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Data Processing: Database And File Management Or Data Structures > Database Or File Accessing > Distributed Or Remote Access Distributed Or Remote AccessDistributed Or Remote Access 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 - 20060253463 - Network-based bookmark management and web-summary system A network-based URL management and data gathering system is provided. The system utilizes a client-side utility for capturing URLs during normal Web browsing, and a server-side utility for organizing and managing the captured URLs on the network. The server-side utility periodically sends a request to a proxy browsing and data ... 11/09/06 - 20060253462 - System and method for hierarchical information retrieval from a coded collection of relational data A system for information retrieval from a collection of hypermedia data over a distributed network is presented. The system includes a data storage system that is a collection of hypermedia data. The collection of hypermedia data also has a number of hyperlinks to items of hypermedia content, and the hyperlinks ... 11/09/06 - 20060253461 - Multi-tiered caching mechanism for the storage and retrieval of content multiple versions Systems and methods for improved performance in the storing and retrieving of objects. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a multi-tiered caching system implemented in a network transformation proxy. The proxy performs transformations on Web content received from a Web server and stores the transformed content in the caching system. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253460 - Apparatus and method for processing messages in network management system In an apparatus and method for processing messages in a network management system, a handler corresponding to each of the messages is generated, and messages are processed using the respective generated handlers. As a result, a complicated network wherein various equipment, versions, and protocols are mixed, as well as a ... 11/09/06 - 20060253459 - News feed viewer Techniques for presenting and managing syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user can modify how a feed is displayed, such as which content (and how much) is displayed, in what order, and how it is formatted. In another embodiment, a modification regarding how a feed is displayed ... 11/09/06 - 20060253458 - Determining website reputations using automatic testing An aspect of the present invention relates to methods and systems involving automatically generating a third party assessment of a website's reputation, and storing an indicia of the assessment in a format and location that may be accessible by a client computing facility attempting to interact with the website. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253457 - Computer system and the computer control method A computer system having a plurality of computers for responding to a request from a client and a running management computer for managing said plurality of computers, wherein: the running management computer includes a storage unit and a processing unit; the storage unit stores a target value of performance information ... 11/09/06 - 20060253456 - Permissions using a namespace Permissions using a namespace is described. In an embodiment, a namespace system includes a network resource that has a resource permission, and includes a namespace that has one or more members associated with the namespace. The namespace system also includes a namespace permission to permission the network resource to one ... 11/09/06 - 20060253455 - Extensible type-based publication / subscription services Technology to facilitate collaborative communications is provided. The technology may include, for example, operations directed to publishing and subscribing services. The operations may facilitate publication of data derived from multiple data types as well as subscription to selectively filtered views of published data. Published data may be updated, and notification ... 11/09/06 - 20060253454 - System, method and program product for determining if a user has received a redirected web page System, method and program product for determining if a first web page returned to a web browser is a redirected web page. A dummy URL is created by appending one or more characters to a URL of the first web page. The one or more characters are chosen such that ... 11/09/06 - 20060253453 - Time and location-based non-intrusive advertisements and informational messages Systems and methods for sending and receiving ads from a server to a client device are disclosed. The ads can be sent based on the location of the client device and/or a designated time window. An ad manager on the client device can display, store and manage the received ads ... 11/09/06 - 20060253452 - Method and apparatus for redirection of server external hyper-link references A message is provided to a tracking server system in response to a client system referencing a predetermined resource locator that corresponds to a resource external to the tracking server system. The tracking server system indirectly provides for the client system to have an informational element selectable by the client ... 11/09/06 - 20060253451 - Content exchange between portable device and network A service is provided to a user of a mobile CE device with an onboard memory for storing content information. Upon a communication path being established to the device, the device is caused to conditionally overwrite the stored content information with new content information so as to keep the memory ... 11/09/06 - 20060253450 - Write once recording medium, recording device and recording method for write one recording medium, and reproduction device and reproduction method for write once recording medium A temporary defect management area 14 is placed between a control information recording area 12 and a data area 11. Before a recording medium 10 is finalized, defect management information is temporarily recorded into the temporary defect management area. Upon finalizing, the defect management information is recorded into a definite ... 11/02/06 - 20060248090 - Method and apparatus for enhanced file distribution in multicast or broadcast In a communication system providing broadcast services in which files for broadcast are accessible by the users. Contents of the broadcast files and the file attributes required to process the broadcast files are separately sent. As arranged, receiving the file attributes ahead of the content files allow more efficient download ... 11/02/06 - 20060248089 - Storing and retrieving the visual form of data Data representing a visual form of data is received. The data including content data and format data indicating the manner in which the content data is to be visually represented. At least some of the content data is identified in accordance with a template, which includes one or more extraction ... 11/02/06 - 20060248088 - System and method for multi-tiered meta-data caching and distribution in a clustered computer environment A system and method caches and distributes meta-data for one or more data containers stored on a plurality of volumes configured as a striped volume set (SVS) and served by a plurality of nodes interconnected as a cluster. The SVS comprises one meta-data volume (MDV) configured to store a canonical ... 11/02/06 - 20060248087 - System and method for on-demand analysis of unstructured text data returned from a database A system and method of retrieving data from a database comprising unstructured data comprises specifying a text analytic component in an unstructured text query at query runtime; submitting the unstructured text query to a web service database; filtering unstructured text data in the web service database based on constraints defined ... 11/02/06 - 20060248086 - Story generation model Story generation models are disclosed for assisting users, such as young children, to create stories, for example. These story generation models may implement several tools for helping users manipulate sophisticated images, such as for changing the perspective view of any images being incorporated into a story being created, for example. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242159 - Methods and apparatus for distributing digital medical images via a redirected system Methods and Systems for viewing, manipulating, transmitting and comparing digital image patient imaging studies. The methods and systems enable a user to take, receive, store and transmit digital imaging studies. The system allows the digital imaging studies to be stored locally and backed up at a remote server. The user ... 10/26/06 - 20060242158 - System and method for managing news headlines Systems and methods are provided related to a news-editing environment that may facilitate expedited editing, creation, and dispatching of news headlines. Articles are acquired from a plurality of information sources, preprocessed, and then queued for creation of a headline by one or more editors. Metadata may also be associated with ... 10/26/06 - 20060242157 - System for negotiated differential compression A system and methods for distributing a new file from a server connected through a network to a client. Rather than downloading an entirely new file from the server, the system makes use of reference files already resident on the client. A new delta file corresponding to a reference file ... 10/26/06 - 20060242156 - Communication path management system A communication-path management system includes a path-detection component for identifying all communications paths between a host computer, through a controller, to a data storage device. Once identified, the communication paths are incorporated into a logical-path mask. The path-detection component recognizes each path as either preferred or non-preferred based on latency, ... 10/26/06 - 20060242155 - Systems and methods for providing distributed, decentralized data storage and retrieval Systems and methods for distributed, decentralized storage and retrieval of data in an extensible SOAP environment are disclosed. Such systems and methods decentralize not only the bandwidth required for data storage and retrieval, but also the computational requirements. Accordingly, such systems and methods alleviate the need for one node to ... 10/26/06 - 20060242154 - Ability for developers to easily find or extend well known locations on a system A method and data structure for creating and accessing folders stored in well known locations. The data structure and method utilizes a set of APIs to create and manage well known folders on a system and/or to locate specific well known folders. The invention provides interfaces to create, locate, extend, ... 10/26/06 - 20060242153 - System and method for transmitting media based files A method and apparatus is disclosed for transmitting a requested media file through a network. A master controller of a server partitions the media object. The master controller of the server then assigns a segment of said partitioned media object to a file partition handler for transmission over the network ... 10/26/06 - 20060242152 - Information processing device, information processing method, and computer program Apparatus and a method are provided, which efficiently and properly execute information update processing and content reproduction processing based on transmission processing of content information from a server to a client. The server owning content attribute information extracts metadata based on an information acquisition request from the client, to generate ... 10/19/06 - 20060235854 - Use of transaction context to select single database instance for global transaction A transaction context can be used to select a single database instance for global transaction to prevent lockout or other data problems from the database system with multiple data instances. ... 10/19/06 - 20060235853 - Use of retry period in an application server to ensure that status information is sent from first to second database instance A retry period can be used in a system that uses a first and second database instance to ensure that the status information from the first database instances has been transferred and updated at the second databases instance. ... 10/19/06 - 20060235852 - System for inter-database communication A system aggregates communication data. The system includes a client and a data access gateway. The data access gateway receives a single request from the client. The data access gateway composes a first query and a second query. The first query and the second query together satisfy the single request ... 10/12/06 - 20060230045 - Assignment of network service name A service providing device connected to a network provides N network services, where N is an integer equal to 2 or greater. For assigning service names to identify N network services, a first common string commonly used in the service names of the N network services is set. The first ... 10/12/06 - 20060230044 - Records management federation A record management system includes: a configuration repository providing a mapping between object information and record management information for each of a plurality of record management actions; at least one object side record management module communicatively coupled with an ECI tool, an ILM engine and the configuration repository, and being ... 10/05/06 - 20060224597 - Distributed management framework for personal attributes A technique for distributed management of attributes includes propagating attributes based upon attribute-granularity permissions. An example of a system according to the technique may include a server, coupled to a first client and a second client, that includes a module that receives attribute data from the first client; a permissions ... 10/05/06 - 20060224596 - System and method for notification of acquired information A system (100) and method (200) for general notification of newly-acquired information by: subscribing (230) an indexing service (124; 128) to a broker (140) for a predetermined selection of information stored on an object server (110); and producing related information associated with the information stored on the object server, and ... 10/05/06 - 20060224595 - Data management apparatus, data management method, and data management program A data management apparatus comprises a data registration section that registers data in a plurality of different databases storing data related to a common management target, and a data association section that associates first data registered in one of the plurality of databases with second data, the second data being ... 10/05/06 - 20060224594 - Methods and systems for identifying highly contended blocks in a database A computer-implemented method of generating a list of K most frequently accessed ones of a plurality of data blocks in a database may include steps of selecting the number K; building the list of K blocks by storing an identification of and maintaining a running count for up to selected ... 10/05/06 - 20060224593 - Search engine desktop application tool In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a software application is configured to remain active on a user's “local” computer system. The software automatically establishes communication sessions between the local computer system and a server computer system at a remote location. Computers properly configured with elements of the present ... 10/05/06 - 20060224592 - Crawling databases for information A system facilitates the search engine to search for pieces of information in various databases and application documents without the need to know the specific protocols to communicate with the various databases and application documents, such as Microsoft Excel documents. Despite the multitude of possible protocols which a crawler would ... 09/28/06 - 20060218153 - Building social networks using shared content data relating to a common interest Embodiments for a method for implementing social network interactivity are described. A method according to embodiments comprises defining an interest for a user, loading content relating to the interest in a computing device operated by the user, identifying members within a network of the user to define the interest group, ... 09/28/06 - 20060218152 - Method and system of accessing personal records of individuals over remote communications links A communications system comprises a record management system storing personal records relating to individuals registered with the record management system and a wireless device carried by at least one of the registered individuals. The wireless device provides an identifier signifying that the individual is registered with the record management system. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218151 - Use of a database storing domain names and business operational areas A search engine website may receive a search term from a User, a relevant geographical location of the User and, from an on-line database such as a Domain Name System database, a WHOIS database or another database, a plurality of operational areas for a plurality of different businesses. Using the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218150 - Explorer style file viewer for a group of machines which display meta views of files on a group of machines A system and method for identifying and presenting various views of files of a set of computers. In one preferred embodiment, the present invention presents a user with an explorer type interface that allows a user to view, for example, all computers of a network, and to select particular ones ... 09/21/06 - 20060212454 - Method for rendering and refreshing a portal page A method for differential rendering a portal page that includes a plurality of page elements (10, 12, 14) and refreshing the portal page. The method includes providing a complete portal page (20, 22). A request for the portal page is then sent and/or received (28). The request can represent user ... 09/21/06 - 20060212453 - System and method for preserving state for a cluster of data servers in the presence of load-balancing, failover, and fail-back events A state management system preserves a state for a cluster of file servers in a cluster file system in the presence of load balancing, failover, and fail-back events. The system provides a file and record locking solution for a clustered network attached storage system running on top of a cluster ... 09/21/06 - 20060212452 - System and method for remotely inputting and retrieving records and generating reports A computer-based system and method is provided for remotely accessing stored record and remotely inputting data, comprising: accessing by a user a record stored remotely in a database via an electronic network; displaying a portion of the accessed record as at least one hypertext page, the hypertext page comprising pre-filled ... 09/21/06 - 20060212451 - Mobile friendly internet searches Mobile friendly internet searches are enabled by determining if individual internet sites are mobile friendly. In a described implementation, a mobile-friendliness indication is determined for an internet site. The determined mobile-friendliness indication is stored in association with the internet site in an index that may be used for internet searching. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206494 - Compensating for unavailability in a storage virtualization system A storage virtualization system for accessing at least one storage device for a virtual logical unit (VLUN) from at least one host. The system includes at least one upstream processing element (UPE) which is adapted for coupling to a corresponding host server. The system is further adapted for coupling to ... 09/14/06 - 20060206493 - Gui driving media playback device A system and method for distributing digital media assets to a plurality of users. A portal is provided comprising at least one server computer. The portal executes a media library database server application that manages access a master library of media 5 assets that can be accessed by users via ... 09/14/06 - 20060206492 - Lock-out trigger for lost or stolen playback device A system and method for distributing digital media assets to a plurality of users. A portal is provided comprising at least one server computer. The portal executes a media library database server application that manages access a master library of media 5 assets that can be accessed by users via ... 09/14/06 - 20060206491 - Mask recovering system and mask recovering method A mask disposing system is configured in the following manner. A server receives a request to dispose of a mask to be discontinued from a client terminal through a network, provides instructions to take the mask out to a storage cabinet, provides instructions to dispose of the mask to a ... 09/14/06 - 20060206490 - Computerized legal case management system incorporating reconciliation feature A method for docketing and reporting activities related to a legal case by first establishing a database in a computer memory for storing case data comprised of a plurality of docket records associated with the legal case. The database is then populated with one or more docket records. A court ... 09/14/06 - 20060206489 - System and method for optimally configuring software systems for a numa platform A method and system for improving memory access patterns of software systems on NUMA systems discovers NUMA system resources, where the NUMA system resources comprises a plurality of NUMA nodes; determines a plurality of database threads, processes, and objects for a database configuration; and generates a policy which assigns the ... 09/14/06 - 20060206488 - Information transfer A method for facilitating the transfer of information between multiple parties provided, wherein the method includes obtaining characteristic information responsive to an information seeker, receiving a query from the information seeker, processing the query from the information seeker to generate an information supplier list responsive to a predetermined algorithm, associating ... 09/07/06 - 20060200473 - Techniques for remote resource mounting Techniques for remote resource mounting are provided. A login resource logs into a network. During the login, a mounting specification associated with the login resource is acquired. The mounting specification defines how a remote resource is to be locally mounted on a local device of the login resource. The mounting ... 09/07/06 - 20060200472 - System and method to perform mobile printing from handheld devices A system and method for printing a file on a remote printer via an electronic message. A personal electronic device transmits an electronic message requesting a listing of available electronic files. The personal electronic device then receives an electronic message in response to the request containing a list of available ... 09/07/06 - 20060200471 - Method and apparatus for communicating between an agent and a remote management module in a processing system A processing system includes control circuitry to control the processing system, a remote management module to enable remote management of the processing system via a network, and an agent to operate as an intermediary between the remote management module and the control circuitry. The agent and the remote management module ... 09/07/06 - 20060200470 - System and method for managing small-size files in an aggregated file system In an aggregated file system, a method of processing a user file retrieves its metadata and user data from a metadata server and applies operations to the user data in accordance with a file open request from a client. At the end of the process, the method stores the processed ... 09/07/06 - 20060200469 - Global session identifiers in a multi-node system A method and apparatus for managing sessions across the nodes of a multi-node system is provided. When a session is first initiated on any node of a multi-node system, a global session identifier is assigned to the session. The global session identifier uniquely identifies the session relative to all other ... 08/31/06 - 20060195453 - Customization of process logic in a software system The present invention facilitates customization of a process in a software system without modifying the process source code. The process can be customized by customizing a metadata description of the process, by handing the process agent a customized service identifier or by handling an event propagated by the process agent ... 08/31/06 - 20060195452 - System and method for operating files on a web page A system for operating files on a web page is executed in one or more HTTP clients (14). The system includes: a web page opening module (160) for opening a web page from an HTTP server (15) connected to the clients and displaying a file list on the web page; ... 08/31/06 - 20060195451 - Strategies for ensuring that executable content conforms to predetermined patterns of behavior (inverse virus checking) Security provisions are described which determine whether or not executable content is likely to perform undesirable actions. The security provisions assess that an executable content item poses an acceptable risk when it conforms to an allow list of predetermined patterns of permissible behavior. The security provisions find exemplary use in ... 08/24/06 - 20060190459 - Method and apparatus for allowing a user to display a pre-defined number of search results on a web page A web server for displaying search results is disclosed. The web server may be configured to present the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user; display results of the query to the user ... 08/24/06 - 20060190458 - Sensor network management system An attribute value of a matter accompanied by a sensor is transmissibly accessible in a sensor node system constituted by wireless terminal computers having the sensor, the wireless communication base stations and server computers. The wireless terminal computer reports at the time of wireless communication an identification number of a ... 08/24/06 - 20060190457 - Method of increasing enterprise alliance and cooperation success A method of increasing enterprise alliance or successful cooperation comprising collecting the basic information and the news information of several target units. According to the above basic information, the target units are classified into several classifications. An assessment is performed based on the above news information and the basic information, ... 08/17/06 - 20060184546 - Document information management system A document information management system in which a search-engine-compatible interface unit makes a word in a document displayed on the screen to be specified, transfers the specified word to a search engine as a keyword to be used in the search engine, receives a search result from the search engine, ... 08/17/06 - 20060184545 - Data transfer system and computer-readable recording medium recording a data transfer server program A data transfer system capable of lightening the load on a server and reducing the amount of data carried over a network. A search/registration unit of the server determines whether or not shape data in graphics information created by a three-dimensional application is registered in shape cache information and, if ... 08/17/06 - 20060184544 - Offender message delivery system A correctional facility communication system for sending an external message to an offender of a correctional facility is disclosed. The correctional facility communication system includes a messaging system and a correctional facility system coupled together with a wide area network. The messaging system is at a first location and the ... 08/17/06 - 20060184543 - Image processing system, image processing device, and audit data transfer mode In an image processing system which is configured by providing an image processing device for executing an image process to input image data and a server device, the image processing device comprises a storage unit to store audit data including the input image data and history information generated in association ... 08/17/06 - 20060184542 - Recording medium, and method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium A recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data from the recording medium are disclosed. A disc package for effectively reproducing data having different attributes recorded in the recording medium, and a method and apparatus for reproducing data of the recording medium and data downloaded from a content ... 08/17/06 - 20060184541 - Internet connection apparatus and method of navigation system An Internet connection apparatus and method of a navigation system including a communication unit and a global positioning system module is provided. The Internet connection apparatus includes: a map database for storing a map and map data having icons and names of peripheral facilities and areas and having a URL ... 08/17/06 - 20060184540 - System and method for managing creative assets via a rich user client interface A method and system according to the present invention provide integrated virtual asset management and publishing capabilities via a Rich user client interface. The client user, via a Rich user client interface, communicates with a central application server to store and manage creative assets or works, and to publish those ... 08/17/06 - 20060184539 - Xbrl enabler for business documents A computer program resident on storage medium and method for using the program are provided that facilitate the creation of an extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) instance document in which one or more XBRL attributes of an XBRL taxonomy are associated with one or more locations in a business document. ... 08/17/06 - 20060184538 - Generation, organization and/or playing back of content based on incorporated parameter identifiers The present embodiments provide methods and systems for use in generating, organizing, and/or playing back multimedia content. Some embodiments provide methods for use in organizing source content by accessing a plurality of media content having parameter data associated with each of the media content, identifying a first organizational style, identifying ... 08/17/06 - 20060184537 - System and method for browsing tabbed-heterogeneous windows The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a method for managing multiple content windows. The content windows may host a web browser, a shell view, a word processing application, and the like. A set of content windows are grouped into a frame in a manner such that a ... 08/17/06 - 20060184536 - System and method for communicating system management information during network interface teaming An information handling system receives management information from a network, such as IPMI information, with plural network interface cards of the information handling system in a teaming configuration. Upon detecting management information, a network interface card issues an SMBus alert to a management processor of the information handling system. A ... 08/17/06 - 20060184535 - Suspension and resuming of sessions A session established for an application is suspended from an instance and later resumed on the server or a different server. When a session is suspended, its state is captured and persistently stored as a session image in a data repository, and the session is terminated. When the session is ... 08/17/06 - 20060184534 - Method and apparatus for publishing a community based directory and of offering associated community based services This invention relates to a method or apparatus for publishing a community based directory and profile using a tangible and an intangible publication. The intangible publication consists of using at least two different digital communication protocols or using a fixed and a mobile device. Selected members listed in the community ... 08/17/06 - 20060184533 - Terminal authentication apparatus and method In a client/server system that authenticates according to a terminal ID, a terminal authentication apparatus is provided that is capable of authenticating a terminal device correctly even if the method of generating a terminal ID has been changed from the old version to a new one, and thus useful as ... 08/17/06 - 20060184532 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program To provide an apparatus and method for efficiently displaying image content, which is sent and received between a server and a client, in a correct direction. An image content providing server stores, as property information, original angle information indicating correct directions of image content as metadata of the image content. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179064 - Upgrading performance using aggregated information shared between management systems A method of sharing information between computerized systems in an organization, including, collecting information from multiple computerized systems used by an organization, analyzing the collected information to derive new information based on the collected information, feeding the new information to more than one of the multiple computerized systems, utilizing the ... 08/10/06 - 20060179063 - Method and system for reducing dependent eligibility fraud in healthcare programs The present invention provides a system and method for reducing fraud in a healthcare benefits plan using a predictive model to identify those subscribers having a high probability of maintaining an ineligible dependent under the plan. The predictive model may be developed using subscriber data of the subscriber group being ... 08/10/06 - 20060179062 - Integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system The disclosure relates to integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system. The digital asset management system may comprise digital asset storage, search and retrieval functionality. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions of the asset, properties of the asset, and conditions on its ... 08/10/06 - 20060179061 - Multi-dimensional surrogates for data management Multi-dimensional surrogation systems and methods are provided that generate at least one data surrogate using information of data and numerous data changes received from at least one data source. The multi-dimensional surrogation transforms data of each data surrogate from a format of the data source to at least one alternative ... 08/10/06 - 20060179060 - Method and system for use with the internet A method of increasing the awareness of users of the Internet to services and products provided by web sites, wherein the method includes establishing a hosting web site on the Internet having a data processor for registering web site owners (WSO's) as subscribers to a hosting service. The method also ... 08/10/06 - 20060179059 - Cluster monitoring system with content-based event routing A node manager (300) resides on a node (104) in a cluster computing system (100) and transfers information and events being communicated across the node (104) to a broker (102) coupled to the node manager (300). The broker (102) transmits information to client devices (106) who subscribe to particular events. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173860 - Information processing system, server apparatus and client terminal apparatus A server apparatus according to the present invention receives a time-out period information indicating a time-out period used for judging that a connection with a client terminal apparatus is disconnected, and also receives connection-continuation information indicating that the connection is continued. If the server apparatus cannot receive the connection-continuation information ... 08/03/06 - 20060173859 - Apparatus and method for extracting context and providing information based on context in multimedia communication system An apparatus and a method for providing a multimedia service which can automatically recognize various media corresponding to communication contents and provide information regarding to the media in bi-directional or multipoint communication. The method includes the steps of classifying a type of input multimedia data, detecting context of the multimedia ... 08/03/06 - 20060173858 - Graphical medical data acquisition system A graphical documentation system allows clinicians to record information about specific zones of an anatomical image in a fast, intuitive, and easy to understand manner. A graphical user interface system supporting recording of patient medical and other data, includes a display processor for initiating display of data representing a display ... 08/03/06 - 20060173857 - Autonomic control of a distributed computing system using rule-based sensor definitions A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. A user, such as a system administrator, interacts with ... 08/03/06 - 20060173856 - Autonomic control of a distributed computing system in accordance with a hierachical model A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. The model includes four distinct levels: fabric, domains, tiers ... 08/03/06 - 20060173855 - Techniques for locating distributed objects on a network based on physical communication costs Techniques for locating an object such as a data item or service on a node in a distributed system on a computer network include receiving communication cost data that indicates a cost of physically transferring data among nodes in a computer network. A node identifier for a node is determined ... 08/03/06 - 20060173854 - Dispatching network connections in user-mode A listener operating in user-mode can dispatch control of a client connection to a listener without exposing system memory or other sensitive services or components. For example, a client component requests access to a network component through connection with a user-mode listener. Based on information contained in the client request, ... 08/03/06 - 20060173853 - Method and system for locating information on local networks A method and system for providing access to a service through any of a plurality of local networks is described. The method and system include receiving a request for the information from a computing device through at least one of the plurality of networks. The request includes a standard identifier ... 08/03/06 - 20060173852 - Apparatus and method for highlighting discrepancies between query performance estimates and actual query performance A visual query explain mechanism displays a query to the user in a graphical tree format. A user may execute a query, and the actual performance from executing the query is imported into the visual query explain mechanism. The visual query explain mechanism adds the actual performance to the nodes ... 08/03/06 - 20060173851 - Systems and methods for accessing data Systems and methods for providing access to shared storage, for example, using multiple information handling system nodes configured as server nodes. Each server node is given ownership of different portions of data on the shared storage so that each portion of data is allowed to have only one owner at ... 08/03/06 - 20060173850 - Method and apparatus for collision resolution in an asynchronous database system Pursuant to some embodiments, a system, method, apparatus, means and computer program code for resolving conflicts in a database system are provided where the system includes a plurality of client databases and a master database, each client database having a subset of data from the master database. Pursuant to some ... 08/03/06 - 20060173849 - Enabling client systems to discover services accessible by remote procedure calls (rpc) on server systems Information representing the RPC servers on which each RPC service is currently being provided, is maintained on a directory server. A client may query the directory server and determine a specific one of the RPC servers on which to cause execution of a desired RPC service. Each RPC server may ... 07/27/06 - 20060167899 - Meta-data generating apparatus A meta-data generating apparatus includes a personal contents information loading unit which loads personal contents information, a text extracting unit which extracts text from other contents information relating to the personal contents information loaded by the personal contents information loading unit, and a meta-data generating unit which generates, on the ... 07/27/06 - 20060167898 - Network apparatus and device information acquisition method A network apparatus includes: a reception section that receives from a device connected to a network a URL for receiving service provided by the device; a storage section that stores the URL received by the reception section; and a provision section that selectively provides the URL stored in the storage ... 07/27/06 - 20060167897 - Administration of a broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system A broker-based publish/subscribe messaging system is administered in which a session-based network connection (such as TCP/IP) from an administrator publish/subscribe client application is established with a broker. Administration commands are received as messages from the administrator publish/subscribe client application at the broker via the session-based network connection and response messages ... 07/27/06 - 20060167896 - Systems and methods for managing and using multiple concept networks for assisted search processing Multiple concept networks are generated from subsets of received queries. These concept networks can be used in various ways to enhance response to subsequent queries. In one embodiment, concept networks can be merged into a larger concept network that can be used to infer a user's likely intent given a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167895 - Database system and method for adapting a main database components in a main memory thereof In a main memory database system constituted of the dual memory architecture of PRAM and DRAM as a main memory, a method for updating data in PRAM and DRAM includes Move-When-Write, memory allocation scheme in the dual memory architecture, and a method for dividing and storing database components in the ... 07/27/06 - 20060167894 - Method, system and storage medium for introducing data network accessibility information The invention relates to a method for incorporating data network reachability information into an SPD or SAD for instance, wherein the data network reachability information is received from other data processing apparatuses. SPD and SAD are data structures defined by the IPsec standard. The invention further relates to a corresponding ... 07/27/06 - 20060167893 - Server processes A method for maintaining the ability of a parent server process to communicate with one or more client processes is disclosed. In the method, a first child server process is configured to monitor for failure of the parent server process and to respond to failure of the parent server process ... 07/27/06 - 20060167892 - System for autonomically improving performance of enterprise java beans through dynamic workload management A system, method, and computer program for dynamically changing the weightings used by a workload distribution program to distribute Enterprise JavaBeans among a group of application servers handling EJBs. The changes are made in response to real-time measurements of the performance of EJBs involved in e-business transactions based on the ... 07/27/06 - 20060167891 - Method and apparatus for redirecting transactions based on transaction response time policy in a distributed environment A method, system, and computer program instructions for using existing performance monitoring solutions to detect performance issues in an enterprise, and providing and executing a corrective action on any server being monitored in the enterprise to correct the performance issue. When a management agent on a monitored server detects a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167890 - Content framework system and method A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content flow management system, and a content association system. The content infrastructure comprises content management system. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The content flow management system is for controlling a flow of ... 07/27/06 - 20060167889 - Creating content associations through visual techniques in a content framework system A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content flow management system, and a content association tool. The content infrastructure comprises content management system. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The association creation tool is for generating a first set of ... 07/27/06 - 20060167888 - Automatic capture of associations between content within a content framework system A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content flow management system, and a content association system. The content infrastructure comprises content management systems. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The content flow management system comprises an acquisition tool comprising an ... 07/27/06 - 20060167887 - System and method for implementing multiple application server clusters using a common binary directory structure A system and method are described for managing a plurality of application servers. In one embodiment, the application servers are organized into groups referred to as “instances.” Each instance includes a group of redundant application servers and a dispatcher for distributing service requests to each of the application servers. In ... 07/27/06 - 20060167886 - System and method for transmitting data from a storage medium to a user-defined cluster of local and remote server blades A method is provided to allow for establishing one or more user-defined clusters including server blades in a local blade cabinet and in one or more remote blade cabinets connected to the local cabinet by a management network, and then to allow for the transmission of information read within a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167885 - Method of establishing and carrying out communication between a data source and a user A method of establishing and carrying out communication between a data source and a user is effected via a fixed or a mobile network, wherein a program that handles a presentation to the user is placed in the user's terminal which, in turn, is connected, via a server, to a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167884 - Method and apparatus for recording a transfer of a piece of data A method of recording a transfer of a piece of data, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a database contains a record that has data which represents the piece of data; and upon determining that the database contains the reconsetting one or more counters, which represent a total ... 07/27/06 - 20060167883 - System and method for the optimization of database acess in data base networks A database network router (DNR) in a database network includes a client access module and a database resource manager that communicate with each other using a common software interface. The client access module communicates with clients including application servers and external database servers; and the database resource manager communicates with ... 07/20/06 - 20060161554 - Schema-based services for identity-based data access A schema-based service for Internet access to per-user services data, wherein access to data is based on each user's identity. The service includes a schema that defines rules and a structure for each user's data, and also includes methods that provide access to the data in a defined way. The ... 07/20/06 - 20060161553 - Systems and methods for providing user interaction based profiles A system and method for providing user interaction based profiles is provided. The method comprises monitoring one or more user activities associated with a network. The one or more user activities are then analyzed utilizing psychological dimensions. A user profile is generated based upon the analysis. ... 07/20/06 - 20060161552 - Monitoring system A monitoring system is disclosed, suitable particularly for a prison or similar environment, comprising a network having at least two computers, one or more condition-sensing and or monitoring devices, the system being arranged to enable any one of the computers to act as a server at any time, comprising a ... 07/20/06 - 20060161551 - Generation and retrieval of incident reports Generation and retrieval of a report which describes an incident encountered during attempted user interaction with content over a network is described. In a implementation, a method includes monitoring user interaction with content over a network. When an incident is detected from the monitoring, a report is generated which includes ... 07/20/06 - 20060161550 - System and method for distributing customer relationship management information One or more interface programs are communicatively connected to one or more Host CRM applications and a server application. Each Host CRM application is communicatively connected to its own Host CRM database. The server application is communicatively connected to a computer-accessible memory that stores a master set of CRM information ... 07/13/06 - 20060155709 - Method and system for operating a web based service A web based services to create and manage contact information is disclosed. The contact information is integrated with a web based literature creation and direct mailing service. A subscriber accesses the home page of the web based literature creation and direct mailing service by using a computer with an electronic ... 07/13/06 - 20060155708 - System and method for generating virtual networks A system and method for generating and/or managing virtual network(s) is provided. The system provides an interface for end-user(s) to create a virtual network (e.g., on-demand). The virtual network comprises a plurality of servers that allow the user to, for example, develop and/or test software, migrate applications, apply tasks and/or ... 07/13/06 - 20060155707 - Hyperlinks as visualizations of standing queries The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitate readily identifying that content associated with a hyperlink has been modified or changed in some way that may be of interest to the user. In particular, the target or active sites associated with a plurality of hyperlinks can be ... 07/13/06 - 20060155706 - Context-adaptive content distribution to handheld devices Described are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for context-adaptive content distribution to handheld devices. Context data associated with the user is retrieved and a relevancy function is determined based on the context. A list of content available to the user is obtained. The list of available content is ... 07/06/06 - 20060149748 - Data arrangement management method, data arrangement management system, data arrangement management device, and data arrangement management program Each of the sites interconnected to one another through a wide area network includes at least one client, a switch device logically disposed between the client and at least one server including a storage device, for providing to the client a file access virtually unifying of a plurality of storage ... 07/06/06 - 20060149747 - System for establishing priorities in distributed capture operations The present invention relates to a system for establishing priorities in distributed capture operations. In a distributed capture system, documents are captured at remote locations and central or regional locations by scanning and indexing such documents. Captured documents are then transferred to be stored on centralized or regional image repositories. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149746 - Web application communication protocol A method and protocol for communication between a first computer and a second computer. The protocol includes a request from the first computer to the second computer including a function identifier for a function on the second computer and an argument for the function. The argument may be defined by ... 07/06/06 - 20060149745 - Method and system to provide feedback data within a distributed e-commerce system A system and method to provide feedback data within a distributed feedback system of an e-commerce system. Feedback data describing e-commerce transactions are generated by buyers of goods and services and the corresponding sellers of these goods and services. The feedback data is stored and maintained within a set of ... 07/06/06 - 20060149744 - Distributed set-expression cardinality estimation A method and system for answering set-expression cardinality queries while lowering data communication costs by utilizing a coordinator site to provide global knowledge of the distribution of certain frequently occurring stream elements to significantly reduce the transmission of element state information to the central site and, optionally, capturing the semantics ... 07/06/06 - 20060149743 - Channel-aware enterprise service Various embodiments of systems, methods, computer programs, services, software components, etc. are provided. One embodiment comprises an enterprise platform for providing banking solutions to financial service providers. One such enterprise platform comprises: at least one channel-aware service for providing a fundamental business process to enterprise applications across multiple channels, the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149742 - Classification of ambiguous geographic references A location classifier generates location information based on textual strings in input text. The location information defines potential geographical relevance of the input text. In determining the location information, the location classifier may receive at least one geo-relevance profile associated with at least one string in the input text, obtain ... 07/06/06 - 20060149741 - Efficient approach to implement applications on server systems in a networked environment A central server which determines the specific server systems on which to execute (or terminate) an application type, and causes the application type to be executed on the determined server. Each application type may be implemented as objects permitting serialization. The central server may instantiate the objects to form corresponding ... 06/29/06 - 20060143188 - Method and apparatus for simplified access to online services An online service provider is equipped to receive a request from a client to access a subscribed online service of a subscriber at the online service provider. Comprising the request is a globally unique identifier (GUID) of the subscriber. Once the request is received, the online service provider, determines if ... 06/29/06 - 20060143187 - Integrating tablespaces with different block sizes Provided herein is a mechanism that allows a given database system to access data blocks from another database system, where data blocks from the given database system and data blocks from the other database system have different sizes. According to an aspect of the present invention, a tablespace in the ... 06/29/06 - 20060143186 - Method for determining participation in a distributed transaction A method for determining whether a plurality of participants who are participating in a distributed transaction have registered their intention to commit their part of the transaction with a transaction manager, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a message from a participant, the message comprising a character sequence identifying ... 06/29/06 - 20060143185 - Device, data processing method, and program An image processing apparatus includes a browser which obtains an external resource or internal resource of the apparatus and displays the resource on the display unit, and a storage unit for storing an internal resource that can be displayed on the display unit. The image processing apparatus performs control not ... 06/29/06 - 20060143184 - Data processing apparatus and data processing method A cellular phone (portable terminal) and a DVD recorder (data processing apparatus) have a BT communication function. The DVD recorder is linked to the cellular phone by radio communication within a given range to acquire identification information proper to the cellular phone. The DVD recorder sets a data-store destination corresponding ... 06/29/06 - 20060143183 - System and method for providing collection sub-groups A system and method, as well as a computer-readable medium, are disclosed for providing collection subgroups within a main website that enable and facilitate networking for people having specific common interests or characteristics. Personal information provided by a user determines the user's automatic inclusion into a specific collection/category website. Computer ... 06/29/06 - 20060143182 - Web template processing utilizing dynamic rules defined by data structure language A system and method which utilizes an additional layer of control in a conventional Model View Controller model for web presentations. In particular, the new layer creates logical components of templates which can then be dynamically controlled by rule definitions inherent in the data structure. In this manner the resulting ... 06/29/06 - 20060143181 - Method of searching for the devices automatically in network The invention discloses a method of searching for devices automatically in a network. The method including the steps of: when two devices are interconnected, firstly searching, by a device initiating party, whether a resource management device exists in the network, if so, then sending a device searching request from the ... 06/22/06 - 20060136427 - Coordinating transactional web services The present invention relates to coordinating web services wherein a coordination service acts as a rendezvous point through which participants such as web services may register to obtain protocol information to coordinate an outcome of an activity. The coordination of the activity may be accomplished through behaviors that may be ... 06/22/06 - 20060136426 - Method for automated control of an internet site, as well as a use The invention relates to a method for automated control of an Internet site, and to a use of the method for automation of repetitive control sequences for Internet accesses. According to the invention, a predeterminable image is searched at any desired position on the Internet site (IS) with the aid ... 06/22/06 - 20060136425 - Data-centric distributed computing A distributed computing system provides a data management system in communication with a software management system and enables the software applications to move to the data to be processed in a distributed computing environment. The software management system stores a plurality of computer-executable software applications thereon and is in communication ... 06/22/06 - 20060136424 - Approach for collecting and reporting status data from network devices An approach is provided for collecting and reporting network device status data. Status data is received that indicates the status of one or more network devices. Report data is generated based upon the status data. Generating the report data may include formatting and translating the status data from one or ... 06/22/06 - 20060136423 - Wireless communication terminal having function for dynamically upgrading platform and method thereof A wireless communication terminal having a function for dynamically upgrading a platform and a method thereof is disclosed. The wireless communication terminal includes: a first storing unit for storing an application program interface (API) source; a second storing unit for an API identification correspondently mapped to each of application program ... 06/22/06 - 20060136422 - Multiple bindings in web service data connection The invention features a method, system, and computer program product. User input defining a form that has one or more fields is received. User input defining a set of entries associated with the form is also received, the set of entries identifying available connections to data repositories and fields of ... 06/22/06 - 20060136421 - Usage consciousness in http/html for reducing unused data flow across a network HTTP/HTML is enhanced to provide information to a server about the current usage level of the continuous data that is being sent to the client. With this information, the server is able to tailor the data being sent to the client based on the current usage level. If the usage ... 06/15/06 - 20060129564 - Analytical server including metrics engine Disclosed is a method for determining database queries to be sent by an analytical server to a Relational Dababase Monitoring System (RDBMS) by using hierarchical level metadata to describe the various structures within the database. ... 06/15/06 - 20060129563 - Systems and methods to provide and bill for internet access A method of providing metered Internet access, includes a user sits down at a client computer, the user chooses a payment method, the user's payment method is validated by a remote transaction server, and the user is provided access to the Internet. A method of providing metered Internet access at ... 06/15/06 - 20060129562 - System and method for management of recovery point objectives of business continuity/disaster recovery it solutions The present invention provides a system and method for management of Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution. The system comprises a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least a second computer, and a network coupling the first and the ... 06/15/06 - 20060129561 - Method and system for exchanging files between computers A data processing system having first and second data processing apparatuses and a data communication network supporting HTTP communications to which the first and second processing apparatuses are connected and a method of exchanging electronic files between the first and second processing apparatuses. A Web server is provided running a ... 06/15/06 - 20060129560 - Architecture for enabling business components to access middleware application programming interfaces (apis) in a runtime environment Provided is an architecture for enabling business components to access middleware components in a runtime environment. A business container hosts business components and services to enable communication between the business components. A plurality of infrastructure components expose interfaces and methods to the business components, wherein the exposed interfaces and methods ... 06/15/06 - 20060129559 - Concurrent access to raid data in shared storage A system and method is disclosed for managing the serving of read and write commands in a computer cluster system having redundant storage. A plurality of database servers is included in the computer cluster network to serve read and write commands from the database clients of the network. One of ... 06/15/06 - 20060129558 - Method, system and program product for presenting exported hierarchical file system information A technique for providing an accurate view of an exported file system structure. An in-memory filesystem is maintained as a combination of separate filesystems, each corresponding to a physical file system on the server. Directories in the in-memory, or pseudo, filesystems are also coupled with an existing directory in the ... 06/08/06 - 20060123013 - Method and system for sending video signal between different types of user agents A method for scaling a display size between different types of user agents. The method includes exchanging session initiation protocol messages including media information when performing a call setup for setting up a media session between the user agents; determining any one of the user agents to scale the display ... 06/08/06 - 20060123012 - Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection engine A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection engine. User actions are detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination is made whether the user is searching for supported information. When the user is searching for supported information, information is extracted electronically from third ... 06/08/06 - 20060123011 - Sharing framework for resourse sharing A sharing infrastructure is directed at providing a framework for sharing resources between initiators and participants. The sharing infrastructure is designed to manage and direct various sharing providers, articulate information about sharing relationships, and to provide a framework for pluggable data sharing, data discovery, schema translation, and conflict resolution. The ... 06/08/06 - 20060123010 - System and method for managing data in a distributed computer system Methods are provided for managing, sharing and providing access to data, especially among systems that are used to conduct a distributed application. Such methods may be beneficial, for example, in distributed networks having occasionally-connected devices. Methods are provided for linking and synchronizing data in a distributed network. In one example ... 06/08/06 - 20060123009 - Flexible database generators A flexible, easy to use, and scalable framework for database generation and mappings of synthetic distributions to the framework. The framework discloses a specification language, database primitives, aspects of a runtime system, and an extension to create table SQL statements, to generate databases with complex synthetic distributions and inter-table correlations. ... 06/08/06 - 20060123008 - Sharing messages and requests Electronic messages are used to request, accept and decline sharing resources. A PIM may be used to generate the sharing messages. A user can accept or decline a resource sharing request (e.g., to share access to a calendar, a contacts list and a tasks list) by selecting an option within ... 06/01/06 - 20060117026 - Optimizing communication using scaleable peer groups Implementations of the present invention relate in part to optimizations to peer-to-peer communication systems. For example, one implementation relates to use of a smart transceiver that creates, caches, and manages communication channels dynamically between peers. Another implementation relates to use of a central tracking object that can be used to ... 06/01/06 - 20060117025 - Optimizing communication using scaleable peer groups Implementations of the present invention relate in part to optimizations to peer-to-peer communication systems. For example, one implementation relates to use of a smart transceiver that creates, caches, and manages communication channels dynamically between peers. Another implementation relates to use of a central tracking object that can be used to ... 06/01/06 - 20060117024 - Optimizing communication using scaleable peer groups Implementations of the present invention relate in part to optimizations to peer-to-peer communication systems. For example, one implementation relates to use of a smart transceiver that creates, caches, and manages communication channels dynamically between peers. Another implementation relates to use of a central tracking object that can be used to ... 06/01/06 - 20060117023 - Security procedure A security method for a computer program that can display web pages. A first web page calls a second web page, and the computer consults an array, such as in tabular format, containing data regarding which web pages are permitted to call other web pages. The array is inaccessible from ... 06/01/06 - 20060117022 - Communication method and system using notification availability indicators A communication method comprises generating a notification that includes a content portion and a notification availability indicator; transmitting the notification from a server to a client; and receiving the notification at the client. In one embodiment, the notification availability indicator includes a time value, indicating the likely time before another ... 06/01/06 - 20060117021 - Shared account information method and apparatus A method and apparatus for use with a computer network system including a server, a database and a plurality of interfaces wherein client medical information is stored in separate client accounts for each of a plurality of clients including at least a first client, the interface for accessing client account ... 06/01/06 - 20060117020 - Arrangement for selecting a server to provide distributed services from among multiple servers based on a location of a client device A selection resource executed within the network is configured for selecting from among a plurality of servers, distributed throughout the network at respective network-based server locations in each configured for providing a specified service, a selected server for providing the specified service for a client device at a network-based client ... 06/01/06 - 20060117019 - Method of finding a search string in a document for viewing on a mobile communication device A server find process by which a user enters a search term for a document attachment into his/her mobile communication device. If no occurrences of the term are found on the device, the device then prompts the user to initiate a server side search. If the user accepts, then the ... 06/01/06 - 20060117018 - Method and system for caching remote files locally A method and system for caching remote objects locally. A request to access an object is received. A determination is made as to whether the object is cached. If the object is cached and the request is not to create a new object, modify an existing object, or open a ... 06/01/06 - 20060117017 - Information processing apparatus, devices thereof, and communication device An information processing apparatus is disclosed capable of using application programs of both a cellular phone and a non-contact card type terminal in cooperation, and performing a process request with respect to a portable terminal in response to a command received by the non-contact card type terminal from a communication ... 05/25/06 - 20060112107 - Method and apparatus for controlling data access A method and apparatus is disclosed controlling access to data or documents in a distributed database where each set of data is associated with a set of permissions which determine the distribution and/or access for the data. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112106 - Method and system for internet-based software support Embodiments of the present invention relate to an automated method and system for locally creating a support message and sending the support message to a support provider via the Internet, wherein information relating to at least one of a system identifier and an installation identifier corresponding to a local system ... 05/25/06 - 20060112105 - System and method for discovering knowledge communities Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for discovering knowledge communities. Embodiments of the present invention may comprise providing user access to a network of documents, gathering document access data relating to user access of each document in the network of documents and document authorship and ... 05/25/06 - 20060112104 - Apparatus and method of hosting on-demand business context information A framework is provided to serve on-demand business data and set up a business context hosting layer between the business logic and a display layer. An object extendable model is used to represent a KPI and to handle domain specific artifacts. The domain independent core component processes domain specific business ... 05/25/06 - 20060112103 - System and method for reporting and monitoring driving incidents A system and method for reporting and monitoring driving incidents which includes monitoring for abusive reporting and which enables a driver having an incident report to dispute the report. The system and method can be used to automatically generate driving incident reports to interested subscribers such as parents, employers, and ... 05/18/06 - 20060106814 - Systems and methods for unioning different taxonomy tags for a digital asset Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients ... 05/18/06 - 20060106813 - Systems and methods for propagating categorization information with a digital asset Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients ... 05/18/06 - 20060106812 - Systems and methods for expiring digital assets using encryption key Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients ... 05/18/06 - 20060106811 - Systems and methods for providing categorization based authorization of digital assets Systems and methods for managing digital assets in a distributed computing environment are described. Meta-data for the digital assets is stored separately from the digital assets. Meta-data for some of the digital assets is copied and stored at a central location. Meta-data for the digital assets is generated by clients ... 05/18/06 - 20060106810 - Publishing documents in a publish/subscribe data processing system Documents are published in a publish subscribe data processing system. A first document to be published may have an associated topic. The first document is retained as a retained document. A second document to be published is retained as the retained document in response to receiving the second document before ... 05/18/06 - 20060106809 - Systems and methods for supporting accurate decision making Various embodiments of the present invention include a comparison and tradeoff tool that is adapted for: (1) conducting an initial, computer-based search of options based on a set of two or more preferences specified by a user; (2) allowing a user to, based on the results of the initial search, ... 05/18/06 - 20060106808 - Maintaining and using nexus information on a host, port and device connection Provided are a method, system, and program maintaining and using nexus information on a host, port and device connection. A login is received from a host port on a storage controller port, wherein the host port has been configured on the storage controller to access one or more devices. An ... 05/18/06 - 20060106807 - System and method for transferring a file in advance of its use The invention relates to a system, methods, and computer-readable media for transferring one or more files to a computer in advance of their use by the computer. In accordance with one method of the invention, the computer sends a request for instructions to acquire at least one predetermined file. The ... 05/18/06 - 20060106806 - Software update for a plurality of mobile devices A system and method for providing software updates to a plurality of mobile devices includes a central update server and update software resident on each mobile device. The update server includes a database of software program identifiers and identifiers for corresponding updates, a subset of which may not be compatible ... 05/18/06 - 20060106805 - Communication networks and methods and computer program products for performing searches thereon while maintaining user privacy A communication network is operated by associating a pseudonym with a user of the communication network at a proxy searcher. A complex search request from the user is received at the proxy searcher, the complex search request being associated with the pseudonym. The complex search request and pseudonym are forwarded ... 05/18/06 - 20060106804 - Electronic equipment and method for carrying out communication with electronic equipment A portable electronic equipment is disclosed, which can be adapted to be in connection with a data transmission network and which comprises as functionalities application means for forming and/or processing application means data, which application means can be adapted to carry out data transmission comprising at least application means data ... 05/11/06 - 20060101024 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method and software thereof For the purpose of managing and/or protecting meta information of contents, which are accumulated within a recording accumulation medium and/or a recording/reproducing apparatus, there is provided meta data for managing the meta information, when managing the contents data, without managing/controlling by each of users when producing and compiling the contents ... 05/11/06 - 20060101023 - Universal computing paradigm with single-code base utilizing a flexible distributed computing architecture An application program for use in a hybrid computing environment comprising standalone, client-server, or Internet use is described. The application is written in a single code base and installed on a client computer that is configured for use as either a standalone or networked computer. Server side components of the ... 05/11/06 - 20060101022 - System and process for providing an interactive, computer network-based, virtual team worksite A system and process for providing an interactive computer network-based virtual team worksite that combines data storage, team members' presence information, interaction tools and a past history log into one virtual complex is presented. Generally, this is accomplished by integrating a shared data module, a unique presence module and various ... 05/04/06 - 20060095438 - Non-blocking commit protocol systems and methods Systems and methods are provided for atomic single-failure non-blocking and double-failure non-blocking commitment protocols. The protocols may be used for a variety of transactions that involve two or more parties including an initiator of the transaction, a coordinator of the transaction, and one or more participants in the transaction. The ... 05/04/06 - 20060095437 - System and method for centralising traveller contact information A traveller contact information centralising system designed to obtain up-to-date information regarding a user's location. The traveller contact information centralising system sends this information to the user, so that he can decide whether a centralised directory should be updated with this information. In the event that the user agrees to ... 05/04/06 - 20060095436 - Networked document partially printing system and method A networked printing system includes an electronic document server having a database that stores a plurality of electronic documents of books, which are uniquely identified by a plurality of identification codes, respectively. The electronic document server specifies and allows downloading of a prescribed electronic document matched with an identification code ... 05/04/06 - 20060095435 - Configuring and deploying portable application containers for improved utilization of server capacity Computer-implemented methods, configurations, computer program products and systems configure and deploy portable application containers (PACs) in a shared server environment. A method involves receiving metadata describing an application and receiving an instruction on what metadata to use in configuring the application where the application is associated with a PAC. The ... 05/04/06 - 20060095434 - System and method of caching inventory information in a network A method and system for distributing access to inventory items available at vendor locations includes user stations transmitting user inquiries on a communications network. Network-connected location servers access a set of inventory availability information associated with inventory items available at their respective location, for example, tables at a restaurant. The ... 05/04/06 - 20060095433 - device and method for managing files in storage device In a device, files are stored in each of a plurality of storage areas, and an authenticated user can browse and/or manipulate the files stored in the storage areas. A user is allowed to set the device when the user is authenticated as a system administrator, otherwise the user is ... 04/27/06 - 20060089936 - System and method for a secure, scalable wide area file system A system and methods are disclosed for providing independent virtual drives of a hierarchical file system across any number of computers within a Wide Area Network such as the Internet such that the number of directories and files within these file system drives is constrained only by the amount of ... 04/27/06 - 20060089935 - Failover and load balancing for server clusters Failover and load balancing in a server cluster is described. In an implementation, a method includes receiving a plurality of requests from a plurality of clients, wherein each said request is for accessing a service provided by a plurality of servers arranged in a server cluster. A partial service map ... 04/27/06 - 20060089934 - Method for detecting changes in a storage area network without external tools and hardware The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting component level changes in a storage area network during power off state is provided. Storage profile changes may monitoring components during a power cycle period of a storage array system coupled to a SAN. During the power on ... 04/27/06 - 20060089933 - Networked broadcast file system The |