Manipulating Data Structure (e.g., Compression, Compaction, Compilation)

Manipulating Data Structure (e.g., Compression, Compaction, Compilation) 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 - 20060253483 - Method and mechanism of materialized view mix incremental refresh
A method and system for updating both partition change track tables and non-partition track tables in a materialized view. A log-based incremental refresh is performed on the materialized view and a partition change tracking based refresh is performed on the materialized view. The dependency of the materialized view log for ...

11/02/06 - 20060248104 - Transaction transforms
A method and system for maintaining isolated data in an application is disclosed which data to be selectively isolated until a data client orders the changes to be committed or abandoned. A computer-readable medium for constructing an application capable of localized data isolation is also disclosed. An application specification is ...

11/02/06 - 20060248103 - Method of detecting memory leaks in software applications
A method for detecting memory leaks includes initializing memory for a process under a load. Bits in a bitmap are then set/reset during a time interval after initialization of the memory. Each bit is set/reset at a location in the bitmap that uniquely corresponds to an address of a memory ...

11/02/06 - 20060248102 - Adaptive pre-fragmentation and pre-segmentation system and method
A method and apparatus are disclosed for prefragmenting or presegmenting data. A data protocol type and length are provided. Based on the type and length, a linked list memory buffer structure is determined. Locations within the memory buffer structure for storage of data therein is also determined allowing for sufficient ...

11/02/06 - 20060248101 - Extensible and unobtrusive script performance monitoring and measurement
A method, system and apparatus for the extensible and unobtrusive performance monitoring and measurement for scripts executing through a script engine. A script performance monitoring and measurement system can include a script engine programmed to execute a provided script and a script processor configured to provide a script to the ...

10/26/06 - 20060242183 - Declaratively extended hierarchical configuration system and method
A configuration system is organized with a configuration file for each node in an application hierarchy. Each configuration file includes one or more directives for applying a configuration setting to a node. Each configuration setting is associated with one or more objects that define properties of the configuration setting. The ...

10/26/06 - 20060242182 - System and method for stranded file opens during disk compression utility requests
A technique for handling stranded file opens for DCOM utility requests in a NSK. In one example embodiment, this is achieved by selecting a source file to be compressed in a disk by the DCOM utility. The source file includes one or more non-contiguous disk file extents and each non-contiguous ...

10/26/06 - 20060242181 - Apparatus and method for transforming xbrl data into database schema
A computer readable medium includes executable instructions to extract XBRL data from a web service feed data source and construct an optimized database schema and tables, based on maintaining the integrity of the XBRL metadata. The XBRL data can then be loaded into the database, and refreshed, such that the ...

10/26/06 - 20060242180 - Extracting data from semi-structured text documents
The invention is a process, system, and workflow for extracting and warehousing data from semi-structured documents in any language. This includes, but is not limited to, one or more of methods for: the automatic building of text mining term models; the optimization or evolution of such text mining term models; ...

10/19/06 - 20060235867 - Map and data location provider
A map provider and a data location provider provide information as to how the data pertaining to entities is stored in a database system and where the data is stored in the database system. A data accessing system uses the information to process requests to perform an operation on the ...

10/19/06 - 20060235866 - Method and apparatus for enabling enhanced navigation data associated with contents recorded on a recording medium to be utilized from a portable storage
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for reproducing content on interactive DVD by using a portable storage. The enhanced navigation data designated for interactive playback of content recorded in a recording medium is received from a server connected to a network. When the received enhanced navigation ...

10/19/06 - 20060235865 - Entropy coding with compact codebooks
The present invention is based on the finding that an efficient code for encoding information values can be derived, when two or more information values are grouped in a tuple in a tuple order and when an encoding rule is used, that assigns the same code word to tuples having ...

10/19/06 - 20060235864 - Audio sampling and acquisition system
Techniques for facilitating purchase of media items, such as digital media assets, are disclosed. A computing device, e.g., a portable media device, can save media indicia pertaining to one or media items of interest to a user. The media indicia can thereafter be use to purchase the one or more ...

10/19/06 - 20060235863 - Enterprise computer management
A management server has a file server containing operating systems and software packages utilized by typical computers in an enterprise. The management server also includes a bills of material module having bills of material that identify the roles of computers used by typical enterprises,, and one or more templates specifying ...

10/19/06 - 20060235862 - Method for encoding a structured document
A method is for encoding a structured document, particularly an XML document, during which the contents of the document are converted into a binary representation. This binary representation is divided into encoding units, which form an encoded data flow and can be read out from the encoded data flow. The ...

10/12/06 - 20060230053 - Consumer profiling and advertisement selection system
A consumer profiling and advertisement selection system is presented in which consumers or subscribers can be characterized based on their purchase or viewing habits. The result of this process is a consumer characterization vector describing the probabilistic demographics and product preferences of the subscriber or viewer. Advertisement characterization vectors describing ...

10/12/06 - 20060230052 - Compact and hitlessly-resizable multi-channel queue
A queue is disclosed (i) that provides for single-channel and multi-channel operation and that can change between single-channel and multi-channel operation during operation hitlessly, (ii) in which the number of channels and each channel's size can be changed during operation hitlessly, and (iii) is compact. To accomplish this, the illustrative ...

10/12/06 - 20060230051 - Method to share and exchange geographic based information
A simplified approach to sharing and exchanging geographic-based information containing the maps and corresponding data and metadata was developed to enable easy sharing of information for decision support tools. Current Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technologies are limited in their ability to share maps and data in the exact format that ...

10/05/06 - 20060224610 - Electronic inking process
A method of reconciling a first data structure with a second data structure that is a subsequently modified version of the first data structure. Initially, each node in the first data structure for which a change has been made to a corresponding node in the second data structure is accessed. ...

10/05/06 - 20060224609 - Method and apparatus for finding biased quantiles in data streams
A method and apparatus for computing biased or targeted quantiles are disclosed. For example, the present invention reads a plurality of items from a data stream and inserts each of the plurality of items that was read from the data stream into a data structure. Periodically, the data structure is ...

10/05/06 - 20060224608 - Systems and methods for combining sets of favorites
A user's prior searching and browsing activities are recorded for subsequent use. A user may examine the user's prior searching and browsing activities in a number of different ways, including indications of the user's prior activities related to advertisements. A set of search results may be modified in accordance with ...

10/05/06 - 20060224607 - Method and system for aggregating rules that define values for the same property associated with the same document element
An aggregate property grid includes a rule list and a property list such that a web developer may easily determine which properties correspond to which rules. The rule list displays a list of rules that are applied to a selected document element. The property list includes the properties that are ...

10/05/06 - 20060224606 - Notification methods and systems for print-related systems
Notification mechanisms for use in connection with print systems are described. In one embodiment, a notification mechanism extends from a printing application to the spooler, from the spooler to a hosting process, and back to the spooler. The notification mechanism can allow interested applications, such as print user interfaces, to ...

09/28/06 - 20060218171 - Electronic inking process
A method of reconciling a first data structure with a second data structure that is a subsequently modified version of the first data structure. Initially, each node in the first data structure for which a change has been made to a corresponding node in the second data structure is accessed. ...

09/28/06 - 20060218170 - Method and apparatus for compressing a data set
A configuration management system that uses a data compression method to compress entries in a data set. An entry is selected as a prefix value and prefix compression of the data set is performed. The entry to serve as the prefix value is quickly selected using an iterative approach. In ...

09/28/06 - 20060218169 - Constrained tree structure method and system
The present invention provides a method and system for imposing constraints on the induction of decision trees to control where in the decision tree, and in what order specific attributes may be used as node splitters. The invention is used to force a decision tree to contain a specified attribute ...

09/28/06 - 20060218168 - Method of managing web sites registered in search engine and a system thereof
Disclosed is a method and system for managing web sites registered in a search engine that provides information about web sites on the Internet, wherein information about the web sites registered in the search engine is analyzed to prevent the provision of search results different from essential contents contained in ...

09/21/06 - 20060212468 - Method and system for global constant management
Method and system for global constant management. A method of operating a computer is described in which, for data structures and a set of data structures, the date structure is received from a first memory. The data structure includes one or more sets of instructions and a set of one ...

09/21/06 - 20060212467 - Encoding of hierarchically organized data for efficient storage and processing
A compact binary encoding technique for information that is logically hierarchically structured, such as XML data, maintains all of the features of XML data in a useable form, such as the hierarchical structure underlying the data. Hence, data encoded in this format can undergo XML-based processing on-the-fly as it is ...

09/21/06 - 20060212466 - Job categorization system and method
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 ...

09/21/06 - 20060212465 - Apparatus and method for identifying asynchronous data in redundant data stores and for re-synchronizing same
A computer readable medium includes executable instruction to compare databases. The executable instructions are configured to identify when a segment of a first database is conditionally out of synchronization with a corresponding segment of a second database to establish a conditionally out of synchronization state at a first time. Executable ...

09/21/06 - 20060212464 - Methods and systems for identifying an area of interest in protectable content
A protectable content is inspected using both a first technique and a second technique that is different from the first technique. An area of interest in the protectable content is then identified based on the inspections. ...

09/21/06 - 20060212463 - Method and apparatus for extracting metadata information from an application
A metadata driven system for allowing various applications to extract metadata information about an application provides a method of storing metadata about the application, an apparatus for extracting metadata information about the application and an apparatus for converting the metadata information about the application into a form usable by the ...

09/21/06 - 20060212462 - Apparatus for continuous compression of large volumes of data
A system for efficiently transmitting data from a first site to a remote site over a communication medium. The data includes a storage for storing data in sub-segment boundaries, such that few sub-segments are accommodated in each block. The system further includes a storage for storing data including signature data. ...

09/14/06 - 20060206510 - Storage application programming interface
Systems, methods, apparatus, data structures, and computer-readable media are described which provide techniques for managing data storage. In an implementation, a method includes examining a role map to determine which of a plurality of roles are applicable to a request to interact with at least one of a plurality of ...

09/14/06 - 20060206509 - Mesh compression
A method and apparatus for transmission and reception of three dimensional image data is disclosed where vertex data, together with information on the displacement of vertices is sent for reception and reconstruction of a three dimensional object using a surface subdivision process. The method employed is characterised by all displacements ...

09/07/06 - 20060200481 - Method and system for data optimization and protection in dsp firmware
A method and system for optimizing data includes determining whether the data is comprised of initializing zeroes, generating an empty block-when it is determined that the data is comprised of initializing zeroes, restoring the data comprised of initializing zeroes from the generated empty block, and loading the restored data comprised ...

09/07/06 - 20060200480 - System and method for using product identifiers
A novel method for using product identifiers includes capturing a product identifier identifying a product, selecting one of a plurality of queries, transmitting the product identifier and the selected query to a data provider, and receiving a response to the selected query from the data provider. The method is performed ...

08/31/06 - 20060195464 - Dynamic data delivery
Dynamic data delivery is performed by a server system responsible for transmitting data over a network. The server automatically determines when to transmit the data and whether to compress the data. If the data is to be compressed, the server may also determine which of a plurality of compression algorithms ...

08/31/06 - 20060195463 - Method and computer program product for dynamic weighting of an ontological data model
A method, computer program product, and a data processing system that facilitates navigation through a directed graph for selection-of sub-processes of a modified business process derived from a business process is provided. A bounding box is used for evaluating and selecting sequences of nodes representative of business sub-processes or services. ...

08/24/06 - 20060190470 - Download, storage, and retrieval device
A self-contained inventive device capable of downloading and storing data from a personal information manager. The inventive device further comprises a feature that allows the data to be uploaded to either the same personal information manager from which the data was downloaded or to an entirely different personal information manager, ...

08/24/06 - 20060190469 - Serialization of file system item(s) and associated entity(ies)
A system and method for serialization and/or de-serialization of file system item(s) and associated entity(ies)is provided. A file system “item” comprises a core class which can include property(ies). An item can be simple or compound (e.g., includes other item(s) embedded in it). Associated with an item can be entity(ies) such ...

08/24/06 - 20060190468 - Techniques for improving memory access patterns in tree-based data index structures
A computer-implemented method is provided for performing key lookups. The method comprises accessing a header of a given one of a plurality of nodes in a tree-based data index structure. The given node comprises the header and a plurality of partitions. Each partition comprises at least one key. The header ...

08/17/06 - 20060184559 - Methods and systems managing data
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for ...

08/17/06 - 20060184558 - Recommender system for identifying a new set of media items responsive to an input set of media items and knowledge base metrics
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying a new set of media items in response to an input set (or “query set”) of media items and knowledge base metrics. The system uses a knowledge base consisting of a collection of mediasets. Various metrics among media items are considered by analyzing ...

08/17/06 - 20060184557 - Method and apparatus for distributing information to users
A method and apparatus for providing information to a plurality of users based on the relevancy of the information to the users are disclosed. An incoming message is received. Similarity scores are generated indicating similarities of the incoming message to features of a plurality of messages. Relevancy scores are generated ...

08/17/06 - 20060184556 - Compression algorithm for generating compressed databases
A data compressor performing the compression algorithm compresses an original uncompressed pattern database to form an associated compressed pattern database configured for fast retrieval and verification. For each data pattern, the data compressor stores a data in an address of a first memory table and that is defined by a ...

08/17/06 - 20060184555 - Medical image output system, medical image transferring apparatus and program
A medical image output system includes: a medical image transferring apparatus and plural medical image forming apparatus. Each medical image forming apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image formable region information. The transferring apparatus includes: an obtaining unit for obtaining the stored image formable region information; a determination unit ...

08/17/06 - 20060184554 - System and method for extensible metadata architecture for digital images using in-place editing
An improved system and method for an extensible metadata architecture for digital images is provided. Executable software code may be operably coupled to a metadata query reader and a metadata query writer for requesting operations for manipulating metadata in an image file. The metadata query reader may be operably coupled ...

08/17/06 - 20060184553 - Distributed mpeg-7 based surveillance servers for digital surveillance applications
Distributed MPEG-7 based Surveillance Servers for Digital Surveillance Applications (DM7SS), provides a distributed MPEG-7 compliant surveillance system platform that can provide flexible and extensible indexing and searching mechanisms based on MPEG-7 standards and technologies for distributed digital surveillance systems. A database manager implements a database process to manage metadata and ...

08/17/06 - 20060184552 - Memory efficient xml shredding with partial commit
A method and system that allows efficient shredding of large instances of hierarchical data structures into relational data structures. Large instances of hierarchical data structures, which are able to be larger than the random access storage of a computer used to shred them into relational data structures, are incrementally shredded ...

08/10/06 - 20060179071 - Preventing aliasing of compressed keys across multiple hash tables
A method is disclosed for preventing compressed keys from being aliased across multiple hash tables. A special hashing technique is used to produce hash keys and compressed keys that make such aliasing avoidable. Given a first input key K, a second and different input key K′, a first hash function ...

08/03/06 - 20060173887 - Conversion of data in particular for playing of audio and/or video information
A method for converting databases, structurally summarized in directories of data of an initial format meeting predetermined database specifications. The directory structure of the initial format is recorded. A directory structure of an intermediate format, having at least one database of data, is composed based on the directory structure of ...

08/03/06 - 20060173886 - Systems, methods, software, and interfaces for multilingual information retrieval
The present inventors have a devised one or more novel methods, systems, and interfaces for facilitating multi-lingual searches. One exemplary method entails creating multiple language-specific indices for a collection of documents, with each index including stemmed and non-stemmed versions of terms from the documents. Users submit queries that are associated ...

08/03/06 - 20060173885 - Obstruction-free data structures and mechanisms with separable and/or substitutable contention management mechanisms
We teach a powerful approach that greatly simplifies the design of non-blocking mechanisms and data structures, in part by, largely separate the issues of correctness and progress. At a high level, our methodology includes designing an “obstruction-free” implementation of the desired mechanism or data structure, which may then be combined ...

08/03/06 - 20060173884 - Methods for merging files and related systems
Methods for merging files and related systems. A first file comprising a plurality of columns is provided. Each column comprises at least one data field for a row corresponding to a string identification. It is determined whether the string identification corresponding to the row is in a second file. If ...

08/03/06 - 20060173883 - Data management and processing system for large enterprise model and method therefor
A computer system performs data processing using a data organizer which parses a primary set of data into predefined sets of data components according to one or more enterprise models. The sets of data components from the data organizer are respectively stored in multiple data sources. The data components may ...

08/03/06 - 20060173882 - Method for automatically modifying a tree structure
A method and system are provided to support automated modification to a multiple node tree structure. Each clause and each logical operator are defined in the tree structure as nodes. In addition, each link emanating from a child node to a parent node is defined as a child link, and ...

08/03/06 - 20060173881 - Graphical database navigator with relation level control
Graphical maps of databases and related objects within a database have benefits for a database administrator. Instead of displaying all objects related to a node of interest, a user can select what maximum relation level to use to locate related objects. The mapping software starts at the initial node, or ...

08/03/06 - 20060173880 - System and method for generating contextual survey sequence for search results
A system and related techniques generate a survey to capture user feedback about the quality of search results, in a continuous context with the user's Web page or other search activity. According to embodiments, a survey frame inviting the user to undertake a set of search questions may be presented ...

08/03/06 - 20060173879 - Method and system for tracking of work-item revisions
A method for work-item tracking, in a computer system that includes client computers and at least one server maintaining a database, includes defining at least one work item, associating version identifiers with corresponding versions of at least one work item, and storing, in the database, work-item data. The work-item data ...

08/03/06 - 20060173878 - Efficient processing of time series data
A system receiving time series data will store the data in a first format suited for quick writing. That data will subsequently be converted from the first format to a second format better suited than the first format for compact storage and queries. Over time, the data in the second ...

08/03/06 - 20060173877 - Automated alerts for resource retention problems
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of automated alerts for resource retention problems. Data on the resource usage as a function of time is obtained, and an automated analysis of the resource usage data is performed to determine whether the data indicates a minimum level of retention of the ...

08/03/06 - 20060173876 - Easy-to-use data report specification
A method and system for the graphical specification and modification of reports is disclosed which enables data reports to be easily created via a report design dialogue. The report design dialogue includes a group-level outline panel containing controls for grouping, as well as other report controls such as those for ...

08/03/06 - 20060173875 - Server consolidation data mdel
Computing device parameters, particularly for use in consolidating services performed on a plurality of computing devices such as servers in a server farm, can be compared. A storage device stores data set files that contain information collected from computing devices such as servers in a server farm. The data set ...

07/27/06 - 20060167919 - Intelligent platform management interface validating system and method
An Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) validating system used between a host system and an operation terminal is provided. The IPMI validating system includes a validating program library for storing a plurality of validating programs coded in a programming language, a user interface configured in the operation terminal, for providing ...

07/27/06 - 20060167918 - Information retrieval apparatus
An information retrieval apparatus which can use a preference-based association dictionary, the words stored therein are dynamically changed according to user's preferences, and a general association dictionary storing a relationship between the keywords included in a database, by appropriately switching between the two association dictionaries, and which includes: a matching ...

07/27/06 - 20060167917 - System, methods and apparatus for complex behaviors of collectives of intelligent mobile software agents
A system, methods and apparatus are described involving the self-organizing dynamics of networks of distributed computers. The system uses intelligent mobile software agents in a multi-agent system to perform numerous functions, including search, analysis, collaboration, negotiation, decision making and structural transformation. Data are continuously input, analyzed, organized, reorganized, used and ...

07/27/06 - 20060167916 - Non-intrusive method for logging external events related to an application process, and a system implementing said method
transmission (4, 5) by the system software of said message data to said process. ...

07/27/06 - 20060167915 - Pattern matching using deterministic finite automata and organization of such automata
A deterministic finite state machine is operated to detect any one of a plurality of digital signatures each corresponding to a succession of characters and each defined by a sequence of states in the state machine. The machine is organized such that for each state after the first in any ...

07/27/06 - 20060167914 - Time-based rebuilding of autonomic table statistics collections
Building database statistics for use by a query optimizer is beneficial but may over utilize system resources. Accordingly, the frequency that statistics are rebuilt is controlled in order to minimize the effect of the system. In particular, the staleness of the data and the time since the last statistics collection ...

07/27/06 - 20060167913 - Converting an address to a hyperlink
In a data structure such as an electronic document, a location such as an address is entered, rendered, or scanned for as part of text of the data structure. The location is identified and is converted to a hyperlink that targets an application program such as a website. When activated, ...

07/27/06 - 20060167912 - Method and system for use of subsets in serialized documents
A method for processing XML documents in a computer-based system includes providing a XML document associated with a XML information set that includes one or more information items, and serializing the XML document into a serialized format. The serialized format includes at least one subset that includes a subset node. ...

07/27/06 - 20060167911 - Automatic data pattern recognition and extraction
The present invention relates to a method and a computer program product for data pattern recognition and extraction. In one aspect, there is provided a computer implemented method for manually or automatically configuring a data extraction from one or more input files. In an embodiment, a user selects one or ...

07/27/06 - 20060167910 - [electronic device with an embedded linux application system]
The present invention discloses an electronic device with an embedded Linux application system, and the electronic device comprises a microprocessor for executing a Linux operating system core and a root file system, and the electronic device installs the Linux operating system core and the root file system, such that when ...

07/27/06 - 20060167909 - Conversion of structured information
A method and apparatus 400 are provided for carrying out conversion of structured information data sets structured according to a first predefined structure 405 into data sets structured according to a second predefined structure 410 by way of an intermediate data structure 300. Conversion rules 420 are defined to convert ...

07/20/06 - 20060161572 - Method and system for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional virtual objects
A method for visualization of dynamic three-dimensional (3D) virtual objects comprises storing a plurality of static 3D key-models respectively describing a dynamic 3D object in at least one of a number of poses and shapes; and rendering the dynamic 3D object by interpolation of the 3D key-models by performing the ...

07/20/06 - 20060161571 - Partial revocation list
A partial revocation list and a system and method for using the partial revocation list for tracking the authenticity of replacement cartridges in a manufactured device to inhibit cloning of the cartridges is provided. A revocation pool is maintained by a manufacturer who chooses a partial revocation list from the ...

07/20/06 - 20060161570 - Data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items based on category selection
A data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items using intelligent category selection, based on the information items that are to be checked for category membership. The set of categories for which an information item may be a candidate member is determined, and only that set of ...

07/20/06 - 20060161569 - Method and system to identify records that relate to a pre-defined context in a data set
The present invention provides a method and a system for identifying relevant information in a data set. The method involves the identification of nodes of interest in a tree structure. A node of interest is a node that contains information, which is relevant to a pre-defined context. The method further ...

07/20/06 - 20060161568 - Utilization of logical fields with conditional constraints in abstract queries
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture are provided for enhancing abstract queries by utilizing logical fields with conditional constraints. Building abstract queries with logical fields configured with conditional constraints allows for optimized physical queries to be generated from corresponding abstract queries. ...

07/20/06 - 20060161567 - Low communication complexity memory-bound function
Reducing or deterring undesirable electronic communications by requiring a sender of an electronic communication to download a memory-bound function that describes a table. The function initializes and builds a table, hashes each entry in the table, sorts the table. The steps of hashing and sorting the table may be completed ...

07/20/06 - 20060161566 - Sketch-based multi-query processing over data streams
A method of efficiently providing estimated answers to workloads of aggregate, multi-join SQL-like queries over a number of input data-streams. The method only examines each data elements once and uses a limited amount of computer memory. The method uses join graphs and atomic sketches that are essentially pseudo-random summaries formed ...

07/13/06 - 20060155738 - Monitoring method and system
A monitoring method and system for monitoring compliance of a policy in an IT infrastructure (150) are described. A modeling component (110) and an analysis system (110) are used. The modeling component (110) is arranged to model the policy and configure the analysis system in dependence on the model and ...

07/13/06 - 20060155737 - Method and system for identifying and obtaining computer software from a remote computer
Creators of computer software provide the most up-to-date versions of their computer software on an update service. A user who has purchased computer software calls the update service on a periodic basis. The update service automatically inventories the user computer to determine what computer software may be out-of-date, and/or need ...

07/13/06 - 20060155736 - Apparatus, system, and method for re-generating data structures
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for re-generating a data structure. A detection module detects corruption of a first data structure of a storage device. A removal module removes a first path from a host system to the first data structure without affecting communications through other paths between the ...

07/13/06 - 20060155735 - Image server
Virtual machine image files are stored in a virtual machine storage by a virtual machine image file server. Users at virtual machine clients connect to the virtual machine image file server and are presented with a list of the available virtual machine image files in a virtual machine image store. ...

07/13/06 - 20060155734 - Apparatus and methods for evaluating a dynamic system
A method of evaluating whether a vehicle under test is operating as intended. Parameters of the vehicle are sampled at a plurality of sample times to obtain a plurality of data samples. Data samples from more than one of the sample times are included in a sample set. The sample ...

07/13/06 - 20060155733 - Methods and apparatus for determining a proxy presence of a user
Methods and apparatus are provided for collecting proxy presence information about an object associated with a user from one or more proxy presence sources associated with the user. A proxy presence agent is associated with each of the proxy presence sources; and the proxy presence agents provide proxy presence information ...

07/13/06 - 20060155732 - Electronic file operation method and layout edition device
Selection of a main file and entry of the name of a package file, an output destination folder, etc., are accepted (step S100), the files in the folder of the same name as the main file existing in the same folder as the selected main file are packaged as related ...

07/06/06 - 20060149773 - System and method for maintaining a personnel directory
A system and method for maintaining information in a personnel directory, according to which historical data is saved and associated with current data, so that a user can locate an individual using outdated information. An embodiment of the invention includes receiving a request to edit an existing data entry of ...

07/06/06 - 20060149772 - Method for reducing a data repository
The present invention relates to a method for reducing a data repository with a plurality of sequentially ordered records. Each record is characterized by an identifier and comprises one or more data attributes and/or one or more links. The method includes the step of choosing a first record as base ...

07/06/06 - 20060149771 - Information processing system and communication retry method
To simplify the user's operation to obtain an HTML document. A relay apparatus 100 stores, when a communication log recording start request is given from a WWW browser 200, communication messages exchanged between the WWW browser 200 and a WWW server 300 in a data storage section 130 as communication ...

07/06/06 - 20060149770 - Integrated authoring system for electronic technical manual and paper technical manual using logistics support analysis data and authoring method therefor
Disclosed are an integrated authoring system for an electronic technical manual and a paper technical manual using logistics support analysis data, which is capable of authoring an interactive electronic technical manual (IETM) of Class IV level and a paper technical manual at the same time. The integrated authoring system for ...

07/06/06 - 20060149769 - Database navigation
Database interaction is facilitated by graphically presenting database objects in groups that are not necessarily dictated by object types of the database objects. In an example implementation, database navigation is facilitated by determining object dependency groups for a database in which each object dependency group corresponds to a database source ...

07/06/06 - 20060149768 - Database interaction
Database interaction is facilitated by graphically presenting database objects in groups that are not necessarily dictated by object types of the database objects. In an example implementation, database navigation is facilitated by determining object dependency groups for a database in which each object dependency group corresponds to a database source ...

07/06/06 - 20060149767 - Searching for data objects
A method of searching for a data object includes creating an index of data objects and searching for the data object in the index. Creating the index may comprise obtaining data objects from a data source, normalizing the data objects into a standardized format, indexing the data objects, and storing ...

07/06/06 - 20060149766 - Method and an apparatus to improve processor utilization in data mining
A method and an apparatus to improve processor utilization in data mining have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes representing a transaction data set with a prefix tree, and allocating the prefix tree in a depth first search order in a memory of the computing system during data ...

07/06/06 - 20060149765 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing system resources
Exemplary embodiments relate to methods, systems, and computer program products for managing system resources. The method includes assigning a first value to the lowest index of a range, the lowest index specifying a first available resource in the range. The first value is operable for indicating that all resources appearing ...

07/06/06 - 20060149764 - Innovation management business competency model
Disclosed are a method, system and computer program for assessing a client capability. The method comprises the step of providing a business model for a company, said model having defined capabilities, capability domains, key discipline areas having metrics, and specified proficiency levels including best practices proficiency levels. The method comprises ...

07/06/06 - 20060149763 - Data edition system, data edition method, data processing device, and server device
This invention proposes arrangements for implementing processes free of signal degradation without entailing increased strains on transmission. Parameter information such as compression, decoding and editing parameters is stored in a database in correspondence with unique information (UMID). Material data (baseband signal) decoded (from compression) for editing purposes is supplemented with ...

06/29/06 - 20060143214 - Method and apparatus for arranging social meetings
Individuals, couples, and families subscribe to a computerized service for facilitating the arrangement of their outings and social meetings. Subscribers fill in wish-lists to specify their level of interest in specific attractions, in getting together with specific other subscribers, and in arranging their preferred schedules for outings. An encounter generator ...

06/29/06 - 20060143213 - Duplicating database contents
The invention provides data processing, data control and information methods and systems for efficiently duplicating contents of a database in the data control system. An example of a data processing system includes: a cache unit acquiring, from a data control system which categorizes a plurality of data elements into a ...

06/29/06 - 20060143212 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium
In an information processing apparatus which can encrypt a file and can store the encrypted file at a predetermined location, an input file is separated into a header field and data field, and the separated data field is encrypted and saved in association with information included in the header field. ...

06/29/06 - 20060143211 - Method and system for managing data storage for dynamically changing data area attribute
This invention provides a storage system that can dynamically change an attribute of a logical device for storing data. A storage is configured by a database storage area. The database storage area includes a plurality of attributes of memories. A storage management unit includes a read/write unit for reading and ...

06/29/06 - 20060143210 - Enabling an application to interact with an ldap directory as though the ldap directory were a database object
A method and apparatus for enabling a database-accessing application to access current LDAP directory data is provided. According to one aspect, a database command that creates a database view is executed. The database view presents the results of a query on a table function that returns data from an LDAP ...

06/29/06 - 20060143209 - Remote management of a computer system
Remote management of a computer system. A managed system change request is received at an out-of-band management controller of a computer system. The managed system change request is posted to a mailbox. The posting of the managed system change request to the mailbox is signaled. The computer system is modified ...

06/29/06 - 20060143208 - Bitmask access for managing blog content
Methods, devices, and systems are directed towards managing a database using moderator determined attributes, and a contributor employable bitmask. In one embodiment, the database is employable for use in managing a weblog (blog). The bitmask is configured to enable contributors of a content item to modify selected options of an ...

06/29/06 - 20060143207 - Cyrillic to latin script transliteration system and method
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems and computer-readable media for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin script in a software product. An embodiment of this transliteration system and method comprises loading a text of characters and words in one of a Cyrillic or Latin script into a character ...

06/29/06 - 20060143206 - Interval tree for identifying intervals that intersect with a query interval
A method operable with a computing system is described for identifying which time interval keys within an interval tree intersect with a query interval. The method comprises accessing information from a node of the interval tree. The node comprises a time interval that identifies the earliest start time and latest ...

06/29/06 - 20060143205 - Dynamic sorting of virtual nodes
Properties of real nodes are selected by which to organize the real nodes as leaf nodes in a tree graph. A number of virtual nodes are provided, each representing a value of a selected property for at least one of the real nodes. The virtual nodes and real nodes are ...

06/29/06 - 20060143204 - Method, apparatus and system for dynamically allocating sequestered computing resources
A method, apparatus and system enable sequestered partitions on a device. A scheduler may allocate resources to each of the sequestered partitions and dynamically reallocate the resources from one partition to another, as necessary. ...

06/29/06 - 20060143203 - Digital information carrier
[Problem to be Solved] To provide a digital information carrier which enables blending of cluster information carrier comprising of image objects joined together to other viewable content (a character, an image, background, etc.) of a document, to seamlessly unify a printed document and an electronic document when accessing the cluster ...

06/29/06 - 20060143202 - Efficient data structure
In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a data structure for representing a spatial region. The data structure comprises a hierarchical arrangement of nodes associated with a plurality of refinement levels, wherein each node of the hierarchical arrangement of nodes is a regular spatial subdivision of the spatial ...

06/22/06 - 20060136460 - Managed file system filter model and architecture
A model in which filter drivers are managed to receive callbacks for I/O requests in which the filter drivers have registered an interest. Per-volume instances of filter drivers register with a filter manager for pre-callbacks (for I/O to the file system) and post-callbacks (for I/O from the file system), and ...

06/22/06 - 20060136459 - System and method for business service management
A management system has a reconciliation engine that reconciles information describing resources from a computer network service and stores reconciled information in a database. An editing engine or server is used to access and search reconciled information in the database based on at least one search criterion. Preferably, the search ...

06/22/06 - 20060136458 - Managing the state of coupling facility structures
A coupling facility is coupled to one or more other coupling facilities via one or more peer links. The coupling of the facilities enables various functions to be supported, including the duplexing of structures of the coupling facilities. Duplexing is performed on a structure basis, and thus, a coupling facility ...

06/22/06 - 20060136457 - Method for supporting scalable progressive downloading of video signal
Disclosed is a method for enabling scalable progressive downloading of video signals. In the method, when a server transmits scalably encoded content data to a client, the server transmits some of the content data from a head of the content data to a tail of the content data according to ...

06/22/06 - 20060136456 - Method of displaying a tool tip with filtered contents
A method of browsing media items is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of displaying (802) representations of the media items on a display (914), defining (803) a filter criterion for a display pointing device (903), browsing (804) the displayed representations of the media items by moving the pointer of ...

06/22/06 - 20060136455 - Clustering web queries
Systems and methods for clustering Web queries are described. In one aspect, one or more of a same document and a plurality of similar documents selected by a user in response to a plurality of queries is identified. Responsive to this identification, a query cluster is generated. The cleric the ...

06/22/06 - 20060136454 - Method for managing a hybrid distributed database in a communication network
A method and a hybrid distributed database for performing a transaction in a communication network. The distributed data base comprise a pessimistic scheduler for requesting a read/write lock from its associated transaction manager, determining if there is a conflict for the operation and for detecting a conflict of operation. If ...

06/22/06 - 20060136453 - Method and system for advanced downloading of urls for web navigation
A method, computer program product, and system for providing advanced downloading of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for a WEB browser running on a computer. The system is capable of providing a WEB browser with Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The system comprises a client computer and a server. The client computer ...

06/22/06 - 20060136452 - Method of generating database schema to provide integrated view of dispersed data and data integrating system
A method for generating a database schema in order to generate an integrated view capable of obtaining desired data from data resources dispersed and stored in different formats in different locations, and an data integrating system are provided. The method includes rules for parsing the structure and contents of an ...

06/22/06 - 20060136451 - Methods and systems for applying attention strength, activation scores and co-occurrence statistics in information management
Methods and systems for applying attention strength, activation scores and co-occurrence statistics to information management. Attention strength values used in computing the base activation scores of information items are derived from user interactions with such items. Co-occurrence strength values used in computing associative activation and partial matching scores of information ...

06/22/06 - 20060136450 - Document separator pages
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for using document separator sheets is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises scanning a plurality of sheets having a plurality of documents to be added to one or more collections, identifying the start of each of the plurality of documents based on ...

06/22/06 - 20060136449 - Aggregate data view
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media implementing various aspects of data retrieval, transformation, data interrelationship inference, and aggregate data view generation are disclosed. The aggregate data view may incorporate data sources from geographically disparate servers, and in different data formats. The aggregate data view may further be converted into HTML and ...

06/22/06 - 20060136448 - Apparatus, system, and method for database provisioning
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for provisioning database resource within a grid database system. The federation apparatus includes an analysis module and a provision module. The analysis module analyzes a data query stream from an application to a database instance and determines if the data query stream exhibits ...

06/22/06 - 20060136447 - Graphical transformation of data
A system and method for transforming data from a data source for use in a target application are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a user interface and a global data flow model representing a process of moving the data from the data source to the target application. The ...

06/22/06 - 20060136446 - Prioritized files
An entry for a file to be stored in a file system can be created. A priority is assigned to the file that indicates an importance of the file relative to a plurality of additional files stored in the file system, the priority being one of three or more priorities ...

06/22/06 - 20060136445 - Bidirectional update of client-server objects
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for updating data. In one aspect, a system that has a server operating on a structure of server data objects and a client operating on a structure of client data objects, the data objects and the structure of the server data objects and ...

06/22/06 - 20060136444 - System and method for integrated information service
A system for integrated information service is provided. The system of integrated information service comprises an interface, a first storage device, a second storage device, and a processor. The interface receives query information for manufacturing information. The first storage device stores manufacturing information from a plurality of separate data sources ...

06/22/06 - 20060136443 - Method and apparatus for initializing data propagation execution for large database replication
The replication of large amounts of data from a database source to a database target is often prone to failure when the amount of data exceeds the transaction capacity of the database. In other words, if the amount of data transfer during initial start-up fills the transaction log before the ...

06/22/06 - 20060136442 - Method, systems of devices, and computer program product for the document-related extension of a resource-structured document data flow
In a method and system for enhancement of an input document data stream which comprises at least one input format file comprising format definitions and an input document data file structured in at least one of ranges and sub-ranges and containing variable data, the data stream is enhanced with finishing ...

06/22/06 - 20060136441 - Method and apparatus for synchronous project collaboration
A disclosed project management system allows one or more team members to share documents in asynchronous and synchronous collaboration modes. A synchronous collaboration system is provided as an incremental addition that extends a conventional asynchronous collaboration system. One or more users can transition between asynchronous and synchronous collaboration modes. A ...

06/22/06 - 20060136440 - Dependent data stream transmission procedure
A method for the transmission of data flows; data flows, server, terminal, method for reception and use corresponding thereto. The invention relates to a method for the transmission of at least one flow of data towards at least one terminal, said flow or flows being organized in the form of ...

06/15/06 - 20060129586 - Methods and systems for managing data
Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for ...

06/15/06 - 20060129585 - Multi node server system
A server system has, in addition to extensibility of scale-out type of a braid server system, extensibility of scaleup type by making SMP coupling among nodes. Each node has a unit for SMP coupling to other nodes and a module management unit of each node responds to system configuration information ...

06/15/06 - 20060129584 - Performing an action in response to a file system event
A method and apparatus for performing an action in response to a file system event is provided. According to one aspect, sets of “event listeners” are associated with a file hierarchy and/or the nodes thereof. Each event listener contains a set of “event handlers.” Each event handler corresponds to a ...

06/15/06 - 20060129583 - Recursive sections in electronic forms
Systems and/or methods enabling creation and/or use of a recursive section for an electronic form are described. In one embodiment, a system and/or method enables alteration, responsive to graphical selection of a recursive section component, of an electronic form's schema to permit a recursive section. In another embodiment, a system ...

06/15/06 - 20060129582 - Enumeration of trees from finite number of nodes
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. ...

06/15/06 - 20060129581 - Determining a level of expertise of a text using classification and application to information retrival
An apparatus and method are provided for determining a level of expertise applicable to a particular document and for using this determined level of expertise in an improved information retrieval arrangement. A trainable document classifier is used to identify an applicable level of expertise using a metric indicative of the ...

06/15/06 - 20060129580 - Method and computer configuration for providing database information of a first database and method for carrying out the computer-aided formation of a statistical image of a database
09 A first statistical image is formed for the first database whereby representing statistical correlations of the data elements contained in the first database. Afterwards, the first statistical image is stored in a server computer and transmitted from this server computer over a communications network to a client computer. The ...

06/08/06 - 20060123038 - Dynamic graphical index of website content
A dynamically updateable graphical index for rapidly scanning through content available on a website. The index comprises user-selectable levels within branches of a hierarchical tree structure representing various categories and sub-categories of content available on the website. All content on the website is associated with meta-data. The categories and sub-categories ...

06/08/06 - 20060123037 - Information processing apparatus and information processing program
In a system that corresponds content to a user and permits the user to browse particular content corresponding to the user, the system timely informs the user of a page to which update has been performed. A content update information obtaining section obtains content update information showing the update of ...

06/08/06 - 20060123036 - 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 ...

06/08/06 - 20060123035 - Applying multiple compression algorithms in a database system
A database compression system includes a compression plug-in that allows a database to be compressed using multiple compression algorithms. As well, implementations of the present; invention allow inter-row compression to be used with fixed-page sizes in a page-based database. For example, the compression plug-in inter-row decompresses a requested page from ...

06/08/06 - 20060123034 - Method and apparatus for managing data files stored in local storage
A method and apparatus for managing data files of a local storage is disclosed. The method for managing data files of a local storage includes the steps of: a) downloading at least one data file from a content provider, storing the downloaded data file in the local storage, and forming ...

06/08/06 - 20060123033 - Method and system for providing a representation of merge conflicts in a three-way merge operation
A method and system provides an improved representation of merge conflicts in a three-way merge operation of three sequences: Original, Version1, and Version2. A merge program first compares the three sequences to identify a list of difference chunks of elements between the Original and Version1, and a list of difference ...

06/08/06 - 20060123032 - Reorganizing images in static file system differencing and updating
Systems and methods are provided for reorganizing static file system (SFS) images for efficient differencing, updating and to reduce the update time. The systems and methods are for updating compressed read-only memory file system (CRAMFS) format images as an example. The reorganizing receives an image that includes one or more ...

06/08/06 - 20060123031 - Prefiltering method and apparatus for prefiltering data stream for pattern matching
A prefiltering method and apparatus for prefiltering a data stream for pattern matching are provided. The prefiltering method includes: receiving a data stream; loading previously stored filtering policies; filtering the data stream according to the loaded filtering policies and generating additional filtering information regarding the filtered data stream; determining whether ...

06/08/06 - 20060123030 - Discovering object definition information in an integrated application environment
Provided is a method, system, and program for providing an object discovery agent (ODA) client. There is one object discovery agent (ODA) client and at least one ODA, wherein each ODA is associated with one application and includes: (i) application programming interfaces (APIs) to communicate with the associated application to ...

06/08/06 - 20060123029 - Method and/or system for transmitting and/or receiving data
Embodiments of a method and/or system of transmitting and/or receiving data is disclosed. ...

06/08/06 - 20060123028 - Method and apparatus for defining and instrumenting reusable java server page code snippets for website testing and production
Reusable JSP code snippets are defined and instrumented for Website testing and production. A user may define tile definitions in a markup language file for a number of JSP code snippets to be included in a store page. Upon receiving store inputs comprising tile definitions and jar files for the ...

06/08/06 - 20060123027 - Time-critical filtering of information using domain ontologies
An ontology that is used to determine relationships between instances of objects having types. The ontology is made from a text file containing a DAML+OIL description of the ontology and includes a set of ontology objects and an accelerator that accelerates determination of the relationships. The accelerator is implemented using ...

06/01/06 - 20060117052 - Word sense disambiguation
Systems and methods for word sense disambiguation, including discerning one or more senses or occurrences, distinguishing between senses or occurrences, and determining a meaning for a sense or occurrence of a subject term. In a collection of documents containing terms and a reference collection containing at least one meaning associated ...

06/01/06 - 20060117051 - Method of displaying data in a table
A method and computer-executable program code for displaying data in a table having columns, rows and a plurality of cells defined by the columns and rows. The method involves the steps of creating a first and a second sub-tables positioned one above another or side-by-side. The top sub-table defines a ...

06/01/06 - 20060117050 - Methods and apparatus for determining a presence of a user
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for collecting presence information about a user from one or more presence sources associated with the user, such as applications, devices and locations. A presence agent is associated with each presence source; and the presence agents provide presence information to one or more presence servers. ...

06/01/06 - 20060117049 - Processing path-based database operations
A method and apparatus for processing path-based database operations is provided. According to one aspect, a “parent row ID” column is added to a directory links table. For each row in the table, the value of the “parent row ID” column indicates the row ID, in the table, of the ...

06/01/06 - 20060117048 - Method and system of synchronizing filter metadata after a restore
A method and system for updating a filter's data after the filter's metadata file is restored. The filter maintains an open handle to the metadata until the filter receives a request to have the metadata restored. The filter then closes the open handle and allows the metadata to be restored. ...

06/01/06 - 20060117047 - Apparatus and method for presenting media content files
An apparatus and a method for presenting media content files which does not necessitate the creation of scripts and programs that are specific to the collection of media content files. The presentation is made self-organizing by establishing a set of rules governing the navigation of the collection of media content ...

06/01/06 - 20060117046 - Distributed storage network
A distributed storage network of computers is disclosed in which a determination as to whether to store a data item at a computer connected to said network is made in dependence on a policy document associated with that data item. The policy document is constructed in accordance with a Document ...

05/25/06 - 20060112125 - Method for gathering and summarizing internet information
A computer method of gathering and summarizing large amounts of information comprises collecting information from a plurality of information sources (14, 51) according to respective maps (52) of the information sources (14), converting the collected information from a storage format to XML-language documents (26, 53) and storing the XML-language documents ...

05/25/06 - 20060112124 - Information processing apparatus and method and program
The present invention is intended to facilitate the correct destructive editing of content data. An update metadata identification block 303 identifies metadata that is affected (or must be updated) by the destructive edit processing by a material data destructive edit processing block 302. If the metadata is found required for ...

05/25/06 - 20060112123 - Spreadsheet user-interfaced business data visualization and publishing system
A spreadsheet user-interfaced web-based business data publishing system allows users to input and visualize field data and analytical results with interactive charts through a familiar MS-EXCEL user interface. A plug-in module associated with the user's browser and EXCEL application enables a background, web-services connection over the Internet to a management ...

05/25/06 - 20060112122 - Method, system, and storage medium for implementing business process modules
Exemplary embodiments include a method for implementing business process modules for performing business process modeling. The method includes identifying tasks required in order to achieve a capability and designing a process module for enabling the capability. The designing includes interconnecting logic flow among the tasks resulting in an optimized, repeatable ...

05/25/06 - 20060112121 - Atomically moving list elements between lists using read-copy update
A system, method and computer program product for atomically moving a shared list element from a first list location to a second list location includes inserting a placeholder element at the second list location to signify to readers that a move operation is underway, removing the shared list element from ...

05/25/06 - 20060112120 - Method, system, and computer program product for threading documents using body text analysis
A method, system, and computer program product for threading documents using body text analysis. The method comprises: computing a fingerprint for each of a plurality of documents by analyzing text in a body of each document; comparing the computed fingerprints to determine a set of documents from the plurality of ...

05/25/06 - 20060112119 - System, method and computer program product for real-time event indentification and course of action interpretation
A system for identifying events includes a memory capable of storing a compressed event table including a number of events, the event table having been compressed by reducing the number of events in the event table without reducing the number of events represented by the event table. Each event of ...

05/25/06 - 20060112118 - Systems and methods for push-to-talk wireless applications
Systems and methods are provided for routing data messages to appropriate applications among multiple available applications. Observers use a variety of signal transmission devices to generate and transmit data messages to a receiver. Each observer has an observer identification and each receiver has a receiver identification. A routing layer is ...

05/18/06 - 20060106852 - Automated storage management of files, including computer-readable files
Automated systems and processes for managing paper and/or digital files, particularly medical records contained in digital files, digital or paper file folders and the like, in a file storage system having a finite size or expansion capacity. For paper files, a system tracks the thickness of individual file folders, the ...

05/18/06 - 20060106851 - Real-time database performance and availability monitoring method and system
Database performance and availability monitoring of changes impacting database performance, availability and continuity to the underlying business may be performed. A method for doing so may include analytical and visual real-time analysis engines to identify and provide alert notifications on changes in database performance statistics (such as CPU consumption, physical ...

05/18/06 - 20060106850 - Location beacon database
A location beacon database and server, method of building location beacon database, and location based service using same. Wi-Fi access points are located in a target geographical area to build a reference database of locations of Wi-Fi access points. At least one vehicle is deployed including at least one scanning ...

05/18/06 - 20060106849 - Idle cpu indexing systems and methods
Described herein are systems and methods for indexing documents during CPU idle time. The method can include the steps of determining at regular intervals if CPU usage is above a threshold value and pausing the indexing when CPU usage rises above a threshold value. If the CPU usage is below ...

05/18/06 - 20060106848 - Method and apparatus for handling directory operations
A method for handling a directory service operation includes determining whether an alternate evaluator can respond to the operation and evaluating the operation using the alternate evaluator when it is determined that the alternate evaluator can respond to the operation. ...

05/18/06 - 20060106847 - Method and apparatus for selecting, analyzing, and visualizing related database records as a network
A method and apparatus for selecting and converting database records or sets of related documents into network data and presenting that data in a network visualization system that enables users to select among, and move between various network displays by selecting one or more attributes of the data to be ...

05/18/06 - 20060106846 - Cross-context task management
A method and system to manage tasks are described. The method may provide a graphical user interface to allow a user to identify a first task context and associate a plurality of first tasks with the first task context, and to identify a second task context and associate a plurality ...

05/18/06 - 20060106845 - System and method for computer-based local generic commerce and management of stored value
A computer is configured for pay-per-use or prepaid operation using internally stored value that may be directed to various aspects of the computer's operation, for example, printing or use of a particular application program. The value used may be logged and that information may be transferred to a host where ...

05/18/06 - 20060106844 - Method and system for client-side manipulation of tables
Provided is a system and method for providing a browser functionality to determine the existence of a table, identify data therein and manipulate the data according to a user's input. Thus, a method for manipulating data tables in a client machine includes determining at the client machine, existence of a ...

05/18/06 - 20060106843 - Database track history
A computer-implemented method of providing a track history before a database, comprising the steps of: providing in a storage memory, a track history of choice selectable records that each comprises metadata items applicable to identify a data set from a data superset stored in the database; providing a bank of ...

05/18/06 - 20060106842 - Method and apparatus for dynamic middleware assembly
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for dynamic middleware assembly. One embodiment of the inventive method for dynamically assembling middleware at a client involves selecting a middleware component from a group of middleware components, where the selection is based at least in part on a ...

05/18/06 - 20060106841 - Computer file system
A file system that does not conflate item lifetime with the item's inclusion in an organizational structure of the file system is described herein. In addition, the file system's organizational structure is not limited to directory trees, but instead may use any directed acyclic graph (DAG). Items, once stored into ...

05/18/06 - 20060106840 - System and method for tracking notifications in a publish subscribe system
A system and method are provided for tracking notification messages from a message publisher to a message subscriber. The system includes a plurality of entities that are operatively coupled to one another via an electronic network, and each entity includes at least one processor configured as a message publisher, a ...

05/18/06 - 20060106839 - Maintain optimal query performance by presenting differences between access plans
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, collect previous and current statistics based on previous and current access plans, respectively, and a query. The previous and current statistics are compared in response to an event, and the differences between the previous and current statistics are presented. ...

05/18/06 - 20060106838 - Apparatus, system, and method for validating files
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for validating files. In one embodiment, a target module determines if an operation is to be performed on a file. If the operation is to be performed on the file, an identification module identifies the file extension of the file and a characterization ...

05/18/06 - 20060106837 - Parsing system and method of multi-document based on elements
A system and method is configured to parse web-document based on elements. The system can include a word parser for extracting and separating all tokens of the document supplied to the terminal regardless of kind of a markup language used to compose the web-document by referring to a token table; ...

05/18/06 - 20060106836 - Data processing system, data processing device, data processing method, and computer program
A privilege management system enabling effective privilege management, such as confirmation processing of service receiving privileges and so forth, is realized. A group attribute certificate which has, as stored information, group identification information corresponding to a group which is a set of certain devices or certain users, and also has ...

05/11/06 - 20060101050 - Methods and apparatus for parallel exection of a process
One embodiment of the invention is directed to executing a computer program that manipulates data stored in a distributed manner on a parallel server. At least one portion of the computer program treats the data from a global perspective, wherein commands to the parallel server are not specific to the ...

05/11/06 - 20060101049 - Method, apparatus, computer program, and computer program product for managing the durability of a plurality of transactions
Method, apparatus, computer program, and computer program product for managing the durability of a plurality of transactions, each transaction including a plurality of operations, each operation for applying to a data item, each operation having a reliability level associated therewith. Each transaction is divided into one or more sub-transactions based ...

05/11/06 - 20060101048 - Kstore data analyzer
A data analysis system for performing an analytic to obtain an analytic result in a computing device having memory including a data analyzer interface, at least one interlocking trees datastore within the associated memory, and at least one analytic application executed. The data analysis system of the invention also includes ...

05/11/06 - 20060101047 - Method and system for fortifying software
A method of developing fortified software using external guards, identifying information, security policies and obfuscation. External guards protect protected programs within the fortified software that they are not part of. The external guards can read and check the protected programs directly to detect tampering or can exchange information with the ...

05/11/06 - 20060101046 - Using a word processor with accounting data
A method of transferring data from a financial program to a word processing program to view and modify financial documents in the word processing program is disclosed. The method may entail selecting a template in an accounting program wherein the template has a field related to the selected template, identifying ...

05/11/06 - 20060101045 - Methods and apparatus for interval query indexing
Interval query indexing techniques for use in accordance with data stream processing systems are disclosed. For example, in an illustrative aspect of the invention, a technique for use in processing a data stream comprises the following steps/operations. First, an attribute range of query intervals associated with the data stream is ...

05/11/06 - 20060101044 - Method, system and program for excuting a query having a union all operator and data modifying operations
Disclosed is a data processing system, a data processing system implemented method and an article of manufacture for executing a query having a union all operator. The data processing system implemented method directs the data processing system to execute a query against a data object. The query has a union ...

05/11/06 - 20060101043 - Control method and device, and method for setting up a control system
A device is used for controlling an installation that is comprised of several units. A common control system, that is provided with a central data memory, in which current real values and/or set points are filed as process variables for several units, is allocated to several of these units. The ...

05/11/06 - 20060101042 - De-fragmentation of transmission sequences
The present invention aims at avoiding fragmentation during transmission of a structured document (10). This is achieved by a method of progressive transmission for a structured document (10). the structured document (10) comprising sub-documents (12, 14, 16, . . . ) with related relevance weightings. In particular, a fragmentation measure ...

05/04/06 - 20060095456 - System and method for retrieving structured document
A structured document retrieval system includes a structured document database which manages a structured document by a tree structure including a plurality of hierarchical nodes, a unit which receives a traverse request from a client, the traverse request including base point node designation information to designate one of nodes in ...

05/04/06 - 20060095455 - Method and/or system for tagging trees
Embodiments of methods and/or systems for tagging trees are disclosed. ...

05/04/06 - 20060095454 - System and method for secure collaborative terminal identity authentication between a wireless communication device and a wireless operator
Systems and methods for providing a wireless communication device with secure terminal identity information and secure collaborative terminal identity authentication between the wireless communication device and a wireless operator. In one embodiment, the system for providing a wireless communication device with secure terminal identity information includes: (1) a public key ...

05/04/06 - 20060095453 - Providing a user a non-degraded presentation experience while limiting access to the non-degraded presentation experience
A user is provided a non-degraded presentation experience from data while access to the non-degraded presentation experience is limited. In an embodiment, one or more attributes are gathered from one or more sources. The data is accessed. Further, the data is adapted using the one or more attributes so that ...

05/04/06 - 20060095452 - System and method for converting compact media format files to synchronized multimedia integration language
A system and method for converting compact multimedia format files to synchronized multimedia integration language while preserving media and timeline information. Media objects and timeline information are extracted from a compact multimedia format file. The media is saved to separate files, and each file may be split into multiple files ...

05/04/06 - 20060095451 - Method and system for freshness indication of location data
A system (50) and method (10) providing a user with a qualitative indication of a freshness of location information with minimal user disruption can include the steps of obtaining (12) presentation data, associating (14) a location indication representative of a location when the presentation data was obtained, and altering (16) ...

04/27/06 - 20060089940 - Instantaneous integrated system and method of heterogeneous databases
An instantaneous integrated system of heterogeneous databases comprises at least one first-type database, a computing device, and a database exchanging platform. The computing device comprises a second-type database and a user interface from which a first instantaneous instruction is issued. The database exchanging platform establishes at least one first instruction ...

04/20/06 - 20060085468 - Method for automatic wrapper repair
A method of information extraction from a Web page using an initial wrapper which has become partially inoperative, wherein the initial wrapper comprises an initial set of rules for extracting information and for assigning labels from a wrapper set of labels to the extracted information, includes using the initial set ...

04/20/06 - 20060085467 - Hierarcy structure data generating system
The mapping data include a substituting element describing area, a repeat number describing area, and a repeat element describing area. In the substituting element describing area, it is described that the input data is set to which tag in the XML file. In the repeat number describing area, the repeat ...

04/20/06 - 20060085466 - Parsing hierarchical lists and outlines
A system and method for determining hierarchical information is described. Aspects include using the Collins model for parsing non-textual information into hierarchical content. The system and process assign labels to lines that indicate how the lines relate to one another. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085465 - Method(s) for updating database object metadata
Two computers are respectively programmed to generate descriptions of database objects (such as tables) in a first database, and compare the generated descriptions to corresponding schema objects in a second database. Objects in the second database are changed to conform to the first database if differences are found during comparison. ...

04/20/06 - 20060085464 - Method and system for providing referential integrity constraints
A master table and one or more slave tables are linked together by different referential integrity constraints. A database engine maintains a separate data structure that includes information about which slave tables include corresponding records that may be affected by a constraint. Accordingly, when an operation is performed on the ...

04/13/06 - 20060080348 - Security cloth design and assembly
A security enclosure and method of forming the security enclosure. The security enclosure includes an electronic assembly, an extension, and a tamper respondent wrap. The extension has a first end inserted in the assembly and a second end having at least one bonding pad thereon. The tamper respondent wrap at ...

04/13/06 - 20060080347 - Enhanced trade compliance system: mass amendment
Methods and systems are described for implementing mass amendments that affect many line items and span many entries in a trade compliance system. Mass amendment functions allow a data field that is repeated in a plurality of records in the trade compliance system to be corrected without redundant data entry. ...

04/06/06 - 20060074958 - Method and system for storage and fast retrieval of digital terrain model elevations for use in positioning systems
Methods and apparatuses to generate and to access compressed and indexed elevations of Digital Elevation Models. In one aspect of the invention, a method to store elevation data includes: compressing elevation data of a first portion of a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to generate first compressed elevation data; storing the ...

04/06/06 - 20060074957 - Method of configuration management of a computer system
A configuration management computer and program for managing volume configuration of a computer system are provided. This program collects configuration information from a host computer, switch, and storage system, that are objects for management, and creates correspondence of usage between a replica volume and a replica configuration definition. Once the ...

04/06/06 - 20060074956 - Method and system for time-based reclamation of objects from a recycle bin in a database
A system for managing dropped objects of a database. The system comprises a finite amount of disk space for temporarily storing the dropped objects. The system further includes an indexer for assigning time stamps to each of the dropped objects and a reclaimer for reclaiming the dropped objects based on ...

04/06/06 - 20060074955 - System and method for deferred database connection configuration
A system and method for deferred database connection configuration. A database connection handle associated with a physical database connection is assigned to an application. An indication is received from the application to access a specified connection parameter of the physical database connection. A connection handling infrastructure determines whether the specified ...

04/06/06 - 20060074954 - System and method for enabling efficient recovery of data in a storage array
A recovery enabling system for storage arrays is a high distance generalization of RAID-5 with optimal update complexity and near optimal storage efficiency. The recovery enabling system utilizes presets, data cells with known values that initialize the reconstruction process. The presets allow resolution of parity equations to reconstruct data when ...

04/06/06 - 20060074953 - Metadata management for a data abstraction model
A method, system and article of manufacture for managing metadata associated with a data abstraction model abstractly describing data in a database. One embodiment provides a method of managing metadata describing objects of a data abstraction model with logical fields that define abstract views of physical data in a database. ...

04/06/06 - 20060074952 - System and method to enable platform personality migration
An embodiment of the present invention relates generally to computer configuration and, more specifically, to a system and method to seamlessly determine the component configurations of a series of heterogeneous platforms and enable their respective component configurations to be intelligently migrated from one platform to another. In some embodiments, the ...

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