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Data Processing: Database And File Management Or Data Structures > Database Schema Or Data Structure > Application Of Database Or Data Structure (e.g., Distributed, Multimedia, Image) Application Of Database Or Data Structure (e.g., Distributed, Multimedia, Image)Application Of Database Or Data Structure (e.g., Distributed, Multimedia, Image) 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.10/19/06 - 20060235889 - Dynamic membership management in a distributed system Transactional database replication techniques are disclosed that do not require altering of the database management system implementation. A replicator module includes a dynamic membership manager, which is configured to manage the persistent membership of a coordination group. The persistent membership can be, for example, a durable set of sites that ... 10/19/06 - 20060235888 - Recording/playback apparatus, recording/playback method, program, and storage medium This invention improves convenience in processing such as data search in a recording/playback apparatus such as a digital camera. This apparatus includes a recording unit which generates a plurality of directories DCIM and SNDR having the same directory structure on a layer of hierarchy immediately below a root directory at ... 10/19/06 - 20060235887 - Terminal device, content deletion and transfer control system, and method for controlling content deletion A terminal device that is virtually connected to an external information processing device that includes a recording medium that stores content so that the terminal device can communicate with the information processing device includes an input unit for receiving a user's instruction, a display unit that presents information on a ... 10/19/06 - 20060235886 - Method, system and software for centralized generation and storage of individualized requests and results What is disclosed is a method, system (1000) and software for providing users of networked devices with centralized storage of individualized requests and results, available from any networked devices, regardless of where the requests and/or results are inputted or viewed. ... 10/19/06 - 20060235885 - Selective delivery of digitally encoded news content News content is received from news feeds, sorted by content, and distributed to user nodes so that each user receives a custom compilation of news articles. This involves receiving to a news communication subscription system a plurality of news articles, each news article comprising digitally encoded news content, from at ... 10/19/06 - 20060235884 - System and method for evaluating talent and performance A system and method for evaluating talent and performance comprises a central computer in communication with a plurality of network computers. The central computer is operable to provide a plurality of user workspaces accessible at the plurality of network computers. In one embodiment, a plurality of hiring stages are defined ... 10/19/06 - 20060235883 - Multimedia system for mobile client platforms A method for multimedia playback and transmission to wireless clients is described. A host webserver transcodes a live digital or analog audio-visual or audio broadcast signal and splits the input stream into small multimedia objects of an efficient compression such as MPEG4/AAC, and then immediately deploys the objects to distributed ... 10/19/06 - 20060235882 - System and method for developing arbitrary and efficient mappings between complex message structures A system and method are provided for generating a mapping model to transform message communications between a first message format and a second message format. The first message format is configured for use by a client and the second message format is configured for use by a data source. The ... 10/19/06 - 20060235881 - System and method for parsing medical data Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for processing medical data. The method includes the steps of identifying text strings in medical data, associating the text strings with standardized identifiers from a library, and outputting the standardized identifiers associated with the text strings. In an embodiment, ... 10/19/06 - 20060235880 - Advanced streaming format table of contents object A computer memory product. A computer memory product having stored thereon a digital media file, the memory product comprising a computer readable memory, and a data file including at least two digital data portions; a first header object Including a TOC object containing data regarding the data file; and a ... 10/19/06 - 20060235879 - Techniques for specifying and collecting data aggregations Data records containing one or more fields, which can be considered keys and/or values, are received, and processed such that data values of records that contain key values of interest are aggregated together. The keys of the resultant aggregations or “resultant keys” are created under the control of simple parameters ... 10/19/06 - 20060235878 - Client side indexing of offline address book files A method of building an offline address book (OAB). An OAB data file and a table of attributes are generated at a server. The data file and table are transferred from the server to a client. The transferred data file and table are indexed by the client. ... 10/19/06 - 20060235877 - Mask fititng system and method A mask fitting system (1) for selecting a mask system for a patient includes at least one terminal (6) which receives data unique to a patient. The patient data can be scanned in using a scanner, such as a handheld or 3-D scanner, or the relevant dimensions of the patient ... 10/12/06 - 20060230073 - Information services for real world augmentation A method and system provides information services for augmentation of real world environments. The information services include features for retrieving and presenting information, authoring new information services, authoring new information services, storing information, storing information services, communicating information, communicating information services, sharing information, sharing information services, executing e-commerce transactions and ... 10/12/06 - 20060230072 - Secure digital couriering system and method A digital couriering system and method for electronically moving records and images through a central user interface with a centralized security and access mechanism is disclosed. The disclosed system and method is a network that makes it possible for records comprising personal information and other non-personal information to be delivered ... 10/12/06 - 20060230071 - Model-driven event detection, implication, and reporting system An event analysis system monitors information available from both publicly and privately distributed networks of information for events that are relevant to the user's particular business concerns. Those concerns are defined in a customized model of the user's organization and external business environment. The system receives the information, detects events ... 10/12/06 - 20060230070 - System and method for creating target byte code A system and method for converting byte code of a first type into byte code of a second type. Byte code of a first type is received as input. The first byte code is converted into constituent byte code data elements that can comprise any logical unit or grouping of ... 10/12/06 - 20060230069 - Media transmission method and a related media provider that allows fast downloading of animation-related information via a network system A media transmission method and a related media provider are provided for transmitting media to an electronic device including a multimedia chip and a terminal database via a network system. The media provider has a summary database for storing a plurality of objects and their basic information, a media generating ... 10/12/06 - 20060230068 - Methods and systems for specifying a user interface for an application Systems and methods for generating and/or modifying a specification for an application. Data to be incorporated into the specification is stored in a database. The data is stored in the database according to a conceptual model that allows a specification generator application to generate the specification by making a series ... 10/12/06 - 20060230067 - Automatically moving multidimensional data between live datacubes of enterprise software systems Techniques are described for sharing multidimensional data between software systems, such as enterprise software systems. Specifically, the techniques provide mechanisms for defining inter-application “links” for automatically moving data among different databases associated with the enterprise software systems. For example, a system may include a first database storing multidimensional data for ... 10/12/06 - 20060230066 - Using schemas to generate application specific business objects for use in an integration broker Provided are a method, system, and program for using schemas to generate application specific business objects for use in an integration broker. A schema is accessed defining an application specific data structure for one application. A business object is generated including fields corresponding to elements and attributes indicated in the ... 10/12/06 - 20060230065 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating a suggested list of media items based upon a seed A system and method for suggesting a list of media items to a user. The method comprises presenting a user with a selection element for gathering a seed for generating a list of media items related to the seed. The method further receives a seed selection from the user and ... 10/12/06 - 20060230064 - Internet-based method of and system for enabling communication of consumer product information between manufacturers and consumers in a stream of commerce, using manufacturer created and managed data links A novel system and method are disclosed for finding and serving consumer product-related information over the Internet to consumers in retail shopping environments, as well as at home and work, and on the road. The system includes Internet information servers which store information pertaining to Universal Product Number (e.g. UPC ... 10/05/06 - 20060224632 - Information distribution system and method An information distribution system distributes data sets according to a hierarchical association among classes and recipients so that each recipient receives a recipient data set of data sets associated only with that recipient. ... 10/05/06 - 20060224631 - System and method for using graphic and text data of korean american families to enhance korean american networking A system and method for performing one or more of the following is provided: a) centralized Korean American family networking; b) information entering/viewing/editing a nucleus family member data; c) masking of selected data fields for privacy protection from public; d) method of linking nucleus families; e) search and display method ... 10/05/06 - 20060224630 - Method and apparatus for customizing separation of customer concerns within model architectures A method for mapping viewpoints and model levels of a first framework to a second framework includes receiving data related to viewpoints and model levels in a first format related to the first framework, mapping the received data in the first format to data related to viewpoints and model levels ... 10/05/06 - 20060224629 - Networked emergency management system A computer-implemented process allows emergency plans to be easily and rapidly created for a plurality of different facilities. An emergency plan is provided in electronic form for each facility. Each emergency plan has a standardized format with a plurality of component parts. Each emergency plan has at least some component ... 10/05/06 - 20060224628 - Modeling for data services In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for modeling data services. These mechanisms and methods for modeling data services make it possible for organizations to lessen dependence on service implementations. In an example embodiment, modeling provides a unified view of disparate services to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224627 - Techniques for efficient integration of text searching with queries over xml data A method and apparatus for rewriting a database command containing an embedded XML expression such that the rewritten database command recites a text function, in lieu of the embedded XML expression, is provided. Advantageously, a DBMS may take advantage of the efficiencies in storing XML data within the database, while ... 10/05/06 - 20060224626 - Versioned file group repository Techniques are provided for managing electronic items by storing, within a file group repository, metadata that identifies (a) a plurality of file groups, (b) for each file group, a set of one or more file group versions for the file group, and (c) for each file group version of each ... 10/05/06 - 20060224625 - Alert method and apparatus for identifying pets available for adoption Information about pets presently in shelters or otherwise available for adoption is collected and stored in a centralized database that is accessible through, for example, a website. Each pet may be identified by type, a photograph, a locality where it is located, and other convenient information. Users who wish to ... 10/05/06 - 20060224624 - Systems and methods for managing multiple user accounts 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 - 20060224623 - Computer status monitoring and support A root silo that authorizes one or more clients to access one or more services at one or more servicing silos receives a request from a client for interaction with a service. The root silo identifies a servicing silo as an available provider of the service for interacting with the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224622 - Mobile client synchronization and upgrading Upgrading a mobile client is described, including exporting a deployment unit, the deployment unit including an item, an action, and a target, and logic configured to perform the action on the item at the target, importing the deployment unit from a file system to a master, applying the action on ... 10/05/06 - 20060224621 - E-mail response system A system and method for processing e-mail is provided wherein an e-mail is received from an originator or a customer, a routing destination is determined and responses to the e-mail are retrieved from a library based on the selected routing destination. Customer data is then accessed and the responses are ... 10/05/06 - 20060224620 - Automatic rules-based device synchronization Automatic rules-based synchronization of digital files on a source device and a target device coupled to it. A source computer executes a synchronization engine for managing transfer of files from a source database to a target device coupled to the computer as a function of a defined storage capacity of ... 09/28/06 - 20060218195 - Optimizing media player memory during rendering Optimizing operation of a media player during rendering of media files. The invention includes authoring software to create a data structure and to populate the created data structure with obtained metadata. The invention also includes rendering software to retrieve the metadata from the data structure and to identify media files ... 09/28/06 - 20060218194 - Determining interest in an xml document First data that represents a level associated with an element within an expression, such as an XPath expression, is generated from the expression, and stored in one or more columns of a table. Second data that represents a condition on an attribute of the element is generated from the expression, ... 09/28/06 - 20060218193 - User interface for multimodal information system A method and system for providing a user interface for information services related to multimodal information on a computer system is presented. A system for providing a user interface for augmenting multimodal information with information services and interacting with the information services is described. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218192 - Method and system for providing information services related to multimodal inputs A system and method provides information services related to multimodal inputs. Several different types of data used as multimodal inputs are described. Also described are various methods involving the generation of contexts using multimodal inputs, synthesizing context-information service mappings and identifying and providing information services. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218191 - Method and system for managing multimedia documents A method and system authors multimedia documents from multimodal inputs. Also described are management, retrieval, and presentation of documents from the system. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218190 - Non-invasive encryption for relational database management systems A secure relational database system is provided which utilizes a non-invasive encryption technique. Data pages stored or retrieved by a relational database management system are diverted to a multi-channel hardware encryption engine for processing. Each data page is divided into multiple buffers and distributed among the channels of the hardware ... 09/28/06 - 20060218189 - Contents player, program, and method According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided with a contents player including: a reading unit which accesses data carrier and reads out contents including multimedia data and a script from the data carrier; a playing unit which plays the multimedia data included in the contents; an ... 09/28/06 - 20060218188 - Document imaging and management system for paperless workflow A document imaging and management system, including a device for imaging at least one document having at least one computer-readable identifier, a database including a plurality of rules for managing documents and tasks, a processor, software executing on the processor for reading the computer-readable identifier, software executing on the processor ... 09/28/06 - 20060218187 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating an ordered list of one or more media items A system for generating an ordered list of one or more media items selected from a library of media items. The system comprises a user-associated selection filter for generating a subgroup of media items from the library. The system further comprises a user-associated ordering filter for ordering at least a ... 09/28/06 - 20060218186 - Automated data processing using optical character recognition Document processing may be effectively automated using OCR software in conjunction with varying processing elements. Incoming documents are received through one or more central locations. The documents are then retrieved from this central location and examined using OCR software, extracting the contents of the document. If the accuracy of the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218185 - Construction document management system A construction document management system, including a database containing a plurality of documents associated with a plurality of file types, and a search system for searching across documents contained on the multiple platforms, utilizing either search criteria associated with the particular documents, text contained within the documents and/or annotations associated ... 09/28/06 - 20060218184 - Method of searching for media objects A method of searching for media objects is described, in which, in order to establish degrees of correspondence (UG) between a search request (SA) and selectable media objects, at least one feature (i1, d1, d11, d12) of the search request is compared with at least one feature of the selectable ... 09/28/06 - 20060218183 - System and method for automatically generating a slate using metadata A system and corresponding methods are provided for enabling the automatic generation of a slate using metadata. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a request to provide a user with a list of video media assets so the user can select a video media asset to generate a slate; ... 09/28/06 - 20060218182 - Assessing data sets The present invention relates generally to a method for assessing data sets, such as multi-parametric data sets. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method for determining differences between objects in a data set wherein each object is described using one or more parameters. The present invention is particularly useful ... 09/21/06 - 20060212484 - System and method for evaluating, monitoring, diagnosing, and treating hypertension and other medical disorders A system and method for treating hypertension and other medical disorders is provided. The system utilizes data collection devices for monitoring medical parameters of a plurality of patients and collecting data related to the medical parameters, and a centralized database for storing the collected data for each of the plurality ... 09/21/06 - 20060212483 - Apparatus and method of downloading content related to an optical disc A method and apparatus for downloading content related to an optical disc, via a network, are provided. According to the method and apparatus, when an optical disc needs to be replaced, while download is proceeding, the identification (ID) information of the disc replaced is separately stored in a memory such ... 09/21/06 - 20060212482 - Wireless data exchange A system of exchanging and managing information includes a mobile device configured to automatically insert, exchange and update a caller's contact information into a user's phonebook. The phonebook can reside on either the UICC card, SIM, USIM, Mega SIM, any other smart card or an integrated chip, on the mobile ... 09/21/06 - 20060212481 - Distributed open writable snapshot copy facility using file migration policies A read-write snapshot copy facility is constructed from a hierarchical storage management facility. The read-write snapshot copy file system initially comprises stub files pointing to the files in a read-only snapshot copy file system. When an application writes to a file in the read-write snapshot copy, the read-write snapshot copy ... 09/21/06 - 20060212480 - System and method for matter clusters in an ip management system Method and apparatus are disclosed for managing intellectual property information including organizing intellectual property data in a data processing system according to file clusters. A method comprises organizing intellectual property data in an intellectual property data management system, wherein the management system tracks events and data related to a plurality ... 09/21/06 - 20060212479 - System and method for audiovisual display settings Audiovisual settings for audiovisual display devices are automatically applied based on a user identification input at the audiovisual display device. A display settings module associated with the audiovisual device applies locally cached settings if available or retrieves global settings for the user from a network location. A settings match engine ... 09/21/06 - 20060212478 - Methods and systems for generating a subgroup of one or more media items from a library of media items A method for generating a subgroup of one or more media items from a library of media items. The method monitors user playback control actions during a playback experience with the library on a media player. The method chooses a selecting filter based upon the monitored user playback control action ... 09/21/06 - 20060212477 - Method and system for altering 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 ... 09/21/06 - 20060212476 - Method and apparatus for tracking candidate referrers A method and apparatus for tracking candidate referrers is provided. Preferably, the method includes steps of and/or apparatus performs steps of receiving a candidate referral from a referrer, monitoring activity involving the candidate referral, and updating a referrer rating of the referrer based on the monitored activity. ... 09/21/06 - 20060212475 - Enterprise information management and business application automation by using the aims informationbase architecture AIMS is design to eventually have computer provide management function to manage other computers (CMC). The process management algorithms is proven to work on higher level of intelligence as long as the business rule can be represented in the digital logic. This will be relief of management on monitoring various ... 09/14/06 - 20060206527 - Document management method and apparatus and document search method and apparatus A document management method includes shifting a character string of characters from document data and clipping it, determining that a management Gram obtained by the clipping is one of a first Gram of low frequency and a second Gram of high frequency, storing first post data in a first post ... 09/14/06 - 20060206526 - Video editing method and apparatus A computer video editing system and method in a network of computers is disclosed. The system and method include a datastore or other source of subject video data, a transcription module and an assembly member. The transcription module generates a working transcript of the corresponding audio data of subject source ... 09/14/06 - 20060206525 - Communication system integrating a plurality of middleware and implementing sophisticated paths for data flow A communication system is introduced to integrate middleware having in-ports, out-ports, a configurator, and intermediary elements. The configurable in-ports and out-ports are used to facilitate communication with specific middleware among a set of middleware. A configurator configures in-ports and out-ports corresponding to specific middleware, wherein each in-port and each out-port ... 09/14/06 - 20060206524 - Intelligent collection management A data organization system that facilitates altering a structure of an item (e.g., query result set, file system directory view, list, folder) in a data storage component. The system includes an operation selection component that converts a manipulation request (e.g., high-level) into a collection management (e.g., low level) operator thus ... 09/14/06 - 20060206523 - Single-pass translation of flat-file documents into xml format including validation, ambiguity resolution, and acknowledgement generation Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate formally describing structured documents and complex validation rules associated therewith using value-added XSD schemas (VAXs). In accordance with aspects of the invention, structured documents can be translated, parsed, validated, and acknowledged in a single pass via utilization of XSD schema representations that capture ... 09/14/06 - 20060206522 - Electronic calendar systems and methods Embodiments herein use a centralized calendar database to store calendar entries for a plurality of entities. Each of the entities has a computing device separate from the centralized calendar database, and each of the computing devices has a graphic user interface. In addition, multiple calendar processors are utilized. Each calendar ... 09/14/06 - 20060206521 - Document management device, document management method and document management program There is disclosed a document management device, a document management method, and a document management program capable of contributing a reduction of burdens on document data management. The document management device comprising: a document image display controller which displays a predetermined image corresponding to selected document data; a classification display ... 09/14/06 - 20060206520 - Document management device, document management method, and document management program There is provided a document management device, a document management method, and a document management program capable of contributing to a reduction of burdens on document data management. The document management device comprises: a document image display controller which displays a predetermined image corresponding to selected document data; and a ... 09/14/06 - 20060206519 - Document managing apparatus A document managing apparatus has a memory in which files are classified and stored, detects an updated file from the files stored in the memory, and combines the detected file with an image data file stored in the memory in the same class as that of the file in a ... 09/14/06 - 20060206518 - Method and system for extracting structural information from a data file A system and method for generating metadata from a data file are provided. The method includes the steps of parsing a data file having data nodes arranged in a hierarchal structure by sequentially processing the data nodes to generate parsing events and calling back at least one parsing event to ... 09/07/06 - 20060200496 - Organization action incidents A system for identifying and managing incidents of organization actions performed with applications includes a processor and communications interface. The communications interface receives communication messages between an application and a server. The processor receives at least one policy for an organization action performed with the application. The processor processes the ... 09/07/06 - 20060200495 - System and method for displaying and editing information search conditions A method for displaying and editing information search conditions includes steps: converting field searching components and operating components to graph components; receiving a search character string; defining minimum token units and constructing the search character string to a token sequence; identifying all minimum token units in the token sequence and ... 09/07/06 - 20060200494 - Automated discovery and inventory of nodes within an autonomic distributed computing system A distributed computing system conforms to a multi-level, hierarchical organizational model. One or more control nodes provide for the efficient and automated allocation and management of computing functions and resources within the distributed computing system in accordance with the organization model. The model includes four distinct levels: fabric, domains, tiers ... 09/07/06 - 20060200493 - Method for data processing device exchanging data with computer The invention relates to a method for data processing device exchanging data with computer, including: a computer sends a enquiring message of the device's type to the data processing device; after receiving the message, the control module sends the information about the device's type of the data processing device, informs ... 09/07/06 - 20060200492 - Automatic evaluation system using specialized communications interfaces Techniques for identifying properties of interest include providing an input device configured to receive parameters relating to real property and a property database that contains records on substantially every residential property in a defined geographic region. In various embodiments, each entry of the property database can include an identifying field ... 08/31/06 - 20060195483 - Method and device for adjusting user-dependent parameter values A method and device for adjusting user-dependent parameter values in or on at least one automotive device in a motor vehicle and for saving the settings in at least one data memory inside the vehicle and/or outside the vehicle are provided. To improve the convenience of the known method with ... 08/31/06 - 20060195482 - Temporal knowledgebase Systems and methods are described to address the problem of maintaining only unique data values accessed through name-value tuple sets. A knowledgebase represents data in tuple sets where all the data across the tuples comprise unique instances for memory conservation and system performance purposes. The knowledgebase stores and maintains unique ... 08/31/06 - 20060195481 - 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 ... 08/31/06 - 20060195480 - User interface for sharing and searching playlists The present disclosure provides a user interface for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for searching for such public playlists. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195479 - Method for sharing and searching playlists The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195478 - Method and apparatus for seeking a part of media contents included in multimedia contents Provided are a method of providing media contents in a wired/wireless network environment and an apparatus using the same. The method includes: detecting a start point of media contents included in multimedia contents from the multimedia contents; and extracting a part of media contents based on the detected start point. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195477 - Storage api for a common data platform An application program interface (API) for a data platform. The API includes a generic data access component that exposes at least one of stores, sessions, transactions, and query services of the data platform, which data platform is associated with a data store. A data classes component of the API provides ... 08/31/06 - 20060195476 - Platform for data services across disparate application frameworks Data management between a common data store and multiple applications of multiple disparate application frameworks. A data storage component is provided that facilitates the storage of data, which data includes structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. A common data platform interfaces to the data storage component to provide data services accessible ... 08/31/06 - 20060195475 - Automatic digital image grouping using criteria based on image metadata and spatial information An automatic digital image grouping system and method for automatically generating groupings of related images based on criteria that includes image metadata and spatial information. The system and method takes an unordered and unorganized set of digital images and organizes and groups related images into image subsets. The criteria for ... 08/31/06 - 20060195474 - Method and system for locating contact information collected from contact sources A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication ... 08/31/06 - 20060195473 - Dynamic component management An auto-identification system is described that includes a plurality of distributed auto-id nodes that are operable to track physical objects as they move through an operation of an enterprise, such as, for example, a supply chain network or a sales network. The auto-id nodes are distributed across sites of the ... 08/31/06 - 20060195472 - Method and system for aggregating contact information from multiple contact sources A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication ... 08/24/06 - 20060190494 - Method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product A method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product comprises holding an agricultural product in a container. The container is associated with a tag. Harvesting data is obtained. The harvesting data is associated with the harvesting of an agricultural product. The harvesting data is stored as stored ... 08/24/06 - 20060190493 - System and method for identifying and categorizing messages extracted from archived message stores A system and method for identifying messages in a message store is provided. At least part of metadata associated with and at least part of content contained in each of a plurality of messages in a message store are encoded by generating a metadata sequence and a content sequence for ... 08/24/06 - 20060190492 - Data processor and method for processing medical text In a data processing system and an operating method therefor, a medical text is automatically read into an evaluation unit of the data processing system, medical terms (in particular in abbreviated form) are automatically searched for in the medical text using a rule set stored in the data processing system, ... 08/24/06 - 20060190491 - Database access system and database access method Provision of a database access method allowing an open environment such as a Web system to access a main database constituted by a hierarchical database. A system for accessing a hierarchical database, including a storage section for storing schema information related to the hierarchical database converted to tree-structured data, and ... 08/24/06 - 20060190490 - Systems, methods, and interfaces for aggregating and providing information regarding legal professionals The present inventors devised systems, methods, interfaces, and software that can facilitate identification of law firms and/or legal professionals. One exemplary system receives queries from users regarding a legal topic and responds with a listing of attorneys or law firms that are associated with information ranking them based on their ... 08/24/06 - 20060190489 - System and method for electronically processing document images The system and method facilitate the control and management of information and actions related to the computerized scanning, categorization, processing, storage, and retrieval of paper documents and electronic document images for the purposes of creating electronic data; data entry; data capture; data classification and categorization; and document-, file-, and records-management. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190488 - System and method for determining information related to user interactions with an application A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for determining information related to user interactions with an application. The system comprises a collector, an analyzer, and a storage device. The collector inspects data sent from the application to a server in response to a user interacting with the application. ... 08/24/06 - 20060190487 - Method and system for managing inventory for a migration using history data The generation of an activity display for displaying history data for one or more migration values is provided. A history record that includes various modification attributes is generated each time the migration value is modified and stored as history data. One or more stored history records can be obtained from ... 08/24/06 - 20060190486 - Configuring a computer application with preconfigured business content Techniques are described that enable a user, such as a business analyst or a system administrator, to configure a computer application program that was developed by a commercial software developer for sale to many business enterprises. An automated process and tools enable preconfigured business content for an application program to ... 08/24/06 - 20060190485 - Method of notifying an invitee to an event of changes to the event in an electronic calendar system The present invention provides a method for notifying at least one invitee of an initial event of changes to the initial event. The method comprises receiving the initial event comprising a plurality of initial event elements and receiving an updated event comprising a plurality of updated event elements, each updated ... 08/24/06 - 20060190484 - System and method for client reassignment in blade server When a first blade server that is servicing a client computer becomes congested, service is transferred to a second blade server potentially in a different blade center by freezing the first blade and client and then sending, to the second blade server, a pointer to the currently addressed location in ... 08/24/06 - 20060190483 - Data registration/search support device using a keyword A display unit (614) displays a keyword search/enter screen, a registering work screen, and the like. A search processing unit (616) accepts an entry of a keyword from a keyword search screen, and presents report information stored in a report DB (630) to a report preparing person. A registration processing ... 08/17/06 - 20060184583 - System and method for acquiring, storing, processing and presenting data accumulated through an in-flight aircraft server A plurality of differential encoders encodes a plurality of parallel data bit streams. XOR gates interleave the outputs of the differential encoders forming a single high speed differentially encoded bit stream with a data rate unachievable using only a differential encoder. The high speed data stream provides a single differentially ... 08/17/06 - 20060184582 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 20060184581 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 20060184580 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 20060184579 - Framework for providing ancillary content in a television environment The present invention provides functionality for retrieving ancillary content associated with the content delivered to a given user's client device. According to one embodiment, the method of the present invention comprises retrieving the context of a given user and identifying a plurality of characteristics associated with the user's context. The ... 08/17/06 - 20060184578 - Control for enabling a user to preview display of selected content based on another user's authorization level Enabling a first user to preview content as it would be seen by a second user, if the second user had a selected user relationship with the first user. The selected user relationship may comprise a relationship degree, a relationship category, a relationship rating, and/or other form of relationship. In ... 08/17/06 - 20060184577 - Methods and apparatuses to determine adult images by query association Various methods and apparatuses are described for an adult content detection implementation. In one embodiment, a method detects adult content images by tracked query association to a user's query for an image search. The set of images returned in response to the user's query on a search engine are based ... 08/17/06 - 20060184576 - System and method for extensible metadata architecture for digital images 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 - 20060184575 - Law enforcement data management techniques A system of the present invention includes a server operable to communicate with the data access device carried in the law enforcement vehicle to request and display information about a person subject to investigation. This server is responsive to the data access device to retrieve a number of records corresponding ... 08/17/06 - 20060184574 - Digital image search and retrieval system A digital image search and retrieval system includes a query parser and a response composer. The query parser is configured to parse a query obtained from a client, the query including at least one metadata criterion, search a metadata database for one or more digital images satisfying the metadata criterion, ... 08/17/06 - 20060184573 - Information processing apparatus, information pocessing method, and computer program An apparatus and a method for information processing that enable effective content management and retrieval are provided. Content attribute information is obtained via a recording medium such as a CD or the like, a network, or as user input data, an artist name is extracted from the obtained content attribute ... 08/10/06 - 20060179079 - System, method and apparatus for data transfer between computing hosts A system, method and apparatus to facilitate application and data transfer between a computation host acting as an application source and a computation host acting as an application target. Sufficient execution logic and static data exists between the two computation hosts and a third party interrogation device to allow a ... 08/10/06 - 20060179078 - Multi-party playlist control including wireless enablement A method and system for controlling one or more user playlists in a digital media communications system. A media control unit that stores or has access to digital media content detects the presence of one or more users of the digital media communications system. The media control unit obtains a ... 08/10/06 - 20060179077 - Receiver content saving system A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to create a preferred playlist of the user's favorite songs or types of video presentations. An input device allows the user to add or delete items or key words of a song title or video presentation to or ... 08/03/06 - 20060173920 - Method for analyzing innovations A data processing system comprising an interface, a query builder connected to the interface for receiving the factual information and for building a search query describing the innovation, a search engine connected to the interface and to the query builder, for selecting a database and accessing this database via a ... 08/03/06 - 20060173919 - Method of managing multiple resource identifiers A method of managing multiple resource identifiers in a machine readable document comprises allocating one or more resource identifiers to a context. A context name is associated to the context and the context name and resource identifier are associated in the document. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173918 - Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium In this invention, when images, in image files managed according to photographing dates, which match a search condition are to be displayed, the images matching the search condition are sequentially displayed such that the positions or distribution of the image files, of all image files, which match the search condition ... 08/03/06 - 20060173917 - Method and apparatus for updating rules and transmitting change notifications A method and apparatus for generating court dates. A Date Calculation Engine (DCE) is coupled to a court date server and a court rule database for generation of court dates. The court rule database includes formulas written in a Date Calculation Scripting Language (DCSL) for calculating the court dates. The ... 08/03/06 - 20060173916 - Method and system for automatically generating a personalized sequence of rich media A method of automatically creating a personalized media sequence of rich media from a group of media elements is performed. A media list that describes media elements that are appropriate to the personalized media sequence is received. The media elements described in the media list are combined into a coherent, ... 08/03/06 - 20060173915 - Telephone search supported by advertising based on past history of requests A technology platform for the delivery of dynamic, interactive audio advertisements played in response to a consumer initiated request for information via a telephone. The platform provides advertising supported information services that are related to past responses made to a specific consumer who initiated the request. In one specific embodiment, ... 08/03/06 - 20060173914 - Site ultraviolet radiation exposure planner A computer-enabled interactive site planner; said site planner adapted to the determination of solar radiation exposure profiles for a user-specified location; said site planner further adapted to providing data on shade providing objects and strategies for reduction of exposure risk appropriate to said user-specific location. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173913 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method The file name of an image file as a saving target is acquired (S401). A hash value is calculated on the basis of the acquired file name (S402). The image file as the saving target is saved in association with the data of the hash value. ... 08/03/06 - 20060173912 - Automated deployment of operating system and data space to a server A server instance, which is a collection of LUNs, containing an operating system, any applications and data storage. A processing element is the physical hardware. The combination is a server as normally understood. Templates are used to define server instances and server types to simplify deploying a server instance to ... 08/03/06 - 20060173911 - Method and apparatus to implement themes for a handheld device A method and apparatus for the delivery, administration and application of themes to a cellular telephone device. The apparatus, in one embodiment, comprises an inbox to receive a multimedia message (MM) containing a theme, a filing logic to place the MM in a themes folder, a themes folder available to ... 08/03/06 - 20060173910 - Dynamic identification of a new set of media items responsive to an input mediaset Systems and methods are disclosed for creating a list of media items that are similar to an input mediaset comprising at lease one input media item, optionally together with at least one input parameter that constrains the output in scope or number of items. Media items include music, videos, pictures ... 08/03/06 - 20060173909 - Automated image annotation An automatic annotation transmission device including a memory, a processor, and a transmitter, is programmed with information related to a nearby photographic subject, and configured to transmit the information to a properly configured automatic annotation reception device. An electronic image capture device including a memory, a processor, and a receiver ... 08/03/06 - 20060173908 - System and method for automated customization of a workflow management system The present invention is directed to a system and method providing an efficient ted customization of an existing workflow management system. Agent software utilized to operate autonomously to instruct a generic workflow tool provided by sting workflow management system to accomplish the customization process direct human supervision. Thus, a non-developer ... 07/27/06 - 20060167946 - Method and system for collaborative ontology modeling A distributed ontology system including a central computer comprising a global ontology directory, a plurality of ontology server computers, each including a repository of class and relation definitions, and a server for responding to queries relating to class and relation definitions in the repository, and a computer network connecting the ... 07/27/06 - 20060167945 - Addressing and access method for image objects in computer-supported medical image information systems In an addressing and access method for image objects in computer-aided medical image information systems in the framework of a network-based array composed of, among other things, modality computers of image-generating systems, image workstations, data management computers of image storing and archiving systems, a logical archive address is generated for ... 07/27/06 - 20060167944 - System and method for the automated notification of compatibility between real-time network participants The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favorable for interpersonal compatibility, the system will automatically notify or page the participants so as to ... 07/27/06 - 20060167943 - System, method and computer program product for rejecting or deferring the playing of a media file retrieved by an automated process System, method and computer program product for rejecting or deferring the playing of a media file retrieved by an automated process. Rejection or deferral of an automatically playing media file is accomplished by a simplified user interface which presumes that a currently playing media file is acceptable unless the user ... 07/27/06 - 20060167942 - Enhanced client relationship management systems and methods with a recommendation engine The present invention relates to an enhanced customer relationship management systems and methods for receiving information objects in a variety of formats from a variety of information sources and communicating the objects to contact. A CRM application may be provided for storing contact-associated information (e.g., keyphrases related to contact interests, ... 07/27/06 - 20060167941 - Method of managing customer service sessions The method manages, for example, a database to track customer service sessions over a plurality of communication media used by a customer. ... 07/27/06 - 20060167940 - System and method for improved content delivery A system and method for sharing content among a plurality of users, enables the transfer of electronic content items captured by any of a variety of electronic content devices. The content item can include multiple levels of encoding to facilitate efficient transfer across a communication medium. The content item can ... 07/27/06 - 20060167939 - Monitoring clustered software applications Embodiments of the invention distribute profiling responsibilities for a clustered application to various instances of the application that generally run on different computer hosts. In an embodiment, the profiling responsibility is measured in terms of metrics wherein each profiling agent of an instance collects metrics about that instance. The metrics ... 07/27/06 - 20060167938 - Placeholder management in an activity manager in a collaborative computing environment A method, system and apparatus for placeholder management in a unified activity manager in a collaborative computing environment. A method for managing placeholders in a unified activity manager in a collaborative environment can include the step of inserting a placeholder in an activity in lieu of a specified collaborator, resource, ... 07/27/06 - 20060167937 - Internet based geographic information system The invention is an Internet based Geographic Information System (GIS), which resides totally on Internet servers, allowing users to access and use the system on the Internet from a browser or equivalent, thus requiring no user installed software. The system provides enough core GIS capability to allow creation of GIS ... 07/27/06 - 20060167936 - Data processing device A data processor transfers a data stream, which is stored on a storage medium, to a connected device. The data stream includes attribute information that specifies the format of the data stream. The data processor includes: an interface section, which communicates with the device to acquire format information about a ... 07/27/06 - 20060167935 - Input support method and apparatus in communication-type navigation system The invention provides an input support method and apparatus having the following merits in a communication-type navigation system. That is, when at least one character relevant to, for example, a destination is inputted from a navigation apparatus to make a search in a server system, it is possible to minimize ... 07/27/06 - 20060167934 - Map data product and map data processor A data product that can be read into a computer or a map data processing apparatus contains map data that includes map-related information related to a map. The map data includes: a structure achieved by dividing the map into a plurality of mesh-like subdivisions and dividing the map-related information into ... 07/20/06 - 20060161588 - Electronic image filing method, electronic image filing device and electronic image filing system An electronic image filing method includes a face image registration phase and an image arranging phase. The face image registration phase contains steps of: inputting a registration image; determining a characteristic quantity for a face in a face image contained in the registration image; and storing the characteristic quantity as ... 07/20/06 - 20060161587 - Psycho-analytical system and method for audio and visual indexing, searching and retrieval A psycho-analytical system and method for audio and visual indexing, searching and retrieval. Various embodiments of the system comprise a source of audiovisual data; a psycho-analytical converter configured to convert the audiovisual data; a component for storage of the converted audiovisual data; a psycho-analytical indexer configured to index the stored ... 07/20/06 - 20060161586 - Internet based geographic information system The invention is an Internet based Geographic Information System (GIS), which resides totally on Internet servers, allowing users to access and use the system on the Internet from a browser or equivalent, thus requiring no user installed software. The system provides enough core GIS capability to allow creation of GIS ... 07/20/06 - 20060161585 - Method and system for transitioning between synchronous and asynchronous communication modes Many different users may access, revise and update the same shared object simultaneously through several different transports. Clients may communicate asynchronously by accessing the shared object through a physical server. Clients may also communicate synchronously by accessing the shared object through a peer-to-peer network. A manifest file associated with the ... 07/20/06 - 20060161584 - File transmission system and file transmission method An object of the present invention is to effectively and easily manage and use contents. A disc ID database composed of information correlated with disc IDs unique to individual discs is pre-created. When a new disc that has not been registered to the disc ID database is used or when ... 07/13/06 - 20060155770 - System and method for time-based allocation of unique transaction identifiers in a multi-server system A method and appertaining system are provided for creating and utilizing unique transaction identifiers for transactions within a service center comprising multiple processing hosts. A service center transaction number range based on a service center transaction handling capacity is established, and both first and second processing hosts each having their ... 07/13/06 - 20060155769 - 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 - 20060155768 - Computer software implemented framework for configuration and release management of group systems software, and method for same A global framework multi-layer computer based architecture is provided. The global framework may include a single set of libraries that contains common source code applicable to substantially all business processing systems using the global framework. The global framework may include individual source code libraries that contain modifications specific to a ... 07/13/06 - 20060155767 - Information recording-and-reproducing method and information recording-and-reproducing apparatus with play-list copy function The present invention provides for an information recording-and-reproducing method and apparatus. At least one play-list file which stores information used for coupling at least two files to each other and for reproducing the files is generated, wherein the at least two files are coupled to each other at the heads ... 07/13/06 - 20060155766 - Structure of objects stored in a media server and improving accessibility to the structure The present invention relates to providing information in an open network system, such as a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network. Preferably, the present invention provides a service for managing objects including at least one object specified as a feature of the service. Upon receiving an action for querying the ... 07/13/06 - 20060155765 - Chat information service system The present invention provides a chat information system having a voice recognition device for recognizing voices, a voice synthesizer, a humanoid robot, a microphone for receiving the voices and a speaker for pronouncing synthesized voices. The system comprises a headline sensor capturing news from the Internet, a news database for ... 07/13/06 - 20060155764 - Personal online information management system A personal online information management system allows users to monitor, manage, retrieve, and utilize their personal online behaviors such as browsing, searching, editing/commenting, discussion, shopping, and peer to peer communications. The system provides personalized service with explicitly self-controlled privacy protection. The system enables an anonymous or identified user to easily ... 07/13/06 - 20060155763 - Systems and methods for providing an interface for interacting with a loop A system and method for is provided for. The system comprises a media engine which provides a display box is configured for displaying one or more loops comprised of at least one item of media. One or more frame differentiators within the display box are configured for defining the at ... 07/13/06 - 20060155762 - Systems and methods for single act media sharing A system and method for single act media sharing is provided. The method comprises receiving a media selection from a user. In response to a single act performed by the user, a first loop with an identifier is modified based on the media selection. The same identifier is assigned to ... 07/13/06 - 20060155761 - Enhanced organization and retrieval of digital images A system for organizing and retrieving digital photographs using global positioning system coordinates, comprising a digital camera 2 having a positioning system receiver for capturing a digital image, a first database 21 storing the digital image data along with positioning system coordinates of the location where the image was taken, ... 07/13/06 - 20060155760 - Product design support system, product design support method, and program A product design support system comprises a product design support server (1), a product design support database (2) where parts information, parts image information, circuit information and circuit image information are stored, a communication network (3) and a designer terminal (4) connected via the communication network (3). The product design ... 07/06/06 - 20060149785 - 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 - 20060149784 - System and method for operating modules of a claims adjudication engine A system and method for configuring an adjudication system to adjudicate a claim transaction. The system and method comprise: receiving the claim transaction containing line items describing an insured service for a recipient to be financed by a payer for the insured service; providing an adjudication engine for coordinating the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149783 - 2 dimensional structure queries This invention concerns 2 Dimensional structure queries. Each structure comprises an array of nodes connected together by linkages to form one or more branches, or children, extending from a root, or reducing terminus. Each structure is represented using a sequence code generated to represent all the paths through the structure ... 06/29/06 - 20060143237 - 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 - 20060143236 - Interactive music playlist sharing system and methods A community media playlist sharing system is disclosed, wherein system users can upload media playlists which are automatically converted to a standardized format, media playlists can be shared with other users of the community media playlist sharing system, users can link to other playlists and obtain media from playlists automatically ... 06/29/06 - 20060143235 - Multimedia data processing apparatus and multimedia data processing method During obtaining new multimedia data, the multimedia data is automatically added to an original file, and a user interface which is used to select whether to record the multimedia data while being added to the original file or to separate the added multimedia data from the original file and create ... 06/29/06 - 20060143234 - System and method for remotely controlling logging equipment in drilled holes A system and a method for remotely controlling logging equipment in drilled holes are provided. The method includes inputting a first command associated with either a logging tool or a hoist device coupled to the logging tool utilizing an input device operably coupled to a first computer. The first computer ... 06/29/06 - 20060143233 - Embedding location information in content objects A method for embedding location information in a content object created on a content creation device begins by obtaining location information relating to the current location of the content creation device. The content object is created and the location information is embedded into the content object. A method for displaying ... 06/29/06 - 20060143232 - Computer-implemented method for data management Suggested is a computer-implemented method for data management, in which method a service provided or to be provided by a service provider, such as the implementation of a customer order, is represented by electronic data on the basis of an information model, which defines a large number of different but ... 06/29/06 - 20060143231 - Systems and methods for monitoring business processes of enterprise applications A system and method for monitoring the business processes of an enterprise application are presented. Data relating to the business process is extracted from the enterprise application. The data is stored in a first database in a format substantially similar to a format used by the enterprise application to store ... 06/29/06 - 20060143230 - Information handling An information handling method in which information items are mapped to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, such that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes; a mapping relationship being defined between feature data relating ... 06/29/06 - 20060143229 - Method and system for dynamic creation of service flows A method (50) of dynamic creation of service flows includes exposing (51) a flow of a service being built to other service providers in a network, soliciting (52) for modification of at least a portion of the flow, and selectively enabling (56) other service providers to modify at least a ... 06/29/06 - 20060143228 - System and method for selecting qualified job applicants A system and method of selecting qualified job applicants from a source hosting or advertising job openings, the system and method comprising a pre-screening/qualifying stage, wherein a job applicant is evaluated on responses given to a questionnaire electronically forwarded by the employer, based on an advertised job position; and an ... 06/22/06 - 20060136498 - System and method for finding people to share spontaneous activity or event in a particular geographic area A method comprises storing a first profile of a first participant; storing a second profile of a second participant; creating for the first participant a post that details an offer of an activity to take place in a particular geographic location, the post expiring after a short time period; and ... 06/22/06 - 20060136497 - System and method for reusing project engineering data The invention relates to a system and a method for managing and/or providing elements, in particular technological objects. The system enables elements, in particular technological objects, to be reused in the development of a project engineering solution. Here, at least one element is created, in particular by a user of ... 06/22/06 - 20060136496 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method The present invention provides an information processing apparatus that recognizes each individual user and automatically reproduces the program recorded by the user if the video recorder is shared by a plurality of users. The information processing apparatus includes a recording/reproduction unit that records a program produced by using video and ... 06/22/06 - 20060136495 - Review mechanism for controlling the delegation of tasks in a workflow system A method for creating a review task includes receiving task data, the task data including information on a main task to be performed. Delegation data is received, the delegation data including information identifying a first delegator of the main task and a first delegatee to perform the main task. A ... 06/15/06 - 20060129606 - Systems and methods for constructing and using models of memorability in computing and communications applications One or more models of memorability are provided that facilitate various computer-based applications including those centering on the storage, retrieval, and processing of information, applications that remind people about items they risk not recalling or overlooking, and facilitating communications of reminders. In one application, the models are used to help ... 06/15/06 - 20060129605 - System and method for automating the development of web services that incorporate business rules A system and method for developing web services that incorporate business rules. The system and method includes three frameworks: a Design Time Framework, an Object-Service Framework, and a Run Time Framework. In the Design Time Framework, the system and method includes receiving a business rule in a descriptive markup language ... 06/15/06 - 20060129604 - Methods and systems for management 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 - 20060129603 - Apparatus and method for detecting malicious code embedded in office document An apparatus and method for detecting an unknown malicious code embedded in an office document are provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) when the office document is opened, previously checking whether or not the office document has an office document extension name, using a program for checking the ... 06/15/06 - 20060129602 - Enable web sites to receive and process e-mail A system and method is provided that enables a Web site to receive and process e-mails. Authorized users of and e-mail enabled modules of the Web site are capable of receiving e-mails sent to the Web site. E-mails sent to the Web site are archived in the Web site. E-mails ... 06/15/06 - 20060129601 - System, computer program product and method of collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system A system, computer program product and method of collecting metadata of application programs installed on a computer system are provided. A check is generally performed to determine whether metadata of an application program is to be collected. If so, the metadata is automatically collected and stored. The collected metadata may ... 06/15/06 - 20060129600 - Conflict management program, storage medium for conflict management program storage, conflict management method, and electronic apparatus Disclosed is a conflict management program that ensures that an application can be programmed without having to consider a conflict with another application. An application manager (25) is provided with an execution list (61) for registering a currently executed application and an execution wait list (62) for registering an application ... 06/15/06 - 20060129599 - Method and computer system for dynamic data type enrichment A method, computer program product and computer system for dynamic data type enrichment. A predefined application program (210) uses (410) at least one basic data type (110). At runtime, when the application program (210) is executed, the computer system (900) adds (420) metadata (150) to the at least one basic ... 06/08/06 - 20060123058 - Adaptive menu system for media players Creating and displaying an adaptive menu structure for media files. The invention includes authoring software to create the menu structure to enable a user to navigate the media files using a media player. The invention also includes filtering software to adapt the created menu structure to display menu information on ... 06/08/06 - 20060123057 - Internally consistent file system image in distributed object-based data storage A system and method to perform a system-wide file system image without time smear in a distributed object-based data storage system. A realm manager is elected as an image master using the Distributed Consensus Algorithm to execute image-taking. All pending write capabilities are invalidated prior to taking the system-wide file ... 06/08/06 - 20060123056 - Method and system for managing delayed user authentication A system and methods for coordinating the operation of a client security module and a host security module on a mobile electronic device. The modules communicate with each other through a platform abstraction layer using application programming interfaces to coordinate their activities. In particular, on start-up of the device, the ... 06/08/06 - 20060123055 - Device and method for selectively controlling the utility of a target A radio frequency controller device enables the utility of a target to be controlled using an RF communication. The radio frequency controller device has a switch that is set to a defined state responsive to the RF communication. More particularly, conditional logic circuitry uses the RF communication to determine if ... 06/08/06 - 20060123054 - Interactive closed-loop data entry with real-time graphical feedback Disclosed is an interactive closed loop data entry mechanism with real-time graphical feedback. The mechanism includes a spatial display processor, a graphical feedback mechanism, an entry interface, a value updater, and a connected-system-interface. ... 06/08/06 - 20060123053 - Personalized content processing and delivery system and media A personalized content system enables a user with a communications device to convert and/or passively receive pre-selected content from multiple resources. A communications device has hardware and software to provide input and transmission to convert content from any form of media. The converted content is created by retrieving a digital ... 06/08/06 - 20060123052 - Online purchase of digital media bundles having interactive content Techniques for interacting with an online media store to obtain a media asset bundle, such as a digital boxset, are disclosed. These techniques involve, for instance, browsing for a media asset bundle that includes at least one interactive playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets ... 06/08/06 - 20060123051 - Multi-level neural network based characters identification method and system A system and method, which enable precise and automatic identification of characters, perform and calibrate data verification to ensure data reliability. The system can process these identified characters, such as override adverse conditions, adjusting and correcting unclear characters and their images. ... 06/08/06 - 20060123050 - Feature mapping between data sets The present invention relates to data mapping and involves the mapping of at least one feature from one data set to a corresponding feature in a second data set. Individual points of the features are initially mapped and an transformation for mapping the entire feature is derived from the individual ... 06/01/06 - 20060117068 - Method and device for product data processing A product data processing method, and device, for outputting indexes useful to select parts having actual results, so as to be associated with a part list in a design stage is provided. Past product data and its product attribute data are input, developed into attribute data with a part as ... 06/01/06 - 20060117067 - System and method for interactive visual representation of information content and relationships using layout and gestures This application relates to information analysis and more particularly to a system and method for interactive visual representation of information content and relationships using layouts and gestures. A visualization tool is provided which facilitates both ad-hoc and more formal analytical tasks as a flexible and expressive thinking environment. The tool ... 06/01/06 - 20060117066 - Rfid handshaking Methods and Apparatuses for RFID handshaking are provided. A first number is received by a reader from a tag. The first number is a random number. In response, a handshake command and a second number is transmitted to the tag by the reader. If the first number matches the second ... 06/01/06 - 20060117065 - Methods and apparatuses for providing hosted tailored vertical applications Embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for providing hosted highly tailored vertical applications. In accordance with one embodiment, a set of universal configuration options for a customer relationship management application is created and presented to a user. The user selects one or more options from the set of ... 06/01/06 - 20060117064 - E-business on-demand for design automation tools Generally, the invention provides methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for a design automation application to evaluate a design automation task using an on-demand computer network. In one embodiment, after composing a design automation task, a requesting entity transmits the design automation task, along with a set of data used ... 06/01/06 - 20060117063 - Method and system of applying policy on screened files Described is a mechanism comprising a data screening filter and user mode service that applies (enforces) policies regarding allowing or blocking file content of a directory, based on matching the filename against patterns associated with that directory. An administrator configures a screening policy, such as the types of files to ... 06/01/06 - 20060117062 - Colloquium prose interpreter for collaborative electronic communication A method, system and apparatus for processing colloquialisms in message text. A method of processing colloquialisms in message text can include detecting a colloquialism in message text, locating a universal form for the detected colloquialism, and transmitting the message text with the universal form to a designated message recipient. The ... 06/01/06 - 20060117061 - De-serializing data objects on demand The invention is directed to techniques for de-serializing data from a software system, such as an enterprise software system, upon request. For example, techniques are described for converting a data description language, such as the extensible markup language (XML), representation of data from an enterprise software system to an object ... 06/01/06 - 20060117060 - Methods and systems for facilitating 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 l |