Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 01/08

20080027892 - Dynamic stream file system network support: Accessing data from large, unknown size, or streaming files. A method includes acts for accessing files. A request is received to read at a virtual address corresponding to an identifier for a file or directory. The virtual address is read to read a shared address range from the virtual address.... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080027894 - File system alteration of media files: Embodiments of the invention provide a file system that can store files or data streams in such a manner as to increase the effective storage capacity of the device on which the files or data stream are stored. In one embodiment, a system for processing and storing data comprises a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080027893 - Reference resolution for text enrichment and normalization in mining mixed data: A method for enrichment of text which enables mixed data mining includes generating a model for structured data found in tables of a database. In the model, semantically-linked terms are associated with referents, such as field names or cell content of the fields, of the structured data. The referents may... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080027895 - System for searching, collecting and organizing data elements from electronic documents: A system for automatically or manually collecting data from electronic documents that comprises a combination of functionalities which include in particular a one-click automation system to navigate through the electronic documents, a query system to locate data through other systems on the network—if present—which may have already performed similar searches,... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20080027905 - Assigning data for storage based on speed with which data may be retrieved: A method, system, and apparatus for improving performance when retrieving data from one or more storage media. Files to be stored on the one or more storage media are classified into a ranking of different sets. Differences in retrieval value of different regions of the one or more storage media... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080027904 - Fast algorithms for computing semijoin reduction sequences: Systems and methods for using optimization techniques to construct a nearly optimal execution plan for an outer join query are disclosed. A query graph of the outer join query is constructed, by computing for each node the set of nodes influencing it, for each target node the set of its... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080027902 - Method and apparatus for selecting data records from versioned data: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that selects data records from versioned data. The system operates by receiving a query from a client to select data records from a data source that match a criteria specified by the query. Note that the data source includes at least... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080027900 - Method and system for optimal selection of targets based on business rules and resource availability: A method and system for solving a problem construct. The problem construct includes an input set of targets that may satisfy a request based on at least one rule. The method and system specifies the problem construct, recasts the problem construct as at least one of a set cover problem... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080027901 - Systems and methods for database processing and management: Systems and methods are disclosed that include a processing component configured to access a database and execute statements in a document. The document includes a tag identifying whether database processing statements in the document are to be executed, and a tag identifying a group of the database processing statements.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080027899 - Systems and methods for integrating from data sources to data target locations: Various systems and methods for data exchange are provided. As just one example, a method for data exchange that includes identifying at least one target data receptacle and at least two source data receptacles are described. In addition, the exemplary method includes providing a map that includes a relationship between... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080027903 - Virtual pair algorithm for outer join resolution: A system and method for executing semijoin reductions on outer join operations are presented. Tuple lists are created based on a query. A sequence of semijoin reduction steps are performed, where each semijoin reduction step either switches one tuple list, or reduces all tuple lists at one relation. Virtual connector... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080027909 - Buddy share: Sharing content includes classifying content perceived by a sharing user, determining a set of recipient candidates likely to be interested in the content based upon the classification of the content and prior sharing activity of the recipients with respect to content of the same or similar classification, and presenting to... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080027916 - Computer program, method, and apparatus for detecting duplicate data: A computer program, method, and apparatus for narrowing data down to detect duplicate data in a short time. A computer functions as a syntax tree constructor for creating a syntax tree by extracting a plurality of letters existing at prescribed discrete positions from the character string of each of the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080027911 - Language search tool: A method of identifying one or more strings from a database of strings based on an input string is described. A user provides an input string, which is received and processed to produce one or more search terms. These search terms are compared to the database to identify potential matches... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080027912 - Learning a document ranking function using fidelity-based error measurements: A method and system for generating a ranking function using a fidelity-based loss between a target probability and a model probability for a pair of documents is provided. A fidelity ranking system generates a fidelity ranking function that ranks the relevance of documents to queries. The fidelity ranking system operates... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027917 - Scalable semantic image search: A computer-implemented system for searching a plurality of images for an image of interest including a database of semantic image representations corresponding to the plurality of images, wherein the semantic image representations link a semantic model of clinical properties, a syntactic model of high level image properties and an image... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080027915 - Search query generator apparatus: A search query generator apparatus comprises an information manipulation monitor unit for detecting information manipulations that a user has performed in a computer by monitoring information manipulations in the computer by the user, an information manipulation DB (database) for accumulating data relating to the information manipulations detected by the information... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080027914 - System and method for searching a bookmark and tag database for relevant bookmarks: A method comprises receiving a search request to search a bookmark package database storing bookmarks and tag information, e.g., user-generated keywords; using the search request to search the tag information in the bookmark package database to locate relevant bookmarks and to generate search results; and presenting the search results to... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080027913 - System and method of information retrieval engine evaluation using human judgment input: An information retrieval engine evaluation system and method is disclosed, which uses judgment input, or feedback, received from one or more individuals, or judges. Judgment input is provided by the one or judges, each of whom review at least one aspect of performance of a software application, and provide judgment... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080027910 - Web object retrieval based on a language model: A method and system is provided for determining relevance of an object to a term based on a language model. The relevance system provides records extracted from web pages that relate to the object. To determine the relevance of the object to a term, the relevance system first determines, for... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027922 - Automated support notification: A method of providing an automated support notification is described. The method comprises receiving a support request identifying a problem and querying a data store for a solution related to the support request. The method further comprises generating a solution request if the querying a data store for a solution... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080027920 - Data processing over very large databases: A system that facilitates data processing includes a receiver component that receives an SQL query. A partitioning component partitions the SQL query into multiple tasks and provides the tasks to multiple cluster nodes for processing. The system enables very large amounts of data (e.g., multiple terabytes) to be quickly prepared... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080027923 - Method and apparatus for managing peer-to-peer search results: One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for processing a search request message received over a network includes computing a threshold value in accordance with the search request message and returning at least one search result to a user in response to the search request message, if a rank... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan LLP IBM Corporation

20080027921 - Temporal ranking of search results: An information dissemination system ranks the search results based on a temporal weight assigned to each search result. The temporal weight is an indication of the importance to a user that varies with time. For each search result, the information dissemination system calculates a temporal weight that is based on... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027926 - Document summarization method and apparatus: Apparatuses, methods, and systems associated with and/or having components capable of, summarizing electronic documents are disclosed herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080027925 - Learning a document ranking using a loss function with a rank pair or a query parameter: A method and system for generating a ranking function to rank the relevance of documents to a query is provided. The ranking system learns a ranking function from training data that includes queries, resultant documents, and relevance of each document to its query. The ranking system learns a ranking function... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027924 - Persona-based application personalization: Systems and methods that facilitate persona-based application personalization are disclosed. A persona is a conglomeration of a group of archetypal users that represent the personalization needs of many users and is based on observed behavior and patterns associated with the group of users. Users can be grouped into personas, and... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080027927 - Retracement data processing method and apparatus: This invention is to automatically carry out the retracement of the knowledge. Therefore, this method is executed by a computer having a retracement data storage storing a target type of a past project, data concerning a scale of the past project, a specific phase of the past project, data concerning... Agent: Patrick G. Burns Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20080027932 - Apparatus of generating browsing paths for data and method for browsing data: The present invention provides a method and apparatus of generating browsing paths for data, a method for browsing data and a computer program product. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of generating browsing paths for data. Firstly, a plurality of candidate browsing paths based... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080027929 - Computer-based method for finding similar objects using a taxonomy: A generalized axiomatic definition of information-theoretic similarity is provided for taxonomies that are structured as directed acyclic graph form which multiple terns may be used to describe an object. The definition is adaptable in the presence of ambiguity, as introduced by an evolving taxonomy or classifiers with imperfect knowledge, and... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20080027934 - Method for searching for patterns in text: A method of searching for one or more patterns in a text using Boyer-Moore methodology, including the step of wherein once a match of an ngram is determined, entering into a routine which jumps forward so as to compare more initial characters so as to provide faster rejection.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080027930 - Methods and apparatus for contextual schema mapping of source documents to target documents: Methods and apparatus are provided for improved schema mapping of source documents to target documents. A list of matches are generated between at least one source table and at least one target table. One or more of the matches are annotated with a logical condition providing a context in which... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP Suite 205

20080027936 - Ranking of web sites by aggregating web page ranks: A method and system for determining a ranking of web sites based on an aggregation of rankings of the web pages within the web sites is provided. A ranking system identifies for each web site a stationary distribution of a stochastic complement of the transition probabilities between web pages of... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027940 - Automatic data classification of files in a repository: An operating system automatically classifies a new file by instructing the application that generated the file to modify the file by applying one or more settings for data usage attributes to the file prior to the application saving the file in a folder.... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080027939 - Method, system, and program product for controlling access to personal attributes across enterprise domains: In general, the present invention provides a method, system, and program product for managing personal attributes across enterprise domains. Specifically, under the present invention, personal attributes for an end-user will be located among the enterprise domains. Once located, the personal attributes will be grouped into a set of profiles based... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro LLC

20080027946 - File management in a computing device: When reading a directory on a computing device, the file server adds unique tags to the listing when passing the listing to a client application. The file server keeps a list of the unique tags together with the physical addresses of the files to which they correspond. When a client... Agent: Synnestvedt Lechner & Woodbridge LLP

20080027944 - Globally unique instance identification: A net traffic optimization method provides for clients and servers to communicate with each other over a busy network. Each client process will make an Oracle database service request that is recognized by a listener process in the servers. As each database instance comes up, it generates a globally unique... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.C. And Oracle International Corporation

20080027943 - Location-aware network access method and apparatus: Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with and/or having components capable of, location-based network access are disclosed herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

20080027941 - Method and system for providing a searchable virtual information center: A searchable virtual information center comprising a master node accessible by a user and one or more information nodes coupled to the master node. The information nodes may be either intermediate nodes or leaf nodes containing searchable documentation. A search request received from a user at the master node, containing... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20080027950 - Method of distributing disk image in computer system: A disk image distributing method includes copying a first image containing a program necessary to start a computer, as a part of a disk image to a storage unit of a predetermined computer; starting the predetermined computer based on the program; and copying a second image as a remaining part... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080027951 - Method of efficient target query selection ranging: A method for providing efficient target parameter selection ranging includes assigning each record at least one persistent identifier. The persistent identifier may be ordered so that a selected range of the persistent identifier may allow a user to select a number of consecutively-identifiable, but apparently randomly-selected records. By only choosing... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080027945 - Methods, systems and computer program products for downloading a java application based on identification of supported classes: Methods for controlling downloading of a Java application to a mobile terminal include receiving a request to download the Java application to the mobile terminal. A descriptor associated with the Java application is downloaded. An API attribute list identified in the descriptor is retrieved from the descriptor when available. The... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080027942 - Network accountability among autonomous systems: Accountability among Autonomous Systems (ASs) in a network ensures reliable identification of various customers within the ASs and provides defensibility against malicious customers within the ASs. In one implementation, reliable identification is achieved by implementing ingress filtering on data packets originating within individual ASs and defensibility is provided by filtering... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080027949 - Scanned document management system: For registering in a file server an image file obtained from scanning a document with an image processing apparatus, under the control of a business system which carries out management of business forms or such for specific business, meta information including information is generated at least based on information obtained... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080027896 - Hierarchical triggers for database: The present invention introduces the concept of a super-trigger to allow for multi-level hierarchical triggers in a database application. The super-trigger may be created by identifying one or more triggers as sub-triggers, and defining a condition in the super-trigger, the result of the condition depending from a result of one... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080027898 - Information processing apparatus and storing apparatus, information processing method and storing method, and recording medium: The present invention provides a distribution system in which even in the case where the content distributability varies among content holders, desired content can be promptly and efficiently received by a requester. To index information recorded in a root node or cache node so that it can be referred to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080027897 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and recording medium: One or plural pieces of content is/are recorded in nodes N1 to N4 as components of a distribution system in which content C1 to C4 to be distributed are directly transmitted/received among the nodes N via a network. An evaluation value having a value based on at least the number... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080027906 - Method and apparatus for performing a depth-first join in a database: In a database, inner joins are performed in a depth-first manner. Depth-first joins differ from breadth-first joins in that rows are examined a page at a time during execution from every table that is participating in the query. Thus, the depth-first join is a constant-space operation with respect to the... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20080027907 - Method for discovering undeclared and fuzzy rules in databases: A scheme is used to automatically discover algebraic constraints between pairs of columns in relational data. The constraints may be “fuzzy” in that they hold for most, but not all, of the records, and the columns may be in the same table or different tables. The scheme first identifies candidate... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20080027908 - Method for requesting and processing metadata which is contained in a data stream and associated device: A method for requesting metadata which is contained in a data stream and an associated device for executing the method are designed to allow a particularly efficient and time-saving request of the data and, particularly in the case of a frequently or repeatedly required subset of the metadata contained in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080027918 - Method of generating a distributed text index for parallel query processing: The present invention relates to a method of generating a distributed text index for parallel query processing by a number of nodes. A set of node indices is generated for text indexing a set of documents, each node text index covering a subset of the documents. For each node text... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080027919 - Methods and systems for electronic virtual races: A method of making a new game available to a plurality of geographically distributed gaming terminals includes steps of accessing a central server over a computer network; querying a central database coupled to the central server to ascertain whether any new games for at least one of the plurality the... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080027928 - Quickview - combination of system and software components which enables search engine users to quickly identifiying relevant search returned results using visual images as references: A method, apparatus, software components to identify images (WebPages Thumbnails, web documents, etc.) relevant to search engine query results, for displaying on computerized devices. The disclosed invention combines systems for database file searching, indexing, analysis, re-indexing, retrieval, and distribution and reviewing. Although, the primary purpose of this invention is to... Agent: Michael D. Larson

20080027935 - Anchored search engine results display: A system and method dynamically present a portion of web content including a set of searched for keywords to a user. The system displays a set of search results to a user, wherein the set of search results are associated with at least one search keyword provided by the user,... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080027933 - System and method for location, understanding and assimilation of digital documents through abstract indicia: A system and methods of performing searches within a universe of preexisting documents to extract a subset of relevant documents is disclosed. The user selects search terms or key words, and an application program performs a search of the universe of documents, compiles a subset or collection of documents based... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080027931 - Systems and methods for publishing, searching, retrieving and binding metadata for a digital object: Systems and methods are described for publishing, searching, retrieving and binding metadata with a digital object. A content-based ID can be employed to uniquely identify a digital object and associate metadata with the digital object. Content-based IDs can be a unique code, or a string of bits or some other... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080027938 - Customer statistics based on database lock use: A method and service for establishing a web-based network that includes an enterprise locking service. The enterprise locking service is able to coordinate multiple, cooperating applications that need to ensure that one and only one user is modifying a database record at a given time. These database records may be... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080027937 - Method and system for collecting user update requests regarding geographic data to support automated analysis, processing and geographic data updates: A system and method provide functionality for collecting user update reports of geographic inconsistencies between geographic data and the real world to enable automated processing of updates to the geographic data. A user's input is collected and describes an anomaly, which is a geographic inconsistency between geographic data and the... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080027948 - Managing application system load: An improvement in a networked digital computing system comprises an Information Resource Manager (IRM) operable to communicate with elements of the digital computing system to obtain performance information regarding operation of and resources available in the computing system, and to utilize this information to enable the IRM to adjust the... Agent: Jacobs & Kim LLP

20080027952 - System and method for data capture and reporting: A database system includes an intermediary program that provides a variety of functions. Logging on to the intermediary program results in log-in information being transmitted from an encrypted file to the database system via the intermediary program. The database system includes the ability for the user to enter criteria for... Agent: American Express Travel Related Services Co., Inc. C/o Snell & Wilmer, L.L.P.

20080027947 - System and method for managing network traffic routing: A method and system receives at a server a search request and processes the search request to determine a context of the search request, then determines, based on the context, a network route to an application server having the closest geographic proximity, with respect to the server, to the most... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080027953 - Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program: An apparatus and method allowing for high-quality data acquisition and playback processing based on content information transmitted from a server to a client are provided. Property information constituting meta-information corresponding to content-associated attribute information stores data-scheme information on original content held by the server, such as file format information, codec... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080027954 - Representation and extraction of biclusters from data arrays: Gene expression, or other data is analyzed for the presence of biclusters. The data is represented as geometric data. Lines, planes and/or hyperplanes are detected in the geometric data using a transform such as a Hough Transform or its variations. The detected lines, planes and hyperplanes are analyzed to determine... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20080027955 - System and method for storage and display of time-dependent events: A method of storage of time-dependent events at an electronic device includes maintaining a plurality of calendar databases for saving data relating to respective calendar services, receiving time-dependent event data associated with one of the calendar services; and storing the time-dependent event data in one of the calendar databases for... Agent: Perry + Currier (for Rim)

20080027956 - Distributed hierarchical cache: A solution may be provided in which a cache may assign a version to each object that it caches. The version may be saved in a database along with the object. Each time the business logic accesses the cache for a dependent object, such as a read from the bit... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080027961 - Data assurance in server consolidation: A method for data assurance in server consolidation is provided. The method includes collecting an inventory of a plurality of source servers in a desired environment and performance data of such source servers, evaluating and checking a data structure of the performance data, applying predetermined time stamps, checks, and statistic... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080027958 - Data cleansing for a data warehouse: This document describes tools capable of modifying data records without human interaction, modifying data records responsive to analysis from various types of data-quality modules, and/or reversing modifications. These tools may also enable a data-quality module to find errors by analyzing fewer than all of the records as effectively as if... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080027962 - Method and system for providing network based transaction metrics: An approach is provided for metrics data collection for business transactions. An online activity (e.g., Application Programming Interface (API) call) associated with a business flow is identified. It is determined whether the online activity is a part of a transaction, wherein the transaction is defined according to a business rule.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080027957 - Re-categorization of aggregate data as detail data and automated re-categorization based on data usage context: A data access system which includes the capability to categorize subsets of the data in the data store, query result or other source of data as aggregate data or as detail data and also the ability to explicitly re-categorize the aggregate data as detail data, e.g., as part of execution... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080027963 - Storage apparatus and program update method: The present invention provides a storage apparatus that executes processing based on a program, the storage apparatus including: a memory unit that stores the program; a processing unit that executes processing according to the program stored in the memory unit; and a program update unit that updates the program to... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080027959 - System and method for automatic application management: A system and computer implemented method for dynamic management of an application. The system includes an application transformer configured to work symbiotically with a computer executable application, to monitor and control both the application and the application transformer including resource allocation associated with both the application and the application transformer,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080027960 - Systems and methods for managing distribution lists: Email lists are managed based on the attributes of the email list members. An authorized person may generate an email list by selecting one or more attributes characterizing each member of the email list. An email list may be selected by selecting one or more attributes characterizing each member of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080027964 - List update employing neutral sort keys: A method, system and program product for updating a list. A first list associated with a first platform includes a first plurality and a second plurality of keys. A second list associated with a second platform includes a third plurality of keys. The first and second platforms sort a first... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080027968 - Analysis error detection for a cad model: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for identifying an analytical representation of a plurality of physical elements in a computer aided design (CAD) model, the analytical representation comprising a plurality of analytical elements. one or more of the plurality of analytical elements corresponds to one or more of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080027970 - Business intelligent architecture system and method: The present disclosure describes a standardized logical model architecture, for use in building a business intelligent systems, and a system and method of using the logical model architecture to populate a data repository (e.g., a data mart/warehouse) with the data to satisfy reporting and data analysis needs.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080027966 - Dynamic creation of star-schema database structures and cubes: A method for creation of a database structure and associated cube 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 constructing a database schema to store the metric data and provide appropriate interrelations... Agent: Moore & Van Allen, PLLC For Ibm

20080027969 - Hierarchical conditional random fields for web extraction: A method and system for labeling object information of an information page is provided. A labeling system identifies an object record of an information page based on the labeling of object elements within an object record and labels object elements based on the identification of an object record that contains... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027971 - Method and system for populating an index corpus to a search engine: A method and system is provided for populating an index corpus to an external search engine. The index population system comprises a card generator and a file system. The card generator reads a target content instance of business oriented metadata, and creates a representation of the target content instance. The... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080027972 - Method for application modeling: A method for modeling an application, by generating a message comprising random contents according to parameters related to the application. The message is introduced into a network or a simulation thereof and the performance of the application in the distributed landscape is evaluated.... Agent: Charles N. J. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20080027967 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing intelligent handling of web activity based on measured resource utilization: A method, apparatus, and computer program product for measuring resource utilization of web pages and providing intelligent handling of web activity based on the measured resource utilization. Resource utilization (e.g., CPU and/or memory utilization) on one or more client systems is measured in response to the client system loading and/or... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20080027965 - Multiple source data management using a conflict rule: A solution for managing data received from multiple sources is provided. In particular, when conflicting data values are received from multiple sources for a data element, a conflict rule is used to determine the main data value for the data element, which is subsequently stored for use. The conflict rule... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080027975 - Community awareness management systems and methods: A system and method links one or more disparate community awareness management (CAM) datasets for a community awareness program (CAP) with one or more spatial layers to create linked CAM datasets. One or more data attributes common to a CAM dataset and a spatial layer are identified, and the link... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20080027973 - Encoding device, encoding method, decoding device, decoding method, program and machine readable recording medium containing the program: A device divides a table (60) including element information contained in tree-structure information and position information in a corresponding tree-structure into an element information value (61) and position information (62) by a table division unit (101). An element information rearrangement unit (103) rearranges the divided element information values (61) into... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080027974 - Intensity modulated radiation therapy filtration apparatus, system and method: Digital imaging and communications in a Medicine Radiation Therapy (DICOM RT) Cancer Patient Treatment Plan are converted into (i) multiple Treatment Field 2D Matrices; (ii) multiple IMRT Filter (Compensator) 3D Matrices; and (iii) 3D Computer Numerical Code (CNC) Files. From i, ii, and iii there is provided a set of... Agent: Tod R Nissle

20080027977 - Process management system: A process management system comprises a management data generation unit configured to generate management data. In regard to each relationship between processes, the management data includes product data corresponding to products in the previous process and partial object data corresponding to partial objects in the next process. The management data... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080027976 - Process management system and computer readable recording medium: A system includes a product data generation unit that generates product data corresponding to a product of a previous process, a partial object data generation unit that generates partial object data corresponding to a partial object of a next process, and a management data generation unit that generates, in regard... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080027978 - Rhetorical content management with tone and audience profiles: A content management system including an audience profile is disclosed. The content management system includes a database having a plurality of records. At least one record of the plurality of records includes a plurality of fields storing a plurality of grammatical syntax elements associated with a content subject. Each of... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080027979 - Presenting information related to topics extracted from event classes: An information dissemination system provides users information related to topics extracted from event classes. Event classes can generally be thought of as scripts that specify topics and actions for obtaining information related to the topics. The event classes are executed to obtain information related to the particular event class. The... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080027981 - System and method for ontology-based translation between directory schemas: An information processing system comprising a translation from a directory or individuals input source to a state database containing resource description triples, a mapping of the triples in the state database from one ontology class to another, and a translation from the triples in the state database to a directory... Agent: Mark Wahl

20080027982 - Indefinite caching expiration techniques: Techniques are presented for indefinite caching expiration techniques. A browser page includes a reference to an object. A client browser acquires a version of the browser page on each access attempt by the client to a site associated with the browser page. The browser acquires or downloads the object (along... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080027980 - Data structure and management system for a superset of relational databases: A computer readable medium for validating data is disclosed. The computer readable medium provides a computer readable medium with instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the following functions: receive a subjective representation of an address; re-format the subjective representation of the address according to a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080027990 - 4dhelp information data: The present invention provides for a data structure for the four dimensional information data in a 4D Help information distribution system. The data structure is configured to allow for flexible organization of useful information customized to the user's needs. Specifically, the data structure includes three dimensional data, which captures substantive... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080027988 - Advanced web services on a legacy platform: A technique is provided for allowing the implementation of Advanced Web Services on a legacy platform. Logical work is separated into modules and the target platform is abstracted through a simple abstract interface. The implementation of one or more Web Services specifications is packaged into a common module (that may... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080027989 - File repair method for mbms and umts network: A file repair method for Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) and a UMTS network are disclosed. According to the method, a data structure is established according to a repair request message sent from a user equipment. Each repair block is multicast to the user equipment that requested it by using... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080027985 - Generating spatial multimedia indices for multimedia corpuses: A method, system and media for generating and querying spatial multimedia indices are provided. A multimedia corpus representing varying view points and distributed across a large network, such as the Internet, is crawled to extract properties from the multimedia. The extracted properties and relationships among multimedia are stored and indexed... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080027994 - Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product: An image-information obtaining unit obtains image information. An image-component separating unit separates the image information into luminance information and color information. An edge extracting unit extracts edge information from the luminance information. A luminance-noise removing unit removes noise from the luminance information. A color-noise removing unit removes noise from the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080027984 - Method and system for multi-dimensional action capture: A system (100) and method (300) is provided for multi-dimensional action capture. The method can include creating a multimedia message (310), associating a sensory action with a multimedia message (320), and assigning an emotional component to the multimedia message based on the sensory action (330). The multimedia message can include... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080027986 - Method and system for sorting mail: A method and system for sorting mail includes the steps of imaging a face surface of the mailpieces to acquire mailpiece delivery information and distributing the mailpiece image to a virtual sorting station. The virtual sorting station is operative to sort each mailpiece image into one of a plurality of... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080027987 - Replicating data between heterogeneous data systems: A method and apparatus for replicating data between heterogeneous databases is provided. Data is replicated between two heterogeneous databases with the use of a volatile storage queue, enabling the rapid replication of data across databases provided by different vendors or operating on different platforms. According to one embodiment, an in-memory... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080027983 - Searching media content for objects specified using identifiers: Techniques for automatically comparing one or more objects determined from digital media content (e.g., an image, audio information, video information) to one or more objects specified by a machine readable identifier to determine if an object determined from the media content matches an object specified by the machine readable identifier.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080027991 - Electronic medical chart system, and apparatus and method for data processing: This invention provides an electronic medical chart system which synchronize medical information on a database with medical information described in a paper medical chart. When data is directly changed by input part other than an electronic pen, a keyboard or the like, a correlation between the paper medical chart and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080027993 - Selection of individuals from a pool of candidates in a competition system: An integrated highly automated competition system allows for selection of one or more competition winners. Documents can be submitted electronically or by hardcopy. Document submissions are checked against databases to determine duplicate existence by a variety of information extracted from the documents. Candidates are filtered by one or more filters... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080027995 - Systems and methods for survey scheduling and implementation: An apparatus for assisting a user in scheduling a plurality of facilities for a survey includes: a storage device having a first database of entries representing facilities, geographical locations of facilities, and data representing ranking factors; a second database representing surveyors; a computer processor configured to estimate the time it... Agent: Gary M. Nath The Nath Law Group

20080027992 - Video and multimedia distribution system: Digital media content-on-demand hosting/delivery system for using an n-tier, multi dimension dynamic data technology to distribute digital content and manage information and comprising separate delivery and end-user systems with separate but compatible software, the hosting/delivery system being sub-divided into distributed hosting clusters serving small groups of users, ensuring local balance... Agent: Burns & Levinson, LLP

20080027998 - Method and apparatus of continuous data protection for nas: A system includes a NAS System and one or more NAS Clients. The NAS system manages volumes containing file system data, volumes containing snapshot (copy) of the file system data, and volumes containing journal (log) of requests sent from NAS Clients. The system takes a snapshot of the volume containing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080027996 - Method and system for synchronizing data using a presence service: A method of synchronizing data using a presence service includes receiving, via a presence service, a first message that includes presence information from a first data store client of a group of data store clients. The first message is compatible with a transmission format that includes a status element for... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20080027997 - Product information management system: A product information tag, typically for a medical product such as a drug or device, is prepared in accordance with various rules. The product information tag is associated with the product as it travels from a product distributor to a shipper, to a customer such as a doctor and possibly... Agent: Brenda Pomerance Law Office Of Brenda Pomerance

20080027999 - Dynamic optimization of prepared statements in a statement pool: An apparatus, program product and method dynamically optimize prepared statements resident in a statement pool to permit subsequent reuses of such statements to utilize the optimized representations of such statements. The optimization of pooled statements may be performed responsive to the tracked usage of the statements in a statement pool,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20080028000 - Synchronization operations involving entity identifiers: Mechanisms are provided for identity mapping in synchronization systems. For example, entities can be mapped across various entity stores, such that an entity in one store can be identified with an entity in another store even if such entities are of different types. When entities are being synchronized across various... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080028002 - Content publishing system and method: It is a first aspect of the present invention to provide a content publishing system that includes back end digital content capable of being modified, an interactive user device displaying fixed front end content, the interactive user device further adapted to transmit one or more request signals associated with the... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080028001 - Tracking and integrity enforcement of relationships between service and composition candidates in a service model: An apparatus, system, and method for tracking and enforcing the integrity of relationships between service-oriented candidates in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) service model according to SOA design principles and paradigms. Each service-oriented component can be any one of a service candidate, a service operation candidate or a composition candidate associated... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080028003 - Structured object model merge tool with static integrity constraint observance: An object-based merge tool for structured object models encapsulates data in files, such as metadata in XML files, as model objects in accordance with an underlying model, all of which can be graphically represented to a user. Graphical representation of files also allows the user to see how the files... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20080028004 - Apparatus and method for protecting system data on computer hard-disk: An apparatus and method for protecting and recovering system data stored in a computer hard disk from corruption that may occur due to malicious or accidental operation during use of a computer are provided. According to the apparatus and method, not an entire system area but a part needing protection... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080028005 - Interlinked change-request computer system and method having role-based tabular interface: A computer method and apparatus for managing changes for a given software system is disclosed. The invention method and apparatus forms a respective change request object to represent each user's request to make a change to a given software system. For each change request object, the invention method/apparatus provides an... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080028007 - Backup control apparatus and method eliminating duplication of information resources: A backup control apparatus references duplication management information comprising first stored location information indicating the stored location of a first information resource and second stored location information indicating the stored location of a second information resource which duplicates the first information resource, and identifies, from among a plurality of information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080028008 - Optical disc initiated data backup: An optical disc comprising computer-readable instructions is provided. The computer-readable instructions include a backup application. When the optical disc is inserted into an optical drive of a data source, such as a personal computer, the operating system of the data source automatically launches the backup application. The backup application is... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080028006 - System and apparatus for optimally trading off the replication overhead and consistency level in distributed applications: Methods and systems are provided for optimally trading off replication overhead and consistency levels in distributed data replication where nodes are organized in a hierarchy. The root node has the original data that need to be replicated at all other nodes, and the replicated copies have a freshness threshold that... Agent: George A. Willinghan, Iii August Law Group, LLC

20080028009 - Systems and methods for continuous data replication: Systems and methods for intelligent data replication are provided, which may include the identification and use of consistency points in application data, such that one or more replication volumes may be created using an “application aware” replication process that allows the system to intelligently replicate data or other information (e.g.,... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080028010 - Ranking functions using an incrementally-updatable, modified naive bayesian query classifier: Methods of ranking documents on a network using an incrementally-updatable system are disclosed. Computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of ranking documents on a network using an incrementally-updatable system are also disclosed. Further, computing systems containing at least one application module, wherein the at... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080028011 - Space allocation in a write anywhere file system: A file system determines the relative vacancy of a collection of storage blocks, i.e., an “allocation area”. This is accomplished by recording an array of numbers, each of which describes the vacancy of a collection of storage blocks. The file system examines these numbers when attempting to record file blocks... Agent: Network Appliance/blakely

20080021858 - method for rules based default browser homepage: A method for allowing a user to access des26ome pages by using a rules engine that links Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) to a time range; allowing the user to open a web browser; generating a request to access the plurality of home pages in response to launching the web browser;... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080021860 - Culturally relevant search results: Search results may be provided to a user. A search query may be received from the user. A query feature vector may be formed for the search query. The query feature vector may be compared with news feature vectors associated with documents related to current events. An augmented query feature... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080021857 - Electronic data storing apparatus: An electronic data storing apparatus includes a data acquiring unit configured to acquire plural electronic data, a data displaying unit configured to display plural electronic data acquired by the data acquiring unit, a signing unit configured to apply, when an instruction for applying a digital signature to plural electronic data... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080021862 - Electronic device: An electronic device includes a storage unit that stores therein input data, and a deleting unit that partially deletes the input data when the input data becomes unnecessary. The deleting unit deletes portions of the input data, each having a predetermined size, with predetermined or random spacing between the portions... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080021859 - Multi-tiered storage: Methods and apparatus are described for storing a plurality of objects in a plurality of storage options. An importance index is generated for each of the plurality of objects with reference to importance data associated with each object. At least a portion of the importance data represents relevance of the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080021867 - Database analysis program, database analysis apparatus, and database analysis method: A database analysis program allows a computer to execute: a field evaluation step that calculates, for each field of the table, a field score which is a value based on the appearance frequency of each value in the field; a relation generation step that selects tables different from each other... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080021866 - Method and system for implementing a floating identity provider model across data centers: A method is presented for processing transactions in a federated computational environment. Resource requests are received at a first federated entity from a second federated entity. The first federated entity responds to federation protocol operations for the second federated entity in accordance with a trust relationship between the first and... Agent: Ibm Corp. (dhj) C/o David H. Judson

20080021865 - Method, system, and computer program product for dynamically determining data placement: A method, system, and computer program product for determining storage locations for data objects is provided. The method includes providing user-selectable options for assigning storage locations for data objects, which is based upon a minimum threshold size of the data objects defined for a storage group. The options are implemented... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20080021876 - Action tags: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for performing actions with respect to objects. An object having an action tag, that specifies that a particular action script is to be performed with respect to the object, is provided. The action tag can be in the form of a textual label or any... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080021884 - Anonymous search system using human searchers: A system and a method are disclosed for performing a search with the assistance of a computer. The system may assign a unique identifier to a user, to a query submitted to the system by the user, to a human searcher that may respond to the query, and to a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080021873 - Automated design for deployment of a distributed application using constraint propagation: A system and method for automated design deployment for distributed applications includes providing a node with at least one requirement attribute in an application description. A repository for infrastructure elements is searched for candidate infrastructure elements for that satisfy the at least one requirement attribute. A candidate infrastructure element that... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20080021872 - Customized, personalized, integrated client-side search indexing of the web: A client-side search indexing program works transparently and in conjunction with a server based search index. The combined search indexes provide a more accurate and up-to-date image of the Web, customized to the interests of each individual user. The client-side indexer customizes indexing of particular Web pages to the preferences... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20080021877 - Medical image processing system in a wide-area network environment: In a system in which data processing devices are set up in the vicinity of or directly connected to data archiving devices of a plurality of medical image systems, image data and image processing parameters are specified from user terminal devices connected to the network. Image data specified by data... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080021875 - Method and apparatus for performing a tone-based search: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for performing a tone-based search. During operation, the system receives a search-request, which includes a search request-term. For each context-term in a pre-defined list of context-terms, the system, in response to receiving the search-term, searches a first set of documents for... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080021880 - Method and system for highlighting and adding commentary to network web page content: An enhanced web page content search system is implemented on or as part of a web browser application (e.g., as a “plug-in”) for highlighting and adding commentary to web page content displayed on a terminal. The system includes a user interface and a search engine, and provides enhanced search functionality,... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080021871 - Methods and apparatuses for dynamically displaying search suggestions: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect an original search input; detect an excluded term within the original search input; form a modified search input wherein the modified search input includes the original search input without the excluded term; match a plurality of stored terms against the modified search... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080021891 - Searching a document using relevance feedback: When a search request is input, an initial search result that matches the search request is displayed to a user. When a seed document set is selected by the user from the initial search result, an extension word set is extracted from the seed document set. Using the extension word... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080021874 - Searching for transient streaming multimedia resources: A software and/or hardware facility is described that enables searches for transient multimedia resources that are contained in real-time multimedia streams. Because real-time data streams are not archived for subsequent access, transient resources contained in the streams are preferably quickly identified, characterized in a database, and indexed so that the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080021870 - Social network of identities and query method therefor: The method of gathering information within a social network of identities in which people or other identities have social relationships with one another, such as personal or business relationships, and each person has an identity account (101) containing information about that person. The identity accounts reside on identity servers (150A,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080021900 - Examiner information system: A patent Examiner information accessing system access patent Examiner information from a Patent and Trademark Office, or other, database. A search system is provided so that a user can search information aggregated by the Examiner information accessing system.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080021899 - Method for classifying private data using secure classifiers: A computer implemented method classifies securely a private query sample using exact k-nn classification. A secure dot product protocol is applied to determine securely distances between a private query sample and a plurality of private labeled samples. A secure k-rank protocol is applied to the distances to determine a nearest... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20080021897 - Techniques for detection of multi-dimensional clusters in arbitrary subspaces of high-dimensional data: Clustering techniques for data analysis are provided. In one aspect, a method for finding clusters in a database containing a plurality of input attributes associated with a plurality of samples is provided. The method comprises the following steps. One-dimensional clusters are detected for each of one or more of the... Agent: Michael J. Chang, LLC

20080021898 - Universal data relationship inference engine: While a user is viewing content on a computer display, the universal data relationship inference engine presents related information from disparate data sources. A normalized index is maintained that indexes content to a set of standard taxonomy terms. The inference engine parses content being viewed by the user. If the... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP

20080021901 - Relational lockdown for an item store: Various mechanisms are provided for the lockdown of an item store. For example, a method is provided that comprises of disabling access to a relational engine for a set of users associated with a filing system utilizing the relational engine to manipulate data in an item store. Following such disabling... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080021904 - Authenticating a site while protecting against security holes by handling common web server configurations: Techniques are provided through which a user is verified as authorized to modify a website. A web crawler generates a filename and content for the user, who purports to be authorized to modify a particular website. The web crawler sends the filename and content toward the user. The user stores... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080021903 - Protecting non-adult privacy in content page search: Requests received from bots for non-adult personal content pages are processed to prevent the content pages from being stored and indexed. Excluding non-adult personal content pages from access to search engines protects the privacy of the non-adult associated with the page. A personal content page may be implemented as and/or... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20080021902 - System and method for storage area network search appliance: A search engine maintains a search index of information stored on a storage area network by analyzing the stored information through a connection with the storage area network. An indexing module distributed from the search engine, such as in RAID controllers, intelligent switches and storage server information handling systems, analyzes... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20080021861 - Apparatus, method and system for transforming data: An apparatus, method and system to automatically associate page elements, and convert and transform between disparate data and device format types. This allows for the ability to transform a single data source into multiple output composites suitable for deployment in disparate media outlets and on disparate output devices. Such automatic... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20080021864 - Database management system (dbms) employing a relational datastore and a multi-dimensional database (mddb) for servicing query statements in a manner transparent to client machine: A database management system (DBMS) for servicing query statements through one or more client machines. The DBMS comprises a query interface adapted to receive query statements from the client machines. The query handling mechanism (i) receives each request from the query interface, (ii) extracts a set of dimensions associated with... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080021856 - Selection protocols for selecting default report templates: Various methods, systems, medium, and code are disclosed for selecting a default report template, particularly in a PACS environment. In general, the selection protocols entail at least one first axis that contains at least one searchable parameter and at least one second axis that contains at least one report template,... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080021863 - Ticket entry systems and methods: In one embodiment, a ticket entry system and method include a program management system, a spatial management system, a data management system, and a user interface. The program management system receives contact information and a search criteria for a locate request. The program management system transmits the search criteria to... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20080021868 - Apparatus and method for optimizing a computer database query that fetches n rows: An apparatus and method to optimize a query access plan in a computer database system. In preferred embodiments, the query optimizer determines the query can be optimized and generates for the query an optimized access plan that eliminates records defined by a Where clause and one or more ordering criteria... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080021869 - Apparatus and method for optimizing a computer database query that fetches n rows: An apparatus and method to optimize a query access plan in a computer database system. In preferred embodiments, the query optimizer determines the query can be optimized and generates for the query an optimized access plan that eliminates records defined by a Where clause and one or more ordering criteria... Agent: Martin & Associates, LLC

20080021887 - Data product search using related concepts: Systems and methods for configuring a search string. The systems and methods include searching a plurality of data products stored at one or more locations over a computer-based network. At least one data product is identified containing a topic of interest. A list of significant terms is ranked in the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080021886 - Lingtweight reference user interface: A lightweight information user interface is provided for displaying information about a focused-on (e.g., mouse-over) text item, data item or other object in an electronic document that minimizes interruption of workflow with the electronic document. Upon focus on a word or other object in an electronic document a quick look-up... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080021882 - Method and apparatus for retrieving a 3-dimensional model: The invention discloses a search method of 3D model and device thereof. As stated in the invention, it transforms the query model and the object model into the set of 2D-slide polygons respectively; calculates the similarity between each 2D slice in the query model and the object mode by accumulating... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080021881 - Method, apparatus, and system for remote client search indexing: In one embodiment, a method is provided in which search indices are configured on a server. The search indices are associated with corresponding business components. The search indices are displayed to a client that is connected to the server via a computer network. The client is configured to perform search... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20080021883 - Methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring changes to objects on a computer system using information models and baselines: Methods for monitoring changes in objects on a computer system include receiving a request to generate a baseline snapshot of a plurality of objects having associated object types. The object types include at least one object having an object type not managed by a file system of the computer system.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080021888 - Nql - netlist query language: Disclosed is a netlist query language that reads and updates electrical circuit data stored in a netlist database that stores electrical circuit data parsed from a netlist text file. To obtain the netlist text file, an electrical circuit schematic of an electrical circuit is created using a commercially available electrical... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080021890 - Presenting search engine results based on domain name related reputation: Disclosed methods provide for presenting search engine results based on domain name related reputation data. The search engine may sort or order search engine results based on domain name related reputation data. In some cases links connected to low reputation domain names may be excluded from search engine results. Alternatively,... Agent: Go Daddy Group, Inc.

20080021892 - Process and system for matching product and markets: The present invention provides a search method and system for matching a commodity to one or more applications for using the commodity. A plurality of properties associated with the commodity are identified. A collection of documents for searching for a plurality of combinations of said properties is then defined, wherein... Agent: Montgomery, Mccracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP

20080021889 - Server, method and system for providing information search service by using sheaf of pages: Disclosed is a method, system, and server for providing an information search service. The method of providing a group search service includes: creating patterns of position information of collected data by analyzing the position information concerning positions on which the collected data is initially located; grouping the collected data into... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080021879 - System and method for mission-driven visual information retrieval and organization: The present invention provides a virtual data collection system and method that provides an image analyst with full-control of the image, including the ability to retrieve and reorganize information from an existing video database of images. The system provides for the search and retrieval of information from previously collected images,... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler P.C.

20080021885 - System for substantially immediate payment for search related tasks: The embodiments discussed herein provide a search system where a searcher can perform searches and earn income in the form of cash or non-cash compensation based on completed searches or other search related tasks and an associated payment system, such as a bank, where the searcher can be substantially immediately... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080021878 - Target advertising method and system using secondary keywords having relation to first internet searching keywords, and method and system for providing a list of the secondary keywords: The present invention relates to an Internet keyword advertising method and, more particularly, to an advertising method and system, which, when a user demands keyword searching, provides secondary keywords related to a corresponding keyword, thus allowing the user to find the actual information and/or commodity sought through keyword searching via... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080021893 - Method of servicing query statements from a client machine using a database management system (dbms) employing a relational datastore and a multi-dimensional database (mddb): A method of serving query statements from one or more client machines using a database management system (DBMS) employing a relational data store and a multi-dimensional database (MDDB). A query interface is adapted to receive query statements from the client machines, and generate one or more query requests. A query... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C.

20080021896 - Automatic query clustering: The present invention relates to a system and methodology for automatic clusterization and display of data items in a local or remote database system. Such clusterization can be based on properties associated with the data items such as a type, location, people, date, time, user-defined, and so forth, wherein an... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080021895 - Method and system for augmenting and tracking web content: A system for augmenting data from a source data file with data from a reference database to generate an augmented data file and tracking the augmented data file is provided. The system includes a reference database including at least one reference datum. A handler component is configured to retrieve a... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080021894 - System and method of searching for story-based media: Systems and methods for facilitating a search for story-based media search criteria for use in searching for story-based works are disclosed. The method may include the steps of: facilitating a search for and receiving input from a user that specifies a first desired character type, a desired type of interaction... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20080021905 - Direct data input for database for safety equipment items and method: Database control system for information relating to a plurality of safety equipment items produced by a producer and method. A centrally controlled database contains information representative of information related to each of the plurality of safety equipment items, each of the plurality of safety equipment items being associated with a... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20080021906 - Metasearching by sending a plurality of queries to a plurality of servers: A process and system for metasearching on a distributed network activated by a request executed on a client device to request a metasearch engine to send a plurality of search queries to a plurality of server devices, which may be search engines, each of the plurality of search queries comprising... Agent: Harvey Lunenfeld

20080021907 - Systems and methods for providing a distributed file system utilizing metadata to track information about data stored throughout the system: The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed information about each file, including, for example, the device... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080021908 - Synchronization and dynamic resizing of a segmented linear hash table: One exemplary system and method for managing access to data records in a multiprocessor computing environment. The system and method allocates a segmented linear hash table for storing the data records, performs a modification operation on the segmented linear hash table, performs a table restructuring operation on the segmented linear... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080021909 - Techniques for assigning promotions to contact entities: A computer implemented method for target group management is described. The method includes producing a table including one or more group entries corresponding to one or more defined contact group entities with each of the entries having a first set of group attributes, and producing a visual representation of a... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080021910 - Recording apparatus, recording method, and recording medium: The present invention relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, a recording medium, and an electronic camera for recording an index file which hierarchically stores index data of files recorded on the recording medium to the recording medium. The recording apparatus comprises creating means for creating an index file... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080021914 - Database adapter for relational datasets: The invention is a database adapter providing improved methods for storing and retrieving relational data. Suitable source data is structured as a table with a fixed number of columns of predetermined types and a variable number of rows. The invention reduces the space and time used to store data and... Agent: Mike Powell

20080021913 - Method and apparatus for representing a group hierarchy structure in a relational database: A computer implemented method, apparatus, system, and computer usable program product for managing a database. The process receives a request for a list of members for a given group of objects in the database. The process identifies a set of static members for the given group based on a set... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080021911 - Method and apparatus for transparently mapping a request to open a data file: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that transparently maps a request to open a data file. First, the system receives a request from a user or client application to open the data file. Next, the system determines from file meta information that the file is a relational... Agent: Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080021912 - Tools and methods for semi-automatic schema matching: Tools and methods for schema matching that generate schema graphs, populate match matrices and display the schema graphs and the match matrices. These tools and methods characterize potential matches between disparate schemata in terms of both a strength of evidence indicating the potential match and an amount of evidence indicating... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080021916 - Maintenance of a markup language document in a database: A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for converting an XML encoded document into an equivalent SQL table are provided. An arbitrary XML DTD may be converted into an equivalent form by means of which individual node documents stored in the SQL table may be directly accessed. The... Agent: Jones Day

20080021915 - Relational database management system (rdbms) employing a relational datastore and a multi-dimensional database (mddb) for serving query statements from client machines: A relational database management system (RDBMS) for servicing query statements from one or more client machines, using a relational data store and a multi-dimensional database (MDDB). The RDBMS includes a query interface which is adapted to receive query statements from the client machines, and generate one or more query requests.... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20080021917 - Resource name reconciliation in a configuration database: A Configuration Management DataBase (CMDB) is utilized to reconcile names of enterprise computer resources in a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). Steps taken include creating a resource that belongs to a class that has multiple naming rules; in response to determining that more than one set of naming attributes is provided... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080021921 - Computer system for automatic organization, indexing and viewing of information from multiple sources: A computer data processing system including a central processing unit configured with a novel integrated computer control software system for the management of data objects including dynamic and automatic organization, linking, finding, cross-referencing, viewing and retrieval of multiple objects regardless of nature or source. The inventive system provides underlying component... Agent: Jacques M. Dulin, Esq. Dba Innovation Law Group, Ltd.

20080021918 - Enterprise service management unifier system: The invention is directed to an architecture and method for managing multiple resources and services in an Information Technology (IT) environment. The invention particularly provides an enterprise service management unifier system for leveraging and unifying heterogeneous IT resource management systems and their services offered by multiple vendors. The system architecture... Agent: Viswanatha Rao

20080021920 - Memory content generation, management, and monetization platform: Systems and methods are provided that allow for the generation, management, and monetization of memory content. Illustratively, the memory content generation and management platform comprises a computing environment comprising a memory content generation and management engine and at least one instruction set to process disaggregated data to generate and/or manage... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080021919 - Method for retrofitting safety equipment items and database: Database and method facilitating a set of information relating to a plurality of first safety equipment items produced by a producer. One of a plurality of unique identifiers is applied to each of the plurality of first safety equipment items before the plurality of first safety equipment items leave control... Agent: Iplm Group, P.A.

20080021922 - Method and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object: A method and system for maintaining originality-related information about elements in an editable object. It is determined that an element has been edited in the editable object. The originality-related information about the element, including the element's creator, is identified and recorded by embedding the originality-related information in the editable object,... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080021924 - Method and system for creating a concept-object database: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to acquiring information from the worldwide web, organizing information acquired from the worldwide web, and using the acquired and organized information to facilitate web-page searching, web-page browsing, and other worldwide-web-based activities. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database of concept objects... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20080021923 - Spooling strategies using structured job information: Spooling strategies are described for producing job information that conforms to a hierarchical structure, and then storing the job information in a spool storage. The job information is then retrieved from the spool storage and consumed. The structured job information includes a multi-level hierarchy of nodes, including a job level... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080021929 - Information browser, method of controlling same, and program: A meta-information-read unit, a display-cache unit, a pre-reading-cache unit, a display-state-management unit, an operation-input unit, a meta-information-pre-reading unit, and an input-operation-determination unit are provided. The meta-information-pre-reading unit changes a pre-reading condition and pre-reads meta information on the basis of a result of determination made by the input-operation-determination unit and display-state-management... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080021928 - Method and apparatus for automatically annotating images: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that automatically annotates an image. During operation, the system receives the image. Next, the system extracts image features from the image. The system then identifies other images which have similar image features. The system next obtains text associated with the other... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080021927 - Model based supportability process planning data set: A common database is used to store data relating to both three-dimensional graphics models and logistical management information for a part. A selected customer standard dictates the data input and output from the database. The database can be used to create three-dimensional simulations and link text from the logistical management... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20080021925 - Complex-adaptive system for providing a faceted classification: A complex-adaptive system is described for providing a faceted classification of a domain of information. A dimensional concept taxonomy classifying a domain may be constructed from a faceted data set comprising facets, facet attributes, and facet attribute hierarchies. An enhanced method of faceted classification provides the taxonomy which assigns facet... Agent: Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP Attn:IPDepartment Docket Clerk

20080021926 - Database system, particularly for multimedia objects: A database system stores data relating to media objects and includes a meta table, a supplementary meta table, a content table, a supplementary content table, each supplementary content data record being linked to a supplementary metadata record and to a content data record. An object type link table links together... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080021931 - Method and data network for managing medical image data: To increase the efficiency of the management of image data in a data network including a multiplicity of network nodes, at least one embodiment of the present invention provides for image data, having been stored at a network node provided as a buffer store, to be transmitted for archiving to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080021930 - Systems and methods for tracking and assessing a supply management system: An apparatus and method for processing data associated with a supply chain management process assessment of an entity. In one embodiment the method includes receiving data in response to a request for supply chain management system assessment information from a plurality of users associated with the supply chain management system,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080021932 - Locating, viewing and interacting with information sources: A user interface is provided for allowing a user to quickly and easily connect to data and other informational sources. A user can use a user interface to interact with a collection of connection files to quickly and easily connect to various data sources and other informational sources. The user... Agent: Merchant & Gould (microsoft)

20080021933 - Job processing system, job processing apparatus, job identifying method, and recording medium: A job processing system equipped with a portable terminal apparatus and a job processing apparatus, wherein the portable terminal apparatus comprises: a transmission history storage that stores a transmission history of a job transmitted to the job processing apparatus; and a transmitter that transmits the stored transmission history to the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080021934 - Transactional memory with automatic object versioning: Embodiments of a system and method for transactional memory (TM) with automatic object versioning are described. Embodiments described herein include a TM system and method that facilitates the execution of object-oriented application programs in a transactional environment, including automatically versioning objects to enhance efficiency. Embodiments of the TM automatically designate... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP C/o Intellevate

20080021935 - System and method for avoiding redundant copying of shared content when using virtual titles: A virtual title copying system and method that prevents redundant copying of content from a source medium to a destination medium during a copy transaction. Included is a system (24) that determines if a content section to be copied has an associated copy transaction identifier (30) at the source (12)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080021936 - Tools and techniques for original digital files: The present invention provides tools and techniques for distinguishing a file from any or all copies of the file that may exist. One method ascertains (204) the actual physical location of the file (512) and associates (214) that physical location with the file as the claimed physical location (516) of... Agent: Ogilvie Law Firm

20080021937 - Scalable programmable video recorder: A programmable video recorder (PVR) includes a writer application programming interface (API) and a reader API that operate essentially independently to enable the PVR to be networked to multiple reader applications. The writer API creates a backing store and a shared memory mapped file. The backing store stores streamed data... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080021938 - Technique for allocating objects in a managed run time environment: A technique includes allocating memory for software objects. The allocation includes resizing at least some of the objects so that the size of each of the objects is a multiple of an integer.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080021939 - System and method for optimistic creation of thread local objects in a virtual machine environment: A system for thread local garbage collection in a virtual machine environment, comprising: a virtual machine for executing a software application; a memory space for use by the virtual machine in storing software objects and pointers as part of the software application, divided into a global heap and several thread... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016024 - Questionnaire apparatus, computer readable medium storing program, and computer data signal: A questionnaire apparatus includes: a question storage unit that holds plural questions; a selection condition reception unit that receives a selection condition for selecting a question; and a question selection unit that selects a next question from among the questions stored in the question storage unit, based on a question,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016023 - Storing and loading data in an array-based computing environment: A schema that enables a user to store data generated in an array-based computing environment in a scientific data file is disclosed. The schema may provide a mapping between the data types of the array-based computing environment and the data types of the scientific data file format. The schema may... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080016021 - System and method of dynamically changing file representations: An information handling system is disclosed and can include a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. Further, a file access monitor can be embedded within the memory. The file access monitor can monitor one or more files within the information handling system and dynamically change a file... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080016022 - Systems and methods for providing information about patent examiners: A data accessing system provides information about patent examiners. The system includes a user interface and a data search component. The user interface is accessible over a wide area network and is configured to receive a patent examiner identification input identifying a patent examiner, and a data request. The data... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080016030 - Detecting and tracking monotonicity for accelerating range and inequality queries: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for detecting monotonicity. A determination is made as to whether a function that is assumed to be monotonic will remain monotonic after performing an operation in response to receiving the operation. The operation is allowed to be performed in response... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080016029 - Optimizing a query to a database: Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for optimizing a query to a database that includes identifying types of nodes in the database, identifying relationships among the types of nodes, and creating an access plan in dependence upon the types of nodes and the relationships among the types of... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080016042 - Computerized search system for medication and other items: A search system finds an order to provide an item. The search system includes a repository including a plurality of records identifying a corresponding plurality of items for order. A record of an individual item for order includes a plurality of related text terms describing order related parameters. A search... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080016035 - Integration of documents with olap using search: s

20080016040 - Method and system for qualifying keywords in query strings: A method and system for qualifying keyword(s) or phrase(s) to formulate a query string for submitting a search request when the query string contains one or more keywords that may have multiple meanings associated therewith. Database information containing keywords and associated meanings or forms of the keywords is maintained and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080016046 - Query categorizer: In response to a user's submission of a set of query terms through an Internet search engine's user interface, the Internet search engine automatically ranks multiple verticals based on the estimated probabilities that those verticals will contain relevant content. After the verticals have been ranked, a set of the highest-ranked... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

20080016034 - Search equalizer: A method for processing query data is described that includes receiving a query portion from a client over a network. For each of multiple search contexts, a relevance score is determined, based on the query portion. Each search context corresponds to a different set of information against which queries can... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080016041 - Spreadsheet-based relational database interface: Multi-dimensional data in a relational database is accessed via a conventional spreadsheet application program such as MICROSOFT EXCEL®. The database can be accessed to either read information from the database and write it directly into the spreadsheet, or read information from the spreadsheet and write it directly into the database,... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20080016033 - Systems and methods for querying metamodel data: A system and method for querying metamodel data is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, at a computer, a query indicator, the query indicator defining a type of query for a value in the metamodel data; performing, based on the query indicator, the query for the value by... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20080016048 - Intelligent condition pruning for size minimization of dynamic, just in time tables: A method, system and article of manufacture for managing execution of queries against heterogeneous data structures are disclosed. One embodiment provides a method of processing a database query. The method comprises receiving, from a requesting entity, an abstract query of data contained in a database and an external data source.... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080016049 - Natural language support for query results: A method, system and article of manufacture for providing language transformation support for a query result obtained in response to execution of a query against an underlying database containing physical data. The method comprises identifying one or more physical values defined by the physical data for the query result for... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080016047 - System and method for creating and populating dynamic, just in time, database tables: A method, system and article of manufacture for executing database queries where the data being queried resides in both relational databases and other external data sources, and, more particularly, for creating a dynamic, just in time, database table using data retrieved from an external source. One embodiment provides a method... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080016053 - Administration console to select rank factors: An administration console can allow a user to input in indication of their relative weight of search-independent ranks and text matching. The system can use the relative weight to order the results of searches.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016054 - Approach to matching profiles and accessing contact information: A system and method for an on-line matching of job seekers with job openings and for score-based access to contact information is disclosed. Both the job seekers and the job openings are identified by their profiles and each profile has multiple parameters. The profile parameters are divided into two distinct... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080016058 - Multi-candidate, multi-criteria decision-making method: A method of identifying a best candidate from a plurality of candidates that are to be evaluated according to a plurality of criterions is provided. For each of the candidates, at least two grades are established for each criterion associated therewith. For each of the candidates, at least two weighted... Agent: Peter J. Van Bergen

20080016052 - Using connections between users and documents to rank documents in an enterprise search system: Ranks for documents can be made by calculating coefficients indicating connections between users and documents. The coefficients can be used to calculate search-independent rank values for the documents. The search-independent rank values can be combined with term matching indications to get a total relevance of the document.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016066 - Adaptive index with variable compression: Present invention builds on the trie concept to construct a system for compact indexing and efficient multi-dimensional searching of objects using a flexible composition of a string search key and other search criteria, to facilitate fast prototyping of compressed object store and search trees, which embody a variety of search... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016060 - Data segmentation algorithm using a decrementing sliding walker chunking approach: A method for segmenting a data set is disclosed. The method consists of setting a maximum walker size and setting a walker size. Then, a first segment of data from the data set is obtained, wherein the first segment of data is the size of the walker. Then, a second... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080016065 - Document search system, document search processing method, and document search processing program: A document search system includes: a first acquiring portion that acquires a first medical finding; a first searching portion that searches past report information for a second medical finding similar to the first medical finding acquired by the first acquiring portion, the past report information including the second medical finding... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080016067 - Examiner information system: A patent Examiner information accessing system access patent Examiner information from a Patent and Trademark Office, or other, database. A search system is provided so that a user can search information aggregated by the Examiner information accessing system.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080016068 - Media-personality information search system, media-personality information acquiring apparatus, media-personality information search apparatus, and method and program therefor: A media-personality information acquiring apparatus includes a program keyword acquiring unit configured to acquire keywords contained in information on a program as program keywords, a program genre determining unit configured to determine whether or not a genre of the program is a predetermined genre, a caption keyword acquiring unit configured... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080016063 - Negative key mapping: Performing a negative key mapping process includes determining whether objects contain substantially the same information, and storing a negative key mapping for the objects if the objects do not contain substantially the same information. In this context, the negative key mapping includes data indicating that the objects are different, at... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080016064 - Online delivery platform and method of legacy works of authorship: An online delivery platform and/or method of works of authorship is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes automatically creating index data referencing segment data of a native markup language file using a dynamic index algorithm. In addition, the method includes storing the index data and the native markup language... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Intellevate

20080016062 - Request-response trigger generation in link-connected computing systems: A method is described that involves generating a trigger signal for a transaction. The trigger is generated if the transaction matches a response and request pattern.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080016061 - Using a core data structure to calculate document ranks: Ranks for documents can comprise calculating coefficients indicating connections between users and documents. The coefficients cam be stored as a part of a core data structure on disk for a sparse matrix. The coefficients can be used to calculate rank values for the documents. The using step can include, (a)... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016073 - Content selection device and content selection program: A content selection device 1 of the present invention is connected to an audio player storing a content list being a list of tune titles, and to a display displaying a portion of the content list on an OSD screen. A total number identifying section 13 of the content selection... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080016072 - Enterprise-based tag system: A tags rank can be created based on the rank of other objects in a system. The tag rank can be used to determine a font size of tags displayed to a user.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016071 - Using connections between users, tags and documents to rank documents in an enterprise search system: Ranks for documents can be made by calculating coefficients indicating connections between users, tags and documents. The coefficients can be used to calculate search-independent rank values for the documents. The search-independent rank values can be combined with term matching indications to get a total relevance of the document.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016077 - A system for ensuring that only one computer application maintains edit or delete access to a file at all times: An operating system providing a service application that prevents the malicious alteration and deletion of computer files. The system including a computer configured to store a plurality of files in a mass storage sector on the computer. A plurality of computer applications operable with the computer are stored in the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080016078 - Document objects: A document object includes informational elements and at least one attribute corresponding to a first document, and a sub-object corresponding to a second document. The sub-object includes informational elements and at least one attribute corresponding to the second document. Optionally, the second document may be a subset of the first... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080016079 - Method and apparatus for locating radio stations: Embodiments of the present invention provide a navigation device (10) and method that are operable to locate a radio station utilizing a user's current geographic location. The navigation device (10) generally includes a location determining component (14) operable to determine a current geographic location of the device (10), a memory... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20080016084 - Multifunction peripheral and user information management method thereof: User information is associated with a user ID and registered in an LDAP server and in a multifunction peripheral. A user can acquire and use the information at the time of transmission processing.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080016081 - System and method for automatic digital library creation: A system and method for automatic digital library creation is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which a storage server in a LAN of a user: automatically receives content from a client device in the LAN, wherein: the received content is determined in accordance with... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080016080 - System and method for virtualization of relational stored procedures in non-native relational database systems: A system, method, and program product are provided that identifies a remote stored procedure stored in a remote database management system, and automatically generates a local stored procedure stored in a local database management system. To automatically generate the local stored procedure, local and remote metadata are gathered corresponding, respectively,... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Svl (jvl) C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20080016028 - Dynamic cluster database architecture: distributed database management system implemented on a cluster of computers. The cluster including disks organized as data nodes. The data nodes being locally connected to one or more computers in the cluster. The distributed database management system includes a distributed database manager layer having a lock manager, a resource manager,... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080016025 - Guaranteeing hypertext link integrity: There is described a method, system and computer program product for processing a link embedded in a link document in a client computer, said link comprises a URL reference for a URL document in the client computer or another computer, there being stored a record containing a link reference and... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080016027 - Interface systems and methods for accessing stored data: A modular data and storage management system. The system includes a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of data that is received over time. The time variance interface of the modular data and storage management system provides for retrieval, from the storage media, of an... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080016026 - Method and apparatus for recording and managing data object relatonship data: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for recording and maintaining stored information system object relationship information. Information contained within a stored information system (including system catalogs, referential constraints, triggers, table hierarchies, column references, indexes, stored program packages, system catalogs, stored procedures, stored queries, log/trace files of dynamically executed... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20080016031 - Group-by size result estimation: A method and system for accurately estimating a result size of a Group-By operation in a relational database. The estimate utilizes the probability of union of the columns involved in the operation, as well as the relative cardinality of each column with respect to the other columns in the operation.... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20080016032 - Virtual columns: Embodiments are provided for associating a virtual column with a target physical table. The data for the virtual column originates from a source physical table where the data physically resides. In this way, users can access the data in a manner consistent with the users' logical perspective of the data.... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080016036 - Information nervous system: A semantically integrated knowledge retrieval, management, delivery and presentation system.... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080016044 - Internet user-accessible database: A script management and asset development system is disclosed. The system includes user activated menus for facilitating the distribution, viewing, listening, analyzing, storage, archiving, retrieving, searching, sorting, annotating, prioritizing, quantifying, tracking, printing and managing of assets. Each asset can include one or more of a document, image, literary piece, script,... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20080016037 - Method and system for data processing with spatial search: A method for processing data performed in a data processing system having a storage unit is provided which includes: creating a spatial index comprising a leaf containing location information and attribute information with respect to a plurality of objects to be searched, and storing the spatial index in the storage... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080016038 - Method for controlling a relational database system: A method for controlling a relational database system, with a query statement comprised of keywords being analyzed with the RTN being formed of independent RTN building blocks with each RTN building block having an inner, directed decision graph which is defined independently from the inner, directed decision graphs of the... Agent: John F. Mcnulty At Paul & Paul

20080016045 - Querying markup language data sources using a relational query processor: An XML wrapper queries an XML document in an on-the-fly manner so that only parent nodes in the document that satisfy the query are extracted and then unnested. The parent nodes and associated descendent nodes are located using XPath expressions contained as options in data definition language (DDL) statements. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion PLLC Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20080016043 - Relational database management system (rdbms) employing multi-dimensional database (mddb) for servicing query statements through one or more client machines: A relational database management system (RDBMS) for servicing query statements through one or more client machines. The RDBMS comprises a query interface adapted to receive query statements from the client machines. The query handling mechanism (i) receives each request from the query interface, (ii) extracts a set of dimensions associated... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20080016039 - System and method for generating and retrieving different document layouts from a given content: A document search and retrieval system and program product therefor. Search requests are provided to the system through a user interface. A document decomposer decomposes documents into individual document components. Document components and corresponding searchable indices for each are stored in a Component Library. A search unit searches stored document... Agent: Law Office Of Charles W. Peterson, Jr. Yorktown

20080016050 - System and method of finding documents related to other documents and of finding related words in response to a query to refine a search: A computer-implemented system and method is disclosed for retrieving documents using context-dependant probabilistic modeling of words and documents. The present invention uses multiple overlapping vectors to represent each document. Each vector is centered on each of the words in the document and includes the local environment. The vectors are used... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - IBM Arc Division

20080016057 - Data aggregation server for managing a multi-dimensional database and database management system having data aggregation server integrated therein: Improved method of and apparatus for aggregating data elements in multidimensional databases (MDDB). In one aspect of the present invention, the apparatus is realized in he form of a high-performance stand-alone (i.e. external) aggregation server which can be plugged-into conventional OLAP systems to achieve significant improvements in system performance. In... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., P.C. Soundview Plaza

20080016059 - Dynamic document context mark-up technique implemented over a computer network: Various techniques are disclosed for generating markup information to be displayed on a client computer system. A document (e.g. a web page) is selected for viewing via a web browser on the client system. Selected information relating to the document is parsed and analyzed using selected keyword information. In a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080016055 - Geographical location extraction: A geographical location extraction method and tool to infer a likely geographical location from one or more search terms entered as a query by a user on a search engine or the like.... Agent: Hancock Hughey LLP

20080016056 - Identifying and reporting differences in network activity data files: A method of identifying differences between activity data files includes determining a difference between the activity data files. Causal analysis may be performed to identify a cause of the difference. The difference and/or the cause of the difference may be rendered based on a rendering template. Tier pairs between the... Agent: Robert M. Mcdermott, Esq.

20080016051 - Method for analyzing demographic data: A computer implemented method of generating an ordered list of geographical locations having similarities in preselected categories relative to a first geographical location.... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080016069 - Examiner information system: A patent Examiner information accessing system access patent Examiner information from a Patent and Trademark Office, or other, database. A search system is provided so that a user can search information aggregated by the Examiner information accessing system.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080016070 - File access method in a storage system, and programs for performing the file access: In order to manage the various types of attribute information within the storage system, the storage system includes the following databases within a file-access controlling memory: a database for managing index information for managing contents of the files, and an index retrieval program, a database for managing the attribute information... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080016074 - Method and system for implementing an enhanced database: A database is created from a set of data by identifying the patterns in the data set, storing the patterns in a memory device, and generating a representation of the database structure using pointers to the stored patterns. The use of pointers to store the patterns can greatly reduce the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080016075 - Mounted filesystem integrity checking and salvage: A method and system for conducting an integrity check of system and user metadata when the metadata is mounted. A filesystem reviewer is embedded within software of a server node. A mutual exclusion lock is obtained on the selected metadata. An automated verification of the locked metadata is conducted while... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20080016076 - Mounted filesystem integrity checking and salvage: A method and system for conducting an integrity check of system and user metadata when the metadata is mounted. A filesystem reviewer is embedded within software of a server node. A mutual exclusion lock is obtained on the selected metadata. An automated verification of the locked metadata is conducted while... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20080016082 - Memory card detection circuit and method thereof: The invention provides a memory card detection circuit of a computer. The memory card detection circuit comprises a plurality of query pins through which a memory card is coupled to the computer and a plurality of latch circuits respectively coupled to each of the query pins. The latch circuits generates... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080016085 - Methods and systems for simultaneously accessing multiple databses: Multiple databases are accessed simultaneously by forwarding scripts in a parallel or “multi-threaded” manner. Results returned in response to the execution of multiple databases are then aggregated for display or storage purposes. These novel features allow for quicker and more efficient management, code deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of databases in... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC

20080016083 - Native file to shared resource locator naming: File and folder names are converted between their native format and a shared resource locator format. To send information on a file or folder, the file or folder name is parsed into various components and those components are converted to components in the shared resource locator. Sufficient information is provided... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080016086 - Abstracted dynamic report definition generation for use within information technology infrastructure: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer program product for abstracted dynamic report definition generation within an information technology infrastructure. When a request to generate a report is received, report definition associated with the requested report is identified, wherein the report definition comprises a generalized description of desired... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080016087 - Interactively crawling data records on web pages: The invention provides a method of interactively crawling data records on a web page. Users may select various data records of interest on a web page to generate templates to search for similar data items on the same web page or on different web pages. A tree matching algorithm may... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20080016089 - Recording/reproducing apparatus: Chapters exhibiting different attributes can be delimited. Among the delimited chapters, chapters exhibiting a designated specific attribute are distinguished. For this purpose, for example, program data is recorded, and chapters exhibiting different attributes are sampled from the recorded program data. An indicator field indicating to which temporal positions in the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080016088 - Techniques of xml query optimization over dynamic heterogeneous xml containers: A method and apparatus for optimizing XML queries over heterogeneous XML tables is provided. A query that targets a container (e.g. table or collection) that contains a plurality of XML documents is received, wherein at least two XML documents in the plurality do not conform to the same schema. Based... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080016090 - Image forming apparatus equiped with auxiliary storage having files to be managed: Responding to an instruction accompanied with data having a folder path and a saving period from a computer, a record having the data is added to a saving period table. Responding to an instruction accompanied with a document file and a folder path from the computer, a file registration process... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080016092 - Information processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium: Disclosed herein are an information processing apparatus and method, a program, and a recording medium, in which a content is recommended to each user on the basis of even the metadata that is assigned with no classification. A metadata analysis block resolves metadata acquired by a metadata acquisition block into... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080016091 - Method and apparatus for highlighting a portion of an internet document for collaboration and subsequent retrieval: A method and system for enabling a user to selectively make one or more highlights on one or more objects in a currently displayed internet document in a web browser are disclosed. The highlighting functionality is enabled for the user without requiring the user to download and/or install custom software.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080016093 - Apparatus, system, and method for subtraction of taxonomic elements: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to categorize objects of a selected taxonomy having a known relationship. The apparatus includes an identification module, a subtraction module, a minimization module, and a listing module. The identification module identifies specific sets of objects from within the taxonomy. The subtraction module subtracts... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080016095 - Multi-query optimization of window-based stream queries: A method for sharing window-based joins includes slicing window states of a join operator into smaller window slices, forming a chain of sliced window joins from the smaller window slices, and reducing by pipelining a number of the sliced window joins. The method further includes pushing selections down into chain... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080016094 - Processing apparatus and program: To reduce the processing load for processing structured data pieces in different representation forms, a path correspondence table storage area stores a path correspondence table having a correspondence between first position information for locating an item of a first structured data piece and second position information for locating the item... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080016096 - Dynamic status tree facility: A dynamic status tree facility for providing status information about one or more systems. The facility includes a tree data structure and methods for manipulating the data structure. The facility is accessible to provider processes using a set of provider interface methods. The facility is accessible to consumer processes using... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080016097 - Consistent and unbiased cardinality estimation for complex queries with conjuncts of predicates: A method of selectivity estimation is disclosed in which preprocessing steps improve the feasibility and efficiency of the estimation. The preprocessing steps are: partitioning (to make iterative scaling estimation terminate in a reasonable time for even large sets of predicates); forced partitioning (to enable partitioning in case there are no... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.C.

20080016106 - Data processing: Data is stored and data objects are indexed by an index having a tree configuration and the tree is traversed to identify the location of a data object. Data objects are analysed to assess the extent to which a second data object is related to a first data object, and... Agent: James C. Wray

20080016107 - Data processing: Data is stored in streams of varying size, a plurality of data streams are linked by references to form an application file such that each data stream is a portion of an application file, and an operating system transfers said application file between storage and a client application. Data streams... Agent: James C. Wray

20080016100 - Derived presence-aware service from associated entities: A method may include receiving first event information about a first entity; receiving second event information about a second entity different from the first entity; associating the first entity and the second entity based on a user associated with the first entity and the second entity; and deriving presence event... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080016098 - Using tags in an enterprise search system: An interface can allow for associating documents with tags. A search system can use connections between the tags and documents to determine search-independent rank values for the documents. The search-independent rank values can be combined with term matching indications to get a total relevance of the document.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080016104 - Automatic policy generation based on role entitlements and identity attributes: Policies defining the entitlements to be assigned to a new identity joining a role are automatically generated. An automatic policy assigns a new identity the entitlements commonly owned by a predetermined number of identities in the role, which may be all of the role identities. A conditional policy recommends that... Agent: Coats & Bennett/ibm

20080016099 - Data management apparatus and method thereof: A data storage part 13 stores transaction data (contract data) including class ID (logic key) and data contents ID (variable). A data definition part 17 records data contents IDs and data contents (clause data) for each clause ID. A data processing means 15 acquires combination data of a data contents... Agent: Sheridan Ross P C

20080016109 - Dynamic document context mark-up technique implemented over a computer network: Various techniques are disclosed for generating markup information to be displayed on a client computer system. A document (e.g. a web page) is selected for viewing via a web browser on the client system. Selected information relating to the document is parsed and analyzed using selected keyword information. In a... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080016108 - Storing and loading data in an array-based computing environment: A schema that enables a user to store data generated in an array-based computing environment in a scientific data file is disclosed. The schema may provide a mapping between the data types of the array-based computing environment and the data types of the scientific data file format. The schema may... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080016102 - System and method for creating a new annotation for a data source: Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for creating a new annotation for a data source. According to the method for creating a new annotation, a data source version identifier is generated based on a current version of the data source, and text of the annotation is received. A... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080016105 - System for annotating digital images within a wiki environment over the world wide web: We present a method and instruction set, stored in a computer-readable medium, to annotate digitized images of text and/or graphics within a hypermedia “Wiki” environment for delivery across the world wide web. The method and instruction set comprise (1) a defined data structure for the digitized image object and associated... Agent: Wendy C. Martin Umbc Otd

20080016101 - Systems and methods for dynamically updating relevance of a selected item: Systems and methods for dynamically updating ranking of items retrieved in response to a search query are provided. Specifically, systems and methods according to the invention preferably decrease a value associated with a selected item and increase a value of non-selected items that, prior to the selection, had a lesser... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080016103 - Techniques for defining, using and manipulating rights management data structures: A descriptive data structure provides an abstract representation of a rights management data structure such as a secure container. The abstract representation may describe, for example, the layout of the rights management data structure. It can also provide metadata describing or defining other characteristics of rights management data structure use... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080016110 - Instances and definitions: A method and system for definition control in a data repository application. Each structure for the repository application is defined. Each structure and a corresponding definition for the structure are stored in a library. An object is created for each structure stored in the library that points to the definition.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080016114 - Creating a new music video by intercutting user-supplied visual data with a pre-existing music video: A method is proposed in which a pre-existing music video (which may be a professionally-created music video) is intercut with an end-user's own additional visual data (pictures or video). In a first phase, a plurality of temporal sections are defined in a pre existing music video. In a second phase,... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20080016115 - Managing networks using dependency analysis: In a network management system, dependency relationships of network clients and network elements are computed. In an implementation, a dependency graph is generated based on the relationships, and the probabilities of problems associated with the network client and network element are determined based on the dependency graph.... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080016113 - Network access tool bar systems and methods: A method of providing access to a network includes, at a network access point, receiving from a user computer a request for a network resource and forwarding the request to the network. The method further includes, at the network access point, intercepting an inbound transmission in response to the request.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080016119 - Quality assurance system and method: Systems, processes, and devices may facilitate quality assurance in a manufacturing process. In certain implementations, systems, processes, and devices for quality assurance may include the ability to receive inspection data regarding an item being manufactured, the item having a number of components, and insert the data into a data organization.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080016120 - System and method for case management: A system for management of medical data, which includes an ingestible imaging capsule for capturing images in a patient's body and transmitting them to a receiving unit external to the patient's body. Transmitted image data that is received from the imaging capsule may be stored in the receiving unit and... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080016117 - Bioinformatic transaction scheme: Secure network transaction obtains user-authorized genetic term or bioinformatic profile, and transacts online service according to genetically-based user medical or other risk determined therefrom. Insurance policy, promotional offer, or other service may dynamically address genetically-based condition. Bioinformatic data classifies user per personal mask which filters subset of user genetic sequence.... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20080016118 - Bioinformatic transaction scheme: Secure network transaction system obtains user-authorized genetic term or bioinformatic profile, and transacts online service according to genetically-based user medical or other risk determined therefrom. Insurance policy, promotional offer, or other service may dynamically address genetically-based condition. Bioinformatic data classifies user per personal mask which filters subset of user genetic... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20080016116 - Online systems, methods, and interfaces for providing pharmaceutical information: An online pharmaceutical research system includes a server for providing user-configurable home pages, with each home page having a set of two or more portlets for different types of pharmaceutical data. The home page includes therapeutic filtration technology that enables the user to filter two or more of the portlets... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080016112 - Supporting multiple languages in the operation and management of a process control system: Supporting multiple languages in the operation and management of a Process Control System. According to one aspect, a user may request a change of language in which a user interface is provided and the data elements in that language are copied from a reference database to a master database. The... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080016111 - Transactional storage and workflow routing for medical image objects: A Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) implements medical image, video, and medical record storage, retrieval and archiving with transactional processing having properties of atomicity, consistency, isolation and durability (ACID). A two-phase commit procedure is used to prevent data corruption. Relational database storage of image objects permits images to be... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080016121 - Method, an apparatus and a system for managing a snapshot storage pool: Some embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus and a method of managing a snapshot storage pool (SSP) associated with a storage unit of a distributed data storage system. According to some embodiments of the invention, the apparatus may include a logic module and a controller. The logic module... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080016122 - Techniques of xml query optimization over static heterogeneous xml containers: A method and apparatus for optimizing XML queries over heterogeneous XML tables is provided. A query that targets a container (e.g. table or collection) that contains a plurality of XML documents is received, wherein at least two XML documents in the plurality do not conform to the same schema. Based... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080016123 - Standard operating procedure automation in database administration: A plurality of modules and/or engines to manage the operation and health of a plurality of databases through the use of standard operating procedures (SOPs). Modules of the present invention are configured to assist database administrators to create, and thereafter store in an accessible memory resource, a plurality of SOPs.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20080016124 - Enabling n-way data replication with a two way data replicator: A system and method for replicating data to multiple replica copies. The method includes connecting a replication device housing a replica data source to a primary data source via a network for communicating. Then, establishing a replication session between the primary data source and the replica data source. Then, transmitting... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Austin

20080016125 - Method and apparatus for performing real-time update transactions between a database system and remote database clients: A method for performing an update transaction in a database system that includes sending to a remote database client an update request to update data in a database system, in which the update request comprises a first checksum value corresponding to a state of the data in the database system... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080016126 - System and method for performing storage operations in a computer network: Methods and systems are described for performing storage operations on electronic data in a network. In response to the initiation of a storage operation and according to a first set of selection logic, a media management component is selected to manage the storage operation. In response to the initiation of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080016127 - Utilizing software for backing up and recovering data: A method of utilizing software for backing up and recovering data is disclosed. The method separates the backup functionality and the restore functionality of the software into at least two independent operations. The backup functionality is isolated from the restore functionality. The backup functionality comprises encrypting the data and the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080016128 - Apparatus and method to store and manage information and meta data: An apparatus and method to store data are disclosed. The method provides a data storage system comprising a fossilized data management apparatus interconnected with one or more data storage devices. The method provides to the fossilized data management apparatus information and meta data associated with that information, wherein the meta... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Chandler & Udall, LLP

20080016130 - Apparatus, system, and method for concurrent storage to an active data file storage pool, copy pool, and next pool: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for concurrent storage to an active data file storage pool, copy pool, and next pool. A copy module copies one or more data files from a client to a storage pool that is configured to store active data files. In addition, the copy... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080016129 - On-demand replication in a content management system: The system and method of the present invention provide for automatic on-demand replication in a replication cluster of content management servers. A replication manager of a content management server receives newly created, modified, and deleted application item types along with their associated physical tables and automatically forwards the received application... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20080016131 - Emulated storage system: A method for removing redundant data from a backup storage system is presented. In one example, the method may include identifying a first back-up data object, identifying a second back-up data object, detecting a first portion of the first back-up data object that is a copy of a second portion... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20080016132 - Improved data deletion: A data deletion method includes providing a first monitoring/reporting threshold associated with a file to be deleted for reporting that the information in the file is deleted, but is unrecoverable using conventional commands or operations, and providing a second monitoring/reporting threshold associated with the file to be deleted for reporting... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20080010236 - Printing device and computer readable medium for the same: A printing device comprises: a character string acquiring unit which acquires a file selection character string from a character string storage unit storing the file selection character string which has been set for selection of files to be handled as print targets; a file selecting unit which selects files having... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080010234 - Storage system including plurality of storage apparatuses: Conventionally, no consideration was given to the control of the main power supply circuit in a storage apparatus. Thus, unnecessary electric power will be consumed because it is not possible to inhibit the power consumption of the main power supply circuit of the storage apparatus. With this storage system having... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010242 - Device authentication method using broadcast encryption (be): A device authentication method using broadcast encryption is provided, in which, a hash value corresponding to a group key version is generated, the generated hash value is encrypted with a group key, group key information comprising the encrypted hash value is generated, and the generated group key information including a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080010240 - Executing alternative plans for a sql statement: Under automated alternate plan analysis, a query optimizer generates candidate execution plans. The candidate execution plans are selected as alternate execution plans for the query and execution. Output describing characteristics of each alternate execution plan and/or its execution is generated and/or compared. From this information, it may be determined, for... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080010238 - Index having short-term portion and long-term portion: An index of a search engine includes two portions: a long-term portion that is optimized for lookup performance and is stored in bulk storage, for example, non-volatile memory, and a short-term portion that is easily updatable and is stored solely or primarily in random access memory (RAM). Both portions of... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080010245 - Method for clustering data based convex optimization: A method for clustering data based convex optimization is provided. The method includes the steps of: obtaining an optimal feasible solution that satisfies given strong duality using convex optimization for an objective function; and clustering data by extracting eigenvalue from the obtained optimal feasible solution.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080010237 - System and method for managing multi-dimensional data: The present invention provides a system, method and computer program product for managing multi-dimensional data. The management of the multi-dimensional data includes generating policy-compliant journal and accounting entries by processing the data segments of the multi-dimensional data. One or more data segments in the multi-dimensional data are assigned one or... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.l.l.c.

20080010239 - Systems and methods of managing product tracking data: In one embodiment the present invention includes a method for managing tracking data for tracking products in a supply chain. The method includes the ability for the current owner of the product to authorize the next owner to access the tracking data. In this manner, the tracking system need not... Agent: Chad R. Walsh Fountainhead Law Group

20080010252 - Bookmarks and ranking: A system receives bookmarks associated with one or more documents or sites. The system searches a corpus of documents to obtain search results and ranks the search results using the received bookmarks.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20080010248 - Computer implemented methods and systems to facilitate retrieval and viewing of call center contact and customer information: A computer-implemented method of enabling a customer service agent to retrieve customer and contact information from a database coupled to a computer system. The method may include steps of receiving a communication from a person; asking the person from whom the communication was received to provide contact details and a... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C.

20080010261 - Integrated content file search method for mobile terminal and mobile terminal implementing the same: An integrated content file search method for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal implementing the same are provide, in which content files stored in the mobile terminal in a hierarchical or non-hierarchical structure are searched in an integrated manner, and selection of one of the found content files causes... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080010255 - Method and apparatus for sharing content assets using picture transfer protocol: Provided is a method and apparatus for sharing content assets using a picture transfer protocol (PTP). The method, in which a first device shares a content asset of a second device, includes requesting for a content asset control file by transmitting an object identifier for the content asset to the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010247 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for gathering information and statistics from a community of nodes in a network: A method, system, and computer program product for gathering information and statistics from a community of agent nodes in a network is provided. The method includes generating a process request. The process request includes a rule for discovering each of the agent nodes in the community and a rule for... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080010259 - Natural language based location query system, keyword based location query system and a natural language and keyword based location query system: A natural language based location query system and a method thereof. The system comprises a receiving device which receives a request for natural language query from a user terminal; an access device which accesses a location ontology base and a location query language base that are external to the system... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010249 - Relevant term extraction and classification for wiki content: A method for programmatically extracting terms from a page is provided. A request to extract terms from a current page is received from a client browser. Responsive to receiving the request to extract terms from the current page, a command to extract terms from the current page is executed. A... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20080010250 - System and method for generalization search in hierarchies: An improved system and method is provided for searching a collection of objects that may be located in hierarchies of auxiliary information for retrieval of response objects. A framework to perform a generalization search in hierarchies may be used to generalize a search by moving up to a higher level... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080010251 - System and method for budgeted generalization search in hierarchies: An improved system and method is provided for searching a collection of objects that may be located in hierarchies of auxiliary information for retrieval of response objects. A framework to perform a generalization search in hierarchies may be used to generalize a search by moving up to a higher level... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080010246 - System and method for providing operating system component version verification: The present invention is a method for providing operating system component version verification for a computer system. The method includes storing operating system component version data. The method further includes receiving a query requesting the operating system component version data. The method further includes processing the query. The method further... Agent: Ibm Corporation (swp)

20080010254 - Systems and methods for enrollment of clinical study candidates and investigators: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for clinical study notification. Certain embodiments provide a method for clinical study notification. The method includes accessing a pool of potential study participants generated from electronic patient data. The method also includes identifying one or more healthcare providers associated with... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080010253 - Temporal search query personalization: A user is made able to configure a search query to be responsive to temporal factors in order to adjust the search query to more accurately reflect the user's true information need. By adjusting the search query in this way, the user is more likely to receive satisfactory search results.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080010264 - Relevance ranked faceted metadata search method: One embodiment of the invention may include a method for searching electronic information to produce search results based on a taxonomy item, a user-controllable threshold, and a user-controllable weighting factor. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20080010263 - Search engine: One embodiment of the invention may include a method for searching data files using different search engines, each of which produces different search results. The different search results may then be combined to produce additional search results that represent the relevance of the data files. Other embodiments are described and... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20080010266 - A context-centric method of automated introduction and community building: A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for discovering groups of users that are distinguished by common views of on-line documents and content items. These common views are analyzed to recommend and facilitate introductions to potential corresponding parties and/or the formation of communities of interest. Users' interactions are logged for a... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP IBM Rsw

20080010269 - Automatic relevance and variety checking for web and vertical search engines: Techniques for automatically checking the relevance and variety of search results are provided. A query is submitted to a search engine, which uses a search algorithm to obtain search results based on the query. A set of the top n related terms for the query is identified. For each related... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080010267 - Classification-based method and apparatus for string selectivity estimation: Histogram construction and selectivity estimation for string and substring match queries in databases of data having strings associated with attributes. The histogram construction counts string-attribute pairs in the documents, and outputs string-attribute-count triples sorted by count. The collection is partitions the collection into buckets. A synopsis is generated for the... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C. Suite 340

20080010268 - Document ranking with sub-query series: Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with ranking documents by providing a search engine with a series of sub-queries generated from an original query are described. One example system includes input logic for receiving a query. The example system may include a relaxation logic configured to produce sub-queries from... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay, LLC

20080010275 - Method, system, and medium for retrieving photo using multimodal information: A photo retrieval method, system, and medium using multimodal information which prevents a photo of an irrelevant category to be retrieved having a high ranking due to an unfavorable side effect from a query expansion, by reflecting a level of consistency between an object category of a query and a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010278 - Substring detection system and method: A method, computer program product, apparatus, and system that detects a substring in an input data string by producing a fingerprint of a portion of the data string and comparing the fingerprint of the portion of the data string to at least one predefined fingerprint. The predefined fingerprint may be... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC C/o Intellevate

20080010280 - Method and apparatus for building asset based natural language call routing application with limited resources: A method of processing limited natural language data to automatically develop an optimal feature set, bypassing the standard Wizard of OZ (WOZ) approach is provided. The method provides for building natural language understanding models or for processing existing data from other domains, such as the Internet, for domain-specific adaptation through... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080010281 - User-sensitive pagerank: Techniques are described for generating an authority value of a first one of a plurality of documents. A first component of the authority value is generated with reference to outbound links associated with the first document. The outbound links enable access to a first subset of the plurality of documents.... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080010282 - File metadata lease management: Each file in a file system has one or more associated metadata fields, and each metadata field is associated with a different lease. A computing device sends a request to a directory server for one or more leases that are needed by the computing device to perform an operation on... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20080010290 - Application offload processing: Offloading application processing from a host processor system includes providing a first part of the application on the host processor system and providing a second part of the application on a storage device containing data for the application. The first part of the application communicates with the second part of... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20080010295 - Method and apparatus to manage files for a portable device: A method and apparatus to manage files of a portable device such as an mp3 player, a mobile phone, or a game console, the method comprising copying files to be played from a source server and storing the files in a file system on a folder-by-folder basis; determining the presence... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080010287 - Method and system for distributed retrieval of data objects using tagged artifacts within federated protocol operations: A method is presented for transferring data objects between federated entities within a federated computational environment using artifacts. A first federated entity receives artifacts from a second federated entity that generates data objects, such as assertions, for use at or by the first federated entity. An artifact references a data... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080010288 - Method and system for distributed retrieval of data objects within multi-protocol profiles in federated environments: A method is presented for transferring data objects between federated entities within a federation using artifacts. A first federated entity, such as a service provider, receives artifacts from a second federated entity, such as an identity provider, which generates data objects, such as assertions, for use at or by the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080010293 - Service level agreement tracking system: A Service Level Agreement Management System provides a web-based system for managing Service Level Agreements (SLA's) with suppliers. Legal contracts, between a customer and a supplier to provide services, usually contain SLA's that define acceptable performance in the delivery of the services. With respect to SLA's, the SLA management system... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080010289 - System and method for efficient meta-data driven instrumentation: A method for gathering management information about an asset that includes receiving a first request for the management information about the asset, wherein the first request complies with the information model format, identifying a data acquisition (DAQ) definition for the DAQ definition complies with the DAQ format, triggering a protocol... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P./sun

20080010291 - Techniques for clustering structurally similar web pages: Web page clustering techniques described herein are URL Clustering and Page Clustering, whereby clustering algorithms cluster together pages that are structurally similar. Regarding URL clustering, because similarly structured pages have similar patterns in their URLs, grouping similar URL patterns will group structurally similar pages. Embodiments of URL clustering may involve:... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080010292 - Techniques for clustering structurally similar webpages based on page features: Web page clustering techniques described herein are URL Clustering and Page Clustering, whereby clustering algorithms cluster together pages that are structurally similar. Regarding URL clustering, because similarly structured pages have similar patterns in their URLs, grouping similar URL patterns will group structurally similar pages. Embodiments of URL clustering may involve:... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080010297 - Web-based dialing: A mobile communications device includes a unit to receive a telephone number downloaded from a web page and a dialing mechanism to dial the telephone number. Also included is a web-based contact list with phone numbers which are selectably downloadable to at least one mobile communications device.... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20080010235 - Computer-implemented method for translating among multiple representations and storage structures: This is a computer-implemented method for managing translating among, and understanding multiple representations and storage structures of data by accessing and updating physical storage through a relational representation. The present invention supports both data independence and automatic derivation of descriptions of data representations by manipulating membership abstractions in the logical... Agent: George S. Cole, Esq.

20080010233 - Mandatory access control label security: A secure database appliance leverages database security in a consistent framework provides consistent, flexible, and adaptable security using mandatory access controls in addition to user and role based security for access control and accountability. A database system comprises a plurality of datasets, each dataset including a plurality of data, and... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen, LLP

20080010241 - Computer-implemented method for managing through symbolic abstraction of a membership expression multiple logical representations and storage structures: This is a computer-implemented method for managing and enhancing data independence among multiple logical representations and storage structures of data by accessing and updating physical storage through a relational representation. The present invention supports both data independence and storage flexibility by using membership abstraction as the equalizing access for any... Agent: George S. Cole, Esq.

20080010244 - Dynamic generation of user interface components: The present invention provides a system and method for enabling the dynamic generation of user interface components. The dynamically-generated user interface components are based on templates and mappings that can be predefined through interaction with a user interface.... Agent: Campbell Stephenson LLP

20080010243 - Method and system for pushing data to a plurality of devices in an on-demand service environment: Mechanisms and methods for pushing data to a plurality of devices of a plurality of organizations are provided. Queries are handled in bulk for a group of users of an organization or the entire organization, and limited results are sent to a middle tier server between the database system and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080010258 - Collaborative filtering-based recommendations: Various techniques can be used to implement a collaborative filtering-based recommendation engine. For example, different similarity measures can be used for different users. Different similarity measures can be used for a particular user across time. A superior similarity measure can be found for a user. User-defined similarity measures can be... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080010256 - Element query method and system: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for representing and querying positional information for a hierarchical document (such as an XML document) are disclosed. In one set of embodiments, at least one word in the hierarchical document is associated with one or more word positions, and at least one element in the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080010257 - Integrated vertical search engine and contact management system: Integrated vertical search engines and contact management systems are disclosed. In many embodiments, the vertical search engine enables searching of information relating to real estate and the contact management system enables the association of contacts with the real estate information. One embodiment of the invention includes a server connected to... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080010260 - Method and device for encoding a score of semantic and spatial similarity between concepts of an ontology stored in hierarchically numbered trellis form: A method of calculating and encoding a score of semantic and spatial similarity between concepts of an ontology stored in hierarchically numbered trellis form, in which the score (NSSij) is calculated and encoded (1) for each concept (Ci) with respect to a central concept (Cj), taken two-by-two, by convergence relative... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080010262 - System and methods for providing statstically interesting geographical information based on queries to a geographic search engine: Under one aspect, an interface program stored on a computer-readable medium causes a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: accepting search criteria from a user, the search criteria including a domain identifier identifying a domain and a free text query entry; in response to accepting... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080010265 - System and method for database query with on demand database query reduction: A database is queried with on demand database query reduction A query document includes global variables selectively set off by first tags identifying a first global variable as a complete replacement variable and by second tags identifying a second global variable as a complete removal string. An agent is provided... Agent: Shelley M Beckstrand Patent Attorney

20080010271 - Methods for characterizing the content of a web page using textual analysis: A method for decomposing textual contents of a web page using Search Tree technology, wherein binary search trees accelerate analysis of text to thereby determine if a word matches words and phrases which are associated with one or more categories of content, wherein scores are given to words using the... Agent: Morriss Obryant Compagni, P.C.

20080010272 - Methods of inferring user preferences using ontologies: Methods of inferring user preferences using ontologies use ontology structure based similarity and an inference mechanism in defining ontology filtering (OF). Items are recommended to users by identifying items that the users may prefer, but may not have been aware of. This is performed by computing personalized scores for concepts... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080010276 - Relevance ranked faceted metadata search method: One embodiment may include a method for searching electronic information to produce search results based on a taxonomy item of a faceted taxonomy system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20080010277 - Rich media file format and delivery methods: A rich media file is a self-contained file, including both the information to be viewed by a user and the viewer that displays the information to the user. The information can be formatted however the client likes: for example, the information can be split across several pages, and can include... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080010274 - Semantic exploration and discovery: A semantic discovery and exploration system is disclosed where an environment enabling a developer or user to uncover, navigate, and organize semantic patterns and structures in a document collection with or without the aid of structured knowledge. The semantic discovery and exploration system provides techniques for searching document collections, categorizing... Agent: Anthony L. Meola, Esq.

20080010270 - System & method of delivering content based advertising: A system and method is disclosed for presenting relevant advertising to user search queries. The ads can be selected by reference to an underlying content presented in organic search results. The ads can be combined and supplemented with conventional keyword/pay for placement type services to improve ad performance. The system... Agent: J. Nicholas Gross, Attorney

20080010273 - Systems and methods for hierarchical organization and presentation of geographic search results: Under one aspect, an interface program stored on a computer-readable medium causes a computer system with a display device to perform the functions of: accepting search criteria from a user, the search criteria including a free-text query and a domain identifier, the domain identifier identifying a physical location; in response... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080010279 - Computerized tracking of educational accountability reporting and appeals system: This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for tracking of educational accountability reporting for Federal, State, and local initiatives such as the Federal No Child Left behind (NCLB) program. The system also includes a detailed process for handling appeals and reconsiderations of disputed assessment or demographic data... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20080010283 - Method and system for controlling concurrent access to data in a database system: A method and system for controlling concurrency of access to data in a database system is provided. The method includes receiving a lock request for access to data in the database system, in which the lock request is a request for a page lock or a row lock for a... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080010284 - Snapshot copy of data volume during data access: A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Access to files on the storage devices is arbitrated by the cluster filesystem using tokens. Upon detection of a change in location of the metadata server, client nodes... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080010285 - System and method for storing and retrieving a field of a user defined type outside of a database store in which the type is defined: In a database system that supports user-defined types, one or more fields of a user-defined type may be designated as containing data that is to be stored as a file outside of a database store, separate from the other fields of the type which are stored within the database. Instead... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20080010300 - Cable modem system and method for supporting packet pdu compression: A cable modem system and method are provided for using a data compression dictionary to transmit compressed payload data in a DOCSIS network while utilizing conventional cable modem termination system (CMTS) equipment. A cable modem system in accordance with the invention includes a cable modem and a CMTS adapted to... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080010299 - File management system: A file management system characterized in that at least one of the nodes included in a peer-to-peer network is provided with a database storing updateable files and a distribution history list preparation unit for preparing a distribution history list storing distribution destination nodes of files stored in the database, a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080010301 - Method and system for notifying presence information: A method for notifying presence information is disclosed. The method includes: setting, by a presentity, notification rules; when receiving the presence information sent from a presentity client or presentity application server, transferring, by a presence server, to a watcher client or watcher application server the presence information that is conformable... Agent: Robert Popa C/o Ladas & Parry LLP

20080010286 - Server bookmarks: A system receives, at a server, an action request from a client associated with bookmarks, where the bookmarks identify user designated documents. The system accesses bookmark records stored at the server based on the action request and acting on the bookmark records in a manner specified by the action request.... Agent: Harrity Snyder, LLP

20080010298 - Storage, management and distribution of consumer information: Consumers may centrally store, manage and distribute information using an information account stored in a central data repository. The information account is accessible from any client device, without the need to permanently store or install proprietary software thereon. The information account comprises a plurality of consumer information elements stored in... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080010296 - System and method for configuring a parallel-processing database system: A system and method for configuring a plurality of processing nodes into a parallel-processing database system are described herein. Each of a plurality of processing nodes connected by a network receive software and one or more configuration files related to the intended function of the processing node. The software may... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080010294 - Systems and methods for subscribing to updates of user-assigned keywords: A method for notifying a subscribing user when an annotating user tags a content item with a keyword includes: providing an interface operable by the subscribing user to identify a subscription keyword and/or an annotating user; defining an RSS feed corresponding to the keyword and the annotating user; configuring an... Agent: Dreier LLP

20080010302 - Optimizing cursor movement in holistic twig joins: A holistic twig join method with optimal cursor movement is disclosed. The method in one aspect minimizes the number of cursor moves by looking more globally at the query's state to determine which cursor to move next and making virtual moves where a physical move is not needed. The method... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080010305 - Common schema for aggregating information exchange requirements: A new approach to aggregating a plurality of information exchange requirements (IERs) into a common schema is disclosed. A device has a digital storage medium that includes a data structure for implementing a plurality of information exchange requirements each having a plurality of attributes. The data structure includes a data... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (boeing)

20080010303 - Enhanced human computer user interface system for searching and browsing documents: A system and method for presenting document records to a user through a display interface, comprising means for processing data of the first type through a first applet and data of the second type through a second applet and separately extracting data of the two different types using the separate... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080010306 - Information processing apparatus, process control method, and process control program product: A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit configured to operate as a daemon process; an information displaying unit configured to operate as a process different from the daemon process and display a screen relevant to the information processing unit; a first ending unit configured to end the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080010307 - System and method to determine the validity of an interaction on a network: A system and method are disclosed for classifying a user interaction on a network. A user interaction is identified on a network and user interaction data is collected relating to the user interaction on the network. The user interaction data includes an aggregate measure data and a unique feature data.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080010304 - Techniques for clustering a set of objects: Described are techniques for clustering a data set of objects. Divide phase processing is performed to partition the data set into two or more partitions forming a hierarchy of the objects. Merge phase processing may be performing using the hierarchy to determine one or more disjoint clusters of objects of... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20080010308 - Concurrent read and write access to a linked list: A method and computing device for providing concurrent read and write access to a linked list of elements is presented. A linked list is provided wherein read access by a reader process and write access by a writer process may occur substantially concurrently. The linked list includes three internal lists... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080010309 - Data compression apparatus and data compressing program storage medium: A data compression apparatus includes: a type determination section which determines a type of data to be compressed; a difference generation section which obtains a difference between adjacent values in a sequence of values forming data to be compressed, and generates new data to be compressed; and an offset section... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010310 - Method and system for detecting and removing hidden pestware files: A method and system for detecting and removing a hidden pestware file is described. One illustrative embodiment detects, using direct drive access, a file on a computer storage device; determines whether the file is also detectable by the operating system by attempting to access the file using a standard file... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080010313 - method and system for indexing and searching contents of extensible markup language (xml) documents: A method and a computer system for indexing and searching the data content of nested field records, such as those in Extensible Markup Language (XML). The system includes an indexing and searching engine that constructs an improved full-text search index on the input XML data and then performs searches using... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080010312 - Object oriented based, business class methodology for performing data metric analysis: A method for extracting desired data from a digital database comprising the steps of specifying desired data elements to be extracted from an operational database, generating executable code from the identified data elements for extracting the identified data elements from the database, and executing the executable code thereby extracting the... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080010311 - Systems and methods for employing an orthogonal corpus for document indexing: Methods and systems for processing a body of reference material to generate a directory for accessing information from a database.... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP Patent Docketing 39/41

20080010314 - Efficiently storing indented threads in a threaded discussion application: A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for retrieving records in a hierarchical set of the records having a plurality of hierarchical levels and a plurality of hierarchical depths, each of the records having a tag that is unique within the hierarchical set of the records, comprises identifying one of the... Agent: Jackson & Co., LLP

20080010318 - Apparatus and method for managing content stored in portable digital device: An apparatus and method of managing content stored in portable digital devices is provided. The apparatus for managing content includes a device manager module sensing a connection with a portable digital device, an application module forming at least one function module for manipulating the content stored in the sensed portable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080010317 - Remote supporting apparatus, remote supporting system, remote supporting method, and program product therefor: A remote supporting apparatus including a first receiving unit that receives information about a first annotation image from another device, a projecting unit that projects an image on a predetermined projection region in cooperation with the another device in accordance with the information about the first annotation image received from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080010316 - Spelling correction with liaoalphagrams and inverted index: Systems, methods, media, and other embodiments associated with (non)contiguous n-gram based spell correction are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes logic for creating contiguous and non-contiguous trigrams, logic for creating an inverted index relating trigrams and the words from which they were generated, and logic for comparing trigrams associated with... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay, LLC

20080010320 - Associating image files with media content: Requesting and receiving image files associated with media content. The received image files are stored such that an identifier value associated with the media content is stored in the filenames of the received image files. The invention determines which of the image files is associated with specific media content by... Agent: Senniger Powers

20080010319 - Generic content collection systems: The invention generally relates to a universal, generic content collection method and system for collecting, storing, and sharing content on the Internet using computers, mobile and/or electronic devices. In one aspect, the invention relates to methods and systems for collecting multiple types of content using a user interface. The method... Agent: William Douglas Hare

20080010315 - Platform management of high-availability computer systems: Software for platform management of high-availability computer systems is provided. A management database can be configured for storing the data about the set of management instruments and the set of management capabilities that are required for the platform management. Further, an application program interface (API) and a command line interface... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20080010322 - File system replication: File system replication includes determining whether one of a plurality of files included in an original file system has been updated since a previous replication, the file having a plurality of data segments, and in the event that the file has been updated, locating among the plurality of data segments... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080010321 - Method and system for coherent data correctness checking using a global visibility and persistent memory model: Exemplary embodiments include a system for coherent data correctness checking including: an address manager in operable communication with a processor, a DRAM model, and a IO bus; and a persistent memory model in operable communication with the processor, the IO bus, and a unit monitor checker, the persistent memory model... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Rochester Division

20080010325 - Data migration apparatus, method, and program: When a migration object is a stub file, a data migration apparatus, which migrates data from a migration source HSM execution environment to a migration destination HSM execution environment, reads data from migration source secondary storage based on a data storage address in the data migration source secondary storage. This... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080010323 - Method for duplicating data: A method for duplicating data of a source medium to target media includes the steps of: analyzing the file table (FAT, BITMAP . . . ) of the source medium to find addresses. Establishing a duplicating table, in which the addresses of the source medium stored with data are stored... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080010324 - System and method for high speed device access: System and methods are provided for more rapidly accessing data from a data container, such as a .ZIP archive, stored on a physical storage medium. Instead of requiring a processes desiring to access a file from the data container to read sequentially through the data container until the file is... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080010326 - Method and system for securely deleting files from a computer storage device: A method and system for securely deleting files from a computer storage device is described. One embodiment locates a data structure associated with a file to be deleted; locates, using information contained in the data structure, the set of data storage units in which the file resides; and overwrites with... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080010327 - Region-based memory management for object-oriented programs: An object-oriented program is modified to create objects within specified regions, allowing memory de-allocation to take place for entire regions at once. The contents and associations between the regions are described by one or more shape graphs, which are created from an analysis of the program code. The region association... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP