Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 06/08

20080154839 - Medium drive apparatus, operation method for medium drive apparatus, information processing apparatus, recording and reproduction accessing method for information processing apparatus, program, and program recording medium: Disclosed herein is a medium drive apparatus connected to an information processing apparatus for performing recording and reproduction on and from a recording medium in accordance with a request from the information processing apparatus, which may include an inputting and outputting section configured to record and reproduce data on and... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080154840 - Methods of processing files in a multiple quality of service file system: The invention relates to a multiple QoS file system and methods of processing files at different QoS according to rules. The invention allocates multiple VLUNs at different qualities of service to the multiQoS file system. Using the rules, the file system chooses an initial QoS for a file when created.... Agent: Robert Moll

20080154842 - Enhanced relational database management system and method: A method to enhance relational database management system resiliency and query operations by minimizing CPU overhead and database page access latency and by facilitating database restoration and query efficiency. The method includes creating a clean database page in a buffer pool of a relational database management system, granting exclusive access... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154844 - Estimating the compilation time of a query optimizer: A compilation time estimator provides a quantified estimate of the optimizer compilation time for a given query optimizer. The estimator automates the optimizer to choose the right level of optimization in commercial database systems. The estimator reuses an optimizer's join enumerator to obtain actual number of joins, but bypasses plan... Agent: Ip Authority, Llc Ramraj Soundararajan

20080154841 - Method and system for rewriting a database query: The invention relates to a method and database system for rewriting a SQL query having at least one null sensitive expression (NSE) in a select list of the query, the query comprising at least one outer join command to be performed on at least two tables and involving a view... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080154845 - Research rapidity and efficiency improvement by analysis of research artifact similarity: A method, computer-readable medium and system for comparing query-related objects are provided. In one embodiment, a first plurality of query-related objects for a first user is compared to a second plurality of query-related objects for a second user to determine a degree of similarity between the first and second plurality... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080154846 - Selectivity estimation for conjunctive predicates in the presence of partial knowledge about multivariate data distributions: A method for consistent selectivity estimation based on the principle of maximum entropy (ME) is provided. The method efficiently exploits all available information and avoids the bias problem. In the absence of detailed knowledge, the ME approach reduces to standard uniformity and independence assumptions. The disclosed method, based on the... Agent: Ip Authority, Llc Ramraj Soundararajan

20080154843 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080154854 - Automatic data determination: In a computing system, a value that a user enters under guidance of a graphical user interface may be received for association with a field of a document. The received value is used to determine a value to be automatically associated with at least another field of the document. Information... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154847 - Cloaking detection utilizing popularity and market value: The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods that facilitate detection of cloaked web pages. Commercial value of search terms and/or queries can be indicative of the likelihood that web pages associated with the keywords or queries are cloaked. Commercial value can be determined based upon popularity of terms and/or... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154860 - Efficient processing of tree pattern queries over xml documents: Systems and methods process generalized-tree-pattern queries by processing a twig query with a bottom-up computation to generate a generalized tree pattern result; encoding the generalized tree pattern results using hierarchical stacks; enumerating the generalized tree pattern result with a top-down computation; a hybrid of top-down and bottom-up computation for early... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080154853 - English-language translation of exact interpretations of keyword queries: The present invention relates to a methodology to translate exact interpretations of keyword queries into meaningful and grammatically correct plain-language queries in order to convey the meaning of these interpretations to the initiator of the search. The method includes the steps of generating at least one grammatically valid plain-language sentence... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Tuscon Division

20080154864 - Iterative data analysis enabled through query result abstraction: The present invention is generally directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data represented abstractly through an abstraction model. In one embodiment, a data repository abstraction layer provides a logical view of an underlying data repository that is independent of the particular manner of data representation.... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080154851 - Method and apparatus for sharing files over a network: Embodiments of the present invention can provide means of publicly sharing large files of personal and limited interest over a network. Pursuant to these embodiments, a file possessed by a peer on a network, is shared with another peer on the network by fragmenting the file into data blocks smaller... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080154859 - Method and system for progressive disclosure of search results: Method and system for progressive disclosure of search results are disclosed. The method includes receiving a first portion of a search query from a user, and presenting a first search result page to the user in response to the first portion of the search query, where the first search result... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080154862 - Method of hierarchical searching on a conditional graph: t

20080154857 - Method of maintenance of dependent variables, and a semantic module for performing the same: Example embodiments of the present invention relate to maintenance of the dependencies between variables of equipment in a system, and semantic modules performing the same. According to at least one example embodiment, a semantic module for maintaining dependencies between variables of a user equipment may include a database to store... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080154849 - Method, graphical user interface, and computer program product for grouping search results: Search results are organized by grouping child search results with associated parent search terms. Search results are retrieved from a search of an electronic database based on at least one parent search term. At least one child search result in generated that is associated with the parent search term. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Research Triangle Park

20080154863 - Search engine interface: The search engine interface is an input to a database search engine that presents to a user a graphical representation of the search criteria and the search results. The search criteria are displayed as tabs on a Web page presented by the user interface. Each tab has some indicia to... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080154848 - Search, analysis and comparison of content: The present invention may be used to analyze subject content, search and analyze reference content, compare the subject and reference content for similarity, and output comparison reports between the subject and reference content. The present invention may incorporate and utilize text from intrinsic and/or extrinsic subject documents. The analysis may... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080154865 - Storage medium storing audio-visual data including metadata, reproducing apparatus, and method of searching for audio-visual data using the metadata: A reproducing apparatus for reproducing audio-visual data stored in a storage medium includes a storage unit which stores metadata used to search for desired audio-visual data in the audio-visual data stored in the storage medium, and a search unit which searches for the desired audio-visual data using the metadata stored... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080154866 - System and method for creating dynamic folder hierarchies: A dynamic foldering system automatically manages the creation and deletion of run-time dynamic folders and selection of documents, items, or object graphs found in the run-time dynamic folders. The system comprises a query/predicate for a design-time folder group based on which dynamic folders are automatically managed, a variable binding mechanism,... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20080154852 - System and method for generating and using a dynamic bloom filter: A dynamic Bloom filter comprises a cascaded set of Bloom filters. The system estimates or guesses a cardinality of input items, selects a number of hash functions based on the desired false positive rate, and allocates memory for an initial Bloom filter based on the estimated cardinality and desired false... Agent: Shimokaji & Associates, P.c.

20080154856 - System and method for query expansion: A system is disclosed for expanding a user query based on user learned popularity rankings. User queries often have no exact match, resulting in a user having to refine or abandon the search. The disclosed system obtains popularity rankings based on the content of a user query. The system expands... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154861 - System and method for retrieving data from different types of data sources: A method for retrieving data, the method comprising the steps of: defining output parameters of an application server (20); defining an XQuery file for retrieving data from different types of data sources (10); providing a Web service executable file that is accessible by an application program installed in a client... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080154858 - System for targeting data to sites referenced on a page: A system is described for targeting data to a site referenced on a page based on a condition. The system may include a processor, a memory, and an interface. The memory may be operatively connected to the processor and the interface and may store a data, a site, a condition,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154850 - Systems, methods, and computer program product for automatically verifying a standby site: Systems, methods, and computer program product are disclosed for providing a mechanism for re-routing queries in a telecommunications network. A service control point (SCP) executes an application which causes queries to be launched over a LAN or WAN to a remotely located data center. Primary and secondary data centers are... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080154855 - Usage of development context in search operations: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein metadata corresponding to a plurality of documents is maintained, wherein the metadata indicates whether a document includes information that is pertinent to a first development context and a second development context of a software development environment. A search term in... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080154870 - Collection and use of side information in voice-mediated mobile search: Methods and systems for providing voice-mediated search capability to a mobile communications device involve receiving a signal from the mobile device that includes a representation of a spoken search request from a user of the mobile device, using speech recognition software to convert the search request into a text search... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080154871 - Method and apparatus for mobile information access in natural language: This patent describes a method for mobile information access, executed in a networked computer system comprising at least a mobile information access server and one or a plurality of information retrieval systems, comprising the steps of: receiving a message from a mobile communication device; analyzing the received message; forming one... Agent: Potomac Patent Group Pllc

20080154868 - Method and apparatus for xml query evaluation using early-outs and multiple passes: A method and apparatus is disclosed for XML query evaluation using early-outs and multiple passes to evaluate an XML query. A multi-pass evaluation procedure evaluates the XML query one step at a time as needed to complete evaluation. The multi-pass evaluation procedure evaluates XML queries containing logical expressions such as... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154867 - System and method for automatic text summarization using a search engine: m

20080154869 - System and method for constructing a search: Methods and systems are provided for constructing search expressions and executing searches based on user selection of a media item. A user may select an item by dragging the item to a search field. When a media item has been selected, a search expression is constructed based on text or... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080154877 - Discovering query intent from search queries and concept networks: A system is described for discovering query intent based on search queries and concept networks. The system may construct frequency vectors from log data corresponding to a submitted query and at least one related query submitted to one or more search engines. The system may also construct a query intent... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080154878 - Diversifying a set of items: Techniques are described hereafter for diversifying search results by ranking the search results based, at least in part, on a diversifying factor. In one embodiment, the diversifying factor is used to generate diversity scores for the matching documents. Matching items that are very different from other highly-ranked matching items are... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080154873 - Information life cycle search engine and method: Search engine process operates on data collections to expand a user's knowledge about select content (SC) words, data objects, etc. A prioritized hierarchical taxonomic system (H-tax-sys) encompasses some SC is set, input data is classified thereto, and non-matching data (non-SC) is identified. The non-SC are used as a search terms.... Agent: Robert C. Kain, Jr.

20080154872 - Information terminal, time table information display program, and time table information display method: An information terminal, a timetable information display program, and a timetable information display method, capable of grasping easily desired timetable information are provided. A memory 50 for storing timetable data, a control portion 10 including a timetable data select portion 11 that has a function of acquiring present time information... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080154890 - Map information distribution system, map information distribution method, and computer-readable recording medium: A map information distribution system carries out a search based on search criteria that is input from a first terminal device, outputs predetermined map information for displaying search results to the first terminal device, causes the first terminal device to display a map based on the map information for displaying... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080154879 - Method and apparatus for creating user-generated document feedback to improve search relevancy: Method and system for improving relevancy of online search results are disclosed. The method includes collecting highlighted phrases from users who review one or more documents at one or more websites, aggregating the highlighted phrases about the one or more documents in a distributed hash table, ranking relevancy of the... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080154887 - Method and system for displaying information: A method (50) of providing an Internet search results list in response to an Internet keywords search request is disclosed. The method (50) starts by receiving (60) a list of keywords, a list of web pages associated with the keywords in the list of keywords, and quality factors associated with... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080154880 - Method of displaying listed result of internet-based search: A method of displaying a listed result of an internet-based search includes the steps of inputting at least one keyword in a searchable website connected to a searchable database at least having a plurality of URLs and corresponding displayed information and at least one image; comparing the at least one... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080154876 - Methods and apparatus for providing a location based search: Methods and apparatuses for providing location based searches and other services are provided. Embodiments may include dividing a searchable region into quad regions and populating the search regions with a plurality of listings. The division of quad regions may be dependent on a maximum number of listings per quad region... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080154891 - Phrase matching in documents having nested-structure arbitrary (document-specific) markup: A method of searching a document having nested-structure document-specific markup (such as Extensible Markup Language (XML)) involves 112 receiving a query that designates at least (A) a phrase to be matched in a phrase matching process, and (B) a selective designation of at least a tag or annotation that is... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080154874 - Providing more relevant answer to a query via query and/or answer processing: A system, apparatus, and method to receive information from a device on a network and use the information to modify a query or an answer to the query with the information are described herein.... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c.

20080154882 - Retrieval apparatus, retrieval method and retrieval program: A retrieval apparatus 100 for searching document data comprises a document storage area 141 for storing documents to be searched and a document management table 142 for storing a data size of a document such that the data size is associated with a document ID for identifying the document. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080154884 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080154885 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080154883 - System and method for evaluating sentiment: An example system and method elicits reviews and opinions from users via an online system or a web crawl. Opinions on topics are processed in real time to determine orientation. Each topic is analyzed sentence by sentence to find a central tendency of user orientation toward a given topic. Automatic... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080154881 - System and method for filtering xml files: A computer-based method for filtering XML files is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: configuring XQuery scripts of each of the tasks and a scheduled time to perform each of the tasks, and storing the XQuery scripts in a database; scheduling the tasks in a scheduling server; sending a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080154886 - System and method for summarizing search results: A computer-implemented system and process for generating a summary of objects in an electronic database is disclosed. The system provides a set of objects and generates data vectors representing the relationship between terms. The relationship vectors can be used to score sections of an object to determine the most relevant... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080154875 - Taxonomy-based object classification: Objects, such as documents, are classified according to a taxonomy. The taxonomy includes nodes, corresponding to object classes, arranged in a hierarchy. Class keywords are associated with the nodes. Search strings are formed for the classes by traversing the taxonomic branches and concatenating the keywords associated with the classes. For... Agent: Robert Plotkin, Pc

20080154889 - Video searching engine and methods: A video search system and method adapted to be queried by a user for accessing video data. The method comprising the steps of: providing an index containing a plurality of index data each indicative of one or more video data element accessible on a data network for defining a collection... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080154888 - Viewport-relative scoring for location search queries: A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographical features that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographical features in accordance with a score that is based, at least in part, on proximity of the geographical features to a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20080154892 - Adaptive routing of resource requests for multiple back-end systems: A system receives a request from a client relating to an account associated with the client, and values associated with a set of parameters relating to the request. The system matches the values to a structure that includes cases of the set of parameters to determine one or more cases... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080154893 - Apparatus and method for skipping xml index scans with common ancestors of a previously failed predicate: An apparatus and method are disclosed for skipping XML index scans with common ancestors of a previously failed predicate. An XML index is scanned by an XML index scan to filter entries of the index matching at least one search value (predicate) of an XML query. When the XML index... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154897 - Automated interpretation and replacement of date references in unstructured text: A method for interpreting date information from unstructured text includes performing phrase tokenization on the unstructured text to identify one or more temporal phrases. Word categorization is performed on the one or more temporal phrases to categorize one or more words of each temporal phrase. Grammar analysis is performed to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080154896 - Processing unstructured information: Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to examine a quantity of language-based communication to determine a plurality of topics associated with the quantity, and to determine whether a number of the plurality of topics converge to a selected degree. Responsive to determining convergence to the selected degree, ranking selected topics... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080154895 - System and method for anonymous dating compatibility determination: A system and method for human compatibility matching allowing individuals to remain anonymous unless a compatibility score threshold is met or exceeded. Compatibility between individuals is determined using a computer network based system which allows for an anonymous identification for users to a third party or fellow user and a... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20080154899 - System and method for anonymous dating compatibility determination: A system and method for human compatibility matching allowing individuals to remain anonymous unless a compatibility score threshold is met or exceeded. Compatibility between individuals is determined using a computer network based system which allows for an anonymous identification for users to a third party or fellow user and a... Agent: Donn K. Harms Patent & Trademark Law Center

20080154894 - System for cross-acquisition of physiological and psychological information: A system for cross-acquisition of physiological and psychological information includes a test database, a user interface, a database, and a control unit. The test database stores various physiological and psychological questionnaires. The database stores physiological and psychological information inputted by a user or measured by an external apparatus or transmitted... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080154898 - Wish lists based on images, references, or third party beneficiaries: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can create a wish list based upon a variety of inputs and criteria. In one aspect the architecture can generate a wish list based upon one or more images of an item desired by a user. Accordingly, the architecture can examine... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154900 - Database update management: A method and system for managing a transaction for updating tables of a database. An access order specifying a temporal order for updating tables of the database is stored. A received data request specifies records to be updated in the database for the transaction. The records identified in the data... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080154901 - Methods and systems for ordering query results based on annotations: A system, method and article of manufacture for managing query results and, more particularly, for sorting data records contained in a query result obtained in response to execution of a query against a database. In one embodiment, the data records in the query result are sorted on the basis of... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080154902 - Methods and systems for ordering query results based on annotations: A system, method and article of manufacture for managing query results and, more particularly, for sorting data records contained in a query result obtained in response to execution of a query against a database. In one embodiment, the data records in the query result are sorted on the basis of... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080154903 - Sharing access to content items using group information and item information: A user can share media content with others by defining one or more groups, where each group includes members who may access a set of user's content item on the online service or on user's local device. Item information is generated for content items to be shared and indicates where... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080154908 - Annotation framework for video: A system and method for transferring annotations associated with a media file. An annotation associated with a media file is indexed to a first instance of that media file. By comparing features of the two instances, a mapping is created between the first instance of the media file and a... Agent: Google / Fenwick

20080154917 - Bulk auditing: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate auditing of a customer's possessions in a comprehensive manner. The architecture can facilitate the creation of a media archive of a customer's property, as well as an associated property list extracted based upon, e.g., examination of the archive. The... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154904 - Deferred copy target pull of volume data: A composite storage server employs a plurality of distributed storage sites including a mount site, a source copy site and one ore more copy target sites for executing a storage of volume data within the composite storage server. In operation, a deferred copy target site receives a communication of a... Agent: Frank C. Nicholas Cardinal Law Group

20080154907 - Intelligent data retrieval techniques for synchronization: Data communication networks allow data, such as electronic documents, graphical images or audio files, to be retrieved from remote sources for use in local applications, such as synchronization environments. A device may store metadata useable to navigate and locate data stored on the remote source, and an application on the... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080154909 - Manufacturing system and method: One aspect related to design of systems and methods for product manufacturing is portability, i.e., allowing for manufacture at multiple locations independent of the skill set of the contract manufacturer. Another aspect includes making data needed and generated during the manufacturing process readily accessible to various elements of the system... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080154913 - Method and an apparatus for executing timed network operations: An arrangement and a method comprising maintaining knowledge of a number of current network connections that require performing a periodic network operation (204, 206, 208, 210), with one or more predetermined timing sequences, targeted to at least one remote entity for maintaining the connections, and adjusting the time of execution... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080154912 - Method and system for locating events in-context: Method and computer program product for locating events in-context over the Internet are disclosed. The method includes receiving a document from a user, wherein the document comprises one or more attributes, analyzing the one or more attributes of the document in accordance with a set of contextual information to generate... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080154915 - Network-based recommendations: The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can utilize information obtained from a communications system and/or an associated content engine or model in order to facilitate enhanced content recommendations. The information can include content recommendations (e.g., from the content model) as well as information based upon social networking... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080154916 - Package manager service in gaming system: A slot management system includes a download and configuration server-based sub-system and method for use with game devices, systems, and methods. The slot machine management system is provided to enable users to monitor, control, and modify game devices and other related activities.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080154910 - Professional contact information provider and networking tool: In addition, the invention provides a method for a user to be reminded at a user-defined interval to upkeep a professional or personal relationship. The invention provides a mechanism for users to append information to the “viewer vehicles” with which they are served and store the information on their allotted... Agent: Hjcv, Llc

20080154906 - Selecting information for ad hoc exchange: A method for organizing an exchange of information between software agents includes for each of the software agents: establishing a semantic information network; receiving a trigger signal; performing a search of the semantic information network; and performing actions related to the trigger signal. A system and a computer program product... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - Ibm Arc Division

20080154914 - Storage system, data protection method, and program: Disclosed is a system including a storage that includes a high-speed response past data protection unit that holds high-speed response past data, a continuous data protection unit that performs continuous data protection, a data synthesis unit that synthesizes data using the data in the high-speed response past data protection unit... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080154911 - System and method for on-line generation of asian documents with multiple font faces: A network-based method is provided for generating or editing an Asian document with multiple font faces, wherein the multiple font faces that are not registered in a client computer are supplied by a Web font center. The method includes generally three steps. First, a Web font center is provided and... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080154905 - System, method, apparatus and computer program product for providing content selection in a network environment: An apparatus for providing content selection in a network environment may include a processing element, a querying element and a selection element. The processing element may be configured to receive an instruction for performance of a function with respect to a particular file. The querying element may be configured to... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080154918 - Database schemer update method: In this invention, a client terminal CT receives programs of the latest version and a schema-change instruction file SF from an update-information providing server 3. After the programs are updated in terms of version, the indicator information SD of the schema-change instruction file SF is compared with the indicator information... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154924 - Dynamic networking by matching profile information: of a communication network. A message sender can attach a user-selected profile to a publicly-broadcasted message. A message viewer can read the publicly-broadcasted message only if the viewer's profile matches the sender's profile attached to the message. When a sender profile and viewer profile match, a communication channel is established... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.c.

20080154923 - Exposure data generating apparatus: An exposure-data generating apparatus comprises a first memory, a second memory, and an exposure data memory. The first memory stores drawing data in bitmap format as first data that is used for an exposure. The second memory stores second data whose data unit in a column direction is converted to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080154921 - File system representation for accelerated navigation: A file system representation, comprising a set of nodes, each node comprising attributes to indicate whether it is a frozen node or whether there is a frozen node below it, said file system representation being adapted to provide direct access to frozen nodes.... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080154922 - Information processing apparatus and control method: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store dictionary data in which a locus and one or more pieces of content are registered in association with one another, an input unit configured to input a locus in association with content, a comparison unit configured to compare the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080154919 - Logical classification of objects on a computer system: A method, apparatus and program product for classifying objects on a computer system. An audit journal of interactions with objects is evaluated to identify a plurality of logical groups of objects. A graphical construct, such as a hierarchical tree, is created from the plurality of logical groups. And, in response... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.l.p. (ibm)

20080154920 - Method and system for managing web content linked in a hierarchy: A method and system for managing web content linked in a web page hierarchy, are provided. The method includes determining when a first web content, stored in a first storage medium, is accessed. Further, the method includes determining a second web content, linked to the first web content. The second... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, Pc

20080154925 - Select/refresh method and apparatus: Provided is a method for extracting data of interest from a source and dynamically populating a target with the data of interest. The method includes providing a source database, a target database, and a data dictionary. User defined criteria is received that corresponds to the data of interest that is... Agent: Michael R. Henson & Associates, Llc

20080154926 - System and method for clustering nodes of a tree structure: A system and method for clustering nodes of a tree structure is provided. A plurality of messages is maintained. Each message is represented as a node in a tree structure. A word vector is assigned to each message. Pairs of the nodes are identified based on relationships in the tree... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080154929 - Collation method, registration apparatus, collation apparatus, and program: The present invention provides a collation method which, with respect to plural registered data stored in a storage medium, calculates first degrees of similarity among the data before starting the collation, and, of the plural registered data, calculates a second degree of similarity between one registered data selected as the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080154928 - Methods and apparatus for reducing storage size: Prediction-based compression engines are spoon-fed with sequentially efficiently compressible (SEC) streams of input data that make it possible for the compression engines to more efficiently compress or otherwise compact the incoming data than would be possible with streams of input data accepted on a TV-raster scan basis. Various techniques are... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080154931 - System and method for automated layout of collaboratively selected images: A system and method for automated layout of collaboratively selected images within a compilation for printing, viewing, etc. The images may be drawn from any number of albums owned by various users, and have associated rankings reflecting the users' behavior regarding the images (e.g., viewing, printing, recommending). Some number of... Agent: Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20080154927 - Use of federation services and transformation services to perform extract, transform, and load (etl) of unstructured information and associated metadata: Provided are techniques for transforming unstructured information into content in a uniform context. The unstructured information and metadata associated with the unstructured information are extracted from one or more source content repositories. One or more custom transformations are performed on at least one of the unstructured information and the metadata.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080154930 - Variable length file header apparatus and system: Ensuring that a user obtains a correct version of a file, wherein the file includes a file header section and a data section, is disclosed. Expiration information is inserted in the file header by a first application. The expiration information is extracted from the file header by a second application.... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20080154945 - Administering devices in dependence upon user metric vectors with multiple users: Methods for administering devices, including creating a user metric vector including a plurality of disparate user metrics, creating a user metric space including a plurality of metric ranges, determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space, creating, in dependence upon the user metric vector, a dynamic... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080154934 - Apparatus, system, and method for efficient adaptive parallel data clustering for loading data into a table: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for efficient adaptive parallel data clustering for loading data into a table by generating a hint-key for each of one or more records in the input data stream, ordering the one or more records in a first-level clustering agent to generate one or... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154944 - Automated online ecommerce system for sponsorship acquisition and retention: In a computer environment, the present invention is a method for allowing a user to quickly and effectively purchase a sponsorship on an Internet website, comprising choosing a location on a virtual object having a visually concealed continuous interconnected net of a particular shape on the website, wherein the virtual... Agent: Larry J. Erdos

20080154936 - Event generation for xml schema components during xml processing in a streaming event model: A method and computer program for processing structured documents follows a processing framework that enables generation of events corresponding to instance document elements and events corresponding to definition components in a single serial process. The process comprises creating a graph data structure in which nodes of the graph represent components... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080154935 - Generating templates of nodes to structure content objects and steps to process the content objects: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for generating templates of nodes to structure content objects and steps to process the content objects. A template is generated having a plurality of first level nodes representing a flow of tasks. A set of second level nodes representing a flow... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080154932 - Index imparting system using control signal: An index imparting system is capable of avoiding reconditioning work, automatically generating accurate metadata, and automatically imparting information relevant to a program. The index imparting system is provided with: a control signal detecting section to identify a type of each control signal and an identifier for uniquely specifying each control... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080154939 - Information transfer from object-oriented repository to relational database: An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to transfer information from an object-oriented repository to a relational database. A repository definition file is created from a meta object facility (MOF) modeling tool. A schema file used by a relational database is generated from the repository definition file. A... Agent: Unisys Corp.

20080154942 - Method for grid-based data clustering: A method for grid-based data clustering comprises: creating a feature space having a plurality of cubes by a computer and showing the feature space by an interface of the computer, disposing a plurality of data stored in a database into the cubes, and then defining a plurality of the cubes... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080154933 - Method for integrating client web history and call center history into a single interaction history accessible in real time: A method is provided for creating a portable history data record for a customer by integrating Web cookie data and telephone history data. The method includes the acts (a) retrieving and interpreting the Web cookie data, (b) retrieving and interpreting the telephone history data, (c) combining the data sets into... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080154941 - Method of and apparatus for encoding/decoding multimedia data with preview function: Provided are a method of and apparatus for encoding/decoding multimedia data with a preview function. The method of encoding multimedia data comprises setting a plurality of storage regions according to signal play modes, grouping multimedia data into a plurality of groups according to the signal play modes, and allocating the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080154946 - Storage medium storing audio-visual data including metadata, reproducing apparatus, and method of searching for audio-visual data using the metadata: A reproducing apparatus for reproducing audio-visual data stored in a storage medium includes a storage unit which stores metadata used to search for desired audio-visual data in the audio-visual data stored in the storage medium, and a search unit which searches for the desired audio-visual data using the metadata stored... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080154947 - Storage medium storing audio-visual data including metadata, reproducing apparatus, and method of searching for audio-visual data using the metadata: A reproducing apparatus for reproducing audio-visual data stored in a storage medium includes a storage unit which stores metadata used to search for desired audio-visual data in the audio-visual data stored in the storage medium, and a search unit which searches for the desired audio-visual data using the metadata stored... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080154943 - System and method for automated closed-loop production of customized books: A page description file that is used for producing a printed publication is processed to generate data that comprise a database regarding a product. The data are used to produce a document from the database and, in response to producing the document, an order is generated.... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20080154938 - System and method for generation of computer index files: Methods and systems for the generation of computer readable indexes or other ordered lists are provided. A corpus of electronic documents or other electronic information is parsed into postings that include key and reference pairs. An inversion buffer in memory is explicitly or implicitly formatted to receive the postings in... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20080154937 - System and method for generic output management: A system and method for generic output management. According to an embodiment of the invention, an engine receives a request to provide output based on a form template, the request including an identifier associated with the form template, retrieves from a data store meta-data associated with the form template identifier,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080154940 - System and method for using xquery files as a middleware to provide web services: A system for using XQuery files as a middleware to provide Web services is provided. The system includes a Web server. The Web server includes: an XQuery file definition module 410 programmed for defining an XQuery file, including defining input parameters for accepting data from data sources and defining addresses... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080154948 - Dynamic assessment and persistence of object instances: In a computing system, an operation is performed on an instance of a data object. One of several persistence models that are available for the data object is identified for the instance using the performed operation, where each of the several persistence models defines how the data object is to... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154949 - Method and system for social bookmarking of resources exposed in web pages that don't follow the representational state transfer architectural style (rest): A system for social bookmarking of a resource provided through a Web application that doesn't follow the representational state transfer architectural style (REST). When processing a request for a social bookmarking operation, the system searches for a URL and potentially other resource information within the document object model of a... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software David A. Dagg, Esq.

20080154950 - Object constructors for generic frameworks: Various techniques and components are provided for software for managing object instantiation between a software application and a generic framework. In certain implementations, this allows for the instantiation of objects with an extended set of attributes, rather than merely a basic set of attributes located on the framework. In one... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154951 - Link retrofitting of digital media objects: A digital media link embedding mechanism for generating one or more links for digital media objects embedded in network resources, such as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) or extensible markup language (XML) pages. Particular implementations of the invention allow network application hosting sites, such as blogging sites and social networking or... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20080154962 - Apparatus and method for automatically composing album and managing cover image of album: An apparatus for automatically configuring an album includes an album-creating unit to create an album by using a folder name when at least one folder having the folder name is moved to a selected area, a cover-image-registering unit to register a cover image of the album created by the album-creating... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080154954 - Apparatus, system, and method for enabling conversational transactions in a service oriented architecture: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for enabling a conversational transaction in a service oriented architecture. The apparatus, system and method include receiving at an IMS Connect a first conversational transaction (“CT”) request comprising a conversation option flag from a Java client over a TCP/IP connection to a first... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154959 - Communication systems and methods for providing a group play list for multimedia content records: Methods for providing a group play list for a plurality of multimedia content records include associating respective ones of a plurality of users associated with a user network with corresponding ones of the multimedia content records on the group play list. A presence status of the respective ones of the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.a.

20080154953 - Data display method and reproduction apparatus: To provide a data display method for displaying an attribute item information linked to a content data on a display screen, having the following steps of: displaying a list including an attribute item information respectively allocated to a plurality of content data in a predetermined region of the display screen,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154958 - Expanding media content item information: In a method for expanding upon media content information presented in a listing of a media content item in an electronic program guide, metadata of a listing of a media content item in an electronic program guide is analyzed to identify trigger information associated with the media content item. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080154966 - Extended efficient usage of emergency services keys: An emergency services key (e.g., ESQK or ESRK) is guaranteed to be available from a limited size ESQK pool. A plurality of ESQKs are grouped into a pool of emergency service keys “ESQK Pool ID”, each including anywhere from 1 to N number of ESQKs. Each ESQK preferably has a... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter Pllc

20080154964 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing information about a network including a plurality of nodes, wherein m attributes (m represents an integer of 2 or more) assignable to each of the nodes are defined depending on the relationship to another node which can be connected to the each of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080154961 - Local digital asset storage management technique: A technique is described for managing the local storage of digital assets, such as audio, (moving or still) pictures, text, executable code and combinations thereof, in the storage device of a user appliance, such as a personal video recorder, set top box, mobile phone or storage server. A digital asset... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20080154957 - Managing configurations of distributed devices: A method manages configurations of devices in a system that communicates information between a device type. The method includes building a defined configuration for a device type. The defined configuration includes a set of value requirements. An actual configuration having values associated with the device is compared to the defined... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080154952 - Method and device for the representation of a predeterminable region in multidimensional data sets: The invention relates to a method and to a device for the representation of a predeterminable region (3) in multidimensional data sets (2). The data sets (2) are especially made of three or four dimensional image data of an object which is to be examined. The image data is produced... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080154965 - Methods and systems for managing software development: Methods and systems to manage software development. Embodiments of the present invention allow a programmer to specify the software packages, services, and other materials used in a particular software project. As development of the software project proceeds, the materials associated with the project are reviewed to identify the materials actually... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080154956 - Physical to electronic record content management: Techniques provide a file plan including a plurality of containers, wherein each container is capable of providing management information for record information objects assigned to the container, wherein the record information objects represent documents, wherein one of the containers points to a physical record. An electronic record associated with the... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080154960 - Progress and performance management method and system: A method and system for collecting and tracking objective and subjective performance data of students by selecting data entry fields to be tracked, assigning a bar code to each data entry field, scanning the bar code of a desired data entry field, entering objective data, for example as audio, image... Agent: Klaus P. Stoffel Wolff & Samson Pc

20080154955 - Providing multiple media items to a consumer via a simplified consumer interaction: Methods and systems of providing media to a media consumer are disclosed herein. A media rating for at least one media item can be received from a consumer and stored on a consumer profile. Using a consumer interaction, the media consumer can request to import all available media having a... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080154967 - Sharing on-line media experiences: A lead user may share an on-line media content experience with one or more followers by identifying content of interest being experienced on the lead user system, identifying one or more followers with whom to share the content of interest, inviting the followers to experience the content of interest, and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080154963 - Stagnation-judgment device and computer product: In a stagnation-judgment device, a work history-acquiring unit acquires work history of actions taken by an operator to handle an enquiry. A correlation-deriving unit derives correlation between actions of the operator and stagnation based on the work history regarding past enquiries. A stagnation-judgment unit judges whether the operator is in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080154969 - Applying multiple disposition schedules to documents: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for applying multiple disposition schedules to documents. A file plan includes a plurality of containers, wherein each container is capable of providing management information for documents. A plurality of disposition schedules are defined, wherein each disposition schedule provides rules to use... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080154975 - Automated data model extension through data crawler approach: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for accessing data stored in multiple data sources. Such methods employ an automated software agent to maintain a collection of data sources available for querying. The data sources may all reside within a single local network or may be distributed throughout multiple locations. Generally,... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080154973 - Data collator for a plurality of asynchronous/synchronous data generation entities: A data collator is useful in a scenario where multiple entities/applications, which are unaware of the data processing of each other, want to collate their data before passing it to the external entity. Each entity informs the data collator about its dependency for a given common reference value on other... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080154968 - Data copy system apparatus and method: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for copying data. The present invention includes a data storage subsystem that supports fast replication and a host system that communicates a fast replication request to the data storage subsystem, estimates an expected wait time for a pending fast replication operation if the... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154971 - Detecting content in files: A method for detecting undesirable content in a computer directory having a digital file includes performing a size check on the digital file, the size check returning a first passing condition or a first failing condition, if the size check returns the first passing condition, the method further includes performing... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080154970 - File plan import and sync over multiple systems: A technique that provides a file plan including a plurality of containers, wherein each container is capable of providing management information for record information objects assigned to the container, wherein the record information objects represent documents, wherein the file plan comprises one or more segments. Each segment of the file... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080154974 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program: An information processing apparatus which may include basic-file management means for managing a file stored in a storage medium by utilizing basic-file management information stored in the same storage medium, specific-file management means for managing a specific type file in files which are adapted to share predetermined management-use information items... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080154972 - Method and apparatus for editing digital rights management contents in portable terminal: A method and an apparatus for editing Digital Rights Management (DRM) content in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes if an event for editing a DRM file occurs, allowing a user to set use purposes of the DRM content of the DRM file; and specifying the use purposes... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080154977 - Content management system with improved performance: There is provided a system and method for improving the performance of a content management system. More specifically, in one embodiment, there is provided a computer readable medium having instructions operable to receive a request to perform a record management function on a record stored on a persistent storage medium... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154976 - Policy management of local document replica leasing in a collaborative environment: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to collaborative document management and provide a method, system and computer program product for policy based management of local document replica leasing in a collaborative environment. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for policy based management... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080154978 - Systems and methods of directory entry encodings: In general, the invention relates to supporting multiple different character encodings in the same file system. In one embodiment, a method is provided for filename lookup that supports multiple character encodings. The method comprises storing filename data in a first character encoding into an indexed data structure. The method further... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080154979 - Apparatus, system, and method for creating a backup schedule in a san environment based on a recovery plan: An apparatus, system, and method for creating a database backup schedule in a SAN environment based on a recovery plan. A user provides a desired recovery point objective (RPO) from a system recovery plan and an identifier of a database for back up. The present invention determines a priority (w)... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154980 - Rollback support in distributed data management systems: A rollback support method for transactions a node among nodes in a distributed system, including modifying a disposable cache copy of data as part of transaction, propagating a version state and/or a data state of the modified cache to any of the nodes, verifying non-violation of a transaction semantic and/or... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l

20080154982 - Image pickup apparatus, control method, and storage medium: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit configured to capture an image of an object; a storing unit configured to store file path information of the image; a specifying unit configured to specify a file path for the image based on the file path information; a determination unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080154983 - Interface apparatus and method for managing file versions: A method for managing file versions of files via an interface apparatus includes: submitting a request for a file via a Web page to the interface apparatus, the request including: an uploading request, a downloading request, or a viewing request; managing the file via the interface apparatus, the managing including:... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080154981 - Sap interface definition language (sidl) serialization framework: In one aspect, there is provided a computer-implemented method. The method may include receiving a description of a web service. A serialization framework may be used to convert the received description to the object model associated with the web service by using a layering of the deserialization process (library and... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080154989 - Data backup system and method associated therewith: A data backup system may include a data backup appliance, a locator service, and a data backup client in various embodiments. A method of providing a data backup service may include a) locating a data backup device at a first device address, b) backing up one or more stored files... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080154984 - Dynamic media format conversion of physical volumes: A media server (e.g., a virtual tape server) implements a method for a dynamic media format conversion of physical volumes stored within a media library (e.g., a tape library). The method involves a recall of volume data in a media format f as stored in one or more source physical... Agent: Frank C. Nicholas Cardinal Law Group

20080154988 - Hsm control program and method: An HSM control program allows a computer to execute: a metadata management step that manages primary storage location information which is location information of file data of the file on the primary storage unit, secondary storage location information which is location information of the file data on the secondary storage... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080154987 - Managing copies of data: A method in a computer system for retrieving data from one of multiple copies of the data is provided, referred to as the data management system. The data management system receives a request identifying at least one data object to be accessed. Then, the data management system queries a metabase... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080154986 - System and method for compression of data objects in a data storage system: A system for object-based archival data storage includes an object-based storage subsystem having respective data storage devices, an administration interface and a meta data subsystem for storing meta data about files. The system includes an algorithm for analyzing and conducting a reverse differential analysis and compression of data objects for... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c. / Sun / Stk

20080154985 - System and method for hybrid virtual machine monitor file system operations: A system and method for hybrid virtual machine monitor system is provided. A first operating system uses a file system to manage data storage and retrieval within a data storage area. A second operating system, which is not compatible with the first operating system's file system, executes a management application... Agent: Lenovo - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20080154990 - Apparatus, system, and method for autonomic large file marking: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomic large file marking. A threshold module sets a file size threshold. An identification module identifies each file that exceeds the file size threshold and that is not marked with a limited backup status. A user interface module may query a user... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080154992 - Construction of a large coocurrence data file: The system constructs exhaustively from the corpus of objects a file able to contain a large volume of co-occurrence data using a storage peripheral, as the second memory of the system, to store the file and relying on a central memory of processor, as the first memory, to inventory the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080154993 - Methods of provisioning a multiple quality of service file system: The invention relates to a multiple QoS file system and methods of processing files at different QoS according to rules. The invention allocates multiple VLUNs at different qualities of service to the multiQoS file system. Using the rules, the file system chooses an initial QoS for a file when created.... Agent: Robert Moll

20080154991 - Non-volatile storage system monitoring of a file system: Embodiments and implementations of non-volatile storage system monitoring of a file system are described herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080154994 - Managing aged index data for a database: Index data is maintained in a first index of current data objects and in a second index of aged data objects. A database management system may categorize data objects as either current or aged based either on processes associated with the data objects or based upon time. The database management... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154995 - System and method to reduce the promotion rate in a generational garbage collector in a virtual machine environment: A system for generational 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 three space nursery and an old... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080147592 - System and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery: A system and method for cross-carrier mobile device capability discovery. According to an embodiment, a content delivery platform receives an identifier associated with a mobile computing device of a user, identifies a wireless carrier associated with the mobile computing device based on the received identifier, and detects one or more... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147591 - System and method for facilitating interactive selection of clusters and presentation of related datasets: A system and method to facilitate interactive selection of groupings of clusters and presentation of related datasets are described. An interactive data interface is presented to a user in a display window, the interactive data interface configured to display multiple alternate groupings of clusters associated with at least one dataset... Agent: Stattler - Suh Pc

20080147597 - Lexicon-based content correlation and navigation: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that use lexicons in content searching and browsing. Lexicons for a particular subject matter are identified. Groups of content are correlated together based upon the lexicons for the particular subject matter. Upon request, a particular portion of content, such as a web page, is... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080147599 - Load balancing for complex database query plans: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for improving performance of parallel database query plans are described. An exchange operator is positioned in a query tree. A child operator of the exchange operator is parallelized into a plurality of parallel child operators, each of the parallel child operators coupled to the exchange operator... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080147596 - Method and system for improving sql database query performance: Methods and systems for rewriting database queries, and in particular databases using Structured Query Language (SQL). The method comprises the steps of reviewing a SQL query statement having a SELECT list to determine if a view definition of the query has one or more unreferenced view columns; and removing at... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080147594 - Method and system using date/time mutation to return data to java applications: The present invention provides a method, computer program product and article for creating and reusing a value object for data that is requested a first time and again in subsequent data requests in related result sets. Mutation directives and an associated methodology are presented in one of four different levels... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080147600 - Methods for processing multi-source data: Methods for processing multi-source data. It is determined whether any data exists at a position pointed by a first pointer corresponding to a first data source in a queue. If so, an overlapped portion of data read from the first data source and the data pointed by the first pointer... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080147598 - Query optimization using materialized views in database management systems: Systems, methods and computer program products for optimization of query evaluation using materialized views in a database management system (DBMS) are described herein. During a pre-optimization phase, building blocks are generated that can be used to generate valid partial execution plans, where at least one of the building blocks can... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080147593 - Runtime resource sensitive and data driven optimization: A technique for generating two or more execution plans for an SQL query within a database system. The system has two or more resources. A first resource utilization profile is defined by associating a first set of numerical utilization values respectively with two or more of the resources. The utilization... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080147595 - Self-protecting database tables: An apparatus and method for adding a layer of security to a database table includes assigning a self-protection policy to a selected database table. One or more monitoring attributes are designated for inclusion in the self-protection policy. These monitoring attributes include one or more conditions that, if satisfied either alone,... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080147624 - Abstract classification field specification: A method, system and article of manufacture for constructing queries that are executed against a database and, more particularly, for constructing queries capable of returning classified information related to data in a database. One embodiment includes receiving user input specifying a plurality of result fields for an abstract query. Each... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147605 - Apparatus and method for creating a customized virtual data source: The invention includes a computer readable storage medium with executable instructions to translate a data source into a set of data elements, where a data element in the set of data elements includes a set of data properties. The set of data elements is displayed using a visualization. A group... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080147606 - Category-based searching: A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147603 - Converting temporal data into time series data: A method of and system for extracting time series data from temporal data in a database table is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a request for time series data, the request including information indicative of a period of time to be covered by the request, values sought by the request,... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080147622 - Data mining system, data mining method and data retrieval system: Accurate concept information and relationships between concepts are extracted from a figure even in a case where sufficient character string recognition accuracy cannot be obtained by image processing, or a case where lexical ambiguity remains because there are a plurality of meanings with the same spelling. After concepts and relationships... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080147609 - Database search enhancements: The invention provides database search enhancements, including Real-Time Search Visualization, Taxonomic Modeling of the Internet, Segment Modeling of the Internet, Lexicon Modeling of Search Terms, Dynamic Advertising Property Generator, and Quintuple-Tier Relevancy (5TR).... Agent: Steven Thrasher

20080147610 - Detection of procedural deficiency across multiple business applications: A method includes retrieving a plurality of data extractors to extract data across a plurality of business applications. The plurality data extractors are executed to generate a plurality of individual results sets. The plurality of individual results sets are combined into a combined result set. A rule is applied to... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080147616 - Dynamically constrained, forward scheduling over uncertain workloads: Scheduling searchable items such as web pages for crawling involves dynamically scheduling items for downloading based on capacity based on time. The workload is distributed over time, in advance, by anticipating and accounting for the discovery of new links on the particular host. Respective times to download items can be... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080147623 - Knowledge management tool: A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for managing data across an enterprise. A request for information is received from a user. Data relating to the user request is searched for in at least two geographically separated information repositories. The results of the search are presented to the... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080147612 - Known files database for malware elimination: A method, system, and computer program product for identifying files that are found during a malware scan, thus enabling them to be excluded from further analysis. A method for handling a potential malware file comprises the steps of scanning a plurality of files to identify at least one file as... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080147611 - Meal finder: Method and system for searching for a meal using the Internet are disclosed. The method includes receiving a user request to search a meal on the Internet, presenting one or more pictures of food dishes to the user, where each picture of a food dish is associated with metadata describing... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080147618 - Method and computer unit for determining computer service names: In order to determine a computer service name, a fictitious service name is input, a lexigraphic division of the fictitious service name into sub-strings takes place and a first determination phase is carried out, in which a first group of service names is selected as a result of a string... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080147621 - Method and system for backup and restoration of content within a blog: The method and system is used to collect a complete backup of blog entries for one or more blogs. This backup is used to ensure recoverability in the case of data loss, corruption, or accidental misuse. Because the backup method and system can be used to recover the blog entries... Agent: Peter S. Canelias Suite 2148

20080147602 - Method for providing a user interface driven by database tables: Embodiments of the invention provide a method, article of manufacture, and an apparatus used to provide an interface driven by database tables. The method includes receiving a query identifier associated with a database query. The query is executed to generate a set of query results, and a set of actions... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147601 - Method for searching data elements on the web using a conceptual metadata and contextual metadata search engine: An exemplary method for searching data includes receiving a search query comprising a conceptual metadatum parameter and contextual metadata parameters, locating a first set of instance documents containing a first contextual metadatum of the contextual metadata, filtering each instance documents in the first set to identify a data element in... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080147617 - Providing system configuration information to a search engine: Providing a search engine with system configuration information. The system configuration information pertains to a system having a web server that provides content. For example, the content may be web pages associated with a web site, and the system may include hardware and software used to provide the content of... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080147614 - Querying and fragment extraction within resources in a hierarchical repository: Techniques for efficiently processing a query are provided. A query may specify a location path and a content path. The location path identifies the hierarchical location of a set of documents within a resource repository. The content path identifies hierarchical location of one or more nodes within the content of... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080147619 - System and method for segmenting information: A system and a method of segmenting information, is provided. An at least one topic list is displayed. A user selects an at least one topic from said at least one topic list, including an at least one question indicative of said topic. The user is also provided with a... Agent: Matt O'malley

20080147620 - System and method for segmenting information: A system and a method of segmenting information, is provided. An at least one topic list is displayed. A user selects an at least one topic from said at least one topic list, including an at least one question indicative of said topic. The user is also provided with a... Agent: Matt O'malley

20080147613 - Systems and methods for identifying premium content items in a result set: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for identifying premium content items (such as video content items) that are responsive to a query. According to one embodiment, a method for identifying one or more items of video content responsive to a given query comprises receiving a query comprising... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080147607 - Variable density query engine: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to search engines and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for a variable density query engine. In an embodiment of the invention, a search engine data processing system can be provided. The system... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080147608 - Video search and indexing systems and methods: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for indexing one or more items of video content. A method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises receiving a video feed from a content provider, a given video feed comprising an item of video content and one or... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080147604 - Voice documentation and analysis linking: A method and system for analysis documentation are provided. The method includes issuing a call statement based on a manipulation of data by a user in an application. The method also includes recording a voice file, a screen capture file, and a meta-file associated with the data manipulated by the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.c. David A. Rose

20080147615 - Xpath based evaluation for content stored in a hierarchical database repository using xmlindex: A method and apparatus for efficiently processing a query that specifies a location path and a content path is provided. The location path identifies the hierarchical location of a set of documents within a resource hierarchy. The content path identifies hierarchical location of one or more nodes within the content... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080147629 - Abstract classification field specification: A method, system and article of manufacture for constructing queries that are executed against a database and, more particularly, for constructing queries capable of returning classified information related to data in a database. One embodiment includes receiving user input specifying a plurality of result fields for an abstract query. Each... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147627 - Clustered query support for a database query engine: A device, system, and method are directed towards combining a plurality of queries to a database into a combined execution plan. The plurality of queries is received. The queries may be Structured Query Language (SQL) statements. The database may be a relational database. The plurality of queries is transformed into... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20080147626 - Method, computer program product, and system for mining data: Data is mined based on empty query results. An empty query result provided in response to a query for data on a shared communications network is detected, and data associated with at least one term within the query is assembled. At least one entity associated with the assembled data is... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080147625 - Physical item data record creation via cloning a data object in an accessible collection: An item data management server having the capability to create a physical item data record for a physical item in the control of a user based upon a data object of an accessible collection. The item data management server presents a clone command query to the user terminal, and receives,... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080147628 - Transformation of a physical query into an abstract query: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for transforming a physical query (e.g., written in SQL) into an abstract query than can be run against an abstract database described by a database abstraction model. In one embodiment, the transformation occurs as a multiple step process: first,... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147633 - Bringing users specific relevance to data searches: A search engine provides search results having specific relevance to a user by identifying content that was created and/or used by individuals having a relationship with or sharing characteristics with the user requesting the search. Additionally, the search engine may identify content intended for individuals having characteristics of the user... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080147647 - Generic application interface for searching: Systems and methods for creating user interfaces for a common application such as a web browser from custom search definitions are presented. The systems and methods may enforce the security of a database. The systems and methods may provide for creating custom search definitions. The systems and methods may require... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080147644 - Information search using knowledge agents: A method for searching a corpus of documents, such as the World Wide Web, includes defining a knowledge domain and identifying a set of reference documents in the corpus pertinent to the domain. Upon inputting a query, the corpus is searched using the set of reference documents to find one... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20080147643 - Information-processing apparatus searching web server and downloading data, data searching method and data searching program executed in information-processing apparatus: In order to efficiently search web pages, an MFP has browsing processing portion to receive a web page from a Web server, an execution instruction accepting portion to accept an execution instruction specifying processing to be executed with respect to the received web page, and a user relating portion to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080147638 - Interactive web information retrieval using graphical word indicators: An apparatus and method is provided that conducts a web search or other computer readable document search and obtains search results comprising a number of meta-documents where each meta-document describes a web pages or other document located in the search. The meta-documents retrieved in the search results are then analyzed... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080147639 - Method and apparatus for organizing a contact list by weighted service type for use by a communication device: A communication device (104, 106) or communication system (100) employs a method for automatically organizing a contact list for use by the communication device (104, 106). A plurality of contact records are stored in a memory. Each contact record is associated with a corresponding contact and includes one or more... Agent: Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Etal.

20080147631 - Method and system for collecting and retrieving information from web sites: A method and system for collecting and retrieving Web pages is described. One embodiment acquires a set of Web pages; for each Web page in the set of Web pages, analyzes the Web page for data artifacts, classifies each data artifact on the Web page as one of a predetermined... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080147641 - Method for prioritizing search results retrieved in response to a computerized search query: A method for prioritizing search results retrieved in response to a computerized search query is described. One embodiment assigns a local ranking to each occurrence of each data artifact in a collection of data artifacts obtained from on-line data objects, the local ranking assigned to each occurrence of each data... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080147646 - Method for real time relevancy determination of terms: A method for determining relevancy of real time received terms, the method includes the steps of: determining relevancy keywords; extracting real time terms from currently received information streams; updating current reception patterns of relevancy keywords in response to a comparison between the extracted real time terms and the relevancy keywords;... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP/los Angeles

20080147650 - Methods and systems for generating electronic program guides: Various embodiments provide ways to collect, organize, and process metadata associated with particular instances of media content. Metadata can be collected from a variety of metadata providers and organized in individual content folders that can be provided to various client devices. The client devices can process the content folders to... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080147648 - Modeling and implementing complex data access operations based on lower level traditional operations: A system, method and article of manufacture for data processing and, more particularly, for managing execution of complex data access operations in a data processing system. One embodiment provides a method of managing execution of query operations in a data processing system. The method comprises issuing, by a requesting entity,... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147637 - Query rewriting with spell correction suggestions: Techniques for rewriting queries submitted to a query engine are provided. A query is submitted by a user and sent to a search mechanism. Based on the query, one or more query suggestions are generated. Features are generated based on the query and the query suggestions. Those features are input... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080147630 - Recommender and payment methods for recruitment: A job recommender method and a candidate recommender method apply two common classification techniques (K-nearest Neighbors and Classification Tree) to generate job recommendations for job seekers and candidate recommendations for employers. The invention further utilizes a matching algorithm to calculate the match degree between a particular job and a particular... Agent: J.c. Patents

20080147632 - System and method for providing persistent refined intermediate results selected from dynamic iterative filtering: A persistent filter refining system places a search result comprising objects in a dynamic non-persistent bucket and displays the search result in a dynamic non-persistent bucket display for selection of the objects by a user. The system transfers a selected object from the dynamic non-persistent bucket to a persistent bucket... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080147645 - System and method for segmenting information: A system and a method of segmenting information, is provided. An at least one topic list is displayed. A user selects an at least one topic from said at least one topic list, including an at least one question indicative of said topic. The user is also provided with a... Agent: Matt O'malley

20080147642 - System for discovering data artifacts in an on-line data object: A system for discovering data artifacts in an on-line data object is described. One embodiment includes a data acquisition subsystem configured to parse the on-line data object into at least one string; a string pre-parser configured to divide each string into a set of separate characters; a lexical analyzer configured,... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080147635 - System, apparatus and method for providing weight to information gathering engine according to situation of user and computer readable medium processing the method: This invention relates to a new system that integrates information from multiple information gathering engines (e.g. search engines or recommendation engines). The system calculates weights for the multiple information gathering engines based on user's given state or situation, updates the weights based on users' feedback, and applies them later when... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080147649 - Systems and methods of retrieving relevant information: The present invention provides systems and methods of retrieving the pages according to the quality of the individual pages. The rank of a page for a keyword is a combination of intrinsic and extrinsic ranks. Intrinsic rank is the measure of the relevancy of a page to a given keyword... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080147640 - Techniques for including collection items in search results: Techniques are provided for including collection items in the ranked set of search results that are returned to a user in response to a search query. Collection scoring techniques are also provided for generating relevance scores for collection items in a different manner than relevance scores are generated for base... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080147634 - Toolbox order editing: A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147636 - Video distribution systems and methods: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for distributing one or more items of video content. A method for distributing one or more items of video content responsive to a given query according to one embodiment comprises receiving a query comprising one or more terms for one or... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080147656 - Computer aided validation of patent disclosures: A method and system for analyzing a patent disclosure is disclosed. The method and system comprise a disclosure analysis and a separate claims analysis, such that each analysis may be performed independently. Missing and incorrect reference labels are identified within the disclosure. Antecedent basis and specification support are checked for... Agent: Michael R. Kahn

20080147657 - Method and apparatus for implementing a corporate directory and service center: A method and apparatus for implementing a corporate directory and service center is described. The method includes and the apparatus performs querying for common characteristics, displaying information in a varied manner of displays and switching between the manners of displaying, maintaining data integrity and changing data, and defining types of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20080147654 - Mining latent associations of objects using a typed mixture model: A typed separable mixture model is used to mine associative relationships between sets of objects. Instead of modeling only one type of co-occurrence among the sets of objects, the typed separable mixture model can model multiple different types of co-occurrences among more than two sets of objects, and co-occurrences that... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080147652 - Physical address verification within electronic documents: Physical addresses entered into electronic documents such as letters, electronic mail messages, web pages, and the like are verified as the correct address. The physical address is identified as such, by manual selection or pattern matching to expected address formats. The identified address is then compared to a library of... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080147651 - Pre-entry text enhancement for text environments: A method for providing text in text environments includes capturing text entered by a user of a text environment; matching the entered text to text in a database; creating an entry in the database when no match occurs; counting the number of times the text is used; and displaying at... Agent: Cahn & Samuels, LLP

20080147653 - Search suggestions: A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147655 - Virtual network of real-world entities: Methods and systems for providing a virtual network of real-world entities are provided. In various embodiments, the methods and systems receive a database identifying real-world entities wherein the database can include relationships between entities and attributes. Some attributes can be associated with strengths. Upon receiving a search query from a... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080147663 - Apparatus for classifying or disambiguating data: A computing system has a data storage device (4, 5, 6) for storing a database consisting of a classified vocabulary of terms. A processor (1) of the apparatus is arranged to associate each term with one of a number of different categories of data and to associate all terms falling... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080147664 - Display image control apparatus: A plurality of object arrays in which a plurality of objects are sorted under a plurality of order conditions are generated. A display image is generated by sorting the objects in an order for each object array to line up in the first direction for each of the plurality of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080147662 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: This invention has as its object to easily verify alterations etc. of files stored in a folder. To achieve this object, an information processing method of this invention is a method of applying hash processing to files stored in a folder, which includes a designation step of designating a folder;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080147658 - Method and apparatus for managing session data across multiple applications: An approach is provided for managing session information across application boundaries. Session information is obtained of a first application. The session information is stored. The session information is provided to a second application, wherein the session information is particular to a user session and includes data to be persisted across... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080147660 - Method for arranging object data in electronic maps: The invention relates to a method for arranging object data in electronic maps. The inventive method is characterized in that a data area (D) having the coordinate data of a spatial area is provided, object data regarding objects (Pi) are associated with the coordinate data, and clustering is carried out... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080147659 - System and method for determining behavioral similarity between users and user data to identify groups to share user impressions of ratable objects: A system and method for determining behavioral similarity between users and user data to identify groups to share user impressions of ratable objects. A computerized rating system identifies a plurality of users of the network. The usage activities of users within the network is automatically monitored and compiled. By analyzing... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080147661 - System and method for publishing manuscripts: A publishing system includes a database that is adapted to store a plurality of documents, a plurality of computers, each of which is adapted to be coupled to the database; a network connecting the plurality of computers together for communication of data relating to the plurality of documents among the... Agent: Venable LLP

20080147666 - Administration of planning file entries in planning systems with concurrent transactions: After a transaction modifying a planning area in a planning system is initiated, it is determined whether there are any change objects in a consistent view of the transaction that are associated with the planning area. If there is a single change object associated with the planning area, then, the... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080147665 - Multi-protocol access to files and directories: An operating system is provided. The system includes an agent component to monitor computer activities between one or more single-item access components and one or more set-based access components. A protocol component is employed by the agent component to mitigate data access conflicts between the single-item access components and the... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080147667 - Data management apparatus and data management method thereof: A data management apparatus and a data management method thereof, the data management method includes: storing data in a first storage space of a storage unit, the first storage space corresponding to a first file system and a second storage space corresponding to a second file system different from the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080147677 - Annotation management program, device, method, and annotation editing program, device, method: A management module of an annotation server receives annotation data, which contains location information of web page data, content information of an annotation, and position information of an object to which the annotation is linked, from a web client machine together with a registration request. Then, the management module issues... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080147679 - Apparatus and method for autonomic email access control: A software application and corresponding architecture to implement the application that dynamically updates the access control list and keeps track of the distribution routes of a document in a repository where the document is built and accessed through usage of a common email system. The access control list and distribution... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, Llc.

20080147675 - Application server with automatic and autonomic application configuration validation: The present invention relates to a method performed by an application server for configuring an application element during deployment in a network ready to be accessed by a remote client application via a network protocol, wherein an application server processes a plurality of application components. In order to make the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080147678 - Computer system and process for transferring multiple high bandwidth streams of data between multiple storage units and multiple applications in a scalable and reliable manner: Multiple applications request data from multiple storage units over a computer network. The data is divided into segments and each segment is distributed randomly on one of several storage units, independent of the storage units on which other segments of the media data are stored. At least one additional copy... Agent: Peter J. Gordon, Patent Counsel Avid Technology, Inc.

20080147676 - Content file search method and apparatus for mobile terminal: A content file search method and apparatus for a mobile terminal, in which the mobile terminal stores content files and at least one image file associated in part or whole with each content file. The method includes: displaying, in response to a content file search mode command, an image corresponding... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080147669 - Detecting web spam from changes to links of web sites: A method and system for determining whether a web site is a spam web site based on analysis of changes in link information over time is provided. A spam detection system collects link information for a web site at various times. The spam detection system extracts one or more features... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/msft

20080147680 - Electronic shop providing method, site search method, and bulletin board providing method: A method searches a plurality of content registered onto a website. The method includes searching for a search text or a search character string sent from a client on the plurality of content, classifying information indicative of a location where a retrieved text or character string is registered per each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080147673 - High-throughput extract-transform-load (etl) of program events for subsequent analysis: An event tap associated with a server, such as a Web server, at a machine can transform a server event into a tuple, select a database node for the tuple, and place the tuple in a queue for that database node, and then flush the queue periodically directly into database... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080147670 - Persistent interface: A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147668 - Primary server architectural networking arrangement and methods therefor: An arrangement for performing at least one of collecting and analyzing data from a tool cluster configured to process a set of substrates is provided. The arrangement includes a plurality of tools from which at least one tool of the plurality of tools has a chamber for processing at least... Agent: Ipsg, P.c.

20080147674 - System and method for managing distribution of multi-formatted content: A system and method for managing distribution of multi-formatted content. According to an embodiment, a content aggregation platform provides a user interface to receive a location of content to be provided to the content aggregation platform by a content provider in a source format native to the content provider, and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147672 - System and method for providing platform-independent content services for users for content from content applications leveraging atom, xlink, xml query content management systems: The system and method of the present invention provides a solution to allow users to receive platform-independent content services on content from content applications, such as blogs, wikis and eForms. It utilizes the Atom, XLink and XML Query (XQuery) formats and protocols with a content management system (CMS) which supports... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080147671 - System for running web applications offline and providing access to native services: Web applications such as email, photo-sharing website, or web widgets work only when the offsite server is available to provide content in real-time. The present invention provides a generic web standards based method of encapsulating the offline web application along with its runtime environment so that web applications can run... Agent: Kacvinsky Llc C/o Intellevate

20080147691 - Architecture for robot intelligence: An architecture for robot intelligence enables a robot to learn new behaviors and create new behavior sequences autonomously and interact with a dynamically changing environment. Sensory information is mapped onto a Sensory Ego-Sphere (SES) that rapidly identifies important changes in the environment and functions much like short term memory. Behaviors... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080147682 - Creative audit system: A method for testing a candidate creative by inspecting a technical attribute of the candidate creative; determining that the candidate creative is a fixed creative; classifying the candidate creative according to a content attribute thereof; and queuing the candidate creative for re-inspection of the technical attribute.... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20080147684 - Enhancing user experiences using aggregated device usage data: Enhancing user experiences using aggregated device usage data includes receiving aggregated usage data for a device, such as a computing device and/or a peripheral device. A current user context for the device is identified, and based on the aggregated usage data and the current user context an enhanced user interface... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080147683 - File download: A method comprises a second electrical device receiving a request via a network from a first electrical device to cause a file to be downloaded. The method further comprise the second electrical device causing the file to be downloaded from a server via the network to the second electrical device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080147687 - Information management system and document information management method: Provided in this invention is an information management system including a coordinate acquisition device for identifying a position on paper and a contents server for storing document data, characterized in that: the document data includes original document data and summary document data including the original document data; the original document... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080147690 - Method and apparatuses for selectively accessing data elements in a data library: For selectively accessing data elements in a data library, an image data object which can be shown on a display is provided. A plurality of image subobjects are defined which respectively correspond to a portion of a representation of the image data object. The data elements are associated with at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080147686 - Method and system for a data interface for aiding a satellite positioning system reciever: The invention described herein relates to aiding a Satellite Positioning System (SPS) receiver of a platform with a data interface to the platform data. The platform, for example, could be a vehicle, ship, aircraft, or a pedestrian. The SPS receiver would be used to track the location of the platform.... Agent: Macpherson Kwok Chen & Heid LLP

20080147685 - Method for coordinating the sharing of contact information between a directory terminal and a portable communication device, as well as providing enhanced user interface context features: A method for coordinating the sharing of contacts between a directory terminal (104) and a portable communication device (102) is implemented in one embodiment when the directory terminal receives from the portable device a request to conduct a directory sharing session and a communication device identifier. The directory terminal retrieves... Agent: Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Etal.

20080147688 - Sampling approach for data mining of association rules: A data mining method for determining association rules within a multitude of N transactions. Each transaction includes up to p different items. A sample size n of the multitude of N transactions is computed based on precision requirements such that n is at least an estimated sample size n*. Association... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080147689 - Test data registration method, program and apparatus: A test data registration method is to register data used for a test of an application using a database into said database by using a data registration application. This method include: obtaining data concerning a test condition; generating an input candidate value for the data registration application based on the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080147681 - Virtual community system: A virtual community system relating to the embodiment comprises a community providing server 10, a user terminal 20, and a user website server 30 which are connected to each other via a network 40. The community providing server 10 issues a community tag in order to mount a tag community... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, Pc

20080147695 - A scalable method and system for providing real time indications of currently open documents: A system for providing indications of documents currently opened by members of a group, in which document open and close operations are detected, and conveyed to a server system. The server system receives the document operation messages, and uses them to maintain lists of open documents associated with individual users... Agent: Lotus And Rational Software David A. Dagg, Esq.

20080147693 - Computer method and apparatus for software configuration management repository interoperation: A computer method and apparatus for software configuration management is disclosed. Given a subject software system under development, the subject software system including one or more components and being represented by one or more configurations in a first stream, the invention method and apparatus stores the first stream on a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds

20080147698 - Data schemata in programming language contracts: Systems and methods that integrate data type conversion(s) into a programming language, and describe external formats within a syntax thereof. A mapping component defines a declarative mapping from an external data format to one or more of its internal data types (e.g., expressing external data types in terms of source... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080147694 - Method and apparatus for strategic planning: A structure (and method) for a computerized organization optimization tool includes an input port to receive one or more of: characteristics of at least one offering of the organization; characteristics of resources of the organization; and characteristics of constraints of at least one of the resources and the at least... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080147700 - Method and device for editing composite content file and reproduction apparatus: A composite content file editing method includes the steps of dividing each media data included in the composite content file on the time base so as to generate a first composite content file to be reproduced first on the time base and a second composite content file to be reproduced... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080147701 - Method and structure for producing high performance linear algebra routines using a hybrid full-packed storage format: A signal-bearing medium tangibly embodying a program of machine-readable instructions executable by a digital processing apparatus to perform a method to at least one of reduce a memory space requirement and to increase a processing efficiency in a computerized method of linear algebra processing. A hybrid full-packed data structure is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080147697 - Method for creating and providing layered syndicated data for multimedia content to users: A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080147692 - Method for manipulating the contents of an xml-based message: A method for manipulating some of the contents of an XML file in order to standardize and optimize its user-defined portions without breaking the XML syntax. More specifically, the manipulation method can standardize various user-defined terms developed by different authors, thus producing XML-based messages utilizing a more consistent and familiar... Agent: General Motors Corporation C/o Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.c.

20080147696 - Method for reducing memory size allocated by a string class using unicode: A method for reducing memory size allocated by a string using Unicode, including converting a plurality of Unicode strings into a string class, and storing the string class representing the converted plurality of Unicode strings into memory. The Unicode strings are storable in a compressed format.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080147699 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080147714 - Efficient bloom filter: Implementation of a Bloom filter using multiple single-ported memory slices. A control value is combined with a hashed address value such that the resultant address value has the property that one, and only one, of the k memories or slices is selected for a given input value, a, for each... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080147718 - Expanding the scope of an annotation to an entity level: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for creating and sharing an annotation associated with a data object other than the particular data object described by the annotation are provided. The annotation may be associated with an entity, even though the annotation may describe only a particular data object encompassed by... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080147710 - Generating web pages utilizing user-defined search parameters: Computerized methods and systems for generating a URL-addressable Web page utilizing user-defined search parameters are provided. User-defined search parameters are packaged together as a search macro and assigned a URL. When a user accesses the Web page associated with the assigned URL, s/he is permitted to specify a search query... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.l.p. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20080147717 - Image forming method and apparatus: A method includes connecting an external storage medium to an image forming apparatus, generating a file directory structure of files stored in the external storage medium and identification signals respectively corresponding to the files, printing the generated file directory structure and the identification signals, and printing files corresponding to the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080147716 - Information nervous system: The present invention is directed to a framework or medium for knowledge retrieval, management, delivery and/or presentation. The system maintains semantic information and other knowledge to provide retrieval services to clients via a communication medium. Within the system, objects or events in a hierarchy are semantically related to each other,... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, Pllc

20080147703 - Method and apparatus for managing application parameters: Methods, computer program products, and system for managing a parameter of an application are provided. In one implementation, the method includes identifying a plurality of phases associated with the application, in which each phase corresponds to a time period during a lifecycle of the application. The method further includes defining... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080147707 - Method and apparatus for using set based structured query language (sql) to implement extract, transform, and load (etl) splitter operation: Methods and systems for implementing a splitter operation in an extract, transform, and load (ETL) process are provided. In one implementation, the method includes receiving a data flow including a splitter operation, and generating an execution plan graph based on the data flow. The execution plan graph includes structured query... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080147713 - Method and system for consolidating data type repositories: A method and system are described for generating consolidation groups. An example method includes obtaining a plurality of data type indicators of data types, wherein each data type indicator is associated with a hierarchical subtype of the data type; generating a first subtype indicator of a first hierarchical subtype associated... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080147711 - Method and system for providing playlist recommendations: Methods and systems for recommending playlists to a user are disclosed herein. A set of artist names corresponding to artists that the user has indicated a preference for is identified. A playlist repository that stores media playlists is accessed. The media playlists can include artist information. The playlist repository is... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080147715 - Method, apparatus and program product for media identification and tracking associated user preferences: Collecting user preference information related to a playing media recording is accomplished by gathering descriptive information related to the playing media recording from a media player program presenting the playing media recording and determining if tags are embedded in the media recording and gathering descriptive information related to the playing... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080147705 - Predicting out of memory conditions using soft references: A near out-of-memory condition in a memory space is detected by creating softly reachable objects which are garbage collected when the memory space is becoming full. The softly reachable objects are objects that can be cleared at the discretion of the garbage collector when heap memory is running low. An... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080147702 - Prediction method and device for evaluating and forecasting stochastic events: The invention relates to a prediction method and device for evaluating and forecasting stochastic events. The problem with prediction methods and devices of this type is that they have a potentially static structure and cannot be adapted to modified data records or modified marginal conditions of the stochastic events. As... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080147708 - Preview window with rss feed: A user interface is described, having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147709 - Search results from selected sources: A user interface is described; having a search box for entering a search query. The search box and other components remain stationary when conducting a search. A toolbox is provided with links to different views for conducting category-specific searches, and the links are editable.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080147706 - Subscribing to items in an agenda: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product subscribing to a set of items in an agenda. An agenda is created. The agenda comprises the set of items. A tag is associated with each item in the set of items to form a set of associated tags. A first... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080147719 - Systems and methods for generating and managing filter strings in a filter graph utilizing a matrix switch: Systems and methods load one or more source processing chains to support execution of a development project and determine whether each of the one or more processing chains will be subsequently required during execution of this or another development project. If one or more processing chains are needed, each is... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080147704 - Systems and methods for propagation of database schema changes: Systems, methods and media for propagation of database schema changes are provided. In one embodiment, a usability tool identifies changes in the schema of a database. The usability tool identifies source code dependencies that are affected by the changes in database schema. A tool informs a user of the affected... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson Pllc

20080147712 - Table synthesis from raw data: A system, method, and computer program product for organizing a visual representation of data into a structured data format are presented. Steps for identifying cell data structures from raw data and creating a structured data format are disclosed.... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080147720 - Apparatus and method for distributing information between business intelligence systems: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to define a first information object, where the first information object is operative to perform a first function when associated with a first system, and a second function when associated with a second system. A set of properties for the first information... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080147723 - Memory efficient xml shredded with partial commit: A method and system that allows efficient shredding of large instances of hierarchical data structures into relational data structures. Large instances of hierarchical data structures, which are able to be larger than the random access storage of a computer used to shred them into relational data structures, are incrementally shredded... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080147722 - Metadata for searching within first degree contacts: Searches can be performed within a social network by attaching social contact metadata to data. A webpage or other data that is indexed may have metadata that includes an owner's first degree contacts. Searches can then be executed within the first degree contacts to return data within a social network,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080147721 - Object model-based object hierarchy discovery and navigation: Discoverability and/or navigation of database object hierarchies are provided utilizing database object models based on a common framework. Typical instances also incorporate a standardized interface for interaction with a navigation component (e.g., command line environment), allowing a single navigation component to interface with diverse database object models. Database object hierarchies... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080147725 - Object verification enabled network (oven): The present invention is a method and system for handling a plurality of information units in an information processing system, such as a multimodal human computer interaction (HCI) system, through verification process for the plurality of information units. The present invention converts each information unit in the plurality of information... Agent: Rajeev Sharma Videomining Corporation

20080147724 - Persistent object references to parallel database containers: A system to create a first database object in the object-oriented database, the first database object associated with a primary key, a first group ID m, and a first delta ID m, associate a first pointer with the first database object, create a second database object in the object-oriented database,... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar Llc

20080147733 - Agenda awareness in a communication client: A method is provided for promoting agenda awareness in a communication client. A system user's agenda of tasks with associated contact information is provided to the communication client. Matches are sought between the associated contact information from the agenda and a contact in a contact list in the communication client.... Agent: Steven E. Bach, Attorney At Law

20080147738 - Campaign awareness management systems and methods: A campaign management system manages campaign data for one or more campaigns and geospatial data for areas in which the campaigns are directed. The system performs spatial queries, data queries, and/or geocode-based queries, generates maps geographically identifying where campaign events are occurring in the geographic area, and generates feature data... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus Pc

20080147728 - Exposure-based scheduling: A method for determining a schedule for presenting audiovisual items is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of audiovisual items, each of the plurality of audiovisual items associated with a corresponding priority data, assigning to each of the plurality of audiovisual items a corresponding exposure level data representative of... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080147735 - Media content catalogs: In a method in a computer system for displaying on a display device a personal catalog of media content, a plurality of media content listings is received from a plurality of network enabled media devices. The plurality of network enabled media devices has common ownership with the computer system, which... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080147727 - Media context information: The present invention enables one entity to take actions that relate to or loosely parallel another entity with regard to media content. In particular, a presence system is configured to receive state information and media state information indicative of a user accessing media content and various media related information. The... Agent: Withrow & Terranova, P.l.l.c.

20080147736 - Method and apparatus for sending and tracking resume data sent via url: A resume database system allows for resume records on the resume database system to be viewed by others via a Uniform Resource Locator, URL. In addition, in response to instructions from an authorized user of the resume database system, input from an unauthorized, but otherwise verified, source can be added... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080147742 - Method and system for evaluating evaluators: A system or method presents a plurality of content items to each of a plurality of users and receives an evaluation score for each item from each user. An average score for each item is calculated and then, for each user, a composite variance score is calculated. The composite variance... Agent: Stockwell & Smedley, Psc

20080147730 - Method and system for providing location-specific image information: A system (100) and method (200) for providing location-specific image information is provided. The method can include capturing (202) an image of an object from a mobile device (110), determining (204) a location of the mobile device, recognizing (206) the object from a database of images from the location, and... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080147743 - Method of facilitating contact between mutually interested people: An improved method of facilitating contact between mutually interested people takes advantage of existing contact lists such as those on social networking sites, instant messaging programs, or cell phones. A program is integrated into one or more of those technologies, allowing the user to characterize each contact on the basis... Agent: Clifford D. Hyra

20080147734 - Method of topical steroidal organization: A method of organizing and prescribing topical corticosteroids for the treatment of inflammatory skin conditions that creates a nomenclature enabling physicians to readily select appropriate treatment for patients using the name of the topical corticosteroid composition. The invention provides a method for identifying prescription topical corticosteroids using a combination of... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.a.

20080147729 - Moderated syndication data feed: One or more input syndication data feeds are processed to generate an adjusted syndication data feed. The input syndication data feeds are received, and include a plurality of syndication data items. Based on a configuration of a syndication feed adjuster, particular ones of the syndication data items in the received... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080147741 - Process for obtaining expert advice on-demand: Obtaining expert advice on-demand includes maintaining a substantially real-time list of available experts in selected fields, in an electronic database. The system receives a request from a customer for expert advice in one or more of the selected fields maintained in the electronic database. The system then electronically identifies one... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20080147737 - Publish-subscription platforms for alert messages and related methods and computer program products: An alert delivery system includes a publish-subscription platform that is configured to receive alert messages from one or more sources. The publish-subscription platform is further configured to publish the alert messages to client devices based on matches between geographic locations respectively associated with ones of the alert messages and geographic... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.a.

20080147726 - System and method for automatic selection of digital photo album cover: A photograph in an album of photographs is selected as the cover for the album based on metadata, e.g., most frequently viewed, last viewed, EXIF data, etc.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080147740 - System for centralized maintenance of onboard electronic equipment: A centralized maintenance system is disclosed for aircraft. The aircraft includes line replacement units having components termed LRUs. The LRUs comprise items of equipment and/or electronic modules of the aircraft and/or physical links. The system comprises at least one first digital database whose data are information relating to the LRUs.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080147739 - System for selecting a media file for playback from multiple files having substantially similar media content: A media system has media file storage that includes two or more media files having substantially the same media content. The two or more media files have different playback characteristics. The media system uses the playback characteristics to select one of the two or more media files for playback.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080147731 - User behavior reporting based on pre-aggregated activity data: User behavior relative to particular web pages is reported on. The user behavior is represented by historical raw transaction data for the users with respect to the web pages. A collection of the historical raw transaction data is processed, including aggregating the historical raw transaction data and storing the aggregated... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080147732 - Vital hierarchy of data on diseases: A system for generating extensive data on diseases which is organized into a hierarchy or hierarchies of categories based on diseased organ systems, diseases or illnesses affecting or relating to the diseased organ systems and attributes of each disease or illness affecting or relating to the diseased organ systems. Key... Agent: Anuthep Benja-athon, M.d. Pain Management

20080147747 - Media system having synchronization with preemptive prioritization of synchronization order: A media system includes media devices having media files arranged in folders and a database adapted to store information about the media files and/or folders. A synchronizer is used to synchronize information about the media files and/or folders with the database. The synchronizer synchronizes the information to a folder synchronization... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080147745 - Method and system for providing synchronization of directory data: Methods and systems for providing synchronization of directory data between directory servers are provided. Example embodiments provide a Application Workspace System “AWS,” which enables users to access remote server-based applications using the same interface that they use to access local applications, without needing to know where the application is being... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080147744 - System and method for automatically identifying a unit of change requiring upgrade in a database management system: A system and method to automatically identify resources requiring upgrade in a hierarchical database management system. The system may include an input module to receive input identifying a single resource for upgrade. A comparator module may compare an active resource library to a staging library to identify additional resources for... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080147746 - System and method for managing files to be attached to or detached from an electronic mail: A system and method for identifying specific locations where to attach or detach e-mail attachments based on e-mail storage locations is disclosed. The method allows to search in a mail-attachment connection table all the attachment locations that are in relation to the e-mail where the attachment is to be attached... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.c.

20080147748 - User interface for phased data entry: A wizard user interface capable of being cancelled and later resumed without loss of data is disclosed. Canceling from the wizard prior to its completion will optionally cause data entered on any of the wizard's pages to be saved to a file and stored in non-volatile memory. Subsequent invocation of... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wsm) C/o Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.c.

20080147749 - Centralized terminology and glossary management: Managing terminology among multiple users. Terminology data relating to one or more projects in an organization is received from one or more users. The received terminology data is stored in a central memory area associated with the one or more users. The central memory area is accessible by one or... Agent: Senniger Powers LLP (msft)

20080147750 - Data store synchronization utilizing synchronization logs: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to data synchronization and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for synchronization log driven data synchronization. In one embodiment of the invention, a data synchronization method can be provided to include assembling a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080147751 - Extensible markup language document management method and system: An extensible markup language document management method includes: receiving a document recovery request from a user; and recovering a version of the document as required by a user from the current version of the document, in accordance with the change records for the document. An extensible markup language document management... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080147752 - External storage and data recovery method for external storage as well as program: The data is automatically recovered to a desired arbitrary point in an external storage without imposing a burden on the host computer. An application on a host computer instructs data recovery control processing of a disk control apparatus to set a recovery opportunity. It is possible to register arbitrary plural... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080147753 - Methods and procedures to provide complete test copy environment of hosted applications: Systems and methods that create a duplicate database instance on which database testing may be performed. The techniques for creating a test database instance enable database testing to proceed without impacting other organization's access to their data in the database or corrupting an organization's data. The ability to allow one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080147756 - Method and system for restoring a volume in a continuous data protection system: A system for synchronizing a secondary volume with a primary volume in a continuous data protection system includes scanning means for scanning a region of the primary volume; comparing means for comparing the scanned region with a corresponding region of the secondary volume; storing means for storing an identification of... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c. Net App

20080147755 - System and method for file system snapshot of a virtual logical disk: A computer database system has one or more application buffers to use in performing input/output (I/O) operations. A file system receives contents of the application buffers. Contents of the file system are written into a nonvolatile memory. A backup command directed at the file system is received. A data contents... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080147754 - Systems and methods for facilitating storage operations using network attached storage devices: A system and method for communicating, browsing, verifying and routing data in storage operation systems using network attached storage devices is provided. In some embodiments, the system may include a management module and a media management component connected to the management server, which interoperate with network attached storage devices to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080147757 - Finalizable object usage in software transactions: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a software transactional memory system that supports allocation and use of finalizable objects inside transactions. By supporting such finalizable object usage inside a software transactional memory system, correct behavior is maintained when a garbage collector must determine when a particular one or... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080140604 - Converting arbitrary strings into numeric representations to facilitate complex comparisons: The present invention provides a method for converting arbitrary strings consisting of any combination of numbers, digits, or punctuation into numerical representations for comparisons at run time or any other time using a data store such as a relational database or full text search engine. The method is designed to... Agent: Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP

20080140605 - Database management using format description: A system manages a database through a format description table. The format description table provides instructions for operating an abstract machine. Based on the instructions, the abstract machine reads application data and parses the application data to an application software. The abstract machine may provide the application software with semantic... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080140615 - Data query cost estimation: A method for estimating a runtime of a query of a data repository may abstract, extract, or otherwise generate one or more parameters of the query. Thereafter, the abstracted parameters may be associated with one or more statistical query records. From these statistical query records, a query runtime may be... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080140613 - Direct navigation for information retrieval: A method of document retrieval is provided. The method includes assigning concept labels to documents contained in a collection according to grammar rules, receiving a query, converting the query to a query concept using the grammar rules, and mapping the query concept to a concept label.... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080140609 - Generating a unique representation of physical assets: The present disclosure is concerned with generating a unique representation of a physical asset from a plurality of datasets representing information relating to the physical asset. Each dataset is generated by a system that acquires the dataset in a system-specific format. Each dataset that includes information about the attributes of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080140608 - Information managing apparatus, method, and program: An information management apparatus of the present invention including a database DB1, in which document information and keywords which have been correlated to the document information in order to search for the document information are electronically saved, a copy unit that copies the document information and the keywords from the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080140611 - Information processing method, information processing device and program: An information processing method comprises a storage step in which attribute information indicating an attribute of specific contents carried in content information is stored in correlation to the content information, a generation step in which an attribute information aggregation is generated by extracting at least part of attribute information stored... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080140612 - Method to provide management of query output: System and article of manufacture for processing queries that are executed against a database. In one embodiment, the database environment imposes a limit on the number of columns capable of being returned for a single query. Accordingly, a single query is replicated to produce N sub-queries, each selecting a portion... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080140614 - Object oriented query path expression to relational outer join translator method, system, and article of manufacture, and computer program product: A path expression, comprising a navigation path through a relationship in a schema, in an object oriented query is translated to a relational database outer join by analyzing each path expression defined in each level of the object oriented query, and by identifying each path expression which can be a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080140607 - Pre-cognitive delivery of in-context related information: An apparatus and method for providing pre-cognitive delivery of in-context related information is disclosed herein. A user's expressed interest in a particular portion of a requested page and his/her requests for additional information relating to the particular portion are tracked. The tracked data permits determination of the content of in-context... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080140606 - Searching descendant pages for persistent keywords: A request is received that includes a primary keyword and a persistent keyword. In response to the request, a root page is found that includes a first term that matches the primary keyword. Descendant pages of the root page are searched for a second term that matches the persistent keyword.... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080140610 - System and method for repurposing printed content to interact with digital content: It is a first aspect of the present invention to provide a method of repurposing printed content to interact with digital content including the steps of: providing printed content items and digital content items associated with the printed content items, providing an interactive user device capable of associating printed content... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080140631 - 100gbps security and search architecture using programmable intelligent search memory: Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080140624 - Business object summary page: A method for displaying a summary page for a business object to a user includes storing a plurality of business objects within a business object database. A plurality of predefined summary page definition files are stored within a definition file database. Each of the summary page definition files provide information... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.c. Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64280

20080140632 - Complex symbol evaluation for programmable intelligent search memory: Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080140622 - Displaying explain data for a sql query of a database: Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for displaying explain data for a SQL query of a database that include: executing, by a SQL execution module, a SQL query in a database management system; accumulating, by the SQL execution module, actual run time data for the SQL query while executing the... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20080140618 - Distributed directory with proxy: A proxy directory server discovers the topology of distributed directory server immediately after starting up and before accepting client requests. Immediately after starting up, the proxy server executes queries to extract the structured data corresponding to directory distribution information from the distributed directory servers. Dynamic topology reconfiguration of the distributed... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080140616 - Document processing: A search system and method are disclosed. In one general aspect the method features fingerprinting digitally stored documents and queries based on one or more topic models. Similarities between document and query fingerprints can be detected to search for documents. Topic summaries can also be derived from the documents and... Agent: Kristofer E. Elbing

20080140627 - Method and apparatus for aggregating database runtime information and analyzing application performance: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for aggregating database runtime information and analyzing application performance. According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for aggregating database runtime information, comprising: aggregating said database runtime information based on queries; and aggregating, based on objects,... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080140619 - Method and apparatus for using tag topology: A method and apparatus for using tag topology for enhancing search capabilities, e.g., searching over the web, are disclosed. For example, the present method receives a user query contain a search term from a user. The method then generates a search result containing at least one entity, wherein the at... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080140620 - Method for altering database views dependent on rules: A computer implemented method, computer program product, and data processing system for dynamically altering database views, based on a set of administrator-defined rules. The dynamic view system determines whether the query, requested by a user, has an associated view rule. The system determines if the view rule is satisfied. In... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080140626 - Method for enabling dynamic websites to be indexed within search engines: A method for improving a search engine index of a web page hosted on a web server by determining a search engine index constraint in the initial web page, then creating a second web page based upon the search engine index constraint determined on the initial web page. The second... Agent: K.p. Correll And Associates, L.l.p.

20080140635 - Methods for providing categorical and/or subcategorical information from a query: A series of methods and systems for searching, providing, displaying and suggesting information identifying at least one category and/or subcategory relevant to the information in a query are described. In one embodiment, results comprise links providing further and/or relevant information.... Agent: Frank John Williams

20080140634 - Methods for relational searching, discovering relational information, and responding to interrogations: A series of methods and systems for searching, providing, discovering, and responding to interrogation are described. In a preferred method, the querying words are replaced with identifiers, such as eeggis capable of identifying at least one of a: category information, relational information, and respective information, thus allowing the search engine... Agent: Frank John Williams

20080140630 - Network control system, network control method, and computer product: A shared storage device stores therein a correspondence between data retrieved by data collectors bys previously searching a data controller and a search target data identification (ID) for searching the data controller. The data collector first accesses the shared storage device and uses the search target data ID to search... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080140623 - Recursive reporting via a spreadsheet: Architecture for accessing a repository of information and recursively processing the repository information for relevant information for output as a spreadsheet. Once the relevant information is returned, portions of the relevant information are used to develop and execute one or more queries against data sources for information related to the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080140633 - Synchronization with partial memory replication: A multiple computer system is disclosed in which the local memory of each computer (M1, M2, . . . Mn) can be different having some memory locations (A, B) which are replicated in other computers and other memory locations (E) which are not. When any computer seeks to acquire or... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080140625 - System and method for providing geospatial information processing services using web service technologies: A system for providing geospatial information processing services using web service technologies via a network includes: one or more geospatial information databases storing therein geospatial information; a geospatial information processing service provider including one or more geospatial information processing servers having a plurality of geospatial information processing web service components... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080140621 - Systems and methods for creating persistent searches: One aspect is a method for customizing a feed, the method including receiving a request from a user for a feed, the feed including an item from a pre-identified corpus of item sources, the item being associated with a search term. This aspect further includes initiating a search using the... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140636 - Techniques for managing interdependent data objects: System and article of manufacture for managing modifications to at least one of a plurality of interdependent data objects. A computer-readable storage medium contains a program which, when executed by a processor, performs operations for managing modifications to at least one of a plurality of interdependent data objects. The operations... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080140629 - Time in databases and applications of databases: A database having data entries with attributes having values that can vary over system time (the time according to a computer clock) and also over valid time (the start time and end time of an interval during which the values of the attributes are true). All logical operations of updates... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080140617 - User interface for faceted exploration: The extended facet navigator combines two or more facet navigators for searching two or more datasets into a single, space efficient user interface. Each facet navigator is comprised of a plurality of constraint manipulators surrounding a results viewer. In one embodiment, the results from a first facet navigator are a... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rus) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080140628 - Web-based interactive geographic information systems mapping analysis and methods of using thereof: A method, system, and computer-readable medium for providing geographic information systems (GIS) data is provided. The steps, functions, and instructions provided include receiving GIS data from a plurality of websites, populating a searchable database with the GIS data, and generating a search-specific electronic summary of GIS data. A method and... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080140639 - processing a text search query in a collection of documents: System and computer program product for processing a text search query in a collection of documents. A full posting index is generated that has first index terms and a full posting list for each first index term, enumerating occurrences of the first index terms in the documents of the collection.... Agent: Mollborn Patents Attn: Ibm

20080140637 - Environment taxonomy: A search engine stores different taxonomies that each specifies categories and relationships between the categories. When the search engine receives a request having a search query, the search engine determines which taxonomy, if any, it should use to generate a search engine results page. The search engine bases this determination... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080140638 - Method and system for identifiying an object in a photograph, programme, recording medium, terminal and server for implementing said system: The invention concerns a method for automatically identifying an object in a photograph comprising: a step (214) of extracting a geographical position and a viewing direction of an objective from data associated with a photograph; a step (234) of determining a straight line oriented on the basis of the extracted... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080140642 - Automated user activity associated data collection and reporting for content/metadata selection and propagation service: In various embodiments, a client device is endowed with a client data collection and management service, a client content/metadata selection and propagation service and a client content presentation, to automatically collect user activity associated data to support a content/metadata selection and propagation service to select and propagate content/metadata more efficiently,... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080140640 - Communications system and method: A system for matching information comprises a first sub-system adapted to store at least one profile, wherein the said at least one profile contains predetermined attributes and requirements and predetermined introduction information; and a second sub-system adapted to store at least one profile, wherein the said at least one profile... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080140650 - Dynamic geosocial networking: Disclosed herein is a method and system for establishing a geosocial network. A client application is provided on a communications device of a user seeking to establish the geosocial network. The user creates a personal profile and a preference profile using the client application. The preference profile refers to characteristics... Agent: Ashok Tankha Counsel Of Lipton, Weinberger & Husick

20080140647 - Interleaving search results: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for interleaving search results. A method includes presenting multiple first search results received from a first search engine. The first search results satisfy a search query directed to the first search engine and are presented in an order. A second search result... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080140641 - Knowledge and interests based search term ranking for search results validation: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for verifying the ranking of search results, produced by a search algorithm executed for a particular search term. In certain embodiments, a plurality of users' knowledge and/or interest in specific categories are ranked to be used to calculate new rankings of search results, e.g., web... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/yahoo

20080140644 - Matching and recommending relevant videos and media to individual search engine results: A computer-implemented system and process for generating video search engine results page is disclosed. The system provides a query term and retrieves a collection of search results. Tags are generated for each search result and used to match media objects to each search result. The search results and video objects... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080140645 - Method and device for filtering elements of a structured document on the basis of an expression: The invention relates to a method of filtering elements of a structured document on the basis of an expression, characterized in that, the expression comprising an item of information for identification of the evaluation mode of a part at least of said expression, the method comprises a step of evaluating... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080140648 - Method for calculating relevance between words based on document set and system for executing the method: A method and system for calculating a relevance between words using a document set is provided. The method of calculating the relevance between words based on a document set, includes: obtaining statistical information about the words based on at least one of the words, documents, a word classification of the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080140649 - Methods for providing suggestive results: A series of methods and systems for searching, providing, displaying and suggesting results of records comprising the conversion, transformation and/or mathematical operation of values and quantities are described. In one embodiment, values identifying words and/or quantities in a query are mathematically operated thus suggesting and enabling the retrieval of other... Agent: Frank John Williams

20080140643 - Negative associations for search results ranking and refinement: A computer-implemented method is provided, including receiving a search query from a user during a search session, and presenting information to the user responsively to the search query. After an indication that the user takes an action related to the search session is received, a portion of the presented information... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080140646 - Order support system, device monitoring method, and program product: In a disclosed order support system, devices connected to a communication network are searched for and device information is acquired from each of the found devices. Specified information used for extracting devices to be monitor target candidates is obtained, which is specified according to a predetermined attribute in the device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080140659 - Apparatus and method for comparing protein structure using 3d rda and fourier descriptor: Provided is an apparatus and method for comparing a protein structure, which can search a protein similar to an inquiry protein in a 3D protein database in real time by describing a feature of a protein structure by using a three-dimensional (3D) relative directional angle (RDA) and a Fourier descriptor.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080140652 - Authoring tool: Methods and related computer program products, systems, and devices for providing feedback to a user based on audio input associated with a user reading a passage torn a physical text are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080140657 - Document searching tool and method: A method of automatically searching through a store of electronic documents comprises controlling a user interface to permit (410) a user to enter a search term, carrying out a search using the search term, categorising the documents returned by the search into a plurality of distinct categories, and controlling the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080140661 - Embedded programmable intelligent search memory: Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080140651 - Identifier technique for communication interchange: A method and a communication interchange enhancement system for implementing an enhanced user interface for a communication interchange includes but is not limited to a method including to providing an identifier associated with a third-party participant related to the communication interchange; matching the identifier with the third-party participant in a... Agent: Anderson Law Group, Pllc

20080140653 - Identifying relationships among database records: Identifying relationships among records includes accessing a search record and corpus records. The search record comprises search tokens, where a search token is associated with a search token count. A corpus record comprises corpus tokens, where a corpus token is associated with a corpus token count. The following are repeated... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080140658 - Method and system for identifying objects of service: A method and system and related computer program products are described for identifying an object of service comprising the initial step of generating and storing a static composite identifier representing a state of the object of service. Then, whenever it is desired to identify the object of service, the steps... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080140654 - Project schedule analyzer: A system for analyzing the current status of a project including a project schedule (110) representing activity information associated with project activities stored as a relational database, including requirements associated with each project activities and one or more dependencies interrelating at least two project activities; a database interface (130) to... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080140662 - Signature search architecture for programmable intelligent search memory: Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. Content search rules comprise of regular expressions which are compiled to... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080140660 - System and method for file authentication and versioning using unique content identifiers: One embodiment of a method for file authentication and versioning includes receiving a request to retrieve a data element identified by a content identifier, identifying a storage location associated with the content identifier, retrieving a data element stored at the storage location, calculating a second content identifier of the retrieved... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20080140656 - System and method for matching student job applicants to part-time job opportunities: A system and method for receiving and storing information about part-time employers, students and part-time jobs and matching students with part-time job opportunities based on user selected criteria, and displaying the search results in real time.... Agent: Absolute Technology Law Group Llc

20080140655 - Systems and methods for storing, maintaining and providing access to information: Systems and methods are provided for organizing a plurality of information objects in a dynamic network. The method involves a network comprising: a plurality of nodes wherein each node represents a corresponding one of the information objects and each node has an associated node strength; and a plurality of links... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel

20080140663 - File operations with multiple level file locking techniques: File systems which provide several different and improved locking capabilities. An application on a client workstation communicates through a client driver to a server which interfaces with a metadata database, which contains locking information about the files. Applications perform as normal. The client driver provides lock and unlock requests to... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080140666 - Method and system for creating, rating and publishing web-based content: A method for creating, rating and publishing web-based content is provided. The method can include a user-profile and ranking related data, on at least one server, permitting a user of the network to create a user-profile on the server, identifying a user requesting access to the server by specific information... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080140664 - Method, computer program product and apparatus for providing media sharing services: Methods, computer program products, and systems for providing media sharing services are provided. Embodiments include receiving various media files, such as pictures, videos, and music, for users within a telecommunication environment. The users may send the media files through various communication devices including cellular phones and computing devices. Embodiments allow... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080140665 - Sharing of data utilizing push functionality and privacy settings: A system and method for linking information of one user to other users via a data aggregation server is provided. Various security settings govern the linking of information. Various methodologies for initiating a link of PIM data are also provided including automatic linking, targeted linking and requested linking. Implementations utilizing... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20080140677 - Apparatus and method of providing web based personalized service: A method and an apparatus for providing a web based personalized service are provided. A user accesses and subscribes to a service portal by using a web browser of a personal device. The user directly generates the user's own service, previously simulates the generated service, and registers the service to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080140678 - Cache memory for a scalable information distribution system: An information distribution system includes an interconnect and multiple data processing nodes coupled to the interconnect. Each data processing node includes mass storage and a cache. Each data processing node also includes interface logic configured to receive signals from the interconnect and to apply the signals from the interconnect to... Agent: Fsp Llc

20080140668 - Dedicated storage and background backup of stored contents: In some embodiments information stored in a user storage device is sent to a service provider for backup, and a modified version of information stored in the user storage device is received from the service provider, where the modified version has been created by a remote user. Other embodiments are... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080140669 - Dedicated storage and background backup of stored contents: In some embodiments a request is received from a user for access to information stored in a storage device. A determination is made if a more recent version of the information is stored at a service provider. If a more recent version of the information is stored at the service... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080140667 - Device and method for creating a transaction log of data exchanges between a portable mobile communications device and other wireless devices: Disclosed is a portable mobile communications device and method that can create and store a transaction log of data exchanged over a near field RF communication system. A near field RF communication data transaction is performed. A transaction log record of the just performed near field RF communication data transaction... Agent: Moore And Van Allen Pllc For Semc

20080140671 - Extensible application platform: An extensible client-server application platform. Execution of functions may require interactions between client-side and server-side components. Extensions may be provided as pairs of modules, one for the client and one for the server, that interact when performing an extension function. To ensure that the client-side and server-side interact appropriately, extensions... Agent: Wolf Greenfield (microsoft Corporation) C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080140672 - File server that allows an end user to specify storage characteristics with ease: A file server device is provided which has less chance of error in changing directory settings information. A file server device that has access to a client computer and a disk array device receives a directory settings file, and writes the directory settings file in a specified shared directory. The... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080140675 - Image log recording system, control method therefor, and storage medium: An image log recording system which is capable of optimizing image log transfer. A plurality of log recording agents generate image logs. An image processing server performs image processing on the image logs transferred from the log recording agents. The image logs subjected to image processing by the image processing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080140674 - Information distribution system, information distribution apparatus, and information distribution method: An information distribution system is disclosed which provides information useful to users through suitable information filtering. The information distribution system has an aggregation feed control means which performs a redirection processing on the feed acquired and aggregates a plurality of the feeds subjected to the redirection processing to generate a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080140670 - Netvariables in a recursive browser system: Provided herein is a recursive web browser system including a recursive web browser, a network connection, a processor, and a computer memory storing one or more netvariables and executable instructions to manipulate the netvariables or content therein. Also provided is a method for retrieving web content using netvariables in the... Agent: Benjamin Aaron Adler Adler & Associates

20080140673 - Service retrieval method: In an information processing system connected to a network, a retrieving condition is automatically set based on the status of an information processing apparatus when retrieving a service on the network and service retrieval is conducted based on the retrieving condition. The retrieval result is displayed such that a user... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080140676 - Supply chain/workflow services in a contract manufacturing framework: The present invention provides for affording supply chain/workflow services in a contract manufacturing framework. First, a database including a plurality of service provider data structures is provided, wherein each service provider data structure includes a description of a particular service provider, and wherein the database further includes a request for... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, LLP

20080140685 - Apparatus and method for management of content: An apparatus for managing content including a property-modeling unit for defining properties in a predetermined format according to the content types, a category-managing-unit for creating categories mapped to the content type, a UI-providing unit for providing a screen on which property-information values are input according to the types of the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080140688 - Decision object for associating a plurality of business plans: Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080140681 - Functionality for online dating application: A systematic method is disclosed for securely setting up a date in online dating applications. The first step allows a requesting member to request a date with a requested member. Next, the requesting member can enter a meeting date, place, and time. The requested member will then be prompted to... Agent: National Ip Rights Center, Llc Scott J. Fields, Esq.

20080140682 - Hilbert ordering of multidimensional tuples within computing systems: A system provides multidimensional tuple Hilbert ordering within a linear storage structure to enable more consistent and efficient access to stored multidimensional tuples. The database system comprises a tuple storage module that receives multidimensional data elements, where each multidimensional data element is defined by a plurality of different object types,... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.a.

20080140686 - Parity check matrix storing method, block ldpc coding method, and apparatus using parity check matrix storing method: The present invention relates to a low density parity check (LDPC) encoding method and an apparatus thereof. In the LDPC encoding method, a matrix multiplication corresponding to ET−1 and T−1 is eliminated according to a structural characteristic in an encoding process. Accordingly, shift weights that are not −1 among shift... Agent: Jefferson Ip Law, LLP

20080140679 - Relational linking among resoures: Systems and methods that integrate user assigned association among a plurality of resources or entities. The subject innovation employs an association component that relates such resources or entities, based on aggregate of user notions that are assigned for relationships; and/or based on how users perceive existence of relationships among such... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080140690 - Routable application partitioning: An apparatus, system, and storage medium that in an embodiment determine the active partitions of an application and assign the active partitions among servers via a routing table. The routing table is sent to a client, who uses the routing table to send requests and/or messages to the active partitions.... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080140687 - Socket structure simultaneously supporting both toe and ethernet network interface card and method of forming the socket structure: A socket structure simultaneously supporting a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) offload engine and an Ethernet network interface card (NIC), the socket structure including: an NIC management module storing and managing pointer information with respect to a socket structure for supporting a Berkeley software distribution (BSD) socket interface; and a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080140689 - System and computer program for inserting records into a database: For a data processing system having memory for storing a database, a method, a system and a computer program product for directing the data processing system to process a record to be inserted into the database is disclosed. The database includes a plurality of base tables. The method includes the... Agent: Sughrue Mion Pllc Uspto Customer No With Ibm/svl

20080140684 - Systems and methods for information categorization: This invention relates to a computer-based method and system for facilitating the classification of information items. Information items are searched for references to entities of interest, and associated with such entities based on calculated confidence levels that the information items contains a reference to the entities and a category confidence... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080140680 - Systems and methods for verifying jobseeker data: Methods and systems of verifying jobseeker information are disclosed. A request to verify jobseeker data can be received from a recruiter. An endorsement indicator that ratifies the validity of the jobseeker data can be requested from at least one endorsing partner. The request can be made to an endorsement module... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140683 - Virtual community dispute resolution review board: Techniques for forming and operating a virtual community dispute resolution board are presented. A virtual community dispute resolution board is custom formed, in response to predefined criteria, to handle disputes that arise between members of a virtual community. Further, the dispute resolution board renders decisions on virtual community disputes in... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080140691 - Method, device and computer program product for optimizing file placement in a storage system: A method, device and computer program product for optimizing file placement in a storage system, grouping multiple files into at least one set according to access correlation between the multiple files in the storage system; and placing each of the at least one set of files collectively in one storage... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080140692 - System and method of data movement between a data source and a destination: A reusable business performance management integration framework provides high performance and maximum efficiency for data transfer of general ledger data. The system issues commands to extract data from a named data source and then processes, tracks, prepares and delivers the data to a named system designation. The system identifies unique... Agent: Gregory J. Gore

20080140704 - Apparatus for implementing container managed uses, ownerships, and references in an enterprise javabean environment: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for implementing container managed uses, ownerships, and references in an enterprise JavaBean™ environment. A user may specify a uses, ownership, reference relationships between entity beans and sessions in a deployment descriptor file. When the file is processed, the present embodiment generates methods... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080140693 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product for synchronizing data sources: A method is provided for synchronizing data sources. The method includes receiving at least first and second data tables. The data tables have one or more mutually similar fields and one or more dissimilar fields from one another. First normalized, second normalized, and intermediate data tables are stored, each including... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080140694 - Data transformation between databases with dissimilar schemes: A source data field is transformed into a destination data field. A map defining the transformation is implemented by a user interface. The user interface allows the user to identify and select one or more source data fields and to transform the source data fields into selected destination data fields... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20080140701 - Email content builder system and method: An email content builder that generates email content based upon customer created rules is described. Messages to clients are edited automatically to suit a client's needs. The language in the text of a message is translated and changed depending on the country and client. Users select a script in an... Agent: North Oaks Patent Agency

20080140695 - Intellectual property related method and computer program: Method and computer program article of manufacture for intellectual property are disclosed. Value is added to intellectual property by including information pertaining to written description and/or enablement including embodiments, genera, processes, and/or examples. The business method includes strategies for creating and/or adding value to intellectual property by including such information,... Agent: Paragen, Inc.

20080140703 - Method for sending an electronic message utilizing connection information and recipient information: A method comprises displaying a mail server information screen, and receiving connection information via the mail server information screen. Further, the method comprises displaying an address page, and receiving recipient information via the address page. In addition, the method comprises displaying a content page, and receiving content in the content... Agent: Zilka-kotab, Pc- Nvid

20080140700 - Navigation of the content space of a document set: Content-based addressing is used to navigate forward, backward and in a circular fashion through documents in a content space. To enable backward navigation, a descriptor file is created for a new version that contains not only a message digest for the new version, but also a message digest of the... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080140696 - System and method for analyzing data sources to generate metadata: A system and method are provided for generating metadata relating to an enterprise management system including at least one data source having one or more of tables and columns. Constraints existing on at least one of the tables and columns in the data source are inferred based on data in... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080140697 - System and method for analyzing web paths: A method for analyzing web page paths associated with accesses to one or more web pages associated with one or more websites is disclosed. The method includes storing, for each instance of a web page access of the one or more web pages, time of access data, page access data,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080140702 - System and method for correlating a first title with a second title: The present invention relates to a system and method for interacting with digital media that permits creating, editing, combining, producing, and using digital media content. In one aspect of the invention, these features are implemented using a “virtual container” or unit that contains structured information. This structured information includes the... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080140698 - System and method for creating xml files from an edited document: A computer-based method for creating XML files from an edited document is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: reading an edited document from a file transfer protocol (FTP) server; reading each of equation objects originally existed in the edited file and creating a tag image file (TIF) image according... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080140699 - System and method for generating substitutable queries: The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating one or more related queries with respect to a given query. The method may comprise receiving a query comprising one or more terms, generating a corpus of candidate reformulations and identifying one or more queries or terms from the... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Dreier LLP

20080140706 - Image retrieval system: A method comprises collecting an online article which includes a figure from selected online sources, recording data identifying the online article, creating a thumbnail image of each figure, storing it and a figure caption associated with the figure in a database, indexing a text of the figure caption by keywords... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080140705 - Method of updating a data source from transformed data: The invention discloses an apparatus and a method for identifying nodes in a node-based data source, the apparatus being unique node identifiers, or series of unique node identifiers. The identifiers remain unchanged despite transformations of the data source. Any modification made to data derived from the transformations is also effected... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080140707 - System and method for clustering using indexes: An improved system and method is provided for clustering objects using indexes for a matrix representing a collection of objects. Objects to be clustered may be represented as a rectangular matrix. An index may be created for accessing the rows of the matrix and an inverted index may be created... Agent: Law Office Of Robert O. Bolan

20080140719 - Apparatus and method for dynamic streaming of multimedia files: An apparatus and method for dynamic streaming of multimedia files are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving a list of multimedia files meeting one or more criteria. One or more priority processes are applied to the list. The priority processes include time constraint filtering and bandwidth... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080140720 - Apparatus and method for dynamically providing web-based multimedia to a mobile phone: An apparatus and method for dynamically providing web-based multimedia to a mobile phone are described. According to one embodiment, an RSS feed is received that references multimedia files meeting one or more criteria. A playlist is generated dynamically from the multimedia files. The playlist is a single virtual multimedia file.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080140724 - Apparatus, system, and method for servicing object requests within a storage controller: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for servicing object requests within a storage controller. An object request receiver module is included that receives an object request from a requesting device. The object request is received by the storage controller and directed at a data segment of an object managed... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080140725 - Bracelet, network and database for emergency medical situations: A wearable identification and information device can be purchased by an individual and can be used to retrieve previously disclosed information regarding the individual and their health status. The device can be unobtrusively worn by the individual and bears a code, or other data, that is used to search a... Agent: Stockwell & Smedley, Psc

20080140718 - 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

20080140712 - Harvesting of media objects from searched sites without a user having to enter the sites: A method and apparatus for enabling a user to access media objects, such as images, from a website without requiring the user to enter the website. In one embodiment, a search engine searches for websites that match a submitted search term. A selected URL to one of the resulting websites... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Darby & Darby P.c.

20080140716 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method and information processing program: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including, a user group identification section, a first content analysis section, a second content analysis section, and a metadata setting section.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080140722 - Interactive viewing, asynchronous retrieval, and annotation of medical images: Methods, apparatuses, and articles for interactive viewing, asynchronously retrieving and annotating medical images are described herein. In various embodiments, a client device may retrieve, from a server, a network resource having medical information and associated medical images, with the server initially including only a subset of the medical images. The... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080140715 - Method and apparatus for tracking the distribution of pharmaceutical products: A method for use in tracking the transaction of pharmaceutical-related products from a supplier to a receiver, said method being operable on a computer system including a first server interconnected to a relatively remote second server via a communication link, wherein said method includes the steps of: (i) inputting transaction... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080140721 - Method and apparatus for updating rules and transmitting change notifications: A method and apparatus for generating court dates. A Date Calculation Engine (DCE) is coupled to a court date server and a court rule database for generation of court dates. The court rule database includes formulas written in a Date Calculation Scripting Language (DCSL) for calculating the court dates. The... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080140709 - Method and system for providing data handling information for use by a publish/subscribe client: A method for providing data handling information for use by a client of a pub/sub service to handle data published by the pub/sub service includes receiving a subscription request to a data tuple that includes source data from a client of the pub/sub service. When the request is received, a... Agent: Scenera Research, Llc

20080140726 - Method for managing proposals in a distributed computing system: In one embodiment of the present invention, a replicated state machine comprises a proposal manager, an agreement manager, a collision/back-off timer and a storage reclaimer. The proposal manager facilitates management of proposals issued by a node of a distributed application for enabling coordinated execution of the proposals by all other... Agent: Fortkort & Houston P.c.

20080140714 - Methods for linking from objects to remote resources: Methods are disclosed for associating content objects (e.g., paper documents, audio and video files, etc.) with corresponding information and/or action. One arrangement employs an architecture comprising a registration server, a router, and one or more product handlers. Identifiers for the content objects can be obtained in various ways, including decoding... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080140717 - Personalized audio system and method: A personalized audio system and method that overcomes many of the broadcast-type disadvantages associated with conventional radio stations.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080140723 - Pre-fetching patient data for virtual worklists: Methods and systems for automating the search, selection, and retrieval of historical patient data associated with a current patient study. The invention includes methods to overcome issues with multi-site networking and administrative rules and managing efficient workflow for the viewing and analysis of diagnostic images within an healthcare enterprise network.... Agent: Hansen Huang Technology Law Group, LLP

20080140713 - System and method for calculating optimal performance and weight classification: A website providing a weight, activity and nutritional program over a network. The website allows users to input an assessment of a subject, which can be used to generate a condition overview and a weight plan for the subject. The weight plan can include minimum weights for the subject, each... Agent: W. Edward Ramage

20080140708 - System and method for providing a computer aided medical diagnostic over a network: w

20080140711 - Systems and methods for providing cross-vertical profiling and searching: Methods and systems of providing a user profile for multiple verticals are disclosed herein. The methods and systems disclosed herein aggregate user profile information from multiple verticals and redistributes aggregated data to the multiple verticals to create more robust personalized profiles. A first input that populates a first vertical attribute... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140710 - Systems and methods for providing enhanced job searching: Methods and systems of providing a job search to a jobseeker are disclosed. Based on previously stored user preferences, job listings can be presented to users. User preferences can be gathered through previous search requests, resume keywords, jobseeker applies to job listings, jobseekers viewing job listings, etc. The search request... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080140731 - Apparatus and storage system for controlling acquisition of snapshot: A DBMS performs a checkpoint process for maintaining consistency of data. A snapshot acquisition control program detects the checkpoint process externally to the DBMS and creates a snapshot in an external storage according to the timing of the checkpoint. Correspondence between checkpoints and snapshots is maintained in a CP-SH correspondence... Agent: Stanley P. Fisher Reed Smith LLP

20080140728 - Code injection system and method of operation: A system for injecting code into an HTML file comprises a memory and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The memory stores code. The processor receives a request for content. The processor determines whether the request for content includes a request for compression and, if so, deletes the request... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p.

20080140730 - Data storage device, method of rearranging data and recording medium therefor: When there is a constituent tape that is other than the process target magnetic tape (Yes in step S15), valid data on the process target magnetic tape is copied onto that constituent tape (step S22). For this process, the magnetic tape that stores the largest amount of valid data in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080140727 - Method and apparatus for managing geographic information system data: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data in an airport mapping database. A notice of an update is received to data relating to a set of elements at an airport, wherein the notice includes a attribute value change for the set of elements, an... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080140729 - Method for changing operation on a storage medium from a current file system to a new or updated file system: The invention relates to changing the file system on a storage medium. A switch is carried out from a current file system to a new file system. While keeping valid the current file system, new file system data items are written on the storage medium, except a short data item... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080140732 - Method and system for sharing file based data: A method for resolving conflicts between versions of a file is provided. User input defining a boundary defining a conflict area are received. Conflicts between versions of a file are detected based on changes made to elements within the conflict area. The conflicts are marked in one of the versions... Agent: Venable LLP

20080140733 - I/o free recovery set determination: In a multi-node database system, a list of data blocks to perform recovery operations on in the event of failure of a given node is dynamically maintained on another node. List is available when the given node fails, and allows the database to be made available more quickly.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20080140734 - Method for identifying logical data discrepancies between database replicas in a database cluster: A method and system for monitoring the consistency of replicated databases in a shared-nothing database cluster architecture is presented. The method involves the continuous monitoring of the database transaction logs that are maintained by the autonomous database managers that manage the individual database replicas in the cluster. In the event... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20080140735 - Fast backup of compute nodes in a massively parallel computer system: A method and apparatus for fast backup of a set of compute nodes to save the state of the software in a parallel computer system. A fast backup mechanism in the service node of the computer system configures a set of nodes to be used for a backup and when... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080140736 - Hardware-initiated automated back-up of data from an internal memory of a hand-portable electronic device: A hand-portable electronic device configured for hardware-initiated automated back-up, comprising: an internal memory for storing data; an interface for connection and disconnection to any one of a plurality of generic memory modules; a user interface that enables a user of the device to specify the generic memory module connected to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080140737 - Dynamic memory management: Methods, devices, systems and computer program products for the automatic management of dynamically allocated program memory (“garbage collection”s are described. In one implementation, identification of reachable objects is performed substantially concurrently with continued execution of computational threads (mutator execution). Only during a brief, catch-up scan, are mutator threads blocked—and then... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20080140738 - Free item distribution among multiple free lists during garbage collection for more efficient object allocation: A method, system, and program for improving free item distribution among multiple free lists during garbage collection for more efficient object allocation are provided. A garbage collector predicts future allocation requirements and then distributes free items to multiple subpool free lists and a TLH free list during the sweep phase... Agent: Ibm Corp (ap) C/o Amy Pattillo

20080133449 - Adaptive help system and user interface: A help system tracks user search queries and builds a database by matching the user query to the user's selected result from the search system. As the user repeatedly searches, the user's terminology may be associated with particular search keywords. A relevance factor may be computed using the database for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080133453 - Associative database scanning and information retrieval: A method and device are disclosed for an associative and approximate, analog or digital scanning of databases that allows for the asynchronous accessing of data from a mass storage medium. The invention includes providing dedicated analog and digital circuitry and decision logic at the mass storage medium level for determining... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP Attn: Richard E. Haferkamp

20080133445 - File sharing based on social network: Embodiments of the present invention provide for sharing files within a social network. Members of the social network are provided a set of virtual folders that indicates groups and other members that are authorized for file sharing. The folders are automatically maintained for the social network. In addition, various folders... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080133452 - Information processor, method, and program: An information processor includes: extraction means for extracting metadata from contents; first storage means for storing a candidate metadata list in which candidate metadata becoming candidates for typical metadata having higher extraction frequencies out of the extracted metadata and a first frequency at which the candidate metadata were extracted are... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080133446 - Methods and systems for data management using multiple selection criteria: Systems and methods for data management and data processing are provided. Embodiments may include systems and methods relating to fast data selection with reasonably high quality results, and may include a faster data selection function and a slower data selection function. Various embodiments may include systems and methods relating to... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080133447 - Multi-partition query governor in a computer database system: An apparatus and method for a multi-partition query governor in a partitioned computer database system. In preferred embodiments a query governor uses data of a query governor file that is associated with multiple partitions to determines how the query governor manages access to the database across multiple partitions. Also, in... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080133451 - Network-extensible reconfigurable media appliance: Extensible reconfigurable media appliance for security and entertainment captures images digitally for storage. Digital effects and filters are applied to incoming video stream on-the-fly or to video data stored in memory. Digital effects and filters are dynamically stored, modified, updated or deleted, providing extensible reconfigurable effects studio. Digital media appliance... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20080133450 - Structured document retrieval device, structured document retrieval method structured document retrieval program: In the structured document retrieval device, a condition in which an element designated by a retrieval expression fails to occur is obtained from structure information and added as an interruption condition to a retrieval automaton and when the interruption condition is satisfied, a state transition of the retrieval automaton is... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080133448 - Techniques for enhancing the functionality of file systems: Enhancements to the functionality of a file system are provided. A file system can provide an additional level of error correction, in addition to the error correction provided by a data storage device. An extension to the metadata area in a file system can store index information about data files... Agent: Steven J. Cahill/ Hitachi Gst

20080133470 - Background index bimapping for faster query performance: A database engine and a system running a database engine utilize a dynamic bitmap updating routine to avoid the delay associated with building an entire bitmap. When running a query on a table, the database engine can build a bitmap over a column of the table that helps avoid unnecessary... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.l.p. (ibm)

20080133465 - Continuous query processing apparatus and method using operation sharable among multiple queries on xml data stream: Provided is a continuous query processing apparatus and method using operation sharable among multiple queries on an Extensible Markup Language (XML) data stream. The apparatus, includes: a storing unit for storing a sharable operation result; a syntactic analyzation unit for performing a syntactic analysis on the registered continuous query; a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080133467 - Data structure supporting random delete and timer function: A procedure is used to provide data structures that handle large numbers of active data entries and a high rate of additions and deletions of active entries. The procedure utilizes one or more of the following modifications. Timers are removed from individual session table entries and are linked via pointers.... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20080133457 - Database optimizer plan validation and characterizations: The invention relates to a method of determining the performance of an optimizer program arranged to generate a plan. The method generally comprises the steps of executing the optimizer utilising at least one test case to derive a pre-variation plan; executing the pre-variation plan to generate a first output; varying... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080133459 - Database query optimizer that takes network choice into consideration: In a networked computer system that includes multiple nodes and multiple networks interconnecting the nodes, a database query optimizer takes network choice into consideration when optimizing a query. The query optimizer logs historical information for queries that includes network information. A network monitor determines network characteristics of the multiple networks.... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080133464 - Index structure for tv-anytime forum metadata having location information for defining a multi-key: An index structure of metadata provided for searching for information on contents and a method for providing indices of the metadata, and a method and an apparatus for searching for the metadata using the index structure of the metadata are provided, in which the index structure of the metadata includes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080133463 - Integrated circuit capable of pre-fetching data: A method according to one embodiment may include retrieving selected data from one or more mass storage devices, based at least in part on historical device access information of at least one requester of data. A method according to another embodiment may include retrieving, by an integrated circuit, device data... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, Pllc C/o Portfolio Ip

20080133456 - Managing access to data in a multi-temperature database: An optimization technique is provided that optimizes data access by mapping each table, or row and/or column in a table, to a particular query, depending on whether the data in said table, row or column is ‘hot’ or ‘cold’ data. In one aspect, the invention features a method for optimizing... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080133466 - Method and apparatus for ontology-based classification of media content: A method and apparatus for ontology-based classification of media content are provided. With the method and apparatus, initial confidence values of classifiers in a hierarchical classification structure are modified based on relationships between classifiers. A confidence value for a classifier is boosted by a boosting factor based on a correspondence... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080133455 - Method of processing data: Data is extracted from multiple diverse sources and copied into an initial staging area in order to be processed. A copy of the data is persisted in non-volatile storage. Quality functions perform checking on the copy and store a checked copy into a clean staging area. New data elements are... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080133461 - Optimization of left and right outer join operations in database management systems: Techniques for left outer join (LOJ) and right outer join (ROJ) optimization are described herein. Each LOJ/ROJ is an expression that references a preserved side and a null supplying side. If Condition 1 is true, and either Condition 2 or Condition 3 is true, then the LOJ/ROJ is evaluated by... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080133460 - Searching descendant pages of a root page for keywords: An identifier of a root page, a keyword, and a depth are received from a client. Descendant pages in paths from the root page are searched. The descendant pages exist in the paths at levels within the depth from the root page. A term in a first descendant page is... Agent: Ibm Corporation Rochester Ip Law Dept. 917

20080133458 - Statistics adjustment to improve query execution plans: A query execution system is provided. The system includes a monitor component that detects data value changes in a database. An adjustment component initiates an intermediate query in view of detected data value changes, the intermediate query employed to adjust statistics related to a query plan optimization.... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080133454 - System and method for updating database statistics according to query feedback: An autonomic tool that supervises the collection and maintenance of database statistics for query optimization by transparently deciding what statistics to gather, when and in what detail to gather them. Feedback from data-driven statistics collection is simultaneously combined with feedback from query-driven learning-based statistics collection, to better process both rapidly... Agent: Van N. Nguy Ibm Corporation, Almaden Research Center

20080133462 - System for remote data geocoding: A system for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets and determining spatial relationships between geographic locations specified in the disparate data sets, the system comprising: an accessing component for accessing geographical data residing in a plurality of disparate data sets; a registration component for establishing... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.c.

20080133469 - Systems and computer program products to improve indexing of multidimensional databases: Systems and computer products that improve the techniques used to search multidimensional databases over techniques of the past. The preferred embodiment of the present invention advantageously improves the technique of determining a grid index that is used to locate a geometric shape in a spatial database. More particularly, the preferred... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080133468 - Timeline condition support for an abstract database: Embodiments of the invention relate data retrieved from the logical fields of an abstract database using a timeline. The logical fields specified by a database abstraction model are extended to include attributes that specify where data corresponding to a logical field occurs on a timeline. Query results may be displayed... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080133476 - Automated peer performance measurement system for academic citation databases: An automated query interface for searching academic citation databases is provided. The system of the present invention allows a user to query not just either the relative performance metrics and rankings of academic publications or the similarity of academic publications, but to query for the relative ranking of aggregations such... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20080133474 - Bioinformatics computation using a maprreduce-configured computing system: A MapReduce architecture may be utilized for sequence alignment algorithm processing (such as BLAST or BLAST-like algorithms). In addition, a MapReduce architecture may be extended such that memory of the computing devices of a MapReduce-configured system may be shared between different jobs of sequence alignment and/or other bioinformatics algorithm processing,... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080133471 - Communication system: A communications system in a user queries a first database regarding a registered user identifier and uses the response of the first database to query a second database to access a data set regarding the registered user. The system may also comprise a third server comprising hierarchical data that defines... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.a.

20080133484 - Device, method and program for managing area information: In an apparatus for managing area data, the first data structure for area management includes: a first index data structure including a first root node corresponding to a first set of areas containing a first area, first non-leaf nodes, and first leaf nodes; and a first data storage corresponding to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080133490 - Dynamic taxonomy process for browsing and retrieving information in large heterogeneous data bases: A process is disclosed for retrieving information in large heterogeneous data bases, wherein information retrieval through visual querying/browsing is supported by dynamic taxonomies; the process comprises the steps of: initially showing (F1) a complete taxonomy for the retrieval; refining (F2) the retrieval through a selection of subsets of interest, where... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080133473 - Efficient multifaceted search in information retrieval systems: A method for querying multifaceted information. An inverted index is constructed to include unique indexed tokens associated with posting lists of one or more documents. An indexed token is either a facet token included in a document as an annotation or a path prefix of the facet token. The annotation... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080133481 - Entry based access control cache: A method and apparatus for retrieving data from a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) repository. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving a list of lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) access control instructions (ACIs) for an LDAP entry, and storing the list in a cache of an LDAP server as... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080133480 - Flexible ldap templates: Template entries are added to a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (“LDAP”)-accessible database, containing attributes that affect new records added to the database, attributes returned in response to an LDAP query, and records identified through an LDAP search operation. Static and dynamic attributes are discussed.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080133475 - Identification of interesting content based on observation of passive user interaction: Embodiments of the present invention provide an automated scheme for identifying high/low value content. Playback behavior of users in the social network is passively collected either continuously or periodically. The playback data indicates portions of content, such as audio or video, that the user has skipped over, repeated, paused, etc.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080133488 - Method and system for analyzing user-generated content: A method and system for collecting and analyzing data found across multiple sites on the internet or stored in a self-contained or pre-loaded database, is disclosed which captures, extracts, analyzes, categorizes, synthesizes, summarizes and displays, in a customizable format, both the substance and sentiment embodied within user-generated content, such as... Agent: Robin Diane Goldstein

20080133479 - Method and system for information retrieval with clustering: Methods and systems that enable searching with clustering in information access systems are described. The methods of clustering operate on a collection of materials wherein each item in the collection may be associated with one or more properties. An original subset of materials is selected from the collection and relevant... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080133486 - Methods and apparatus for using tags to control and manage assets: The above-described tags can be combined using Boolean algebraic operators, resulting in a tag-based algebra system. Moreover, this tag-based algebra enables a Tag-Based Query Language (TQL), which enables searching of a universe of assets based on the associated tags. Additionally, this tag-based algebra enables access control based on tags associated... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080133487 - Methods and systems for search indexing: The present invention provides for quick and efficient searching. One embodiment includes a first instruction configured to read at least a first search string and a second search string entered into a same first search field, and a second instruction configured to incrementally filter search results to locate at least... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080133483 - Paid content based on visually illustrative concepts: A system and method for providing paid content relating to search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed herein. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual search result entry includes at least a... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080133489 - Run-time performance verification system: A method and apparatus that allow packet based communication transactions between devices over an interconnect bus to be captured to measure performance. Performance metrics may be determined by capturing events at various locations as they pass through the system. Performance may be verified at run time by computing performance metrics... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080133485 - Search engine for video and graphics: A method of selecting graphic or video files having corresponding locators used to locate such graphic or video files using a computer. Identifiers are created by searching an area within a web page near a graphic or video file for searchable identification terms and searching an area within a web... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20080133477 - Sponsored search coverage expansion: An embodiment is provided wherein a search query is received from a user. It may then be determined if the search query would ordinarily result in a results page having no sponsored search advertising. If the search would ordinarily result in a results page having no sponsored search advertising, then... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080133478 - Systems and methods for data management: A system, method and machine readable medium for the analysis and management of information is described. More specifically, the embodiments o relate to systems and methods for gathering, analyzing and reporting information in a business context. More specifically, the embodiments relate to systems and methods for presenting business metrics to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080133482 - Topic-focused search result summaries: Techniques for automatically generating and displaying topic-focused summaries for search results are disclosed. Users can “peek” inside a search result to see document excerpts that pertain specifically to a user-selected topic. Thus, a user can view the aspects of a document that are most interesting prior to deciding whether to... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20080133472 - Topological best match naming convention apparatus and method for use in testing graphical user interfaces: A topological best match naming convention apparatus and method for graphical user interface (GUI) testing are provided. With the apparatus and method, properties of the GUI object are recorded and stored in a GUI object database. During execution of test scripts, if a lookup of an GUI object's name to... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080133492 - Efficient execution of aggregation queries: A query language system is provided that includes a query component that specifies operations for one or more items in a data set. An aggregator component identifies one or more keys associated with the data set, the keys are supplied to one or more aggregators that perform direct computations from... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080133494 - Method and apparatus for searching forwarding table: A method and apparatus for searching a forwarding table are provided. The apparatus includes: a data storage unit storing a forwarding table including a plurality of forwarding entries aligned in the order of MAC address values and stored in each group after being classified into a plurality of groups and... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080133491 - Method for dynamically finding relations between database tables: A method and system are provided for dynamically relating tables in a federated database based upon a data manipulation language in a query transaction. After the start of a transaction has been detected, a data manipulation language from the transaction is extracted and evaluated to determine the table(s) and column(s)... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer

20080133493 - Method for maintaining database clustering when replacing tables with inserts: A computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for an improved structured query language (SQL) insert process. After the improved insert process selects a set of data to be inserted into a database, the process accesses the destination system catalog and reads the clustered index key for the database.... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080133501 - Collaborative workspace context information filtering: Architecture that provides real-time opportunistic access to data that is relevant and/or related user activities. Ways are disclosed to use information of a single workspace to structure automatic searches into a number of data stores in order to opportunistically extract relevant information therefrom. An email client can use workspace content... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080133506 - 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

20080133511 - Connecting consumers with service providers: A request is received from a consumer of services to consult with a service provider having a service provider profile that satisfies at least some attributes in a set of attributes that define a suitable service provider; an available service provider satisfying at least some of the attributes in the... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080133497 - Incremental-click analysis of keyword searching: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for quantifying the value of purchasing a particular search keyword, so that a particular search result is presented in a sponsored search results list for that particular search term, as compared to not purchasing the particular search keyword. In example embodiments, the quantified value of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP/yahoo

20080133503 - Keyword bidding strategy for novel concepts: A system and method are disclosed for identifying a keyword that is a novel concept or anomaly based on prior search results for the keyword. Advertisements may be sold for the keyword, or the keyword may be purchased or recommended for purchase based on anticipation of increased future searches on... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20080133504 - Method and apparatus for contextual search and query refinement on consumer electronics devices: A method and a system for searching for information using an electronic device, such as a consumer electronic device, that can be connected to a network. Such searching for information involves determining a context for a search for information, forming a search query based on the context of search for... Agent: Kenneth L. Sherman, Esq. Myers Dawes Andras & Sherman, LLP

20080133496 - Method, computer program product, and device for conducting a multi-criteria similarity search: Similarities among multiple near-neighbor objects are searched for based on multiple criteria. A query is received for an object closest to an object provided by a user, and weights are assigned by a user to distance functions among the multiple objects at the time of the query. Each distance function... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Tuscon Division

20080133498 - Search category commercialization index: A search category commercialization index (SCCI) may be calculated to determine the current and/or potential commercialization of a category of searches in a search engine. This may be accomplished by measuring two or more metrics from the group consisting of: number of searches within the category; number of searches within... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080133505 - Search results presented as visually illustrative concepts: A system and method for providing search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed herein. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The search results comprise a conceptual search result entry for each identified concept. Each conceptual search result entry includes at least a visual content and textual... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20080133495 - Search results weighted by real-time sharing activity: Embodiments of the present invention provide a mechanism for weighting search results based on active and passive sharing activity among users in the context of a social network. In particular, information being shared among users is monitored. When a search is requested by a user, information recently shared among a... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080133508 - Search system: A search engine and system for data, such as Internet web pages, including a query analyser for processing a query to assign respective weights to terms of the query and to generate a query vector including the weights, and an index network responsive to the query vector to output at... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20080133509 - Selecting keywords representative of a document: The method makes use of a given ontology to select keywords representative of a given document. The method finds all the terms in an ontology that occur in a document, and computes their frequency of occurrences in the document. The method then propagates these values from the leaves upwards to... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080133507 - System and method for providing aircraft owner and operator information: A system and method for receiving information relating to an aircraft, correlating the information to owner/operator information of the aircraft and outputting the owner/operator information to a user. Also, a system having a database storing owner/operator information for a plurality of aircraft and a processor receiving flight tracking information for... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080133510 - System and method for real-time content aggregation and syndication: A system and methodology for real-time content aggregation and syndication is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for assisting a user with extracting items relevant to search queries from documents including items of various types, the method comprises steps of: receiving a search query specifying a... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, Llc

20080133502 - System and method for utilizing multiple values of a search criteria: A method and system utilizing one or more search terms corresponding to a search criteria is operable to search one or more data repositories of one or more modules. According to one implementation, one or more search strings may be inputted in a search screen. Each search string may correspond... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080133499 - Systems and methods for providing contact information of searched jobseekers: Methods and systems of providing contact information to recruiters are disclosed. A search request can be received from a recruiter. The search can include search criteria. A set of jobseekers having associated metadata that match the search criteria is identified. A recruiter can provide an indication that the recruiter is... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080133500 - Website evaluation and recommendation tool: A computer system for a website evaluation and recommendation tool is provided. The computer system has a platform, at least one input device, and a central processing unit in communication with the platform and the at least one input device. The central processing unit is configured to access a website... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080133520 - List building system: A system implementable using a programmable processor includes a plurality of pre-stored commands for building an inventory of audio, musical, works or audio/visual works, such as music videos. A plurality of works can be collected together in a list for purposes of establishing a play or a presentation sequence. The... Agent: Eugene M. Cummings, P.c.

20080133519 - Method and apparatus for approximate matching of dna sequences: A method and device are disclosed for an associative and approximate, analog or digital scanning of databases that allows for the asynchronous accessing of data from a mass storage medium. The invention includes providing dedicated analog and digital circuitry and decision logic at the mass storage medium level for determining... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP Attn: Richard E. Haferkamp

20080133514 - Method and apparatus for organizing an extensible table for storing cryptographic objects: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus, including a client and security token, for managing cryptographic objects, such as public key cryptography standard (PKCS)#11 objects, in a computer system. A storage table for the cryptographic objects is established including rows for the cryptographic objects and columns corresponding... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080133516 - Method and system for dynamic matching or distribution of documents via a web site: A method and system may distribute documents relevant to a website to that website. A server may receive a request from a web page of a web site for documents relevant to the web page. The server may search for documents based on for example relevancy to the web page,... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080133515 - Method and system for executing correlative services: A method and a system for executing correlative services are provided. In the method and the system, an event type corresponding to an input message is determined through semantic analysis. After collecting the necessary execution information of the event type according to the input message, a user database, or by... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080133521 - Method and system for image recognition using a similarity inverse matrix: A method and system for recognizing images are described. Embodiments of the invention apply techniques of the Levenshtein algorithm for matching or searching one-dimensional strings for comparing graphical contents of 2D images.... Agent: Catalina & Associates A Professional Corporation

20080133523 - Methods and systems for multi-pattern searching: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for optimizing and reducing the memory requirements of state machine algorithms in pattern matching applications. Memory requirements of an Aho-Corasick algorithm are reduced in an intrusion detection system by representing the state table as three separate data structures. Memory requirements... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080133522 - System and methods for improved linguistic pattern matching: A system and method for reducing the number of false negatives with minimal impact on false positive search results while allowing searches to return phonetic equivalents, misspellings, common short names, and other such applicable information. New, N-Gram based indexing and search systems and methods which facilitate searching of data containing... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080133517 - Systems and methods for processing data flows: A flow processing facility, which uses a set of artificial neurons for pattern recognition, such as a self-organizing map, in order to provide security and protection to a computer or computer system supports unified threat management based at least in part on patterns relevant to a variety of types of... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133518 - Systems and methods for processing data flows: A flow processing facility, which uses a set of artificial neurons for pattern recognition, such as a self-organizing map, in order to provide security and protection to a computer or computer system supports unified threat management based at least in part on patterns relevant to a variety of types of... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080133513 - Systems and methods for providing, accessing and returning results on advertising and service opportunities: Systems and methods are provided to match facilitate advertising relationships among various advertising clients and non-profit organizations. In one embodiment, a web-connected database is employed to find non-profit programs or events that match parameters for desired advertising campaigns. Other embodiments may provide campaign records that match parameters of a non-profit... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080133512 - User name generation: User name generation techniques are described. In an implementation, one or more words are received to be used as a user name to access a resource. One or more characters of at least one of the words are modified such that the word having the one or more modified characters... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080133525 - Method and system for managing playlists: The present invention relates to a computerized method and systems for managing feeds so that a user's playlists may be automatically updated in accordance with a user's desired media preferences.... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080133526 - Method and system for processing images using time and location filters: A device may process images (e.g. sort, group, file, e-mail, etc.) using various filters. The filters may relate to non-image data in the image files to be processed. The filters may include time and location filters.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080133527 - Multi-column multi-data type internationalized sort extension for web applications: A method for implementing a front-end user sort request includes receiving a list request, decomposing the list request and creating a sort entry object using a list of column values initially retrieved from a data storage medium. A sort routine is performed on at least a first column of the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080133528 - Multi-column multi-data type internationalized sort extension method for web applications: A method for implementing a web-based, front-end user request includes receiving a list request from a front-end user, and receiving user characteristics associated with the list request. Data corresponding to the list request is retrieved from a data storage medium, and the retrieved data is configured in accordance with the... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20080133524 - Visualization of calendar search entries: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the visualization of calendar search results. A calendar search results visualization method can include obtaining search results for a search against a data store of calendar events, selecting a sorting attribute for the search results such... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20080133529 - Preserving a user experience with content across multiple computing devices using location information: A content management system stores location information indicating a location within a content item where a user exited from or last-accessed the content item. This location information is synchronized or otherwise shared between or among a plurality of devices associated with the user. With this information stored on or accessible... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080133530 - Instance-based authorization utilizing query augmentation: In one embodiment, a method for persistent data authorization includes receiving a query at a management device and identifying authorization constraints at the management device utilizing an authorization model. The authorization model includes at least one group hierarchy defining authorization based on a relationship between levels in the hierarchy. The... Agent: Cindy S. Kaplan

20080133533 - Migrating credentials to unified identity management systems: Credentials are migrated into a unified identity management system which maintains existing mappings by associating the migrated credentials with existing directory service object instances. The schema of the directory service may or may not be modified.... Agent: Whitaker Law Group

20080133532 - System for providing entrepreneurs and businesses access to information, education and business management tools: A system and method for providing entrepreneurs and businesses access to information, education and business management tools, and more particularly to such a system operating through the use of a pay-per-view channel and associated Internet site. Users may access all aspects of the system by paying for a membership. Membership... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080133531 - Trusted query network systems and methods: Systems and methods for enabling organizations to anonymously share aggregated security assessment results while keeping the raw or private data locally within the organization... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080133538 - Background file sharing in a segmented peer-to-peer file sharing network: A peer-to-peer file sharing client with background file sharing is provided in a segmented peer-to-peer file sharing network. Each file sharing participant may designate an amount of bandwidth and/or storage space for background file sharing. Peer-to-peer file sharing clients then share file data and content in the background automatically. The... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.c.

20080133548 - Caching user information in an integrated communication system: An integrated messaging system for performing various types of messaging across different types of networks, including integrated user interfaces and administrator interfaces. Embodiments include a communication server that couples among networks of different types, and an interface module that couples to the communication server. The interface module may be hosted... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20080133544 - Content reproducing system and content reproducing method: Disclosed is a reproduction apparatus including a server apparatus to distribute contents and a reproduction section to reproduce the contents distributed by the server apparatus, wherein a storage section included in the server apparatus stores set information pertaining to setting of a predetermined adjustment parameter related to a reproduction of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080133541 - Flexible topic identification in a publish/subscribe system: Methods, apparatus and computer programs for flexible topic identification in a publish/subscribe communications network. Publishers and subscribers are able to specify their intentions regarding the topic classification schemes to be used by a publish/subscribe broker during subscription matching, and the broker is responsive to the specified intentions of either or... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20080133537 - Gateways having localized in memory databases and business logic execution: A gateway is provided that includes an integration gateway portion, a domain gateway portion, and a hyper-memory portion is provided. The integration gateway portion has an integration rules engine, a search engine, and a first virtual machine. The domain gateway portion has a domain rules engine. The hyper-memory portion has... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20080133539 - Metadata broker: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for obtaining selected metadata from a user device. The user device has a metadata engine that stores and accesses metadata in response to a metadata query. A metadata broker verifies the authenticity of the metadata query from a service provider and returns selected... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080133546 - Method and system for efficient and dynamically adaptable digitally-encoded-information distribution: Embodiments of the present invention include efficient and dynamically self-adaptive digitally-encoded-information distribution systems that monitor digitally-encoded information transactions in order to continuously reconfigure themselves by redistributing stored digitally-encoded information among computer systems that together compose the digitally-encoded-information distribution systems and by dynamically balancing tradeoffs between storing particular encodings of particular... Agent: Olympic Patent Works Pllc

20080133534 - Method for providing parts supportive information: A method for providing technical support regarding parts to a client implementing movies for demonstrating the part's installation procedure.... Agent: Frank John Williams

20080133542 - Method, system and computer program for downloading information based on a snapshot approach: A solution is proposed for reducing the response time of a long query submitted by a client (110) to a server (105)—storing a corresponding database (205). For this purpose, when the server receives the query from the client it starts collecting the result of the query into a table (210),... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080133535 - Peer-to-peer download with quality of service fallback: An embodiment relates generally to a method for playing for a file. The method includes initiating a playback for a selected file on a reserved server, where the selected file is also distributed in segments across a peer-to-peer network. The method also includes initiating a retrieval of the selected file... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080133536 - Scalable differential compression of network data: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for scalable differential compression for network data. Network data exchanged between Wide Area Network (“WAN”) acceleration devices is cached at physical recordable-type computer-readable media having (potentially significantly) larger storage capacities than available system memory. The cached network data is... Agent: Workman Nydegger/microsoft

20080133543 - System and method for dynamic and on-demand data transfer and synchronization between isolated networks: A system, method and computer-readable medium of instructions for performing dynamic and on-demand data transfer between databases (116, 124) in public and secure networks (102, 104), and synchronization of those databases (116, 124), in a public key infrastructure (PKI) environment. The system, method and computer-readable medium of instructions operate to... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080133547 - System and method for generating aggregated data views in a computer network: A system and method for generating aggregated content views in a computing network are provided. A host computing device obtains a request for an aggregated view of content corresponding to a set of criteria. The host computing device queries itself and each computing device in a defined network for locally... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080133540 - System and method of analyzing web addresses: A system and method are provided for identifying active content in websites on a network. One embodiment includes a method of classifying web addresses. One embodiment may include a method of generating a score indicative of the reputation, or likelihood that a web site associated with an uncategorized URL contains... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080133545 - Terminal devices with function of distributing data and method and system for distributing multimedia data using the same: A terminal device with a function of distributing data, a method and a system for distributing multimedia data using the same are provided. In order to reduce loads of a core network and effectively use a network, the terminal device includes: a storage unit storing data; a data request monitor... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080133555 - Associating objects with corresponding behaviors: Methods and systems for associating objects with corresponding machine behaviors. Machine behaviors refer to responsive actions that are triggered when an object (which may be physical or electronic) is encountered. Examples of these behaviors include fetching a web page, executing software instructions, etc. A registration system enables machine behaviors to... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080133553 - Building, viewing, and manipulating schema sets: A schema development system is provided. The system includes a location component to automatically determine members of a schema set. A processor component performs software development operations across the schema set. The members of the schema set can be implicitly determined from at least one development file, where the development... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080133556 - Content identifiers: Fingerprint data derived from audio or other content can be used as an identifier. One claim recites a method including: obtaining a first fingerprint comprising a first reduced-bit representation of an item of content; obtaining a second fingerprint comprising a second, different reduced-bit representation of the item of content; and... Agent: Digimarc Corporation

20080133557 - Document data processing method, document data creating apparatus, and document data processing system: XML document data is divided in a page tag unit, and an encoding table is created for each of the XML divided document data. Then, by using the encoding table, the XML divided document data is encoded to create code division data, and then the encoding table and code division... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080133558 - Generating reusable software assets from distributed artifacts: In general, techniques are described that facilitate the reuse of software assets within an enterprise. A software asset, as used herein, refers to a set of one or more related artifacts that have been created or harvested for the purpose of applying that asset repeatedly in subsequent development environments. A... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P. A.

20080133552 - Information processor arrangement: Irregular links and relationships in a data set may relate to fraudulent actions or identify deception or risk assessment or knowledge generation but may be identified by simple superficially unlinked actions. Thus, for example a claimant may claim through an address using one telephone number but contact the insurer for... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.c.

20080133549 - Method and system for importing an application and server map to a business systems manager display: An automated system displays enables a user to observe the activities in a system based on information in the display. From this display, the user can quickly identify the source of problems for the purpose of troubleshooting without the need to manually determine the source and nature of the problem.... Agent: Ibm Corporation C/o Darcell Walker, Attorney At Law

20080133550 - Method and system for integrated asset management utilizing multi-level modeling of oil field assets: A method for creating an integrated asset management system for an oilfield, the method including: creating a plurality of models representing asset components each model having more than one levels of detail; connecting the more than one models to communicate with one another to create an integrated asset management system;... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20080133554 - Method for storing multipurpose geographic information: Provided is a method for storing multipurpose geographic information, capable of integrating, storing, managing and using vector data (numerical map) and image, digital elevation model (DEM), three-dimensional (3D) point cloud data, and facility texture information. The method for storing multipurpose geographic information in a computing system includes the steps of:... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080133559 - Reducing index size for multi-level grid indexes: The number of index entries in a grid index for indexing geometric shapes is reduced by establishing a pool storage area for geometric shapes, selecting a threshold number of grid cells which a geometric shape may overlap, storing the shape in the grid index if a geometric shape overlaps a... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080133551 - System, method, and computer program product for managing rights of media in collaborative environments: A system, method, computer program product, and propagated signal of this collaborative system are adapted to track metadata relating to an online digital asset that captures each user's or group's interest in the asset and thus, in the aggregate, defines a collective interest in the asset and self-selects a relevant... Agent: Patent Law Offices Of Michael E. Woods

20080133564 - Bonding contents on separate storage media: Local storage on player instruments provides the ability for adding further amendments and most recent supplements to the optical disc content. A problem arising with this technically applicable possibility is the protection of copyrights bound to disc and supplement data. The present invention describes a technique to ensure a security... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing Llc

20080133562 - Coding compressible variable length database fields: A method, computer program, database system and data structure for coding a compressible variable length field in a row to be added to a database table are disclosed. The row has a value to be stored in the compressible variable length field. The value is searched for in a list... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20080133563 - Data processing device and data processing method: A document processing apparatus executes editing, printing, and storage for a document file. An undo manager records the operation history of the document processing apparatus in an undo stack. The undo manager compresses the operation history stored in the undo stack according to a predetermined condition at a predetermined timing,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080133565 - Device and method for constructing inverted indexes: To achieve high speed document search, an inverted index is compressed at high compressibility by an encoding method decodable in a high process speed. In compressing an identification number of a document to obtain a byte sequence by the variable byte method, w bits are used to represent the number... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080133560 - Job auditing systems and methods for direct imaging of documents: A document that corresponds to an imaging job to be performed by an imaging device may be received. The document may be in a non-native format that is not native to the imaging device. It may be determined that a translation operation should be performed on the document. The translation... Agent: Madson & Austin

20080133566 - Local client database for remote support: A computerized method and system to communicate information between a supported client computer and a remote support organization have been described. At the supported client computer, status information, generated by one or more client applications when executing on the supported client computer, may be retrieved. The status information may be... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20080133561 - Methods and systems for quick and efficient data management and/or processing: System(s) and method(s) are provided for data management and data processing. For example, various embodiments may include systems and methods relating to relatively larger groups of data being selected with comparable or better performing selection results (e.g., high data redundancy elimination and/or average chunk size). In various embodiments, the system(s)... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20080133584 - Annotation management program, device, method and annotation display program, device, method: Abstract of the Disclosure An annotation server stores annotation data sent from a web client into a first annotation database. The annotation server retrieves annotation data whose description information requires an execution result of a predetermined program from the first database, and incorporates the execution result of the predetermined program... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080133575 - Audio reproducing apparatus, metadata acquiring system for audio reproducing apparatus and metadata acquiring method for audio reproducing apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided an audio reproducing apparatus including a recording section which records audio information without metadata, a generating section which generates a fingerprint of the audio information, a communicating section which carries out communication with an external device, and an acquiring section which supplies the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080133570 - Determining boolean logic and operator precedence of query conditions: The present invention generally is directed to a system, method and article of constructing queries from a set of query conditions. The query conditions are grouped using logical operators to generate a database query. Query conditions within a group may be connected using a logical “OR” operator and groups of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP/ibm Svl

20080133567 - Dynamic cluster visualization: A method for visually representing a plurality of clusters, the plurality of clusters comprising a plurality of entities with respect to a plurality of entity attributes is provided. The plurality of entities is segmented into the plurality of clusters, such that each individual entity belongs to at least one cluster.... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/yahoo

20080133583 - Generating a hierarchical data structure associated with a plurality of known arbitrary-length bit strings used for detecting whether an arbitrary-length bit string input matches one of a plurality of known arbitrary-length bit string: Generating and using a high-speed, scalable, and easily updateable data structure are described. The proposed data structure provides minimal perfect hashing functionality while intrinsically supporting low-cost set-membership queries. In other words, in some embodiments, it provides at most one match candidate in a set of known arbitrary-length bit strings that... Agent: Straub & Pokotylo

20080133568 - Generation of a multidimensional dataset from an associative database: Techniques are described of applying on-line analytical processing (OLAP) to associative databases. For instance, a database adapter implemented in computer hardware or software may automatically create dimensions in a multidimensional dataset for data types in an associative database. The database adapter may then query the associative database for metadata that... Agent: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.a.

20080133576 - List building system: A system implementable using a programmable processor includes a plurality of pre-stored commands for building an inventory of audio, musical, works or audio/visual works, such as music videos. A plurality of works can be collected together in a list for purposes of establishing a play or a presentation sequence. The... Agent: Eugene M. Cummings, P.c.

20080133579 - Map service system and method: Map service system and method are provided. The system includes a base map database (DB) for containing base map information comprising geographical information relating to a certain region; a map processing server for transmitting the base map information to a first user and receiving first user layer information which is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080133580 - Method and system for providing automated real-time contact information: A method and system for providing automated real-time updates of contact lists and instant messaging lists are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of generating dynamic contact information, comprising: providing two or more contact sources each comprising contact information defined for one or more contacts;... Agent: Ridout & Maybee Suite 2400

20080133574 - Method, program and device for retrieving symbol strings, and method, program and device for generating trie thereof: Even an instrument with a small memory capacity realizes fast document retrieval through the use of a trie. A computer generates an index layered node by grouping the nodes in the trie as a family with relation to a parent node and layers the first and second tries with the... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.c.

20080133571 - Modifying behavior in messaging systems according to organizational hierarchy: The behavior of a messaging system can be modified. A message from a sender can be received. A determination can be made that the message is associated with a workflow. A position of the sender within an organizational hierarchy can be identified. The workflow associated with the message can be... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080133573 - Relational compressed database images (for accelerated querying of databases): The invention relates to a data bank interrogation system, wherein two or more data bank tables are linked by means of a common key or several keys which are respectively common to at least two data bank tables. In an analysis query and a selection of data sets in the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080133585 - Search system and method: A search system and method are provided that uses taxonomies, entities, facets, and ontologies to provide a user with a more comprehensive set of search results in response to a query. The search system has an indexing engine that performs one or more indexing steps that permit the search engine... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080133581 - System and method for aggregation of user conversations and visualizing personal communications map: A method, apparatus and computer program product for mapping user conversations is presented. Communications and conversations between a user and people across multiple modes of communication are aggregated to provide an aggregated set of user data. The aggregated set of user data is filtered to provide filtered user data. Additionally,... Agent: Chapin Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20080133569 - System and method for content handling and bundling for mobile handset device: A novel system, method and computer program product for accessing digital media files via a mobile phone device having a user interface adapted for initiating search requests for digital content associated with a searched category. The method for providing digital content for user search and selection via his/her mobile phone... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080133572 - System and user interface for adaptively migrating, pre-populating and validating data: A system facilitates user review and editing of automatic values for various data items that are set based on setting a related data item or are transferred, by displaying a comprehensive list of data items that are set when a related data item is given a value. A system for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080133578 - System, method, and computer program product for transferring remote device support data to a monitor using e-mail: In a monitoring system for networked devices, a system, method, and computer program product for transferring monitoring information from a remote monitor to a central monitor responsible for monitoring devices on multiple networks. A communications link is established between a remote monitor and a message transfer server. Monitoring information is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080133582 - Systems and computer program products to browse database query information: Systems and computer products that efficiently determine how columns, tables, and queries associated with a database are related to each other. The present invention enables a user to see at a glance in which queries certain columns and tables are used. The present invention may be implemented with a query... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP Attn: Ibm54

20080133577 - Transaction message adaptation system for use in inter-system data exchange: An adaptive data exchange system for exchanging data between different electronic data systems is described herein to include an input processor for automatically acquiring a description of data to be conveyed in a transaction message comprising data elements. The description of data indicates a sequence of data items conveyed in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080133587 - Extending existing data within a directory service: Additional data is associated with existing directory service object instances by creating instances of object classes in an Application Partition. The additional data is added to one or more attribute(s) of the created instances; the created instances are associated with existing object instances by setting the value of a backlink... Agent: Whitaker Law Group

20080133586 - Ontology-based modification of structured representations of properties: A request for modification of a structured representation of properties is received, wherein the modification comprises one of adding a specific property to the structured representation of properties, removing a specific property from the structured representation of properties, and changing a specific property in the structured representation of properties. Based... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080133589 - Management of an operations chain through customizable applications and components: A method, apparatus, and system of management of a operations chain through customizable application and components are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a number of supplier modules arranged in tiers based on a position of each of the number of supplies in a operations chain, a supply module... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Intellevate

20080133588 - Structure of a management information base communicated between a network management system and an agent of a network element: The present invention relates to a structure of a Management Information Base (MIB) communicated between a Network Management System (NMS) and an agent of a Network Element (NE). Conventionally, an operator provides the MIB to the NMS and the NE agent before the communication. If the MIB is not provided... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080133590 - Application loader for support of version management: A system for supporting version management is provided. The system includes a first application having a plurality of versions. Each of the plurality of versions is associated with a separate a version-specific assembly. A loader is configured to load one of the version-specific assemblies, the assembly then being utilized as... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20080133604 - Apparatus and method for linking basic device and extended devices: A basic device used in a linking of the basic device and an extended device includes an extended scene description manager parsing an extended scene descriptor, and a meta data delivery manager extracting meta data from a multimedia stream using the result of parsing and transmitting the extracted meta data... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080133594 - Application directory: Building and maintaining an accurate and up-to-date inventory of applications deployed throughout an organization are described. In one aspect, an application directory facilitates automated and standardized entry of information on an application. The application directory provides a series of browser-rendered interfaces that collects data about the application. These different types... Agent: Lee & Hayes, Pllc

20080133591 - Automated creation and delivery of database content: A method and apparatus are disclosed which automatically build a database by automatically assigning links to an expert, pushing content to an expert, providing expert annotation, and linking the content to an annotation database. A term is selected by applying rules, such as, the term not previously existing in the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080133593 - Automatic playlist generation in correlation with local events: Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for content providers, such as musicians, to register upcoming events, such as concert events, upload songs, etc. Users of a social network service may then browse venues and content providers. Upon selecting one of the providers, the social network service retrieves... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group (cust. No. W/red Hat)

20080133592 - Bird identification system: A flora and fauna identification apparatus includes a flora and fauna database that has a plurality of records. Each record has a color representation of a particular flora or fauna, along with a plurality of fields of identification criterion including physical topography and coloration of selected regions of the physical... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080133598 - Development tool for footprint reduction: A method and apparatus for reducing a memory footprint of an embedded system. The method may include analyzing packages installed in a root file system of the embedded system, and determining which package components are not required for the operation of the embedded system. The method further includes reducing a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080133607 - Image storage apparatus, image storage supporting apparatus, image storage system, image management apparatus and image saving apparatus: An image storage system includes: an image storage apparatus; and a supporting apparatus. And the image storage apparatus includes an input unit to which image information is input, a first communication unit, a management unit that executes management so that the input image information is transmitted from the first communication... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080133596 - Medical intelligent server architecture: Disclosed is medical intelligent server architecture for computer aided detection that is capable of scaling up for increasing number of patients, and that facilitates modifications and additions of detection services based on various modalities. The architecture is a dedicated server configuration capable of providing services for detecting diseases upon being... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080133606 - Method and subscriber device for implementing nsp selection: A method and a subscriber device for implementing an NSP selection. The method includes: when a subscriber device accesses a network, obtaining information of an NAP accessible at current location; when the subscriber device stores the information of NSPs accessible for the NAP, obtaining the information of NSPs accessible for... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080133597 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining availability of presentable content via a subscription service: Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining availability of presentable content via a subscription service are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection of first presentable content associated with a first subscription service. Metadata associated with the selected first presentable content is received. Based on... Agent: Scenera Research, Llc Jenkins, Wilson & Taylor, P.a.

20080133600 - Minutes production device, conference information management system and method, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: A minutes production device includes: a producing unit that produces minutes, based on conference information; a recommending unit that searches a database and recommends information, based on the conference information used by the producing unit to produce the minutes; and an editing unit that edits the minutes, based on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080133602 - Operation data management device, operation control device, and operation data processing method: An operation data recording device 22 according to the invention includes a setting unit for setting operation data to be recorded out of inputted operation data, and an operation data recording unit for recording the operation data set by the setting unit in a recording device in association with a... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080133605 - System and method for determining social rank, relevance and attention: A method, apparatus and computer program product for determining social rank, relevance and attention is presented. Persons who communicate with a user are determined. A Communications Rank (CommRank) is determined for the persons for said user, the CommRank taking into account a damping factor of prestige of the persons who... Agent: Chapin Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20080133603 - System and method for media publishing: A method and system for publishing a media set. The method includes selecting a publishing platform, compiling a set of data regarding the media set, analyzing the set of data, creating a playlist based on the analyzing the set of data for said media set, and publishing the media set... Agent: Brown, Rudnick, Berlack & Israels, LLP.

20080133599 - System and method for providing address-related location-based data: A method of providing location-based data comprises providing text to be displayed on a display of an electronic device, identifying address data within the text, the address data being associated with an address, and providing the text on the display with a selectable link associated with the address.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080133601 - System and method for recommending multimedia elements: The method proposes a recommendation made from a plurality of preference profiles of multiple users, generally comparing the preference profile of a user with the remaining preference profiles of other users.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080133595 - Systems and methods for providing contact information of applying jobseekers: Methods and systems of providing contact information to recruiters is disclosed. A job search request can be received from a jobseeker that includes search criteria. A set of job listings having associated metadata that match the search criteria can also be received. The jobseeker can provide an indication that the... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080133610 - Method and apparatus for tracking directory for file transfer program: Provided are an apparatus and method for tracking a directory, in which a final running directory path is transferred to a file transfer program through a terminal emulator. The method includes the steps of: (a) outputting a directory path request command in use to a terminal emulator; (b) receiving a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080133609 - Object-based storage system for defferring elimination of shared file and method thereof: An object-based storage system for deferring elimination of a shared file includes a user file manager and a metadata management server, such that even if an inode shared by a plurality of user file managers connected over a network is eliminated by one of the user file managers, the elimination... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080133611 - Rerouting media to selected media applications: A data stream may be processed using a computer system by receiving the data stream using a browser application, detecting a content type of data in the data stream, temporarily overriding a default rendering process otherwise associated with the content type detected for the data in the data stream by... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080133608 - System for and method of managing workloads in a database system: A system for and method of managing database workloads. The workload managing system comprises a historical data collector arranged to collect historical data indicative of historical database performance trends, and a current data collector arranged to collect substantially current data indicative of substantially current database performance. The system is arranged... Agent: James M. Stover Intellectual Property Section

20080133612 - Business channel synchronization: A method and a system of business channel synchronization are provided. In one example embodiment, a network-based commerce system may receive, via a network and from a client application, update data related to a user listing, update a record related to the user listing, utilizing the received update data; and... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20080133613 - Maintaining data consistency between integrated applications: The present disclosure facilitates the interoperability between different local applications. Related local data objects are referenced via global objects or reference containers within a global data model or a global address space of an integration solution. The present disclosure assumes that the integration solution is per default in a consistent... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080133617 - Change log handler for synchronzing data sources: The present invention provides a change log handler than can accommodate a change log having an entry that includes more than one modification operation or multi-valued attributes. The change log handler typically includes a change parser for parsing change attributes corresponding to the change log that identify changes to the... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080133614 - Embedded file system recovery techniques: Various Embedded File System recovery techniques are described. A mobile computing device may comprise a radio, a processor coupled to the radio, and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may be arranged to store a file system manager module (FSMM) that when executed by the processor manages an... Agent: Kacvinsky Llc C/o Intellevate

20080133616 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for change management in a data processing environment: Provided are methods, apparatus and computer program products for change management within a data processing system and in particular for simulating the effect of removal of a file from the system. An anti-file is created within a file system layer that is overlaid onto a set of computer program files.... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20080133615 - Multi-level read caching for multiplexed transactional logging: A transactional logging service is provided to user-mode and kernel-mode log clients by utilizing a marshalling area to buffer a set of log records that a log client assembles into a log stream. Disk I/O (input/output) functionality is then separately brokered using a kernel-mode address space for a single dedicated... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080133618 - Document providing system and computer-readable storage medium: There is provided a document providing system including a derivation relationship registration unit that, when receiving an instruction to register a second electronic-document that is an updated version of a first electronic document, registers a derivation relationship indicating that the second electronic document is derived from the first electronic document... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080133620 - Automated tracking and reporting of trader positions: A data collection application includes a collection document having a first code portion configured to format the document, at least one information input configured to receive an input wherein the at least one information input is defined by the first code portion, and a second code portion stored within the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080133622 - Backup and restore system for a computer: A method of defining a backup state of a file system is provided. A change in an electronic file stored on a computer system is detected. If the change is detected, a backup state of the electronic file is updated using an overlay icon associated with the electronic file. The... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080133624 - Method and apparatus for managing information related to storage activities of data storage systems: Methods and apparatus for managing information related to backup storage activities of data storage systems. In a computer system having one or more independent backup data storage systems coupled to each other and each serving one or more clients, a user may obtain information related to backup activities of any... Agent: Emc Corporation C/o Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080133621 - Method and arrangement for managing documents in electronic document folders: In one aspect, a method for managing documents or partial documents in an electronic document folder is provided. A validity indication, which is individual to the document or partial document and specifies a validity expiry time is assigned to a respective document, e.g. an e-mail, or a partial document, e.g.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080133623 - Method and system for managing multiple database storage units: The system manages at least a database in multiple database storage units, and the database is duplicated for redundancy. The system maintains the database redundancy for security. The system enables the maintenance and reorganization of the database storage units without interrupting the on-going operations involving the access to the database... Agent: Knoble & Yoshida, LLP Eight Penn Center

20080133619 - System and method for preserving memory resources during data backup: A system and method to efficiently back up files while preserving memory resources. The system includes a generation module to generate an unordered list of backup files and associated attributes, and a processing module to back up local files one at a time by modifying the backup files to reflect... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie