotations concerning values entered within form fields. The method and system allow for retrieval and... Agent: Gunnison, Mckay & Hodgson, L.L.P.

20070282794 - Dynamically selecting alternative query access plans: A query access plan for executing a database query is dynamically selected from among multiple alternative query access plans based on the availability of computer resources allocated for running the query. Preferably, a first query access plan is generated based on resources then available, and if it is possible to... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20070282792 - Identifying geo-located objects: A method of providing geo-coded information to a user of a graphical computing device is disclosed. The method includes receiving information identifying a view to be displayed on the graphical computing device, querying a geo-coded database containing information associated with publicly supplied models located in a geography, for one or... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070282795 - Exchange of newly-added information over the internet: System and method for collecting and supplying ranked (270), indexed information as a premium service to users and advertisers. An information exchange is operated so as to aggregate, publish and subscribe Really Simple Syndication (RSS) and web services based information from different web based (110) and proprietary network sources. Recently... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070282815 - Method and system for storing search terms in connection with registered user of on-line searching service: Disclosed is a method of managing a search term inputted to a search server. The method includes maintaining a search pocket database for storing a first search term associated with a user, the first search term received from the user when the user is authenticated, receiving at least one second... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282818 - Network video guide and spidering: A system and method that provides a hosted network video guide application. The guide application is provided as a service to web portals and other websites that wish to expose access to the video content available on a public network such as the Internet. The operation of the guide includes... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282819 - Network video guide and spidering: A system and method that provides a hosted network video guide application. The guide application is provided as a service to web portals and other websites that wish to expose access to the video content available on a public network such as the Internet. The operation of the guide includes... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070282796 - Privacy preserving data-mining protocol: Privacy Preserving Data-Mining Protocol, between a secure “aggregator” and “sources” having respective access to privacy-sensitive micro-data, the protocol including: the “aggregator” accepting a user query and transmitting a parameter list for that query to the “sources” (often including privacy-problematic identifiable specifics to be analyzed); the “sources” then forming files of... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20070282812 - Process execution support system: A thin-client based process execution system for use on the internet is described. The process execution system organizes content in a process and defines that content for the process by a series of parameters such as role in the organization, knowledge, and how the user works.... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070282811 - Search system with query refinement and search method: A search system and method for searching for electronic documents, and providing a search result in response to a search query. In one embodiment, the search system includes a processor, a user interface module adapted to receive a search query from a user that includes a search query term, a... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070282813 - Searching with consideration of user convenience: A system that enables the search for providers of services or products, for a given user query that's in free text, and typically the services or products are focused on a particular area, such as an industry, a sector, etc. The system thus enables a searcher to submit queries that... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20070282802 - System, method and program to manage alternate bookmarks: System, method and program for managing bookmarks. A user hovers a cursor over a primary bookmark displayed on a client computer. In response, the client computer automatically sends a request to a server corresponding to the primary bookmark to identify one or more alternate bookmarks that correspond to the primary... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070282797 - Systems and methods for refreshing a content display: Systems and methods for refreshing a content display are described. In one described system, a query system obtains from an index a search result associated with a search query. The search result comprises a first article identifier. The query system then determines whether to update a content display using the... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20070282822 - Content data indexing with content associations: A full text indexing system is provided for processing content associated with data applications such as encyclopedia and dictionary applications. A build process collects data from various sources, processes the data into constituent parts, including alternative word sets, and stores the constituent parts in structured database tables. A run-time process... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070282823 - Method and apparatus for formatting information within a directory tree structure into an encyclopedia-like entry: Method and apparatus for formatting information within a directory tree structure into an encyclopedia-like entry. The method includes performing a search by utilizing a selective one or more search methodologies including keyword search, hierarchical search, dichotomous key search, and parametric search to correlate a search criteria to a searchable database... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP Attn: Jonathan O. Owens

20070282821 - System and method for storing and retrieving data through an inferencing-enabled metadata system: A system and method, which registers and stores data and is responsive to queries through management of an inferencing-enabled metadata includes an intelligent database, which receives data or queries and manages data models. An ontology management system is associated with the intelligent database and receives and stores classes of information... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070282831 - Content data indexing and result ranking: A full text indexing system is provided for processing content associated with data applications such as encyclopedia and dictionary applications. A build process collects data from various sources, processes the data into constituent parts, including alternative word sets, and stores the constituent parts in structured database tables. A run-time process... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070282827 - Data mastering system: A computer-implemented method for processing data includes receiving an initial set of records including terms describing respective items in specified categories. Based on the initial set of records, respective term weights are calculated for at least some of the terms with respect to at least some of the categories. Each... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070282829 - Pipelined architecture for global analysis and index building: Disclosed is a technique for building an index. A new indexi+1 is built and an anchor text tablei+1 and a duplicates tableti+1 are output using a storesi, a delta store, and previously generated global analysis computationsi, wherein the previously generated global analysis computationsi include an anchor text tablei, a rank... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20070282830 - Text explanation for on-line analytic processing events: A method and structure for analyzing a database having non-text data in data fields and text in text fields. The invention first selects a subset of the database based upon criteria. The subset includes data field(s) and associated text field(s). The invention searches for data matching the criteria within structured... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, LLC

20070282835 - Aho-corasick methodology for string searching: The invention comprises a method of constructing an Aho-Corasick tree characterised wherein the tree is constructed in a general depth first manner, one string at a time. Preferably during construction of said string, after each node is added, failure links or extended failure links from that node to other nodes... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070282836 - Content/information search system: An information search system that enables efficient collection of information and support of formation of groups which people who share a same interest can join over a network. This system includes an intermediate server and a central server, wherein the intermediate server retains indexes for searching the content database on... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070282839 - Method, system, and program for lock and transaction management: Disclosed is a method, system, and program for locking management. A command is received that specifies an operation identifier. It is determined whether the command is associated with a transaction using the operation identifier. If it is determined that the command is associated with a transaction, operating at a transaction... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20070282842 - Systems, methods, and software for building intelligent on-line communities: In recent years, computers have become everyday communication tools, fast approaching the commonness of telephones and televisions. Driving this approach is the ever-expanding Internet, which enables users not only to communicate with each other, but also to search for information of particular interest. Two problems for Internet users are the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070282853 - Automatically configuring a server to support different types of file accesses: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that automatically configures a server to support different types of file accesses. During operation, the system determines whether a file should be accessed in multi-user mode, wherein multiple users can simultaneously access the file through the server. The system also determines... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070282845 - Intentional addressing and resource query in a data network: In a method and a system for arriving quickly at desired resources in a data network, a user states a resource query in rich language in a first line user interface attached to the data network. At least one layer for dynamic communication and handling, implemented at a network context... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070282860 - Method and system for music information retrieval: Systems and methods are disclosed for searching or finding music with music, by searching, e.g., for music from a library that has a sound that is similar to a given sound provided as a search query, and to methods and systems for tracking revenue generated by these computer-user interactions, and... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20070282859 - Method for collecting online visit activity: A method for collecting information provided from a visitor's internet browser and including that information into the log files generated from the originating web server log files. This is achieved by including java, visual basic, and pixel based scripts within an online element such as a web page or web... Agent: Loeffler Jonas & Tuggey, LLP

20070282844 - System for providing lyrics for digital audio files: Disclosed herein is a system for providing lyrics for a plurality of digital audio files. The system includes at least one terminal, a server, and a database server. The terminal selects a digital audio file among the digital audio files, and transmits tag information to receive lyrical data assigned to... Agent: William H Logsdon The Webb Law Firm

20070282866 - Application integration using xml: A method and system for integrating form data in an ERP system with a target application are provided. The method includes receiving a first input from a user of an ERP system while a form is running on an application layer of the ERP system to initiate a data integration... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070282869 - Automatically generating web forms from database schema: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for creating Web forms with automatically generated links. A database mapping for a database is accessed. One or more dynamic queries for querying a database are automatically formulated. The dynamic queries are included in an automatically generated Web site... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070282864 - Dynamic opitimized datastore generation and modification for process models: A method for generating and modifying a datastore may include identifying all processes associated with an observation model and identifying any metrics associated with each process to be recorded. The method may also include automatically constructing a database schema to store the metric data and provide appropriate interrelations between the... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20070282865 - Efficient dynamic register file design for multiple simultaneous bit encodings: The illustrative embodiment is a circuit and method for reversing a linked list of multiple nodes to produce a reversed linked list. The circuit includes a decoder for sequentially decoding multiple original input tags, which are associated with the nodes of the linked list, to produce decoded values, an array... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070282867 - Extraction and summarization of sentiment information: Methods and systems for extraction and summarization of sentiment information related to a particular research subject are disclosed. A method includes accessing sources of information that contain sentiment information that is related to the research subject and extracting the sentiment information from the sources of information as opinions related to... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070282872 - Extraction of attributes and values from natural language documents: One or more classification algorithms are applied to at least one natural language document in order to extract both attributes and values of a given product. Supervised classification algorithms, semi-supervised classification algorithms, unsupervised classification algorithms or combinations of such classification algorithms may be employed for this purpose. The at least... Agent: Accenture C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070282863 - Method, system, and program product for providing proxies for data objects: The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for providing proxies for data objects such as SDOs. Specifically, under the present invention, a reference between two data objects is identified. The two data objects could reside in different data graphs, or they could reside in separate branches of... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20070282868 - Notification for a distributed file system: A method for notifying an application coupled to a distributed file system is described. A command for a file for a distributed file system is received. The distributed file system stores portions of files across a plurality of distinct physical storage locations. The command for the file is compared with... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20070282862 - Buffer passing mechanisms: Systems and/or methods (“tools”) are described that provide a buffer passing mechanism, and other techniques. Some of these tools may be enabled using a computer-implemented data structure that includes a plurality of master buffers, and a plurality of slave buffers that store data elements. Some of the slave buffers are... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070282861 - Data structure, system and method for event reporting: Provided is a data structure for reporting an Event that occurs upon the use of a Digital Item (DI), an Event Reporting system using the data structure, and a method thereof. The Event Reporting system of the present invention for requesting and processing report on an Event that occurs upon... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070282873 - Generating an information catalog for a business model: A method, computer system, computer program product and graphical interface for generating and displaying an information catalog relating to a business model. The method includes accessing technical metadata from a data warehouse, accessing business metadata from a first source outside of the data warehouse, accessing presentation metadata from a second... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20070282871 - Information processing apparatus, method, and program product: An information processing apparatus includes feature extraction means for extracting features of a designated image in plural images which are associated with each other, image determination means for determining whether the designated image is an image of the face of a certificate, a receipt, a ticket or a note on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070282870 - Method of and device for querying of protected structured data: Method of and device for querying of protected data structured in the form of a tree. A corresponding tree of node polynomials is constructed such that each node polynomial evaluates to zero for an input equal to an identifier assigned to a node name occurring in a branch of the... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070282882 - Customizing and aggregating customer catalogs: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to customizing and aggregating catalogs. In aspects, a user configures a virtual catalog to be created from one or more other catalogs. The user may specify inclusion and exclusion rules that indicate what catalogs, categories, products, and variants to include or exclude... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20070282876 - Method for service offering comparitive it management activity complexity benchmarking: The invention broadly and generally provides a database comprising at least one record, the aforesaid at least one record comprising: (a) solution metadata relating to an information technology solution; and (b) evaluation metadata relating to a complexity evaluation of the aforesaid information technology solution.... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20070282881 - Methods and systems for providing data objects on a token: A computer system, method and/or computer-readable medium provide independent data objects to a token in compressed form. The independent data objects are representative of security information associated with the token. The system includes an interface operable to communicate with a token, and a processor cooperatively operable with the interface. The... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20070282877 - Open overlay for social networks and online services: Embodiments of the present invention provide a platform for an open overlay for online services, such as social networking sites, that permit users to share and leverage information within a single context. In some embodiments, the single context is implemented as a web site that is accessible to a social... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20070282880 - Partial role or task allocation responsive to data-transformative attributes: A method and system are described for selecting a first process responsive to an attribute of the first process and to an indication of a second process serving a data-transformative role or for selecting a first service responsive to an attribute of the first service, to an indication of a... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20070282875 - Schema specified computable specification method and apparatus: Generally speaking, pursuant to these various embodiments, one provides (101) a schema that specifies, at least in part, constraints with respect to structure and content to be imposed with respect to corresponding schema-based documents. This schema is then used (102) to specify a computable specification for a command line interface... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070282878 - System and method for online reorganization of a database using flash image copies: A method for reorganizing a database comprises receiving at least one update to a first database. The method continues by generating a copy of the first database. The method continues by generating a shadow database, wherein the shadow database represents a reorganized version of the first database and is based... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070282879 - System and method for searching web services: The disclosure provides generally systems and methods for managing and searching web services. Example software comprises computer readable instructions operable to receive a query from a first client for one or more requested web services via a graphical user interface. The software then identifies at least one web service stored... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070282874 - Content system: A method of controlling the presentation of content instances using a processing system. The method involves causing the processing system to present one or more content instances to the user in accordance with a content network. The processing system then determines one or more responses provided by the user in... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20070282883 - Test strategy system and method for accounts held direct at-fund: The present invention provides a system and method for a user to test and transfer data from a client's database or network to a host's database or network. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a user acquires data information from a client. The user uses this... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella (amex)

20070282886 - Displaying artists related to an artist of interest: A graph of nodes and edges is used to represent artist influence between different artists. Each node of the graph represents an artist. An edge between two nodes represents an influence relationship between two artists. The relative influence between artists is computed for the artists represented in the graph. Furthermore,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070282888 - Dynamic data stream histograms for large ranges: A method for creating a histogram from a plurality of data elements that includes specifying a plurality of internal buckets, wherein each internal bucket of the plurality of internal buckets represent values between an internal minimum value and an internal maximum value, wherein a plurality of differences of the internal... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20070282892 - Extraction of attributes and values from natural language documents: One or more classification algorithms are applied to at least one natural language document in order to extract both attributes and values of a given product. Supervised classification algorithms, semi-supervised classification algorithms, unsupervised classification algorithms or combinations of such classification algorithms may be employed for this purpose. The at least... Agent: Accenture C/o Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070282890 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: An information processing apparatus that configures an operation screen formed by one or more user interface components in which a parameter value is a base of displaying the user component, the apparatus includes: a meta-information storage that stores meta-information in which a user having a privilege to change a parameter... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070282887 - Link swarming in an open overlay for social networks and online services: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and system for dynamically sharing multimedia content information. In particular, embodiments of the present invention provide a “live social context” in which users can share multimedia content information, such as a website, a stream, a music file, and the like. Upon finding multimedia... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20070282885 - Method and system for application interaction: A method and system for modifying a single characteristic of a set of related user interface artifacts. An XPath expression is used to select a set of nodes to be modified. A mechanism is then used to modify each of the nodes in the selected set in a single communication.... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20070282889 - System and method for generating runtime metadata for use in the development of mobile device applications: A system and method for generating runtime metadata for use in the development of mobile device applications. A metadata file, such as an XML file that is used to capture the metadata for a database associated with a mobile device application, is used to generate initialization code. This initialization code,... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070282884 - Data structure, event reporting system and method for event reporting: Provided is data structure, system and method for reporting an Event occurred due to a digital item (DI). An Event Report Request data for requesting to deliver an Event Report data, wherein the Event Report data reports an Event occurred in accordance with use of a digital item, the Event... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070282891 - Hierarchical protocol representation for data acquisition and control system: Protocol is information about sequence of actions including starting and stopping recording, producing stimulation on different channels and data processing and information about time when the actions are to happen. The properties of protocol are described by data objects in memory that are arranged in tree hierarchy. Top level objects... Agent: Vladimir Avdonin

20070282894 - Integration of external schemas and types into native programming languages: A script can import an XML schema to allow the script to use type definitions of the XML Schema.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20070282893 - System for providing digital content and advertising among multiple entities: A system for providing digital content and digital advertisements to users provides digital content via the Internet, in combination with time-shifted advertisements that may be presented by an application that resides on the user's computer. The system may operate in a wholly or partially automated manner, providing automated, self-service interfaces... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070282897 - Method and system for classifying information: A method for classifying information includes determining a plurality of management characteristics for an information type, determining a plurality of business characteristics for the information type, determining at least one management tally for the information type based on the management characteristics, determining at least one business tally for the information... Agent: Frank C. Nicholas Cardinal Law Group

20070282896 - Multi-dimensional data classification for user interface customizations: A multidimensional data classification schema customizes user interfaces. Each user is assigned a context, and candidate objects for inclusion in a customized user interface are also assigned at least an attribute type of a context. Selection of objects for display is based on attribute types and associated attribute values assigned... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070282899 - System and method for managing and distributing assets over a network: A system and method of managing assets on a distributed grid enabled network. The system and method includes sending, to a content provider, a conditional request to obtain a requested asset. The system and method further includes receiving, in response to the conditional request, information to identify a most recent... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070282898 - Automated local insertion of content into master playlist in digital signage networks: Systems and methods for a digital signage network are provided. In one embodiment, a method for delivering multimedia content in a digital signage network is provided. The method comprises: creating a master playlist on a content server for a digital signage network, the master playlist having a plurality of slots;... Agent: Fogg & Powers LLC

20070282895 - Network management apparatus, management server, client terminal, and control method therefor: Configuration information representing the configuration elements of a client PC or the like on a network is compared with initial configuration information. When the configuration information changes, it is determined whether the configuration is proper. If the configuration is improper, the function of a corresponding configuration element to the network... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070282902 - Accessing and purchasing of mp3 files and playlists from provider sources via communication networks: Enabling a user to selectively branch, at a selected MP3 file departure node in a playlist sequence being played, to sequentially playing a second playlist of stored MP3 files arranged according to an attribute different from the attribute that determined the original playlist and storing the departure node. In response... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070282905 - Communication terminals and methods for prioritizing the playback of distributed multimedia files: A communication terminal includes a communication module and a controller. The communication module is configured to communicate with other communication terminals over a interface. The controller is configured to establish a connection with a participant communication terminal via the communication module, to maintain a play list representing multimedia files to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20070282901 - Dense formats for media metadata: Raw media metadata can be packaged as dense media metadata via a compression operation. In a described implementation, metadata for a media item is defined with a media item entry that references instances of property values in one or more property tables.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070282912 - Method and apparatus for adapting computer-based systems to end-user profiles: The present invention relates to a method of adapting computer programs to user profiles, including providing a user with a questionnaire to determine at least one of the user's intelligence, personality, emotional state, computer experience, sensory skills, motor skills, education, and training; compiling a user profile based on data received... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070282911 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing internet protocol multimedia subsystem (ims) registration services for non-ims devices: Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) registration service to a non-IMS subscriber terminal are disclosed. According to one method, activity involving a non-IMS subscriber terminal is identified. In response to identifying the activity involving the non-IMS subscriber terminal, an IMS network registration operation... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070282903 - Mp3 playing with simplified user interactive generation and navigation of playlists: In sequentially playing a first playlist of a sequence of a plurality of stored MP3 files arranged according to a selected attribute of the files, there is provided the combination of means enabling a user to selectively branch, at a selected MP3 file departure node in the sequence, to sequentially... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070282904 - Online referral system and method of use: Embodiments comprise a referral service for providing referrals between similar professionals, such as attorneys. In one embodiment, only professionals in a predetermined profession are allowed to become members of the service. Members provide referral listings concerning prospective clients that are posted by the system and can only be viewed by... Agent: Leyendecker Lemire & Daley, LLC

20070282906 - System of customizing and presenting internet content to associate advertising therewith: A method of associating advertising to internet content, including: uploading content to a website or editing content on a website; selecting annotations that correspond to the content; uploading the annotations to the website or editing annotations on a website; associating the annotations with the content; associating advertising with the annotations;... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070282908 - Techniques for managing media content: Various media management techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a metadata information database to store metadata, a media object database to store media objects, and a media content manager to couple to the metadata information database and the media object database. The media content manager may comprise... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070282907 - Techniques to associate media information with related information: System, apparatus, method, and article for techniques to associate media data with related information. A mobile computing device includes a media manager module. The media manager module processes a media file including metadata. The media manager module retrieves a first content from a metadata field in the metadata. The media... Agent: Kacvinsky LLC C/o Intellevate

20070282910 - Method and apparatus for compression of long term orbit data: A method and apparatus for processing long term orbit data that is valid for an extended period of time into the future (i.e., long term orbit data). The long term orbit data is processed by reducing redundant information from the data to form compressed long term orbit data.... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070282913 - Method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic, multi-dimensional commodity modeling process: An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method, system, and storage medium for providing a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity modeling process. The system includes a data collection component operable for collecting raw data, a dynamic multi-dimensional commodity model component, and a commodity tree generated by the dynamic multi-dimensional commodity... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20070282900 - Registration and maintenance of address data for each service point in a territory: A computer system and method is disclosed for mining current and archived address data in order to identify a preferred address for each service point in a territory. The data mining system may start in response to the presentation of a candidate address for matching. The set of mined data... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070282909 - Secure authentication proxy architecture for a web-based wireless intranet application: A method and server system for exchanging data between a wireless electronic device and another computer system. This system allows a wireless electronic device to securely communicate with an Intranet by verifying authentication parameters. The first authentication parameter is the device serial number and a password which authenticates the network... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070282914 - Resolving update-delete conflicts: Update-delete conflicts detected during synchronization can be resolved in favor of the update or the deletion. Resolving the conflict in favor of the deletion results in the entity deleted on one replica being deleted on all selected replicas. Resolving the conflict in favor of the update results in the updated... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070282916 - State transition logic for a persistent object graph: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates handling a change associated with a database. An interface that can receive data associated with a change to data via an object graph. A state transition logic component that can maintain the change related to the object graph... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070282915 - System and method for providing high availability data: An embodiment relates to a computer-implemented data processing system and method for storing a data set at a plurality of data centers. The data centers and hosts within the data centers may, for example, be organized according to a multi-tiered ring arrangement. A hashing arrangement may be used to implement... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070282917 - File operation control device, system, method, and program: The present invention provides a file operation control device capable of using an extended function existing in a file system via a network. The device has: virtual namespace presenting section that presents, as a virtual namespace, an operation for an extended function existing in a file system; file system operation... Agent: Paul J. Esatto, Jr. Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser

20070282918 - Methods, apparatus and computer programs for visualization and management of data organization within a data processing system: Folders of data from disparate application programs are organized in conformity to a reference taxonomy. A reference taxonomy for representing an organization of stored data found in multiple disparate application programs is created. Each application taxonomy from the multiple disparate application programs is compared to the reference taxonomy by a... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20070282920 - Job management system and method for minimizing log data: Provided is a job management system includes: a terminal for executing a job, and for collecting operation information corresponding to respective operations executed by an operator; and a management server for managing the operation information collected by the terminal, the management server being connected to the terminal via a network,... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20070282919 - Method and apparatus for synchronizing of databases: A method for synchronizing a first database including first data records with a second database including second data records. The method includes starting a synchronization session with an electronic device on which the second database resides, requesting the first data records from the first database, temporarily disconnecting the synchronization session... Agent: Geoffrey Dekleine Perry + Partners

20070282921 - Recovery point data view shift through a direction-agnostic roll algorithm: A method and system of recovery point data view shift through a direction-agnostic roll algorithm is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a data view around a recovery point, and shifting the data view around the recovery point through a direction-agnostic roll algorithm that uses at least one... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Portfolioip

20070282922 - System and method for associating threads with an account statement to provide access to a set of transactions: A method of defining an account statement built from a construction of transaction threads includes receiving data associated with a new transaction for a person; determining if the new transaction is part of an existing thread; adding the new transaction to the existing thread if it is determined that the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070282923 - Method and apparatus for the manipulation, customization, coordination and decomposition of active data models: Methods and systems are provided for the synchronization of data elements between structured documents that utilize these data elements in the management of information technology systems and data repositories from which the data elements can be obtained. Synchronization is facilitated by the use of an active data model containing model... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20070282924 - Devices and methods for checking and determining control values: A device for checking a data set, wherein the data set has a plurality of partial sets and a partial control value per partial set includes a determiner for determining a control value and comparer. The determiner for determining a control value is formed so as to determine a common... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070282929 - Computer system for managing backup of storage apparatus and backup method of the computer system: For a computer system that includes a storage system and a management computer, the storage system includes a first storage area, for storing data used by a computer connected to the storage system, and a second storage area, for storing a duplicate of the data included in the first storage... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070282927 - Method and apparatus to handle changes in file ownership and editing authority in a document management system: A method and corresponding system to maintain an updated version of an electronic file in a multi-user document management system. The system includes a master node and at least one satellite node to enable satellite offices of an enterprise to communicate over a network with a central file store. The... Agent: Lawrence Harbin & Timothy Klima

20070282928 - Processor core stack extension: In general, the disclosure is directed to techniques for controlling stack overflow. The techniques described herein utilize a portion of a common cache or memory located outside of the processor core as a stack extension. A processor core monitors a stack within the processor core and transfers the content of... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070282926 - System, method and computer program product for storing transient state information: A method, system and computer program product for storing transient state information, the method includes: defining a first logical storage space within at least one storage device in response to at least one characteristic of a processing system logical memory space utilized for storing current transient state information of the... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20070282925 - Backup system and backup method: A backup system has a hard disk 16 connected to a terminal device 1 and accumulating data, a backup server 43 connected to the terminal device 1 through an IP network 3, a monitoring section 15e for monitoring on the terminal device 1 side a data occupancy ratio in the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.