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Data processing: database and file management or data structures July category listing 07/10

20100191700 - Communication handler for flex integration with a secure application: Systems and methods are provided for a global communication handler to facilitate communication between an Flex application and an Enterprise Application Server (“EAS”) database. Data is obtained from the EAS database by the global communication handler, and the global communication handler instantiates at least one object that provides that data... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Oracle International Corporation

20100191701 - System and method for managing a business process and business process content: Aspects of the invention relate to a method and system to manage a business process and business process content, comprising a content management system that includes efficiency-improving and workflow features. Efficiency-improving features allow several people involved in a business process, including those residing in different locations, to store and access... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20100191702 - Systems and methods for monitoring database replication: Data processing systems and methods are provided that include a relational database and an application program that performs a data processing step on data belonging to a pre-defined entity stored in the relational database. The relational database and the application program may be linked by an interface that provides an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100191703 - Method for transmitting information between vehicle identifiers: The invention relates to a method for transmitting information from a first identifying object (ID1) for a motor vehicle to a second identifying object (ID2), the said method comprising the steps of: activating a synchronization mode (MOD13 SYNC); opening a two-way communication session; and transmitting information from one identifying object... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20100191704 - System and method for a direct social network: A system for a direct social network comprises a first device and a second device. The first device of the social network includes a first contact list. The first contact list includes a first plurality of users. The second device of the social network includes a second contact list. The... Agent: Motorola Inc

20100191705 - Persistent data storage techniques: A database is maintained that stores data persistently. Tasks are accepted from task sources. At least some of the tasks have competing requirements for use of regions of the database. Each of the regions includes data that is all either locked or not locked for writing at a given time.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20100191706 - Storing information for dynamically enlisted resources in a transaction: A method, apparatus and program product dynamically enlist a plurality of resources to be committed by a transaction during execution of the transaction and store information about each enlisted resource in the plurality of resources with the transaction in a transaction log, including information about a state of each resource,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20100191707 - Techniques for facilitating copy creation: Various techniques are disclosed for creating a snapshot of application data. A snapshot is taken by pausing parts of the application over time. Modifications are paused to a first part of data and the first part is copied into a snapshot. After the first part has finished copying, modifications are... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100191708 - Synchronous deletion of managed files: A method of synchronous deletion of managed files in a file system includes receiving a destroy event for a file to be deleted from the file system, the destroy event being generated upon request to destroy a file or corresponding objects of the files system; processing the received destroy event.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20100191709 - Data recording method, data erasure method, data display method, storage device, storage medium, and program: The objective of the present invention is to manage reference movies using an index file, without causing the user to be perplexed. the reference movies are generated because of, for instance, the upper limit of the file size. The index file manages sets of information regarding the files being managed.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100191710 - Network meta-data libraries and related methods: Network meta-data libraries act as repositories of evolving management information models (MIM) and management information based (MIB) models. Changes to the models may be originated using the libraries or tracked by the libraries. In addition, the libraries may be used to generate and store transformation models used by mediation units... Agent: Capitol Patent & Trademark Law Firm, PLLC

20100191712 - Commit rate management with decoupled commit operations: Consistency is managed among data operations by coalescing commit operations, adjusting a commit rate to optimize latency, and converging to fairness across servers. Write operations representing a change to data stored by one or more of a plurality of computing devices are received in succession by, for example, a cloud... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100191711 - Synchronizing access to resources in a hybrid computing environment: Synchronizing access to resources in a hybrid computing environment that includes a host computer, a plurality of accelerators, the host computer and the accelerators adapted to one another for data communications by a system level message passing module, where synchronizing access to resources includes providing in a registry, to processes... Agent: Ibm (roc-blf)

20100191713 - Unbundled storage transaction services: Systems (and corresponding methods) that unbundle the kernel or storage engine of a database system are provided. The unbundling separates transactional aspects from storage aspects. The two components of the storage engine resulting from the unbundling are a transaction component (TC) and a data component (DC). Data storage access methods... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100191714 - Method and system for automatically updating search results on an online auction site: A method and system for updating searches on an online auction site are described. In one embodiment, a database of auction postings is automatically searched based upon at least one search criteria to produce at least one new search result. The at least one new search result is compared with... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20100191715 - Computer implemented system for providing musical message content: A computer-implemented system is disclosed for providing musical message content. The system can accept a request specifying at least one musical theme and a destination email address or telephone number. The system then selects at least one appropriate musical recording from a database of musical recordings associated with themes, and... Agent: Russ Weinzimmer

20100191717 - Optimization of query processing with top operations: A query processing system performs multiple optimizations of a merge sort for “top” operations. An illustrative query processing system comprises a receiver that receives database query inputs with a top request, and a sort logic that sorts the inputs using temporary files to store intermediate sort data and applies top... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191716 - Structured parallel data intensive computing: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for performing structured parallel data intensive computations. A SQL-FCF framework that defines a SQL construct based interface for performing the computations is provided. The computations within an application are coded as table valued functions (TVFs). Data for the application is partitioned into... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191718 - Complex relational database extraction system and method with perspective based dynamic data modeling: The present invention involves a computer for implementing a complex database management system. A processor has at least one complex database with extraction software. The database extraction software is capable of creating a perspective based data model from a user selected data table of the database. A query is specified... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20100191719 - Query optimization in a multi-tenant database system: The present invention provides techniques for managing a multi-tenant database system. In one embodiment the method includes providing access to data stored in a multi-tenant data structure that is implemented by storing data for multiple tenants on a pool of computer servers defining the multi-tenant data structure that having a... Agent: Law Office Of Kenneth C. Brooks

20100191720 - Risk-premium-based database-query optimization: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to query-optimization methods and systems that employ risk premiums assigned to database operations in order to increase the robustness and reliability of the evaluation and selection of query-execution plans for executing high-level database queries. Using risk-premium estimates, selection of query-execution plans that include... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191722 - Data similarity and importance using local and global evidence scores: A method includes finding regions of a reference signal which provide at least one of: local evidence scores and a global evidence score. The local evidence scores indicate local similarity of the regions of the reference signal to regions of a query signal and the global evidence score defines the... Agent: Daniel J Swirsky

20100191721 - Mechanisms for efficient autocompletion in xml search applications: Mechanisms are described for providing auto-completion capability in a user interface that allows users to search for XML tags and data in a collection of XML documents. A user searching for data in XML documents might not be aware of the entire structure of the data. A path context may... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20100191723 - Methods and apparatus to measure market statistics: Example methods and apparatus to measure market statistics are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes retrieving a service penetration value from a managed data source, retrieving an Internet protocol (IP) address from a convenience data source, and identifying a household identification number associated with the retrieved IP address. The example... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20100191725 - A system and method for discovering providers: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of identifying providers. The method comprises obtaining a keyword from a client and obtaining a results document from a search, wherein the results document comprises references to documents that contain the keyword. The method also comprises analyzing the results document... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191724 - Method and system to identify providers in web documents: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of identifying providers. The method includes obtaining a results document from a search, wherein the results document comprises references to documents that contain a keyword. analyzing the results document to identify a plurality of the references. The method includes accessing... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191726 - System and method for modulating search relevancy using pointer activity monitoring: A method and system of modulating search result relevancy use various types of user browsing activities. In particular, a client assistant residing in a client computer monitors movements of a user controlled pointer in a web browser, e.g., when the pointer moves into a predefined region and when it moves... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP/google

20100191727 - Dynamic feature presentation based on vision detection: Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and graphical user interfaces (GUI's) for interactively presenting features within the panes of a display area rendered in a GUI workspace are provided. Initially, a computing device memory is inspected to discover a profile that accommodates a user-visual pattern. When the profile is not discovered, a... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (microsoft Corporation)

20100191730 - Efficiency in processing queries directed to static data sets: Data is maintained indicating which conditions match which data items (e.g., rows) of a data set (e.g., table(s) in a database). When a query is later received, the maintained data is quickly examined to determine the matching data items, thereby enhancing the throughput performance in processing queries directed to the... Agent: Law Firm Of Naren Thappeta

20100191729 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, computer-readable medium and computer data signal: An information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit, an information selection unit and an information retrieval unit. The calculation unit calculates a retrieval target level for each information based on time from when the information was stored in the past to the present. The retrieval target level for each information... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100191728 - Method, system computer program, and apparatus for augmenting media based on proximity detection: Augmenting media based on proximity detection involves detecting proximate devices of participants of an event via a wireless proximity device. User media associated with the participants is obtaining based on the proximity detection and further based on contact data associated with the participants. Event media that records an aspect of... Agent: Hollingsworth & Funk

20100191732 - Database for a capture system: A tag database storing tags indexing captured object can be searched efficiently. In one embodiment, such a search begins by receiving a query for one or more objects captured by a capture system, and determining whether a query time range exceeds a time range of a set of fast tables.... Agent: Patent Capital Group

20100191731 - Methods and systems for automatic clustering of defect reports: One embodiment of the invention provides a method of grouping defects. The method includes the steps of obtaining a plurality of defect reports, preprocessing the defect reports, and applying a clustering algorithm, thereby grouping the defect reports. Another embodiment of the invention provides a computer-readable medium whose contents cause a... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100191733 - Music linked photocasting service system and method: A music linked photocasting service system and method are provided. The music linked photocasting service method includes reproducing music at the request of a user, analyzing a mood of the reproduced music at prescribed times, until music reproduction is completed, searching photographs suitable for a analyzed mood of the music,... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20100191734 - System and method for classifying documents: A method of classifying a plurality of documents that form part of a data set comprises retrieving the plurality of documents from a computing device and applying a hashing representation scheme to the plurality of documents from the data set to obtain a feature vector representation of each of the... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191736 - Computer-implemented electronic diary to enter locked medical notes for historical archival: A system for the entry of medical notes, wherein the medical notes, after submission, are stored is non-editable form and are locked in a database for historical archival. In one scenario, the entered medical notes are editable and can be deleted for a pre-set time period, wherein, after the expiration... Agent: Ip Authority, LLC Ramraj Soundararajan

20100191737 - System and method of searching for classifying user activity performed on a computer system: The invention is directed to a system and method of managing information associated with user actions. A monitoring system may gather and store information associated with user actions. Relationships may be inferred between user actions based on time or other criteria. A user may define classifications of user actions. These... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100191735 - Systems and methods for classifying and screening biological materials for use for therapeutic and/or research purposes: Systems and methods collect and screen a biological material to facilitate its selection and use for therapeutic and/or research purposes. The systems and methods take into account both objective and semi-objective attributes manifest in a biological material, such as genetic, phenotypic, clinical, and genealogic attributes. The diverse array of the... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20100191738 - Apparatus, system, and method for modifying data set names: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for modifying data set names. A communication module receives a data set name as an index of a catalog entry for a catalog. The data set name comprises at least two qualifiers. A modification module modifies at least one data set name qualifier... Agent: Kunzler Needham Massey & Thorpe

20100191743 - Contextual similarity measures for objects and retrieval, classification, and clustering using same: A method of comparing first and second objects in a context comprises: maximizing or minimizing a quantitative comparison of the first object and a mixture of the second object and the context respective to a weighting parameter that controls the mixture; and outputting a comparison value based on the value... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20100191739 - Structuring and searching data in a hierarchical confidence-based configuration: A method and a system are provided for structuring and searching data in a hierarchical confidence-based configuration. In one example, the system receives data and assigns a confidence quality tier to the data. The confidence quality tier is in a range that spans from a highest confidence quality tier inclusive... Agent: Patent Department Rovi Corporation

20100191742 - System and method for managing user attention by detecting hot and cold topics in social indexes: A system and method for managing user attention by detecting hot topics in social indexes is provided. Articles of digital information and at least one social index are maintained. The social index includes topics that each relate to one or more of the articles. Topic models matched to the digital... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20100191740 - System and method for ranking web searches with quantified semantic features: A system and method for ranking web searches with quantified semantic features. A query for a web search is received from a user. The query is segmented and tagged into one or more linguistic segments using linguistic analysis. At least some of the linguistic segments are tagged with a linguistic... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20100191741 - System and method for using banded topic relevance and time for article prioritization: A system and method for using banded topic relevance and time for article prioritization is provided. Articles of digital information and at least one social index are maintained. The social index includes topics that each relate to one or more of the articles. Fine-grained topic models matched to the digital... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20100191744 - Ranking functions using document usage statistics: Methods of providing a document relevance score to a document on a network are disclosed. Computer readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing a method of providing a document relevance score to a document on a network are also disclosed. Further, computing systems containing at least one application... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100191746 - Competitor analysis to facilitate keyword bidding: Disclosed herein are one or more embodiments that facilitate selection of keywords for bidding by an advertiser having a website. One or more of the disclosed embodiments may process a click-through log to determine measures of competitiveness for a plurality of websites extracted from the click-through log. Also, the one... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100191745 - Mechanisms for ranking xml tags: Mechanisms are described for providing decision support for an XML schema designer in the selection of candidate XML tags based on tags that are in use within a collection of XML documents. The approaches presented include a static analysis of tags in an XML collection which reflects the use of... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20100191747 - Method and apparatus for providing related words for queries using word co-occurrence frequency: A system and a method is provided for extracting, classifying, and displaying related words for a query, if an internet or local computer or a mobile appliance user inputs the query. In a system for providing related words composed of a client and a server connected to the client through... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100191748 - Method and system for creating a data profile engine, tool creation engines and product interfaces for identifying and analyzing files and sections of files: A data profile engine identifies, classifies, analyzes, searches, compares and cross-references entire files and sections of files, records and other forms of electronic media, and a tool creation engine in combination with the data profile engine builds custom solutions and product interfaces.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100191749 - Method for performing an external (disk-based) sort of a large data file which takes advantage of \"presorted\" data already present in the input: A method of externally sorting large files in a computer system is presented. The contents of the input file to be sorted are investigated in order to identify presorted portions thereof. The presorted portions of the input file as thus identified are incorporated as sorted strings into an external sortwork... Agent: Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

20100191750 - Multiple-column bidirectional index: The present invention is a multiple-column index comprised of at least three columns. The columns are repetitious loops of identical content displayed over several pages wherein the relationship between the columns would be consistent. At least two columns have listings in the order of “A” to “Z” beginning at different... Agent: A. Leon White

20100191751 - Information processing system, information processing apparatus, information processing method and computer readable medium: An information processing system includes an acceptance section, a first processing section, a conversion section and a second processing section. The acceptance section accepts first storage location information that is indicative of where a first electronic file in a first storage unit is stored. The first processing section processes the... Agent: Kimble Intellectual Property Law, PLLC

20100191756 - Content delivery apparatus, content delivery method, and content delivery program: In a content delivery method in a P2P network 20, a content publishing node divides a publish content according to a situation of each downstream node adjacent thereto, and causes each downstream node to hold a divided content, and a content downloading node simultaneously downloads in parallel the divided contents... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100191753 - Extracting patterns from sequential data: Described is a technology in which sequential data, such as application program command sequences, are processed into patterns, such as for use in analyzing program usage. In one aspect, sequential data may be first transformed via state machines that remove repeated data, group similar data into sub-sequences, and/or remove noisy... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100191755 - Method and apparatus for managing contents by using content tag: Provided is a method of managing contents, the method including selecting at least one of the stored contents, generating a content tag including content information associated with the selected content, storing the generated content tag, transmitting the generated content tag to an external device, and deleting the selected content.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100191752 - Method for producing a size-optimized delta-file: A delta file which encodes the difference between a first data file and a second data file is produced by determining a set of elemental data strings which are present in the two data files in a partial match in a graph being modeled. In the graph, each network node,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100191757 - Recording medium storing allocation control program, allocation control apparatus, and allocation control method: An allocation control apparatus allocates duplicate logical volume divided areas to virtual storage areas that do not have data storage area in the physical storage area. The apparatus associates identification information of the allocated virtual storage areas, of the duplicate logical volume divided areas, and of duplication source logical volume... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100191754 - System and method for notifications relating to flight tracking or planning: A computer-implemented system and method processes flight position information and provides a notification to a remote user in response to a triggering event. Typically, flight position data is received over a digital network. The service accepts requests for notification based upon the position of a specified flight and subsequently provides... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20100191759 - Methods and apparatus for communicating in a wireless system: Methods and apparatus for communicating information, e.g., queries and query responses, in a peer to peer communications network are described. Queries include, e.g., queries for a product, service, activity or activity partner. In some embodiments, a query channel is implemented and utilized. The implemented query channel structure is such that... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20100191758 - System and method for improved search relevance using proximity boosting: A system and method for improved search relevance using proximity boosting. A query for a web search is received from a user, via a network, wherein the query comprises a plurality of query tokens. One or more concepts are identified in the query wherein each of concepts comprises at least... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20100191760 - Conversion program search system and conversion program search method: To provide a conversion program search system that can increase the reusability of conversion programs as well as can find a solution to a data connection problem in a short time. A first-signature generation means 71 generates a first signature indicating, in a binary manner, whether one piece of data... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100191761 - Apparatus and method for handling tasks over a computerized network: The subject matter discloses a method of handling a computerized task, comprising receiving data related to the computerized task generating a programmable application using the data related to the computerized task. The programmable application may be a script or an executable. The computerized task may be upload or download of... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20100191762 - Client agents for obtaining attributes from unavailable clients: Creating an agency relationship among clients of a computer system with respect to personal privileged, or otherwise sensitive permissions and/or attributes, is described. The technique enables a querying client to obtain permission and/or attributes from a queried client, even if the queried client is unavailable.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20100191764 - In-memory data optimization system: The present invention is directed to database applications in which the identification of entries is structured in a custom way using templates. The means for identification is used as a vehicle for submitted queries to and obtaining responses from the database such that the query and response process is significantly... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20100191763 - Request-based knowledge acquisition: One implementation provides a method for acquiring knowledge from multiple knowledge bases in a knowledge repository. The method includes identifying first and second knowledge bases within the knowledge repository by analyzing a search request received from a client system. The first knowledge base contains knowledge of a first type and... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C.

20100191766 - Method and apparatus for information retrieval via electronic mail: Invention provides a method for an e-mail based interface to function as a single common access point for requesting, receiving, publishing, accessing and sharing various data from multiple, remote information systems. The invention becomes akin to a human relay operator in the loop which is transparent to the user. By... Agent: Air Force Research Laboratory Rij

20100191765 - System and method for processing images: A method for processing digital images includes receiving from one of a plurality of sensors a first image in a first format. A first set of metadata is associated with the first image. The method also includes generating a second set of metadata based on at least the first set... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20100191767 - Expected future condition support in an abstract query environment: Embodiments of the invention are generally related to data processing, and more specifically to retrieving data from a database. An abstract query may include query conditions and a first logical field comprising conditions for determining whether a second logical field will have a predefined value in the future. Upon execution,... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20100191768 - Search query categorization for business listings search: A category classification component locates appropriate categories that apply to a user search query. The categories may be yellow page business listings. The category classification component may include a category model that is automatically trained on one or more of a number of possible training data sources. The training data... Agent: Harrity & Harrity, LLP

20100191769 - Image search system, image search method, and storage medium: An image search system includes a first calculation section that calculates a first similarity score of each registered image with respect to an input image on the basis of image features of the registered and the input image, a second calculation section that calculates a second similarity score of each... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20100191770 - Systems and methods for providing a virtual fashion closet: This is directed to systems and methods for providing a virtual fashion closet. Fashion items can be added to the Virtual Closet. Outfits may then be created by combining two or more of the fashion items. In some embodiments, the Virtual Closet system can create recommended outfits based on weather,... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20100191771 - System and method for defining run books: In a computing environment, metadata may be used to define common aspects such as verbs, policies, categories and variables of run book procedures. Variable data of the procedures may be stored in application files. A procedure may be generated by retrieving a pre-defined metadata definition of a procedure from a... Agent: Rg & Associates

20100191772 - Semantic note taking system: A semantic note taking system and method for collecting information, enriching the information, and binding the information to services is provided. User-created notes are enriched with labels, context traits, and relevant data to minimize friction in the note-taking process. In other words, the present invention is directed to collecting unscripted... Agent: Lumen Patent Firm

20100191775 - Enumeration of trees from finite number of nodes: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20100191774 - Method and system for versioned file system using structured data representations: A versioned file system comprises a set of structured data representations, such as XML. In a representative embodiment, at a first time, the interface creates and exports to the data store a first structured data representation corresponding to a first version of the local file system. The first structured data... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20100191773 - System and method for providing default hierarchical training for social indexing: A system and method for providing default hierarchical training for social indexing is provided. Articles of digital information for social indexing are maintained. A hierarchically-structured tree of topics is specified. Each topic includes a label that includes one or more words. Constraints inherent in the literal structure of the topic... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20100191776 - Methods, computer program products, and apparatuses for dispersing content items: An apparatus for dispersing content may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a request associated with a content item and generate a hashed identifier based at least in part on the request associated with the content item. The processor may further be configured to generate a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100191777 - Serialization of shared and cyclic data structures using compressed object encodings: A method of encoding data structures using compressed object encodings during serialization. A compressed representation of the data is generated directly while encoding. Serialization means converting a data structure to a string of bytes for external storage or communication.... Agent: Tatu Ylonen Oy, Ltd.

20100191778 - Method for constructing a file format and apparatus for processing a broadcasting signal including a file having the file format and method thereof: A method for constructing a file format is provided. The file format includes a first box (mdta) including at least one track with both media data and user data regarding the media data defined in the at least one track and a second box (moov) including a track box (trak)... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100191782 - Assigning content to an entry in directory: A method of assigning content with an entry in a directory includes parsing the content into text phrases. Mappings between each entry in the directory and information in name fields of the directory are determined. Name proposals for a phrase are determined using the mappings. Each name proposal identifies a... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100191783 - Method and system for interfacing to cloud storage: An interface between an existing local file system and a data store (e.g., a “write-once” store) generates and exports to the data store a “versioned” file system. The state of the local file system at a given point in time can be determined using the versioned file system. Preferably, the... Agent: Law Office Of David H. Judson

20100191781 - Method for objectclass versioning: Techniques for objectclass versioning in directory server schema are provided. The techniques include migrating from one version of a directory server to another version of the directory server, maintaining one or more versions of an objectclass while migrating from one version of a directory server to another version of the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20100191779 - Systems and methods for managing files on a storage device: Described herein are techniques for the dynamic allocation of storage capacity between multiple namespaces associated with a storage system. Data from multiple namespaces is stored in a common pool of addresses of the storage system and data from each namespace is capable of being written to any free address of... Agent: Echostar Technologies, L.L.C. Legal Department

20100191780 - Uploading a hierarchical file structure using a web service: A method and a system are provided for uploading a hierarchical file structure using a web service. The method and the system automate the uploading process of an ad agency and substantially reduce the number of operations that the ad agency must perform to upload ad creatives. In one example,... Agent: Stattler - Suh PC

20100191784 - Extending secure management of file attribute information to virtual hard disks: File attribute information is shared between processes running on a virtual machine and processes accessing a virtual hard disk from a host level. When a host level process accesses files on a virtual hard disk, that process updates the relevant file attribute information, and stores the updated file attribute information... Agent: The Brill Law Office

20100191785 - Method and system for seamlessly accessing remotely stored files: A system and method by which users via programs on one computer may seamlessly access files remotely stored on other computers that run a well known file access protocol. An operating system extension and an application level network access program are provided. The operating system extension receives file system requests... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100185581 - Data aggregation module supporting dynamic query responsive aggregation during the servicing of database query requests provided by one or more client machines: Improved method of and apparatus for aggregating data elements in multidimensional databases (MDDB). In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus is realized in the form of a high-performance stand-alone (i.e. external) aggregation server which can be plugged-into conventional MOLAP systems to achieve significant improments in system performance. In accordance with the... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski , Esq., P. C.

20100185582 - Web deployment functions and interfaces: Described is a technology in which a destination machine (e.g., a server) is synchronized with source data via an API, including to configure the destination machine. The API includes functions for specifying the source data, the destination machine, and the deployment/synchronization type, along with a function for synchronizing the source... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185583 - System and method for scheduling data storage replication over a network: The replication of a group of data sets is coordinated into a single schedule based on the recovery point objective (RPO) of each data set. The resulting generated schedule satisfies each data set's RPO requirements and minimizes bandwidth use. If necessary bandwidth exceeds available bandwidth, the resulting generated schedule attempts... Agent: Vmware, Inc.

20100185584 - Synchronization in unified messaging systems: A unified messaging system, method, apparatus, individual components and the like are disclosed. The unified messaging system comprises a server, a client and a synchronization application for synchronizing voicemail messages and fax messages on both the server and the client is disclosed. The server messages may include received messages and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100185585 - Preventing pauses in algorithms requiring pre-image information concerning modifications during data replication: Data accessible to a first process is replicated for use by a second process. Modifications to the data during the replication process may cause algorithms requiring the values of data both before and after replication to pause. Sending the values of the datum, before and after modification, to a process... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20100185586 - Message-based scalable data transport protocol: The invention deploys a message-based data transport platform, in which a communication engine controls the delivery of server or other backup data or other large quantity data to a remote site based on message objects as fundamental units. Data sessions from one or more servers or other data sources may... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (microsoft Corporation)

20100185587 - Data movement with reduced service outage: A data movement system is described herein that allows an administrator to cause data to be moved from one server to another with little or no service outage and in an amount of time that is proportional to the overall size of the data being moved rather than the way... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185588 - System and methods for storing abstract data in multi dimensional vectors: The system and methods described below pertain to advanced database architectures for storing complex data structures that can be used by various applications. The architecture allows multiple data elements to be assigned a unique coordinate on an axis within a dimension. A relation of data elements as a tuple of... Agent: Vladimir Grigorian

20100185590 - Autonomic information management system (ims) mainframe database pointer error diagnostic data extraction: A method and system for autonomic Information Management System (IMS) mainframe database pointer error diagnostic data extraction. A receiving module may receive a database name and an error detection time. An error detection module may locate database pointer errors on the failed IMS database. A list module may generate an... Agent: Kunzler Needham Massey & Thorpe

20100185591 - Computer readable medium and information management system: An information management method includes: when management subject information corresponds to the second location and another pieces of management subject information having the same contents as the management subject information is made correspond to the second location, deleting the said another management subject information except for the management subject information... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100185589 - Disaster recovery data sync: Various embodiments for failure recovery in a computing environment following a data restoration are provided. A catalog locate is performed for each of a plurality of data sets on a base catalog structure (BCS), identifying a plurality of BCS entries. If a first BCS entry is cataloged incorrectly, the first... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20100185592 - Snapshot indexing: Managing backup data comprises mounting a snapshot of a file system. Each of the plurality of snapshots is taken at a particular time and each comprises a replica of the data set at that particular time. The mounted snapshot is accessed. For each of the one or more file system... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP And Emc Corporation

20100185593 - Methods and systems for recursive saving of hierarchical objects to a database: Methods and systems include embodiments that recursively save parent, grandparent, and other records in a database that depend from a record. User-provided code within a save event or trigger can thus call further save methods without corrupting the database. Junction objects, objects that reflect records with two or more parents,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100185596 - Drift visualization: A system for drift visualization of change data of a datacenter is disclosed. The datacenter includes a plurality of configuration items. The system includes a management server in communication with the data center. The management server includes an agent configured to collect the change data from one or more of... Agent: Vmware, Inc.

20100185595 - Managing product information versions: Systems and methods for managing versions of product attribute information are described with respect to a number of embodiments of the present disclosure. In one implementation, a database management system that manages a database for storing attribute information of a product is described. The database management system in this implementation... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Oracle International Corporation

20100185594 - Versioning system for electronic textbooks: A versioning system for electronic textbooks provided to a variety of textbook readers uses a highly abstracted content file tagged with content identifiers allowing this content file to be readily re-edited into multiple versions compatible with different curricula and suitable for a range of different reader types.... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20100185597 - Method and apparatus for optimistic locking using sql select, update, delete, and insert statements: A method, computer program product and data processing system for optimistic locking. An integer column is added to a database table. A Structured Query Language statement is constructed and prepared to form a prepared Structured Query Language statement, wherein a result set of the prepared Structured Query Language statement includes... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20100185598 - Metadata associated with a printed image: The present invention relates to utilization of metadata associated with a printed image. Portions of images and metadata are stored, each of the metadata being associated with a portion of the images. Imaging means are used to read a portion of the printed image. Correspondence between the read portion and... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100185599 - Exposing rich internet application content to search engines: Systems and methods which facilitate search engine discovery of and/or access to application program content are shown. Declarative code may be provided within the procedural code of a rich Internet application in order to identify various states, and their associated content, of the rich Internet application. A Web crawler may... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP- Adobe Systems, Inc. 58083

20100185600 - Apparatus and method for integration search of web site: Disclosed is a web-site integration search method capable of consecutively searching a list of pre-registered search channels using a first keyword input by the user, even without inputting the first keyword in target search engines to be searched one by one. The method includes the steps of: inputting a first... Agent: Sherr & Vaughn, PLLC

20100185601 - Techniques for database rule ordering and processing: Techniques for database rule ordering and processing are provided. Structured Query Language (SQL) statements are iterated to identify processing dependencies and a processing order is generated. The SQL statements are automatically modified to enforce the processing order and the modified SQL statements are executed against a database.... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100185602 - Techniques for using database metric results: Techniques for using database metric results are provided. Structure Query Language (SQL) statements are parsed for multiple metric calculations. Each metric calculation is dynamically processed against a database to obtain combined results. The combined results are fed to remaining portions of the SQL statements as a source for or a... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100185603 - Techniques for using database rule results: Techniques for using database rule results are provided. Structure Query Language (SQL) statements are parsed for multiple metric calculations. Multiple rules are parsed and evaluated within the SQL statements to produce results. The results are used by other portions of the SQL statements as a source or a driver for... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100185605 - Method and system for continuous, dynamic, adaptive searching based on a continuously evolving personal region of interest: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20100185604 - Search results embedded in a table-of-contents: A computer implemented method, a computer program product, and a data processing system for presenting search results in the context of a table-of-contents. A keyword search term and a stratum-level are identified. An occurrence of the keyword search term is then identified from a searched document. The occurrence of the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20100185606 - Development document data management device, development document data management system, development document data management method, program therefor, and recording medium: A development document data management device includes a storage section and a control section. The storage section stores product document data, and document data attribute information including a commercialization stage indicating any one of two or more stages to develop the product and a type indicating which type the aim... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100185608 - Information retrieval device, information retrieval system, information retrieval program and information retrieval method: Provided is an information retrieval device connected to a content server which stores contents to be retrieved through a network, the information retrieval device including: a content storing unit storing contents including some of the contents stored in the content server; a retrieval request reception unit receiving contents retrieval request... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100185607 - Method and system for sorting internet music files, searching method and searching engine: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for sorting Internet music files, a searching method and a searching engine. The method for sorting Internet music file includes: calculating text correlation and value correlation of each of music files; calculating comprehensive correlation of each of the music files... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100185609 - System and method for applying link analysis tools for visualizing connected temporal and spatial information on a user interface: A system and method for analyzing a plurality of data elements having both temporal and spatial properties, where a first data element and a second data element of the plurality of data elements are linked by at least one association element. The system and method include selecting the first data... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20100185610 - Visual tags for search results generated from social network information: Search results, including sponsored links and algorithmic search results, are generated in response to a query, and are marked based on frequency of clicks on the search results by members of social network who are within a predetermined degree of separation from the member who submitted the query. The markers... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100185611 - Re-ranking search results from an enterprise system: A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100185612 - Method for producing an ordered search list: The invention is directed to a method for producing, for example, a search results listing for educational content, where the listing is ordered based not only on content relevance to the search request, but also on the subscription status and entity affiliation of the user as related to the content.... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20100185613 - Method, device, and computer program product for targeting media: Methods, devices, and products are disclosed for targeting media. Descriptive information is received that describes media. The descriptive information is compared to a stored set of user-defined criteria. If the descriptive information contains any criterion, then the media is stored in memory, wherein the stored media is targeted to a... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Cc Attn: Patent Docketing

20100185617 - Content augmentation for personal recordings: A content augmentation process for personal recordings involves a service center (SC). The service center (SC) collects personal recordings from various different users via a network so as to constitute a database (DB) of personal recordings. The service center (SC) identifies personal recordings within the database (DB) that concern a... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100185615 - Searching a repository of documents using a source image as a query: What is disclosed is a system and method for searching a repository of documents containing images using an image as a query. The present method enables the adjustment of a threshold level through a no-reference quality assessment of the query image which produces an estimated measure of quality for the... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20100185614 - Shared internet storage resource, user interface system, and method: The Shared Internet Storage Resource provides Internet-based file storage, retrieval, access, control, and manipulation for a user. Additionally, an easy-to-use user interface is provided both for a browser or stand-alone application. The entire method provides means by which users can establish, use, and maintain files on the Internet in a... Agent: Cislo & Thomas LLP

20100185616 - Systems and methods for predictive recommendations: Systems and methods for tagging websites with recent asset information and storing the tagged recent asset information in a database that includes tagged existing asset information, identifying relationships between the recent asset information and the existing asset information, identifying a technical experience for a user by matching user data with... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20100185618 - Techniques for specifying and collecting data aggregations: Data records containing one or more fields, which can be considered keys and/or values, are received, and processed such that data values of records that contain key values of interest are aggregated together. The keys of the resultant aggregations or “resultant keys” are created under the control of simple parameters... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100185620 - Method for analyzing demographic data: A computer implemented method of generating an ordered list of geographical locations having similarities in preselected categories relative to a first geographical location.... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20100185619 - Sampling analysis of search queries: Sampling analysis includes classifying a plurality of query keywords into a plurality of query keyword subsets according to page view (PV) values associated with the plurality of query keywords, the plurality of query keywords being submitted by a plurality of users; determining a respective plurality of sample rates of a... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20100185622 - Attributes of captured objects in a capture system: Regular expressions used for searching for patterns in captured objects can be grouped into attributes. Such attributes can be associated with captured objects using tags stored in a database. In one embodiment, the present invention includes capturing an object being transmitted over a network, and determining that a regular expression... Agent: Patent Capital Group

20100185621 - Systems and methods for performing authorization: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for performing an authorization check for a user. In one implementation, a data processing system is provided that includes means for storing first data descriptive of at least one directed acyclic graph and for storing second data descriptive of an assignment of... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20100185624 - Colorblind accessible image search: Colorblind accessible image search technique embodiments are presented that re-rank the results of a relevance-ranked image search to account for the accessibility of the images to a colorblind person. This is accomplished by first computing a colorblind accessibility quantity for each image of interest in the search results. A colorblind... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185626 - Delegated authority evaluation system: The invention provides an evaluation system for reliably evaluating large amounts of content. The evaluation system is managed by a primary authority that designates one or more contributing authorities by delegating to each a specific quantity of authority. Each contributing authority may in turn designate and delegate authority to one... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20100185625 - System and method for evaluating/determining relationship compatibility among members of a social network, and for referring compatible members to each other: Disclosed, among other things, is a method for evaluating/determining relationship compatibility among a pool of individuals and for referring compatible members to each other for dating and/or other types of relationships.... Agent: Bryce Johnson

20100185623 - Topical ranking in information retrieval: An aggregate ranking model is generated, which comprises a general ranking model and one or more topical training models. Each topical ranking model is associated with a topic, or topic class, and for use in ranking search result items determined to belong to the topic, or topic class. As one... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20100185628 - Method and apparatus for automatically generating summaries of a multimedia file: A plurality of summaries of a multimedia file are automatically generated. A first summary of a multimedia file is generated (step 308). At least one second summary of the multimedia file is then generated (step 314). The at least one second summary includes content excluded from the first summary. The... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100185627 - Sorting method of multimedia files: A sorting method of multimedia files is disclosed. The method uses EXIF information parameters, image characteristic parameters and file property parameters to automatically sort massive multimedia files. In addition, a sorting mark containing a sorting name, a filename, a date parameter and a file location is displayed on the browsing... Agent: J C Patents

20100185629 - Indexing and querying data stores using concatenated terms: Tools and techniques for indexing and querying data stores using concatenated terms are provided. These tools may receive input queries that include at least two query terms. The query terms are correlated respectively with fields contained within records within a data store, with these fields being populated with respective field... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185636 - Computer-implemented process of reporting injured worker information: Predefined lists of selected variables are created and interrelated to produce incident reports. The lists are created and modified through the use of formatted computer screens or input forms, and the reports are produced through the use of formatted computer outputs or output formats. The lists include accident-related information such... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20100185635 - Data tranformations between a source application and service-oriented target applications supporting different data formats: Embodiments of the invention allow structured data to be transferred between a source application and a service-oriented target application that process data in different formats. The data to be transferred may be divided into different sections, where each section is processed by a respective service of the target application. To... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20100185634 - Data tranformations for a source application and multiple target applications supporting different data formats: Embodiments of the invention allow structured data to be transferred between a source application and target applications that process structured data in different formats. For example, structured data may have associated rules which transform the structured data based on some variables. The source application may register variable definitions for each... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20100185630 - Morphing social networks based on user context: Providing for adaptive networking based on user context is disclosed herein. By way of example, networking usage patterns, preferences and disposition toward a network or network interface can be monitored and analyzed to determine the user context. In some aspects, the usage context can be further modified based on language... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100185631 - Techniques for data aggregation, analysis, and distribution: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for aggregating and using data collected from multiple computers to modify a later behavior of those computers. In one implementation, a data aggregation system is described. A data collector is operable to collect behavior data over a network from one or more applications used... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185633 - Techniques for file system searching: Techniques for file system searching are presented. File system search processing is modified so as to store previously successful search criterion for previously submitted searches in extended file attributes of files for the file system. In this manner, when a subsequent and same search criterion is submitted for execution in... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/novell

20100185632 - Utilizing information from garbage collector in serialization of large cyclic data structures: A method for serializing cyclic or shared data structures using information from the garbage collector to determine that some objects in the data structure being serialized cannot have more than one reference.... Agent: Tatu Ylonen Oy, Ltd.

20100185639 - Autonomic self configuring building-block database index: Methods, systems, and computer programs for executing a query having a first and second query value; in a database having at least two composite indexes, where the first index covers a first and second column and the second index covers the second column and a third column. Methods can include... Agent: Craig Taylor Law Office PLLC-3

20100185638 - Image search enhanced vehicle telemaintenance: A device and methods are provided for identifying mechanical components in a machine, such as a vehicle. One or more images of the mechanical components are captured, perhaps using a telemaintenance device (TMD). The images are transmitted as part of a query to a telemaintenance database (TDB). The TDB processes... Agent: Honeywell/s&s Patent Services

20100185642 - Interest-based location targeting engine: A method for targeted advertisement is provided, for which one or more tags relating to an advertisement is/are determined, one or more of the most representative entities for the tag(s) is/are determined, and the advertisement is targeted to the one or more most representative entities. In addition, for each of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20100185641 - Method for compiling, trend-tracking, transmitting and reporting opinion data: A process as provided for streamlined opinion data submission to decision makers. The process provides electronic transmission to local, state and Federal elected representatives based on physical location, provides/gathers issue-based opinions from the public, and consolidates the opinions in a relational database for dissemination to the public and/or elected officials... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20100185637 - Methods for matching metadata from disparate data sources: Methods for matching a candidates with a target utilizing extract, transform and load (ETL) metadata utilizing a computer, the candidates originating from a number of secondary data sources are presented including: causing the computer to receive the target from a target data source; causing the computer to fetch the candidates... Agent: Kali Law Group, P.C.

20100185640 - Virtual world identity management: Embodiments of the invention improve the ability for users of an immersive virtual environment to manage and change their avatars or avatar profiles, including their behavior, during their virtual experience. In one embodiment, a user associates each avatar or avatar profile they control or own with a task from a... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20100185644 - Automatic search suggestions from client-side, browser, history cache: An embodiment of the current invention is directed to using a script embedded in a web page and executed in a web browser environment to store user search history information in a persistent, browser-supplied, script accessible, history cache and employ the user search history information to provide suggested search queries.... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (microsoft Corporation)

20100185643 - Techniques for automated generation of queries for querying ontologies: Techniques for simplifying querying of ontologies. In one embodiment, one or more queries for querying an ontology are automatically generated in a language suitable for querying the ontology. A user may enter a query in a simple language such as a natural language query. In response, one or more queries... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100185645 - Structured query language syntax rewriting: The database command rewriting system rewrites a first database command that includes language specific for a first database management system command into a second database command suitable for a second database management system. The database command rewriting system receives the first database command and identifies the specific language. Furthermore, the... Agent: Red Hat/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100185646 - Method and apparatus for searching media program databases: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for providing list of a plurality of media programs responsive to a user search query is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of accepting an general search query from a user computer, identifying a synonym for the general search query, identifying... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20100185654 - Adding new instances to a structured presentation: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. In one aspect, a machine-implemented method includes the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100185660 - Determining suitability of entity to provide products or services based on factors of acquisition context: A method, system and computer program product for determining the suitability of an entity to provide products or services. Category and measurement data is received concerning the entity where each category is assigned a value based on the acquisition context. If the value assigned to a category exceeds a threshold,... Agent: Winstead PC

20100185647 - Devices, systems, and methods for communicating pattern matching results of a parallel pattern search engine: Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a system that includes a device that includes one or more pattern-recognition processors for searching a data stream. The pattern-recognition cluster may include various search pattern matching matrices and mask modules which may be utilized to perform various searching functions. Additionally, a... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (micron Technology, Inc.)

20100185648 - Enabling access to information on a web page: Techniques for enabling voice access to information residing on the World Wide Web are provided. The techniques include receiving a query from a user, wherein the query comprises a voice-based request to access information residing on the World Wide Web, identifying one or more websites corresponding to the query, fetching... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20100185650 - Indexing and searching dynamically changing search corpora: Tools and techniques for indexing and searching dynamically changing search corpora are provided. These tools may receive requests to upload documents over a network to an online document repository, and present a user interface to facilitate the upload. The user interface may include devices that are responsive to user activation... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185658 - Mdr federation facility for cmdbf: This disclosure relates generally to the field of federated configuration management databases (CMDBs). To claim compliance with the CMDBf Standard (“the Standard”), a CMDB implementation must provide working and interoperable implementations of the interfaces defined in the Standard. To make a working implementation, certain non-obvious features are required that are... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20100185661 - Method and system for negative keyword recommendations: Effectiveness of search terms is determined. The search terms are classified to include effective search terms and ineffective search terms. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective search terms is created. The ineffective search terms that conflict with the effective search terms are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20100185657 - Method for searching database for recorded location data set and system thereof: A method for searching a database for at least a recorded location data set includes: (a) deciding at least one facility availability condition; (b) searching the database for at least a specific recorded location data set matching the facility availability condition; and (c) displaying the specific recorded location data set... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100185662 - Method of and apparatus for playing, rating, and downloading songs from internet radio: A method comprising: playing songs on Internet radio; rating the songs; occasionally connecting to a network; gathering the songs that are higher rated; downloading the songs that are higher rated to a portable device; disconnecting the portable device from the network; and playing the songs that are higher rated on... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20100185652 - Multi-dimensional resource fallback: A method, system, and article of manufacture are provided for locating a resource in a data structure hierarchy. Data is stored in a hierarchy, such as an objected oriented hierarchy. For each encountered resource that requires data from the hierarchy, identifier and level information is extracted for that resource. A... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, LLC

20100185665 - Office-based notification messaging system: Users of an office-based computer system are prompted to check in upon system login. An office notification message is created that includes a recipient group and an expiration. The notification message is sent only to checked-in members of the recipient group. After the notification message expires, it is deleted from... Agent: Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP

20100185656 - Personal data manager systems and methods: Methods and systems for facilitating the propagation of personal data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Personal Data Propagation Environment (“PDP environment”), which facilitates the propagation of personal data items between secure personal data stores and various consumers of the personal data items. In one embodiment, the PDP environment includes... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20100185653 - Populating a structured presentation with new values: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100185663 - Providing regional content by matching geographical properties: A method and a system provide regional content to users by associating data files with geographical properties and matching the geographical property of a data file with the geographical property of the user. The system extracts geographical information from a data file, and associates the data file with a source... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100185655 - Re-download management of previously acquired digital media assets: Improved techniques that enable users to download digital media assets are disclosed. According to one aspect, digital media assets that a user has acquired from a remote media repository can be authorized for download multiple times. This, for example, allows a user to subsequently re-downloaded digital media assets that the... Agent: Ti Law Group

20100185651 - Retrieving and displaying information from an unstructured electronic document collection: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an unstructured electronic document collection. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving a machine-readable search query from a user and responding to the search... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100185649 - Substantially similar queries: A system described herein includes analyzer component that analyzes queries submitted by users and corresponding URLs selected by the users, wherein the queries include a first query and a second query, and wherein the analyzer component determines that the first query and the second query are substantially similar queries. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185659 - Supervised semantic indexing and its extensions: A system and method for determining a similarity between a document and a query includes providing a frequently used dictionary and an infrequently used dictionary in storage memory. For each word or gram in the infrequently used dictionary, n words or grams are correlated from the frequently used dictionary based... Agent: Nec Laboratories America, Inc.

20100185664 - System and method for compending blogs: The present disclosure provides a system and method for preparing compended biogs, In at least one embodiment, a method of posting blog content to a compended blog comprises establishing a compended blog having a selected keyword, obtaining a blog content, processing the blog content to identify at least one blog... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20100185666 - Accessing a search interface in a structured presentation: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for accessing a search interface from a structured presentation. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of displaying a structured presentation on a display device, receiving data characterizing a user interaction with the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100185667 - System and method appending internet command functions: A system and method of software database tracking design encompasses user, commercial user, professional and novice researcher usage of the internet on database systems located locally on hard-drives or remotely on servers through internet protocol design computers and storage systems alike IP telephony, mobile phones, mobile system storage devices and... Agent: David Joseph O'hanlon

20100185668 - Apparatuses, methods and systems for a multi-modal data interfacing platform: The present disclosure details apparatuses, methods, and systems for a Multi-Modal Data Interfacing Platform that bridges the divide between communication methods such as text messaging, instant messaging, email, voice telephony, and/or the like and data stores incorporated within databases, web servers, and/or the like. The Platform provides an interface whereby... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20100185669 - Efficient incremental parsing of context sensitive programming languages: Many integrated development environments provide “intelligent feedback” to developers. Current “intelligent feedback” techniques may not work well with source code files comprising context sensitive programming languages because edits to one place in the code may change the meaning of arbitrary other places in the code, thus requiring additional full semantic... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185670 - Mining transliterations for out-of-vocabulary query terms: An approach is described for using a query expressed in a source language to retrieve information expressed in a target language. The approach uses a translation dictionary to convert terms in the query from the source language to appropriate terms in the target language. The approach determines viable transliterations for... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185671 - Personalized media recommendation: Systems and methods for personalized media recommendation are provided. One example system may include a media server including a media database containing a plurality of media tracks and a database schema defining multiple media styles. The media server may further include a media delivery engine configured to transmit media tracks... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185672 - Techniques for spatial representation of data and browsing based on similarity: The present invention provides improved techniques for spatial representation of data and browsing based on similarity. For example, improved techniques for spatial representation of image data and browsing the image data based on the similarities (or dissimilarities) of the images are provided. In one embodiment, a hierarchical MultiDimensional Scaling (MDS)... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100185673 - Upgrading media content quality for media content based on detecting upgraded media presentation device: In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting a user selection of media content having a prescribed quality and that is authorized for presentation to the user at the prescribed quality; detecting a media presentation device to be used in presenting the media content to the user; determining, relative to the... Agent: Leon R Turkevich

20100185674 - Advertisement in operating system: Among other disclosure, an operating system that presents one or more advertisements to a user. The operating system can disable one or more functions while the advertisement is being presented. At the end of the advertisement, the operating system can again enable the function(s). The advertisement can be visual or... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100185675 - Security control of analysis results: A system and a method are provided. The method includes assigning an entity to a ticket group associated with an ID thereof, displaying to the entity reports, which are each organized with an associated security access control, in accordance with the ticket group, determining whether the entity is authorized to... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20100185676 - System and method for the centralized management of a document ordering and delivery program: A system and method for managing the ordering, maintenance, and delivery of documents (e.g., technical publications, journals, etc.) in a copyright-compliant manner. A company having a plurality of users having a significant need to order a large number of documents, may utilize the system and method to centrally manage the... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20100185677 - Aggregated subscriber profile based on static and dynamic information: Static user information such as address, title, phone number(s), email address(es) and dynamic user information such as location, calendar, current phone number(s), etc. are combined in a dynamically updateable subscriber contact card for publishing to other applications. The subscriber contact card also includes user defined access controls for restricting access... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185678 - Query conditions-based security: A method, system and article of manufacture for managing access to queries and, more particularly, for managing access by multiple users to persistently stored queries. One embodiment provides a method of managing access by multiple users to a predefined query against data in a database. The method comprises associating one... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20100185679 - System for discovering level of support of optional features in a database: A device is disclosed. The device comprises a storage device storing a data structure of features supported by the device. The data structure is created either dynamically or on command using an OpenMobileAlliance Device Management protocol.... Agent: Research In Motion Corp./cr Attn: J. Robert Brown

20100185681 - Display infromation controling apparatus and method: A display information controlling apparatus and method are provided. The display information controlling apparatus may select at least one object from one or more objects based on a location of each of the one or more objects on a display and a location on the display corresponding to a user... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100185680 - Method and system for operating a telecommunication device using a hash table in particular for protecting such device from attacks: A method for operating a telecommunications device using a hash table, includes: storing session data concerning received data packets in the hash table by means of a first hash function; monitoring the efficiency of the hash table in performing at least a predetermined operation, and in case the efficiency is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100185696 - Data tranformations for applications supporting different data formats: Embodiments of the invention allow structured data to be transferred between a source application and a target application that process structured data in different formats. For example, structured data may have a set of associated rules which transform the structured data based on a set of variables. The source application... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20100185690 - Dynamic manipulation of archive files: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to edit in-place a ZIP™ archive file. A file and a first file block (FFB) in a first block location are opened and modified. If the first block location can accommodate the modified FFB, the modified FFB is saved, in-place,... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20100185689 - Enhancing keyword advertising using wikipedia semantics: Disclosed are systems and methods for extracting semantic-based keywords through mining word semantics using Wikipedia's taxonomy. Described is the use a semantic bipartite graph that relates candidate keywords and topics.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100185684 - High precision multi entity extraction: Techniques for high precision multi entity extraction are provided. A wrapper that represents a generalized structure of a set of training web pages is accessed. The wrapper includes one or more annotations that indicate a set of attributes that are included in each of a plurality of records. Record boundaries... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20100185683 - Indexing strategy with improved dml performance and space usage for node-aware full-text search over xml: Techniques are provided for searching within a collection of XML documents. A relational table stores an entry for each node of a set of nodes in a collection of XML documents. Each entry of the relational table stores an order key and a path identifier along with the atomized value... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20100185697 - Maintaining a data structure with data set names and pointers to a plurality of catalogs: A plurality of catalogs are maintained, and wherein each catalog of the plurality of catalogs includes data sets and attributes of the data sets. An indication that a new data set is to be defined is received. A selected catalog is determined from the plurality of catalogs, wherein the selected... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20100185700 - Method and system for aligning ontologies using annotation exchange: Ontology alignment is achieved using an exchange of annotations between different actors (users, software agent, application, etc.) over the Internet in order to create aligned ontologies that can be used by search engines to locate web content in the Semantic Web. An annotation related to a source ontology is received... Agent: Miltons Ip/p.i.

20100185701 - Method and system for enabling life cycle maintenance of hierarchical database schemas in modeling tool: A Database Operations Center where the schemas in a Metastore Database are converted to the correlating relational schemas that can be represented in Modeling Tools for easy visibility and editing.... Agent: Alfred W. Kozak Unisys Corporation

20100185698 - Method for auto uploading files and related computer-readable medium: The present invention provides a method for auto uploading files and a related computer-readable medium. The method of the present invention comprises: determining whether file variations occur in at least a folder of a first electronic device to generate a determining result; and executing an auto uploading operation to auto... Agent: Kan Kuan Chuan

20100185693 - Methods and apparatus for creating an audit trail: Extensible data management system and methods for enabling participants (providers and customers) in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) environment to define audit configurations for generating an audit trail tailored to a customers' business needs. A participant in the SaaS environment may define an extension to the data management system, wherein the extension... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20100185682 - Object identifier and common registry to support asynchronous checkpointing with audits: Example embodiments provide a method of identifying an application object that includes forming an assigned global persistent data record identifier (GPR ID) of the application object. The GPR ID includes a GPR type identifier, which identifies a cooperating application process (CAP) owner and a type of application object. The GPR... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100185694 - Query-based generation of data records: A method and apparatus for generating at least one data record in respect to a database query comprising a fetch command. A database may be updated according to the at least one data record. In an exemplary embodiment, a database management system may be tested by performing the database query... Agent: Ibm Corporation, T.j. Watson Research Center

20100185691 - Scalable semi-structured named entity detection: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing named entity recognition. A set of candidates and corresponding contexts are obtained, each of the set of candidates being a potential seed example of an entity. The contexts of at least a portion of the set of candidates are compared with contexts of... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson - Yahoo!

20100185687 - Selecting advertisements: An advertisement management system, a computer-implemented method, and computer readable media to select advertisements are provided. The advertisement management system includes a keyword component, a targeting component, and a merging component. The keyword component generates a lists of advertisements based on keywords provided by the advertisers. The targeting component, executing... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (microsoft Corporation)

20100185695 - System and method for data clustering: A method for data clustering may comprise entering data into a computer network comprising a master processor, an array of slave processors, and two cluster seats associated with each slave processor; executing a master process comprising dividing the data into clusters, sending the clusters to the cluster seats, initializing an... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100185692 - System and method for determining intervals of a space filling curve in a query box: A system and method is disclosed for determining intervals of a space filling curve in a query box. The method includes the operation of providing a range query-box contained within a data set, wherein the data set has a plurality of elements in N dimensions. A space filling curve is... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100185686 - System and method for providing a license description syntax in a software due diligence system: Described herein is a system and method for providing a condensed license description syntax for use in a software due diligence system. In particular, the license description syntax may employ a limited number of verifiable attributes to provide precision and lack of redundancy in describing various software licenses relevant to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100185699 - System and method for representing n-linked glycan structures: A fixed-length alpha-numeric code for representing N-linked glycan structures commonly found in secreted glycoproteins from mammalian cell cultures. The code employs a pre-assigned alpha-numeric index to represent the monosaccharides attached in different branches to the core glycan structure. The present branch-centric representation allows visualization of the structure while the numerical... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100185685 - Technique for information retrieval using enhanced latent semantic analysis: A technique for information retrieval includes parsing a corpus to identify a number of wordform instances within each document of the corpus. A weighted morpheme-by-document matrix is generated based at least in part on the number of wordform instances within each document of the corpus and based at least in... Agent: Sandia Corporation

20100185688 - Variable-length record, corruption recovery apparatus, system, and method: A method for identifying records of variable length within a data block containing corrupted data is disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, such a method may include scanning backward from an end of a data block containing variable-length records. The backward scan may proceed, one record at a time, to identify... Agent: Ibm Corp. (tucson)

20100185702 - Computer-implemented system and method for tagged and rectangular data processing: A computer-implemented system and method for tagged data and rectangular data conversions. The system and method receive tagged input data that is in a non-rectangular format and that uses a hierarchical arrangement of tags to indicate data relationships. The tagged input data is displayed in a graphical interface, and the... Agent: Patent Group 2n Jones Day

20100185703 - Lock-free hash table based write barrier buffer for large memory multiprocessor garbage collectors: A lock-free write barrier buffer is used to combine multiple writes to identical locations and save old values of written memory locations and to reduce TLB misses compared to card marking. The old value of a written location as well as the address of the header of the written object... Agent: Tatu Ylonen Oy, Ltd.

20100185704 - Client-based caching of remote files: A lease system is described herein that allows clients to request a lease to a remote file, wherein the lease permits access to the file across multiple applications using multiple handles without extra round trips to a server. When multiple applications on the same client (or multiple components of the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100185707 - Data recording method, data erasure method, data display method, storage device, storage medium, and program: The objective of the present invention is to manage reference movies using an index file, without causing the user to be perplexed. The reference movies are generated because of, for instance, the upper limit of the file size. The index file manages sets of information regarding the files being managed.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100185708 - Data recording method, data erasure method, data display method, storage device, storage medium, and program: The objective of the present invention is to manage reference movies using an index file, without causing the user to be perplexed. The reference movies are generated because of, for instance, the upper limit of the file size. The index file manages sets of information regarding the files being managed.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100185709 - Data recording method, data erasure method, data display method, storage device, storage medium, and program: The objective of the present invention is to manage reference movies using an index file, without causing the user to be perplexed. The reference movies are generated because of, for instance, the upper limit of the file size. The index file manages sets of information regarding the files being managed.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100185710 - Data recording method, data erasure method, data display method, storage device, storage medium, and program: The objective of the present invention is to manage reference movies using an index file, without causing the user to be perplexed. The reference movies are generated because of, for instance, the upper limit of the file size. The index file manages sets of information regarding the files being managed.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100185705 - File system: A system includes a storage subsystem having a data area and a header area. The data area is for storing contents of at least one data file, and the header area is for storing access parameters and status information for accessing each data file individually. The data area and the... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20100185706 - Representation of multiple markup language files in one file for the production of new markup language files: A method and apparatus for representing three or more related markup language source files in a single delta file is provided. The markup language source files are represented in such a way that the delta file is easily processed to produce one or more merged combinations of the source files.... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20100185712 - Behavior mapped influence analysis tool: An analysis tool guides the selection of an external agent who will interact with a selected organizational actor. The analysis tool helps to minimize mismatches in personality and behavior between the external agents and actors in the business. As a result, there are fewer misunderstandings about project scope and requirements,... Agent: Accenture Chicago 28164 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20100185713 - Feature extraction apparatus, feature extraction method, and program thereof: Provided are techniques which offer an advantage of reduced time and reduced storage capacity required to calculate the feature value of AAC-format song data. A feature extraction unit includes: an MDCT coefficient extraction unit which extracts MDCT coefficients from AAC-format song data; a classification unit which locates the MDCT coefficients... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates LLC

20100185711 - Online monitoring of patient for routine checkups: A method, system, and computer program product for performing remote monitoring of a patient during a routine checkup is provided. A local server is adapted for receiving instructions from a medical professional and processing the instructions into commands for remote broadcast. A network device is in remote communication with the... Agent: Griffiths & Seaton PLLC (ibm)

20100185714 - Distributed communications between database instances: A database communication system is described herein that structures communications in a way that provides lower overhead tracking, statistics, semantics for closing a communication, and reliability. The system provides communication namespaces that organize communications by component, purpose, and instance, which allow database servers to implicitly create communication-related objects without central... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100179939 - Cmdb federation method and management system: This disclosure relates generally to the field of Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs). One embodiment of a user interface embodying the present invention is an extension of the process for creating CMDB classes and is therefore readily available for use by someone with knowledge of CMDB administration. The CMDB administrator is... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20100179940 - Remote data collection systems and methods: The present disclosure provides remote data collection systems and methods for retrieving data including financial, sales, marketing, operational and the like data from a plurality of databases and database types remotely over a network in an automated, platform-agnostic manner. The present invention is designed to work across a plurality of... Agent: Clements Bernard PLLC

20100179941 - Systems and methods for performing discrete data replication: Systems and methods for performing intelligent replication of production data on a source storage device. In certain examples, a full backup of the production data is first performed and stored on a destination system. A journal module on the storage device (e.g., a shared storage device), or on at least... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100179942 - System and method for efficient transfer of applications and data during device swap: A method for automatically registering the runtime environment and related component applications with an application gateway when transferring the applications from a first wireless device to a second wireless device is provided. Applications installed on the first wireless device are registered with an application gateway, which maintains a registration list... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP- Rim

20100179943 - Hybrid data archival method and system thereof: The present invention relates to a method and a system for obtaining both online and offline backups from one application with a single toggle operation. By performing the method of the present invention it would be possible to take hybrid backup of the data automatically according to a predetermined schedule.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100179944 - Local data retrieval and restoration method and system thereof: The present invention provides a method and a system for retrieving and restoring data which is available on a local archival media but lost or not available at a computer terminal connectable to the said local archival media. A list of data available on a particular archival media and a... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100179945 - Normalization engine to manage configuration management database integrity: Data is often populated into Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) from different sources. Because the data can come from a variety of sources, it may have inconsistencies—and may even be incomplete. A Normalization Engine (NE) may be able to automatically clean up the incoming data based on certain rules and knowledge.... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20100179946 - System and method for handling parallel updates of objects requiring time sensitive acknowledgement: A system and method of updating persistent objects in a persistent store. In response to receipt of a confirmation of task competition, an attempt is made to acquire a lock for corresponding item data in the persistent store. Regardless of whether the lock is acquired, a successful update of the... Agent: Sap/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100179948 - Method and system for querying information: Performing a query includes receiving a user input, determining a first set of query keywords based at least in part on the user input, obtaining, based on at least some of the first set of query keywords, a user feedback log that includes historical query results, determining a second set... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20100179947 - Updating content of presentation vehicle in a computer network: Exemplary systems and methods for updating content on a computer network are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a method includes receiving from a message delivery program on a client computer a first keyword submitted by a web browser on the client computer to an original search engine, the original search engine... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20100179949 - Method and system for an internet browser add-on providng simultaneous multiple interactive websites on one internet browser window: The present invention describes a system and method of displaying website pages and comprises a method of Internet browser add-ons or a web-based program where the multi-pages of an Internet website are displayed partially on one window screen in multi-columns format, each column represents one website page of data. The... Agent: White-welker & Welker, LLC

20100179950 - System and method of segmenting and tagging entities based on profile matching using a multi-media survey: A system and method of profile matching using a multi-media survey is described. The method is capable to capturing the emotional reflex of a user. The method is generalized to categorizing an entity (a user or an object) to specific segment with similar emotional profiles. Each entity can be assigned... Agent: EagleIPLimited

20100179952 - Method for defining data categories: A method for the definition of data categories is described. The method uses logic templates and may be used in database processing. One embodiment of the method comprises: selecting a plurality of attributes from a group of attributes, each attribute describing a possible data item in a set of data;... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100179951 - Systems and methods for mapping enterprise data: Systems and methods for mapping enterprise data are described. Information associated with an enterprise is obtained from a plurality of sources and transformed to obtain formatted data. The formatted data is orchestrated and relationships between portions of the formatted data are determined from which business intelligence related to the enterprise... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20100179953 - Information presentation system, information presentation method, and program for information presentation: An information presentation system comprises a time-series search processing unit 1, a time-series search input/output unit 2, a period information extraction unit 4, and a period information presentation unit 3. The period information presentation unit 3 provides period information, extracted by the period information extraction unit 4, to the time-series... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100179954 - Quick mass data manipulation method based on two-dimension hash: For the massive data of physical memory on the computer system, data indexing can be created base on the two-dimensional hash indexing algorithm, using specific mapping relationship conversion between the index keyword and index sequence address under hash algorithm, which realize the fast addressing while introducing two-dimensional hash list to... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20100179956 - Analyzing queries to generate product intention rules: A method to generate a first product intention rule is described. The method includes generating a keyword support value for a keyword in a query, the keyword support value representing a level of use of the keyword in one or more queries received at an e-commerce portal. A keyword confidence... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20100179955 - Relational pattern discovery across multiple databases: A system and method of identifying relational patterns across a plurality of databases using a data structure and the data structure itself. The data structure including one or more data node branches, each of the one or more data node branches including one or more data nodes, each of the... Agent: Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

20100179957 - Polling method of switch status based on timer-triggered scheduler of stored procedures: The polling method of switch status based on Timer-triggered Scheduler of Stored Procedures is to create interface tables related with switch status in the database including switch object table, switch type table, alarms information table which are used to store meta-information and switch status values. Then, create stored procedure of... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20100179958 - Apparatus, methods, and products for surfing the internet: Various systems, methods and products are provided for surfing the Internet. A method may include positioning a cursor over information to be search (e.g., a word or phrase on a web page, or on a screen, or in an electronic document), and initiating a web search by clicking on or... Agent: C. Dale Quisenberry

20100179960 - Management apparatus, information processing apparatus, and log processing method: A management apparatus executes service processing to job information and content information acquired by a data processing service to generate log information with a plurality of shared folders individually set with access authority for retaining the log information to be acquired from an information processing apparatus secured. Then, the management... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100179959 - Systems and methods of searching for and determining modified blocks in a file system: The invention relates to a method of determining if a block was modified in a file system by comparing the versions of the base snapshot, the delta snapshot, and the space map block entry (b, e). In another aspect, the invention relates to a method of searching for blocks modified... Agent: Robert Moll

20100179961 - Electronic assistant: The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing... Agent: Wall & Tong, LLP Sri International

20100179963 - Method and computer program product for geophysical and geologic data identification, geodetic classification, and organization: A method of geodetic information acquisition and a computer program product having computer code for performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a file having multiple records, where the records contain spatially referenced data. The records are classified into header records and data records. Each data record is... Agent: Carr LLP

20100179962 - Methods and systems for intelligent form-filling and electronic document generation: Methods and systems are disclosed for intelligent form-filling and electronic document generation. One method may include generating a decision tree representing questions which facilitates the completion of a form having one or more data fields. The method may comprise: inputting the questions into a computing device, wherein the questions relate... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20100179964 - User interface and system for two-stage search: This invention relates in general to search and more specifically to two-stage search, where first an incremental character-based search for the keywords and sub keyphrases that together form the target keyphrase to be searched for is performed in order to construct the target keyphrase and then a search for the... Agent: Brightfon, Inc

20100179965 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method: The present invention is directed to an image processing apparatus which can change the access authority for a folder based on the restricted functions for each user, even if the user operates a folder which a restricted function is associated with. When an operation on a hot folder is received... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100179966 - Virtualized data storage vaults on a dispersed data storage network: A dispersed data storage system includes a plurality of slice servers. In the system, a first set of the slice servers supports a first virtual digital data storage vault and a second set of the slice servers supports a second virtual digital data storage vault. A slice server is in... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison (cs)

20100179967 - Map-queue-based data transfer method: As for the data transfer method based on MAP, adopts a MAP data structure during the data transferring process and configures it using SOID (Standard of Interface Department) syntax after encapsulation; the definition of MAP data structure; one system consists of many matching and individual source ends and target ends,... Agent: GlobalIPServices

20100179968 - Method of managing multi-stream sessions between a terminal and a server: A method and apparatus are provided for managing sessions during which a terminal and a server exchange information blocks organized as a plurality of streams. The method includes storing in a data structure first data determined on the basis of an information block dedicated to signaling and coming from the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100179969 - Device and method for automatically generating ontologies from term definitions contained into a dictionary: A device (D), intended for automatically generating ontologies, comprises an analysis means (AM) arranged, each time that is received a term for which an ontology must be generated, i) for accessing a dictionary (DC) to determine a definition of this received term, then ii) for extracting pertinent terms from this... Agent: Fay Sharpe/lucent

20100179970 - System and method for bi-directional synchronized conversion of electronic mail data: A portable storage device is connected to a first computer and the email data is synchronized between the first computer and the device. The portable storage device can then be connected to a second computer that has an email program that is incompatible with the first computer's email program. The... Agent: Dardi & Herbert, PLLC

20100179971 - Concurrent, lock-free object copying: Described is a technology by which a real-time data relocating mechanism is provided for multiprocessing environments, including supporting lock-free programs that run in parallel. The relocating mechanism moves an object by using a status field related to the data field, possibly in an interim (wide) object space, which is then... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100179972 - Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and program: A data processing apparatus includes a text acquisition mechanism acquiring texts to be used as keywords which will be subject to audio retrieval, the texts being related to contents corresponding to contents data including image data and audio data; a keyword acquisition mechanism acquiring the keywords from the texts; an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100179973 - Systems, methods, and computer programs for delivering content via a communications network: Various embodiments of systems, methods, and computer programs are provided. One embodiment is a method for delivering content to computing devices via a communications network. One such method comprises: storing a plurality of content files in a master storage system, the content files comprising a header identifying a location of... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20100174675 - Data structure, system and method for knowledge navigation and discovery: Data structures, systems, methods and computer program products that enable precise information retrieval and extraction, and thus facilitate relational and associative discovery are disclosed. The present invention utilizes a novel data structure termed a “Knowlet” which combines multiple attributes and values for relationships between concepts. While texts contain many re-iterations... Agent: Rahman LLC

20100174676 - Determining modified data in cache for use during a recovery operation: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for determining modified data in cache for use during a recovery operation. An event is detected during which processing of writes to a storage device is suspended. A cache including modified data not destaged to the storage device is scanned to... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20100174677 - Method and apparatus for managing and archiving performance information relating to storage system: A data management and archive method and apparatus, such as for implementation in an automated system to monitor and manage status, performance and configuration data for a plurality of networked storage components. Analysis and cross-correlation of data related to the plurality of storage components can be done individually, collectively and/or... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20100174678 - System and method for comparing digital data in spreadsheets or database tables: A system, method and computer program product compares data in original and modified versions of spreadsheet or database table documents, and generates a comparison document having indications where changes between the documents are present. The data compared includes formulas or stored procedures that are normally hidden when viewing a spreadsheet... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100174679 - Method, system, and computer program product for synchronization of similar data objects with event information: A computer-implemented method for receiving information at a first device is provided. The method includes storing a first data object on the first device in a first device-specific representation, receiving a batch of information in response to the first device transitioning from an off-line state to an online state, processing... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20100174680 - Network system, network household appliance, content/metadata synchronous processing method, and computer program: [Solving Means] A subscriber in a home network appliance acquires via a network an update notification message that stores update information of a content or metadata and in which a filter attribute for categorizing the update notification message is set. The appliance includes a service client that updates, by an... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100174681 - Method and device for heterogeneous database synchronization: o

20100174682 - Methods, systems and computer program products for monitoring changes to objects on a computer system using information models and baselines: Methods for monitoring changes in objects on a computer system include receiving a request to generate a baseline snapshot of a plurality of objects having associated object types. The object types include at least one object having an object type not managed by a file system of the computer system.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20100174683 - Individual object restore: A method for restoring an object comprises receiving a request to restore an object. Also, the method includes outputting a representation of available backup files and receiving a selection of at least one of the available backup files. Further, the method comprises restoring at least one of the selected backup... Agent: Zilka-kotab, PC- Ibm

20100174684 - System for automatically shadowing encrypted data and file directory structures for a plurality of network-connected computers using a network-attached memory with single instance storage: The Secure Networked Data Shadowing System is connected to a plurality of monitored computer systems via an existing communication medium to store the shadowed data. The data is encrypted by the monitored computer system using a cryptokey, and the data file is processed using a hash function prior to encryption,... Agent: Patton Boggs LLP

20100174685 - Method and system for updating an archive of a computer file: A method and system for updating an archive of a computer file to reflect changes made to the file includes selecting one of a plurality of comparison methods as a preferred comparison method. The comparison methods include a first comparison method wherein the file is compared to an archive of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100174686 - Generating equivalence classes and rules for associating content with document identifiers: A system of reducing the possibility of crawling duplicate document identifiers partitions a plurality of document identifiers into multiple clusters, each cluster having a cluster name and a set of document parameters. The system generates an equivalence rule for each cluster of document identifiers, the rule specifying which document parameters... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP/google

20100174687 - Systems and methods for validating design meta-data: A metadata validation process that allows for deferring object model validation until after the objects are created. The process also allows for multi-threaded processing of the validation rules, thus increasing overall performance. Validation is performed by enforcing a series of validation rules on an appropriate subject. Rules are specified according... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100174688 - Apparatus, system and method for member matching: An apparatus, system, and method for member matching. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an input adapter, a processor, and an output adapter. The input adapter may receive a first data record from a plurality of data records stored in one or more databases. The processor may generate a first... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20100174689 - Document management apparatus, document management system, document management method, and computer program: A folder or a file managed in a document management apparatus includes a document with a high confidentiality or personal information, on which only a specific user has an access right. These are frequently stored in a personal folder, and there is a problem that the file or the like... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100174690 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for maintaining file system client directory caches with parallel directory writes: A cached version of a file system directory is synchronized with a server version of the directory in a distributed file system. Both a server and a client specify version numbers for their directory versions. On receiving a request from the client specifying a directory update, the server updates its... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20100174692 - Graph store: A new database design is implemented in which everything in the database is modeled with primitives, including the links and nodes for a graph tuple store. A query syntax provides a nested tree of constraints with a single global schema. Various optimization techniques for queries and replication techniques are also... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20100174691 - Methods, systems, and computer program prodcut for automatically categorizing defects: Disclosed are method(s), system(s), and computer program product(s) for automatically categorizing a defect into a category based at least on a keyword related to the defect. In some embodiments, the method or the system identifies an information regarding the defect and identifies or receives additional information related to categorizing the... Agent: Oracle International Corporation C/o VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20100174693 - Collaborative workbench for managing data from heterogeneous sources: Disclosed is an exemplary computer program application, system and method for a unified approach to managing data from heterogeneous sources. The system includes a central, semantic data storage basing on a directed labeled graph model, a module for accessing data sources by drawing access and mapping configuration from the data... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100174694 - Transaction-controlled graph processing and management: A method, system, and computer program product for transaction-controlled graph processing and management are provided. The method includes notifying an external component of a database management system (DBMS) controlled transaction including multiple operations, and acquiring a DBMS transaction identifier associated with the transaction at the external component. The method further... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Svl

20100174696 - Agnostic processing of resource requests to message queues and sequential files: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for agnostic processing of message queues and sequential files. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for agnostic processing of message queues and sequential files can be provided. The method can include receiving an access request... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20100174695 - One-click selection of music or other content: A set of temporal phases are defined, occurring successively during the playback of music (or other content) to a user. Each temporal phase is associated with a set of selection criteria. If the user operates a selection device (which can be a computer mouse button) while a piece of music... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100174697 - System and methods for automatic and interactive communication with web pages: A system and methods for creating a service for real time interaction with one or more Web pages, including retrieving information from a Web page and/or operating one or more Web clips of a Web page, as predefined for the service for utilizing the method of the present invention. A... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20100174698 - Method for a customized and automated forward and backward patent citation search: The present invention relates to a method for efficiently searching a patent database using patent search software. A target patent or group of patents are identified and utilized through a forward and backward citation search (FNB search) to identify patent references closely related to the patent search subject. The FNB... Agent: Global Patent Solutions LLC

20100174699 - Resident event notification system and display device: The Resident Event Notification System and Display Device is a combination of Computer Hardware and Software which will allow consumers the ability to automatically load photographs, music or video over the internet to display device. The display device is a display device between 8″ to 15″ with touch screen capability.... Agent: Lori-ann Deroche

20100174700 - System and method to generate specific dm content for distribution: A content generating process wherein a broadcaster contacts a moderator and makes a request for specific media content. The moderator processes the request for media content and communicates to a population. Said communication prompts or incentivizes at least one member of a population to provide media content to a content... Agent: Mark Krietzman In Pro Per

20100174702 - Independent column detection in selectivity estimation: Techniques for independent column detection in selectivity estimations are provided. Values for database statistics are sampled and two independent tests are performed against the values for a first column and a second column. When each test determines that the first and second columns are independent, the first and second columns... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100174701 - Multi-column statistics usage within index selection tools: In an example embodiment, a method is illustrated to determine multi-column indexes, the method including receiving one or more structured query language (SQL) queries, the one or more SQL queries defining a workload. A database index analysis tool may be used to determine a plurality of index configurations for executing... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100174703 - Relevance improvements for implicit local queries: Computer systems, methods, and media improving the relevance of the search results presented to a user for queries having an implicit local intent are provided. Utilizing the systems and methods described herein locally-biased queries are identified, despite such queries being void of any location-specific terms. A location of a computing... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (microsoft Corporation)

20100174704 - Searching method and system: A method of providing a search result, comprising combining a result of a keyword search on a plurality of documents with a result of a semantic search on the plurality of documents; and providing a result of the combining.... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20100174707 - Image searching apparatus, image sorting apparatus and method and program: An apparatus has a feature value extracting section 106 for extracting a feature value from a search key image; a distance calculating section 107 for calculating distances between the feature values of search target images and the feature value of the search key image; a distance analyzing section 108 for... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100174705 - Stay location connection information register device, stay location connection information register method, stay location connection information register program and storage medium: A stay location connection information register device retains history information including user information and stay location information. A history information searching unit searches history information coincident with a predetermined condition. A stay location connection information generating unit generates link information of the stay location by the unit of the user... Agent: Young & Thompson

20100174706 - System and method for efficient control and capture of dynamic database content: A system and method for efficient control and capture of dynamic database content for rapidly providing a user with a highly relevant collection of documents related to a query. The system and method for efficient control and capture of dynamic database content includes a computer system with a storage means... Agent: Patterson Thuente Christensen Pedersen, P.A.

20100174708 - Systems and methods for detecting network resource interaction and improved search result reporting: Systems and methods are described for intercepting user interactions without network-provided content. The intercepted information can be used for prioritizing search results by statistical and other analyses of user interactions with a network resource and/or network content. A server connected to a network can receive captured information from an agent... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20100174710 - Matching and ranking of sponsored search listings incorporating web search technology and web content: A system is disclosed for generating a search result list in response to a search request from a searcher using a computer network. A first database is maintained that includes a first plurality of search listings. A second database is maintained that includes documents having general web content. A search... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione / Yahoo! Overture

20100174709 - Methods for searching private social network data: A method for searching a database that includes private social network data includes providing one or more databases including a plurality of database entries, a first portion of the database entries including private social network data and a second portion including non-social network data that is publicly accessible on the... Agent: Andrew S Hansen

20100174711 - Concurrency object classification: A method of automatically classifying a concurrency object includes intercepting a call that is configured to create the concurrency object. Concurrency type information for the concurrency object is identified based on the call. The type information indicates whether the concurrency object is a lock object or a synchronization object. The... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100174713 - Enhanced content web browsing: An embodiment of a method for enhanced content browsing includes loading a web page in a user interface; detecting entities of a first specified type in the web page by an analysis service; tagging the detected entities in the web page; calling an action service associated with the analysis service... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Svl

20100174712 - Expertise ranking using social distance: Tools and techniques for expertise ranking using social distance are provided. These tools may receive search queries from users, and extract from these search queries record identifiers associated with the users. In addition, the tools may extract query strings from the search queries. In connection with processing these queries, the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100174714 - Data mining using an index tree created by recursive projection of data points on random lines: The present invention relates to a method computer program product for datamining with constant search time, the method and computer program product comprises the steps of: traversing a search tree to a leave, retrieving a one or more data store identifier from said leave, read data pointed to by said... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100174715 - Generating document templates that are robust to structural variations: A template or wrapper tree for a document such as a web page is generalized from the bottom up (from leaf toward root of a logical tree structure of the template). At a given level in the tree, sub-trees are clustered and the clustered sub-trees are generalized, and the process... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20100174716 - Methods and systems for improving text segmentation: Methods and systems for improving text segmentation are disclosed. In one embodiment, at least a first segmented result and a second segmented result are determined from a string of characters, a first frequency of occurrence for the first segmented result and a second frequency of occurrence for the second segmented... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100174720 - Coherent data identification method and apparatus for database table development: A method, apparatus, and system for configuring, designing, and/or implementing database tables is detailed that provides a framework into which a remainder of database tables are developed. Also detailed is a method to develop this framework of database tables. This so developed framework provides a platform for integrating data from... Agent: Mr. Walter J. Tencza Jr.

20100174718 - Indexing for regular expressions in text-centric applications: A method, system, and article are provided for evaluating regular expressions over large data collections. A general purpose index is built to handle complex regular expressions at the character level. Characters, character classes, and associated metadata are identified and stored in an index of a collection of documents. Given a... Agent: Lieberman & Brandsdorfer, Lcc

20100174717 - Interative serialisation procedure for structured software objects: This invention concerns an iterative procedure for conversion of structured software objects into a raw data stream and vice versa, providing for their direct transfer using simple communication resources such as those of an embedded computer station, and reset of said software objects or reutilisation of memory space allocated to... Agent: The Jansson Firm

20100174721 - Method and system for multi-dimensional and geographic search: One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a multi-dimensional and geographic-search system that includes a search-region-receiving component that receives coordinates that define a region to be searched, an indexing component that generates an index for each of the received coordinates, a recursive-decomposition component that decomposes the region into... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20100174719 - System, method, and program product for personalization of an open network search engine: A system for personalization of a search engine for a network includes a least one search account. A first data structure stores index data for words each having a number of resources less than a first number. A second data structure stores index data for words each having a number... Agent: Bay Area Intellectual Property Group, LLC

20100174722 - Filters for shared content in an online community: Online communities publish vast quantities of video content. According to YouTube, an average of ten hours of media is posted to its website every minute. According to some embodiments of the inventive subject matter, an online community allows users to rate offensiveness of content and to apply filters to the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20100174723 - Information processing device: The information processing device includes an access history acquiring unit which acquires and stores access history information showing access history for the contents accessed by a user terminal, and a relevancy setting unit which relates the accessed contents. As the access history information, the access history acquiring unit acquires content... Agent: Mr. Jackson Chen

20100174724 - Interest-group discovery system: A method of social networking is disclosed in which users may indicate areas of interest to them and/or search for other users with the same or similar interests. Users may specify one or more areas of interest to them and enter those interests in a database, by means of a... Agent: Gard And Kaslow LLP

20100174725 - Method and system for comparing attributes such as business names: Embodiments of systems and methods for comparing attributes of a data record are presented herein. Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present invention generate a weight based on a comparison of the name (or other) attributes of data records. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention generate a weight based on... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20100174726 - Open profile content identification: Open profile data in a user profile, e.g., free-form fields in a user profile, are processed to identify interests and preferences of the user. The interests and preferences are utilized to identify categories associated with the user profile, and content items, e.g., advertisements, can be identified based on the categories.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100174727 - Method and apparatus for a trusted localized peer-to-peer services marketplace: A trusted localized peer-to-peer services marketplace including an available search module to search an available services database for available services responsive to receiving a search query from a potential service buyer, a wanted services search module to search a wanted services database for wanted services responsive to a receiving a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100174730 - Digital resources searching and mining through collaborative judgment and dynamic index evolution: A method is disclosed for a search engine or part of a search engine which utilizes collective intelligence, evaluation, and judgment, including web intelligence, to create and adapt the content of a generalized index hierarchy for digital resources to be searched. Digital resources to be searched can be stored and... Agent: Nexsen Pruet, LLC

20100174731 - Distributed storage system with web services client interface: A distributed, web-services based storage system. A system may include a web services interface configured to receive, according to a web services protocol, a given client request for access to a given data object, the request including a key value corresponding to the object. The system may also include storage... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20100174728 - Method for characteristic character string matching based on discreteness, cross and non-identical: The present invention discloses a method for characteristic string matching based on discreteness, cross and non-completeness, comprising the steps of: A. a user setting discrete number, cross number and non-complete number in the user interface, or an information processing device automatically setting the discrete number, cross number and non-complete number,... Agent: Mei & Mark LLP

20100174729 - System and method of recollection using the search of records of the past: A system of recollection using the search of records of the past, includes a database (DB) device storing records of individual's past events and things, a search computing device for making a search request in response to a user's request, a server computing device for searching the DB device in... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100174732 - Content profiling to dynamically configure content processing: Some embodiments provide a method that receives an unstructured document including a number of primitive elements. The method identifies a default set of document reconstruction operations for reconstructing the unstructured document to define a structured document the method performs at least one of the document reconstruction operations from the default... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20100174734 - Asynchronous database updates between collaborative applications and search utilities: Tools and techniques for asynchronous database updates between client applications and search utilities are provided. These tools may receive indications of updates occurring within a workspace in which two or more users are collaborating. Updates to the collaborative workspace may be committed to a collaboration database maintained internally by a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100174741 - Bit string search apparatus, search method, and program: Provided is a search method which is appropriate for handling a don't-care bit. A coupled node tree comprises a root node and a node pair, the node pair being a branch node and leaf node, or a pair of branch nodes, or a pair of leaf nodes located in adjacent... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100174742 - Bit string search apparatus, search method, and program: To provide a method that lessens the reduction in efficiency of processing using a coupled node tree even if the scale of the coupled node tree grows large. Is stored a termination node, whose discrimination bit position has a value smaller than 0, in a search path stack that holds... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20100174733 - Encoding method and apparatus and decoding method and apparatus: The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a file type area including information regarding a format of a file, a media area including a video data area and a audio data area, a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100174743 - Information processing apparatus and method: Storage stores therein groups of words in association with individual ones objects of search, each of the groups indicating a character of a corresponding one of the objects, the objects of search being classified redundantly into plural items, the storage storing therein, for each of the items, at least one... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20100174740 - Method and apparatus for transmitting packets in the network: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for packet transmission in the network. When the network device receives data packets from the first user, the network device extracts and saves the data encapsulated in the data packets and then forwards the packets according to the destination addresses of the... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20100174738 - Method and system for energy balance control: System and method for controlling an energy balance of an individual by offsetting at least part of the energy absorbed when consuming a food product by expending a suitable amount of energy in exercise activity.... Agent: Jerold I. Schneider

20100174735 - Predictive content delivery: A system and method for predictive retrieval of content is described. Prior to selection and delivery of content to a mobile device by a personal computer, content is predictively retrieved from storage at the computing device. By predictively retrieving content, the content is available for immediate computing device to mobile... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20100174744 - Search methods: Search methods. A string is first received. The string is divided to generate at least one string fragment set, comprising of at least a first and a second fragments. A record conforming to the string fragment set is searched for and retrieved. A first data block of the record may... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100174737 - System and method for communications: A system and method for providing a connection to an entity from a request made to a general database, the system having a central contact database controlling center and a list or database of word sequences purchased by entities; wherein the list or database has an associated contact information and... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20100174739 - System and method for wikifying content for knowledge navigation and discovery: Systems, methods and computer program products for navigating concepts found in data produced by intellectuals in a knowledge discovery process are disclosed. The present invention utilizes data sources and facilities for enabling community-based contributions for identifying associations between concepts disclosed by intellectuals. The present invention's approach results in having concepts... Agent: Rahman LLC

20100174736 - Systems and methods to evaluate search qualities: Systems and methods are provided to evaluate a search engine using search results retrieved from a plurality of different search engines. For example, a controller can randomly distribute a set of pre-formulated queries to a plurality of computers to query the search engines at random times to obtain search results... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Gt Attn: Patent Docketing

20100174745 - Consumer share quota feature: Disclosed herein is a system and method that that allows device administrators to set disk quotas for each share of a server. Quotas are set and enforced per share. The quota specifies the total disk space the share may consume on the device. When a share reaches or exceeds the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP Iomega/emc

20100174746 - Apparatus, method and system for multiple resolution affecting information access: An apparatus, method and system to provide a persistent identifier of information that may be located in multiple locations, formats, and accessible in variable fashions based on the context of use. The present disclosure further provides the ability to associate a single identifier with information available, and accessible under varying... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20100174747 - Methods for recommending new individuals to be invited into a confirmed social network based on mined social data: A computer-implemented method that inputs a confirmed social network of a user, performs data mining of electronically accessible data for the user to produce a mined social network including individuals having a social relationship with the user and having an electronically accessible link to the user, subtracts the confirmed social... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20100174748 - Managing media contact and content data: An indication of a topic of interest is received. Multiple pieces of content are accessed, and the indication of the topic of interest is compared to the pieces of content. Based on comparing the indication of the topic of interest to the pieces of content, a piece of content is... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100174749 - Securing dbms event notifications: One embodiment of the present invention provides a database server for securing database event notifications. The server includes a session key creation mechanism configured to create a session key when a client registers for an event, a storage mechanism configured to store the session key on the database server, a... Agent: Pvf -- Oracle International Corporation C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20100174750 - System and method for storing information for a wireless device: A system and method for storing personal, medical, and insurance related information on a wireless device are disclosed. The information may be stored by sending it from a remote personal computer to a central database using the Internet. The information may be stored on the central database. The information may... Agent: Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

20100174751 - Method and apparatus for manageing file: A method for managing a file includes: acquiring at least one personal ID for identifying a person associated with the right to access a file; setting a file operation method depending on whether or not a combination of the acquired personal ID satisfies a condition set for each type of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20100174753 - Method and apparatus providing for normalization and processing of metadata: Methods and apparatus for processing metadata of diverse data signals. Disclosed embodiments include an apparatus configured to receive a plurality of diverse data streams with accompanying metadata, recognize a source and format of the metadata, and normalize the metadata according to stored schema. A method for receiving and normalizing metadata... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20100174752 - Validation and correction in a distributed namespace: A method comprising, sending an instruction from a validator member of a sysplex to a second member of a sysplex to prevent operations that alter a sysplex namespace, determining whether the validator member of the sysplex is communicative with the second member of the sysplex and whether the members of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20100174754 - Generic ontology based semantic business policy engine: Techniques for implementing policies. In an embodiment, first data is stored in a first data store according to a first schema. A second schema is defined based at least in part on a policy and an ontology. Second data, which includes at least a portion of the first data, is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100174755 - Intelligent presentation network management system: A system and method has been provided for the intuitive management of communication networks including a large number of network elements diffused across large geographical areas. The network management system permits the system operator to identify system problems while monitoring the top-level map of the communications network. The organization of... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Moazzam Attn: Patent Docketing

20100174756 - System and method for pushing information to a mobile device: A system for pushing information to a mobile device includes a information source, a wireless network, and a proxy content server. The information source stores information. The wireless network sends and receives transmissions to and from the mobile device. The proxy content server is coupled to information source and the... Agent: Jones Day (rim) - 2n

20100174758 - Automatic management of single sign on passwords: Identity Management (IdM) systems prevent a user from having to memorize numerous passwords for different resources, while Single Sign-On (SSO) systems allow a user to login to several resources by providing login credentials once. Since IdM systems propagate the same password to numerous resources, a compromised password for one resource... Agent: Ibm Austin Iplaw (dg)

20100174757 - Creation of date window for record selection: A method for creating a date window for record selection. The method includes defining a set of parameters for calculating a date window for record selection, automatically detecting a current date, receiving input values corresponding to the defined set of parameters, from a user via a user interface, calculating and... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Poughkeepsie

20100174759 - Personal resources organizer with calendar interface and object detection: A personal resources organizer with calendar interface and object detection is provided. The personal resources organizer monitors personal resources for use with a scheduled event by identifying one or more personal resource objects present in a container and retrieving a list of required personal resource objects for an event scheduled... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20100174760 - Tracking multi-session meeting statuses: A mechanism for tracking statuses for multi-session meetings is provided. A list of meetings is received for the multi-session meetings from a moderator of the multi-session meetings. The list of meetings is loaded onto a shared storage device that is accessible by a plurality of participants. Responsive to the status... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20100174761 - Reducing email size by using a local archive of email components: A mechanism for reducing electronic mail (email) sizes by using a local archive of email components is provided. The mechanism receives the email file, the email file specifying a sender identifier of a sender of the email file, a recipient identifier of a recipient of the email file, and common... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20100174762 - Apparatus, system, and method for maintaining a context stack: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for maintaining a context stack. A monitor module monitors a stack size after each monitor interval for a stack of a plurality of contexts. Each context defines communications between a process and a data set and comprises a pathway for communicating with the... Agent: Kunzler Needham Massey & Thorpe

20100174763 - Software inventorying system for a shared file system: Efficiently performing a complete inventory of a shared file system is provided. A list of a set of shared file systems is sent from a configuration management agent to a central server, the list indicates which shared file systems are mounted by a computing device associated with the configuration management... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.C.

20100169266 - Data-overlap analysis for a data-warehousing system: A computer system is used to manage content in a database system that stores data representing data elements defined by a logical data model. For at least one of multiple business functions to be carried out with the database system, the computer system (1) identifies a total amount of data... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100169267 - Method and system for data processing using multidimensional filtering: In one embodiment the present invention includes a method comprising receiving a data filter for filtering a collection of data, wherein the collection of data is configured as a star schema including a fact table and dimension tables. The data filter is applied against the dimension tables to generate a... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group P.C. Chad R. Walsh

20100169268 - System and method of securing and authorizing multidimensional transactional data: In one embodiment the present invention includes a system for securing and authorizing access to multidimensional transactional data. The system includes online analytical processing (OLAP) system and a database system. The OLAP system accesses a selection of multidimensional transactional data from the database system according to a multidimensional request. The... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group P.C. Chad R. Walsh

20100169272 - Concurrent engineering conflict manager: A conflict manager according to the present invention is provided for managing concurrent engineering. A common work area is provided and accessible by engineers who also maintain local work areas. The conflict manager immediately notifies users when a drawing file on the common work area is modified. The conflict manager... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20100169270 - Dynamic persistent activities in activity-centric computing: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing dynamic and persistent activity objects in an activity in an activity-centric computing (ACC) system. In an embodiment of the invention, the system can include an ACC system executing in a host server coupled both to... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20100169271 - File sharing method, computer system, and job scheduler: Provided is a computer system including a plurality of computing hosts, which constructs a shared file system dynamically so that job execution efficiency is improved. In the computer system which includes the plurality of computing hosts and executes a job requested, in a case where the job is executed by... Agent: Mattingly & Malur, P.C.

20100169269 - Systems and methods for providing collaborative editing: Systems and methods are presented for providing collaborative editing. An embodiment collaboratively edits a computer file using a plurality of computers in a network, where the computers are connected using a token ring, each of the computers has a local copy, and a first computer has edited its local copy... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/novell

20100169273 - Managing data across a plurality of data storage devices based upon collaboration relevance: A computer-implemented method of managing data storage according to collaborative activity can include determining collaborative activity for each of a plurality of data items associated with a first user and stored within a first data storage device. The method can include calculating a measure of relevancy for each of the... Agent: Cuenot, Forsythe & Kim, LLC

20100169274 - Managing storage of individually accessible data units: Managing data includes: receiving at least one group of individually accessible data units over an input device or port, each data unit identified by a key value, with key values of the received data units being sorted such that the key value identifying a given first data unit that is... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20100169275 - Accessing a hierarchical database using service data objects (sdo) via a data access service (das): Techniques for replicating modified data to a hierarchical database. A first list comprises records included in a set of records before at least one modification thereto. A second list comprises records included in the set of records after the at least one modification thereto. For each pre-modification record included in... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20100169276 - View maintenance on multiple tables located in different software components with the same primary keys: A method performed by a processor allows an individual to update or maintain a database including a core and an extension. The core contains core tables including general data and the extension contains extension tables including specific data. The core tables and the extension tables have the same primary keys... Agent: Sap / Finnegan, Henderson LLP

20100169277 - Method and system for peer-to-peer file transmission: A method and a system for peer-to-peer file transmission, suitable for an uploading peer to transmit a file to a downloading peer through a communication network, are provided. First, the uploading peer shares one or a plurality of pieces of the file. Then, the uploading peer selects one of the... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20100169278 - Distribution apparatus, communication system and comunication method: Distribution apparatuses include databases for storing data received from ECUs, and further include receiving buffers and sending buffers. The distribution apparatus continuously performs, in parallel, an operation for storing received data on the receiving buffer, operation for synchronizing contents of the database with the databases, and an operation for sending... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20100169279 - Data management of aggregrated devices through a television platform: An apparatus and method are disclosed. In one embodiment apparatus includes a media aggregation backup unit that can receive a request to perform a backup of a set of media files stored within media storage devices coupled to a home network. The media aggregation backup unit can send information to... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20100169280 - Distributed network construction and storage method, apparatus and system: The disclosure relates to distributed network communications, and in particular, to a distributed network construction method and apparatus, a distributed data storage method and apparatus, and a distributed network system. When a node joins a distributed network, the ID of the node is determined according to the geographic location information... Agent: Futurewei Technologies, Inc. Ipr & Standards Department

20100169281 - Coalescing and capturing data between events prior to and after a temporal window: Systems and methods of coalescing and capturing data between events prior to and after a temporal window are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes determining a temporal window based on one or more of a user data and an automatically generated data, coalescing data between events prior to the... Agent: Raj Abhyanker LLP

20100169282 - Acquisition and write validation of data of a networked host node to perform secondary storage: Methods and a system to acquire and perform write validation of data generated by one or more networked host nodes to perform secondary storage are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method to passively acquire and perform write validation of data generated by one or more networked host nodes to... Agent: Raj Abhyanker LLP

20100169283 - Recovery point data view formation with generation of a recovery view and a coalesce policy: Methods, software suites, networks, and systems of recovery point data view formation with generation of a recovery view and a coalesce policy are disclosed. In one embodiment, a network includes a virtualization module to form a data view around a recovery point, a recovery module to generate a recovery snapshot... Agent: Raj Abhyanker LLP

20100169284 - Distributed transactional recovery system and method: In one embodiment the present invention includes a system for transaction recovery in a distributed computing environment. The system includes a transaction log server, application servers, and resource servers. The transaction log server stores a shared transaction log. The application servers implement a distributed transaction application and accesses the shared... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group P.C. Chad R. Walsh

20100169285 - Automated grouping of messages provided to an application using string similarity analysis: Messages which are provided to an application are monitored. Similarities between the messages are determined based on a distance algorithm, in one approach, and messages which are similar are assigned to a common group. For example, the messages may be HTTP messages which include a URL, HTTP header parameters and/or... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20100169286 - Methods, systems, and products for updating web content: Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for dynamically updating web content using W3C standards. One such method sends a request to a web server for a web page. A web browser receives and renders a static HTML web page. The web browser periodically sends a query to the web server... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Sz Attn: Patent Docketing

20100169287 - Systems and methods for byte-level or quasi byte-level single instancing: Described in detail herein are systems and methods for deduplicating data using byte-level or quasi byte-level techniques. In some embodiments, a file is divided into multiple blocks. A block includes multiple bytes. Multiple rolling hashes of the file are generated. For each byte in the file, a searchable data structure... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100169288 - Database element versioning system and method: This disclosure relates to database systems and, more particularly, to database systems with version controlled data. A version controlled database program resides on a computer readable medium, having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include defining... Agent: Holland & Knight

20100169290 - Embedded identifiers for an appliance compoment: An appliance has at least one component and is further enabled to communicate information about the component. The component has embedded identifiers that identify at least two different sources of information related to the component. Thus, a client of the appliance can receive the identifiers in the communicated information and... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20100169291 - System and method for prompting an end user with a preferred sequence of commands which performs an activity in a least number of inputs: A method for prompting an end user with a preferred sequence of commands which performs an activity in a least number of inputs. The method begins by monitoring a computer system for both input received from the end user and state transitions as a result of the computer receiving the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20100169289 - Two phase commit with grid elements: A method, storage medium, and computer that, in an embodiment, receive a command that specifies a transaction identifier, keys, and partition identifiers. A primary partition is selected that executes on a first server. The first server comprises a first grid element that includes a first row that is identified by... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917

20100169295 - Document search system which reflects the situation of using documents in the search results: A document search system includes a plurality of computers in a network having a router, and an email software program on each of the computers. A database stores attachment files and email documents. A search program on at least one of the computers initiating storage of email documents and attachment... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20100169293 - Search engine service utilizing hash algorithms: A secure search method of securing searches by a user through a hash provider using a search engine. The user registers with the hash provider. The hash provider sends a unique number, encrypted result database, and hashed index to the search engine. The user enters in at least one search... Agent: Brown & Michaels (end) C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20100169294 - Search engine service utilizing the addition of noise: A method of disguising user search terms by adding a plurality of faux search phrases using a phrase-reuse-table comprising resulting faux search phrases and real search phrases the faux search phrases were derived from, a word-reuse-table comprising word substitutions used for words that revel patterns, and a word-table comprising words... Agent: Brown & Michaels (end) C/o Brown & Michaels, PC

20100169292 - Slideshow video file detection: Slideshow video file detection. A method includes receiving a search query for video files of a desired type. A portion of a video file is extracted. A frame difference based histogram and an active pixel based histogram are generated for the portion. Further, the frame difference based histogram and an... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.C. And Yahoo! Inc.

20100169296 - Systems and methods for maintaining records: Systems and methods are disclosed which relate to collecting, cataloguing, reproducing, and destroying records. Medical, legal, and other records from hospitals, medical offices, law offices, etc. are sent to a storage facility. Entry fields, such as name, record number, date of service, and date of birth, from each record are... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20100169297 - Variable personalization of search results in a search engine: A search engine provides personalized rankings of search results. A user interest profile identifies topics of interest to a user. Each topic is associated with one or more sites, and a boost value, which can be used to augment an information retrieval score of any document from the site. Search... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100169298 - Method and an apparatus for information collection: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for collecting information. The technical solution of the invention enables the search engine database to collect dynamic web page access information by sending web page access information to it. As the collected information shows statistics about actual web page access information... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20100169299 - Method and system for information extraction and modeling: Systems and methods for modeling information from a set of documents are disclosed. A tool allows a user to extract and model concepts of interest and relations among the concepts from a set of documents. The tool automatically configures a database of the model so that the model and extracted... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100169300 - Ranking oriented query clustering and applications: Techniques described herein allow for suggesting creation of tools for improving search engine performance. Specifically, these tools focus on producing more relevant search engine results via a URL-based query clustering method. These tools first extract tokens from Uniform Resource Locators associated to search queries. With these tokens, these tools form... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100169301 - System and method for aggregating and ranking data from a plurality of web sites: System and method for collecting information from a plurality of related sites, analyzing the information and storing the relevant information in a data base for future use. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the system uses the provided list of sites, whether obtained automatically or separately, queries them... Agent: Dr. D. Graeser Ltd.

20100169302 - System, method, and computer-readable medium for grouping database level object access counts per processing module in a parallel processing system: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for grouping of database object access counts per processing module in a parallel processing system are provided. Each processing module manages an intermediate cache allocated thereto that stores database object access counts local to the respective processing module. The processing modules are configured in... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100169303 - Playlists for real-time or near real-time streaming: Methods and apparatuses for real-time or near real-time streaming of content using transfer protocols such as an HTTP compliant protocol. In one embodiment, a method includes dividing a stream of data, representing the contiguous time based content of a program (e.g. a live video broadcast), into a plurality of distinct... Agent: Apple Inc./bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100169304 - System and method to retrieve relevant information: A method and system of retrieving information are disclosed. In accordance with the method, a plurality of information identifier (infoID) sets is generated based on at least one search term and at least one filtering criteria. The at least the plurality of infoID sets is joined according to a mathematical... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20100169305 - Information retrieval system for archiving multiple document versions: An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are identified that predict the presence of other phrases in documents. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases. Index data for multiple versions or instances of documents is also maintained. Each document instance is... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP C/o Cpa Global

20100169311 - Approaches for the unsupervised creation of structural templates for electronic documents: A method and apparatus for creating templates for electronic documents is provided. One or more attributes are extracted, using a seed template, from a first document, such as a web page. A second document that contains a particular attribute, extracted from the first document, is identified. The second document may... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/yahoo! Inc.

20100169315 - Attribution analysis and correlation: An attribution analysis and correlation system can include a content manager and a semantic correlation module. The content manager can receive a list identifying at least one contributor to be evaluated. The content manager can also mine at least one community for content pertaining to the contributor(s). The semantic correlation... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Novell

20100169314 - Content analysis and correlation: A content analysis and correlation service system can include a summary manager service for generating content correlation summaries, wherein the generated content correlation summaries are based on discovered content and analyzed content based on the discovered content. The system can include a content search manager service for generating the discovered... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Novell

20100169310 - Displaying and manipulating virtual objects on virtual surfaces: A computerized method of providing an interactive virtual surface to display virtual objects is described. The method may comprise providing the virtual surface via a graphical user interface on a display screen, wherein the virtual surface displays at least one axis and a plurality of virtual objects. The method may... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20100169308 - Dynamic translator for requests for system resources: Techniques for selectively translating resource requests from a program running on a computer system are disclosed. The resource request may be a request to access a file, library file, API, etc. The resource request may be a system call or library call. The computer program may be non-native to the... Agent: Mhkkg/oracle (sun)

20100169312 - Method and system for negative keyword recommendations: Effectiveness of keywords is determined. The keywords are classified to include effective keywords and ineffective keywords. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective keywords is created. The ineffective keywords that conflict with the effective keywords are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20100169313 - Pangenetic web item feedback system: Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web items and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are determined and stored to generate a pangenetic based item feedback matrix. The pangenetic item feedback matrix can be used in computer based systems for web search,... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20100169307 - Performing an efficient implicit join of multiple mixed-type records: A method, system, method and computer program product for retrieving data. Records are retrieved from a hierarchical database. The records are categorized into a plurality of record types. Each record comprises a unique identifier field. A record map contains zero or more entries. Each entry comprises an identifying value, data... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Richard Lau

20100169317 - Product or service review summarization using attributes: Described is a technology in which product or service reviews are automatically processed to form a summary for each single product or service. Snippets from the reviews are extracted and classified into sentiment classes (e.g., as positive or negative) based on their wording. Attributes are assigned to the reviews, e.g.,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100169316 - Search query concept based recommendations: Search Query Concept Based Recommendations. A method includes electronically receiving, in a computer system, a title as an input. One or more subsets of the title are generated. A list of key phrases associated with the title is obtained. Further, one or more key phrases from the list corresponding to... Agent: Evergreen Valley Law Group, P.C. And Yahoo! Inc.

20100169309 - System, method, and apparatus for information extraction of textual documents: A method and system for extraction of text from a set of text document(s). A plurality of document segments are identified within a given text document. For each document segment, at least one structured annotation is embedded within the document and associated with the given segment. The structured annotation specifies... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20100169306 - Type neutral container: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with an artifact type neutral container are described. This artifact type neutral container is achieved through an artifact type neutral architecture that is managed using a central type neutral registration mechanism. Queries are executed on type neutral registration tables to return data stores that... Agent: Kraguljac & Kalnay, LLC - Oracle

20100169318 - Contextual representations from data streams: A user's experience with internet content may be given semantic meaning based upon extracting features of the content and creating kind classifications from the features. Kind classifications may be used to enrich a user's experience with internet content by providing meaningful navigation and discovery of information. As provided herein, a... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100169320 - Method and system for email search: A method and system for performing email search, the said method comprising of enabling the user to find relations between emails and build network relations and to further retrieve groups based on the relations (and intersections of relations) as per the user's choice; the system comprising of giving and having... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100169319 - Verification of data categorization: Verification and categorization of data in a system that interfaces with common knowledge repositories having different application programming interfaces. The system inputs a data tree structure with categories of information. The relationships in the data tree are queried against common knowledge repositories. A report of potentially erroneous categorizations in the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20100169321 - Method and apparatus for ciphertext indexing and searching: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for ciphertext indexing and searching. Indices of multiple levels are created for the encrypted files. Each item in the primary index includes a primary index item identifier and the ciphertext of the primary indexing information of the related file. The primary indexing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100169322 - Efficient access of bitmap array with huge usage variance along linear fashion, using pointers: A system and method for locating an unallocated bit in a bitmap array includes traversing the bitmap array using a plurality of pointers to locate a unit. The unit includes a plurality of entities and at least one of the plurality of entities is unallocated. The method further includes traversing... Agent: Osha Liang LLP/oracle

20100169323 - Query-dependent ranking using k-nearest neighbor: Described is a technology in which documents associated with a query are ranked by a ranking model that depends on the query. When a query is processed, a ranking model for the query is selected/determined based upon nearest neighbors to the query in query feature space. In one aspect, the... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100169324 - Ranking documents with social tags: Technologies are described herein for ranking documents with social tags. A number ranking feature containing a number of times a document was tagged is received. A textual property ranking feature containing a union of each social tag associated with the document is also received. The number ranking feature is transformed... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20100169325 - Search results display for weighted multi-term searches: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for displaying search results for weighted, multi-term content searches. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for displaying search results for weighted, multi-term content searches is provided. The method includes specifying different weighted search terms for... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20100169326 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing analysis and visualization of content items association: An apparatus for providing analysis and visualization of content items associations may include a processor that may be configured to perform an analysis of a link relation between a source content item and at least one of a plurality of content items. The processor may further be configured to identify... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100169327 - Tracking significant topics of discourse in forums: Users in public forums often mention certain topics in the course of their discussions. Member's comments in messages to other members are analyzed to obtain terms that co-occur with topics. Frequencies of co-occurrence of a term with topics are normalized based on frequency of the term in a random sample... Agent: Facebook/fenwick Silicon Valley Center

20100169328 - Systems and methods for making recommendations using model-based collaborative filtering with user communities and items collections: Massively scalable, memory and model-based techniques are an important approach for practical large-scale collaborative filtering. We describe a massively scalable, model-based recommender system and method that extends the collaborative filtering techniques by explicitly incorporating these types of user and item knowledge. In addition, we extend the Expectation-Maximization algorithm for learning... Agent: Stolowitz Ford Cowger LLP

20100169329 - System for similar document detection: A document is compared to the documents in a document collection using a hash algorithm and collection statistics to detect if the document is similar to any of the documents in the document collection.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100169331 - Online relevance engine: Information is automatically located which is relevant to source content that a user is viewing on a user interface without requiring the user to perform an additional search or navigate links of the source content. The source content can be, e.g., a web page or a document from a word... Agent: Vierra Magen/microsoft Corporation

20100169330 - Trajectory-based video retrieval system, and computer program: Nowadays, video cameras are often used for monitoring areas under surveillance. For monitoring more complex surroundings a plurality of video cameras are commonly employed, whereby the resulting data from the plurality of video cameras is viewed on-line or stored in data-bases and checked off-line. With a growing number of video... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20100169332 - Anonymity measuring device: The invention concerns a data anonymity measuring device for selectively transmitting an anonymised database to a third party comprising: calculation means (402) coupled to at least one memory, the memory storing an original database (204) and said anonymized database (206), said calculation means arranged to calculate the conditional entropy for... Agent: Vedder Price PC

20100169336 - Customer search utility: A customer search terminal system may be configured to accept customer product searches and identify corresponding products and product information. A method for determining the efficacy of the customer search terminal may include receiving customer usage information including data related to customer usage of a customer search terminal and may... Agent: Target Brands, Inc

20100169335 - Detecting and reordering fixed-length records to facilitate compression: Disclosed herein are one or more embodiments that facilitate compression of a source file having a fixed-length record therein. One or more of the disclosed embodiments detect the fixed-length records and determine a reordering plan for the source file, including determining a plurality of column groupings within the detected fixed-length... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20100169333 - Document processor: A technique to appropriately process structured data is provided. If a conditional expression related to data stored in a database system is included in a document processing apparatus, a query builder generates a query statement corresponding to the database system from the conditional expression. A database plug-in sends the generated... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100169344 - Dynamic formation of groups in a notification system: A method for determining membership in a group of notification recipients and issuing a notification to the group of notification recipients, is disclosed. The method includes associating a set of potential recipients of notifications with at least one descriptor and dynamically forming a group of recipients to receive at least... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery

20100169350 - High-performance, scalable, adaptive and multi-dimensional event repository: A High-Performance, Scalable, Adaptive and Multi-dimensional Event Repository is described and utilized in a method for publishing an event in a database. The present method includes transparently intercepting a request to a database to publish an event. A messaging system operable with the database intercepts the request. The present method... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP/oracle

20100169337 - Identity analysis and correlation: An identity analysis and correlation service system can include a summary manager service for generating identity correlation summaries pertaining to a persona, wherein the generated identity correlation summaries are based on discovered content corresponding to the persona and analyzed content corresponding to the discovered content. The system can include a... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C. - Novell

20100169345 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for determining data signatures in a dynamic distributed device network: An apparatus for determining data signatures in a dynamic distributed device network may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a first query and generate a local partial closure of the data identified by the first query. The processor may be further configured to synthesize a data... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20100169346 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for polynomial-based data transformation and utilization: An apparatus for polynomial based data transformation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to identify data that is relevant to a set of one or more queries and generate an information source vector that indicates information sources associated with the data. The processor may also be configured... Agent: Ditthavong Mori & Steiner, P.C.

20100169349 - Modifying a coded bitstream: Implementations may relate to various aspects of modifying, or using, a coded bitstream, or to recovering watermarking information from data. In one implementation, a coded bitstream is modified to allow for the application of a watermark to the coded bitstream without changing the coding of any other syntax elements in... Agent: Robert D. Shedd, Patent Operations Thomson Licensing LLC

20100169340 - Pangenetic web item recommendation system: Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web item preferences and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based web item recommendation in which a user can request and receive personalized online recommendations of web items that are based on... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20100169342 - Pangenetic web satisfaction prediction system: Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web item preferences and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based web item satisfaction prediction in which a user can request and receive online predictions of their satisfaction with web items that... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20100169338 - Pangenetic web search system: Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web items and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based web search in which a user can request and receive personalized web search results that are based on the user's pangenetic makeup.... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20100169343 - Pangenetic web user behavior prediction system: Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web item preferences, behaviors and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are used for pangenetic based user behavior prediction in which predictions of a user's online behavior can be generated based on the user's pangenetic makeup.... Agent: Charles A. Eldering

20100169334 - Peer-to-peer web search using tagged resources: Systems and methods for conducting peer-to-peer (PTP) Internet searches utilizing tagged web resources, that is, web resources that the local user and/or a user at an associated remote computing device has tagged as evidence of a desire to have that resource as part of a PTP search community of resources,... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (microsoft Corporation)

20100169341 - Predictive algorithm for search box auto-complete: In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method to predict search results in an electronic environment is disclosed. The system architecture comprises a communications module to receive a query from a remote end-user where the query includes one or more characters contained within a first single communications packet. A... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20100169339 - System, method, or apparatus for updating stored search result values: Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with updating stored internet search query result values are disclosed.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group LLP

20100169347 - Systems and methods for communicating segments of media content: Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods, and apparatus for tagging a segment of media content. In various embodiments, a beginning location and an ending location indicating the segment are recorded and are used to retrieve the segment from the media content. Various embodiments provide systems and methods... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100169348 - Systems and methods for handling multiple records: Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to identifying ‘duplicate’ records in a database by finding similarities between records and applying a set of heuristic rules to determine a likelihood of being a duplicate record. The weighted results of the application of the heuristic rules identify possible duplicate records in... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20100169352 - Novel systems and methods for transmitting syntactically accurate messages over a network: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for encoding and retrieving information from a variety of sources using novel search techniques. The systems and methods of the invention are capable of extracting all types of structural and relational information from a query or a source data allowing for... Agent: Polsinelli Shughart PC

20100169353 - System and methods for unit of measurement conversion and search query expansion: A system and methods for unit of measurement conversion and search query expansion are described. The search query expansion may include identifying an initial unit of measurement associated with a property and an initial numeric value for the initial unit of measurement within a search query, automatically forming an expanded... Agent: Racunas Law LLC

20100169351 - Unifying hetrogenous data: Techniques for unifying data are provided. The techniques include transforming a query into one or more sub-queries that can be answered by one or more types of data services, and wherein the query touches one or more joins across data residing in one or more enterprise systems, querying one or... Agent: Kali Law Group, P.C.

20100169354 - Indexing mechanism for efficient node-aware full-text search over xml: Techniques are provided for searching within a collection of XML documents. A relational table in an XML index stores an entry for each node of a set of nodes in the collection. Each entry of the relational table stores an order key and a path identifier along with the atomized... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker/oracle

20100169355 - Clinical data monitoring: Data is combined from multiple independent data stores, and is then queried using a data correlation engine. Contemplated engines preferably keep track of previously run correlations, and then makes those correlations available to clinicians for their own use. For example, a preferred system might provide a listing of correlations run... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20100169356 - Method and system for negative keyword recommendations: Effectiveness of keywords is determined. The keywords are classified to include effective keywords and ineffective keywords. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective keywords is created. The ineffective keywords that conflict with the effective keywords are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20100169364 - Metadata enhanced browser: A social networking browser can display contextually relevant content to a user while the user navigates the Internet. The contextually relevant content is selected based on a determination of the topic of the displayed page, and can include contact-centric information about connections in the user's social graph.... Agent: Perley-robertson, Hill & Mcdougall LLP

20100169360 - Method and apparatus for processing of top-k queries from samples: A method and apparatus for processing top-k queries are disclosed. For example, the method receives a top-k query with a value for a number of samples and a value of a confidence parameter. The method samples in accordance to the number of samples, and determines a top-k weight of a... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Wt

20100169367 - Method and device for selecting a word to be defined in mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary: A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, PLC

20100169366 - Method and system for augmenting web content: A system for augmenting data from a source data file with data from a reference database to generate an augmented data file and tracking the augmented data file is provided. The system includes a reference database including at least one reference datum. A handler component is configured to retrieve a... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20100169358 - Method for facilitating the search of video content: A method for facilitating the search of video content, comprising the steps of submitting a video content clip for specific time duration of video content; extracting a fingerprint associated with the video clip by a fingerprint extractor; selecting database entries matching the specific time of video content from a fingerprint... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100169357 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product for automatically obtaining custom interface elements when changing ui themes by querying a remote repository: A method including forming a query to specifically request at least one user interface element not resident upon a device, transmitting the query to a remote repository comprising a plurality of user interface element definitions, dynamically retrieving response data from the remote repository in response to the query, and applying... Agent: Harrington & Smith

20100169361 - Methods and apparatus for generating a data dictionary: There is provided a method and system generate a data dictionary for searching data items stored in an information resource. In one embodiment, the system generates a list of synonyms for keywords entered in search queries to the system. A keyword and synonym form a token pair. Token pairs are... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/ebay

20100169362 - Palette for accessing document history: A palette for accessing document history. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising rendering on a display a palette within a window of a software, the rendering by executing a software application by a processor, obtaining information pertaining to the software without prompting a user to enter... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20100169365 - Research collaboration system and method with data-driven search capability: A research collaboration system and method with a data-driven search capability is provided that facilitates collaboration among researchers and/or others interested in research.... Agent: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo

20100169368 - System and associated methods for remotely enabling features: A method and apparatus enables a feature among a plurality of features in an application loaded on a client, with the client located remotely from a server. The server receives a data profile request from the client. In response to the data profile request, a data profile is sent from... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20100169363 - System and method for managing and displaying additive content in a web browser: A method and apparatus is provided for use with a web browser for managing and displaying additive content relating to web sites. For example, users can associate user generated content with third party web pages and to customize the visibility of this content based on multiple modes of authentication. Users... Agent: Johnson & Associates

20100169359 - System, method, and apparatus for information extraction of textual documents: A method and system for extraction of text from a set of text document(s). A data repository stores a plurality of variables that represent document segments and associated rhetorical relations. A user interacts with a computer to define query input that specifies at least one rhetorical relation of interest. The... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20100169369 - Method and apparatus for generating merged media program metadata: A method, apparatus, article of manufacture for generating a media program database having a plurality of media programs is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is comprises the steps of receiving first media program metadata from a first source, searching the Internet to find second media program metadata from a... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP Howard Hughes Center

20100169372 - Adding and subtracting kstores: The KStore is a datastore made up of a forest of interconnected, highly unconventional trees of one or more levels. One KStore can be added to an existing KStore to create an updated KStore by traversing the trees of the KStores and incrementing the count fields to reflect the added... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20100169370 - Kstore event manager using triggers for k: The KStore or K is a datastore made up of a forest of interconnected, highly unconventional trees of one or more levels. A KStore event manager monitors events and polls for KStore state. When triggered by user-defined conditions or receiving notification that a specified event has occurred, a specified response... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20100169371 - Types of nodes in a kstore: The KStore or K is a datastore made up of a forest of interconnected, highly unconventional trees of one or more levels. Nodes in a KStore are typically comprised of at least four fields, including a pointer to an asCase node, a pointer to an asResult node, a pointer to... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20100169373 - Updating values of elemental root nodes in kstore: The KStore or K is a datastore made up of a forest of interconnected, highly unconventional trees of one or more levels. Values of elemental root nodes within a KStore can be changed without requiring the KStore to be rebuilt. The elemental root node whose value is to be altered... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20100169374 - Adaptive parameterized search algorithm: A method is disclosed for conducting a search in which measurements of a time-varying property are made and updated during the search, and in which the measurements might be uncertain. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, one or more search algorithm parameters (e.g., the maximum branching factor of a search... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100169375 - Entity assessment and ranking: General entity retrieval and ranking is described. A first set of documents is retrieved from one or more document repositories based on a query formed according to the topic. The first set of documents is characterized based on its first set of metadata values. One or more candidate entities are... Agent: Vedder Price PC

20100169376 - Visual search engine for personal dating: Embodiments are directed towards enabling generation of visual search criteria using visual elements for at least within an online dating context. A friend creates a dream date avatar for an intended search result recipient by combining one or more visual search criteria. The dream date avatar embodying the visual search... Agent: Yahoo! Inc. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20100169378 - Access management system: A system and method for monitoring access in respect of a number site including means for identifying an individual requesting access to a particular site, using for example, a card reader and/or a biometric scanner. Once the individual has been identified, a computer program and database for determining what access... Agent: Joseph Bain Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20100169377 - System, method, and computer-readable medium for facilitating application virtual database users: A system, method, and computer-readable medium that provide virtual user access to a database system are provided. Middle-tier application end users issue requests to a middle-tier application that submits the requests to a database system on behalf of the middle-tier end users. The middle-tier application may authenticate end users and... Agent: James M. Stover Teradata Corporation

20100169380 - Method and system for a generic data model: Systems and methods for a generic data model for the representation of an arbitrarily complex environment are disclosed. These systems and methods allow the representation of any logical or physical entity and the associations and dependencies between these entities. Components may be used to represent the entities while relationships may... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20100169379 - System and method for creating user-specific directory: A system and method for accessing a master directory including a master set of contact users, the master directory defining an organizational structure. A contact directory is defined for a user based upon, at least in part, the organizational structure defined within the master directory. The contact directory includes a... Agent: Holland & Knight

20100169381 - Expression tree data structure for representing a database query: A method, apparatus and program product are provided for representing a database query expression including a plurality of predicates related to one another by at least one logical relation. A list of operands is generated from the database query expression, where each operand is representative of a predicate. Each operand... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. (ibm)

20100169382 - Metaphysical address space for holding lossy metadata in hardware: A method and apparatus for metaphysical address space for holding lossy metadata is herein described. An explicit or implicit metadata access operation referencing data address of a data item is encountered. Hardware modifies the data address to a metadata address including a metaphysical extension. The metaphysical extension overlays one or... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Cpa Global

20100169383 - Method for digitally recording information: In a computer implemented method for digitally recording progress notes a content database cooperable with software can be populated with information relevant to patients and care providers. A User can select items displayed on a screen of a communications device. The software operates to generate information mandated by one or... Agent: Michaud-kinney Group LLP

20100169387 - Analytics enablement objects: A method and system, the method may include generating a change notification in response to a change of at least one attribute associated with at least one node of a host business object (BO); and updating, based on the generated change notification, an analytic enablement object (AEO) class of business... Agent: Sap Ag C/o Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20100169386 - Identity database bureau: Systems and methods for making biometric data susceptible to use in locating individuals and tracking the location of individuals over time are provided. The system may involve the collection of initial biometric data, including iris scans, and corresponding identification information, the entry of such data into a database, and then... Agent: Weiss & Arons, LLP

20100169384 - Kstore data simulator directives and values processor process and files: A data simulator receives a set of directives specified in a file and creates one or more datastreams from which a data structure may be built as specified by the directives. The directives may specify configuration settings, constants, changing fields, values and probabilities.... Agent: Unisys Corporation

20100169385 - Merging of multiple data sets: A method may comprise comparing a first data set with a second data set, the first data set associating a first plurality of names with a first plurality of roles, and the second data set associating a second plurality of names with a second plurality of roles. The method may... Agent: Banner & Witcoff , Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007412

20100169389 - Effects application based on object clustering: A system in accordance with the present invention may include one or more processors, memory that receives instructions from the one or more processors according to a clock operating at a frequency, one or more programs stored in the memory, with instructions to: access media content; analyze the media content... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP/ Ai

20100169388 - Generating attribute-specific electronic documents: Described are methods and systems for generating an attribute-specific document for a business scenario. Attributes necessary for generating the attribute-specific document are selected. Based upon the business scenario, a global document and corresponding metadata are determined. The global document includes generic information about the business scenario. Based upon the global... Agent: Sap Ag

20100169390 - File transfer method and terminal adapted thereto: A file transfer method and a terminal adapted thereto are disclosed. When a moving image file request signal is revived, a determination is made as to whether the moving image file to be transferred is in an ISO base media file format. If the moving image file to be transferred... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20100169391 - Object interface to a dispersed data storage network: A data object interface to a dispersed data storage network is disclosed. The disclosed interface accepts read and write commands from a client computer and generates network commands that are forwarded to slice servers that form the storage component of the dispersed data storage network. The slice servers then fulfill... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison (cs)

20100169392 - Virtual file-sharing network: A method for enabling access to a data resource, which is held on a file server (25) on a first local area network (LAN) (21a), by a client (28) on a second LAN (21b). A proxy receiver (48) on the second LAN (21b) intercepts a request for the data resource... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20100169394 - Method and apparatus for providing access to files based on user identity: A storage device provides a file system to a host based on the access rights of a user determined during authentication. If the authentication does not succeed, the storage device provides to the user a file system restricted to files authorized by public access rights. If the authentication does succeed,... Agent: Toler Law Group

20100169393 - Storage device presenting to hosts only files compatible with a defined host capability: A method includes defining a host capability; creating for a storage device a second directory tree from a first directory tree of the storage device that is included in a file system within the storage device; and, for a data file that is stored in the storage device and is... Agent: Toler Law Group

20100169395 - Device and method for filtering a file system: A host is provided with a filtered file system based on the native file system of a local storage device and other relevant factors. A filter interfaces with the local storage device and the host, and a controller reads the native file system, establishes access criteria for the host, and... Agent: Toler Law Group