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 applicatio