Access Augmentation Or Optimizing

Access Augmentation Or Optimizing patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

11/09/06 - 20060253424 - Method for verifying the validity of a user
The invention disclose a method for verifying the validity of a user, making full use of a B-TID as the bridge for establishing confidence between a NAF and a user equipment, and the BSF assigning a term of validity for the B-TID, thereby extending the function of the B-TID, enabling ...

11/09/06 - 20060253423 - Information retrieval system and method
An information retrieval system having a structured data store; and a signature generator configured to receive data from the structured data store, to create a category signature based on the data received from the structured data store, to receive search results from at least one crawler, and to generate a ...

11/09/06 - 20060253422 - Efficient computation of multiple group by queries
Systems and methodologies for computation of multiple group by queries via an optimizer that examines the space of plans in a systematic and cost based manner. The optimizer includes a merging component to merge pairs of sub plans to facilitate a plan choice with a lowest cost. The merging component ...

11/09/06 - 20060253421 - Method and product for searching title metadata based on user preferences
A method and computer program product for searching metadata based on user preferences is useful for improving the efficiency of searches. According to the method, a search in a database for a set of one or more search parameters is performed, where the database includes a set of metadata attributes ...

11/09/06 - 20060253420 - Method and system for creating a protected object namespace from a wsdl resource description
A method and system is presented to parse a WSDL description and build a hierarchical protected object namespace for authorization of access to the resource, wherein the protected object namespace is based on the abstract part of a WSDL but can be used to assist in authorization decisions for multiple ...

11/02/06 - 20060248048 - Household grouping based on public records
Records are obtained from various sources, including public records, and are then augmented and grouped. At least one augment key is applied to each of the records resulting in an augment key value for each record. The records are augmented based on the key value. Augmenting the records includes combining ...

11/02/06 - 20060248047 - System and method for proxying data access commands in a storage system cluster
A system and method proxies data access commands acrossed a cluster interconnect between storage appliances and a cluster using a file-level protocol. Each storage appliance activates two ports per data access, a local port for data access requests directed to clients of the storage appliance and a proxy port for ...

11/02/06 - 20060248046 - System and method for forcing a query execution plan
A suggested query execution plan is used as a constraint on a guided optimization process such that all execution plans that do not conform to the suggested execution plan are eliminated as possible alternatives. If the guided optimization process successfully generates a resulting execution plan, then the result will conform ...

11/02/06 - 20060248045 - Information access using ontologies
A method for data access includes defining an ontology for application to a set of diverse data sources (58) comprising data having predefined semantics, and associating with the ontology one or more logical rules applicable to the semantics of the data in the data sources. Upon receiving a query from ...

10/26/06 - 20060242116 - System and method for developing and processing building system control solutions
A method for processing an application includes obtaining a list of point types used as inputs for an application from an application definition. In some cases, the application is configured to perform a function pertaining to an environmental control system of a building. The method also includes mapping each point ...

10/26/06 - 20060242115 - System and method for an improved type inference
An improved type inference may be calculated for a path expression that may be classified into a series of input expressions followed by steps. For each such series, the inference may be calculated based on input including a type for the input expression, an axis for the step, and a ...

10/19/06 - 20060235827 - System and method for detection of artificially generated system load
A system and method are provided for detecting artificially generated load on a search system. The system may include a load monitoring component for monitoring a current load for comparison with an expected load. The system may additionally include an abnormality detection component for detecting an abnormality when the monitored ...

10/12/06 - 20060230019 - System and method to optimize database access by synchronizing state based on data access patterns
A method, apparatus, and computer program product in a data processing system for avoiding excessive database round trips. A list of a database object fields affected by queries is compiled by analyzing instructions in a database query language. A list of database object fields affected by queries is also compiled ...

10/12/06 - 20060230018 - Mahalanobis distance genetic algorithm (mdga) method and system
A computer-implemented method to provide a desired variable subset. The method may include obtaining a set of data records corresponding a plurality of variables and defining the data records as normal data or abnormal data based on predetermined criteria. The method may also include initializing a genetic algorithm with a ...

10/12/06 - 20060230017 - Using query expression signatures in view matching
A system for optimizing queries against a database is disclosed. The system comprises a memo structure that encodes a plurality of query expressions. The system also includes a signature mechanism that enables an assignment of the query expressions into equivalence classes. Methods of using such a system are additionally provided. ...

10/12/06 - 20060230016 - Systems and methods for statistics over complex objects
The subject invention relates to systems and methods that automatically create, update, and use statistics over complex objects within a database query processor. A system is provided that facilitates employment of statistics in connection with database optimization. The system includes a component that receives information relating to database performance and ...

10/05/06 - 20060224564 - Materialized view tuning and usability enhancement
A method and system for enhancing a materialized view. In one embodiment the method includes analyzing a defined query of the materialized view, checking the requirements of the materialized view log, generating execution scripts that automatically create and enhance the materialized view logs and tuning the materialized view. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224563 - Query plan selection control using run-time association mechanism
A system and method for creation, modification and/or use of plan guide(s) is provided. Plan guide(s) can be employed to optimize the performance of query(ies) when it is not possible and/or desirable to change the text of the query directly. Plan guides can be useful, for example, when a small ...

10/05/06 - 20060224562 - System and method for efficiently performing similarity searches of structural data
Techniques for similarity searching are provided. In one aspect, a method of searching structural data in a database against one or more structural queries comprises the following steps. A desired minimum degree of similarity between the one or more queries and the structural data in the database is first specified. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224561 - Method and apparatus for associating logical conditions with the re-use of a database query execution strategy
A query facility for database queries saves and re-uses query execution strategies, and automatically determines whether a strategy can be re-used when an imported variable changes. The query facility automatically saves one or more logical conditions associated with the one or more imported variables in the query. When the query ...

09/28/06 - 20060218125 - Sql query problem determination tool
A method and system for query problem determination have been disclosed. The method includes receiving a database query; creating a query execution plan for the database query comprising a plurality of query plan operators; and executing the query execution plan, wherein a progress indicator is displayed for each query plan ...

09/28/06 - 20060218124 - Performance of a data processing apparatus
Techniques for improving the performance of a data processing apparatus are disclosed. The data processing apparatus is operable to execute a data access instruction which causes a first plurality of data items to be transferred between registers and memory. The data processing apparatus is also operable to transfer a second ...

09/28/06 - 20060218123 - System and methodology for parallel query optimization using semantic-based partitioning
A system and methodology for parallel query optimization using semantic-based partitioning is described. In one embodiment, for example, in a database system comprising a database storing data in database tables, a method is described for improving query performance by dynamically partitioning the data, the method comprises steps of: receiving a ...

09/21/06 - 20060212423 - System and method for biasing search results based on topic familiarity
A familiarity level classifier comprises a stopwords engine for conducting a stopwords analysis of stopwords, e.g., introductory level stopwords and advanced level stopwords, in a document, e.g., a website; and a familiarity level classifier module for generating a document familiarity level based on the stopwords analysis. The classifier may be ...

09/21/06 - 20060212422 - Efficiently executing commands against a large set of servers with near real time feedback of execution and presentation of the output of the commands
According to one embodiment of the invention, a technique is provided for interactive execution of commands on multiple computer targets. As the commands execute on the remote systems, the user receives feedback in real time. The feedback consists of the status of each command on each system and the output ...

09/14/06 - 20060206452 - Accessing web content from any virtualized store
A virtual path provider allows a Web application to access content source that is maintained by a file system, and/or content source that is maintained separately from a file system. When the Web application receives a request for processed content from a requesting computer system, the Web application access the ...

09/14/06 - 20060206451 - Method and computer-readable medium for providing access to policy information associated with electronic mail message folders
A method and computer-readable medium are provided for accessing policy information associated with e-mail folders. According to the method, a user interface is provided that allows a user to navigate between one or more folders for storing data, such as e-mail folders. A selection of one of the e-mail folders ...

09/07/06 - 20060200448 - Calculation engine for use in olap environments
This invention addresses the need for dealing with complex planning calculations based on data warehouse or Planning Data Repository (PDR) data where some aggregated data or forecast data might be changed without directly manipulating the underlying data, and where there may be several relationships linking the data. The system is ...

09/07/06 - 20060200447 - Method and system for managing information on a product
The management of information on a product is provided, in which text information on the product is initially provided for display to a user. In response to a request, graphical information on the product is generated using the product and provided for display to the user. The graphical information can ...

09/07/06 - 20060200446 - System and method for secure full-text indexing
Documents are indexed in accordance with a process that separates the filtering and word breaking portions of the process so that they are performed under a restricted security setting. When a document is requested by an indexer, the document is retrieved and then passed to the higher security process. The ...

09/07/06 - 20060200445 - Providing history and transaction volume information of a content source to users
A computer-implemented system and method for providing a legitimacy rating of a content source are provided. A request for a document is received. An electronic document associated with a content source is passed by a document provider in response to the request. A legitimacy rating of the content source is ...

08/31/06 - 20060195419 - Device and method for supporting material name setting, and computer product
A material name and attribute information are extracted from design data, and a reference material name corresponding to the material name is searched for from a dictionary database. When a desired search result is obtained, the search result is output. When a desired reference material name is not obtained, candidates ...

08/31/06 - 20060195418 - Computer algorithms and methods for product safety
The invention comprises systems, methods and a computerized data management device for creating and using data relating to a medical or non-medical product or device to enhance the safety of the product or device. A vast amount of data regarding adverse events associated with a particular product or device is ...

08/31/06 - 20060195417 - File system represented inside a database
The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adapting at least two disparate file systems. A file system adapter can provide uniformity and/or seamless integration between a first file system and a second file system. The file system adapter can employ a file-backed item that is enriched ...

08/31/06 - 20060195416 - Method and system for providing a learning optimizer for federated database systems
A method and system for method for accelerating execution of a query on a federated database system is disclosed. The federated database system is associated with an external data source, which is used by the query. The query is performed based upon a query execution plan. The method and system ...

08/24/06 - 20060190426 - Data management apparatus, data management method, and storage medium
A data management apparatus which includes: a removable storage device; a nonvolatile memory which saves a first conversion key; a first encrypting device which converts a datum to be saved in the storage device into an encrypted datum by the first conversion key; a first writing device which writes the ...

08/24/06 - 20060190425 - Method for merging multiple ranked lists with bounded memory
Systems and methods for conducting attribute-based queries over a plurality of objects using bounded memory locations and minimizing costly input and output operations are provided. A plurality of attributes are associated with each object, and a plurality of data groups, one each for the identified attributes are created. The objects ...

08/24/06 - 20060190424 - System and method for dynamically linking
A communication system that is capable of collecting information from one or more users of the communication system includes one or more memory modules. The memory modules are operable to store one or more scripts that each comprises one or more queries for information to a user. The system also ...

08/17/06 - 20060184507 - Dynamically configurable lists for including multiple content types
A dynamically configurable list management system that supports list elements of multiple content types is presented. Each list element is associated with an element type via an element type identifier. The element type identifier uniquely identifies the element type to the list management system. Each property associated with each element ...

08/17/06 - 20060184506 - Method and apparatus for storing relationship data for accounts and contacts
A method of storing data related to a first entity in a relationship and a second entity in the relationship in a database is disclosed. The method may include entering a name description of the second entity in the relationship into a second converse relationship field of a relationship entity, ...

08/10/06 - 20060179034 - Method of presentation for data records
Data records contain identification data and user data and are either contained in a highest grouping level or are directly subordinate to precisely one data record group. Each data record group is either contained in the highest grouping level or is directly subordinate to precisely one data record group. Each ...

08/10/06 - 20060179033 - Method and system for digital asset management
The disclosure relates to a digital asset storage, search and retrieval system. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions of the asset, properties of the asset, and conditions on its use. The system may access stored digital assets using hierarchical classifications under a taxonomy. ...

08/03/06 - 20060173814 - Mobile communication terminal having content-based retrieval function
Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for providing a content-based retrieval function using a mobile communication terminal, the apparatus including a transmitter/receiver for communicating with a data server capable of content-based retrieval and a controller for controlling a transmission of a query to the data server via the transmitter/receiver ...

08/03/06 - 20060173813 - System and method of providing ad hoc query capabilities to complex database systems
A system and method for providing ad hoc query capabilities to complex homogenous and heterogeneous database systems. The method utilizes a universal join table adapted to join with any table within a database system or across multiple database systems. Using the universal join table, a logical flat hierarchy is laid ...

08/03/06 - 20060173812 - System, software and method for examining a database in a forensic accounting environment
A system, software and method which enable the forensic examination of a database, particularly, a financial database such as a general ledger. The system, software and method leverage “n-” or multi-dimensional data interrogation analytics, particularly, online analytical processing (“OLAP”), to enable real-time data analysis of various dimensions of multi-dimensional data ...

08/03/06 - 20060173811 - Method and apparatus for reducing memory and communication activity in a redundant process controller with change-driven memory imaging, through optimization of unchanging data
A system for handling data of a process with a primary controller and a redundant controller. The primary controller includes a primary processor that is operable to perform tracking data tasks by using a low speed bus to cooperate with a tracker controller for storage of tracking data in a ...

08/03/06 - 20060173810 - Controlling access to a database using database internal and external authorization information
Techniques for using both database internal and database external authorization information to control access to a database are disclosed. Corporate accounts which are generally used in many corporate environments (e.g., operating system accounts) can be defined as “external” database accounts with database external authorization information that define database external access ...

08/03/06 - 20060173809 - Transfer of table instances between databases
A method, system, and computer program product for transferring N table instances X1, X2, . . . , XN of a table T from a source database S to destination databases D1, D2, . . . , DN, respectively. The method is implemented by executing a computer code by a ...

08/03/06 - 20060173808 - Graphical user interface (gui) to associate information with an object
Provided is a graphical user interface (GUI) to associate information with an object. Different views are maintained providing different hierarchical arrangements of a set of objects. Selection is received of one view and one object in the selected view. Information is associated with the selected object, wherein the associated information ...

07/27/06 - 20060167839 - Scaleable data itemsets and association rules
The subject invention leverages scaleable itemsets and/or association rules to provide dynamic adjustment of memory usage. This allows the subject invention to provide association rules and/or itemsets with the highest support while utilizing a bounded amount of memory. Thus, a data analysis system and/or method utilizing the subject invention can ...

07/27/06 - 20060167838 - File-based hybrid file storage scheme supporting multiple file switches
In an aggregated file system, a file may begin with a set of stripe fragments all in the RAID-5 scheme in order to take advantage of the RAID-5 scheme's storage efficiency. After that, when one of the fragments is accessed by a file switch, it will be duplicated into the ...

07/27/06 - 20060167837 - User interaction management using an ongoing estimate of user interaction skills
User interaction management techniques are disclosed. In a first aspect of the invention, an automated technique for managing interaction between a user and a system includes the following steps/operations. A skill level of a user accessing the system is determined. Then, a user interaction profile is modified based on the ...

07/27/06 - 20060167836 - Method and structure for algorithmic overlap in parallel processing for exploitation when load imbalance is dynamic and predictable
A method (and structure) of processing, on a computer having a plurality of processors, includes executing a set of tasks that includes a computational bottleneck in a repetitive procedure on a first subset of the plurality of processors. A set of non-bottleneck tasks of the repetitive procedure is executed on ...

07/27/06 - 20060167835 - Optimization-based media allocation
Improved media allocation techniques for use in accordance with information-seeking systems are provided. For example, in one aspect of the invention, a technique for allocating media to present data content for a response to a query comprises the following steps/operations. Data content suitable for generating a response to the query ...

07/20/06 - 20060161519 - Prioritizing network management traffic
In a computer network, network management applications in a network management station manage and control managed elements connected to the network through the use of network management requests. The network management requests are prioritized by the management station or the managed element. The managed element prioritizes received requests by pre-assigning ...

07/20/06 - 20060161518 - Scalable system for partitioning and accessing metadata over multiple servers
In an aggregated file system, metadata is partitioned into multiple metadata volumes. On receipt of a file processing request, a file switch examines its mount entry cache to identify a target metadata volume that hosts the metadata of the requested file. The identification begins with mount entries at a root ...

07/20/06 - 20060161517 - Method, system and article of manufacture for improving execution efficiency of a database workload
Disclosed is a data processing system implemented method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for improving execution efficiency of a database workload to be executed against a database. The database includes database tables, and the database workload identifies at least one of the database tables. The data ...

07/20/06 - 20060161516 - Method and system for synchronizing multiple user revisions to a shared object
Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Revisions to the shared object are automatically synchronized such that all users can view the revisions to the shared object. Conflicting revisions are reconciled and merged into a current version of the shared ...

07/20/06 - 20060161515 - Apparatus and method for sql distinct optimization in a computer database system
An apparatus and method optimize a query in a computer database system having a DISTINCT specifier. An SQL SELECT statement with a DISTINCT specifier is analyzed to determine if the expression can be optimized, and if so, the SELECT statement is reformulated to improve system performance. In preferred embodiments, the ...

07/13/06 - 20060155677 - System and method for managing objects and resources with access rights embedded in nodes within a hierarchical tree structure
A system and method for controlling access to data within a hierarchically organized document, such as an XML document. Elements may have their access rights specified, for example as a variable in an XML tag. If not specified within an element of the document, access rights are inherited from its ...

07/13/06 - 20060155676 - Logical view with granular access to exchange data managed by a modular data and storage management system
A modular data and storage management system. The system includes a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of data that is received over time. The time variance interface of the modular data and storage management system provides for retrieval, from the storage media, of an ...

07/13/06 - 20060155675 - Database optimization apparatus and method
A database optimizer collects statistics regarding applications accessing a database, and makes one or more changes to the database schema to optimize performance according to the collected statistics. In a first embodiment, the optimizer detects when a certain type of application accesses the database a percentage of time that exceeds ...

07/13/06 - 20060155674 - Image server
Virtual machine image files are stored in a virtual machine storage by a virtual machine image file server. Users at virtual machine clients connect to the virtual machine image file server and are presented with a list of the available virtual machine image files in a virtual machine image store. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155673 - Method and apparatus for robust input interpretation by conversation systems
One embodiment of the present method and apparatus for robust input interpretation by conversation systems includes receiving a user request containing at least one un-interpretable term. The present invention conveys the conversation system's interpretation capabilities to the user, for example by suggesting at least one alternative request in context of ...

07/06/06 - 20060149707 - Multiple active database systems
Multiple-active database systems include at least two database systems that both store a common portion of a relational database. Each database system includes one or more data-storage facilities configured to store data forming the common portion of the relational database in one or more tables and one or more processing ...

07/06/06 - 20060149706 - System and method for transferring data and metadata between relational databases
A script driven infrastructure is provided in order to selectively move structure and data from a source database to a target database. The structure and data is moved using a data transfer mechanism, where the data is contained in disk files stored on the source database and it has corresponding ...

07/06/06 - 20060149705 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for relating data in healthcare databases
Methods, systems and computer program products for relating facts stored in healthcare databases are provided. At least two fact tables stored in a healthcare database including data meeting a criteria of interest are located. An identification key is assigned to the at least two fact tables including the located data ...

07/06/06 - 20060149704 - Updating metadata stored in a read-only media file
Storing metadata updates for a read-only media file. The media file has content and metadata describing the content. Responsive to a user or application program updating the metadata, the invention stores the updates to the metadata in an update data store when the media file is in the read-only state. ...

07/06/06 - 20060149703 - Tool for optimizing system performance and methods relating to same
One or more embodiments of the invention enable improved communication with a database comprising multiple clients utilizing multiple large data objects concurrently. For example when a client system interacts with a server with respect to a data object that is over a threshold size, the system may utilizing a communication ...

07/06/06 - 20060149702 - Cursor pre-fetching
Techniques determine a quantity of rows to fetch based on memory available on a client computer and the fetch state of cursors. The techniques are used to determine a quantity of rows for “pre-fetching”. Under pre-fetching, rows in addition to those requested by an application are fetched from a database ...

06/29/06 - 20060143157 - Updating organizational information by parsing text files
Systems and methods for updating a user's organizational information. A text application is provided including a parser module for analyzing text documents accessed by a user and creating or updating the user's organizational information depending on whether organizational information exists in the text document. The parser module may further identify ...

06/29/06 - 20060143156 - Framework to allow one cmp ejb to connect to multiple data sources
A container managed persistent (CMP) enterprise java bean (EJB) framework includes support for accessing multiple data sources within one deployment. A CMP EJB includes a number of different attributes that can be a variety of values. A session EJB that acts as a front-end to the CMP EJP includes a ...

06/22/06 - 20060136372 - Inserted contextual web content derived from intercepted web viewing content
A method and a system for providing content including intercepting data inbound to a user, data outbound from the user or both. The data is intercepted at a network segment. The method further includes determining content of interest to the user and adding the content of interest to the inbound ...

06/22/06 - 20060136371 - Method of delivering an electronic document to a remote electronic device
A method of preparing a document for delivery to an electronic device including building a graph structure, include hyperlink nodes and bookmark nodes, representing a map of the document, and traversing and paginating the graph structure into successive pages each having a page index value. For each hyperlink node, the ...

06/22/06 - 20060136370 - Workload periodicity analyzer for autonomic database components
Disclosed is a data processing system implemented method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for determining database workload periodicity. The data processing system implemented method includes converting database activity samples spanning a time period from the time domain to the frequency domain, the converting resulting in a ...

06/22/06 - 20060136369 - Method and system for protecting the consistency of information in a distributed file system
Disclosed are “black-box leases” that protect information consistency and that allow for information sharing in a distributed file system while hiding from a client information about other clients' use of the file system. This information hiding also allows greater concurrency because changes to the file system are permitted as long ...

06/22/06 - 20060136368 - Database system and methodology for generalized order optimization
A database system and methodology for generalized order optimization is described. In one embodiment, for example, in a database system, a method of the present invention is described for optimizing a query requesting data from a database in an ordered form, the method comprises steps of: generating a plurality of ...

06/22/06 - 20060136367 - Method, apparatus, and computer program for processing a queue of messages
The invention relates to the processing of a queue of messages, each message representing at least one request for an update to a database. A message is browsed and at least one update request is extracted from the message. The update request is sent to a database management system (DBMS) ...

06/15/06 - 20060129526 - System, apparatus and method of providing at least one of a plurality of serivce providers of a service based on a context in which the service is to be used
A system, apparatus and method of providing at least one of a plurality of service providers of a service based on a context in which the service is to be used are provided. When a request, which includes an indication of a context in which the service is to be ...

06/15/06 - 20060129525 - Combined best effort and contention free guaranteed throughput data scheduling
A data switching device has inputs for Granted Throughput (GT) and Best Effort (BE) data, outputs, a data switch interconnecting the inputs and outputs, (GT) control means for controlling the (GT) data scheduling and (BE) control means for controlling the (BE) data scheduling. The (GT) and (BE) control means are ...

06/08/06 - 20060122967 - Intelligent information dissemination using a dynamic user profile
A method for distributing information to a user of an information system via a device begins by selecting a user profile. Information is received at the device and is filtered with the selected user profile. The filtered information is displayed to the user. ...

06/08/06 - 20060122966 - System and method for a transaction manager
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for a transaction manager. A transaction manager registers one or more callback methods each having an associated synchronization identifier. An order is defined for the one or more callback methods based, at least in part, on the synchronization ...

06/08/06 - 20060122965 - Research rapidity and efficiency improvement by analysis of research artifact similarity
A method, computer-readable medium and system for comparing query-related objects are provided. In one embodiment, a first plurality of query-related objects for a first user is compared to a second plurality of query-related objects for a second user to determine a degree of similarity between the first and second plurality ...

06/08/06 - 20060122964 - Materialized view maintenance and change tracking
A technique for refreshing materialized views in a database is disclosed. The detail table is partitioned, and changes made to the detail table are tracked with information stored, for example. Only sections in the materialized view which correspond to the partitions which include modifications made to the detail table are ...

06/08/06 - 20060122963 - System and method for performing a data uniqueness check in a sorted data set
Embodiments of the present invention include a method for performing a data uniqueness check in a set of sorted data blocks comprising accessing data to be inserted into the set of sorted data blocks, determining a proper data block of the set of sorted data blocks for which the data ...

06/01/06 - 20060116982 - Real-time chat and conference contact information manager
An extension or accessory to a real-time, online virtual collaboration session, meeting and messaging system, which scans a participant's contact list for partially complete contact records, accesses an administered contact information store such as a corporate personnel contact database, and completes the partially complete records in the participant's contact list. ...

06/01/06 - 20060116981 - Method and system for automated data collection and analysis of a computer system
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and system for automatically collecting data relating to a computer system and automatically analyzing the collected data. The data collected may be historical data, collected over an extended period of time such as a day, week or month. The data may ...

06/01/06 - 20060116980 - Xnm - an interface for a network management system
A method for executing commands in a telecommunications system including one or more service modules is provided. The method comprises: providing an interface configured to receive commands for services from a client, the interface configured to process commands in a generic syntax; receiving a command specifying a service from the ...

06/01/06 - 20060116979 - Enhanced user assistance
An apparatus, method, and system distinct from an item that provides user assistance for the item. ...

05/25/06 - 20060112074 - Apparatus, system, and method for providing content list in home network
Provided is an apparatus, system, and method for providing a content list in a home network, in which content information owned by a plurality of devices existing in a home network is collected and a content list is created based on the collected content information and is then provided. The ...

05/25/06 - 20060112073 - Interface building/design tool for generating nested interface systems and displays
Design and deployment of an interface for a data processing application is facilitated by a tool, preferably implemented in software, which parses a description of data to form a hierarchy of groups of selector, terminal and intermediate attributes, including generation of attributes through specification of analyses of data, to develop ...

05/18/06 - 20060106759 - Computer system, computer, data access method and database system
There is a program for transmitting a prefetch command to a database management system (DBMS) so that access data of the DBMS can be prefetched to a storage. The DBMS is able to generate an access plan conscious of prefetch and to access database (DB). The DBMS is, however, unable ...

05/18/06 - 20060106758 - Streaming xpath algorithm for xpath value index key generation
A method generates hierarchical path index keys for single and multiple indexes with one scan of a document. Each data node of the document is scanned and matches to query nodes are identified. A data node matches a query node if the three conditions hold: if it is not the ...

05/18/06 - 20060106757 - Search for similar sheet metal part models
An apparatus and method is provided for managing and distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a factory in order to facilitate the production of components, such as bent sheet metal components. In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the management and distribution of critical design and manufacturing information ...

05/11/06 - 20060100986 - Task switching
The present disclosure relates to resource management of a multi-threaded system by controlling when thread state is stored to memory and, more specifically, to attempting to increase the speed in which task switching occurs by controlling whether or not thread state stored to memory. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085389 - Method for transformation of regular expressions
A method and apparatus for transforming regular expressions into a less resource intensive representation is disclosed. The method and apparatus converts a collection of regular expressions into a multi-level representation in which the memory requirements of the lowest level representation is reduced when compared with a conventional finite state automaton ...

04/20/06 - 20060085388 - Storage management device, storage network system, storage management method, and storage management program
The present invention provides a high-performance storage access environment to a user who moves around a wide area, while increasing the fault resistance of the system. A plurality of network storages (volumes) is assigned to the user. Then, at the occasion of logging in to a volume by the user, ...

04/20/06 - 20060085387 - Optimization-based data content determination
Improved data content determination techniques are disclosed for use in accordance with information-seeking systems. For example, in one illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for determining data content for a response to a query comprises obtaining a user query, and dynamically determining data content suitable for generating a response ...

04/20/06 - 20060085386 - Two pass calculation to optimize formula calculations for a spreadsheet
Current cell values are provided to a client using two-passes. When a first request to provide values is received during a first pass, default values are provided to the client. Upon receiving each value request, the formula parameters are collected that are associated with the cell. The formula parameters are ...

04/06/06 - 20060074856 - Patent summarization systems and methods
Methods for patent summarization. A digital file comprising an issued patent document or a published application is acquired. At least one claim string is acquired from the digital file. Multiple elements are acquired from the claim string. A part-of relationship architecture among a portion of the elements is generated according ...

04/06/06 - 20060074855 - Apparatus and method for obtaining a log of information written on a recording medium and program therefor
An apparatus for obtaining a write log when a file in a computer is written to a recording medium, includes an event detecting means for detecting an event of a file access, a reading means for reading file information by detecting that the file access is a read access to ...

04/06/06 - 20060074854 - Innovative product design using application trees
This invention discloses a computer-based method for identifying components to build products and for identifying new applications of a component or product to enable cross-industry marketing of that component or product. The method comprises the following steps: implement product, component and application extraction logic functions to differentiate and classify the ...

03/30/06 - 20060069668 - Method and apparatus for assigning access control levels in providing access to networked content files
A method and apparatus for assigning access control levels when providing access to networked content files includes a client node, a collection agent, and a policy engine. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered ...

03/30/06 - 20060069667 - Content evaluation
Evaluating content is described, including generating a data set using an attribute associated with the content, evaluating the data set using a statistical distribution to identify a class of statistical outliers, and analyzing a web page to determine whether it is part of the class of statistical outliers. A system ...

03/30/06 - 20060069666 - Contextual action publishing
A computing system for the publication of actions associated with the current context of an entity, such as a business object is provided. The computing system has a component that stores entities, a component that stores the actions associated with the entities, and a software component that provides information about ...

03/23/06 - 20060064400 - Methods, systems and software for identifying and managing database work
Various embodiments of the invention provide solutions to allow more sophisticated management of the relationship between a database and its clients (which can be, inter alia, end users, business applications, etc.). Merely by way of example, some embodiments can facilitate the management of work requests in a database, as well ...

03/16/06 - 20060059117 - Policy managed objects
System and method provides a mechanism to control access to a data object and to the data within the object. A policy managed object comprised policy objects, a payload container object for securely storing a payload with data, and a number of interfaces that provide access to the policy managed ...

03/02/06 - 20060047629 - Centralized terminology and glossary management
Managing terminology among multiple users. Terminology data relating to one or more projects in an organization is received from one or more users. The received terminology data is stored in a central memory area associated with the one or more users. The central memory area is accessible by one or ...

03/02/06 - 20060047628 - System and method for managing databases in a handheld electronic device
Multiple applications in a handheld electronic device share a plurality of databases. The shared databases have a data adapter that includes an interface module that communicates with the various applications, logic that formulates a query containing the arguments in a data request from an application and a reader that retrieves ...

03/02/06 - 20060047627 - Method, system and program for testing accessibility in data processing system programs
Disclosed is a data processing system implemented method, a data processing system and an article of manufacture for testing accessibility of a data processing system program according to accessibility criteria. The data processing system program includes a plurality of objects, at least one object of the plurality of objects usable ...

03/02/06 - 20060047626 - Generating an optimized restore plan
A restore advisor may generate and apply a recovery plan to restore a database to a specified point in time. A restore/recovery scenario may be specified; resources, and backups available may be specified and one or more optimized restore plans may be generated. One or more alternate plans may be ...

03/02/06 - 20060047625 - Dbms administration of secure stores
Methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for administering secure stores using a database management system (DBMS). In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, at a DBMS, a command to access a secure store. In response to the command, at least a portion of the contents are loaded into a ...

02/23/06 - 20060041530 - Facility for highlighting documents accessed through search or browsing
An information highlighting facility assists the user in evaluating relevance of accessed documents to the user's information need. The accessed documents may, for example, be identified by a search engine in response to a user query. When accessing documents identified as relevant by a search engine from other networked computers, ...

02/23/06 - 20060041529 - Optical disk device
For each of the contents recorded on an optical disk, user identification data that shows an administrator of the contents is added. The optical disk device acquires user identification data added to each of the contents recorded on the optical disk. The optical disk device accepts an input of user ...

02/23/06 - 20060041528 - Method and planning tool operable to retrieve additional information from an external source
A method for planning an automation process and a planning tool (10) run on a computer (14) for the selection of automation components represented by data records (20), such as automation components suitable for the control and/or monitoring of a technical process for automation. The automation components (20) are selected ...

02/16/06 - 20060036576 - Using data in materialized query tables as a source for query optimization statistics
Data in materialized query tables (MQTs) are used as statistics for determining the optimal execution plan for a query. When an MQT is defined, it is examined to determine whether its data provides statistics for determining an optimal execution plan for a query. If so, then the MQT is identified, ...

02/16/06 - 20060036575 - System and method for common interest analysis among multiple users
A method and apparatus for updating user profiles of interest by identifying sets of user profiles according to common interests and notifying other user profiles of a set when one common interest profile has an update to the common interest. ...

02/16/06 - 20060036574 - System and method for an optimistic database access
In an embodiment, a database interface performs a three-step optimistic database access. The database interface initially performs an optimistic read of a database object. The database object is checked for consistency after the optimistic read. If the database object is inconsistent, a first pessimistic read is performed with an isolation ...

02/09/06 - 20060031191 - System and method for controlling access to a database
A database access controlling system controls the access to a database from a database access layer in an application, especially a relational database, with data sets that are being accessed concurrently by reading and writing transactions. The present system performs changes on the data by a writing transaction that place ...

02/09/06 - 20060031190 - System and method for managing outgoing communications
A communication manager (10) for managing outgoing communications from a source (12) to a destination (14) includes a sequence receiver (24), a database interface (26) and a controller (28). The sequence receiver (24) receives a first destination sequence from the source (12). The database interface (26) interfaces with a first ...

02/09/06 - 20060031189 - Method and system for data mining for automatic query optimization
A database monitor tracks performance statistics and information about the execution of different SQL statements. A query optimizer benefits from these statistics when generating an access plan. In particular, the query optimizer, upon receiving an SQL statement, searches the records of the database monitor for similar SQL statements that have ...

02/02/06 - 20060026126 - Method and system for making a java system call
A method and system of executing a system call in an object oriented programming language such as Java™. At least some of the illustrative embodiments may be system and method of creating a first package comprising a first inaccessible method and a second package comprising a second method, initiating a ...

02/02/06 - 20060026125 - Accessing entity data from a uddi registry
The invention provides a method, a UDDI registry, and a computer program product for accessing a UDDI entity defined by a tModel. A uddi-org:general_keywords keyedReference is added to the tModel to provide a value that may be used in order to access data associated with the entity. Accordingly, this is ...

02/02/06 - 20060026124 - Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for dynamic assignment retrieval
A memory-efficient technique for the dynamic retrieval of assignments concerning for example the transportation of goods or information between discrete transportation states (such as coordinates of geographical sites or IP addresses of different computers) is described. The invention includes providing master data comprising an input set G of hierarchically organized ...

02/02/06 - 20060026123 - Multiple redundant services with reputation
Multiple copies of web services reside on associated computing devices, each having an associated reputation. A client may desire to access the web service having the highest or best reputation to be ensured of a greater degree of accuracy and confidence. The client does a search, and attaches to whichever ...

01/26/06 - 20060020576 - Search system reusing search condition and the related method
The provision unit stores information about a hierarchical structure of keywords constituted by each of a plurality of keywords contained in a previous search condition as elements and transmits the information in response to a request from the input unit for inputting a search condition. The input unit displays the ...

01/26/06 - 20060020575 - Method and system for storing and retrieving data using hash-accessed multiple data stores
A method and system for storing and retrieving data using hash-accessed multiple data stores, provides data protection while requiring low computational overhead and further provides storage and retrieval access based on only a single piece of access information, which is generally public. The algorithms provide high security against data-mining and ...

01/26/06 - 20060020574 - Area optimization of hardware for algorithms by optimizing sizes of variables of the algorithm
Described herein are methods and systems for optimizing area related to hardware implementation of algorithms. The algorithms may be related to functionality of an embedded system, for instance. System functionality may be initially implemented in software and converted to hardware implementation. Prior to implementing system functionality in actual hardware, algorithms ...

01/19/06 - 20060015481 - Knowledge management system and method
A method is provided for establishing a community of practice including a plurality of users, one or more experts, and one or more community of practice managers. A need for a community of practice is identified. The roles and responsibilities of participants in the community of practice are identified. One ...

01/19/06 - 20060015480 - Dynamic knowledge-based networking system and method
Dynamic, knowledge-based networking systems, apparatuses, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed that may employ a database that is accessible via a communications network. The database stores information related to one or more users of the communications network. The networking system further includes an information engine. A query is received ...

01/19/06 - 20060015479 - Contextual navigation and action stacking
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for contextual navigation and action stacking. A method includes, in a computer system having a context repository in which at least two context templates are stored, each of the context templates representing a meta-model of a business situation, and an action repository in ...

01/19/06 - 20060015478 - Context and action-based application design
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for context and action-based application design. A method for implementing a business application includes, in a computer system having a context repository in which at least two context templates can be stored, each of the context templates representing a meta-model of a business ...

01/12/06 - 20060010101 - System, method and program product for forecasting the demand on computer resources
An automated system and method for predicting a future resource utilization tendency by analyzing a change in resource usage on the basis of a real operation condition in a computer system. A CPU utilization estimating unit acquires a resource log and a transaction log, and estimates utilization for each transaction, ...

01/12/06 - 20060010100 - Customized wall map printing system
An electronic wall map design and printing system enables a user to select or specify the size, coverage area and detail level of a wall map and to customize the wall map based on the user's needs via a fully automated electronic interface. For ease of viewing during the creation ...

01/05/06 - 20060004705 - System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities
The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that is focused from a plurality of sources to achieve substantially ...

01/05/06 - 20060004704 - Method for monitoring link & content changes in web pages
A system and method for monitoring content/link behavior of web pages/web sites over time can be used for, among other things, compiling relevant information, implementing/influencing a search engine, etc. Certain web pages/web sites can be characterized as trendsetters by studying historical adoption behavior of a group within the universe of ...

01/05/06 - 20060004703 - Semantic web portal and platform
The patent describes a single location and application on a network where a user can organize public, group, and private/personal information and have this single, location accessible to the public. A new, ontology-driven portal that organizes all three categories of data according to various “facets” using underlying ontologies to define ...

01/05/06 - 20060004702 - Method and system for aggregating and disseminating time-sensitive information
A method of aggregating and disseminating time sensitive information. A data source is searched to identify recently-posted information items matching predetermined selection criteria. A respective relevance score is calculated for each identified information item. A respective urgency rating is determined for each identified information item. Each information item is triaged ...

01/05/06 - 20060004701 - System and method for adaptive decision making analysis and assessment
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for fact collection and analysis whereby relevant facts can be used in multiple implementations to accomplish due diligence or decision making processes, and used for automated adaptive quantification, assessment, analysis, rating and scoring of due diligence or decision options for a business, entity or ...

01/05/06 - 20060004700 - Methods and systems for providing validity logic
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing validity logic. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving at least one data value, determining validity data corresponding to the received at least one data value, and providing the validity data corresponding to the received at least one data value. Furthermore, the ...

01/05/06 - 20060004699 - Method and system for managing metadata
Methods and systems for managing metadata are described. The method comprises steps of receiving a request from an application to access a metadata attribute corresponding to a piece of content, determining whether the application is authorized to access the metadata attribute, retrieving the metadata attribute upon determining that the application ...

01/05/06 - 20060004698 - Automated prioritization of user data files
User data files for electronic images and/or other types of information are stored in a server coupled to a display such as a television set and having interfaces with one or more communication networks. Priorities of individual user data files are modified based on prior activity regarding those files. File ...

01/05/06 - 20060004697 - Method and system for restricting the display of images
A method and system for displaying images that restrict (i.e., prevent) the display of certain images. An image display system is provided with image packages that each include an image plan and images to be displayed. The image plan specifies the sequential display of images and may specify timing, transitioning, ...

01/05/06 - 20060004696 - Apparatus and method for dropping tautological predicates from sql queries for reusability
A database query optimizer creates a main access plan for a query, and also creates one or more subplans for the same query. The subplans are used in executing a query. When a subplan is generated, all tautological predicates (i.e., predicates that do not narrow the query) are dropped, thereby ...

01/05/06 - 20060004695 - Apparatus and method for autonomically generating a query implementation that meets a defined performance specification
A database query optimizer allows specifying a performance specification for a query. When an access plan is created, the actual performance for executing the query using the access plan is determined and compared to the performance specification for the query. If the actual performance does not satisfy the performance specification ...

01/05/06 - 20060004694 - Engineering analysis database and analysis interface thereof
The invention discloses an engineering analysis database and analysis interface thereof, which utilizes a traditional analysis program to analyze all the variables residing in a certain engineering problem, exam the variables from all possible aspects, and then collect the obtained results in a database. To analyze a specific problem, it ...

01/05/06 - 20060004693 - Graphical user interface for exploring databases
In a computer system, a method of searching through metadata from a plurality of data tables concurrently, the data tables being defined by a schema and stored in a database(s) is provided. The method comprises generating a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface having at least one item including ...

12/29/05 - 20050289119 - Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing qualifiers and qualified taxonomy tables
An embodiment of the invention comprises a method and apparatus for structuring, storing and retrieving data in database systems utilizing relational objects referred to as qualifiers. Catalog data are segregated into one or more primary tables (e.g., main tables), one or more lookup tables, and one or more qualified lookup ...

12/29/05 - 20050289118 - Data processing systems and methods
Disclosed is a data processing system, such as a data warehouse, having a number of application programs that each require a certain class of input database tables. A class is defined by means of a set of predefined attributes that needs to be present in a database table in order ...

12/29/05 - 20050289117 - Data storage system, data storage server apparatus, control method, and program for storing data on a server apparatus on a network
A data storage system requires no special operation by owner users (who make data available) and provides guest users (who view the data) with ease of management of information required to access the data. For example, a URL providing access to data is issued in association with the combination of ...

12/29/05 - 20050289116 - File retrieving method and system
A method and system to retrieve specific files stored in a plurality of output devices of the system including a host and the plurality of output devices having corresponding storage units connected to a network. The method includes transmitting a retrieval request containing inquiry conditions to one or more output ...

12/29/05 - 20050289115 - Integrating best practices into database design
Best practice guidelines are integrated into the design of database applications so that it is less likely that inappropriate values are set. A proposed value for a database object may be compared to an archive of best practice guidelines. If the proposed value does not comply with best practice guidelines, ...

12/29/05 - 20050289114 - Computerized system for automated completion of forms
The computerized system for automated completion of forms is an Internet accessible system for automatically completing forms such as employment or other applications from individual user data retained in a database. The computerized system for automated completion of forms provides for conversion of a paper application form into an electronic ...

12/22/05 - 20050283463 - Providing portal navigation for alerts
Navigating from an alert related to a state of a data object to a source of the alert includes displaying alerts in a portal environment. The portal environment has an analytical portal application associated with an analytical data store and a transaction portal application associated with a transaction data store. ...

12/15/05 - 20050278300 - Network-exploiting system for providing information on positions/help wanted and related information
Specialized system exploiting a network by employing an aggregate system to facilitate the provision of positions—/help-wanted and related information. Specialized system includes a plurality of nonspecific sites linked via a network, and a server, connected to the network, for hosting a dedicated site devoted to positions-wanted and help-wanted information. The ...

12/08/05 - 20050273460 - System, method and computer program product for providing content based upon a representation of the same
A system for providing content includes a source and a client. The source is capable of generating a representation of the content, the content being hierarchically-structured and including at least one item having an associated type. The source is capable of generating a representation including an identity table and at ...

12/01/05 - 20050267869 - System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities
The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that is focused from a plurality of sources to achieve substantially ...

12/01/05 - 20050267868 - System and method for olap report generation with spreadsheet report within the network user interface
A system and method for enabling users of a multi-user network-based OLAP system to present reports generated by the OLAP system using a spreadsheet application within a network user interface. A client-side network user interface is presented to a user over the network so that the user may submit a ...

12/01/05 - 20050267867 - Auto-display architecture for storage device and method thereof
An auto-display architecture for storage device and method thereof are disclosed. A computer system installed with a first operating system and a second operating system is initiated under the second operating system. When an end user provides a piece of information to a storage device, a detecting unit automatically compares ...

12/01/05 - 20050267866 - Determining validity ranges of query plans based on suboptimality
“Determining Validity Ranges of Query Plans Based on Suboptimality” A method for approximating a validity range for a domain of cardinalities of input to an optimal query plan is provided. Such a validity range is iteratively approximated using a modified Newton-Raphson method to find roots of cost functions for optimal ...

12/01/05 - 20050267865 - System, method and program for modifying a query by use of an external system for managing assignment of user and data classifications
Disclosed is a data processing-implemented method, a data processing system, and an article of manufacture for modifying a query during compilation of the query. The query includes a request for an element of data from a table in a database and parameters identifying the requested element. The data processing-implemented method ...

11/24/05 - 20050262047 - Apparatus and method for inserting portions of reports into electronic documents
The invention includes a computer-readable medium comprising executable instructions to generate a set of reports through access to a data source. A selected report from the set of reports is specified. A report part is extracted from the selected report. The report part is augmented with metadata. The report part ...

11/24/05 - 20050262046 - Method and system for query directives and access plan hints
A query plan modification system and method relates to a database system that includes a cost-based optimizer for generating access plans. The database system also permits a user to view an access plan that has been generated by a particular SQL query and modify the access plan if desired. The ...

11/24/05 - 20050262045 - Database management system and method for query process for the same
A database management system for executing database operations in parallel by a plurality of nodes and a query processing method for it are described. The database management system contains a decision management node for deciding a distribution node for retrieving information so as to analyze a query received from an ...

11/17/05 - 20050256844 - Business method for integrating and aligning product development and brand strategy
A business method that improves brand identity by effectively allocating product development resources and prioritizing projects based on a systematic approach of defining assumptions that drive brand development and assessing a product development portfolio thereon. ...

11/17/05 - 20050256843 - Method of checkpointing and restarting processes which share open file
A method of checkpointing and restarting processes that share a file that is open begins with a step of assigning a priority to one of the processes that share the file. This identifies a priority process. The method concludes with a step of reopening the file when restoring the priority ...

11/10/05 - 20050251508 - Program and method for file access control in a storage system
In a system having plural storage devices, high-speed file access is obtained by arranging files optimally without the trouble of setting for each file to which storage device the file is allocated. A storage system comprising: nodes coupled to one another via a network; storage devices connected to the nodes; ...

11/10/05 - 20050251507 - Scoped applications
Scoped applications are configured as self-contained units that do not require external configuration of messaging or database access settings. The applications can be deployed to multiple and disparate environments and utilized without the need for additional server configuration by an administrator. The applications include metadata indicating information specific to a ...

11/10/05 - 20050251506 - System and method for providing content services to a repository
A system and method for providing one or more content services to a repository in a plurality of repositories, said method comprising, integrating the plurality of repositories into a virtual content repository (VCR), maintaining a logical namespace that encompasses the plurality of repositories, providing the one or more content services ...

11/10/05 - 20050251505 - System and method for information lifecycle workflow integration
A system and method for submitting information to a lifecycle in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, defining the lifecycle wherein the definition includes a plurality states and one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states, providing to a first process access to ...

11/10/05 - 20050251504 - System and method for custom content lifecycles
A system and method for providing a lifecycle for information in virtual content repository (VCR), comprising defining a plurality states, defining one or more transitions to interconnect and impose an order on the plurality of states, wherein the information can be in a first state of the plurality of states ...

11/10/05 - 20050251503 - System and method for content and schema versioning
A system and method for versioning content and schema information in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the content and schema information in the VCR, maintaining a version history to track changes to the content information, and wherein the content and ...

11/10/05 - 20050251502 - System and method for virtual content repository entitlements
A system and method for controlling access to a node in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating the plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the node in the VCR, associating with the node at least one of: a role and a policy, wherein the node is part of ...

11/10/05 - 20050251501 - System and method for integrating disparate data sources
Disparate data and application sources are integrated in a business process using .NET™ web services and Java web services to access different data sources. ...

11/03/05 - 20050246318 - Optimizing database access for record linkage by tiling the space of record pairs
A system and method for optimizing database access for record linkage by tiling the space of record pairs are provided, the system including a processor, a segmentation and pairing unit in signal communication with the processor for segmenting database data into data segments and pairing the data segments into data ...

11/03/05 - 20050246317 - Matching engine
A method of identifying the best matches or sets of matches between a query item and an item or items from a data set. The method includes the steps of: (i) providing a data representation for each item in the data set; (ii) providing a query representation of the query ...

11/03/05 - 20050246316 - Method and software for extracting chemical data
Preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and software for processing text documents and extracting chemical data therein. Preferred method embodiments comprise: (a) identifying and tagging one or more chemical compounds within a text document; (b) identifying and tagging physical properties related to one or more of those compounds; ...

10/27/05 - 20050240568 - Method for collective decision-making
A method and a computer program product for promoting collaborative, consensus-driven decisions from a plurality of decision-making entities using electronic communications in a real-time forum. The inventive instant messaging application can be used for registering participants, developing forum pages, communicating queries, receiving messages and tallying responses that can enable implementation ...

10/27/05 - 20050240567 - Avoiding creation of database statistics
The invention relates to a method for providing access paths to data within a database, in particular using REBIND for DB2, wherein real time database statistics are determined using a database integrated monitor, wherein the database statistics are output substantially in real time using said database integrated status monitor, and ...

10/20/05 - 20050234870 - Automatic association of audio data file with document data file
A data processing apparatus comprises a storage medium configured to store a first data file, an ID generating part configured to generate an ID to identify the first data file, an ID information storage part configured to store the generated ID in association with the first data file, an ID ...

10/20/05 - 20050234869 - Verification system for dry cleaners and the like
An apparatus for verifying inventory grouping comprises a scanner to scan codes on labels, and a computer having a computer readable storage media storing a computer program product. The product includes instructions for causing the computer to verify that articles in a grouped order belong in the grouped order by ...

10/13/05 - 20050228776 - Global query correlation attributes
A system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data are disclosed. In general, data access is facilitated by a query configured with a correlation criterion or criteria. The presence of the correlation criteria facilitates the introduction of additional correlation logic to be applied to conditions of the query. In ...

10/13/05 - 20050228775 - Method and apparatus for adaptive personalization of navigation
A system for dynamically adaptively personalizing at least one navigation control for a web site. Based on collected behaviors for a user, at least one navigation control is dynamically updated to link to a portion of the web site that may be of most interest to the user. Personalized navigation ...

10/13/05 - 20050228774 - Content analysis using categorization
A system is disclosed to provide content analysis services. The system includes a classifier that provides one or more recommendations based on an incoming message. The classifier combines query-based classification and example-based classification to classify an incoming message. The system may include a user application that allows the classifier to ...

10/13/05 - 20050228773 - Compiling information obtained by combinatorial searching
Some embodiments, among others, include a search for sensitive information. Once a result of the search has been obtained, a score is assigned to the obtained result in accordance with a predefined criterion. ...

10/13/05 - 20050228772 - Apparatus and method for using values from a frequent values list to bridge additional keys in a database index
A database query optimizer determines when no optimal index for a query exists, determines whether a sub-optimal index exists, and if so, uses statistical information for each additional key in the sub-optimal index to rewrite the query in a manner that allows traversing the sub-optimal index. The sub-optimal index is ...

09/22/05 - 20050209999 - Systems and methods for class designation in a computerized social network application
Computer program products, methods, and systems for facilitating a computerized social network. The computer program products and systems include a user profile database and a social networking module. The user profile database comprises a plurality of personal profiles. Each respective personal profile in the plurality of personal profiles corresponds to ...

09/15/05 - 20050203875 - Providing notifications for domain registration changes
A strategy is described for alerting a user when an Internet domain becomes active. The strategy includes receiving a domain change request and logging this request in a domain table. The domain change request can instruct a registrar to create a new domain, or modify an existing domain (such as ...

09/08/05 - 20050198006 - System and method for real-time media searching and alerting
A method and system for continually storing and cataloguing streams of broadcast content, allowing real-time searching and real-time results display of all catalogued video. A bank of video recording devices store and index all video content on any number of broadcast sources. This video is stored along with the associated ...

09/08/05 - 20050198005 - Systems and methods for controlling access to an object
The systems and methods described herein are directed at controlling access to a data structure. A data field is included within the data structure. The data field includes information about the accessibility of the data structure. In response to an attempt to access the data structure by a first thread, ...

09/01/05 - 20050192933 - Collateral data combined with user characteristics to select web site
A system where collateral information in a file or image is used together with information concerning a particular user's characteristics to direct a user to a particular web site. A user is direct to a web site and presented with information based both upon the original collateral information and information ...

08/25/05 - 20050187904 - Data processing unit and data processing program stored in computer readable medium
In a data processing unit, a range desired to be imported into a database from inputted text created with word processing or spreadsheet software, or as part of an e-mail, is selected and after that, an add-in program is started. The selected text is divided into records composed of several ...

08/25/05 - 20050187903 - Device and method for notifying of used area, and medium storing program therefor
Areas in an information medium 507 having a plurality of information storing areas 506 which are managed by different file systems are switched by means of a display control part 502 and a medium control part 503, and information for clearly notifying the utilized information storing area 506 from the ...

08/18/05 - 20050182753 - Usage based strength between related information in an information retrieval system
An information retrieval system allows a user to navigate through a plurality of informational items for a desired informational item, and upon selection of an information item, presents other informational items related to the selected informational item. The information retrieval system in accordance with the principles of the present invention ...

08/18/05 - 20050182752 - Method of processing databases
A method of operating on a database is disclosed. In the disclosed method, a plurality of computational operations may be selected. Each of the plurality of selected computational operations may be associated with one or more of a plurality of relationships. A sequence of declarations may be associated with a ...

08/11/05 - 20050177551 - Systems and methods for the implementation of unordered and ordered collections in a data store
Several embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for extending the UDT framework of an extended relational data store (ERDS) to include support for unordered collections (multisets) and ordered collection (lists). More specifically, several embodiments of the present invention use an UDT infrastructure, CLR generics, and ...

08/04/05 - 20050171930 - Dynamic determination of transaction boundaries in workflow systems
Transactions within a process model are determined by grouping a set of individual process activities into a single transaction. This effectively reduces the processing overhead, and, therefore, improves the overall throughput and latency of the execution of the process model. The transaction is determined by performing an optimization procedure that ...

07/28/05 - 20050165736 - Methods for document indexing and analysis
The present invention describes a method that is based on an analysis of document information, and which can be used for conducting and potentially accelerating business opportunity assessments and technology investment decisions. Documents include patent documents, scientific and trade literature, magazines, e-zines, Internet search results and the like. The system ...

07/28/05 - 20050165735 - Persistent caching directory level support
The present invention provides a novel client side caching (CSC) infrastructure that supports transition states at the directory level to facilitate a seamless operation across connectivity states between client and remote server. More specifically, persistent caching is performed to safeguard the user (e.g., client) and/or the client applications across connectivity ...

07/28/05 - 20050165734 - Electronic document manager
A system and method for managing electronic files and tasks in a way that is intuitive to the users, mimicking their environment, but “Process-Blind’. The system and method comprise a configurable structure that facilitates the accurate filing and subsequent locating of electronic files in underlying document/record management applications. The manager ...

07/28/05 - 20050165733 - System and method for an in-memory roll up-on-the-fly olap engine with a relational backing store
A system and method having an in-memory rollup-on-the-fly OLAP engi