Database Schema Or Data Structure

Database Schema Or Data Structure 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 - 20060253482 - Authoring tools, including content-driven treetables, for fluid text
Plural versions of an authoring/editing tool for fluid text include both a WYSIWYG editor and a content-driven treeable editor for producing narratives and their behavioral control in a fluid text viewing system environment. The tool includes content-driven treetable visualization and a layout mechanisms for authoring and/or editing hypertext narratives, electronic ...

11/09/06 - 20060253481 - Geographic database organization that facilitates location-based advertising
A method of facilitating delivery of advertising to users of mobile computing platforms is disclosed. A geographic database contains data entities that represent geographic features, such as roads, located in a geographic region. Advertising zones are defined within the geographic region. Associated with at least some of the data entities ...

11/09/06 - 20060253480 - Collaborative design process for a design team, outside suppliers, and outside manufacturers
In a first embodiment, the invention includes a collaborative design process for a design team that generates an incomplete design for a project, outside suppliers that supply components for the project, and outside manufacturers that manufacturer the complete design for the project. The process includes storing an incomplete design generated ...

11/09/06 - 20060253479 - Relation-based product development
A product design method includes accessing a defined product design structure. The product design structure includes a number of customer concerns, a number of physical properties associated with components of the product, and a number of relation models. Each customer concern is associated with at least one physical property via ...

11/09/06 - 20060253478 - Client centric document preparation interface
A system and method allows multiple users to more efficiently access and use client information in the preparation and assembly of documents. A computer software system captures certain information from clients and separately stores it from ordinary document assembly files such as template and answer files. A computer software system ...

11/09/06 - 20060253477 - Automated data collection and management system
Employing an automated data collection portable equipment such as a palm top or similar equipment, in addition to a central computer, which includes a database where the captured information is stored through said portable electronic equipment, and such data transfer may occur by means of cable, connection fixed bases, infra-networks ...

11/09/06 - 20060253476 - Technique for relationship discovery in schemas using semantic name indexing
Techniques are provided for semantic matching. A semantic index is created for one or more schemas, wherein each of the one or more schemas includes one or more word attributes, and wherein each of the one or more word attributes includes one or more tokens, wherein the semantic index identifies ...

11/09/06 - 20060253475 - System and method for time dimension management for a data analyzing system
A time dimension management system is provided for managing time dimension of a data analyzing system for analyzing data stored in a data store based on a time data structure. The time dimension management system comprises a date selector controller and a calendar coordinator. The date selector controller is provided ...

11/09/06 - 20060253474 - System and method for compliance profile configuration and application
A system and method for specifying elections in one or more designated lender compliance profiles that include statutory election, exportation election, most favored lender election, preemption election and non-electable regulatory requirements. A set of computer-encoded compliance rules applicable to a particular financial institution is derived from a lender compliance profile. ...

11/09/06 - 20060253473 - Integrating vertical partitioning into physical database design
Systems and methodologies that split a table into a plurality of sub-tables, and vertical partitions. By analyzing an associated work load to determine frequently referenced columns, the subject invention supplies a compromise among various vertical partitioning strategies (e.g., candidate selection for table spilt) via a merging act, such that the ...

11/09/06 - 20060253472 - System, method, and service for automatically determining an initial sizing of a hardware configuration for a database system running a business intelligence workload
A business intelligence hardware sizing system automatically determines an initial hardware configuration for a database system running a business intelligence workload. The business intelligence hardware sizing system provides a structured approach for determining an initial configuration of a database tier of a business intelligence application. The business intelligence hardware sizing ...

11/09/06 - 20060253471 - System, service, and method for characterizing a business intelligence workload for sizing a new database system hardware configuration
A workload characterization system characterizes an exemplary business intelligence workload for use in sizing a hardware configuration required by a new database system running a similar business intelligence workload. The workload characterization system uses performance-oriented measurements to characterize an exemplary workload in terms of resource usage and performance metrics. The ...

11/09/06 - 20060253470 - Systems and methods for granular changes within a data storage system
The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates creating a data structure to provide a proportional data change. The data change is associated to hierarchical data that can represent a database-based file storage system. An interface can receive at least one data change input related to a ...

11/09/06 - 20060253469 - Dynamic selection of outbound marketing events
A database system and method for ordering marketing events for offering to a candidate. The database system comprises a database manager software application, a first database structure storing a first list identifying marketing events, and a second database structure storing a second list of candidates. The database manager software application ...

11/09/06 - 20060253468 - Dynamic selection of complementary inbound marketing offers
A database system and method comparing marketing events to marketing offers for offering to a candidate. The database system comprises a first database structure storing a first list of candidates, a second database structure storing a second list identifying marketing offers, a third database structure storing a third list identifying ...

11/09/06 - 20060253467 - Capturing marketing events and data models
A database system and method applying data models to candidate(s) with respect to marketing event(s). The database system comprises a first database structure storing a first list of candidates, a second database structure storing a plurality of data models, a third database structure storing a second list identifying marketing events, ...

11/09/06 - 20060253466 - Data mapping editor graphical user interface
An improved graphical data mapping user interface providing the immediate display of portions of the test input, sample output, or execution result output documents. Further improvements are the use of a plurality of graphical trees to represent expressions that encode the mapping instructions, and the use of a graphical tree ...

11/09/06 - 20060253465 - Methods and apparatus for converting a representation of xml and other markup language data to a data structure format
Systems, methods and apparatus operate to convert a markup language representation such as XML to a data structure format such as a tree containing representations of constructs in the markup language representation. The operations receive a markup language representation containing encoded items representative of markup language constructs and identifying a ...

11/09/06 - 20060253464 - Method and system for determining optimum resource allocation in a network
A method for determining the optimum allocation of resources in a mobile telecommunication network. The method includes the step of calculating a fitness parameter for each service class where the fitness parameter is dependent on the quality of service index QoSi, the dynamic queue length q1, and the frequency of ...

11/02/06 - 20060248100 - Video switch
There is provided video switching circuitry for use in a KVM switch and similar devices. Video signal switching circuitry can supply video signals from a one of a plurality of video sources connected to the circuit to a display device connected to the circuit. The high data signalling rate signals ...

11/02/06 - 20060248099 - Method and system for implementing and managing an enterprise identity management for distributed security
An Enterprise Identity Management system includes a registration component, an ownership component, and an audit component. The registration component is configured to associate a user ID with specific accounts that are accessible via a computer system. The ownership component is configured to verify the ownership of the accounts. The audit ...

11/02/06 - 20060248098 - Method of storing and searching pictures and apparatus for the same
A method of storing and searching pictures and apparatus for the same are disclosed, in which the pictures are stored using an abbreviated number in taking a picture and by which the stored picture is searched more quickly. The present invention includes the steps of setting an abbreviated number for ...

11/02/06 - 20060248097 - Creating customisable applications
This invention relates to a method for creating an application that corresponds to a set of components, whose execution provides a tailored result according to the usage conditions of the application. The method includes the generation of a set of DOM-type XML documents that include the non-generic logic of the ...

11/02/06 - 20060248096 - Early detection and warning systems and methods
Systems and methods embodying the present invention permit the identification of early warning conditions affecting characteristics of interest of non-physical entities, such as companies, and transmission of associated alerts or messages when pre-selected conditions are found to be satisfied for such characteristics. In addition, a quantification approach according to the ...

11/02/06 - 20060248095 - Efficient ram lookups by means of compressed keys
A table lookup system utilizes an RAM-based associative table that stores compressed keys. An incoming basekey is hashed by a first set of hash functions to compute hkeys used to access a line in a corresponding subtable. A second set of hash functions compute compkeys which are stored in entries ...

11/02/06 - 20060248094 - Analysis and comparison of portfolios by citation
A system and method for analysis of portfolios of documents is presented. The portfolios may comprise patent-related documents, academic articles, product literature, or any other textual material. In one aspect of the invention, a user-defined classification schema is developed, and predictions for associations with classifications from the user-defined classification schema ...

11/02/06 - 20060248093 - Method for determining relationships between data resources
The present invention relates to an entailment method comprising: defining a virtually reified statement on the basis of information already described in a data structure describing relationships between resources, and applying the virtually reified statement, besides information in the data structure, for further processing of the data structure. ...

11/02/06 - 20060248092 - Dynamic exception reporting service for heterogeneous structured enterprise data
A computer-implemented technique that allows a per element mixture of “concrete” XML elements and “virtual” XML elements that are generated dynamically from external data sources. The technique extends the XML Schema language with declarations of how additional substructure is injected into existing instances. The instances created according to an XML ...

11/02/06 - 20060248091 - Information processing device and information processing method, information-processing system, recording medium, and program
The present invention allows a program vector representing attributes of a program to be generated as follows. At a step S11, EPG data is received. At a step S12, meta data necessary for generation of a program vector PP is extracted from the EPG data. At a step S13, a ...

10/26/06 - 20060242179 - System and method for restoring a virtual disk from a snapshot
A method for restoring a virtual disk (vdisk) in an active file system to an earlier time is described. Pointers pointing to data represented by the virtual disk are maintained. The pointers are saved to persistent storage at the earlier time. A pointer at a later time is compared with ...

10/26/06 - 20060242178 - Media object metadata association and ranking
Metadata may be associated with media objects by providing media objects for display, and accepting input concerning the media objects, where the input may include at least two different types of metadata. For example, metadata may be in the form of tags, comments, annotations or favorites. The media objects may ...

10/26/06 - 20060242177 - Methods of exposing business application runtime exceptions at design time
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, methods and systems analyze referential integrity of a business application by receiving a model representing the business application and processing the model using a code compiler to identify a compiler exception. The compiler exception is correlated in the model to a referential ...

10/26/06 - 20060242176 - Methods of exposing business configuration dependencies
Embodiments of methods and systems consistent with the present invention may transform business application objects and relationships into object-oriented programming elements, making it possible to display and manipulate representations of the business objects and their relationships in an easily comprehensible and manageable manner using standard object-oriented programming language tools. With ...

10/26/06 - 20060242175 - Systems and methods for identifying problems of a business application in a customer support system
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, methods and systems analyze potential logic errors or problems of a business application by receiving a model representing the business application and processing the model using an object-oriented tool. The errors or problems may be corrected in the model and the correction ...

10/26/06 - 20060242174 - Systems and methods for using object-oriented tools to debug business applications
In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, methods and systems analyze potential logic errors or problems of a business application by receiving a model representing the business application and processing the model using an object-oriented tool. The errors or problems may be corrected in the model and the correction ...

10/26/06 - 20060242173 - Methods of using an integrated development environment to configure business applications
An interactive configuration environment consistent with the present invention integrates and displays a table-based business application using a single, interactive display. When business application structures are displayed using object-oriented code structures, the business meaning of the object-oriented code structures may also be displayed in the integrated environment. Users can write ...

10/26/06 - 20060242172 - Systems and methods for transforming logic entities of a business application into an object-oriented model
Systems and methods consistent with the invention may analyze a business application's data, operations, and relationships and create a corresponding object oriented programming (OOP) model corresponding to the business application entities. The OOP model may be created by selecting the minimum set of attributes of the business application's data structures ...

10/26/06 - 20060242171 - Methods of using code-based case tools to verify application layer configurations
Systems and methods consistent with the present invention enable the use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools to analyze and verify a configuration of a business application. By transforming business application structures into object-oriented structures, object-oriented CASE tools may be used to verify the underlying business application configuration. CASE tools ...

10/26/06 - 20060242170 - Systems and methods for off-line modeling a business application
Systems and methods consistent with the invention may analyze a business application's data, operations, and relationships and create a corresponding object oriented programming (OOP) model corresponding to the business application entities. In one embodiment the OOP model may be realized in the Java programming language and may include OOP objects, ...

10/26/06 - 20060242169 - Storing and indexing hierarchical data spatially
Hierarchical data is stored spatially. A flat table may be used to store hierarchical data such that the data's hierarchical organization can be maintained by sorting two integer fields. The data may be positioned in a spatial tree by depth and range. Superior data fields are positioned at higher depths ...

10/26/06 - 20060242168 - On-demand data management system and method
An on-demand data management system. The system comprises a file management module and a demand analysis module. The file management module receives files. Each file has attributes. The file management module segments the files according the attributes. The demand analysis module receives a data demand and selects data from the ...

10/26/06 - 20060242167 - Object based test library for winfs data model
A test library for use with a database storage system such as WinFS provides users with a WinFS schema agnostic way to test the WinFS store application programming interfaces (APIs) and to use the WinFS store APIs to populate the WinFS store with randomly generated data. The WinFS test library ...

10/26/06 - 20060242166 - Methods and systems for filtering an extensible application markup language (xaml) file to facilitate indexing of the logical content contained therein
Methods for filtering a file written in Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) and incrementally returning the logical content contained therein to the environment, e.g., a search engine, are provided. Additionally provided are methods for extracting logical content contained in a XAML file to facilitate searching and/or indexing thereof. The methods ...

10/26/06 - 20060242165 - Transferring data in a diverse file system landscape
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, relating to transferring data in a diverse file system landscape. In one general aspect, a computer program product can cause a data processor to extract a first one or more file system objects from a self-extracting program, where the first file system objects ...

10/26/06 - 20060242164 - Systems, methods, and user interfaces for storing, searching, navigating, and retrieving electronic information
Computer system navigation tools provide “links” to various different files, lists, folders, and/or other storage elements and allow users to organize files, e.g., by hierarchical properties, lists, auto lists, folders, and the like. Such systems and methods allow users to assign properties to a file (optionally in a hierarchical manner), ...

10/26/06 - 20060242163 - Local thumbnail cache
Systems and methods are provided for storing and retrieving thumbnail images in a per-user/per-system thumbnail cache. One or more data files may be used to store thumbnail images of varying sizes. An index is updated with the location or locations of thumbnails for a particular file, the URL and modification ...

10/26/06 - 20060242162 - Web services response templates
Provided is a Web Services Response Template (WSRT) that addresses the problems of efficiency and robustness to change in Web Services response by allowing a requestor to explicitly specify, in a response template what information is to be returned by the request. A requestor of a web service gets just ...

10/26/06 - 20060242161 - Dvd-linked internet bookmarking
A system 100 includes a rendering apparatus 120, a server 110 and a network 130. Content items on the server are identified by respective server content locators, such as a URL. The rendering apparatus also has access to local content. Titles of the local content are associated with respective local ...

10/26/06 - 20060242160 - Method and apparatus for transporting data for data warehousing applications that incorporates analytic data interface
A method and apparatus for transporting data for a data warehousing application. Data is extracted from one or more source containing data having a standard data structure and is translated into data that contains meaningful business terms. The translated data is then stored. In the present embodiment, an analytic business ...

10/19/06 - 20060235861 - Apparatus, system and method for supporting formation of customer-value creating scenario
A value extracted on the basis of a customer demand supports description of an appealing scenario leading to a requirement and a solution. Examples of customer-values include that which appears to be welcome for a customer, that which appears to be pleasant, and an object, and such can form requirements ...

10/19/06 - 20060235860 - System and method for obtaining user feedback for relevance tuning
A system and method are provided for facilitating user feedback pertaining to search results produced by a search system in response to an input user query. The system may include an edit mode activation option provided in conjunction with the search results. The system may additionally include result manipulation tools ...

10/19/06 - 20060235859 - Prescriptive architecutre recommendations
A prescribed system architecture is recommended to an entity that desires to implement a system supporting distributed applications. A performance scenario is created based on anticipated usage, devices employed by servers running the distributed applications, and topology of locations using the servers. An optimized scenario may be provided by determining ...

10/19/06 - 20060235858 - Using attribute inheritance to identify crawl paths
A system and method for identifying crawl paths of a web cruise operation, where each crawl path represents successive uniform resource locator (URL) nodes in a parent/child relationship. One or more seed URLs are identified for the web cruise operation, each seed URL defining an origination of at least one ...

10/19/06 - 20060235857 - Systems and methods for displaying and editing hierarchical data
Systems and methods for displaying hierarchical data are described. In an implementation, a method includes processing hierarchical data describing a distributed computing environment. The hierarchical data includes a plurality of levels, in which, at least one of the levels includes a plurality of containers, each of the containers includes one ...

10/19/06 - 20060235856 - Route generation for task completion by a location-aware device
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for a portable data processing system for generating a route for completing a set of tasks. A location of the portable device is identified. A route for completing the set of tasks is identified based on a policy and the location to form a ...

10/19/06 - 20060235855 - Digital library system
An apparatus and method for setting up and operating a digital multi-media library configured in such as way as to enable the creation of custom sub-libraries. In this system users are able to create private themed sub-libraries that contain information assets that are excerpts of the main library's information assets. ...

10/12/06 - 20060230050 - Repairing links in locked files
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing a technique for repairing links in a file. The file can contain one or more links, each link referring to a target file. For one or more of the links, a file identifier such as a file name, file number, or file ...

10/12/06 - 20060230049 - Method and apparatus for selecting preferred images for a current exam based on a previous exam
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for interpreting images. An image acquisition device, such as a computerized tomography (CT) system, an ultrasound system, an electron beam tomography (EBT) system, a magnetic resonance (MR) system and the like, generates images and image sets, including a first ...

10/12/06 - 20060230048 - Method and apparatus for object discovery agent based mapping of application specific markup language schemas to application specific business objects in an integrated application environment
A method, an apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for object discovery agent (ODA) based mapping of application specific markup language schemas to application specific business objects using an appropriate ODA. A generic ODA application specific information (ASI) builder is added to a business object application specific information (BO ASI) ...

10/12/06 - 20060230047 - Standardized integration model for distributed business processes
A system and method for integrating distributed business processes that govern message exchange between loosely coupled business applications. The system and method includes the use of an integration scenario. The integration scenario includes a delivery integration model that defines one or more design time business processes. The integration scenario further ...

10/12/06 - 20060230046 - Component design by tables within tables
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an Internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to interface with an existing proprietary data base management system by building a component which accesses said proprietary data base management system. A central process provides a listing of tables or steps to a ...

10/05/06 - 20060224605 - System and method for grouping a collection of documents using document series
A system and method that allows a publisher to create a document series, associate a document with a document series and present to an end-user a series nugget displaying at least one document associated with the document series. Document series information may be inherited by each document in the document ...

10/05/06 - 20060224604 - Content-descriptive user interface correlation for page navigation systems
The present invention provides for navigation systems for table data structures, and methods for facilitating the locating of information in a table data structure. To generate the navigation system, a sort criteria being used to organize the table data structure is identified. After identifying page delineations in the table data ...

10/05/06 - 20060224603 - System and methods for facilitating a linear grid database with data organization by dimension
A system and methods for organizing and querying data within a linear grid management system. Data having multiple dimensions is associated with physical locations, where a first dimension is associated with a node and a second dimension is associated with a data storage identifier of a memory storage device. The ...

10/05/06 - 20060224602 - User data profile namespace
A method and data structure for separating application data from user data in a namespace. The data structure provides an intuitive profile layout for developers or users while supporting legacy applications. The namespace utilizes a hierarchical structure allowing access by developers or users over a network to information contained in ...

10/05/06 - 20060224601 - Proxy policy
In a system with a policy server, a first device able to communicate with the policy server and a second device able to communicate with the first device and unable to communicate with the policy server, the first device is to act as a policy proxy. The policy server may ...

10/05/06 - 20060224600 - Traversal of empty regions in a searchable data structure
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for the traversal of empty regions in a searchable data structure such as a table. A plurality of elements are allocated in logical storage, wherein the plurality of elements correspond to entries of the searchable data structure. An indicator is maintained ...

10/05/06 - 20060224599 - Mobile client synchronization and upgrading
Mobile client synchronization and upgrading are described, including recording a change in the application at a first machine, packaging the change in a document, transferring the document from the first machine to a second machine through a communication channel, and replaying the change from the document at the second machine, ...

10/05/06 - 20060224598 - Communication device
In one embodiment, a method transmits data between an object and one or more communication devices on a perimeter of a display surface. ...

09/28/06 - 20060218167 - Systems, methods and programming for routing and indexing globally addressable objects and associated business models
Methods, apparatus, and programming recorded in machine readable memory are provided for the index, search and retrieval of objects on a global network. This inventive system embeds a distributed index in a routing layer to enable fast search. The method provides dynamic insertion, lookup, retrieval, and deletion of participating nodes, ...

09/28/06 - 20060218166 - Rapid application development based on a data dependency path through a body of related data
A data dependency path calculator for a semantic search engine is provided. A body of semantically related data is modeled according to a semantic data model. A user is presented a list of data elements from which they may select desired data elements. The system automatically calculates all of the ...

09/28/06 - 20060218165 - Explicit overlay integration rules
A technique for controlling access to files or directories in a system that includes and overlay involves the use of explicit overlay integration rules. An example of a method according to the technique may include providing an overlay to a file system structure; providing an explicit overlay integration rule; and ...

09/28/06 - 20060218164 - Document management device and document management program
Disclosed is a document management device capable of sharing documents in such a form that each user can simply search out the required document. The document management device has a configuration of operating in such a status that after some users have executed the operation of setting the disclosing destinations ...

09/28/06 - 20060218163 - Rapid prototyping database
A system and method for generating a schema for a database is provided. The schema is based, at least in part, upon three main tables: object types, objects, and, associations. Through these three base tables, the system facilitates rapid prototyping of schema associated with database(s). The schema is extensible since ...

09/28/06 - 20060218162 - System to determine respondent-specific product attribute levels
Provided in some aspects are reception of an indication of one or more acceptable product attribute levels of a first product attribute, and determination of one or more product attribute levels of a second product attribute based on the one or more attribute levels of the first attribute and on ...

09/28/06 - 20060218161 - Systems and methods for efficiently compressing and decompressing markup language
Systems and methods for compressing markup language data, such as XML data, are provided that utilize a finite state machine (FSM), which is representative of an XML schema, and a rule file. Information defined in an XML schema is abstracted into a finite state machine (FSM). The rule file ensures ...

09/28/06 - 20060218160 - Change control management of xml documents
A method and system for change control management of XML documents are provided. The XML change control management method incorporates a novel process of examining and comparing XML documents node-by-node instead of the conventional line-by-line methods. The node-by-node method allows for comparison of matching XML nodes that may be in ...

09/28/06 - 20060218159 - Method and system for user alteration of the configuration of a data warehouse
Disclosed are methods usable by non-experts for altering a configuration of a data warehouse. The initial configuration of the data warehouse is represented in terms of metadata, and that metadata configuration is presented to a user. The user can choose to alter the metadata configuration. If alterations are made to ...

09/28/06 - 20060218158 - Translation of information between schemas
A method of providing translation of information between schemas in a computer system includes creating a first mapping from a first schema to an intermediary schema, wherein information having an intermediary schema format can be translated to a second schema using a second mapping. For any portion of the first ...

09/28/06 - 20060218157 - Dynamic cube services
A method and system for dynamic creation of an OLAP cube is disclosed which enables OLAP cubes to be created from custom database entities and custom database entity relationships. A created cube may be implemented on a local or remote data server using a variety of modular database protocols. A ...

09/28/06 - 20060218156 - Schechinger/fennell system and method for filtering search results by utilizing user-selected parametric values from a self-defined drop-down list on a website
The use of computer technology and the internet to quickly locate, view, compare by user-selected values from drop-down lists for key parameters, and select marketable products or other data. The growth of the internet has exceeded the capacity of existing technologies and business methods to allow business and consumer users ...

09/28/06 - 20060218155 - Method and system for using confidence factors in forming a system
A method for using confidence factors in forming a system may include receiving a tolerable confidence factor. The method may also include utilizing only resources and relationships of a plurality of resources and relationships with confidence factors equal to or greater than the tolerable confidence factor to form the system. ...

09/28/06 - 20060218154 - Data processing method and data processing program
The time required to process a subset of an array can be shortened. Table-formatted data is divided into information blocks each including a value list (VL) where the item values are arranged in order of item value number corresponding to the item value of each item and a pointer array ...

09/21/06 - 20060212461 - System for organizing a plurality of data sources into a plurality of taxonomies
A process displays a taxonomy representing an organizational relationship of a plurality of nodes accessible to a computer. A taxonomy file having a user-generated definition of the taxonomy and the nodes is recorded in a data memory. The definitions of the taxonomy and the nodes are extracted from the taxonomy ...

09/21/06 - 20060212460 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing data standardization activities
A method, system, and computer program product for implementing data standardization activities. The method includes defining a data control structure using meta-data and rules. The method also includes receiving content from one or more source systems that provide a feed for the content. The method further includes identifying the one ...

09/21/06 - 20060212459 - Website analysis system
A website analysis system is provided, which is capable of digitizing an effect of “attractiveness of contents or functions for collecting customers” on an access tendency of a user, separately from effects of other elements, based on aggregation results of an access log. The website analysis system includes an aggregating ...

09/21/06 - 20060212458 - Data processing systems and methods
A data processing system is disclosed with interface means for coupling to a plurality of data warehouses. Each of the data warehouses may include key figures field catalogues and characteristics field catalogues. The data processing system may further include means for selecting a sub-set of the plurality of data warehouses, ...

09/21/06 - 20060212457 - Systems and methods for efficiently storing and accessing data storage system paths
The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates providing a compact representation of a file path associated to a file storage system. A path component can provide seamless integration and/or transition between the file path associated to the file storage system and an item and/or item ID ...

09/21/06 - 20060212456 - System and method for updating objects in a multi-threaded computing environment
An interlocked object transfer data structure is provided for enabling requests made by multiple threads to update objects in a multi-threaded computing environment to be executed by a single processing thread. An object in the interlocked object transfer data structure contains a pair of flags, which the processing thread manipulates ...

09/21/06 - 20060212455 - Method and system for organizing image files based upon workflow
Methods and systems that permit a user to associate metadata representing one or more workflow-related actions with an image file are provided. Workflow-related actions describe one or more actions which may be undertaken with respect to the associated image file. For instance, workflow-related actions may include, by way of example ...

09/14/06 - 20060206508 - System and method allowing advertisers to manage search listings in a pay for placement search system using grouping
A system for advertisers to efficiently manage their search listings in placement database search system includes grouping means for managing multiple categories for the search listings and query means for searching search listings. The system further includes quick-fill means for modifying an attribute in plurality of search listings by specifying ...

09/14/06 - 20060206507 - Hierarchal data management
A hierarchal data management system for a storage device includes an entity relationship discover to generate meta data from a business object, a file manager to create a partition based on the metadata, a data mover to generate a logical partitioning key and to store the logical partitioning key in ...

09/14/06 - 20060206506 - Expenditure accounting management system and method
A web based payment card software application for an expenditure accounting management automation system that provides a plurality of event code identifiers for processing, reporting and recording expenditure spending related to transaction data activity, including a one of a plurality of expenditure identifiers associated with line item transaction data comprising ...

09/14/06 - 20060206505 - System and method for managing listings
A computer system and method for capture, managing and presenting data obtained from various often unrelated postings via the Internet for examination by a user. This system includes a scraping module having one or more scraping engines operable to scrape information data sets from listings on the corporate sites and ...

09/14/06 - 20060206504 - Ims network access using legacy devices
A communication network is described that allows legacy devices to access an IMS network. The communication network includes a switching system, an IMS network, and a non-IMS network. The switching system includes a subscriber database that is pre-provisioned with identities of IMS subscribers using legacy devices. When in operation, a ...

09/14/06 - 20060206503 - Complex syntax validation and business logic validation rules, using vaxs (value-added xsds) compliant with w3c-xml schema specification
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate formally describing structured documents and complex validation rules associated therewith using value-added XSD schemas (VAXs). Native XSDs can be utilized and annotated to generate VAXs that represent both the structure of a document and the complex validation rules used to validate the documents. ...

09/14/06 - 20060206502 - Schema generator: quick and efficient conversion of healthcare specific structural data represented in relational database tables, along with complex validation rules and business rules, to custom hl7xsd with applicable annotations
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate transforming business and encoding rules defined in a persistent and relational format into XML schemas that provide a message format and validation logic for the message. A message can be received in delimited flat-file format and parsed to facilitate generating a value-added XML ...

09/14/06 - 20060206501 - Integration of annotations to dynamic data sets
A data enhancement system that facilitates attaching annotations to dynamic data items and collections. The system employs the concepts of view and item to associate an annotation to a dynamic collection and/or item prior to rendering (e.g., via a graphical user interface) such collection and/or item. A user interface can ...

09/14/06 - 20060206500 - Document managing system
A document-managing-system receives an electronic mail. A first file of data constituting a document which is a managing target and a second file which indicates related information showing contents related to the first file are attached to the mail. The system obtains the files from the mail in the order ...

09/14/06 - 20060206499 - Document managing apparatus
The document management manages file managing information on a data file which constitutes a document which is a managing target while managing document managing information on the plural managed documents. The document managing apparatus enters a document file and header information data of an electronic mail to which the document ...

09/14/06 - 20060206498 - Document information management apparatus, document information management method, and document information management program
A document information management program and the like is provided which can manage documents by using their metadata without increasing their file sizes. The document information management program according to the present invention is a document information management program which serves to make a computer perform document information management that ...

09/14/06 - 20060206497 - System and method in a data table for creating recursive scalable template instances
A method and system for creating a recursive scalable template instance (RSTI) in an electronic data table having dimensions D1 and D2. A recursive scalable template (RST) associated with the RSTI is selected such that the RSTI is to be structured in accordance with the RST. A plurality of contiguous ...

09/14/06 - 20060206496 - System and method in a data table managing deletion operations in recursive scalable template instances
A method and system for managing deletion operations in a recursive scalable template instance (RSTI) of an electronic data table having dimensions D1 and D2. The RSTI includes contiguous recursive element instances (REIs) ordered and aligned along D1. The REIs include scalable template instances (STIs). Contiguous elements are deleted, upon ...

09/14/06 - 20060206495 - Method and apparatus for grouping content items
The invention relates to a system for grouping content items. A consumer equipment or computer (100) comprises a grouping principle processor (109) that determines a content item grouping principle used by a user to group content items such as music files, video files or email. The content item grouping principle ...

09/07/06 - 20060200479 - Form production system
The present invention relates to an on-line system for facilitating the production of forms, such as business cards, stationery, catalogues and generally any printed matter. Relatively permanent material for the production of forms is stored as a form structure in a computing system repository. The system receives copy information input ...

09/07/06 - 20060200478 - Generating structured information
Structured and/or unstructured data about enterprises are acquired from one or more sources such as commercial data providers, enterprise web sites, and/or directory web sites. Strings are extracted from the unstructured data. The strings contain key, value pairs describing facts about the enterprises. The extracted strings are parsed to normalize ...

09/07/06 - 20060200477 - Method and system for managing information technology data
Database system for storing information technology (IT) management operational data and a method and apparatus for managing IT data are provided. The database utilizes an integrated database schema. IT operational data is stored into the database using the integrated database schema and the database is accessed by plural applications and/or ...

09/07/06 - 20060200476 - Creating, storing and viewing process models
The location of a drawing of an activity, a property of an element in the drawing and the structural relationship of elements in the drawing are stored in a database. The database is accessed to form a user interface that provides a hierarchical representation of activities and the elements within ...

09/07/06 - 20060200475 - Additive clustering of images lacking individualized date-time information
A database has chronologically ordered images classified into event groups based upon a time difference threshold, and into subgroups based upon a similarity measure. In a method and system for combining new images into such a database, new image are ordered into clusters based upon assessed image features. A representative ...

09/07/06 - 20060200474 - Alternative sourcing assessment
A method and apparatus, including a computer program product, implementing techniques for providing a sourcing model recommendation for business applications. The techniques include grouping a plurality of application programs to form one or more application clusters. One or more of a suitability assessment, readiness assessment, and risk assessment can be ...

08/31/06 - 20060195462 - System and method for enhanced media distribution
A method and a computer readable medium for searching for media items from a network of users using a media management application and an instant messenger platform and a system for handling searches such searches. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving from a user having a group of messenger ...

08/31/06 - 20060195461 - Method of operating crosslink data structure, crosslink database, and system and method of organizing and retrieving information
A system and a method for organizing and retrieving information are provided. The system is running on a computer system accessible for interactive communication with users. The computer system runs a crosslink database stored therein. The crosslink database includes a crosslink data structure comprising at least a connecting node and ...

08/31/06 - 20060195460 - Data model for object-relational data
A common data model (CDM) that is a data model common to multiple application-specific data models. The CDM supports both PIM (Personal Information Manager end-user application data and line-of-business (LOB) data. Similarly, an SDM-type (system definition model) application can specify its model on top of the CDM. The CDM enables ...

08/31/06 - 20060195459 - Schema grammar and compilation
The subject innovation provides a system and/or a method that facilitates developing schemas for a file storage system. A type definition component can provide a schema grammar, wherein a generator component can employ the schema grammar to build the schema for the file storage system. The schema grammar can describe ...

08/31/06 - 20060195458 - Entity lookup system
In an electronic document such as a map, an entity lookup system associates primitive data with entity data though parallel or corresponding grids of a primitive quad-tree and an entity quad-tree. A key is assigned to grids in the primitive quad-tree in association to particular grids in the entity quad-tree. ...

08/31/06 - 20060195457 - System and method for regulating an extensibility point's access to a message
Prior to sending a message to an extensibility point, the message is wrapped with a wrapper object associated with the extensibility point. The wrapper object can be validated by the extensibility point when the extensibility point is ready to commence its operation on the message. Validation of the wrapper object ...

08/31/06 - 20060195456 - Change notification query multiplexing
In order to efficiently handle change notification requests to a storage system based on a database data store and a database engine, the change notification requests are multiplexed. This can be done by issuing a query which refers, for information about what changes are being tracked, to a data structure. ...

08/31/06 - 20060195455 - Method and system for calculating performance metrics using backchannel messaging and information pattern matching
A client utilizes a backchannel messaging infrastructure and information matching logic to measure server performance characteristics at the client without requiring the server to correlate command responses to command requests. The backchannel messaging infrastructure facilitates the sending of messages between clients, and allows a client to send to the interested ...

08/31/06 - 20060195454 - Xml schema for binding data
An XML schema is provided allowing data to be stored in a separate location from the presentation surface of an application. By way of the schema, users of the application can establish links (or bindings) between the contents of the data and the presentation surface as part of an XML ...

08/24/06 - 20060190467 - Method, apparatus and recording medium for recording time information for digital data streams
A method and apparatus for recording time information for received digital data streams are provided. The method includes recording first time information and second time information on a recording medium. The first time information is part of management data for managing presentation data and the second time information is time ...

08/24/06 - 20060190466 - Customization of metadata describing objects in a computing environment
The present invention facilitates customization of metadata that describes objects in a software system without requiring modification of source code. A customization that describes a desired customization to metadata is received and the relevant metadata is identified. A delta value indicating the customization to the metadata is stored. ...

08/24/06 - 20060190465 - Method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content
A method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content have been disclosed. ...

08/24/06 - 20060190464 - Information processing apparatus, method and program
If content having an attribute different from that of content usually used by a user is selected, the present invention allows proper content recommendation in accordance with the selection. When notified from a control block of a selected piece of music, a short-term preference vector generation block gets music vector ...

08/24/06 - 20060190463 - Methods and systems for outputting data on a graphical user interface of a computer system
Methods and systems are provided for outputting data on a graphical user interface of a computer system. Consistent with one implementation, a method of outputting data on a graphical user interface is provided. The method comprises retrieving data descriptive of an object from a data repository, transferring the data as ...

08/24/06 - 20060190462 - Global satellite databases and security systems
The objective of the current invention is to provide an advanced and effective means of security checks performed for airline travelers and other administrative functions as well. It makes use of satellites to host databases containing personal information about the citizens of the member countries. Anybody who needs to travel ...

08/24/06 - 20060190461 - Apparatus, system, and method for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects. The apparatus includes a correlation module, a storage module, a query module, and a deletion module. The correlation module associates a set of predicate identifiers ...

08/24/06 - 20060190460 - Method and mechanism of handling reporting transactions in database systems
Disclosed are improved methods, systems, and mediums for handling reporting transactions in database systems. In some embodiments, database snapshots are used to carry out reporting transactions on a failover node concurrently with execution of non-reporting transactions on a primary node. ...

08/17/06 - 20060184551 - Mechanism for improving performance on xml over xml data using path subsetting
Techniques are provided for indexing XML documents using path subsetting. According to one embodiment, a PATH table created for storing one row for each indexed node of the XML documents using user-defined criteria. The user-defined criteria are used to determine which nodes of XML documents to included in The PATH ...

08/17/06 - 20060184550 - Information processing apparatus and method, and computer readable memory
An application IF layer interprets and processes manipulations of an application program. A database IF layer interprets and processes manipulations common to a plurality of types of databases. Individual database manipulation implementation embedded in the database IF layer executes processes unique to databases for each of the plurality of types ...

08/17/06 - 20060184549 - Method and apparatus for modifying messages based on the presence of pre-selected data
A method and apparatus for modifying messages based on the presence of pre-selected data is described. In one embodiment, the method includes determining that a message transmitted to a recipient via a network includes pre-selected data. The pre-selected data contains information from at least one random row within the tabular ...

08/17/06 - 20060184548 - Hierarchical inherited xml dom
A method and system for providing processed data definition documents (DDDs) or processed document object models (DOMs) for object oriented programming. The use of these processed data definitions simplifies the data structures and streamlines programming to access the data. A standard DDD/DOM has a hierarchical branched structure having a number ...

08/17/06 - 20060184547 - Method and system for fast encoding of data documents
A method for processing markup language documents includes generating a markup-language document that includes one or more data nodes and transmitting the markup-language document to a remote component. Each data node of the markup-language document includes a numeric identifier identifying a node type of the data node and one or ...

08/10/06 - 20060179070 - Service desk data transfer interface
A system, method and computer program product for importing data in a network-based customer relationship application is provided. First, data to be imported to a customer relationship application utilizing a network is identified. A set of predetermined rules associated with the customer relationship application are identified. The data is imported ...

08/10/06 - 20060179069 - Knowledge discovery tool navigation
A system including a knowledge model is provided. The system includes an interface for presenting a relationship between two entities of a knowledge model. The interface includes a method that accepts a first input representative of a selection of a first interface item, the first interface item associated with an ...

08/10/06 - 20060179068 - Techniques for efficiently storing and querying in a relational database, xml documents conforming to schemas that contain cyclic constructs
To associate XML data objects (“child objects”), stored in rows of relational or object-relational tables, with the appropriate XML data objects (“parent objects”) from which the child objects descend, tables that contain child objects (“out-of-line” tables) are constructed with an additional column. In one embodiment, this column stores values that ...

08/10/06 - 20060179067 - Knowledge discovery tool navigation
A system including a knowledge model is provided. The system includes an interface for presenting a relationship between two entities of a knowledge model. The interface includes a method that accepts a first input representative of a selection of a first interface item, the first interface item associated with an ...

08/10/06 - 20060179066 - Flexible file format for updating an address book
Mechanisms for updating an address book. A first computing system generates an address book update file format and provides the file to a second computing system. The file format contains several data fields. One of the data fields consists of a configurable list of attribute property identifications. These property identifications ...

08/10/06 - 20060179065 - Matrix oriented application framework with interchangeable data source mapping and user interface
An application framework that includes modular components is disclosed that simplifies development of web-based applications. The application framework may be written in Java based on servlet/JSP. Through the use of components that include at least a data model object, a view object, and a data storage object, the application framework ...

08/03/06 - 20060173874 - Method and system for interactive parameter optimization using multi-dimensional scaling
A method for interactively optimizing a system comprises interactively adjusting controlling parameters in a parameter set, by deriving successive pluralities of parameter sets in a parameter space, each of whose respective member parameter sets are respectively ranked in order, utilizing a ranking input based on respective system performance associated with ...

08/03/06 - 20060173873 - System and method for providing access to databases via directories and other hierarchical structures and interfaces
A hierarchical/relational translation system is provided for enabling information from unrelated heterogeneous relational computing systems to be accessed, navigated, searched, browsed, and shared over a hierarchical computing system. In one embodiment, the hierarchical/relational translation system includes a virtual directory server for capturing information in the nature of relational database schema ...

08/03/06 - 20060173872 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
An information processing method is disclosed which includes the steps of: (a) calculating levels of similarity between a standard form vector as a comparison basis vector and each of a plurality of item characteristic vectors of the standard form which are characteristic of a plurality of items, the standard form ...

08/03/06 - 20060173871 - Resource managing system, resource managing program and resource managing method
A resource managing system for managing a resource used by a function module includes a resource measuring device for measuring the amount of the resource used by the function module in a first executing environment; a resource upper limit value acquiring device for acquiring an upper limit value of the ...

08/03/06 - 20060173870 - Computing system and a method for calculating a recovery time of an application system
The invention relates to a method for calculating a recovery time (tr) of an application system (DB) in a computer system for tuning the computer system dynamically, wherein the recovery time (tr) is calculated and controlled within flexible predefined time slices and compared to a predefined time period (t0) and ...

08/03/06 - 20060173869 - Method and apparatus for requestor sensitive role membership lookup
A directory server system that includes a data repository storing a plurality of entries, wherein the plurality of entries comprises a plurality of user entries and a plurality of role entries, wherein each of the plurality of role entries define a role and comprises an InterestedApplication attribute, a directory server ...

08/03/06 - 20060173868 - Mapping web services to ontologies
A system for enterprise information integration is described. The system is based on different layers: the data sources, source ontologies corresponding to the data schema of the data sources, an integration ontology integrating the different source ontologies, a level of query input, preferably in the form of a web service. ...

08/03/06 - 20060173867 - System and method for providing s/mime-based document distribution via electronic mail mechanisms
A content or document management system includes a content or document repository; a dedicated e-mail account; and a mail agent associated with the dedicated e-mail account. The mail agent processes a received e-mail message to determine a sender's identity; authenticates the identity of the sender and an authorization of the ...

08/03/06 - 20060173866 - Apparatus and method for handling backend failover in an application server
An application server includes a connection pool that specifies a number of allowable connections, and includes a backend failure detection mechanism and a backend failure recovery mechanism. When the backend failure detection mechanism detects that the backend fails, applications waiting on the hung connections may be notified of the backend ...

08/03/06 - 20060173865 - System and method of translating a relational database into an xml document and vice versa
A method of translating a relational database into an XML document comprises generating an Extended Entity Relationship model from relational schema associated with the relational database and applying a schema translation process to the Extended Entity Relationship model to map the relational schema into a Document Type Definition (DTD) of ...

08/03/06 - 20060173864 - Systems and methods for reconciling image metadata
System and methods are herein disclosed for reconciling image metadata in an image file between different metadata schemas, both in the utilization of said metadata by an application or device, as well as proactively reconciling conflicts when detected in said image file. Several embodiments are directed to logically reconciling conflicting ...

08/03/06 - 20060173863 - Method and system for bidirectionally data binding a control of a template
A control is bound to a data item that provides a data binding context. Controls inside the template of a data bound control have properties which are bound to fields of the data item via a bidirectional data binding process. Bidirectional data binding allows a page developer to specify that ...

08/03/06 - 20060173862 - Method and system for displaying context-sensitive columns in a table
A method and system for displaying context-sensitive columns in a table of a graphical user interface (GUI) are provided for software running on a processor and being displayed to a user. The context-sensitive columns allow additional information to be displayed in a table on a window of a graphical user ...

08/03/06 - 20060173861 - Method and apparatus for incremental evaluation of schema-directed xml publishing
Methods and apparatus are provided for incremental update of an XML tree defined from a recursive XML view of a relational database. A method comprises the steps of detecting at least one change to the relational database; providing one or more queries to the relational database to map the change ...

07/27/06 - 20060167908 - Methods and systems for creating and operating hierarchical levels of administrators to facilitate the production and distribution of content
A hierarchically arranged content assembly and distribution system includes global and local administrators, the global administrators having the authorization to establish the local administrators. Global administrators have the ability to establish global content, establish global subscriber lists and assemble content for distribution to the global subscribers. Local administrators have the ...

07/27/06 - 20060167907 - System and method for processing xml documents
A method and apparatus are provided for representing an XML document in a collection of ordered information items. The method includes the steps of providing an information item of the collection of ordered information items encoded as a series of records where each record is provided with a length field ...

07/27/06 - 20060167906 - Information processing apparatus, document management system and method, and computer program
An information processing apparatus includes an input section, a position calculation section, a storage section, a log information record section, a display data generation section and a display section. The input section receives document identification information, which are output as output signals from respective transmission portions set to correspond to ...

07/27/06 - 20060167905 - Method and system for template data validation based on logical constraint specifications
A method and system to validate template data based on logical constraint specifications for constraining data collection in XML forms. The invention comprises methods and systems for validating dynamic, calculated, and other template data types. The constraint descriptions include data types, cardinality, order, co-occurrence, Boolean logic, read-only data, regular expression ...

07/27/06 - 20060167904 - Visual association of content in a content framework system
A content framework system and method. The content framework system comprises a content infrastructure, a content association system, and a user interface system. The content infrastructure comprises content management systems. Each of the content management systems comprises content. The content association system is for generating a first set of associations ...

07/27/06 - 20060167903 - Mediadescription data structures for carrying descriptive content metadata and content acquisition data in multimedia systems
A MediaDescription data structure that includes both descriptive metadata, such as EPG information, about a multimedia content item and instructions for acquiring the content item is assigned to each multimedia content item in a multimedia system. A MediaDescription data structure is transferable as a token for representing the content item. ...

07/27/06 - 20060167902 - System and method for storing a document in a serial binary format
A computer-readable medium having a data structure for storing document data in a serialized binary format so that the document data is accessible to other applications. A document structure is generated that includes root node data. The document is stored in a serial binary data format. The serial binary format ...

07/27/06 - 20060167901 - Live collections
A method, system and apparatus for managing live collections in a collaborative environment. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a live collection can include a multiplicity of live objects aggregated together from which a live collection status can be obtained by reference to an application of at least ...

07/27/06 - 20060167900 - Reducing memory used by metadata for duplicate user defined types
A computer automatically identifies multiple occurrences of an abstract data type that is embedded within an object of metadata of another abstract data type (hereinafter “top-level” abstract data type), e.g. by recursively visiting each element of the top-level abstract data type. Then the computer automatically generates, for the top-level abstract ...

07/20/06 - 20060161565 - Method and apparatus for providing user interface for content search
A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a user interface for a content search that facilitates the selection of a search object during the content search. The method for providing a user interface for a content search includes displaying items that indicate content types on a first axis ...

07/20/06 - 20060161564 - Method and system for locating information in the invisible or deep world wide web
A system that allows location and extraction of information from database driven web sites that are part of the deep web is described herein. The system uses an automatic wrapper generation mechanism that understands the meaning of deep web pages, extend search technologies capabilities, and help users extract information from ...

07/20/06 - 20060161563 - Service discovery
Services having associated metadata meeting particular criteria can be discovered. One or more services are stored. The services provide service objects to service requesters. Service requestors include compiled code and the service objects include compiled code that is linked to the compiled code of a service requester at runtime and ...

07/20/06 - 20060161562 - Adaptive document management system using a physical representation of a document
Systems and methods for creating a Token and using it to operate and modify a case file in a document management system are described. An exemplary embodiment of a Token includes a representation of a case file. A Token may include a representation of a document associated with the case ...

07/20/06 - 20060161561 - Broken hyperlink auto-redirection and management system and method
A broken hyperlink auto-redirection and management system and method, which the system includes a hyperlink verify module for verifying a hyperlink and generating a verify result according to a classify result, wherein if type of the hyperlink indicates the hyperlink belonging to a redirection required class so that the classify ...

07/20/06 - 20060161560 - Method and system to compare data objects
The invention provides a method and system to compare data objects. Each data object is converted into a directed acyclic graph forest, which comprises one or more directed acyclic graphs. The directed acyclic graph forests corresponding to data objects are then compared to calculate a similarity score between the data ...

07/20/06 - 20060161559 - Methods and systems for analyzing xml documents
Methods and systems for analyzing XML documents. The system scans an XML document, identifies different dimensions that span the XML document and detects scoping relationships amongst them. The system uses the dimensional information to create a logical hierarchical scoped dimension analysis model, maps the logical XML tree to this model, ...

07/20/06 - 20060161558 - Schema conformance for database servers
Automatically determining the conformance of database server schema. Maintaining conformance of database schema helps manage and sustain database driven services and applications. Schema for a pair of randomly selected databases are generated and compared. A diffgram is generated from the difference of the database schema. An alarm message can then ...

07/20/06 - 20060161557 - Virtual columns
Embodiments are provided for associating a virtual column with a target physical table. The data for the virtual column originates from a source physical table where the data physically resides. In this way, users can access the data in a manner consistent with the users' logical perspective of the data. ...

07/20/06 - 20060161556 - Abstract record timeline rendering/display
Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for constructing a database abstraction model over an underlying physical database. Once constructed, users may interact with the database abstraction model, rather than the underlying physical database representation, to query the database and view query results. In one embodiment, information is retrieved from the ...

07/20/06 - 20060161555 - Methods and systems for generating playback instructions for playback of a recorded computer session
A protocol engine executing on a first device receives a recorded stream comprising a plurality of packets representing display data generated by an application program executed on a second device. The protocol engine determines for a packet in the recorded stream, to render the contents of the packet in a ...

07/13/06 - 20060155731 - System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application's interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In ...

07/13/06 - 20060155730 - Serving signals
Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating ...

07/13/06 - 20060155729 - Distributed computing systems and system compnents thereof
In one embodiment of the present invention, a replicated state machine comprises a proposal manager, an agreement manager, a collision/back-off timer and a storage reclaimer. The proposal manager facilitates management of proposals issued by a node of a distributed application for enabling coordinated execution of the proposals by all other ...

07/13/06 - 20060155728 - Browser application and search engine integration
Methods and systems for retrieving and rendering search results via the Internet can be implemented by a search engine that collates and collects multiple links in the background all tied to a single hyperlink click. The user of the search engine can set the number of back links tied to ...

07/13/06 - 20060155727 - Method for managing download of duplicate contents
A method for managing download of contents includes: providing a replay memory for storing a globally unique right object identifier (GUID) and a right issuer timestamp (RITS), and a duplication memory for storing a right object (RO) in downloading a duplicate of content that is already stored in the replay ...

07/13/06 - 20060155726 - Generating a parser and parsing a document
A parser is generated for parsing a marked up document. A template of a sample marked up document chosen by a user is extracted. The template comprises elements of the structural markup of the sample document with their data contents removed. The parser for parsing a marked up document is ...

07/13/06 - 20060155725 - System and method for future-proofing devices using metaschema
Disclosed are arrangements which seek to update schemas in a controlled manner so that a device (3710) or service can accurately parse documents conforming to a new version of a schema (3724, 3734) without the need for translation services or extra information within the document to provide guides for translation. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155724 - Loop channels
Exemplary systems and methods for creating and sharing channels are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a channel having at least one loop with items of media is created by a user. Permissions for accessing and modifying the channel including the items of media and the loop are set by the user. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155723 - Method and system for presenting a single view of content in a home network
A system for providing single view of content in a network of devices includes a communication module that detects devices connected to the network, a directory module that discovers content in each detected device via the communication module and maintains a directory of such available content providing a single view ...

07/13/06 - 20060155722 - Technique for creating self described data shared across multiple services
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing data across services. These mechanisms and methods for applications to share information even when the applications use different data formats make it possible for business services to operate without any disruption even if ...

07/13/06 - 20060155721 - Buffering proxy for telnet access
A single- or multi-protocol buffering proxy accepts communication option negotiation commands from a client before establishing a connection between the client and a host. The proxy negotiates a limited set of options with the client before the connection is established and buffers (accepts and temporarily stores without responding to) other ...

07/13/06 - 20060155720 - Data access layer class generator
Systems and methods that that automatically generate a data access layer for a middle tier of a relational data store with stored procedures, via a data access layer generator. The data access layer generator can employ an extensible mark up language extension (XML) to determine the stored procedures that are ...

07/13/06 - 20060155719 - Complex event discovery in event databases
Situation detection systems and methods are provided, in which the capabilities of standard event stores and relational systems are enhanced by augmented event-oriented algebraic operators. Rules involving the event-oriented operators are combined with conventional relational algebraic techniques, and applied to an event database in order to detect more complex patterns, ...

07/13/06 - 20060155718 - Multiple copy track stage recovery in a data storage system
A bad track in a disk device in a data storage system is recovered by determining which cluster in the system the bad track belongs to. If the track belongs to the cluster that discovered that the track was bad, that cluster recovers the track by locating a good copy ...

07/13/06 - 20060155717 - Device and method for producing computer readable formatted output
Communication device for supporting a general-purpose computer to communicate with a vehicle having a control unit for controlling at least one particular function of the vehicle. A first request in XML format for requesting the control unit to return specified information is received from the computer. The request received is ...

07/13/06 - 20060155716 - Schema change governance for identity store
A system includes a schema defining terms for objects in an identity store, and a schema governance module controlling changes to the schema based on schema change criteria. A method of managing an existing schema defining objects in an identity store includes receiving a request specifying a proposed change to ...

07/13/06 - 20060155715 - Method and apparatus to associate a modifiable crm related token to an email
A method and apparatus to associate incoming emails to a customer relationship management (CRM) object is disclosed. The method may include creating a user configurable tracking token that relates an email to a CRM object, attaching the tracking token to an outgoing email, sending the outgoing email to recipients, receiving ...

07/13/06 - 20060155714 - Certification of address records for use in address hygiene
An improved method for cleansing a plurality of address records in an address record file. The method checks an address record for an associated cleansing date. The method determines whether the associated cleansing date has expired. If the address record has no cleansing date, or if the cleansing date is ...

07/13/06 - 20060155713 - Method and system for monitoring a workflow for an object
A system and method for monitoring a workflow for an object are described. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention include sending workflow information to at least one mobile device operated by a recipient of the object. The workflow information associates the object with the at least one mobile device ...

07/13/06 - 20060155712 - System and method for performing integrated storage operations
The present invention relates to a method for performing integrated storage operations on an information store. The present invention comprises identifying a plurality disparate types of storage operations stored in a policy option table. A first storage operation is performed according to a first set of storage criteria stored in ...

07/13/06 - 20060155711 - Method and system for management of software product licences
The present invention relates to a method, system and software for management of software product licences. More particularly, a method of analysing software product licence data is disclosed. The software product licence data is received from a sales database. The data is then collated into an analysis database and an ...

07/13/06 - 20060155710 - Method and computer system for customizing computer applications by storing the customization specification as data in a database
The present invention relates to a method and computer system to store customization specifications for computer software as data in a database. The customization information includes labels, error messages, help, security, and client preferences, such as display preferences. Because this information is stored as data, it is possible for a ...

07/06/06 - 20060149762 - Key information processing method, device thereof, and program
It is possible to safely constitute a key management method having an access structure equivalent to the hierarchical key management method with a small amount of calculations. The method includes: a setting step for setting a set (,) of the number of times a one-way hash function is executed for ...

07/06/06 - 20060149761 - Structure of objects stored in a media server and improving accessibility to the structure
The present invention relates to providing media data in an open network system, wherein an object structure of a media server operationally connected to a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network is provided. The media server comprises a service for managing objects, and a storage unit for storing at least ...

07/06/06 - 20060149760 - Ldap bulk append
Systems and methods for performing a bulk append into an LDAP Server Directory Store. A conversion tool may receive an input file in LDIF format. The conversion tool performs a schema check on each entry in the input file, and creates a plurality of output files in SQL or another ...

07/06/06 - 20060149759 - Method and apparatus for managing feedback in a group resource environment
A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprises: managing a plurality of nodes representing resources, said nodes including content nodes and person nodes, wherein the node contains a resource ...

07/06/06 - 20060149758 - Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package
Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and ...

07/06/06 - 20060149757 - Method and apparatus for managing a cache in a group resource environment
A system, method and computer program for managing resources within an integrated development environment for multiple users. The resources include both content resources and people resources. The method comprising: managing a plurality of nodes representing resources, said nodes including content nodes and person nodes, wherein the node contains a resource ...

07/06/06 - 20060149756 - System, method, and computer program product for finding web services using example queries
A system, method, and computer program product allows a web service consumer to create an example query which illustrates the web service desired. The example query is compared, element by element, to potentially relevant web services. The difference between each element in the example query and any element in the ...

07/06/06 - 20060149755 - Insertion machine job scheduling systems and methods
Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling jobs to insertion machines. In one embodiment, the system comprises a communications interface to receive an insertion machine job and a data store to store the insertion machine job and setup information for a plurality of insertion machines, the setup information including job ...

07/06/06 - 20060149754 - Integrated structural and process configuration
A computer-implemented method for integrating structural and process configuration includes configuring a business structure and configuring business processes of the business structure. The configured business structure and the configured business processes are then linked into a linked business process structure. Finally, a plurality of independent processes are derived for each ...

07/06/06 - 20060149753 - A random linear coding approach to distributed data storage
A method and computer program product for providing a random linear coding approach to distributed data storage is presented. A file is broken into a plurality of pieces. For every peer (peer means storage-location with limited storage space), the number of coded-pieces the peer can store is determined. Each of ...

07/06/06 - 20060149752 - Multi-sensor communication system
In a system for monitoring multiple sensors (10), multiple source devices send source data to one or more servers (14) using a signaling protocol such as SIP. The servers (14) process the source data and send processed source data to one or more terminals (18) using XML or similar protocol. ...

07/06/06 - 20060149751 - Custom templates
The present invention is directed to the use of custom templates to generate user interface screens in computer systems. In embodiments of the present invention, a data structure for supporting user interfaces may include a base template created by a developer for particular display devices and a delta file defining ...

07/06/06 - 20060149750 - File management device and file management method
The present invention relates to a data recording/reproducing apparatus (1), which includes a reader (3) for reading content data recorded in a minidisc (2), and a controller (4) for generating one file by gathering a plurality of content units not continued with each other to the read contents data and ...

07/06/06 - 20060149749 - Data management
A database containing information relating to a particular topic includes a number of portions (10) which are each sub-divided into a number of sub-portions (12). The sub-portions (12) of each portion (10) are linked to one another in a sequential arrangement wherein each subsequent sub-portion contains further information on the ...

06/29/06 - 20060143201 - System and method for storing and retrieving filenames and files in computer memory
The invention receives a request to store a file having a filename written in a first text encoding, converts the filename into a Unicode filename and stores the Unicode filename and the file into memory. The invention then sets a flag, associated with the memory, indicating that a first text ...

06/29/06 - 20060143200 - System and method for permitting a software routine having restricted local access to utilize remote resources to generate locally usable data structure
A Java applet program loaded initially from a remote server is configured to receive additional user annotations for data displayed in an already opened applet window located at the user's client system. To increase the usefulness and flexibility of such program, the user is permitted to preserve/capture, during an interactive ...

06/29/06 - 20060143199 - System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide an archive management application that operates within a host application to provide access to an archive and/or allow access to and/or modification of files in an archive using the host application's interface, instead of operating as a separate standalone archive management application. In ...

06/29/06 - 20060143198 - Tree system diagram output method, computer program and recording medium
A tree system diagram output method of correlating a plurality of objects and outputting the plurality of objects as a tree system diagram includes the steps of: (a) storing, in a first storing part, an identifier specific to each of the plurality of objects written on a first worksheet; (b) ...

06/29/06 - 20060143197 - Method for assigning relative quality scores to a collection of linked documents
A method for assigning relative quality scores to a collection of linked documents is presented. The method includes constructing a spring network according to a connectivity graph of a linked database and determining the strength of inter-nodal springs based on the link structure of the network and the displacements on ...

06/29/06 - 20060143196 - Information generating apparatus and information generating method
A relation information generating apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to detect an action done by a user when the user creates or selects a first information resource referring to at least one second information resource, and a relation information generating unit configured to generate first relation information and second ...

06/29/06 - 20060143195 - Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package
Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platform-independent framework for document formats that enable software and hardware systems to generate, exchange, and ...

06/29/06 - 20060143194 - System and method for corporate-wide policy management
An organization asset database (ADb) is described that contains a complete, up-to-date, secure, and easily accessible inventory of the organization's assets. Each asset is mapped onto a structure that represents the organizational hierarchy of the organization, which provides for multiple levels of accountability for each asset. Each asset has one ...

06/29/06 - 20060143193 - Method and apparatus for metadata driven business logic processing
A metadata driven system for supporting business application software required in the middle tier for a line of business applications includes a process metadata module adapted to store a process in metadata format, wherein the process object contains logic related to an entity of the application software. The system allows ...

06/29/06 - 20060143192 - Bulletin board system (bbs) implemented on server computer in which bbs items are stored as files in accordance with native file system of server computer
A bulletin board system (BBS) is implemented on a server computer without employing database management software (DBMS). A hierarchical directory structure is defined in which there are directories and sub-directories into which BBS items are individually storable as files in accordance with the native file system of the server computer. ...

06/29/06 - 20060143191 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for a global video format schema defining metadata relating to video media
Generating data, such as metadata, relating to video media, such as a movie, and formatted according to a global video format. When metadata that is associated with video media and is formatted according to a formatting scheme associated with a particular content provider is received, the formatting scheme of the ...

06/29/06 - 20060143190 - Handling of digital silence in audio fingerprinting
The invention relates to a method, a device, a client-server system as well as a computer program product and computer program element for handling digital silence when fingerprinting digital media signals. A fingerprint comprising a number of sub-fingerprints for at least a part of the digital media signal is generated, ...

06/29/06 - 20060143189 - Database access control method, database access controller, agent processing server, database access control program, and medium recording the program
A disclosed database access control apparatus generates and stores an access key based on a user ID of a user apparatus. Then, the database access control apparatus sends the access key to the user apparatus with an address of a proxy process server apparatus. The user apparatus sends the access ...

06/22/06 - 20060136439 - Method and system for modifying schema definitions
A new schema implementation enables reversible changes to be made to definitions in a schema. The definitions of attributes and classes are in the form of schema objects. Each schema object has an internal ID in addition to its unique name and object ID (DID), and a deactivation flag for ...

06/22/06 - 20060136438 - Process server array for processing documents and document components and a method related thereto
A process server array comprising a plurality of process servers for a document management system. A user request to operate on documents or document components stored in a document repository of the document management system is provided to an available process server of the plurality of process servers. The available ...

06/22/06 - 20060136437 - System, method and program for distributed policy integration
A distributed policy linking method is provided which performs a policy based management according to a plurality of pieces of policy information distributed in a plurality of domains. A policy configuration management system is installed which manages a set of an identifier and a policy repository for each piece of ...

06/22/06 - 20060136436 - Arrangement enabling thin client to access and present data in custom defined reports
A report definition file (FIG. 7) that is in XML format governs access to and presentation of data from a domain database 364. The report definition file may be created by inputting from a thin client 200 (such as a web browser) a set of report specifications, and converting the ...

06/22/06 - 20060136435 - System and method for context-sensitive decomposition of xml documents based on schemas with reusable element/attribute declarations
A system and computer-based method is provided for context-sensitive decomposition of a markup based document into a relational database, based on schemas with reusable item declarations. User creates a mapping document from a schema of a markup based document with at least one reusable item declaration defining an item being ...

06/22/06 - 20060136434 - System and method for managing objects in a server namespace
Methods of managing objects in a server namespace are presented including the steps of: creating at least one schema; populating a server namespace in accordance with the at least one schema such that a server namespace is populated with server related object instances defined by the at least one schema; ...

06/22/06 - 20060136433 - File formats, methods, and computer program products for representing workbooks
File formats, methods, and computer program products are provided for representing a workbook in a modular content framework. The modular content framework may include a file format container associated with modular parts. A file format includes logically separate modular parts that are associated with each other by one or more ...

06/22/06 - 20060136432 - Method and system for controlling software to facilitate cross-version collaboration of files
Methods and systems are provided for controlling elements of computing systems including operating systems, software applications and different versions of software applications to better facilitate cross-application and cross-version collaboration of files. Elements within a computing system, for example, operating systems, applications, or particular versions of an application, are reconfigured at ...

06/22/06 - 20060136431 - Method and apparatus for implementing recursive remote procedure calls
A system, method, apparatus, means and computer program code for operating a database server are provided including receiving a database request message, the database request message including a user-defined extension (UDE) portion to be processed by a UDE server, transmitting a procedure request to the UDE server based on the ...

06/22/06 - 20060136430 - Journaling to capture workflow and convert to workflow markup language
During performance of a process task, a journaling program is used to record keystrokes and mouse activities. A journal of the process task is then sent to a parser for conversion to a markup language, such as electronic business Extensible Markup Language (ebXLM) or Data Center Markup Language (DCML). The ...

06/22/06 - 20060136429 - Control of policies for setting file associations in information handling systems
A method for setting file associations during a factory installation process which includes determining an application that is installed onto an information handling system, setting a file association default that sets file association policies within a file association file, accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association, ...

06/22/06 - 20060136428 - Automatic composition of services through semantic attribute matching
A method of automatically matching schemas begins by extracting schemas from sources and targets. Then, source and target attributes are extracted from the schemas. Each source schema will have multiple source attributes and each target schema will also have multiple target attributes. The source attributes and the target attributes are ...

06/15/06 - 20060129579 - Interactive personal directory
A process for generating personalized digital directory pages for display with a navigator program including a personalization step including recording in a temporary memory of a client station a digital file corresponding to an HTML page comprising hypertext links for access to other pages and descriptors associated with pictograms and ...

06/15/06 - 20060129578 - Method and system for globally sharing and transacting contents in local area
A method and system for globally distributing a service containing digital content are provided. The method includes receiving original content existing in each local area from at least one content provider, generating metadata in a first local language using the received original content, converting the metadata into a universal language, ...

06/15/06 - 20060129577 - Apparatus, program and method for assisting with product design
The present invention allows a user to visually check on a display screen the correspondence relationship between a shape and two or more attributes in a case in which shape information is associated with a plurality of attributes by providing a means that causes two or more selected attributes to ...

06/15/06 - 20060129576 - Access to content addressable data over a network
Access to content addressable data on a network is facilitated using digital information storing devices or data repositories (“silos”) that monitor broadcast data requests over the network. A number of silos automatically monitor both data requests and data itself that are broadcast over a network. The silos selectively store data. ...

06/15/06 - 20060129575 - Method and system for supporting xquery trigger in xml-dbms based on relational dbms
A method and system for supporting an XQuery trigger in XML-DBMS based on relational DBMS is provided. In an Ubiquitous environment where XML data are incessantly generated by an enormous number of objects, so as to overcome inconvenience and its resultant reduction of performance in which a user should query ...

06/15/06 - 20060129574 - Intergrated modeling method for authoring/modification of illustrated drawing using 3d model and computer-aided design log database
An integrated modeling method for Illustrated Drawing (ID) authoring/modification using 3D model and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Log database, comprising: a first step of performing a 3D Model Import process on the basis of 3D model data and logistics support data saved in each database, converting the imported 3D model file ...

06/15/06 - 20060129573 - Method of editing indication for a portable electronic device
The present invention relates to a method of editing indication for a portable device, comprising: selecting an electronic file; determining whether an editing of the electronic file is performed; enabling the editing indication in the display screen of the portable device; and disable the editing indication when the editing is ...

06/15/06 - 20060129572 - Complex data access
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media implementing various aspects of complex data in a conceptual table are disclosed which enable complex data in the form of tables to be added to a conceptual table. The complex data can map to scalar values in a plurality of data tables. Complex data may ...

06/15/06 - 20060129571 - Data structures for information worms and for information channels incorporating informations worms
Data structures are provided having physical and logical aspects which organize information in a manner which facilitates their replication across networks for the purpose of distributing information. In particular, data structures are provided for information worms and for information channels incorporating information worms. A computer programming product is provided for ...

06/15/06 - 20060129570 - Method and apparatus for maintaining multiple sets of identity data
A method of assigning the UNIX computers in a network to one of a plurality of groups called zones, of creating independent sets of UNIX identity information for each network entity (user or group) for separate zones, and of associating an entity's sets of UNIX entity information with a single ...

06/15/06 - 20060129569 - System and method for partially collapsing a hierarchical structure for information navigation
A partially collapsing hierarchical display system aids information navigation by providing a dynamic mechanism for labeling items with one or more states. In one embodiment, states comprise “hidden”, “visible” and “unmarked”. An expanded list of items displays all items. A partially expanded list of items displays all visible and unmarked ...

06/15/06 - 20060129568 - Dimensional data in research enterprise systems
A system and method for organizing information pertaining to creative and ad-hoc processes, such as are used in research. Information is stored in a database and indexed simultaneously in three dimensions, representing protocol, objects, and activity. Indexes within each dimension reflect best industry practice and can include object, clustered, indexed, ...

06/15/06 - 20060129567 - Data communication device selecting modulation method with an appropriate threshold value in adaptive modulation
There is provided a digital communication device for performing data communication by selecting an appropriate modulation encoding method. Quality measurement means measures the line quality of data communication from a reception signal. Adaptive modulation control means compares the line quality measured by the quality measurement means to a threshold value ...

06/15/06 - 20060129566 - Watermark embedding and detection of a motion image signal
Methods and arrangements are disclosed for embedding and detecting a watermark in a cinema movie, such that the watermark can be detected in a copy made by a handheld video camera. The watermark embedder divides each image frame into two areas. A watermark bit ‘+1’ is embedded in a frame ...

06/15/06 - 20060129565 - Database accelerator
While scalability in database processing may be achieved gradually and at low cost, to achieve high scalability of several thousand times. This database accelerator holds on an accelerator system copies of location tables, which correspond to primary-key indices, and alternate-key location tables, which correspond to alternate-key indices, for a primary ...

06/08/06 - 20060123026 - Client server conversion for representing hierarchical data structures
The present invention relates to the creation of trees for representing hierarchical data structures. Trees are created on a server, with the tree having nodes that are associated with paths on a server. Each node is associated with a resource locator indicating data that can be accessed through the tree. ...

06/08/06 - 20060123025 - System and method for activating a rendering device in a multi-level rights-management architecture
A digital rights management system for the distribution, protection and use of electronic content. The system includes a client architecture which receives content, where the content is preferably protected by encryption and may include a license and individualization features. Content is protected at several levels, including: no protection; source-sealed; individually-sealed ...

06/08/06 - 20060123024 - System for persistent caching of ldap metadata in a cluster ldap server topology
Systems and methods for providing consistent metadata in a cluster database system are disclosed. Each node contains a number of LDAP server instances, as well as a monitor process. Each node contains a node shared memory, and the cluster contains a cluster shared memory stored on a directory store. When ...

06/08/06 - 20060123023 - Cascade delete using a backward reference persistent data target object within a unidirectional relational database relationship
A method is described for making a change in an object oriented relational database in which objects that represent items of persistent data are related to other objects that represent items of persistent data. The method comprises referring to a backward reference contained in a first object that does not ...

06/08/06 - 20060123022 - Automated application discovery and analysis system and method
An object oriented design for an automated modeling system for mapping and monitoring the business roles and impact of elements within an IT Infrastructure that make up specific applications or business processes, spanning not only network elements, hosts, servers and programs but also users, company structure and processes. The design ...

06/08/06 - 20060123021 - Hierarchical packaging for telecommunications and computing platforms
The present invention provides a hierarchical packaging of electronic equipment that includes a first order assembly and a second order assembly. The first order assembly includes a plurality of modules and a means of mechanically supporting, interconnecting, powering, cooling and managing said modules. The second order assembly includes a plurality ...

06/08/06 - 20060123020 - Computer file system allowing ambiguous names
A file system that does not require unique item names, or any item name at all, is described herein. If an item has an ambiguous name, the file system performs a disambiguating procedure to provide the client (user or application) a conceptually unique name, including a fully qualified path. The ...

06/08/06 - 20060123019 - Management of component members using tag attributes
A system to associate a plurality of members with a component, associate a member type with one of the plurality of members, and associate a value tag attribute with the one of the plurality of members. Some aspects include receipt of an instruction to access data associated with a member ...

06/08/06 - 20060123018 - Algorithm for maximizing application availability during automated enterprise deployments
A method of deploying enterprise applications or updates to data processing systems in a complex data processing environment. The enterprise applications or updates are phase deployed to the target data processing systems. Phased deployment includes the steps of preparing one affected node, quiescing all affected servers in the node, stopping ...

06/08/06 - 20060123017 - Method and apparatus for annotation-based behavior extensions
A method and apparatus is provided for annotation-based behavior extensions. A primary contributor is identified based on a first attribute. Behaviors from a secondary contributor are linked to the primary contributor once a second attribute is examined. Finally, one or more files are generated using the linked behaviors from the ...

06/08/06 - 20060123016 - Metadata driven method and apparatus to configure heterogenous distributed systems
A meta-data driven method and apparatus to manage configurations of coexisting heterogeneous subsystems. The present invention recognizes that schemas evolve incrementally from version to version. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention employs two stages: an identification specification stage, to identify and/or specify any changes in a heterogeneous distributed system, ...

06/08/06 - 20060123015 - Componentized remote user interface
Systems and methods for providing a componentized remote user interface are disclosed. Such user interfaces are particularly suitable for use in remote configuration of a device, such as a headless device, that is in network communication with a computer. The user interface may be a web page rendered from an ...

06/08/06 - 20060123014 - Ranking internet search results based on number of mobile device visits to physical locations related to the search results
An Internet search engine ranks search results based on popularity with mobile-device users. Geo-position data from cell phones and other mobile devices are collected into a device geo-position database. The geo-position data is compared to locations of businesses in a business database. When a mobile device's geo-position moves inside a ...

06/01/06 - 20060117045 - Method and apparatus for using a personal digital assistant to interface with a communication station
A method and apparatus for interfacing a personal digital assistant (PDA) with a communications appliance is provided. The method comprising a communication station receiving semi-structured data from a personal digital assistant (PDA) in a format native to the PDA, and parsing the semi-structured data to identify a type of the ...

06/01/06 - 20060117044 - Asset composition
A system and method facilitating asset composition based, at least in part, upon metadata (e.g., asset specification) describing compositional property(ies) of the asset(s) is provided. Asset specification(s) (e.g., metadata) that describe asset(s) to efficiently search and/or match asset(s) are employed. The system can facilitate matching (e.g., automatically) the particular software ...

06/01/06 - 20060117043 - Engineering system with automatic generation of entity templates
A method, computer program and a system for copying at least one software element are provided having the following actions. Checking whether a connection exists between the element and an entity template able to be modified by a user. and where no connection exists: Creating an entity template able to ...

06/01/06 - 20060117042 - Collaboration system and method
A collaboration system and method via computer is provided. The collaboration system comprises a computing platform for storing an identifier, address and other information associated with at least one object; at least one service connector for communicating with a service using the identifier, address of the at least one object ...

06/01/06 - 20060117041 - Connection of an application to a resource manager selected from a plurality of resource managers
Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program for determining which resource manager of a plurality of resource managers an application may be connected to, given a connection request. A connection request is received which specifies a connection scope. The connection scope specifies the desired proximity of a suitable resource ...

06/01/06 - 20060117040 - Broadcast video monitoring and alerting system
Described is a system and method for automatic monitoring and dissemination of media content. The system and method include a content acquisition platform receiving media content from at least one source and storing the media content in a media storage platform, a media processing platform segmenting the media content based ...

06/01/06 - 20060117039 - Lexicon-based new idea detector
A method and apparatus for detecting the occurrence of new ideas in documents or communications. The method is comprised of three processes. The first process lexiconizes all words or symbols in a set of documents. The second process compares all words in a second set of documents to the words ...

06/01/06 - 20060117038 - 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 - 20060117037 - Computer method and apparatus for improving programming modeling with lightweight stereotypes
Computer method and apparatus provides lightweight stereotypes in a programming model. An alternative to applied profiles is disclosed. A keyword list or list of strings is recorded as an annotation to a model element. The keywords are indicative of applied stereotypes of the model element, where the stereotypes are empty ...

06/01/06 - 20060117036 - Method and apparatus to support bitmap filtering in a parallel system
Techniques are described for combining pieces of information from two sources. The techniques may be used to improve the performance, for example, of hash join operations that are parallelized using slaves distributed across multiple nodes. According to one technique, bitmap filtering operations are performed by the probe-phase producer slaves, rather ...

06/01/06 - 20060117035 - Just-in-time publishing via a publish/subscribe messaging system having message publishing controls
A system, method and program product having at least one subscriber subscribing to topics from one or more data sources. The number of subscriptions for each data source are registered in a table in real time. Upon detecting subscription activity, a matching routine compares the number of subscriptions registered for ...

06/01/06 - 20060117034 - Migrating spatial data between databases
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for migrating facilities spatial data between databases that maintains the positional accuracy of the facilities spatial data in a target database. A first network topology associated with a first landbase map and a second network topology associated with a second landbase map are ...

06/01/06 - 20060117033 - Incorporating structural information into an extensible markup language document
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of analyzing an extensible markup language (XML) file, generating structural information for the XML file, and incorporating the structural information into the XML file. The structural information may correspond to a hierarchy of the file and may further include size information ...

06/01/06 - 20060117032 - System and method for sorting data records contained in a query result
A system, method and article of manufacture for managing query results and, more particularly, for sorting data records contained in a query result obtained in response to execution of a query against a database. In one embodiment, the data records in the query result are sorted on the basis of ...

06/01/06 - 20060117031 - Method and apparatus for preserving relationships of mapped views in an object model
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions are provided for preserving relationships of mapped views in an object model. A database model, including database tables and views is examined and a foreign key constraint list is derived for the view. A set of objects for an object model is generated from ...

06/01/06 - 20060117030 - Computer-based intelligence method and apparatus for assessing selected subject-area problems and situations
A computer-based method and apparatus for assessing problems and situations in a defined knowledge domain, employing both (a) an inferential database of elemental data components, as domain-wide as possible, which are relevant to the domain, and (b) periodic statistical reviews of reported Assessment results in relation to that database to ...

06/01/06 - 20060117029 - Method and apparatus for loading data into multi-table tablespace
A relational database load operation is disclosed for loading data into a multi-table tablespace, such as a segmented tablespace in a DB2® environment. In one aspect, the load operation allows one or more tables to be replaced in a single pass of the tablespace without modifying, loading or replacing other ...

06/01/06 - 20060117028 - Method of analysing activity in a network of interconnected computers
A method of acquiring data relating to website activity in a network of interconnected computers is described. The method includes defining, at a first computer (1), a first computer code defining a set of data parameters, the values of which are to be acquired from a second computer (3). The ...

06/01/06 - 20060117027 - Method and system for configuration control in telecommunications networks
The configuration of a telecommunications network (N) is subjected to control by generating a model configuration (M1) which expresses, for at least a function of each element subjected to control, a model for implementing the function itself. For each element subjected to control, at least a respective set of configuration ...

05/25/06 - 20060112117 - Storage control system and method
A disk array system including a plurality of disk drives, including a plurality of first-type disk drives having a first predetermined level of reliability and used to form a first-type logical unit having a plurality of a first-type of chunks, and a plurality of second-type disk drives having a second ...

05/25/06 - 20060112116 - Xml storage solution and data interchange file format structure
A relational database management system having an XML storage implementation to reduce overhead associated with consuming data from multiple data providers, where each having proprietary database schemas. The XML storage solution allows data from any arbitrary relational database schema to be loaded, rearranged and retrieved. The system is adapted to ...

05/25/06 - 20060112115 - Data structure for efficient access to variable-size data objects
A data structure includes variable-size data objects [“VSDOs”] and enables selective and efficient retrieval of data in particular VSDOs. The data structure includes multiple packets. Each packet includes a reference count field, a references field, and an objects field. The references field stores references to VSDOs within the data structure. ...

05/25/06 - 20060112114 - Model-driven user interview
A framework is presented that can be used to create and execute software applications that include a user interview. The framework includes run-time engines and a data repository. The run-time engines include an interview driver. The data repository includes interview instructions and model information. The interview driver generates or modifies ...

05/25/06 - 20060112113 - Static file system differencing and updating
Systems and methods are provided for static file system (SFS) differencing and updating. The differencing and updating includes portion-level differencing and block-level updating of units of an original image (referred to as blocks). The differencing and updating splits SFS images into portions based on block information and the image structure. ...

05/25/06 - 20060112112 - Storage system for randomly named blocks of data
A method for constructing an index suitable for indexing a large set of records identified by long generally randomly distributed record names, and for answering membership queries about the set, the method comprising adding a new record to the set and assigning the new record a new record name using ...

05/25/06 - 20060112111 - System and methods for data analysis and trend prediction
Systems and methods for data analysis and trend prediction. Multiple networks are combined for analysis to improve the accuracy of the evaluation by broadening the type of criteria considered. Relevant features are extracted from a dataset and at least one network is formed representing various relationships identified among the items ...

05/25/06 - 20060112110 - System and method for automating data normalization using text analytics
A system, method and program product for normalizing, sanitizing and disambiguating structured data. Structured data includes data stored in a database management system (DBMA), as well labeled files (e.g., XML data). An automated data enhancement processing system is provided, comprising: a system for ingesting data structured in at least one ...

05/25/06 - 20060112109 - Adaptive data warehouse meta model
A hybrid approach for capturing meta data about Business Processing Monitoring (BPM) artifacts is based on a combination of a relational meta data model and a semantic net. Meta data about metrics and situations and their dimensional context are first captured. Then, relational meta data are used to describe a ...

05/25/06 - 20060112108 - Information classification and retrieval using concept lattices
A method and system is described for classifying and retrieving information using concept lattices. The system comprises a collection of electronic artefacts, a collection of attributes and a collection of relations associating the electronic artefacts with the attributes. The collection of attributes are arranged in a dynamic hierarchy that is ...

05/18/06 - 20060106835 - Database utilities
A system and methods for rapid unloading and reorganization of hierarchical databases. Overflow and a window of blocks are progressively read into memory. Unloading proceeds as the scan cylinders window moves ahead. The reading of blocks stays about scan cylinders ahead of the unload. As a segment is unloaded, its ...

05/18/06 - 20060106834 - Systems and methods for freezing the state of digital assets for litigation purposes
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 - 20060106833 - Systems, methods, and computer program products to reduce computer processing in grid cell size determination for indexing of multidimensional databases
Systems, methods, and computer products that improve the techniques used to search multidimensional databases over techniques of the past. The preferred embodiment of the present invention advantageously improves the technique of determining a grid index that is used to locate a geometric shape in a spatial database. More particularly, the ...

05/18/06 - 20060106832 - Method and system for implementing an enhanced database
A database is created from a set of data by identifying the patterns in the data set, storing the patterns in a memory device, and generating a representation of the database structure using pointers to the stored patterns. The use of pointers to store the patterns can greatly reduce the ...

05/18/06 - 20060106831 - System and method for managing structured document
A structured document management system manages a structured document database. This system includes a parse processing unit which parsing a structured document to be stored in accordance with a structured document storage request made by a client, a structured document storing unit which stores parsed data obtained by parsing the ...

05/18/06 - 20060106830 - Method, apparatus, and program for document management
There are provided a document file management method, comprising the steps of: virtually combining document files and producing, changing and deleting a virtual combination object for managing the virtual combination, along with the physical relationship of document files in the virtual combination; and producing, changing and deleting an index object ...

05/18/06 - 20060106829 - Clearing metadata tracks in a storage system
Methods, systems, computer program products and methods for deploying computing infrastructure for clearing metadata in a storage subsystem. The method includes identifying one or more metadata tracks to clear, receiving a request from a client to clear the identified tracks, quiescing any active processes, clearing the identified tracks and resuming ...

05/18/06 - 20060106828 - Method, system, and storage medium for implementing intelligent team management services
A method, system, and storage medium for implementing intelligent team management services. The method includes associating selected individuals with a datastore. The datastore houses content designated as key information and the selected individuals are designated as an entity. The method also includes creating a distribution list in a messaging application. ...

05/18/06 - 20060106827 - Seamless remote traversal of multiple nfsv4 exported file systems
A method for transparently navigating through exported file system namespaces on a server using a single mount. When an exported file system is mounted onto a client, the client creates a file system ID structure for the exported file system, wherein the file system ID structure is populated with unique ...

05/18/06 - 20060106826 - Updating elements in a data storage facility using a predefined state machine, with serial activation
A technique for updating elements in a data storage facility, including a single server or a multi-server system, such as by providing updated internal code packages to the elements. The update is performed using a fixed state machine, where the elements are updated in a coordinated manner within the constraints ...

05/18/06 - 20060106825 - Enterprise architecture analysis framework database
A method of modeling an enterprise includes storing core objects, where the core objects include an information object defining information used in the enterprise, a participant object defining a participant in the enterprise, an enabler object defining a tool used in the enterprise, and an activity object defining a process ...

05/18/06 - 20060106824 - Using a controlled vocabulary library to generate business data component names
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating a name for a business data component in an electronic business process use a received textual description of the business data component. One or more proposed names are generated in accordance with a predefined naming format. The proposed names are generated ...

05/18/06 - 20060106823 - Apparatus, system, and method for an alternate lock facility connection path
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an alternate lock facility connection path. A request module receives a connection request to establish redundant connection paths between a control unit and a host. A primary connection module establishes a first connection path between the control unit and the host through ...

05/18/06 - 20060106822 - Web-based editing system of compound documents and method thereof
A web-based editing system of compound documents suitable for web browsing and the method thereof are disclosed. By using the web-based editing system, different kinds of files may be uploaded to a web folder and then transformed into several HTML files and XML-based files for viewing in a web browser ...

05/18/06 - 20060106821 - Ownership management of containers in an application server environment
A method, computer program product and system for determining ownership of containers. An installer program may edit stored information, such as ownership, about software component(s) it installed in a container. Upon a subsequent installer program planning to install a software component in that container, software, referred to as a “collector,” ...

05/18/06 - 20060106820 - Process-oriented classification
The present invention relates in general to a data object model for describing objects within systems. To allow unambiguous classification, the data model comprises a property definition including at least one property name, at least one property value and at least one process value for storing at least one process ...

05/18/06 - 20060106819 - Method and apparatus for managing a computer data storage system
A method and apparatus is disclosed for managing a Storage Area Network (SAN) in which testing of a SAN configuration and selection of suitable test cases is carried out automatically. The system is also able to search a SAN configuration to determine the particular element or region of a SAN ...

05/18/06 - 20060106818 - Method and system of performing a current filesystem backup with respect to a previous filesystem backup using directorywise hardlinking for a computer filesystem
The present invention provides a method and system of performing a current filesystem backup with respect to a previous filesystem backup using directorywise hardlinking for a computer filesystem. In an exemplary embodiment, the method and system include (1) identifying all largest unchanged subtrees in the previous filesystem backup with respect ...

05/18/06 - 20060106817 - Digital data recording medium and recording/reproduction device
A CD-R (20) in which the load when a CD player reads-in fringe data may be relieved to shorten the time until display. This CD-R is provided with contents files “00001” to “0000n”, holding respective contents, and database files TRNDB, ARNDB and ALNDB. In the contents files “00001” to “0000n”, ...

05/18/06 - 20060106816 - Method of grouping images from a video sequence
calculation of the potential of each edge connecting the merged node to another node of the graph previously connected to nodes ni or nj, merging of the two nodes and validation of the new graph if the energy of this graph is less than the energy of the graph before ...

05/18/06 - 20060106815 - Method of generating a computer readable model
A method of generating a computer readable model of a geometrical object constructed from a plurality of interconnectable construction elements, wherein each construction element has a number of connection elements for connecting the construction element with another construction element. The method comprises encoding a first and a second one of ...

05/11/06 - 20060101041 - Providing a consistent hierarchical abstraction of relational data
A hierarchy may be explicitly or implicitly reflected in existing data maintained external to hierarchy structures. Such hierarchies are referred to herein as a “pre-existing hierarchies”. Techniques are described herein for capturing a pre-existing hierarchy in hierarchy structures. After a pre-existing hierarchy has been captured, there exist two independent sets ...

05/11/06 - 20060101040 - Algorithms for block-level code alignment of software binary files
A file differencing and updating system is provided that includes a file differencing component and a file updating component. The file differencing component, or file differencing engine, generates a difference file in a first processor-based or computer system from an original or old version and a new version of an ...

05/11/06 - 20060101039 - Method and apparatus to scale and unroll an incremental hash function
A method and apparatus speeding up an incremental hash function is described. The method may comprise receiving a data string including a plurality of N data samples and, as each data sample is received, multiplying the data samples to obtain data sample multiplication results and multiplying a current hash value ...

05/11/06 - 20060101038 - Extensible object-modelling mechanism
An XML management system, comprising: a repository configured to store a manipulable object model capable of representing metadata about objects in a user's computing environment; user accessible means for manipulating said object model to modify properties of objects thus represented; and means for extending said object model to handle a ...

05/11/06 - 20060101037 - Application programming interface for text mining and search
Systems and methods are described that allow programmatic access to search engine results and query logs in a structured form. The search results can be retrieved from the search engine in an intermediary form that contains the information that is in the HTML pages provided to web browsers (potentially with ...

05/11/06 - 20060101036 - Storage medium storing directory editing support program, directory editing support method, and directory editing support apparatus
A storage medium readable by a computer stores a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for supporting editing of a hierarchical structure of a directory. The function includes: editing metadata including information relevant to the hierarchical structure of the directory; editing content data as contents ...

05/11/06 - 20060101035 - System and method for blog functionality
Systems and methods applicable, for instance, in blog functionality. For example, a blog entry may be created that exists both in a media diary and as part of a blog. As another example, notifications regarding blogs may be received. As yet another example, a contacts card may convey details of ...

05/11/06 - 20060101034 - Method and system for managing user interface messages
A system, method, data structures and computer-accessible medium is provided for storing, managing, and tracking the development of messages for computer program products. Message and message-related data for messages which computer program products display to users as part of the product's user interface are centralized in a message catalog. A ...

05/11/06 - 20060101033 - High-performance log-based processing
Each of a plurality of Worker processes are allowed to perform any and all of the following tasks involving logged work items: (1) reading a subset of the work items from a log; (2) sequentially ordering work items for corresponding data objects; (3) applying a sequentially ordered set of work ...

05/11/06 - 20060101032 - Mixed types
The present invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates programming within Common Language Runtime (CLR) for a C++ programmer by employing a mixed type. An inheritance component creates the mixed type from received code such that the mixed class type is allocated into memory into a pure native part ...

05/11/06 - 20060101031 - Automated dynamic routing of documents based on database storage of user relationships
A method and system for automated dynamic routing of information based on database storage of user relationships are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, user relationships within an organization are centrally managed. These relationships are used as virtual destinations for the routing of business processes. When information is to ...

05/11/06 - 20060101030 - System and method for editing operations of a text object model
An improved system and method for editing operations of a text object model is provided. To this end, a text object model and a text editing object model are employed. The text object model may have a data abstraction represented by a sequence of symbols and may provide a formatted ...

05/11/06 - 20060101029 - System and method for handling improper database table access
A system and method for identifying and fixing programs and extraneous indexes that improperly accesses tables in an application database system. A method is described including the steps of: defining an incorrect rule set and a related correct rule set for a database model associated with the database system; retrieving ...

05/11/06 - 20060101028 - Method and apparatus for efficient electronic document management
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for efficient electronic document management. One embodiment of the inventive method involves generating one or more user-specific administrator setup files comprising a plurality of parameters pertaining to tasks and steps that users are authorized to perform on electronic documents, ...

05/11/06 - 20060101027 - System and method for regulatory rules repository generation and maintenance
A system and method for deriving compliance requirements from statutes, regulations, case law, official interpretations, attorney general opinions, determination and other interpretive letters, administrative agency regulations, and sources prescribing and interpreting compliance requirements for a jurisdiction, preparing compliance rules documentation that reflect these regulatory requirements, creating computer-encoded compliance rules from ...

05/11/06 - 20060101026 - Communication model, signal, method, and device for confirming reachability in network where host reachability is accomplished by relating static identifier to dynamic address
In a network where host reachability is accomplished by relating a static identifier to a dynamic address, the live/death of a communication node and reachability are confirmed by using a sign and countersign. ...

05/11/06 - 20060101025 - Distributed file system and method of operating a distributed file system
The present invention provides a distributed file system comprising a plurality of compute nodes and a plurality of input/output (I/O) nodes connected by an interconnection network wherein the system is adapted to use a common data representation for both physical and logical partitions of a file stored in the system ...

05/04/06 - 20060095450 - Use of a metadata presort file to sort compressed audio files
A media system is disclosed which presorts media files thereby alleviating a media player from having to actively sort the files in real time. The system creates and uses presort information with the media files. The presort information contains one or more lists of the media files previously presorted according ...

05/04/06 - 20060095449 - Data managing method, data managing system data managing apparatus, data handling apparatus, computer program, and recording medium
A client unit 1 which a user uses to request for data, an agent unit 2 which keeps encrypted document data and attributes information, a document managing unit 3 which executes user authentication, access control and document image edition by means of decrypting of encrypted document data each have a ...

05/04/06 - 20060095448 - Method and system for intra-table referential integrity for relational database systems
In a relational database management system (RDBMS), a method of processing related records can include receiving a plurality of related records and inserting the plurality of related records into a single table of an RDBMS. The plurality of related records can be associated as a set within the single table ...

05/04/06 - 20060095447 - Offline multi-table data editing and storage
Methods, systems and computer products are provided for allowing bi-directional communication between a database application and a remote data source and for allowing updating of data on a remote data source with data edited or created at a client site remote from the remote data source during an offline data ...

05/04/06 - 20060095446 - Methods for indexing data, systems, software and apparatus relating thereto
A directed graph of data includes nodes 10, properties 22 attached to nodes and resources 34. The nodes 10, properties 22 and resources 34 are classified as indexable or non indexable. At least one property 30 links a pair of nodes, one node being a parent and one being a ...

05/04/06 - 20060095445 - Output system, network device, output data managing device, output program and output data managing program, and output method
An output system includes a network device for performing an output on the basis of output data and an output data managing device for managing the output data, wherein: the network device and the output data managing device are communicably connected and the network device performs the output. ...

05/04/06 - 20060095444 - Data structure and method for pipeline heap-sorting
An improved data structure is provided by modifying a public-domain data structure known as a “heap”. When these improvements are applied, the resultant data structure is known as a “pile.” This invention further describes a pipelined hardware implementation of a pile. Piles offer many advantages over heaps: they allow for ...

05/04/06 - 20060095443 - Idea page system and method
Idea Page systems, methods, user interfaces and related components are provided herein. ...

05/04/06 - 20060095442 - Method and/or system for manipulating tree expressions
Embodiments of methods and/or systems of manipulating tree expressions are disclosed. ...

05/04/06 - 20060095441 - Project property sheets
Project property sheets store project compiler and tool properties that are shared across multiple software projects. Property sheets enable a global repository of compiler and tool settings, so that changes in a global project property sheet will automatically propagate to the project property sheets that inherit from the global project ...

05/04/06 - 20060095440 - Method and process of query optimization to a given environment via specific abstraction layer domain knowledge
Methods and apparatus for optimizing an abstract query are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention allow an abstract database to optimize an abstract query composed from a set of logical fields. Each logical field includes a field name and an access method used to map the logical field to an ...

05/04/06 - 20060095439 - Master data framework
Systems and techniques for providing a master data framework. The framework receives user input and automatically generates, in accordance with the input, a persistent definition of a business object type. The input can be simple declarations and need not be provided in any particular programming language. Definitions generated by the ...

04/27/06 - 20060089939 - Business intelligence system with interface that provides for immediate user action
A business intelligence system includes a business activity monitor with a data cache to receive and store enterprise data integrated from a plurality of enterprise applications, the data cache being updated in real-time as the enterprise data changes. A computer coupled with the data cache runs a program that produces ...

04/27/06 - 20060089938 - Distributed scalable policy based content management
A method for defining and constraining the behavior of a shared, mobile content management system is disclosed. The method includes providing an admin console for defining, modifying, and managing declarative policies. Declarative policies are defined based on an XML policy model. The XML policy model dictates the policies that can ...

04/27/06 - 20060089937 - Method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure
The present invention relates to a method for coding positions of data elements in a data structure. According to the method, position codes are associated with the data elements in a pre-determined sequence, the position codes being selected in such a way that, if the lengths of the position codes ...

04/20/06 - 20060085463 - Sampling for queries
An outlier index for a database and a given workload is generated by identifying sub-relations of tuples in the database induced by selection and group by conditions in queries in the workload. A variance is then generated for values in each sub-relation. Sub-relations having higher variances are selected, and outliers ...

04/20/06 - 20060085462 - Method, apparatus, and computer program product 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) ...

04/20/06 - 20060085461 - System & method for using web based applications to manipulate data with manipulation functions
Web based clients using embodiments of the disclosed invention may efficiently access stored manipulation functions in order to perform manipulation functions on data via Internet applications. The disclosed system allows web based applications to receive manipulation services on data using dynamically maintained, centrally stored, manipulation functions. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085460 - System and method providing inlined stub
A system and method is provided to facilitate communications between object systems. A caller is provided having optimized in-lined functionality when initiating a remote function call between managed and unmanaged object systems, for example. The in-lined functionality includes utilizing direct calls and returns within a calling function. In this manner, ...

04/20/06 - 20060085459 - Data storage system having a unified container layer for an active data store
A data storage system and method for operating the data storage system. The data storage system includes an active data store that contains stored data, a rules engine, and a unified container layer. The rules engine receives a first portion of the stored data from the active data store and ...

04/20/06 - 20060085458 - Efficiently storing indented threads in a threaded discussion application
A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for retrieving records in a hierarchical set of the records having a plurality of hierarchical levels and a plurality of hierarchical depths, each of the records having a tag that is unique within the hierarchical set of the records, comprises identifying one of the ...

04/20/06 - 20060085457 - Data cells and data cell generations
A method and system is presented for storing data in data cells that contain only a single element of data. Each data cell includes four components: an Entity Instance identifier (“O”), an Entity Type identifier (“E”) an Attribute Type identifier (“A”), and an Attribute Value (“V”). Groups of cells with ...

04/20/06 - 20060085456 - Temporal relational databases
An append-only relational database comprises a plurality of data records, in which each data record includes a plurality of fields, including a transaction time identifying the time of creation of the said record in the database, and in which each modification, which may include a logical deletion, of an existing ...

04/20/06 - 20060085455 - System and method for managing economic development, workforce development and education information
Economic development and workforce development information, such as historical and forecasted economic data regarding economic variables including but not limited to jobs, unemployment, wages, and/or productivity, etc., and/or any changes therein are stored in a database. Access to the data stored in the database is provided via a web portal ...

04/20/06 - 20060085454 - Systems and methods to relate multiple unit level datasets without retention of unit identifiable information
A method by which researchers may receive unit level data (individual person records) from multiple sources and aggregate that data without receiving personally identifiable data. Since the unconstrained aggregation of seemingly non-identifying data elements can eventually lead to subject identification, the aggregation is limited to a predefined data aggregation domain. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085453 - Image replay apparatus
An image replay apparatus comprises an image selection unit for selecting an image; a control content instruction unit for instructing control content for an image; and a control file creation unit for creating a control file which describes control content instructed by the control content instruction unit for a plurality ...

04/20/06 - 20060085452 - Modular and customizable process and system for capturing field documentation data in a complex project workflow system
A modular data structure is provided for storing a compilation of actual data input to the complex workflow system via a field document. A standard data array module correlating to a standard data input interface of the field document is provided. The standard data input interface receives input of standard ...

04/20/06 - 20060085451 - Mapping of schema data into data structures
Translation architecture that facilitates translation between schema data and relational structures. The architecture includes a translation component that consumes schema data (e.g., an XML schema) that includes a schema structure, validates the schema structure, and persists in memory a representation of the schema as a relational format. Since schemas are ...

04/20/06 - 20060085450 - Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within ...

04/20/06 - 20060085449 - Method and system for generating presentation materials
A system and method for generating a presentation material is provided. An embodiment of the present invention generates presentation materials using information stored and managed by a software application, such as a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. According to one embodiment of the present invention, an operator selects (1) a ...

04/20/06 - 20060085448 - Program encoding method and system thereof
According to the method of the present invention, first, the code of the program language used to develop a web page is classified and rearranged. Next, the rearranged program code is transferred to another program code with similar syntax. Then, the transferred code is compiled to generate an object file ...

04/20/06 - 20060085447 - Method and apparatus for intranet searching
A method for processing an intranet includes crawling the intranet to identify at least some of the pages in the intranet, and determining, for each identified page, a number of links in a shortest path from a root page to the identified page. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085446 - Indirect persistent storage for plugin in container
Indirect persistent storage of data in a file that is associated with an application program and is capable of having an embedded OLEObject includes creating the OLEObject by way of a Component Object Model add-in that supplements the application program, and using the OLEObject to store the data in the ...

04/20/06 - 20060085445 - Query consolidation for structured reports
Queries to obtain data from an OLAP cube for a structured report are consolidated. Queries to retrieve data from an OLAP cube for a structured report are consolidated into a single query. Using the consolidated query reduces the number of database hits; avoids reconstruction of the report from the results ...

04/20/06 - 20060085444 - Query consolidation for retrieving data from an olap cube
Queries to obtain data from an OLAP cube are consolidated. Queries are consolidated to reduce the number of database hits to retrieve data from an OLAP cube. Instead of querying the OLAP cube for each cell in a free-form report, a consolidated query is used to obtain the desired information. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085443 - Method and apparatus for controlling access to personally identifiable information
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that controls access to personally identifiable information (PII) in a database system. During operation, the system receives a request from an application to perform a function which involves accessing information in the database system. In response to the request, the system ...

04/20/06 - 20060085442 - Document image information management apparatus and document image information management program
Metadata of document images can be universally handled by dealing with the document images in units of individual regions according to their contents, thereby making it possible to improve convenience for management, search, operation thereof and so on. In order to mange metadata of contents and contexts related to the ...

04/20/06 - 20060085441 - Method and apparatus for download and storage of content
Multimedia content, including user requested programs, advertisements, electronic program guide and other content deemed to be of interest to a user to a client device is downloaded and stored on a client device on the basis of storage space availability for logical group(s) to which the content belongs. Such content ...

04/20/06 - 20060085440 - Apparatus, system, and method for efficiently managing membership in a hierarchical data structure
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to efficiently manage membership within a hierarchical data structure. A record module is included to create a record that includes a member identifier, a member type, and an ancestor list for a member of a hierarchical data structure. The member type identifies the ...

04/20/06 - 20060085439 - Faster loading of extension-based applications using caching
Disclosed herein are methods for efficient loading of extensions or “plug ins” into a host software program. In a preferred embodiment, extensions registered with the host software program are loaded when the host program is first initialized. During their loading, changes that the various extensions make to the host program ...

04/20/06 - 20060085438 - Obtaining and displaying information related to a selection within a hierarchical data structure
A facility for obtaining information related to a selection within a hierarchical data structure is provided. The facility detects a selection of a node in a hierarchical data structure, and determines whether the node is a significant node. Responsive to determining that the currently selected node is a significant node, ...

04/20/06 - 20060085437 - Management of relationships between database tables
A method, system and article of manufacture for managing relationships between database tables and, more particularly, for identifying and accurately describing relationships between tables in a database. One embodiment provides a method for identifying relationships between tables in a database. The method comprises receiving user input selecting a plurality of ...

04/20/06 - 20060085436 - Utilization of logical fields with conditional modifiers in abstract queries
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for enhancing abstract queries by utilizing conditional modifiers with logical fields are provided. Conditional modifiers allow for the referencing of multiple physical fields via a single logical field. Further, conditional modifiers facilitate the ability to specify, on an instance by instance basis, which physical ...

04/20/06 - 20060085435 - Method and data processing system for displaying hierarchical tree data
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for controlling a display of hierarchical data. A selected node in a hierarchical tree is displayed on a display in the data processing system to identify whether the selected node, wherein plurality of modes of expansion are present for the selected node. The selected ...

04/20/06 - 20060085434 - System and method for deriving and visualizing business intelligence data
A system and method are provided for deriving business intelligence (BI) data and exploring the derived data. The system may include a business intelligence engine and a business intelligence visualizer. The BI engine may be responsible for deriving or discovering fact summary data. The fact summary data may include aggregated ...

04/20/06 - 20060085433 - Method and program for space-efficient representation of objects in a garbage-collected system
A system includes a processor for executing a collector program to perform a method (e.g., a method of collection). The method includes using an object model during a collection phase that is different than an object model used during program execution. The processor may also perform a method including assigning ...

04/13/06 - 20060080346 - Computer-based system for automating administrative procedures in an office
A computer-based system for automating administrative procedures in an office is described. According to an embodiment, the system may include a control module in communication with a management tracker module, a provider tracker module and an administrative tracker module, as well as a database accessible by the management tracker module, ...

04/13/06 - 20060080345 - Mechanism for efficient maintenance of xml index structures in a database system
A method and apparatus for efficiently maintaining XML index structures in a database system is provided. Instead of immediately synchronizing the XML index structures for every change submitted to the database, the changes are stored in a PENDING table. The XML index structures are periodically synchronized, based on certain criteria ...

04/13/06 - 20060080344 - Radio/telephony interoperability system
A radio/telephony interoperability architecture that facilitates intercommunications between a security services network, elected officials and/or emergency services network and a telephony management system for one-way and two-way security and/or emergency teleconferencing communications. The telephony system creates a session in which one or more session participants can communicate with front-line mobile ...

04/13/06 - 20060080343 - Data acquisition system
A system for acquiring and providing data relating to an entity to a user provides for specification of a user defined time “keeper” or anchor for navigation through an electronic data storage system such that the data displayed from screen to screen is kept in the same time context without ...

04/13/06 - 20060080342 - Contents management system, contents management method, and computer program
A contents management system manages multiple contents stored in a plurality of apparatuses. The contents management system includes a command input unit that assigns a viewing style for guiding a user to desired contents and a contents search condition; a screen format generating unit that generates a screen format according ...

04/13/06 - 20060080341 - Repository relationship programming
Embodiments of systems, methods and computer program products are described for implementing repository relationship programming. Implementations described herein describe processes for implementing a union of concerns, integrating concerns, assembling concerns and separating concerns. ...

04/13/06 - 20060080340 - Communication system, communication apparatus, and communication method
In a communication system for transmitting/receiving files between a plurality of apparatuses, a transmission end includes an identification information transmitting unit which transmits identification information of a self-apparatus, and a file transmitting unit which transmits a file and file name owned by the self-apparatus, and a reception end includes an ...

04/13/06 - 20060080339 - Content reproducing apparatus and a content reproducing method
A content reproducing apparatus and a content reproducing method. The content reproducing apparatus for reproducing a content to be displayed through an external output device and providing the reproduced content to the external output device, includes: a playlist (PL) information storage storing information relating to a PL including at least ...

04/13/06 - 20060080338 - Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within ...

04/13/06 - 20060080337 - Data structure of metadata, reproduction apparatus of the metadata and reproduction method of the same
In order to assist a viewer in understanding the contents of a moving image, it is desired to plainly represent the contents of metadata to the viewer. The metadata relevant to the moving image has a stream data structure including one or more access units each being a data unit ...

04/13/06 - 20060080336 - Encapsulation and unified access scheme for components
A method is provided for encapsulating and accessing components, comprising: configurating component warehouse and storing components acquired from the Internet into the component warehouse to form a component warehouse computer; configurating a component directory library on another computer to form a component directory library computer; fetching component from the component ...

04/13/06 - 20060080335 - Method and apparatus for audio/video attribute and relationship storage and retrieval for efficient composition
The invention provides a method and software for use within audio and video authoring software applications wherein the relationships between the source media files are saved and used as part of a media manager. The software allows the artist to efficiently recall which files were used together, as well as ...

04/13/06 - 20060080334 - Method for configuration file management in a computing system
A method for configuration file management in a computing system includes the steps of: acquiring a name and a type of hardware, and selecting a particular installation interface for the hardware according to the type of hardware; establishing configuration files, processing a plurality of parameter expressions in a configuration file, ...

04/13/06 - 20060080333 - File management program for overwriting file
In writing a new file over an existing file, if it is set that the existing file is to be stored into an archive, it is confirmed whether or not there is an archive file for the existing file, and the existing file is stored into the archive file. After ...

04/13/06 - 20060080332 - Environmentally responsive oscillating circular affinity index
Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture to manage an index are provided. A circular index, having an index size, is provided. The circular index stores information to reference data in a sequential list. Accesses to the index and the list are monitored to provide at least ...

04/13/06 - 20060080331 - Common interface system administration service library
A service library framework that provides a common software interface for low-level system management software modules that provides system administration processing and interfaces with remote computers that execute various types of operating systems. Service library modules are created for each operating system to be managed by a system administration management ...

04/13/06 - 20060080330 - Image processing apparatus
When a failure is generated in an HDD 15 in a digital multifunction peripheral 1 and various functions provided by a first application 15a stored in the HDD 15 cannot be provided, the digital multifunction peripheral 1 makes sole use of a second application 12c stored in an ROM 12 ...

04/13/06 - 20060080329 - Systems and methods for creating a template from an existing file
Systems and methods for creating a template from an existing file are provided. The user can package one or more file(s) into a group and specify that the group is to be converted into a template. An IDE process can automatically index the content of the group and create a ...

04/13/06 - 20060080328 - Information fusion
Methods and systems of integrating information include spatial representation of parameter values. In some embodiments, parameter values are positioned along edges of an array and geometrical constructs based on the parameter positions are used to integrate the parameter values. In some embodiments, arrays of modules that correspond in their properties ...

04/13/06 - 20060080327 - Systems and methods for information management involving taxonomy and lifespan planning
Systems and methods are disclosed for aiding users in collecting, organizing and deploying various types of data that are simultaneously related to at least two taxonomies. In the present invention, the functionalities for facilitating information management include, but not limited to, visualizing the relatedness between the data and the taxonomies, ...

04/13/06 - 20060080326 - Method for reengineering of business processes
A method for reengineering of a business process. The method includes extracting baseline information requirements of at least one business process, wherein the step of extracting includes interviewing a process owner of each of the sub-processes of the business process based on a predetermined questionnaire and quantifying information requirements of ...

04/13/06 - 20060080325 - Displaying and analyzing document flows
A system and a method for displaying and analyzing a business process based on the document flow of that business process. The graphical user interface may graphically display a set of documents relevant to a business process and the linkages between the set of documents as a document chain on ...

04/13/06 - 20060080324 - Method of changing the page size of a db2 table space while keeping the object available
Provided is a method for online reorganization and increasing the page size of a DB2 object. A base table and related auxiliary table spaces are reorganized concurrently via a database utility, DB2 REORG utility. The database utility determines which auxiliary tables are related to the base table and automatically includes ...

04/06/06 - 20060074951 - Capturing data changes utilizing data-space tracking
An on-line reorganization facility (ORF) uses index data-spaces that point to other data-spaces, referred to as data data-spaces, to efficiently track and coordinate information about the data-elements in an original data-space operated upon by a reorganization process. A relative base address of a data-element in an index data-space can be ...

04/06/06 - 20060074950 - Apparatus and method for parametric group processing
A method of parametric group processing includes forming a parametric index from an indexed database. A first parametric group and a second parametric group corresponding to elements in the parametric index are specified. The first parametric group and the second parametric group are merged to produce a merged parametric group. ...

04/06/06 - 20060074949 - Computer system with a terminal that permits offline work
In a server-based computing environment, an environment that is the same as the environment realized on a server is provided to a user at a place where connection to a network can not be established. A virtual computer is constructed on the server. A client can executes an application program ...

04/06/06 - 20060074948 - Management server, system, method and program
A management server for managing a group of operation devices includes: a bottleneck information acquisition unit and a server configuration information acquisition unit, both of which are for acquiring information relating to a bottleneck from a device to be managed, the device constituting a group of operation devices, and for ...

04/06/06 - 20060074947 - System and method for storing and accessing data in an interlocking trees datastore
A tree-based datastore comprising a forest of interconnected trees is generated and/or accessed. The tree-based datastore comprises a first tree that depends from a first root node and may include a plurality of branches. Each of the branches of the first tree ends in a leaf node. Each leaf node ...

04/06/06 - 20060074946 - Point of view distributed agent methodology for network management
The invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and diagnosis of issues experienced from a client system's point of view. More particularly, the invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and diagnosis of issues experienced from a client system relating to synthetic or observed transactions involving ...

04/06/06 - 20060074945 - File management program, data structure, and file management device
A file management program for managing a file or a directory by means of a long filename of a file system that corresponds to a long filename for retrieval and a short filename of the file system that corresponds to a short filename for retrieval, includes having a computer perform ...

04/06/06 - 20060074944 - Data exchange tool
The present invention may generally be thought of as a software reference tool that enables users to easily understand XML and other file types, including proprietary file types, and that provides the user the capability to map from one file type to another by using system templates that correspond to ...

04/06/06 - 20060074943 - Computer system
The server SV1 receives instructions to acquire snapshot images from control server 20, acquires the snapshot images of logic disk 110, and stores them in logic disk 130, and at the same time acquires snapshot images of logic disk 120, and stores them in logic disk 140. The server SV1 ...

04/06/06 - 20060074942 - Visual database modeling
Methods, systems, and computer program products, implementing techniques for visual database modeling. The techniques include receiving in a web browser user input defining a structure for a database, the structure including one or more tables and one or more relations between the tables; and displaying in the web browser a ...

04/06/06 - 20060074941 - Apparatus, system, and method for supporting storage functions using an embedded database management system
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for supporting storage functions using an embedded database management system. The apparatus includes a disk controller configured to receive input/output (I/O) requests from a host, an embedded database management system module, and a conversion module configured to translate the input/output requests into database ...

04/06/06 - 20060074940 - Dynamic management of node clusters to enable data sharing
An active cluster is dynamically formed to perform a specific task. The active cluster includes one or more data owning nodes of at least one data owning cluster and one or more data using nodes of at least one data using cluster that are to access data of the data ...

04/06/06 - 20060074939 - Saving and restoring an interlocking trees datastore
A tree-based datastore comprising a forest of interconnected trees that can be generated and/or accessed may require specialized saving and restoring processes to ensure that all the links are properly maintained whether it will be restored in full or in part. A previous process acted on known features of the ...

04/06/06 - 20060074938 - Netlist database
Disclosed is an object oriented netlist database that stores electrical circuit data parsed from a netlist text file that is formatted in HSPICE or Circuit Design Language (CDL) formats. To obtain the netlist text file, an electrical circuit schematic of an electrical circuit is created using a commercially available electrical ...

04/06/06 - 20060074937 - Apparatus and method for client-side routing of database requests
An apparatus and method provide client-side routing of database requests to enhance the performance of a partitioned database system. In a first embodiment, the database client determines the correct database server for a transaction, and routes requests for the transaction to the correct database server. In a second embodiment, the ...

04/06/06 - 20060074936 - Method and system for generating a report using an object-oriented approach
A method to generate a report using an object-oriented approach, including encapsulating a first function and a second function in a first class of objects and a second class of objects respectively. The first class of objects receives a request to generate the report and calls upon the second class ...

04/06/06 - 20060074935 - Multi-dimensional set object
Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for machine-implemented representations of collections of objects. A method includes providing data structure definitions that define a set object to represent the collection of objects; and generating, with a computer-implemented constructor using the one or more data structure definitions, a set ...

04/06/06 - 20060074934 - Utilization of display profiles with abstract queries
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for applying query-level and parameter-level display profiles to abstract queries are provided. Display profiles allow users to utilize existing abstract queries for purposes of data analysis. In one embodiment, display profiles are used to change the scope of an existing abstract query or incorporate ...

04/06/06 - 20060074933 - Workflow interaction
Systems and methods enabling interaction with a workflow governing an electronic file and data of that electronic file are described. One of these systems or methods present a dynamically updatable user interface for interacting with a workflow of an electronic file along with the data of the electronic file. ...

04/06/06 - 20060074932 - Systems and methods for recommendation of personal network
Systems and methods for automatically recommending a personal network. The systems can include a review module programmed to review communication information. The systems can also include a recommend module in data communication with the review module, the recommend module being programmed to identify one or more contacts from the communication ...

04/06/06 - 20060074931 - Configuring a shared library to accommodate relocatable data in a pervasive device
A method, system, architecture and apparatus for generating a shared library for a pervasive device target platform which can accommodate relocatable data. A tool chain in furtherance of this purpose can be arranged in accordance with the present invention to include a compiler programmed to compile source code into a ...

04/06/06 - 20060074930 - Structured-document path-language expression methods and systems
Systems and methods for building and/or simplifying structured-document path-language expressions are described. One of these systems or methods enables a user to graphically select structured-document path-language functions and addresses. With these addresses and functions, a structured-document path-language expression can be built without a user having to fully understand or type ...

04/06/06 - 20060074929 - Multiple document file tab channel
Disclosed is a unique system and method that facilitates more efficient navigation and viewing of multiple open objects such as files, documents, pages, sheets, etc. The systems and methods make use of a navigation bar or tab channel. The tab channel can comprise a shifting region and optionally, a static ...

04/06/06 - 20060074928 - Selection based container listing
A file system user interface (UI) which facilitates selecting groups of files and automatically persisting the selection to a data store is provided. A UI preview pane can provide a dynamic list preview as the items are selected. More particularly, as the user builds a multiple selection of files, the ...

04/06/06 - 20060074927 - Enclosure configurable to perform in-band or out-of-band enclosure management
Described is an enclosure that is configurable to perform either in-band or out-of-band enclosure management. The enclosure includes a midplane, a processor module, and a management module. The processor module has program code for collecting management information from other components in the enclosure. If the enclosure is configured for in-band ...

04/06/06 - 20060074926 - Computer-implemented system and method for handling node-link representations
Computer-implemented methods and systems for displaying nodes on a display device, wherein the nodes have a hierarchical context. Positional information associated with a plurality of nodes is used to generate a display for the nodes in response to a change in focal position. The generated node display maintains hierarchical contextual ...

04/06/06 - 20060074925 - Pathname caching and protection of the root directory in a nested multilayer directory structure
Servers in a storage system store a nested multilayer directory structure, and a global index that is an abstract of the directory structure. The global index identifies respective portions of the directory structure that are stored in respective ones of the servers, and the global index identifies paths through the ...

04/06/06 - 20060074924 - Optimization of text-based training set selection for language processing modules
A device and a method provide for selection of a database from a corpus using an, optimization function. The method includes defining a size of a database, calculating a distance using a distance function for each pair in a set of pairs, and executing an optimization function using the distance ...

04/06/06 - 20060074923 - Data retrieval method and apparatus
A method to create within a computer system, an association between the appearance of a token and one or more stored files for the purpose of retrieving and presenting said one or more stored files, comprising the steps of: measuring said appearance of said token; creating a token identity from ...

04/06/06 - 20060074922 - File management device, file management method, file management program and recording medium
A file management device that manages a file that is divided into portions and stored across a plurality of storage devices including a removable storage device that stores information in a removable recording medium thereof, the file management device comprising: an access request receiving unit operable to receive a request ...

04/06/06 - 20060074921 - Method and system enabling real time mixing of synthetic images and video images by a user
The invention concerns a method and a system for: (i) producing in a computer processing unit a flow of synthetic images, and (ii) tracing a scene by creating visual interactions between the synthetic image flow and at least one video image flow. The computer processing unit comprises: a motherboard, a ...

04/06/06 - 20060074920 - Method, software application and system for providing benchmarks
Methods and systems are provided for processing and storing data objects by means of one or more processes running in a computer system. The computer system may have one or more electronic data structures. The electronic data structure may include a benchmark definition and may be formatted to be readable ...

03/30/06 - 20060069692 - Electronic computer system secured from unauthorized access to and manipulation of data
A software security application for a Windows® OS based electronic computer system provides an isolated User environment which protects a User from unauthorized access to and manipulation of data on the system. The security software implements an isolated User file system and provides process/IPC isolation, Windows® registry isolation, network interface ...

03/30/06 - 20060069691 - Log management device
A computer program product includes computer accessible instructions that cause a computer to carry out the steps of (a) retrieving a log file from a log file storage that stores log data output by at least one device as the log file and (b) converting the log data contained in ...

03/30/06 - 20060069690 - Electronic file system graphical user interface
A research software tool for use with an online external resource comprises a flowchart graphic user interface configured to be displayed on an electronic display. The flowchart graphic user interface includes a graphically indicated first defined area and a text string displayable therein. The flowchart graphic user interface further includes ...

03/30/06 - 20060069689 - Method for accessing and browsing a plc provided within a network
Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: via a PLC network interface: ...

03/30/06 - 20060069688 - Methods and computer programs for database structure comparison
Methods and computer programs for comparing database structures such as database schemas and descriptions of application programming interfaces are disclosed. The methods involve identifying incompatibilities between information repositories such as relational databases and byte code repositories by extracting a first database structure from a first information repository, extracting a second ...

03/23/06 - 20060064427 - Methodology for constructing and optimizing a self-populating directory
A systematic method for detecting meta-ideas used to expanding a skeletal structure. The folder label for each individual first level skeletal folder is placed in a separate collection, and predefined noise words are removed therefrom. A table is tabulated for each collection counting the single word frequency of each word. ...

03/23/06 - 20060064426 - Apparatus and method for inhibiting non-critical access based on measured performance in a database system
A database system has a contention monitor which determines when the level of contention for accessing or inserting records in the database rises above a threshold, and inhibits non-critical access to the database to reduce the level of contention. In a preferred embodiment, the level of contention is determined by ...

03/23/06 - 20060064425 - Durable storage of .net data types and instances
A generic mechanism to persist data objects into databases without a fundamental dependence on the underlying data store is provided. Rather than relying on the expertise of a programmer to know what the structure of a database should look like, data types are defined and adorned by the programmer with ...

03/23/06 - 20060064424 - Method for the creation of a bit stream from an indexing tree
A method is disclosed for creating a bit stream from an indexing tree including a plurality of hierarchical levels, to each of which one or several index nodes are assigned. The index nodes contain index data which is sorted in the indexing tree according to one or several given criteria. ...

03/23/06 - 20060064423 - Subscriber-side unit arrangement for data transfer servicesand associated components
The invention relates to, inter alia, an unit arrangement containing a network personal computer and a portable unit which are both used to provide the same data transfer service. By dividing the functional units between two units, a constantly high speech quality is guaranteed during the transfer of speech data. ...

03/16/06 - 20060059180 - Semi-structured data storage schema selection
In one aspect, this disclosure relates to a method and associated apparatus that allows a user to obtain a semi-structured data input and a workload input. An improved semi-structured data storage schema is selected for a relational schema in response to the semi-structured data input and the workload input. The ...

03/16/06 - 20060059179 - Information processing method, decrypting method, information processing apparatus, and computer program
An information processing method, decrypting method, information processing apparatus, and computer program are provided. An information processing method generates a hierarchical tree used to provide a ciphertext decryptable only by a specific selected device through broadcast encryption. The method includes the steps of generating a unidirectional hierarchical tree including nodes ...

03/16/06 - 20060059178 - Electronic mail indexing systems and methods
Described herein are systems and methods for indexing documents in a quasi real-time manner. The method can include the steps of indexing documents and storing document information in a database, registering with an extended MAPI layer of an e-mail program for notification of changes to the documents, and responding to ...

03/16/06 - 20060059177 - Information storage medium having recorded thereon av data including meta data with representative title information, apparatus for reproducing av data from the information storage medium, and method of searching for the meta data
An information storage medium having recorded thereon audio/video (AV) data including meta data with representative title information, and a method and apparatus for reproducing the AV data from the information storage medium, wherein the information storage medium having recorded thereon AV data including meta data includes storage medium information about ...

03/16/06 - 20060059176 - Suspending a result set and continuing from a suspended result set
A system, method, computer program and system for suspending a result set and continuing from a suspended result set for a cursor is disclosed. The rows from a row source corresponding to the cursor result set are suspended into storage so that when a fetch is requested the data can ...

03/16/06 - 20060059175 - Computer operation recording program, computer operation solving program, computer, management apparatus, and method
A computer operation recording program causes a computer to execute the steps of: recording image information of a display screen, which is outputted from the computer, at a predetermined time interval in accordance with a predetermined user's operation when a malfunction occurs in the computer taken as a trigger; creating ...

03/16/06 - 20060059174 - Apparatus, system, and method for locating an application compatible with a file
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for finding an application compatible with a file. An identification module is included to associate an identifier with a file within a computing device, the identifier configured to identify an application compatible with the file. An access module is included to access the ...

03/16/06 - 20060059173 - Systems and methods for efficient data searching, storage and reduction
Systems and methods enabling search of a repository for the location of data that is similar to input data, using a defined measure of similarity, in a time that is independent of the size of the repository and linear in a size of the input data, and a space that ...

03/16/06 - 20060059172 - Method and system for developing data life cycle policies
Data life cycle policies are developed by classifying data into data classes based upon predetermined data attributes. States are then specified in which the data classes may reside. Components are defined that support one or more of the states. Transfer agents support transferring data from one component to another component. ...

03/16/06 - 20060059171 - System and method for chunk-based indexing of file system content
A system and method for chunk-based indexing of file system content. In one embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store data and a file system configured to manage access to the storage device and to store file system content including a plurality of files. The system ...

03/16/06 - 20060059170 - Advisor framework, systems, methods and software for implementing the same
Various embodiments of the invention provide solutions that can offer a consistent framework for tools that assist in the configuration, tuning, and/or troubleshooting of a database and/or an RDBMS. Merely by way of example, one set of embodiments provides a software framework for an advisor component of a database and/or ...

03/16/06 - 20060059169 - Method and system for extensible automated data testing using scriptlets
Scriptlets based extensible automated testing software allows for an extendible, scalable and simplified process of testing data messages against standards defined in some data definition language like SECS, XML, ASN1. Scriptlets written in some scripting language like Perl, TCL/TK, BeanShell, JPyton are embedded into such data definitions allowing for a ...

03/16/06 - 20060059168 - Information processing device, content management method, content information management method, and computer program
An apparatus and a method are provided, which enable to perform an improved management processing based on an identifier information of a content on a server. The content providing server sets content-associated unique identifier information as property information that is a component of content-associated metadata, maintains the unique identifier information ...

03/16/06 - 20060059167 - Management of data described with an extensible markup language
The invention relates to a system and a method for simplified management of data described with an extensible markup language, wherein the data is structured in the form of objects, wherein components of the objects can be stored in first data files. The components represent a logical unit of an ...

03/09/06 - 20060053127 - Semi-structured data storage schema selection
In one aspect, this disclosure relates to a method and associated apparatus that allows a user to obtain a semi-structured data input and a workload input. An improved semi-structured data storage schema is selected for a relational schema in response to the semi-structured data input and the workload input. The ...

03/09/06 - 20060053126 - Creating a program module or script from selected actions of an action history record
Actions are performed on a data record. the actions are saved in an action history record. A program module is programmably created from selected actions recorded in the action history record and saved as a program module or script. Preferably the created program module can be used either directly operating ...

03/09/06 - 20060053125 - System and method for network-based project management
A system for managing a project and its associated information over a network is presented. The system includes a project information database associated with the network and a project information management tool. The project information database stores information associated with a project being carried out by a corporate entity having ...

03/09/06 - 20060053124 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium
This invention has as its object to attain strong security and to implement network solutions with high convenience and simplicity with low cost upon providing Web services. To this end, an information processing apparatus according to this invention has the following arrangement. That is, an information processing apparatus (1400) which ...

03/09/06 - 20060053123 - Anomaly detection based on directional data
Properly detects an anomaly on the basis of directional data that are obtained in sequence from a monitored object. An anomaly detecting method includes: sequentially generating directional data indicating a feature of each piece of monitored data correspondingly to the monitored data which are input in sequence; calculating the dissimilarity ...

03/09/06 - 20060053122 - Method for matching xml twigs using index structures and relational query processors
A framework defining a family of index structures useful in evaluating XML path expressions (i.e., twigs) in XML database is disclosed. Within this framework, two particular index structures with different space-time tradeoffs are presented that prove effective for the evaluation of twigs with value conditions. These index structures can be ...

03/09/06 - 20060053121 - Method, system, and apparatus for providing resilient data transfer in a data protection system
A method for transmitting records of changes to data from a production location to a storage location is provided. The method stores in a log, records of changes to data stored at a production location. Those records are transmitted and a transmitted records checkpoint is generated that is transmitted at ...

03/09/06 - 20060053120 - Web service registry and method of operation
Some representative embodiments are directed to a registry for the integration of web services. The registry may contain domain documents or data structures that model an industry or business field. The domain documents may define a respective industry in terms of multiple business types or classes. Each business type or ...

03/09/06 - 20060053119 - Performing multiple actions on a spool file by assigning a particular action to be performed on each segment of the spool file
A method, computer program product and system for performing multiple actions on a single spool file. A Portable Document Format (PDF) server (PDF server is a component of a print server) identifies segments of a spool file by identifying Base Name Group (BNG) commands in the data stream generated by ...

03/02/06 - 20060047672 - Generation of training objects
The generation and adjustment of a training object allows for the customized training for a user on a software application. Based on a user identification, the training object may be generated to cover targeted topics for learning while avoiding extraneous subject matter. The training object is generated using knowledge transfer ...

03/02/06 - 20060047671 - Data types with incorporated collation information
The subject invention pertains to a system and method of incorporating collation information into data types. In particular, the subject invention provides for parameterizing data types with collation information such that a comparison between two different collations generates a static-type error rather than a run-time error. Additionally, the invention affords ...

03/02/06 - 20060047670 - Storage optimization for varray columns
Methods and apparatus for efficiently storing data in a variable array (VARRAY) of a database system are disclosed. A method for storing data in a VARRAY having an associated large object segment in a system having a memory and a kernel includes determining a size of data to be inserted ...

02/23/06 - 20060041567 - Inventory and configuration management
A schema is provided that describes specific executables and parameters. Relationships between the executables and parameters are also defined. The schema is provided to represent SCM and IM tasks uniformly. Information regarding a specific component is represented by the schema. The schema may then be used to describe metadata for ...

02/23/06 - 20060041566 - Method, system and computer program for inserting records into a database
For a data processing system having memory for storing a database, a method, a system and a computer program product for directing the data processing system to process a record to be inserted into the database is disclosed. The database includes a plurality of base tables. The method includes the ...

02/23/06 - 20060041565 - Routable application partitioning
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment determine the active partitions of an application and assign the active partitions among servers via a routing table. The routing table is sent to a client, who uses the routing table to send requests and/or messages to the active ...

02/23/06 - 20060041564 - Graphical annotations and domain objects to create feature level metadata of images
Disclosed is a method, system and program for creating an annotation resource and feature-level metadata for images. Annotation resource is a collection of feature-specific domain objects. A domain object contains geometry of the feature and plurality of attributes. Geometry of feature is created by graphically annotating with freeform drawing tools ...

02/16/06 - 20060036630 - System and process for identifying objects and/or points nearby a given object or point
A system and process is presented that identifies nearby objects and/or points in relation to a base object or point. An object or point is nearby if it resides within a prescribed area around the base point. The identification is based on information accessed from a database of geometric data. ...

02/16/06 - 20060036629 - System and process for identifying objects and/or points nearby a given object or point
A system and process is presented that identifies nearby objects and/or points in relation to a base object or point. An object or point is nearby if it resides within a prescribed area around the base point. The identification is based on information accessed from a database of geometric data. ...

02/16/06 - 20060036628 - Reducing index size for multi-level grid indexes
The number of index entries in a grid index for indexing geometric shapes is reduced by establishing a pool storage area for geometric shapes, selecting a threshold number of grid cells which a geometric shape may overlap, storing the shape in the grid index if a geometric shape overlaps a ...

02/16/06 - 20060036627 - Method and apparatus for a restartable hash in a trie
A PATRICIA trie index is very small. However, the index is quite difficult to navigate with efficiency and is prone to traversal errors. An inventive method and apparatus is discussed for computing key hashes in PATRICIA trie nodes using restartable hash algorithms. The invention herein increases performance and overcomes the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036626 - Medical image management system
A method of managing medical information is disclosed. A plurality of units of medical information is received at a plurality of networked computers. Each of the plurality of units of medical information is converted into a format compatible with the World Wide Web. Each of the units of medical information ...

02/16/06 - 20060036625 - Medical image management system
A method of managing medical information is disclosed. Medical image data is received, at a real-time transfer engine, at the same time that the patient is being scanned by a medical imaging device. The medical image data is then converted to a browser-compatible image format at a converter engine connected ...

02/16/06 - 20060036624 - Automatic data consolidation
The present invention discloses a method, request detector, inference engine, and system for consolidating data from distributed databases into a central database. The method comprises the steps of receiving access information comprising request information to the distributed databases, analyzing the received access information, and aggregating into the central database the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036623 - Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same
Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture display times, is different from ...

02/16/06 - 20060036622 - Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same
Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture display times, is different from ...

02/16/06 - 20060036621 - Recording medium of stream data, and recording method and playback method of the same
Upon playback of stream data which is recorded while being appended with time stamp information in units of packets, time management is made using the time stamp information. A video playback time viewed from the user, which may be indicated by I-, B-, and P-picture display times, is different from ...

02/16/06 - 20060036620 - Methods and apparatus for visualizing relationships among triples of resource description framework (rdf) data sets
The invention provides, in one aspect, a method for visualizing relationships among triples of an RDF data set. The method, which can be used with a data set already in RDF form or converted thereto (e.g., from relational, hierarchical or other form), includes the steps of grouping subjects of at ...

02/16/06 - 20060036619 - Method for accessing and analyzing medically related information from multiple sources collected into one or more databases for deriving illness probability and/or for generating alerts for the detection of emergency events relating to disease management
The method of the present invention derives the illness probability of any selected person from a database of people stored in a computer and/or on a computer network using collected relational data from every person in the database, including whether a person has a contact relationship with another person in ...

02/16/06 - 20060036618 - System and method for reorganizing a database
Software for reorganizing at least a portion of a database is typically embodied in a computer-readable medium. The portion of the database comprises a plurality of rows stored in a plurality of physical blocks and the rows are categorized by a plurality of reference groups. The example software is operable ...

02/16/06 - 20060036617 - Suspending a result set and continuing from a suspended result set for transparent session migration
A system, method, computer program and system for suspending a result set and continuing from a suspended result set for transparent session migration is disclosed. The rows from a row source are suspended into storage, so that after session migration, the client fetches can transparently continue from the suspended result ...

02/16/06 - 20060036616 - Suspending a result set and continuing from a suspended result set for scrollable cursors
A system, method, computer program and system for suspending a result set and continuing from a suspended result set for a scrollable cursor is disclosed. The rows from a row source corresponding to the scrollable cursor result set are suspended into storage so that when a fetch is requested the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036615 - Method, system, and computer program product for navigating and displaying very large trees
A method, system, and computer program product for displaying and navigating a tree. The method comprises: selecting a node on a level of the tree, wherein the node has a number of child nodes on a next level of the tree; determining if the number of child nodes of the ...

02/16/06 - 20060036614 - Index extraction from documents
Systems, methods, and programs embodied in a computer readable medium are provided for index extraction. Stored in a database are ground truth documents that are organized according to a plurality of classifications, each classification having a group of predefined indices. A document to be indexed is classified by drawing an ...

02/16/06 - 20060036613 - Display of hierarchical data with non-numeric measures
A method, computer system, and computer program product for displaying hierarchical data. Entities E1, E2, and E3 are provided, wherein E1 is a first hierarchy of linked data items, E2 is a second hierarchy of linked data items, and E3 is a third hierarchy of linked data items or a ...

02/16/06 - 20060036612 - Document assembly system
A document assembly or document automation system includes an assembler for generating an instance document on the basis of a source document and one or more logic source documents referenced by the source document. The source document and logic source documents are XML documents including at least one XML processing ...

02/09/06 - 20060031240 - Method and system for visual network searching
An embodiment provides for conducting searches on a network. A search request is signaled over the network to a search engine. A search result is received that identifies a plurality of network addresses. Multiple pages are automatically rendered, each page being located by a corresponding network addresses in the search ...

02/09/06 - 20060031239 - Methods and apparatus for authenticating names
Systems and methods for developing, managing and utilizing a name database including a plurality of records each associated with a name with one or more variants and/or equivalents. The name database is driven by geographic, cultural, and linguistic considerations. The name database provides searchers across multiple disciplines, industries, and governments ...

02/09/06 - 20060031238 - User interface apparatus, processing apparatus, user interface method, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program
A user interface apparatus which is capable of registering a substitute processing operating procedure that can be performed by another apparatus on a network. It is determined whether or not processing specific to a MFP 110 is included in processing corresponding to a processing operating procedure when the processing operating ...

02/09/06 - 20060031237 - System for development, management and operation of distributed clients and servers
A lightweight application server for use on portable or embedded devices includes an application manager and services containers. Each of these is managed by an admin server allowing for remote and rapid deployment and maintenance of applications, objects and features associated with the server-enabled portable or embedded devices. This permits ...

02/09/06 - 20060031236 - Data structure of metadata and reproduction method of the same
There is provided a structure of metadata which can express an object of a complicated shape. There are added vcr_shape_num indicating the number of sub-planar areas constituting an object area, vcr_rule_code indicating that an integration system to integrate the sub-planar areas and to determine a final object area is written, ...

02/09/06 - 20060031235 - Expression and time-based data creation and creator-controlled organizations
A system and method of electronically managing expression comprises receiving an expression object, the expression object comprising a data expression being determined by a creator and based on a creator-defined structure, the data expression and the structure being definable by the creator independent of any predefined structure of a software ...

02/09/06 - 20060031234 - Systems and methods for a collaborative group chat
A system and method for providing an interactive group chat involving a plurality of participants and a business process, comprising initiating the business process to coordinate the plurality of participants; determining the plurality of participants based on dynamic evaluation of a role, wherein the role is based on presence information ...

02/09/06 - 20060031233 - Technique of using xmltype tree as the type infrastructure for xml
A universal format is used to create a type representation of XMLType instances that are generated in various ways from various sources. An XMLType Type Tree is represented as a hierarchy of nodes, including leaf item node, composite item node, operator node, aggregate node, referred to herein as an XMLType ...

02/09/06 - 20060031232 - Management tool programs message distribution
A method and system comprising a first computer system that executes a first management tool program and a second computer system that executes a second management tool program is disclosed. In addition, a management message distribution system is accessible to the first and second computer systems. A message of data ...

02/02/06 - 20060026183 - Method and system provide concurrent access to a software object
A method and system to provide concurrent access to a software object. At least some of the illustrative embodiments may be a method comprising creating an object having a read-write field and read-only field, accessing the read-write field by a first thread, duplicating the read-write field to the read-only field, ...

02/02/06 - 20060026182 - Content providing system, content providing server, information processing apparatus, and computer program
A content providing system is disclosed, which includes: a content providing server that is capable of delivering content data and information related thereto through a communication network; and a client that is capable of downloading the content data and the information related thereto through the communication network, wherein a management ...

02/02/06 - 20060026181 - Image processing systems and methods with tag-based communications protocol
Communications software for enabling display of images, including a communications protocol. The protocol is adapted to allow portions of image data to be encoded into selected ones of a plurality of different data structures. Each data structure has an associated tag, to facilitate parsing at a receiving location. ...

02/02/06 - 20060026180 - System and method for automatically synchronizing security-relevant information between a relational database and a multidimensional database
A security management system for managing access security in an IT-environment comprises a relational database of the ROLAP type and a data warehouse of the MOLAP type. The system shares a subset of common data, wherein database access security for accessing particular database tables is managed by user-related access limitations ...

02/02/06 - 20060026179 - Workload group trend analysis in a database system
The described technique is for use in analyzing performance of a database system as it executes requests that are sorted into multiple workload groups, where each workload group has an associated level of service that is desired from the database system. The technique involves gathering data that describes performance metrics ...

02/02/06 - 20060026178 - Method and apparatus for adapting an email application program user interface to interface with a business management system
Methods and apparatus are provided for using the user interface of an email application program to interface with objects in a business management system. In an embodiment, a request to interface with an object in a business management system is received at a user interface for an email application program, ...

02/02/06 - 20060026177 - Method and system of subsetting a cluster of servers
A method and system of subsetting a group of server systems configures a server system with a group name and a group port, and with at least one subset name and subset port. The server system, when activated, reads its configuration and registers with a system routing entity as being ...

02/02/06 - 20060026176 - Fee-based model based on database federation and query support
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for calculating fees for accessing components of a federated database are disclosed. Generally, the federated database may be composed of database components exposed through an externalized data model by a first entity combined with database components from a second entity. The second entity ...

02/02/06 - 20060026175 - System and method of flexible data reduction for arbitrary applications
The present invention is directed to the use of an evolutionary algorithm to locate optimal solution subspaces. The evolutionary algorithm uses a point-based coding of the subspace determination problem and searches selectively over the space of possible coded solutions. Each feasible solution to the problem, or individual in the population ...

02/02/06 - 20060026174 - Patent mapping
The present inventive subject matter provides systems, methods, software, and data structures for patent mapping, storage, and searching. Some such embodiments include mapping patent documents, claims, and claim limitations. Some further embodiments provide for searching a universe of patent documents by patent document, claim, limitation, class, or element. ...

01/26/06 - 20060020614 - Method and apparatus for automated selection, organization, and recommendation of items based on user preference topography
A computer system representing user preferences in an N-dimensional preference topography and making recommendations based on such topography. The preference topography depicts user ratings of products in a recommendation database. Each product is represented by a product vector associated with N objectively measurable characteristics. The user rating of a product, ...

01/26/06 - 20060020613 - Table arrangement for a directory service system and for related method facilitating queries for the directory
A directory services system, such as one providing a X.500 or LDAP directory service, having a design and a method of operation which facilitates queries in and out of the directory, table organisation/layout and clustering. In the arrangement of the directory service, tables are organized corresponding to their function, thereby ...

01/26/06 - 20060020612 - Mri system center and mri system
An MRI system center is connected to a plurality of MRI systems for visualizing the interior of a subject to be examined using a magnetic resonance phenomenon, through an electronic communication line. The MRI system center receives data of a log file on which a use state of the MRI ...

01/26/06 - 20060020611 - De-identification and linkage of data records
Apparatus and method for creating de-identified and linked records is described. More particularly, data records are de-identified at a client computer. De-identification includes field-level one-way encryption. De-identified records may then be sent to a server computer for linkage. Linkage is done using match codes created for such data records at ...

01/26/06 - 20060020610 - Attribute-collection approach to non-sequential, multiple-hierarchy databases
A method for organizing a plurality of items, comprising: creating an item table comprising (i) a list of the items, and (ii) a unique item ID associated with each item; creating an attribute table comprising (i) a list of the attributes associated with one or more of the items, and ...

01/26/06 - 20060020609 - Playlist structure for large playlists
Enabling efficient navigation of a playlist of media files stored on a computer-readable medium. Aspects of the invention define a playlist structure to have one or more playlist units. Each playlist unit identifies one or more media files in the playlist and includes metadata for the media files. A consumer ...

01/26/06 - 20060020608 - Cube update tool
A system that facilitates semi-automatically producing an output relating to a multi-dimensional data object comprises an interface component that receives responses to one or more questions and produces commands that are a function of the responses. An execution engine executes the commands and manipulates the multi-dimensional data object in accordance ...

01/26/06 - 20060020607 - Phrase-based indexing in an information retrieval system
An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents. Phrases are identified that predict the presence of other phrases in documents. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases. Related phrases and phrase extensions are also identified. Phrases in a query are identified and used ...

01/26/06 - 20060020606 - Method of vmebus split-read transaction
A method of performing a VMEbus split-read transaction (701) includes providing a master VMEbus module (502) coupled to a slave VMEbus module (504) through a VMEbus network (506). The master VMEbus module initiates a VMEbus split-read transaction request (524) in a VME address encoding phase (601) to the slave VMEbus ...

01/26/06 - 20060020605 - System and method for gradually bringing rolled in data online with incremental deferred integrity processing
Disclosed is a data processing system, a data processing system-implemented method and an article of manufacture for providing general user availability while integrity processing of rolled-in data is deferred and performed incrementally. The data processing system includes a data warehouse administration module for administering a data warehouse to include a ...

01/26/06 - 20060020604 - Apparatus and method for performing process hazard analysis
A software application implementable on a computer system is disclosed for performing process hazard analysis. The process has a plurality of nodes with equipment, and process data created by external applications is stored in a plurality of external databases on the computer system. Using the disclosed software application, the user ...

01/26/06 - 20060020603 - Word database compression
The present invention relates to a method for storing a word database in a memory means of a mobile communication device of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of sorting words of different languages in alphabetical order, and arranging the words in a word database in a tree-like structure ...

01/26/06 - 20060020602 - Maintaining interoperability of systems that use different metadata schemas
To manage forward and backward compatibility, a mechanism is provided through which evolved and synthesized property definitions may be added by a new implementation that uses data from an old implementation. The definitions are associated with code that rename, reformat or otherwise manage access to the properties for which an ...

01/19/06 - 20060015516 - Method and apparatus for adding supplemental information to patricia tries
Method and apparatus for adding annotations to an index are disclosed. Annotation is defined as any supplemental information that may be stored in an index node in addition to the usual key and data references. Adding annotations to the index opens numerous applicative possibilities, including but not limited to, storing ...

01/19/06 - 20060015515 - Multi-platform optimization model
An optimization system for networks that use multiple different devices having different combinations of hardware and software (i.e., platforms). The system accurately assesses, controls and optimizes performance of such networks. The invention provides an efficient user interface for installing, configuring and operating various features of the optimization system. Intelligence objects ...

01/19/06 - 20060015514 - Information processing method and information processing apparatus
Data of a directed graph is input (S2001), and is divided into subgraphs (S2002). Data of node key assignment tables are generated for respective divided subgraphs (step S2003). The respective node key assignment tables are merged (S2004). ...

01/19/06 - 20060015513 - System, network entities and computer programs for configuration management of a dynamic host configuration protocol framework
A system, network entities and computer programs to provide a dynamic configuration data storage system for both a standard DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 framework. Together with standard DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 protocol functionalities, the invention provides auto-configuration of configuration parameters from network servers to hosts, e.g. to mobile terminals. ...

01/19/06 - 20060015512 - System and method for performance management in a multi-tier computing environment
Apparatus for monitoring a selected tier in a multi-tier computing environment, the apparatus including a context agent and a dynamic tier extension, the context agent associated with the selected tier and coupled with other context agents, each of which is associated with a respective tier, the dynamic tier extension coupled ...

01/19/06 - 20060015511 - Method and system for providing an interface to a computer system
Methods and systems for providing an interface to a data warehouse. In embodiments, data may be extracted from a form that was received at a computer system, and a determination may be made whether each of a plurality of fields in the form data match to data objects in a ...

01/19/06 - 20060015510 - Method for sorting a data structure
A method is provided for performing a weak sort on a data structure comprising a plurality of list elements, the elements being associated with data values. The linked list data structure can have a head element containing a comparatively lower data value and a tail element containing a comparatively higher ...

01/12/06 - 20060010146 - Performant and scalable merge strategy for text indexing
A full-text search index system and method is generated by creating instances of a database index from an in-memory inverted list of keywords associated with a text identifier and the occurrences of the keyword in the text. Instances of the index are placed in a priority queue. A merge scheduling ...

01/12/06 - 20060010145 - Systems, methods, and software for classifying text from judicial opinions and other documents
To reduce cost and improve accuracy, the inventors devised systems, methods, and software to aid classification of text, such as headnotes and other documents, to target classes in a target classification system. For example, one system computes composite scores based on: similarity of input text to text assigned to each ...

01/12/06 - 20060010144 - System and method for identifying relationships between database records
A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises at least one of a plurality of tokens. The system also includes one or more processors collectively operable to ...

01/12/06 - 20060010143 - Direct write back systems and methodologies
Provided are systems and methods that facilitate direct write back in a multi-dimensional database. The system includes a delta cache component that receives a user request to change an original cell value and determines a delta value based at least in part upon the changed cell value. Also included is ...

01/12/06 - 20060010142 - Modeling sequence and time series data in predictive analytics
The subject invention relates to systems and methods to extend the capabilities of declarative data modeling languages. In one aspect, a declarative data modeling language system is provided. The system includes a data modeling language component that generates one or more data mining models to extract predictive information from local ...

01/12/06 - 20060010141 - Method, computer program product and data structure for representing two- or three-dimensional object modeling
A data structure for a graph, which is composed by points and line segments connecting adjacent pairs of the points, respectively, of a two- or three-dimensional object comprises a set of point data of the individual points, each of the point data of the points consists of a clockwise or ...

01/12/06 - 20060010140 - System and method for scrolling data
In a system and method for displaying data, a processor may simultaneously scroll at different paces through a first data and through a second data in response to a single scroll instruction. ...

01/12/06 - 20060010139 - System that facilitates database querying
A system that facilitates analyzing content of a multi-dimensional structure comprises a calculation component that receives statements in a declarative language relating to one or more of an assignment and calculation and executes such statements against a multi-dimensional structure. A pass generation component creates a pass in order to maintain ...

01/12/06 - 20060010138 - Method and system for efficient representation, manipulation, communication, and search of hierarchical composite named entities
A method for managing dialogue interaction includes generating a hierarchical tree representation of a set of hierarchical data entities, and identifying a leaf node in the hierarchical tree representation. A system for managing dialogue interaction includes a hierarchical data format having a plurality of hierarchical data entities, and a dialogue ...

01/12/06 - 20060010137 - Intelligent interface for managing data content and presentation
An intelligent electronic interface with receives a data stream from a predetermined source of data. The interface may collect, compile, manipulate, adjust or otherwise process the data. For example, it may add content to, enhance the appearance of or reformat the data. The data is then transferred via an output ...

01/05/06 - 20060004800 - Database integration management method and apparatus and processing program, medium therefor
The technology includes the steps of: associating material-object identification code identifying each individual material object with material-object information representing information about material object identified by identification code and storing identification code and material-object information in material-object information database in each of business categories; sending code and information stored in database ...

01/05/06 - 20060004799 - Network content organization tool
A system for organizing data obtained over a network includes a user data manager configured to collect data associated with a first user of the system, a category data manager configured to collect data related to a category, the category information being integrated with the data associated with the first ...

01/05/06 - 20060004798 - System and method for supporting data driving a software process using objects of arbitrary data types
The present invention provides a method for supporting data driving a software process. The method comprises receiving, from a user, input of a class of an object of a non-primitive data type; and providing to the user a description of the collection of attributes necessary to construct an instance of ...

01/05/06 - 20060004797 - Geographical location indexing
A geographical location index comprising a plurality of layers of geographical information concerning a geographical area, each layer comprising a division of the geographical area into a plurality of discrete zones which each have a zone identifier and associated geographical co-ordinates of one or more geographical locations contained within that ...

01/05/06 - 20060004796 - Clustered storage system and inter-cluster data communication method
Plural clusters are interconnected by two full-duplex communication paths. When a cluster 10A receives a read request from a host computer 2, and data represented by the read request are stored in another cluster 10B, a processor unit 6 of the cluster 10A uses, for the path used by a ...

01/05/06 - 20060004795 - Method, system, and program for utilizing a virtualized data structure table
Provided are a method, system, and program for utilizing a virtualized data structure table such as an address translation and protection table (TPT), for example, in an I/O device. The virtualized data structure table has virtually contiguous data structures but not necessarily physically contiguous data structures in system memory. The ...

01/05/06 - 20060004794 - Rich application view system and method
The present invention relates to systems and methods to provide rich interaction with persisted data. In particular, an application view is generated for each application and dynamically maintained to provide a rich experience working with data, including but not limited to an ability to scroll through large sets of data ...

01/05/06 - 20060004793 - Method and apparatus for utilizing a database
A method for utilizing a database for an inspection of an industrial plant includes downloading a spreadsheet from a remote database containing inspection-related data for the industrial plant, wherein the spreadsheet includes selection lists of inspection data. The method further includes entering inspection data into the spreadsheet utilizing the selection ...

01/05/06 - 20060004792 - Hierarchical storage architecture using node id ranges
A system and method for managing and storing logically grouped hierarchical data via physical block storage is provided. Logical groups of parsed XML node data forming node ID ranges are indexed by creating and inserting an index entry into a node ID range. Index entries indicate node ID range bounds ...

01/05/06 - 20060004791 - Use of pseudo keys in node id range based storage architecture
A method of computing pseudo keys facilitates the bounding of node ID ranges. Pseudo keys are computed to facilitate node location in node ID ranges that have been split. A pseudo previous high key is computed by decrementing the last digit of the lowest node ID value in a newly ...

01/05/06 - 20060004790 - Method and apparatus for providing an interface between system architect and opnet
A method and corresponding apparatus provide an interface between two software products, i.e., data structures, to produce an effective enterprise architecture (EA) tool set. The software products may be, for example, System Architect® (SA) software product and Network Modeling and Simulation software product, referred to as OPNET. The interface translates ...

01/05/06 - 20060004789 - Method of sharing social network information with existing user databases
Social network information maintained in a first database is shared with a second database. The operators of the second database use the social network information to better manage services provided to their customers and target particular information to their customers. The process begins with a request made to an application ...

01/05/06 - 20060004788 - System and method for managing an on-board entertainment system
A system and method for managing an on board entertainment system is disclosed. The system and method can wirelessly receive music files from a computer and store those music files on an on board unit associated with a motor vehicle. The system and method can also include provisions to associate ...

01/05/06 - 20060004787 - System and method for querying file system content
A system and method for querying file system content. In one embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store a plurality of files and a file system configured to manage access to the storage device. The file system may be further configured to perform in-band detection of ...

01/05/06 - 20060004786 - Design mechanism for semiconductor fab-wide data warehouse application
A method and system for collecting, storing and accessing semiconductor manufacturing data in a storage entity are provided. The semiconductor manufacturing data is collected from at least one process tool and stored in a first predefined area of the storage entity until the data storing in the first predefined area ...

01/05/06 - 20060004785 - Saving multiple browser instances as a selectable web project
A method, system, and program for saving multiple browser instances as a selectable web project are provided. Multiple browser instances currently open are detected, wherein each of the multiple browser instances accesses a different web address. The multiple browser instances are saved together as a selectable project file, wherein upon ...

01/05/06 - 20060004784 - Certified offer service for domain names
A method for purchasing a domain name registration. A user conducts a search to determine if a domain name is available. If it is already registered, the user can make an anonymous offer through a third party to the present registrant to purchase the domain name registration. The offer is ...

01/05/06 - 20060004783 - Dynamic binding of principal services in a cross-enterprise business process management system
The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for dynamically binding principal services to activities in a business process in a cross-enterprise business process management system. In a preferred aspect of the invention, the system can include a business process specification document processing engine configured to process business process ...

01/05/06 - 20060004782 - Function for directing packets
In certain embodiments, a key is received, wherein a value is capable of being generated from the key and an input string corresponding to a packet. Intermediary values are computed based on substrings of the key and substrings of the input string. The intermediary values are stored in a data ...

01/05/06 - 20060004781 - Upward and downward compatible schema evolution
The invention relates to a method and a system for defining structures of object and/or data models, comprising at least one schema for describing the structures. An upward and downward compatible schema evolution is achieved in that a labeling of a version of the corresponding schema is carried out in ...

12/29/05 - 20050289166 - System, method, software architecture, and business model for an intelligent object based information technology platform
In one aspect, the invention provides an architecture and query and processing methodology, advantageously implemented in software, for an information technology platform using Intelligent Molecular Objects or objects of a more general character. In another aspect, it provides intelligent molecular object data or other data for heterogeneous data environments with ...

12/29/05 - 20050289165 - Full regular expression search of network traffic
An embodiment of a system, method and apparatus is disclosed. The system comprises a first processor that is in communication with a root existence table. The first processor is to check the root existence table to determine if a character is a root character. A second processor is in communication ...

12/29/05 - 20050289164 - Method and apparatus for sorting and displaying files and folders based on frequency of use
A method of, and an apparatus to perform, sorting files and/or folders based on frequencies of use, the sorting including inputting a frequency sorting selection so that the files and/or lower folders in a specific folder are sorted based on the frequencies of use; accessing a frequency database including information ...

12/29/05 - 20050289163 - Occasion for media objects
A media database which stores media of various types including movies, still images, and sounds, along with user comments about the media and links to other media. The user comments and links collectively form a composition about the media clip that others can view. ...

12/29/05 - 20050289162 - System for dynamic and automatic building mapping
The automatic building mapping system comprises a tracker module that can be carried by a user and an optional command module which operate to automatically map the rooms of a building as a user traverses the rooms of the building. The tracker module includes a transducer system that determines the ...

12/29/05 - 20050289161 - Integrated document directory generator apparatus and methods
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for the generation of integrated directories from database structures. In one embodiment, a system includes a database having a document tree that is generated from portions of other document trees, wherein the other document trees are related by at least one ...

12/29/05 - 20050289160 - System and method for delayed fetching of designated members of a user defined type
A number of members of a user defined type may be designated as delayable members. During an initial fetch of the type, the type may be returned from the database without the delayable members, thereby preserving valuable bandwidth and reducing the amount of time required to perform the initial fetch. ...

12/29/05 - 20050289159 - Web-enabled real-time link selection apparatus and method
A system and method for selective enablement and/or disablement of referential links is disclosed. In one embodiment, a document management system includes a database configured to store document trees having referential links embedded therein, a processor that communicates with the database and with a client device operable to access selected ...

12/29/05 - 20050289158 - Identifier attributes for product data stored in an electronic database
A method and computer program product are provided for establishing an alternative identifier type for a category of products for which data relating to products are stored in an electronic database, where a standard identifier type has previously been established within a data structure for the product category. An input ...

12/29/05 - 20050289157 - Using extensions to represent multityping
A method and system are provided in which data may be multityped using a schematized data model. A standardized schema in a schematized data model includes at least one base construct for representing data that is common across multiple types of an object that the model represents. An extension to ...

12/29/05 - 20050289156 - Systems and methods for rendering and increasing portability of document-based user interface software objects
Systems and methods for rendering document-based user interface software objects are disclosed. User interface software objects may be represented in a document object model on a first computer system. These objects may then be communicated to a second computer system on which they are similarly rendered through use of a ...

12/29/05 - 20050289155 - Method to enhance navigation and scalability in table and tree viewers
A data model for navigating data. In a preferred embodiment, the data model abides rules that limit the total number of nodes displayable and that limit the number of child nodes displayable beneath a given parent. collapsed or folded nodes are replaced by embedded navigation controls that indicate the hidden ...

12/29/05 - 20050289154 - Customizing software applications that use an electronic database with stored product data
A method and computer program product are provided for customizing an application software program that during execution communicates with an electronic database of product data. The method includes receiving an input indicating a user selection of a predefined database attribute that is defined to be an identifier type of attribute. ...

12/29/05 - 20050289153 - System level identity object
A method, system, and computer accessible medium for maintaining and sharing identity information for identities. Multiple types of identity information, including communication-related information, for multiple identities may be aggregated, stored in, and accessed through, a corresponding shared identity objects. Aggregated identity information for an identity may be stored in a ...

12/29/05 - 20050289152 - Method and apparatus for implementing a file system
A system and method for efficiently implementing a local or distributed file system is disclosed. The system may include a distributed virtual file system (“dVFS”) that utilizes a persistent intent log (“PIL”) to record transactions to be applied to the file system. The PIL is preferably implemented in stable storage, ...

12/29/05 - 20050289151 - Method and apparatus for programme generation and classification
A method for generating a programme for presentation to a user such that the presented programme is made up from a sequence of programme elements each of which is a programme clip taken from at least one distributed programme and each of which represents an event. Each programme element is ...

12/22/05 - 20050283493 - Querying database system to execute stored procedures using abstract data type attributes, retrieving location information of data, sub-data between first and second servers
A parallel database system retrieval method and system for transferring from database operation servers to a front end server only those data items that are used in subsequent processing, thereby shortening the query time when the unused data are massive. The invention allows an initial retrieval query to transfer only ...

12/22/05 - 20050283492 - Systems and methods for online transactional data processing
An online transactional data processing (OLTP) system is provided that includes a relational database for storing transactional data, an OLTP application program for processing the transactional data, and a change log for storing a set of change documents that describe transformations performed on the transactional data by the OLTP application ...

12/22/05 - 20050283491 - Method for indexing and retrieving documents, computer program applied thereby and data carrier provided with the above mentioned computer program
A method for indexing and retrieving documents, characterized in that, in order to index a document, it comprises a combination of the following operational steps: identifying core concepts in the document by means of one or several domain-specific thesauri; identifying relationships between core concepts in the document by means of ...

12/22/05 - 20050283490 - Data structure of metadata of moving image and reproduction method of the same
There is provided an invention in which a buffer size and a data buffering size before a reproduction start can be determined according to a transfer rate of data and a network protocol used. In metadata of a moving image, a dynamic range of a data amount in a buffer ...

12/22/05 - 20050283489 - File management program, file management process, and file management apparatus
A file management program which enables efficient access to data in a directory file by utilizing an extent-based data access structure. When a processing request containing the name information for a file to be processed is inputted, a hash-value generation unit applies a predetermined hash function to the name information, ...

12/22/05 - 20050283488 - Model based optimization with focus regions
Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture for optimization of a multidimensional model in a model based performance advisor are disclosed. The multidimensional model comprises groups. Each group has one or more levels. One or more recommended slices associated with the groups are determined based on a ...

12/22/05 - 20050283487 - Method of determining lower bound for replication cost
An embodiment of a method of determining a lower bound for a minimum cost of placing data objects onto nodes of a distributed storage system begins with a first step of assigning a placement of a data object to a node and a time interval which meets a benefit criterion. ...

12/22/05 - 20050283486 - Methods and systems for determining and applying rules to data
Systems and methods are disclosed for reconciling data. The disclosed systems and methods may include receiving a first data corresponding to an expected state of at least one of a plurality of objects. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods may include creating a second data corresponding to an actual state ...

12/22/05 - 20050283485 - Cascade delete processing
A time-efficient means for identifying and processing cascading deletes due to referential constraint violations includes: logging, to an error file, all primary key (“PK”) errors detected during table load operations; building a foreign key (“FK”) index for each child table; recursively probing each relevant FK index to identify all loaded ...

12/15/05 - 20050278366 - Schemas for a notification platform and related information services
Described is a schema-based notification platform that provides regularized notification handling including user control and normalization of the operation of policies across different information types and contexts. Information-service schemas and services are combined to build a content-sensitive and context-sensitive information service to communicate information to recipient devices of users that ...

12/15/05 - 20050278365 - Method and software product for storing and retrieving unstructured information
A method for operating a computer system to manage unstructured information about objects representing things of interest to an organization. The method involves defining a plurality of two way relationship types between pairs of object types wherein the objects are each instances of the object types. A user of the ...

12/15/05 - 20050278364 - Methods and apparatuses for video on demand (vod) metadata organization
A method and system for optimizing the transmission of VOD metadata is disclosed. VOD metadata can be filtered, processed and/or organized prior to being packetized for transmission to client devices. The filtering, processing and/or organization can, for example, be based on a time duration associated with VOD media items and/or ...

12/15/05 - 20050278363 - Determining a rating for a collection of documents
On one or more data processing systems, a collection rating is determined for a rating scale for contents of a document collection. A link rating is determined for the rating scale for contents linked to or linked by contents of the document collection. The collection rating for the rating scale ...

12/15/05 - 20050278362 - Knowledge discovery system
A knowledge discovery apparatus and method that extracts both specifically desired as well as pertinent and relevant information to query from a corpus of multiple elements that can be structured, unstructured, and/or semi-structured, along with imagery, video, speech, and other forms of data representation, to generate a set of outputs ...

12/15/05 - 20050278361 - View definition language for network management application development
Methods of defining views of a distributed system or network to facilitate development of an application program with view management services to manage the distributed system or network are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: a) defining managed objects in a managed object definition language and storing the definition ...

12/15/05 - 20050278360 - Apparatus, system, and method for providing efficient disaster recovery storage of data using differencing
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for efficient creation of point-in-time versions of data using differencing in a read-before-write environment. Included in an embodiment of the invention are a receive module that receives a data block sent from a primary data storage system, a read module that reads a ...

12/15/05 - 20050278359 - Providing mappings between logical time values and real time values in a multinode system
Techniques are provided for providing mappings between logical time values and real time values in a multinode system. The techniques include, if a first event occurs, then writing an LTV-to-RTV mapping to a non-volatile data structure. If a second event occurs, then a check is performed to determine whether any ...

12/15/05 - 20050278358 - Method of and system for providing positional based object to xml mapping
The present invention relates generally to computers and computer databases, and more specifically, to a method of and system for converting between Object-oriented classes and markup languages. One aspect of the invention is broadly defined as a method of converting data from a markup language format to an Object model, ...

12/15/05 - 20050278357 - Detecting correlation from data
A system and a priori method of discovering dependencies between relational database column pairs and application of discoveries to query optimization is provided. For each candidate column pair remaining after simultaneously generating column pairs, pruning pairs not satisfying specified heuristic constraints, and eliminating pairs with trivial instances of correlation, a ...

12/15/05 - 20050278356 - Module editor
A method is provided for building a module interactively that includes defining an environment by selecting, from a field catalog, input data structures for the module. The method also includes selecting at least one processing step to be performed by the module and relating the at least one processing step ...

12/15/05 - 20050278355 - Approximate and exact unary inclusion dependency discovery
A method and apparatus for analyzing potential inclusion dependencies between columns of database tables is provided. A client issues a command, e.g., a SQL statement to a database server. The command is processed at the database server without the performance of a join. Result data that indicates any exact inclusion ...

12/15/05 - 20050278354 - Dynamic hierarchical data structure tree building and state propagation using common information model
A computer implemented method for managing entities in a computer system. The method includes relating the managed entities and sub-entities each with a node into a hierarchical tree structure defined in a common information model with a tree root and child associations, traversing the tree structure until the tree root ...

12/15/05 - 20050278353 - Xml schema tool
A method of entering, structuring, storing and transferring data using a hierarchical data model and flat forms. The method includes the following three steps, which typically are performed during the design phase: Selecting a first form from a plurality of forms, alternatively creating said first form by use of a ...

12/15/05 - 20050278352 - Using affinity measures with supervised classifiers
A non-binary affinity measure between any two data points for a supervised classifier may be determined. For example, affinity measures may be determined for tree, kernel-based, nearest neighbor-based and neural network supervised classifiers. By providing non-binary affinity measures using supervised classifiers, more information may be provided for clustering, analyzing and, ...

12/15/05 - 20050278351 - Site navigation and site navigation data source
A concept for providing hierarchical navigation information relative to one or more databases within a distributed computer system is described. In one aspect, this includes a process for hierarchically organizing bodies of information that includes: receiving a query from a user, abstracting a list of descriptors from one or more ...

12/15/05 - 20050278350 - Providing mappings between logical time values and real time values
Techniques are provided for providing mappings between logical time values and real time values for a database. The techniques include, if a first event related to the database occurs, writing an entry of a current LTV and a current RTV in a volatile mapping data structure; and if a second ...

12/15/05 - 20050278349 - Data model architecture with automated generation of data handling framework from public data structures
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatically generating a data handling framework to manage public data structures. A customizable framework is generated based on one or more parameters of the public data structures to be managed. A data model architecture is disclosed that features a data model for wrapping public ...

12/15/05 - 20050278348 - System and method for a web service definition
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a system and method for a Web service definition. A development environment may receive input selecting a Web service interface. The development environment may also receive input to specify one or more system independent features of the selected interface. In an embodiment, ...

12/15/05 - 20050278347 - Method and system for extendable data conversion architecture
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a flexible and easily extendable architecture for software to format data for exchanges of electronic data. The architecture may separate general operations from format-specific operations. More particularly, the software may comprise a general engine to call one of a plurality of format-specific data ...

12/15/05 - 20050278346 - System providing methodology for replication subscription resolution
A system providing methodology for replication subscription resolution is described. In one embodiment, for example, a system of the present invention for determining subscribers to which a published item of data should be replicated is described that comprises: an interface module for receiving user input of lists of a plurality ...

12/15/05 - 20050278345 - A system and method for speeding xml construction for a business transaction using prebuilt xml with static and dynamic sections
A system and method for constructing extensible markup language (XML) transactions comprising an XML format run on a computer system, wherein the method comprises pre-building static structures of an XML transaction, classifying dynamic structures of the XML transaction with empty tags and single occurrence classifiers for repeating dynamic structures, building ...

12/08/05 - 20050273469 - Method and system for providing service listings in electronic yellow pages
A method and system for allowing a regional service merchant that is outside of a given geographical boundary, but services inside the geographical boundary, to be included in a result set of a search directed to a location inside the geographical boundary. Text and/or glyphs are returned along with the ...

12/08/05 - 20050273468 - System and method for adaptive multi-cultural searching and matching of personal names
An automated name searching system incorporates an automatic name classifier and a multi-path architecture in which different algorithms are applied based on cultural identity of the query name. The name classifier operates with a preemptive list, analysis of morphological elements, length, and linguistic rules. A name regularizer produces a character ...

12/08/05 - 20050273467 - Method of transferring electronic data interchange (edi) data
An automated electronic data interchange system is provided for electronically sending electronic data interchange data to a plurality of recipients. A datastore stores address information for a plurality of recipients. A parser module receives data formatted in accordance with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) protocol standards and parses the data into ...

12/08/05 - 20050273466 - Display apparatus and management method for virtual workspace thereof
A method of a display apparatus managing a plurality of virtual workspaces of including generating a first data structure as a reference of at least a window; generating a second data structure as a reference of windows respectively linked to the virtual workspaces on the basis of the first data ...

12/08/05 - 20050273465 - Method and apparatus for community management in virtual community
A method and an apparatus for community management in a virtual community are disclosed. The community management apparatus manages a management table as an electronic data containing, in correspondence with each other, the data on a community, the members of the community and the resource data providing the messages exchanged ...

12/08/05 - 20050273464 - Method and apparatus for administering configuration information in a private branch exchange switch
A administration tool is disclosed for administering a switch, such as a Private Branch Exchange (PBX) switch that optionally provides an IP Telephony feature. Data objects associated with one or more endpoints of the switch are processed, wherein at least one of the data objects inherits an intelligent property from ...

12/01/05 - 20050267907 - Automated system and methods for collecting data
A system for providing automatically collecting data relating to information resources in a computerized environment. The system in a descriptive embodiment, the system collects data regarding the information in the storage device. The system examines the information resources, both as it is developed and prior to the installation of the ...

12/01/05 - 20050267906 - Method and system for programming disconnected data
A method of tracking data through a multi-tier computing architecture includes initializing a first row pointer of a dataset with data form a database, placing changes to the data in the second row pointer of the dataset, comparing the first and second row pointers, and declaring a state of the ...

12/01/05 - 20050267905 - Method and data structure for performing regular expression searches in a fixed length word language
Given a language with all words in a fixed length, and a set of regular expressions composed only from characters in the alphabet of the language or the “?” sign (any single character), the method of the invention defines a data structure that is used to efficiently find the set ...

12/01/05 - 20050267904 - Method and system for data processing with high availability
A server to be changed is added to a destination unit in terms of configuration. The server to be changed is started to restore the database in the database storage region to which the server has access and to restore the transaction for the process that was executed when the ...

12/01/05 - 20050267903 - Systems, methods, and graphical tools for representing connectedness of individuals
An embodiment of a system for representing connectedness of individuals includes nodes representative of individuals and strands connecting the nodes. The nodes include a first node representative of a first individual and a second node representative of a second individual. The strands connect the first node and the second node. ...

12/01/05 - 20050267902 - Database and method of generating same
A database comprises a plurality of keys representing respective data items stored in the database and respective data tags associated with at least some of the data items. Data tags represent different identifiers or categories among which the associated data items are grouped. The database is arranged in the form ...

12/01/05 - 20050267901 - Distributed single schema data modeling system and method
Systems and methods are provided that allow for distributed implementation of a data model that allows information needed by any system to be computerized in a generic manner. The system employs a temporal data model that is universal across individual instantiation of the data model for a particular dataset. The ...

12/01/05 - 20050267900 - Method and system for organizing data relating to a home
Method for collecting data relating to a household. An object model is provided including a plurality of objects representing items relating to the household. A data item is received including information relating to a section of the household, and the data item is incorporated into the object model. ...

12/01/05 - 20050267899 - System, method and apparatus for loading text data in a database
The present invention includes an apparatus, method and system for loading data into a database. The invention includes a spreadsheet dataset, having data in the form of one or more records, a control file containing a set of rules, each rule having a condition and a spreadsheet loader. The spreadsheet ...

12/01/05 - 20050267898 - Data format and method for communicating data associated with utility applications, such as for electric, gas, and water utility applications
A supporting system and a utility system communicate data formatted to allow for the use of customized tags that enable the definition, validation, and interpretation of data communicated between the utility and the supporting system via an electronic data transmission channel. The data format is applicable across multiple applications and ...

12/01/05 - 20050267897 - Coordinated quiesce of a distributed file system
A process for quiescing a master (master) and a plurality of subordinate computer systems (subordinates) in a cluster. An original or a pending state may be entered that is a quiesce or an online state. The master instructs the subordinates the quiesce or online state be made the pending state. ...

11/24/05 - 20050262122 - System and method for interactively entering data into a database
A system and method for facilitating the accurate entry of information into a highly structured database by initially extracting information from a plurality of nonuniformly formatted source data streams, e.g., documents/files, and subsequent interactions with users before storing the accepted and/or modified information into the database. Embodiments of the present ...

11/24/05 - 20050262121 - Method, system, program, and data structure for cleaning a database table
Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for performing a clean operation on an input table. The input table to clean is indicated in an input data table name. At least one rule definition is processed to clean the input table. Each rule definition indicates a find criteria, ...

11/24/05 - 20050262120 - Method, article of manufacturing, and apparatus for generating a multi-dimensional record management index
A record management system is provided for generating a multi-dimensional view for different measures. A set of records is retrieved in response to a set of queries. The records include dimension values and measure values, which are associated with the measures. The set of records is maintained in a master ...

11/24/05 - 20050262119 - Data processing systems and methods
This invention generally relates to data processing systems and methods, more particularly to computer systems and related methods for defining unified work flow processors which rely on data and/or services provided by a plurality of disparate underlying systems. A method of constructing a data processing operation, the data processing operation ...

11/24/05 - 20050262118 - Uninterrupted database index reorganization/movement
A method for reorganizing a first database includes copying data from the first database to a second database having an index structure different from that of the first database, updating the second database to reflect changes that have been made to the first database since the commencement of the copying, ...

11/24/05 - 20050262117 - Lightweight portal
Lightweight portal code can be used to produce a portal file from a portal file. The lightweight portal code need not have code for producing a portal from a database. ...

11/24/05 - 20050262116 - Recording medium having a data structure for managing reproduction of text subtitle data and methods and apparatuses associated therewith
A recording area of an example recording medium stores a text subtitle stream that includes a dialog style segment and at least one dialog presentation segment associated with the dialog style segment. The dialog style segment includes at least one set of style information. Each set of style information provides ...

11/24/05 - 20050262115 - Extensible constraint markup language
Methods and systems for specifying and validating dynamic semantic constraints on extensible Markup Language (XML) documents are disclosed. The new XML constraint language, extensible Constraint Markup Language (XCML), is more expressive than the current constraint languages by better supporting the specification of dynamic and inter-relationship constraints. Unified Modeling Language (UML) ...

11/24/05 - 20050262114 - System and method for managing questions and answers using subject lists styles
The present invention relates to a system and method of categorizing a user's inquiry and defining the scope of the assistance sought by creating a subject list style. A subject list style is created in a computer based match and route system by selecting a quantity of inquiry criteria and ...

11/24/05 - 20050262113 - Interpreting remote objects at a local site
A method and apparatus for receiving objects is provided. Embodiments provide for receiving, from a source database server, at a target database server, an object. If the object type of the object is involved in an inheritance hierarchy, then the target database server inspects the object to determine a source ...

11/24/05 - 20050262112 - Method and apparatus to convert project plans into workflow definitions
A method and system to convert project plans into workflow definitions are described. The system includes a project information reader, a workflow metadata converter, a workflow steps converter, and a workflow phases converter. The project information reader is adapted to receive project data associated with a project. The workflow metadata ...

11/24/05 - 20050262111 - Sytem for object discovery in heterogenous object systems
A system for object discovery in heterogeneous object systems includes a fixed object system having a registry. A callee object having a rendezvous name is registered in the registry of the fixed object system under the rendezvous name. The system also includes an adaptive object system having a remote procedure ...

11/24/05 - 20050262110 - Vector reads for array updates
An array update operation which specifies number of (row-identifier, value) pairs for updating rows in a table of a database is implemented as follows. A block-identifier of a block (on disk) that holds a row identified by a row-identifier in a specified pair is looked up using a database index, ...

11/24/05 - 20050262109 - Method and system for storing self-descriptive tabular data with alphanumeric and binary values
A method and system for storing and retrieving alphanumeric (83) and binary data values (78) includes storing in a tabular data archive (60) an open tabular format XML file (62) containing a plurality of alphanumeric data values (83) and meta-information (84). Meta-information (84 and 80) describes a predetermined set of ...

11/24/05 - 20050262108 - Methods and apparatus for facilitating analysis of large data sets
Methods and apparatus are described for updating a database using a multi-dimensional data model in which data corresponding to the database are organized in multi-dimensional blocks. Each block has summary information associated therewith corresponding to a current state of evolution of the associated block. Dependency information is maintained in the ...

11/24/05 - 20050262107 - Versions and workspaces in an object repository
Maintaining versions and workspaces in an object repository is disclosed. The system provides an efficient way to manage versions of objects by only copying objects when absolutely necessary, i.e. when a property value in a particular object has changed. In addition, the system provides a mechanism to control whether or ...

11/24/05 - 20050262106 - Mediation system and method with real time processing capability
A mediation method and a mediation system divided into independent node components that process event records independently of the other components of the system. In addition, the system is provided with at least one node manager component that configures the node components and starts them up, when required. Further, the ...

11/17/05 - 20050256890 - Efficient searching techniques
The present invention describes techniques for performing searches in an efficient manner while minimizing the memory resources required to perform the searches. According to the techniques of the present invention, the number of comparisons needed to determine if a query element is in included in a set of elements is ...

11/17/05 - 20050256889 - Methods, apparatus, and data structures for annotating a database design schema and/or indexing annotations
An authoring tool (or process) to facilitate the performance of an annotation function and an indexing function. The annotation function may generate informational annotations and word annotations to a database design schema (e.g., an entity-relationship diagram or “ERD”). The indexing function may analyze the words of the annotations by classifying ...

11/17/05 - 20050256888 - Methods, apparatus, and data structures for annotating a database design schema and/or indexing annotations
An authoring tool (or process) to facilitate the performance of an annotation function and an indexing function. The annotation function may generate informational annotations and word annotations to a database design schema (e.g., an entity-relationship diagram or “ERD”). The indexing function may analyze the words of the annotations by classifying ...

11/17/05 - 20050256887 - System and method for ranking logical directories
A logical directory ranking system ranks documents or web pages utilizing logical directories. From the hierarchical structure represented in a URL string, URLs can often be grouped into “compound documents” that represent a single unit of information. Such compound documents tend to comprise URLs that agree up to a last ...

11/17/05 - 20050256886 - System and method for storing element information
A system and method are disclosed for storing element information. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, creating a structured text object that includes information representing a collection of metrics for a tracked network node. The network node may be, for example, a computing device, ...

11/17/05 - 20050256885 - Self-sustained moving support system, method of the same and recording medium
The self-sustained moving support system 1 computes the optimum guide route depending on the physical information from the sidewalk data based on the physical information inputted from the mobile computer 8, combines the guide route with a map data to create an electronic map and sends the electronic map to ...

11/10/05 - 20050251526 - Performant and scalable merge strategy for text indexing
A full-text search index system and method is generated by creating instances of a database index from an in-memory inverted list of keywords associated with a text identifier and the occurrences of the keyword in the text. Instances of the index are placed in a priority queue. A merge scheduling ...

11/10/05 - 20050251525 - Model repository
A model repository is provided for storing selected data models generated by a data mining application. The model repository is a structure that may be organized into a plurality of levels, including a project level, a diagram level, and a model level. The project level may include one or more ...

11/10/05 - 20050251524 - Method and apparatus for using a hash-partitioned index to access a table that is not partitioned or partitioned independently of the hash partitioned index
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses an index that is hash-partitioned to access a table that is not hash-partitioned. During system operation, the database receives a request to perform an operation involving a table in the database. If performing the operation involves looking up a ...

11/10/05 - 20050251523 - Minimizing downtime for application changes in database systems
A method and apparatus for updating applications in the database are disclosed. A schema of an original database system is generated and updated while the original database system is online. Upon updating the original database system, synonyms are repainted to an original data storage after successful testing of the schema. ...

11/10/05 - 20050251522 - File system architecture requiring no direct access to user data from a metadata manager
A system, method and computer program product for implementing a distributed file system architecture requiring no direct access to user data from a metadata manager in a data storage network. Metadata operations requiring user volume access are performed via a proxy on a storage manager server that is a distributed ...

11/10/05 - 20050251521 - Method and system for maintaining historical data for data receivers
Embodiments of the present invention relate to creating a new change pointer to indicate a change to be made to data on a database. For a receiver of the data, it may be determined whether the receiver requires historical data, and if so, an image of the data may be ...

11/10/05 - 20050251520 - Systems and methods for the matching of materials data to parts data
Systems and methods for correlating materials records to part records. At least one materials record is provided with a corresponding digital materials images and a plurality of parts records are provided with at least one corresponding digital parts image. The materials records are automatically compared to the part records, and ...

11/10/05 - 20050251519 - Efficient language-dependent sorting of embedded numerics
The present invention relates generally to the processing and collation of character strings. One or more attributes associated with the character strings indicate whether numeric sorting is requested. Non-numeric characters or characters other than numbers, such as letters, may be encoded based on a predetermined set of collation elements. Numbers ...

11/10/05 - 20050251518 - Using metadata in user interfaces
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for user interfaces. A user interface uses metadata of digital objects to navigate through a data structure that includes multiple containers to organize digital objects, such as digital images. Based on the metadata, the user interface can ignore empty containers that have ...

11/10/05 - 20050251517 - Method of and a system for recovering data in an information processing system
In an information processing system including a central processor for generating commands to process storage data stored and for executing a sequence processing and a storage subsystem including a plurality of storage media for transferring data between the plural storage media according to commands from the central processor, a data ...

11/03/05 - 20050246360 - Automated system and methods for determining the activity focus of a user in a computerized environment
A system for collecting information regarding user activity in a computerized environment. The system in a descriptive embodiment, activity focus of the user is inferred. Then data is retrieved regarding the activity of the user. The system monitors the events occurring due to the interaction of the user and the ...

11/03/05 - 20050246359 - Delivery tracking system
A novel tracking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, users obtain access to tracking information by entering a destination address in a query. In another embodiment, package shippers are given a “shipper password” and a “recipient password.” In this embodiment, the shipper may query the system with the shipper password ...

11/03/05 - 20050246358 - System & method of identifying and predicting innovation dissemination
A system and method for determining and identifying dissemination and potential success of items, services, innovations and the like uses an entropy analysis to ascertain the formation of clusters/kernels of adoptions in a population. The analysis is based on dividing a population into cyber neighborhoods, which can be geographic based ...

11/03/05 - 20050246357 - Method and apparatus for automatically creating a data warehouse and olap cube
A data warehouse design that combines data from multiple source ledgers or modules is constructed and from that an associated, single physical Star or Snow-Flake schema and OLAP hyper-cube analytic structure is generated to enable cross-functional analysis of any those multiple source ledgers or modules. The step of constructing the ...

11/03/05 - 20050246356 - Multihierarchy control
The invention relates to a system and a method for easily switching between a number of sets (1) of objects (2) each mapped by means of a hierarchical structure. In this case the interrelationships of the objects (2) are typically presented in a tree structure. A transition point (3) can ...

11/03/05 - 20050246355 - Service providing system cooperative with voip and web environments and a method therefor
A communication system achieving the cooperation of communications between a SIP and a Web system through a cooperative manager. A call attempt manager of the SIP system is booted, responsive to a request from another call attempt manager, and a call attempt is registered in a SIP database. A result ...

11/03/05 - 20050246354 - Non-negative matrix factorization in a relational database management system
An implementation of NMF functionality integrated into a relational database management system provides the capability to apply NMF to relational datasets and to sparse datasets. A database management system comprises a multi-dimensional data table operable to store data and a processing unit operable to perform non-negative matrix factorization on data ...

11/03/05 - 20050246353 - Automated transformation of unstructured data
A data processing method for automatically identifying the underlying syntaxes of unstructured data items, where unstructured data items are strings that include incomplete syntactical information but implicitly are characterized by a nontrivial syntax. The method comprises receiving input of unstructured data items into a processing machine memory; and recognizing the ...

11/03/05 - 20050246352 - Property tree for metadata navigation and assignment
A property tree user interface permits user assignment of values to metadata properties and user navigation of data, within a system that includes a data storage subsystem in which data items are organized and queried by way of properties. The property tree includes nodes that expose properties of data items. ...

11/03/05 - 20050246351 - Document information mining tool
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer-readable media, and systems for extracting referential keys from a document. A document is parsed to identify at least one key, the key being identified from at least one contextual indication. The key is classified according to a key type, the key type ...

11/03/05 - 20050246350 - System and method for classifying and normalizing structured data
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to a method of processing data. The method includes receiving at least one structured data item and applying at least one processing rule to said at least one structured data item. The method also includes determining an anomaly associated with the at least one ...

11/03/05 - 20050246349 - Method for data flow control in a packet data transmission system and a device for data flow control in a packet data transmission system
The objects of the invention are a method for control of data flow in a packet data transmission and a device for control of data flow in a packet data transmission, both being applicable for example in systems of data transmission in formats used in digital television. The method according ...

10/27/05 - 20050240607 - Method of transmitting data including a structured linear database
A method, system and type of database for transmitting data is disclosed in which the data is organized into a structured linear database. The structured linear database includes a routing header portion, a file allocation table, a data portion and a tailbit portion. The structured linear database may be transmitted ...

10/27/05 - 20050240606 - Data query and location through a central ontology model
A data query system including a first storage medium including a data schema having a data schema query language associated therewith, a second storage medium including an ontology model including classes and properties, the ontology model having an ontology query language associated therewith, wherein constructs of the database schema are ...

10/27/05 - 20050240605 - Method, system and program product that utilize a hierarchical conceptual framework to model an environment containing a collection of items
A method, system and program product for modeling an environment containing a collection of items are disclosed. In accordance with the method, an environmental hierarchy describing a model environment, a product catalog containing data describing a plurality of items that may be utilized to populate the modeled environment, and a ...

10/27/05 - 20050240604 - Method and system for compressing a search tree structure used in rule classification
The present invention relates to a method and system for compressing a tree structure. The method of the present invention includes providing a compressed format block for representing a plurality of levels of the tree structure, where the plurality of levels comprises a set of nodes. The method also includes ...

10/27/05 - 20050240603 - Dynamic media content for collaborators with client environment information in dynamic client contexts
Delivering dynamic media content to collaborators, including providing collaborative event media content, where the collaborative event media content further comprises a grammar and a structured document; acquiring data representing a client's environmental condition; storing, in the context server in a data structure comprising a dynamic client context for the client, ...

10/27/05 - 20050240602 - Dynamic media content for collaborators with client locations in dynamic client contexts
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for delivering dynamic media content to collaborators. Embodiments include providing collaborative event media content, wherein the collaborative event media content includes a grammar and a structured document; providing data identifying a client's location; storing, in the context server in a data structure ...

10/27/05 - 20050240601 - System and method for transactional data collection and processing
A system and method for loading and processing of transaction data is provided. The system and method can obtain transaction data for commercial cards from many feeds with different data formats. A generic file parser is easily modified to account for different data feed formats. Further processing of the transaction ...

10/27/05 - 20050240600 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for integrating service request generation systems with a service order control system
Exemplary embodiments include methods, systems, and storage mediums for integrating service request generation systems with a service order control system. The method includes converting data in a service request into an open data format resulting in a converted service request. The method further includes validating the converted service request utilizing ...

10/20/05 - 20050234948 - Method and model of the universe
A computer-assisted method includes creating a model of a universe based on a plurality of assumptions and applying the model of the universe to solve a problem. The plurality of assumptions include: (a) in transiting a boundary of a black hole the field lines of the black hole reverse relative ...

10/20/05 - 20050234947 - Software and method for performing database operations
Elements of one or more database manipulation language (DML) commands strings are stored in tables, read from those tables and DML commands are generated. Storing these command elements in tables facilitates access to and modification of database commands used in data processing applications. Temporary storage control elements are also stored ...

10/20/05 - 20050234946 - Apparatus and method for reconstructing three-dimensional graphics data
An apparatus and method for reconstructing 3D graphics data is provided. The apparatus includes a parsing unit to parse 3D graphics data, an aligning unit to align objects of a scene graph having nodes storing geometric information and material information that corresponds to the geometric information included in the 3D ...

10/20/05 - 20050234945 - Allocating cpu resources for a particular refresh schedule
In an embodiment, estimated costs are used to pick the best refresh technique (e.g., method) for a given MV. In another embodiment, estimated costs are used to schedule the refresh of a set MVs in an order such that overall time to refresh is reduced, or in an order that ...

10/20/05 - 20050234944 - Terminal device, information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium
A terminal device is provided that serves as a terminal of an information processing apparatus that is a client of a user information managing server that manages user information in the form of item values of user information management items. This terminal device includes a group setting screen providing unit ...

10/20/05 - 20050234943 - Method, system, and apparatus for enabling near real time collaboration on an electronic document through a plurality of computer systems
A method, system, and apparatus are provided for collaborating on an electronic document. According to the method, a data structure may be maintained at each of the computer systems participating in the collaborative session that represents the contents of a shared document. When user input is received at one of ...

10/20/05 - 20050234942 - System and method for content and schema lifecycles
A system and method for providing a lifecycle for information in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the information in the VCR, allowing the information to transition through a set of states according to a lifecycle definition, wherein the information is ...

10/20/05 - 20050234941 - Managing method for storage subsystem
A management computer, which allocates ports to an information processing system, including a host computer and a storage subsystem, operates to group plural ports, plural logic devices, and the host computers for each storage domain that constitutes a management unit. In the case in which a discovery request for the ...

10/20/05 - 20050234940 - Categorized web browsing history
A simple, user-friendly method and apparatus for establishing and maintaining a categorized Web browsing history uses a directory service, such as the Open Directory Project, to get category metadata about visited URLs. Metadata thus obtained are used to present a user's personal browser history in a category based hierarchy. ...

10/20/05 - 20050234939 - System and method for progressively disclosing information to a computer user
A method and system for disclosing to a computer user structured database information for making a decision regarding an event is described. The method comprises: alerting the user to the event; receiving a first request for the structured database information relating to the event; providing a first portion of the ...

10/20/05 - 20050234938 - Method for synchronizing read/unread data during lotus notes database migration
A method for preserving the read/unread data when a database associated with an email program is moved from a source database to a destination database comprising a Migration Program (MP). The MP addresses the problem of the integrity of the association between the note IDs and the universal IDs when ...

10/20/05 - 20050234937 - System and method for rating performance of computing grid service providers
The performance of one or more resource vendors in a grid computing environment are automatically rated by receiving one or more resource self-reports, a set of client-driven performance criteria, and job results from a grid resource. Rating logic performs an analysis of the job results against the client-driven performance criteria ...

10/20/05 - 20050234936 - Asynchronous database api
An asynchronous database API allows threads to call a database and continue to execute without spawning a thread to wait for the database and without polling the database. The API immediately returns to a caller without waiting for a database operation to complete or for any other external event. A ...

10/20/05 - 20050234935 - Dynamically managing computer resources based on valuations of work items being processed
A computer-implemented method, system and computer product including a scheduling manager residing in memory; whereby the scheduling manager dynamically manages access of additional computer resources to be applied to work items of a program based on their valuations relative to the processing costs thereof. ...

10/20/05 - 20050234934 - System and method for controlling the release of updates to a database configuration
A program product to perform a method for updating database objects in database servers. The program product causes the computer system to the perform steps of receive user specified database schema files for release to a list of corresponding database servers where modifications are to occur, wherein each schema file ...

10/20/05 - 20050234933 - Method and apparatus for multi-process access to a linked-list
Data is retrieved from a linked-list by locking the linked-list, retrieving data from an element in the linked-list, advancing to a subsequent element in the linked-list while a breakpoint is not encountered and marking the subsequent element as “in-use” when a breakpoint is encountered. A reference to the subsequent element ...

10/20/05 - 20050234932 - Method and apparatus for facilitating secure centralized administration of databases
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates configuring a database. During operation, the system requests database configuration information from a directory server that stores configuration information for a plurality of database instances. In response to this request, the system receives the database configuration information, and configures ...

10/20/05 - 20050234931 - Managing client configuration data
Method for providing an interface to a function that manages a plurality of entities. Computer-executable instructions receive a request to implement a change in configuration data. The configuration data is stored in a memory area and relates to an operation of one or more entities. In response to the received ...

10/20/05 - 20050234930 - System, method and program for append mode insertion of rows into tables in database management systems
Implementation of append mode concurrent insert operations in tables in a page-based concurrent relational database management system is carried out by defining a set of last pages as a current cache into which rows may be inserted by appenders. Append mode insert operations for each page in the current cache ...

10/20/05 - 20050234929 - Methods and systems for interfacing applications with a search engine
The present invention provides an application interface for a unified search engine. In one embodiment, an event schema is determined for an application, wherein the application has associated articles, event data is determined for an event, based at least in part on the event schema, wherein the event relates to ...

10/20/05 - 20050234928 - Synchronous interface to asynchronous processes
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for selectively accessing one or more web services from a client machine, the one or more web services and the client machine being accessible over a network. A request for information is received from a client machine with a ...

10/20/05 - 20050234927 - Efficient transfer of data between a database server and a database client
An end system representing a database server or a database client determines whether to send data in compressed format, and sends the data in a compressed format only if it is determined to send the data in compressed format. In an embodiment implemented using software instructions, a function (set of ...

10/13/05 - 20050228809 - Information processing system and method
An information processing system and method are disclosed in which information processing is performed in a highly efficient manner using an enabling key block (EKB) on the basis of a tree structure including category subtrees. A key tree is formed so as to include a plurality of subtrees serving as ...

10/13/05 - 20050228808 - Real time data integration services for health care information data integration
Health care information data integration is provided through real time data integration services deployed in a services oriented architecture. ...

10/13/05 - 20050228807 - System and method for content lifecycles
A system and method for providing a lifecycle for content in a virtual content repository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the content in the VCR, allowing the content to go through a set of states according to a lifecycle definition, and wherein the content ...

10/13/05 - 20050228806 - System and method for enhanced video selection
A system and method for presenting video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing. The video assets can be available from a plurality of different video asset sources, such as VOD (video on demand), PVR (personal video recorders) and broadcast (including ...

10/13/05 - 20050228805 - Methods and apparatus for real-time business visibility using persistent schema-less data storage
The invention provides methods for enterprise business visibility that transform any of marketing, e-commerce and transactional from a plurality of legacy and other databases into resource description framework (RDF) syntax. This information can be time-stamped (e.g., with expiration dates) and stored in a central data store. Answers to queries are ...

10/13/05 - 20050228804 - Analysis model producing/assisting apparatus
An analysis model producing/assisting apparatus produces a recognition model, approximating surfaces of configuration and ridgelines thereof by planes and lines, from a configuration model showing the configuration. Thereafter, it produces a mapping model through dividing the recognition model into cubic grids, and then produces an analysis model, through mapping grid ...

10/13/05 - 20050228803 - Adapter framework for line-of-business application integration
The present invention provides a framework to facilitate interoperability and interactions with a plurality of line-of-business (LOB) applications. In particular, maps are populated with application or system design information such as semantic and technical data. The maps are subsequently employed by the framework to enable users to interact with common ...

10/13/05 - 20050228802 - Storage control system and method
According to the present invention, each of a plurality of LUs existing on a storage control system 200 is divided into a plurality of chunks. A PVOL is comprised of only FC-chunks, but an SVOL is comprised of both FC-chunks and SATA-chunks. To each of the plurality of SVOL-chunks corresponding ...

10/13/05 - 20050228801 - Priority binding
Priority binding enables a one-to-many mapping of a target to a source without requiring complex code development by the specification of one or more binding statements. During runtime, these bindings are evaluated. The highest priority binding that evaluates successfully is executed, controlling the two-way transfer of information between source and ...

10/13/05 - 20050228800 - Method and system for relationship building from xml
A method, system and article of manufacture for relationship building based on text-based markup languages and, more particularly, for representing relationships between data elements defined according to a first physical representation of data in a logical representation. The logical representation abstractly describes a second physical representation of the data, which ...

10/13/05 - 20050228799 - Providing program and policy information to managers
Information is stored about policies or programs of an enterprise that are to be implemented by a manager of the enterprise, the policies or programs being associated with events in the operation of the enterprise. A portion of the information—that has been selected based on a current context in which ...

10/13/05 - 20050228798 - Tag-based schema for distributing update metadata in an update distribution system
A tag-based structure for communicating software update metadata information to client computers and to update service nodes is presented. An update metadata file includes: an identifier tag including a software update identifier that uniquely identifies the software update; zero or more general properties tags that carry general property information relating ...

10/13/05 - 20050228797 - Suggesting and/or providing targeting criteria for advertisements
Keyword suggestions that are category-aware (and field-proven) may be used to help advertisers better target the serving of their ads, and may reduce unused ad spot inventory. The advertiser can enter ad information, such as a creative, a landing Webpage, other keywords, etc. for example. A keyword facility may use ...

10/06/05 - 20050223018 - Efficient linking and loading for late binding and platform retargeting
A method of producing an executable image from an object file without shared library support from the operating system, wherein the executable image requires a shared library file in order to resolve at least one of the symbols called for in the object file. A method of optimizing the loading ...

10/06/05 - 20050223017 - Xml processor having function for filtering tree path, method of filtering tree path and recording medium storing a program to implement the method
An extensible markup language (XML) processor having a function for filtering a tree path for an XML based document so that a tree structure can be built by using necessary elements among elements included in the XML based document, a tree path filtering method and a recording medium storing a ...

10/06/05 - 20050223016 - Apparatus and method for biometric database management system
A method and system for constructing a database management system for managing biometric data is disclosed. The disclosed system receives data from another database or from and enrollment process, encodes the data with an encoding plug-in, and stores the encoded data in a biometric data storage. The data may be ...

09/29/05 - 20050216494 - Systems, methods and computer program products for data processing
Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for data processing. In one implementation, a data processing system is provided that comprises storage means for storing a data category definition table. The data category definition table may include at least the following entries for each data category: a unique name ...

09/29/05 - 20050216493 - System, method, and program for structured document derivation
A system, a method, and a program for structured document derivation for generating derived structured documents of different representations having the same contents, facilitating the test for a structured document processor, and avoiding the vulnerability of the structured document processing. A monitor monitors a call from a structured document processing ...

09/29/05 - 20050216492 - Technique for enabling remote data access and manipulation from a pervasive device
Methods, systems, and computer program instructions for enabling users of pervasive devices to remotely access and manipulate information in ways that might otherwise be impossible or impractical because of inherent limitations of the device. The disclosed techniques enable a wide variety of data manipulation operations to be performed on behalf ...

09/29/05 - 20050216491 - Data structure with code of conduct
A data structure includes two or more data records, each of which includes a first data field. The first data field defines an analyst that is available to provide paid-for research within a specific business sector, such that the analyst is bound by an analyst code of conduct. ...

09/29/05 - 20050216490 - Automatic database diagnostic usage models
One or more usage models are provided for a database. Each usage model includes a set of rules that are used to analyze database performance. A usage model in one or more usage models is determined. Database information is determined based on the usage model. The database information is then ...

09/29/05 - 20050216489 - Dynamic reference repository
A method for maintaining a dynamic reference repository within an enterprise architecture domain, comprises discovering pertinent input(s) to the dynamic reference repository. These newly discovered pertinent inputs are then retrieved to the dynamic reference repository. After retrieval, the pertinent input(s) to the dynamic reference repository are managed and distributed within ...

09/29/05 - 20050216488 - Visual administrator providing java management bean support
A method, apparatus, and system are provided for a visual administrator providing Java management bean (MBean) support. According to one embodiment, a representation of a plurality of MBeans is displayed on a graphical user interface of a computing device. One of the plurality of MBeans may be selected with the ...

09/29/05 - 20050216487 - System and method for generating tasks related to electronic image files
A system (20) for generating tasks related to electronic image files. System (20) includes an electronic document manager (EDM) (22) that is in communication with a task engine (24). EDM (22) receives electronic image file (EIF) batches (26) generated by a scanning device application (28) and scanning device (30) and ...

09/29/05 - 20050216486 - Methods and systems for software release management
A software release management system and associated methods for improving robustness and reliability of software release processes. Systems and methods hereof help a user identify differences between a current released version of a software product and a local version subset of the software product. For example, in one aspect hereof, ...

09/29/05 - 20050216485 - Real-time attribute processor and syntax schema for directory access protocol services
A processor which cooperates with directory servers to handle requests for values of dynamic attributes which would otherwise present a real-time processing challenge to the directory server due to the server's dependence on the data normally being static in nature. Special schema syntax identifiers are used to identify dynamic attributes ...

09/29/05 - 20050216484 - Accessability synopsis containers for large data sets
The use of accessibility devices such as a screen reader is facilitated by synopsizing large data sets in a synopsis container data structure. A synopsis of the large data set is generated and included in the synopsis container. The large data set is also included in the synopsis container. The ...

09/29/05 - 20050216483 - Systems for providing information access to network devices
Systems, apparatus and methods are described for providing information access to network devices. A directory server registers identification information about a first network device coupled to a first network. The first network and the directory server may be coupled to a second network, which may include a wide area network, ...

09/29/05 - 20050216482 - Method and system for generating an information catalog
A method computer system, computer program product and graphical interface for generating and displaying an information catalog relating to a business model. The method includes accessing technical metadata from a data warehouse, accessing business metadata from a first source outside of the data warehouse, accessing presentation metadata from a second ...

09/29/05 - 20050216481 - Heterogeneous disk storage management techique
Management of one or more storage devices is achieved by first identifying each device by its make and model, and then establishing a database containing information about that device, such as (a) operational rules, (b) commands and (c) processing routines. From the information obtained from the database, a Graphical User ...

09/29/05 - 20050216480 - Method, software application and system for providing benchmark data
Methods and systems are provided for processing and storing data objects by means of one or more processes running in a computer system. The computer system may have one or more electronic data structures. The electronic data structures may include a benchmark definition and may be formatted to be readable ...

09/29/05 - 20050216479 - Method, software application and system for incorporating benchmark data into a business software application
The Invention relates to an electronic data structure comprising benchmark data, said electronic data structure being a file having a format readable by a SGML-based language. The invention further relates to a method for processing and storing data objects by means of one or more processes running in a computer ...

09/22/05 - 20050210051 - Methods and systems for creating skins
Methods and systems for creating and rendering skins are described. In one described embodiment skins can be defined as sets of script files, art files, media files, and text files. These files can be used to create new and different skin appearances, layouts and functionalities. The files are organized for ...

09/22/05 - 20050210050 - Methods and systems for creating skins
Methods and systems for creating and rendering skins are described. In one described embodiment, an XML data structure comprises multiple tag pairs, individual tag pairs being associated with and referencing information that can be utilized to render a skin. ...

09/22/05 - 20050210049 - Secure virtual data warehousing system and method
The invention advances the technology of virtual data warehousing: by allowing data to be organized in any of a number of virtual structures without the need for replication; by allowing the data to be accessed through the virtual structure at speeds in excess of those for conventional methods; by allowing ...

09/22/05 - 20050210048 - Automated posting systems and methods
Methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums are disclosed for converting document fields into data element(s). The method may comprise receiving a plurality of text fields extracted from a document image and receiving a context (including a document type and document state information) associated with the document image. Rule(s) associated with the ...

09/22/05 - 20050210047 - Posting data to a database from non-standard documents using document mapping to standard document types
A method of populating a database includes receiving a plurality of document images, defining a plurality of standard document types, mapping each of the plurality of document images to one of the plurality of standard document types and processing each document image through a data extraction process. S specific document ...

09/22/05 - 20050210046 - Context-based conversion of language to data systems and methods
A method of converting a text string into one or more data elements includes initializing a parsing engine with one or more rules. At least one rule includes a phrase having one or more words. The method also includes parsing the string by searching the string for the phrase, upon ...

09/22/05 - 20050210045 - Data structure recorded in a recording medium data recording method and data recording apparatus
The present invention provides a data structure recorded in a recording medium, data recording method and data recording apparatus, in which data are recorded in a high-density recording medium such as a Blu-ray disc. In recording data per cluster within a recording medium, a data structure recorded in the recording ...

09/22/05 - 20050210044 - Software for generating documents using an object-based interface and item/property data storage
An object-based computer software application for generating medical documents includes the use of metadata objects to represent user-interface components and medical objects based on the metadata objects. In addition, patient data objects are generated from medical objects as selected by a user. The metadata objects, medical objects and patient data ...

09/22/05 - 20050210043 - Method for duplicate detection and suppression
A method detects similar objects in a collection of such objects by modification of a previous method in such a way that per-object memory requirements are reduced while false detections are avoided approximately as well as in the previous method. The modification includes (i) combining k samples of features into ...

09/22/05 - 20050210042 - Methods and apparatus to search and analyze prior art
Methods and apparatus to search and analyze prior art are disclosed. The methods and apparatus described herein allow a user to query a large database of prior art documents (e.g., patents) and quickly assess the quality of the patent law specific search results. The query input mechanism is designed around ...

09/22/05 - 20050210041 - Management method for data retention
A storage system includes a host configured to receive a data file from a client, the host including a data management rule set program that is operable to associate a management rule to the data file received from the client. A first storage subsystem is configured to receive and store ...

09/22/05 - 20050210040 - Document organization and formatting for display
Methods and systems are organizing and displaying documents for a title examination. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a plurality of records, each record having a plurality of attributes associated with a document recorded with a government entity. A plurality of organizational links are created, each link defining a ...

09/22/05 - 20050210039 - Method of sphere decoding with low complexity and good statistical output
A symbol vector received from a multiple antenna transmitting array is detected using a sphere decoder. The sphere decoder is used to select from a set of candidate binary strings that string which is most likely to have been transmitted. Soft information for use in a turbo decoder or the ...

09/22/05 - 20050210038 - Method for providing workflow functionality and tracking in an annotation subsystem
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to gather information about processes based on the state of a related annotation are provided. Different fields of the annotation may be filled in by different users as they complete different parts of a process. As a result, the current ...

09/22/05 - 20050210037 - Method, software application and system for incorporating benchmarks into a business software application
Methods and systems are provided for processing and storing data objects by using processes running in a computer system. The computer system may include one or more electronic data structures comprising benchmark definitions and being formatted to be readable by an SGML-based language. The disclosed methods and systems may incorporate ...

09/22/05 - 20050210036 - Logic arrangement, data structure, system and method for multilinear representation of multimodal data ensembles for synthesis, recognition and compression
A data structure, method, storage medium and logic arrangement are provided for use in collecting and analyzing multilinear data describing various characteristics of different objects. In particular it is possible to recognize an unknown individual, an unknown object, an unknown action being performed by an individual, an unknown expression being ...

09/15/05 - 20050203932 - Pruning of spatial queries on geodetic data when query window has holes
Quicker and more efficient processing of spatial queries is provided when the query window has holes. A method for evaluating a spatial query comprises receiving a spatial query defining a query window including a void, identifying an interior circle for the query window, wherein the interior circle includes a void, ...

09/15/05 - 20050203931 - Metadata management convergence platforms, systems and methods
Metadata management convergence platforms, systems, and methods to organize a community of users' data records. More specifically, methods managing metadata records related to content housed in unique, disparate or federated holdings in centralized or distributed environments. Also systems and methods for creating and managing metadata records using domain specific language, ...

09/15/05 - 20050203930 - System and method for efficient storage and manipulation of extremely large amounts of scan data
Large data sets can be stored and processed in real time by combining and registering the large data sets into a single data set. The data can be stored in a data tree structure formed of layers of spatially organized blocks of data. Such storage allows portions of the data ...

09/15/05 - 20050203929 - System, method and computer program product for prioritizing contacts
A system, method and computer program product for ranking contacts are described. In one embodiment, contacts of a user may be identified. For each contact, a score may be calculated based on messages associated with the contact. The contacts may then be ranked based on the calculated scores. ...

09/15/05 - 20050203928 - Register move instruction for section select of source operand
A data processing apparatus execution unit includes a multiplexer having inputs receiving data from sections of a source data register or registers. The multiplexer selects data from one section to store in a destination data register. The execution unit may zero extend or sign extend the remaining most significant bits ...

09/15/05 - 20050203927 - Fast metadata generation and delivery
Fast metadata indexing and delivery for broadcast audio-visual (AV) programs by using template, segment-mark and bookmark on the visual spatio-temporal pattern of an AV program during indexing. The broadcasting time carried on a broadcast transport stream is used as a locator allowing direct access to a specific temporal position of ...

09/15/05 - 20050203926 - Information processing apparatus and method, and program storage medium
In an information processor which records many contents or has many contents already recorded therein, and can generate an arbitrary combination of the contents, a weight is computed for each of the contents based on either data stored in a history data file (184) or data stored in a display ...

09/15/05 - 20050203925 - Methods and systems for providing navigation within an application
Systems and methods for providing navigation in an application may have a menu system that allow a user to see a menu with options for most or all of the possible navigable contexts without first displaying an intermediate context. A user may then go directly to a desired context rather ...

09/15/05 - 20050203924 - System and methods for analytic research and literate reporting of authoritative document collections
A computerized research system operates over an authoritative document collection to facilitate user analysis and organized reporting of information gathered from the collection. The computerized research system includes database, analysis and organization, and reporting modules. The database stores an index of a document collection, wherein the index is constructed to ...

09/15/05 - 20050203923 - Method and system of a network link adapter
In at least some embodiments, a system may comprise a network link adapter, wherein the network link adapter is configurable to detect when a first device transmits data targeting a second device and write the data targeting the second device to an address of a memory. The system further comprises ...

09/15/05 - 20050203922 - Method and system for using geographic data in computer game development
A system and method are disclosed for facilitating development of computer games that depict or represent actual, real world geographic areas as part of the play scenarios of the games. A source database contains data that represent geographic features in a region including roads in the region. The data in ...

09/15/05 - 20050203921 - System for protecting database applications from unauthorized activity
A method for protecting database applications including analyzing the activity on the server, analyzing the response from the server, and blocking malicious or unauthorized activity. Commands are analyzed for suspicious or malicious SQL statements or access to unauthorized data. Server responses are monitored for suspicious results likely to have occurred ...

09/15/05 - 20050203920 - Metadata-related mappings in a system
A method and system comprising a processor and storage coupled to the processor are provided. The storage contains elements of metadata belonging to a plurality of schemas. Mappings between the elements of metadata that comprise functional expressions executable by the processor relate the elements of metadata. Methods for validating and ...

09/15/05 - 20050203919 - Method and apparatus for reordering an arbitrary order signal sequence into a streamable signal sequence
A data optimization method transforms an input Data File containing an Arbitrary Order Signal Sequence into a Streamable Signal Sequence having the same or compatible format as the original input Data File. The Streamable Signal Sequence, which represents the same information as contained in the original Arbitrary Order Signal Sequence, ...

09/08/05 - 20050198054 - Speculative load of look up table entries based upon coarse index calculation in parallel with fine index calculation
A computer implemented method accesses data in a look up table via an index divided into a coarse index and a fine index. The method calculates the coarse index and fetches plural look up table entries. While the fetch is in progress, the method calculates the fine index. The method ...

09/08/05 - 20050198053 - Recording medium having a data structure for managing text subtitles and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses
In the data structure for managing text subtitles, a dialog presentation segment includes text subtitle data of each text subtitle for presentation during a presentation time slot. The dialog presentation segment provides a presentation time stamp start time and a presentation time stamp end time defining the presentation time slot ...

09/08/05 - 20050198052 - Client-server system, a generator unit and a method to customize a user application
A method for setting up a customizable client-server system includes one of the two steps of custom selecting search data fields from a proposed variety of selectable search data fields in order to create a user interface search mask and of custom selecting archive fields from a proposed variety of ...

09/08/05 - 20050198051 - Portion-level in-memory module authentication
Dynamic run-time verification of a module which is loaded in memory (in whole or in part) for execution is enabled by storing hashes of smaller portions of the module (e.g. page-level hashes) as they should look when loaded into memory for execution. After an initial authentication is completed, hashes of ...

09/08/05 - 20050198050 - Method, system and program product for imposing policy modification constraints
Under the present invention meta data specifying modification constraints for one or more of the attributes of an (operational) policy is generated/provided. Thereafter, the meta data is associated with the policy so that the constraints specified by the meta data can govern the modification of the policy. Under the present ...

09/08/05 - 20050198049 - Method and apparatus for inferring address and subnet relationships
Methods and systems are disclosed for inferring address and subnet relationships. An exemplary method includes identifying a first address associated with a subnet; determining a length of a prefix part of the first address; determining a length of a prefix part of a second address; determining when a portion of ...

09/08/05 - 20050198048 - Database relationship constraint
According to the preferred embodiments, a database relationship constraint is defined for a first column that specifies a set of allowable values for the first column that depend on a set of data values in a second column that may be of a different type than data in the first ...

09/08/05 - 20050198047 - Method of managing advanced engineering activities
A method of managing advanced engineering activities is provided. First, customer requirements are collected from a plurality of customers. Next, a plurality of projects tailored to satisfy the customer requirements are proposed. Then, internal capabilities are compared with the customer requirements for each proposed project. A gap is defined for ...

09/08/05 - 20050198046 - System and method for dynamically linking data within a portable document file to a related data processing system
A message server comprises web server systems for sending a first portable document file to a client system. The first portable document file comprises displayed data content selectable by the user and associated hidden data content. The hidden data content may be in a tagged data content format. The message ...

09/08/05 - 20050198045 - Compact object header
A compact object header in which least significant bits of the compact object header store additional information. ...

09/08/05 - 20050198044 - Information management system, information processing device, information processing method, information processing program, and recording medium
An information processing device is capable of handling changes occurring in values of information possessed by targets. Relationships between information are expressed as relationship structures through connection in a hierarchical manner using links expressing topic nodes expressing content of information as reference information. The relationship structures are generated for each ...

09/08/05 - 20050198043 - Database masking and privilege for organizations
A database in a computer system linked to a network is discloses. The database is configured to store one or more organizations' data. Each organization comprises one or more sub-organizations. The database is partitioned into one or more virtual data islands, wherein each virtual data island stores data of an ...

09/01/05 - 20050192987 - Media content descriptions
A media content description system receives media content descriptions from one or more metadata providers. The media content description system associates each media content description with the metadata provider that provided the description. The media content description system may generate composite descriptions based on the received media content descriptions. The ...

09/01/05 - 20050192986 - Sheaf data model
A data model including a first table to represent an entity type with a column in the table for a respective attribute of the entity type, and having rows entered with attribute data. The data model also includes a row graph which represents an ordering relationship between the rows of ...

09/01/05 - 20050192985 - Apparatus and method for classifying files, and computer product
A file classifying apparatus for classifying files and directories in a hierarchical tree structure includes a receiving unit, a storing unit, and a writing controlling unit. The receiving unit receives a characteristic value as an index for classifying the files or directories. The storing unit stores management data of the ...

09/01/05 - 20050192984 - System and method for building mixed mode execution environment for component applications
A device runtime environment is provided for execution on a computing device. The device runtime environment provides an intelligent container for an application at runtime and comprises a plurality of services in communication with each other. The plurality of services a data manager, a screen manager, a communication service and ...

09/01/05 - 20050192983 - Structured data storage method, structured data storage apparatus, and retrieval method
a structured data storage apparatus inputs a given number of structured data items each including respective hierarchical structures of element data items, stores structured data items in first memory, extracts common hierarchical structure of first group of element data items, which is included in and common to structured data items, ...

09/01/05 - 20050192982 - Recording and reproducing apparatus
A data processing apparatus includes a management file creating portion for creating a first management file for managing reading of an information data file recorded on a recording medium and a second management file for managing a predetermined function related to data recorded on the recording medium, a designation portion ...

09/01/05 - 20050192981 - System for combining datasets and information structures by intercalation
A system for working with data in datasets or information structures, wherein at least some of the data has latent preferences for connection with the data in other datasets or information structures. The data for each of the datasets or information structures is stored into a slice of separable cells ...

09/01/05 - 20050192980 - Storage system
While a large amount of files can be intensively managed, the capacity scalability is limited by the number of magnetic disk drives and the number of magnetic tape drives which can be connected to a system, thereby failing to provide satisfactory long-term management for a large amount of information which ...

09/01/05 - 20050192979 - Methods and arrangements for ordering changes in computing systems
Methods and arrangements for automatically determining allowable sequences of changes, e.g., sequences where the order in which changes are carried out will transition a computing system from a workable state into another workable state, are disclosed. ...

09/01/05 - 20050192978 - Method, system and program for optimizing compression of a workload processed by a database management system
The present invention provides a method, system and program for optimizing compression of a workload processed by a database management system. In an embodiment of the present invention a method of optimizing the compression of database workloads is provided. Initially, an estimate of a cost of execution for each query ...

09/01/05 - 20050192977 - System, method and program for assessing the activity level of a database management system
A system and method for assessing the activity level of a database management system. The number of page fix operations performed by execution units of a database management system can be counted and used to compute a measure for the activity level of the database management system. In one embodiment ...

09/01/05 - 20050192976 - System and method for entering a default field value through statistical defaulting
Principles of the present invention provide a method of entering a default field value in a second data entry field based on a user's current entry in a first data entry field. The method establishes a relational index table, the relational index table including at least one record having at ...

09/01/05 - 20050192975 - Resource management system for electronic devices
A resource management system for an electronic device having at least one system resource includes a resource manager for monitoring the usage of the system resource; a remote resource; and a communication link for transmitting data between the system resource and the remote resource. The resource manager transmits data over ...

09/01/05 - 20050192974 - Method of converting a filesystem while the filesystem remains in an active state
A filesystem conversion process converts a filesystem from one implementation type to another type while the filesystem remains active and fully accessible. The conversion process builds a list of directories in the filesystem that are of the old filesystem type and then converts each directory until the entire filesystem is ...

09/01/05 - 20050192973 - Visual database management system and method
A system for reconciling data in a plurality of databases includes a user interface adapted to provide a graphical representation of at least a subset of the records from each of the plurality of databases and to allow for interactive manipulation of the database records through the graphical representation. The ...

09/01/05 - 20050192972 - System for regional data association and presentation and method for the same
A database methodology that concerns the mapping of any arbitrary object into a plurality of regions, enabling the assignment of multiple region-specific attributes thereto and facilitating the concurrent, graphical presentation of any assigned attributes. Attribute storage, manipulation, and presentation are driven by the individual regions and characteristics of the object. ...

08/25/05 - 20050187955 - Method and apparatus for object-oriented access to a relational database management system (rdbms) based on any arbitrary predicate
A control system for enabling user access of data records stored in a relational database in an object oriented way has a first object model representing a class mapped to a table in the relational database, a second object model representing a query object modeled after the first object model ...

08/25/05 - 20050187954 - Describing documents and expressing document structure
Apparatus and methods of revealing the hierarchical structure of a document having content of a characteristic type of content are described. The hierarchical structure may be expressed, independently of document content type, as a tree structure of one or more nodes. A semantic representation for interpreting the tree structure may ...

08/25/05 - 20050187953 - Method and system for creating and administering entitlements in a wealth management system
A method and system for creating and administering entitlements in a wealth management system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method, comprises associating a first entity and a second entity by a relation. A capability is applied to the first entity. A privilege is established that defines an entitlement ...

08/25/05 - 20050187952 - Database management systems and methods for managing a database
Database management systems and methods for managing a database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a database management system is provided that comprises a database layer including a database for storing data, and a spreadsheet layer for representing data from the database layer in a spreadsheet in accordance with a view, ...

08/25/05 - 20050187951 - Product normalization
A computer-implemented approach for organizing input listings from various sources of input listings. Input listings are organized by mapping the input listings to consolidated listing that correspond to the input listings. The mapping of the input listings are based on various techniques such as a Stock Keeping Unit item-listing-to-consolidated-listing matching ...

08/25/05 - 20050187950 - Web service performance index
A system for providing a web service performance index is operable to collect service metric data from each of a plurality of web services, with at least one of the web services comprising a remote web service. A web service performance index is generated based on the collected service metric ...

08/25/05 - 20050187949 - System, apparatus and method for using and managing digital information
A system, apparatus and method for using, identifying, interacting and managing digital information in a useful and convenient manner. When a digital representation of information is loaded, an index is constructed of unique terms in the information, which index includes the terms, a count of the occurrences of each term ...

08/25/05 - 20050187948 - Patient admission and information access system
A self-service system and user interface supports a patient in initiating, monitoring, and managing administration of admission, discharge and scheduling activity and in accessing medical information. A system supports patient access to medical information of the patient. The system includes an interface processor for receiving patient identification information and a ...

08/25/05 - 20050187947 - Systems and methods for parallel evaluation of multiple queries
Implementations described herein relate to using a filter engine opcode tree for evaluating multiple queries. The opcode tree includes opcode nodes and branch nodes. Each opcode node includes one or more computer instructions resulting from compiling a query. Executing the opcode tree a single time evaluates each of multiple queries ...

08/25/05 - 20050187946 - Data overlay, self-organized metadata overlay, and associated methods
A data overlay is described which is built as a data structure on top of a logical space defined by a distributed hash table (DHT) in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network environment. The data overlay can assume a topology of a tree having a plurality of tree nodes. Each of the ...

08/25/05 - 20050187945 - System and method for adaptive user settings
A system and method for adaptive user settings is presented. A server sends a requested web page and a collector program to a client. The collector program non-invasively collects user event data, and sends the user event data to the server. In turn, the server analyzes the user event data, ...

08/25/05 - 20050187944 - Systems and methods for a database engine in-process data provider
Various embodiments of the present invention enable functions, procedures, and triggers to be written in any of the .NET languages and executed by the RDBMS. User code can access data from the local or other SQL servers using the SQL Programming Model and both the SqlServer or SqlClient implementations respectively. ...

08/25/05 - 20050187943 - Representation of media items in a media file management application for use with a digital device
A media file management application implemented in a digital communication device. The media file management application provides the user with various ways to display media file representations, so that a user can easily locate a media file or view the contents of a media file. By providing for alternative means ...

08/18/05 - 20050182777 - Method for adding metadata to data
A method for adding labels to data, for example XML compliant or XBRL compliant labels, includes a) identifying data in an electronically represented file, b) selecting labels that correspond to text strings in the identified data, based on a list associating labels with text strings, and c) adding the selected ...

08/18/05 - 20050182776 - Time-addressed database management system
A method of constructing a database for a database application, the method involving for each of a plurality of transactions, receiving input from a user via the database application; constructing a corresponding record that embodies the received input for that transaction; appending a time address to the corresponding record for ...

08/18/05 - 20050182775 - Method of storing fast throughput experimentation information in a database
A database is disclosed for storing fast throughput experimentation information. The database is organized in a hierarchical structure such that various database objects have a parent-child relationship. The hierarchical structure facilitates control over user access to various parts of the database. A method is disclosed for automatically populating the database ...

08/18/05 - 20050182774 - Transaction management system
The invention relates to a computer-based method of and system for matching a set of transaction instructions received from a submitting entity with a record data set of receiving entity. The record data set includes a plurality of account records and an associated match key data set comprising a plurality ...

08/18/05 - 20050182773 - Machine-implemented activity management system using asynchronously shared activity data objects and journal data items
Machine-assisted methods and apparatus are disclosed for allowing individual users to develop and organize respective activity descriptions and supporting journal items according to their respective preferences. Cross-referencing mappings may be created between activity descriptions and journal items in order to find, filter and organize disparate data. Cross-referencing mappings may also ...

08/18/05 - 20050182772 - Method of streaming conversion from a first data structure to a second data structure
A method of streaming conversion from a first data structure to a second data structure includes the steps of receiving a reference to an input data stream in the first data structure for conversion. A document conversion file is received that converts data in the first data structure to data ...

08/18/05 - 20050182771 - Adjusting log size in a static logical volume
A method, system, and program for adjusting the size of a file system and an inline file system log housed in a static logical volume. A computer system includes a logical volume allocated between an file system and its inline file system log. A request is received to adjust the ...

08/11/05 - 20050177587 - Method, apparatus, and system for immediate posting of changes in a client server environment
According to one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided in which a first field and a second field of a data record are displayed to a user using a client program, the second field having one or more attributes that are dependent upon the value of the ...

08/11/05 - 20050177586 - Function-based object model for web page display in a mobile device
By understanding a website author's intention through an analysis of the function of a website, website content can be adapted for presentation or rendering in a manner that more closely appreciates and respects the function behind the website. A website's function is analyzed so that its content can be adapted ...

08/11/05 - 20050177585 - System and method for providing user defined types in a database system
A database system and method allows a user to write program code in a high-level programming language that implements a class that defines the structure of a user-defined type and methods that can be invoked on instances of the type. The class is then registered with the database system, which ...

08/11/05 - 20050177584 - Data display server, data display method and program thereof
The present invention relates to recommendation of items to a user for providing items more satisfying a user's request on the basis of new association. The present invention provides a data display server connected to a user terminal, which includes a posting database for storing posting data posted through the ...

08/11/05 - 20050177583 - System and method for providing user defined types in a database system
A database system and method allows a user to write program code in a high-level programming language that implements a class that defines the structure of a user-defined type and methods that can be invoked on instances of the type. The class is then registered with the database system, which ...

08/11/05 - 20050177582 - Method and system to enhance data integrity in a database
A system and method are provided to process listing data in a network-based commerce system, for example, a network-based auction facility. The method may comprise providing a user with a graphic user interface to enter listing data in the network-based commerce system, the listing data including at least one entered ...

08/11/05 - 20050177581 - Systems and methods for supporting inheritance for user-defined types
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a database with an extensible type system for at least one user-defined type that comprises information for describing its structure as well as information for describing an inheritance relationship between itself and another user-defined type (either a subtype or a supertype/base ...

08/11/05 - 20050177580 - System and method for customized document selection
An access server allows secure access to commonly used files stored on multiple file sources from a variety of client devices. The access server stores user identification and password information for each of a variety of file sources. Upon receiving a login request from a user, the access server extracts ...

08/11/05 - 20050177579 - System and method for providing user defined aggregates in a database system
A database system and method allows a user to write program code in a high-level programming language that implements a class that defines the structure of a user-defined aggregate and methods that can be invoked on instances of the user-defined aggregate. The class is then registered with the database system, ...

08/11/05 - 20050177578 - Efficient type annontation of xml schema-validated xml documents without schema validation
Type annotation record information storage for annotated automaton encoding for high-performance XML schema validation is optimized in a space efficient aspect. Subsequent to type annotation record information organization, type annotation records are used for type annotation of validated XML documents, either by implementing annotation records and type annotation part of ...

08/11/05 - 20050177577 - Accessing data on remote storage servers
This invention describes a methodology for accessing data on a legacy file server (or a remote storage server) by a communication device (e.g., a mobile device or a mobile phone) using an access gateway, wherein said communication device cannot support the legacy file system protocol. The basic idea of the ...

08/11/05 - 20050177576 - File management method, system, and program
The present invention enables automatic creation of filing folders, without requiring a user to create filing folders, before an operation of reading documents by use of a scanner and filing them. A folder configuration including folders for storing receipt data is created on mail software. A folder configuration analysis section ...

08/04/05 - 20050171965 - Contents reuse management apparatus and contents reuse support apparatus
A contents reuse management apparatus judges the presence/absence of a reuse relationship among contents stored in a database using a computer, includes a surface information generation unit to generate surface information including a character string appearing in the contents, and a reuse judging unit to judge the reusability using the ...

08/04/05 - 20050171964 - Creation and playback of computer-generated productions using script-controlled rendering engines
A system for controlling a rendering engine by using specialized commands. The commands are used to generate a production, such as a television show, at an end-user's computer that executes the rendering engine. In one embodiment, the commands are sent over a network, such as the Internet, to achieve broadcasts ...

08/04/05 - 20050171963 - Systems and methods for managing projects
A method for managing a project including storing information pertaining to the project in a database, analyzing the information stored in the database, and presenting at least one of a simplified Gantt chart of the information stored in the database and an analysis of the information stored in the database. ...

08/04/05 - 20050171962 - Data compression system based on tree models
A method for encoding and decoding a sequence is provided. The method comprises searching a set of candidate trees varying in size for a tree T having a plurality of states. Tree T provides a structure that relatively minimizes code length of the sequence from among all the candidate trees. ...

08/04/05 - 20050171961 - Fingerprinting software applications
Techniques and tools are described for creating and using application identifiers that act as “fingerprints” for applications. In one aspect, an identifier generation algorithm is applied to application data and an application identifier is generated. The application data comprises graphical icon data, and can further comprise other data (e.g., executable ...

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