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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 local administrators. Global administrators have the ability to establish global content, establish global subscriber lists and assemble content for distribution to the global subscribers. Local administrators have the ... 05/25/06 - 20060112144 - Remote-directed management of media content A remote media player and methods for managing content. The media player includes a storage component to store content files. A user interface allows the user to make content selections. The content selections are used with a content database to manage the relationships between the selections and the content files. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112143 - Method and system to facilitate publishing and distribution of digital media A method and system to facilitate publishing and distribution of digital media are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving parameters describing a category of media files. One or more media files are identified that correspond to the category of media files. The one or more media files are ... 05/25/06 - 20060112142 - Document retrieval method and apparatus using image contents A document retrieval method replaces a document with images capable of providing at-a-glance views. Image such as photographs, drawings and tables contained in a document are used as index images for the document. A query formulation formed with one or more of the key images are entered, and all the ... 05/25/06 - 20060112141 - System for automatically creating a metadata repository for multimedia A method and system for automatically creating a metadata repository for multimedia objects includes a service URL in the metadata associated with a multimedia object. The service URL is used by an application to access a service profile application to retrieve a service profile. The service profile describes the services ... 05/25/06 - 20060112140 - Autonomic data caching and copying on a storage area network aware file system using copy services Techniques are provided for processing a request. When the request is to read a data unit, information regarding the closest physical block locations is returned. When the request is to write to the data unit, information regarding one or more source block locations is returned, wherein the write is applied ... 05/25/06 - 20060112139 - Methods and systems for modeling processes in airlines and other industries, and for simulating and valuing the effects of various products and services on those processes Methods and systems for modeling functional processes in enterprises, and for simulating and valuing the effects of various products and services on those processes, are described herein. A method in accordance with one aspect of the invention for marketing at least one of products and services to an operator of ... 05/25/06 - 20060112138 - File formatting on a non-tape media operable with a streaming protocol A method and apparatus for a generating a tape format like file with an associated look-up table on a non-tape storage medium is disclosed. In one configuration, a data storage arrangement can comprise a host computer in communication with a storage system by means of a streaming protocol. The storage ... 05/18/06 - 20060106877 - Image archiving system and method for handling new and legacy archives An image archiving system is provided comprising at least one modality for creating images, at least on workstation for viewing and analyzing the images, at least one archive for storing the images, a proxy to handle the data communication between the modality, workstation and archive and a network for communicably ... 05/18/06 - 20060106876 - Method and apparatus for re-using presentation data across templates in an ontology One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that re-uses presentation data across templates in an ontology, wherein an ontology is a logic structure that defines semantics for a set of data, and wherein a template is a representation of a contextualized view of the meta-data of the ontology. ... 05/18/06 - 20060106875 - Information collection system, information collection device, terminal device management program, information collection management program, information collection management method, and terminal device management method A terminal device, in an information collection system in which the terminal device and an information collection device are connected, which reads question information from a question information storage section storing question information, as questions the responses to which are to be provided to the information collection device, and after ... 05/18/06 - 20060106874 - System and method for analyzing, integrating and updating media contact and content data A computer implemented system for integrating, updating, and searching media related databases and building media lists and reports comprising a first server for receiving digital content from multiple sources, a second server for receiving queries from multiple user computing devices; and a database access layer being utilized by the first ... 05/18/06 - 20060106873 - Selective clearing of persistent metadata in a storage subsystem Method for selectively clearing persistent data such as metadata in a storage subsystem. The method includes identifying one or more metadata tracks to clear, receiving a request from a client to clear the identified metadata tracks, passing the request to a storage device driver, and clearing the identified metadata tracks. ... 05/18/06 - 20060106872 - Active agenda An active agenda tool is provided that may be executed at one or more networked computing devices. Each connected active agenda tool includes functionality for displaying an agenda interface and for maintaining agenda item timers. The agenda interface includes an agenda and various interactive controls. The agenda includes a plurality ... 05/18/06 - 20060106871 - Systems and methods for improving corporate compliance Methods and systems for improving compliance to corporate initiatives are disclosed. According to the present invention, the system combines software for personnel of a corporate enterprise to communicate securely over a computer network, software for entering and storing information regarding corporate initiatives, software communicating the information to the corporate enterprise ... 05/18/06 - 20060106870 - Data compression using a nested hierarchy of fixed phrase length dictionaries Exemplary embodiments are described herein whereby blocks of data are losslessly compressed and decompressed using a nested hierarchy of fixed phrase length dictionaries. The dictionaries may be built using information related to the manner in which data is commonly organized in computer systems for convenient retrieval, processing, and storage. This ... 05/18/06 - 20060106869 - Multimedia enhancement system using the multimedia database A multimedia enhancement system and process thereof are provided. There are connections among multimedia management, database and enhancement facilities. Storing facility is configured for accepting the information from a collecting facility and storing the information in a form of a plurality of descriptors. Once one of the multimedia files is ... 05/18/06 - 20060106868 - Information processing systems and methods thereor The present invention generally relates to various information processing systems and related methods arranged to acquire raw images and/or raw sounds, to extract therefrom text, visual, and/or audible informations, to process (e.g., edit and/or modify) such informations so as to obtain processed images and/or processed sound, and to output such ... 05/18/06 - 20060106867 - System and method for speeding up database lookups for multiple synchronized data streams A “Media Identifier” operates on concurrent media streams to provide large numbers of clients with real-time server-side identification of media objects embedded in streaming media, such as radio, television, or Internet broadcasts. Such media objects may include songs, commercials, jingles, station identifiers, etc. Identification of the media objects is provided ... 05/18/06 - 20060106866 - Methods and systems for scanning and monitoring content on a network The invention addressed methods and systems of scanning and monitoring network locations and resources such as websites and webpages. The method scans the webpages for content and compliance with predefined standards, and reports the results in a non-technical format. The method can also scan and monitor any website on the ... 05/18/06 - 20060106865 - Provision of a multimedia broadcast/multicast service (mbms) for a user equipment moving along cells in a cellular mobile communication system Procedures are provided for the establishment of MBMS services in different cells of a cellular telecommunications network, in particular, for maintaining the transmission of MBMS data to a particular user equipment, even when it moves from one cell to another when the service is provided in different ways in different ... 05/11/06 - 20060101079 - Service providing system, disappointment judging system, and disappointment judging method A response content determination section determines a response content in response to a request from a user which is received by an input section, and an output section outputs the response content. A biological signal detection section measures a biological signal of the user from an output timing of the ... 05/11/06 - 20060101078 - Image processing apparatus and image processing method The present invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method, which can improve security and reinforce privacy protection for cache data and management data generated when an operator employs a browser function, and which can efficiently utilize storage resources of the apparatus. In the image processing apparatus ... 05/11/06 - 20060101077 - Usage based strength between related help topics and context based mapping thereof in a help information retrieval system An information retrieval system allows a user to navigate through a plurality of informational items for a desired informational item, and upon selection of an information item, presents other informational items related to the selected informational item. The information retrieval system in accordance with principles of the present invention maintains ... 05/11/06 - 20060101076 - Electronic file system graphic user interface including user defined relationship symbology between folders An electronic file system graphic user interface for representation of electronic files. The graphic user interface includes a graphically indicated first main folder, a graphically indicated second main folder, and user defined relationship symbology displayable between the first and second main folders. The electronic files are represented as storable in ... 05/11/06 - 20060101075 - Method and system for prospectively acquiring roi based data for retrospective re-analysis A method and system for prospectively acquiring data of a region of interest for retrospective re-analysis includes obtaining region of interest data and generating property information of the region of interest data. The method also includes analyzing the property information receptive to generating a measurement of the property information. After ... 05/11/06 - 20060101074 - Method and system for dynamically adjusting searches for diagnostic information A diagnostic device receives a first set of search criteria related to a problem with a vehicle, and the diagnostic device stores the first set of search criteria. In response to receiving a second set of search criteria, the diagnostic device can compare it with the first set of search ... 05/11/06 - 20060101073 - Constraint-based xml query rewriting for data integration A system and method for data integration by querying multiple extensible markup language (XML) source schemas through a common XML target schema, wherein the system comprises XML mapping connections between the XML source schemas and the XML target schema, wherein the XML mapping connections accommodate XML mappings, the XML source ... 05/11/06 - 20060101072 - System and method for interpreting scan data A system, method and program product for interpreting scan data. A system is provided that includes: an input system for inputting scan data and associated subject data; a geographic information system (GIS) for generating spatial data from the scan data and allows for the mathematical integration of layered spatial data, ... 05/11/06 - 20060101071 - Network operating system and method The invention provides a system and method for a network operating system. The system includes a complex data medium that enables the continuous reconciliation of the collaborative information process and product. The system generally increases productivity by enabling a network dynamic among knowledge workers. The system unifies e-mail and shared ... 05/11/06 - 20060101070 - Alphabet input apparatus and alphabet input method Alphabet input apparatus and method are provided. In the alphabet input apparatus, one alphabet is determined by pressing two keys of a keypad to which ten basic figures made by analyzing shapes of alphabets are allocated respectively. Further, each alphabet corresponds to a combination of two keys depending on the ... 05/04/06 - 20060095474 - System and method for problem solving through dynamic/interactive concept-mapping The present invention provides a computer-implemented method of problem solving that includes graphically displaying a plurality of concepts, dynamic links between the concepts, and solving a problem based on the displayed concepts and dynamic links. Other embodiments include: a computer-readable medium having instructions thereon for causing a suitably programmed information-processing ... 05/04/06 - 20060095473 - System and method of orchestrating electronic workflow automation processes In one embodiment, a system for conducting automated and user-assisted electronic workflow is provided, comprising: the means to monitor one or more external processes for input, messages, changes and specific states; the means to transfer information from the process monitors to one or more term recognizers in an application-independent manner; ... 05/04/06 - 20060095472 - Fast-start streaming and buffering of streaming content for personal media player A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and ... 05/04/06 - 20060095471 - Personal media broadcasting system A personal media broadcasting system enables video distribution over a computer network and allows a user to view and control media sources over a computer network from a remote location. A personal broadcaster receives an input from one or more types of media sources, digitizes and compresses the content, and ... 05/04/06 - 20060095470 - Managing a file in a network environment A method of managing storage of a file in a network environment includes storing, in a central repository, tracking information of copies of the file on storage server systems in the network environment. The tracking information in the central repository is used to identify plural copies of the file. Information ... 05/04/06 - 20060095469 - System and method for facilitating peer review of a deliverable A system and method for facilitating peer review of a deliverable. One embodiment may comprise communicating a deliverable to at least one peer; receiving an issues database generated by the peer's processing system, the issues database having information identifying at least one issue raised by the peer, information identifying a ... 05/04/06 - 20060095468 - Dynamic path partitioning to multipath storage devices A mechanism is provided for balancing I/O among available paths connected to a device. The mechanism partitions paths so a device can use all or only a subset of available paths to a device, depending on the load of I/O for other devices that are sharing the paths. The partitioning ... 04/27/06 - 20060089949 - Online purchase of digital media bundles 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 non-playable media asset, purchasing the media asset bundle, obtaining the media assets contained ... 04/20/06 - 20060085480 - Human resource sourcing exchange A human resources sourcing exchange system includes a seeker interface and an agent interface so that human resource employees may submit positions that recruiting agents can use to submit candidates for employment for that position. The HR employee may associate a single fee to a plurality of agents payable to ... 04/20/06 - 20060085479 - Structure of metadata and processing method of the metadata There is provided a structure of metadata in which an operation at a time of object designation can be changed according to the kind of an input interface used for input or a method of an input operation. The metadata relevant to a moving image has a stream data structure ... 04/20/06 - 20060085478 - Third-party automated tracking, analysis, and distribution of registry status information The present invention contemplates a variety of improved techniques including A system, method, and computer program product are provided for optimized third-party tracking and distribution of status information for a plurality of disparate registries. Initially, the invention is configured to automatically track status information for multiple registry databases. At certain ... 04/20/06 - 20060085477 - Techniques for retrieving documents using an image capture device Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for retrieving electronic documents based upon images captured using an image capture device. One or more images captured by a user using an image capture device are used to search a set of documents to retrieve one or more documents that match the ... 04/20/06 - 20060085476 - Method and system to identify a previously visited universal resource locator (url) in results from a search A method to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search may include loading a URL personal databook collection object. The method may also include identifying any matches between results from the search and any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085475 - Method and apparatus for managing and providing vehicle information An efficient method for management of the information pertaining to the function and operation of vehicle features of the selected vehicles is disclosed. Individual digitized audio recording of spoken information pertaining to the function and operation of individual features of the selected grouping of vehicles are made and stored as ... 04/13/06 - 20060080361 - Document information processing apparatus, document information processing method, and document information processing program Apparatus and methods are provided for processing document information. In accordance with one implementation, a document information processing apparatus includes a document analysis means for conducting document analysis of document information inputted from document information input means using document analysis knowledge; a componentization means for dividing the document information, inputted ... 04/13/06 - 20060080360 - Apparatus and method for the collection and utilization of user selection in a content delivery environment A system and method for the collection, analysis, utilization, and/or reporting of user preference of content experienced by the user preferably for managing the distribution network of a content delivery environment, managing the selections of content available, reporting user selections of content available, and/or execution of user instructions as presented ... 04/13/06 - 20060080359 - Electronic labeling for offline management of storage devices A system and method using hardware and software components enable a storage module to maintain information about an associated storage device and its content such that the information is accessible when the storage device is offline or in a low power configuration. A general-computing host system connects to the storage ... 04/13/06 - 20060080358 - User-localizable hierarchical lists The present invention provides a method and system for user-localizable hierarchical lists. Users can create different representations for values displayed within the hierarchical list. For example, users may localize the list into multiple languages themselves without having to request the change to the vendor supplying the software. In this way, ... 04/06/06 - 20060074987 - Term database extension for label system A method stores, uses and suggests terms in a business solution software program having multiple languages. Instead of only searching for a general use of a term based on its text and general use, one can search for a term based on a specific use in a module. Each term ... 04/06/06 - 20060074986 - Method and system to authenticate an object The system and methods disclosed herein validate the authenticity of a document and an individual's claimed identity. The system and method use a validation facility that is configurable to compare and match characteristics of biometric and non-biometric data presented by an individual with biometric and non-biometric data received from a ... 04/06/06 - 20060074985 - Digital information library and delivery system A computer network based digital information library system employing authentication and encryption protocols for the secure transfer of digital information library programs to a client computer system and a mobile digital information playback device removably connectable to the client computer system. The present invention is a computer network based library ... 04/06/06 - 20060074984 - Graphical tree depicting search or browsing history A method and apparatus for facilitating a user's browsing experience. A graphical history navigation tree is constructed and displayed as the user browses or previews electronic data (e.g., web pages, documents, images, electronic mail). A tree root is placed when the user opens a browser, initiates a new search or ... 04/06/06 - 20060074983 - Method of maintaining data confidentiality A method of maintaining data confidentiality. The method of one embodiment comprises receiving patient data at a medical system. Whether the patient data includes protected health information is determined. If the patient data includes protected health information; the patient data is stored in a secure location. The patient data is ... 04/06/06 - 20060074982 - Method for comparing tabular data A computer implemented method that allows users to easily compare electronic files of tabular data. Files generated by various computer programs, including spreadsheets and databases, may be compared with one another. The results of the comparisons may be viewed, printed, saved and exported in various formats. The invention is particularly ... 04/06/06 - 20060074981 - Web-based data form A web-based data form enables modifications made to values in the data form to be dynamically implemented in a data source. Form fields of the data form are associated with items in the data source using data binding information. Data from the data source is transformed into intermediate code using ... 04/06/06 - 20060074980 - System for semantically disambiguating text information Disclosed is a semantic user interface system that allows text information to be tagged with machine-readable IDs that are associated with concepts for conveying information without any ambiguity or without being hampered by the limitations of human languages. Typically, a plurality of vocabularies are stored across a network, and each ... 04/06/06 - 20060074979 - Static sample data switch A technique for preventing database access to an active database when using sample data. A database interface facilitates access to a static sample database when a database access request is received that is associated with sample data. The database interface facilitates access to an active database when a database access ... 04/06/06 - 20060074978 - Delivery point identity services A method and system for providing services to a mail delivery point are presented. According to the method, a delivery point identifier is acquired from a device located at the delivery point. Then, delivery point data is accessed corresponding to the delivery point identifier, and mail delivery services are provided ... 04/06/06 - 20060074977 - Deferred incorporation of updates for spatial indexes The present invention provides techniques by which updates may be incorporated in database indexes without causing deadlocks of user transactions. In deferred-incorporate update, the updates are propagated to the index only at transaction commit time. A method of handling transactions including updates in a database management system comprises the steps ... 04/06/06 - 20060074976 - Devices and method for recording and analyzing temporal events A device and a method for temporal metering of events and to a device and a method for temporal analysis of events. The temporal metering device when operating obtains current times for each occurrence of physical events, and records in at least one metering file, information authorizing a temporal reconstitution ... 03/30/06 - 20060069701 - Shareability utility A shareable utility that provides quality information to users in a given subject area. The utility maintains a quality database of information on the subject area on a local computing device. The quality database has links to objects of interest residing on the Internet and on the local device. All ... 03/30/06 - 20060069700 - Generating relational structure for non-relational messages A messaging server (112) provides a message store (116) for storing messages in a relational manner. A set of related messages, such as an email string between two or more people, is represented as a message container (200) having relational references to one or more submessages (210, 212, 214). The ... 03/30/06 - 20060069699 - Authoring and managing personalized searchable link collections A computer implemented method, and a carrier medium carrying computer code to implement the method to generate a customized “link collection” of topics and items attached to the topics related to a subject of interest to a group of people. The link collection includes items of information, provided, in one ... 03/23/06 - 20060064437 - Data management apparatus The present invention is concerned with a data management apparatus, in which data recorded by dubbing from a CD-DA (Compact Disc Digital Audio) to a hard disc drive (HDD) (31) as a second recording medium are supervised by a hard disc recording and/or reproducing unit (3), which hard disc recording ... 03/23/06 - 20060064436 - Contact information marketplace There is provided a method and system to incentivize provision of contact information. The system includes an interface to receive first contact information pertaining to a first entity. The first contact information is received from a first user and via a communications network at the interface. The system also includes ... 03/23/06 - 20060064435 - Systems and methods for utilizing digital assets Systems and methods for automatically associating managed digital images with information produced by a print production system are described. Locating an image for reuse is simplified by searching associations. Utilizing digital image associations during a print production process ensures that print jobs are processed reliably, efficiently and accurately. ... 03/23/06 - 20060064434 - Case management system and method for collaborative project teaming Described are a system and method for facilitating collaboration on a project by multiple team members. A plurality of projects and a plurality of documents are stored in persistent storage of a server system. A user launches an application program that displays an expandable and collapsible view showing each project ... 03/16/06 - 20060059203 - Information processing apparatus, information delivery system, information processing method, and recording medium A multimedia file has a format in which actual data is embedded in a file structure. The multimedia information is assembled in blocks, each composed of a header area and a data area, and has a hierarchical structure in which a block is embedded in another block. Header area information ... 03/16/06 - 20060059202 - Image capture device An image capture device is capable of transmitting captured images to a file server on a computer network. The image capture device stores the state of the communication environment with the file server, transmits a signal, based on the stored communication settings, to the file server to determine the state ... 03/16/06 - 20060059201 - Multimedia recording apparatus, object-specifying information providing apparatus, server apparatus, verification apparatus, multimedia recording method, object-specifying information providing method, server method, verification method, and multimedia re A multimedia recording system verifies whether or not multimedia data created from an object belongs to the intended object, and has a multimedia recording apparatus which acquires object-specifying information specifying the object, creates first digest data from the multimedia data and creates authentication data by encrypting the first digest data ... 03/16/06 - 20060059200 - Apparatus, method, and program for processing information An information processing method for an information processing apparatus to process content data, including generating content data information associated with content data; and registering information associated with the content data generated in the content data information generation step, in an edit list indicating a result of editing of the content ... 03/16/06 - 20060059199 - Cellular radio telecommunications terminal, a system, a method, a computer program and a user interface A cellular radio telecommunications terminal including a cellular radio transceiver for receiving, as a plurality of data packets, a data sequence for output; processing means for processing the data sequence to produce an audio output to a user; a user interface for providing after the receipt of the data sequence, ... 03/16/06 - 20060059198 - Image data processing apparatus, and image data registration apparatus and attribute information registration apparatus pertaining thereto An image data processing apparatus that restricts the output or transfer of image data stored in a folder comprising a box to another box. In order to improve the maintenance of confidentiality, the image data processing apparatus includes multiple folders or boxes 141, 142, non-volatile storage means 141 that stores ... 03/16/06 - 20060059197 - Method for converting concatenated join tables to tree structure, and conversion program Concatenated join tables are converted into a tree structure at a high speed. First, table-formatted data is divided into one or more information blocks consisting of a value list containing item values in the sequence of the item value numbers corresponding to item values belonging to particular items and a ... 03/16/06 - 20060059196 - Bit string check method and device In a bit string check method, a bit string to be searched is divided into a plurality of partial-object bit strings, which are compared to the plurality of registration bit patterns at multiple stages. At a current stage which is one of the multiple check-stages, comparison is made with all ... 03/09/06 - 20060053168 - Document processes of an organization A method and system for documenting processes and controls of an organization involve storing information describing the processes of the organization in a database and then accessing the database with a suitable user interface application. Preferably the user interface application is a web browser and the data in the database ... 03/09/06 - 20060053167 - Image processing apparatus having storage areas for storing files An image processing apparatus has a storage device provided for a plurality of operators for storing files and run history on the files for each of the plurality of operators. Operators among the plurality of operators can be related. A display device displays information on files which were dealt with ... 03/09/06 - 20060053166 - Method and apparatus/software to determine, to represent and to display the state of progress and remaining risk while performing a planned course of action Method and its software that helps one choose assumptions needed to solve problems or manage projects and manage their risks. Throughout the process the software helps one track through time what assumptions have been confirmed as correct, what assumptions are ready to be confirmed, and what assumptions are not yet ... 03/09/06 - 20060053165 - System and method for delivering cryogenic fluid According to an embodiment of the present invention, a cryogenic fluid delivery system includes a vessel containing a cryogenic fluid at a first pressure and a first temperature, a first heat exchanger coupled to the vessel for receiving the cryogenic fluid and cooling the cryogenic fluid to a second temperature, ... 03/09/06 - 20060053164 - Application-layer monitoring of communication between one or more database clients and one or more database servers One embodiment includes a system for application-layer monitoring of communication between one or more database clients and one or more database servers. The system includes one or more decoders residing at a decoding layer above a network layer. The decoders reside at a first network location between one or more ... 03/09/06 - 20060053163 - Hierarchical space partitioning for scalable data dissemination in large-scale distributed interactive applications We present exemplary methods involving hierarchical indexing of an application space, and exemplary techniques for scalable management of shared application state update distribution. The application space is partially replicated at each individual client who controls a limited number of static and dynamic objects of the application space. State updates are ... 03/09/06 - 20060053162 - Color dot code system A system for converting data of various types into color dot images to perform various basic data managements by using the color dot images. First, data of various types are represented by a color code train, a color dot is allowed to correspond to each color code in the color ... 03/09/06 - 20060053161 - Method to organize and track information according to chronological and priority order The method to organize and track information is a method to track information such as a person's name, telephone number, follow up dates, priority, and task number. A person may use the method to track information and to easily and quickly store, retrieve, and sort the information (FIG. 1). In ... 03/02/06 - 20060047705 - Intelligent agent system and method for evaluating data integrity in process information databases A data integrity module and method for evaluating data in a process information database. A neural network generates statistical patterns for specifying patterns for the data being evaluated. A fuzzy expert rules base specifies rules for evaluating the data. A processor, responsive to the rules base and the statistical patterns, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047704 - Method and system for providing information services relevant to visual imagery A method and system for providing information services relevant to visual imagery is described, including performing an operation on a context constituent. Also described is generating a context to provide an information service relevant to visual imagery, including generating a context constituent, and forming the context by performing an operation, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047703 - Keyword relatedness bidding system A computer-implemented-method for adjusting keyword bids includes aggregating a plurality of keywords into a pool and performing a statistical analysis of the pool to determine a return-on-investment factor. Each keyword is then evaluated in view of the return-on-investment factor and use of an individual keyword is paused or a bid ... 03/02/06 - 20060047702 - System and method for controlling data processing in a computer transaction A system and method to provide transaction processing. The system and method include data analysis modules appropriately interspersed among computer executables that output data. The data analysis modules process computer executable output data as input data and produce analysis module output data. The analysis module output data can be used ... 03/02/06 - 20060047701 - Personalized broadcast news navigator A system and method are provided that use explicitly and implicitly derived models of user information needs and content and presentation preferences together with relevancy feedback to expand a user's original query to the most related terms in a corpus and/or to allow the user to provide interactive feedback to ... 03/02/06 - 20060047700 - Living body growth and therapy promotion condition collection information processing device An information processing system P3 is communicably connected with multiple controlling systems P2 that promote the growth or health of living organisms by controlling at the least the light irradiated on such living organisms by a light irradiating means X1, and the environmental data produced by one controlling system P1 ... 02/23/06 - 20060041592 - Data-processing apparatus, data-processing method, and storage medium A data-processing apparatus for processing form data including predetermined layout information and image-forming data formed by merging variable data in the form data includes a history table for storing a corresponding relationship of each form data, between the image-forming data and the variable data used in the image-forming data; and ... 02/23/06 - 20060041591 - Associating data with images in imaging systems A reference to auxiliary data is steganographically encoded within a media signal. The auxiliary data is stored in a metadata database that maps the reference encoded in the media signal to its corresponding metadata. Various application programs and devices can access the metadata by extracting the reference from the media ... 02/23/06 - 20060041590 - Document enhancement system and method A system, apparatus and method for enhancing documents, including using a graphical capture device, are described herein. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041589 - System and method for clipping, repurposing, and augmenting document content A system and method for repurposing and augmenting document content by clipping, annotating, and reassembling portions of documents, and which may be used in an online or collaborative environment. As used herein the term “repurposing” includes packaging the online information in a manner so that it can be re-used by ... 02/23/06 - 20060041588 - Managing data administration Data administration may be managed by receiving in a computer system a first input identifying a data object to be assigned to a control object in the computer system. A second input for the control object is received in the computer system. The second input specifies a relationship between 1) ... 02/23/06 - 20060041587 - Disk quota management with limits classes Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for disk quota management. Embodiments include assigning a user to a limits class, receiving, from a user, a request to store a resource, and determining whether to allow the user to store the resource in dependence upon the limits class and current ... 02/23/06 - 20060041586 - Method and apparatus for facilitating the introduction and communication of individuals or groups traveling to and from casino destinations in the gaming industry for the purpose of dating. An object of the present invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing a potential dating client management system for dating clients that are traveling to a casino destination, entertainment destination, club venue, or restaurant, concert or other venue out of their normal geographical area. Said system services these dating ... 02/23/06 - 20060041585 - Information processing device, license information recording medium, information processing method, and computer program The present invention provides an improved arrangement for a content use eligibility determination process based on content usage condition information. In the content use eligibility determination process, a user device performs a checking process of checking a property selection list as the content usage condition information against a property list ... 02/16/06 - 20060036647 - System, method, and apparatus for exchanging information between employers, institutions, and employment seekers A system, method, and apparatus are provided to facilitate the exchange of multimedia-formatted information between an employer and an employment seeker, in which the information is provided in a multimedia format, in which the multimedia-formatted information is received from the employment seeker via a station, the multimedia-formatted information is uploaded ... 02/16/06 - 20060036646 - Method and apparatus for classifying files An apparatus and method for classifying files are disclosed. The steps of the method include providing a plurality of files containing file information. A classifying parameter in the file information for classifying the files is set to classify the files. A plurality of file groups is divided from the files. ... 02/16/06 - 20060036645 - System and method for automated data storage management A system, method and program product for assigning management classes to data objects. The disclosed system includes a class assignment system for assigning a management class to an inputted data object, wherein the class assignment system analyzes historical usage characteristics of existing data objects that have attributes similar to the ... 02/16/06 - 20060036644 - Integrated support in an xml/xquery database for web-based applications A system for integrated support in an XML/XQuery database residing within a binary object XML repository (BOXR) for web-based applications includes web browser(s) for sending at least one HTTP request for hxl pages. Hxl pages are defined as web pages containing embedded XQuery expressions, with XQuery being an interactive program ... 02/09/06 - 20060031260 - Data display system, data map forming system, and data map forming method A data display system (10) and a patent map forming system (20) give evaluation values obtained by a predetermined evaluation axis or an arbitrarily set evaluation value in cooperation with each other, and forms a map sheet (MS) on the basis of the evaluation values. The data display system (10) ... 02/09/06 - 20060031259 - Equipment management method and system for hospitals An asset management system includes a database with a plurality of tables each containing a plurality of fields of information, selected of the fields in one table corresponding to fields in at least one of the other tables with lines of communication so that activation of a selected field in ... 02/09/06 - 20060031258 - System and method for matching traveling companions with traveling acquaintances The present invention is a system for matching over the internet a plurality like-minded individuals to travel. The system includes a server operatively coupled to the internet, the server having a web site and web server application thereon and a database application operatively coupled to the web server application. The ... 02/09/06 - 20060031257 - System and method for distributing media assets to user devices and managing user rights of the media assets A system and method for distributing digital media assets to a plurality of users. A portal is provided comprising at least one server computer. The portal executes a media library database server application that manages access a master library of media 5 assets that can be accessed by users via ... 02/09/06 - 20060031256 - Template language for mobile client Providing a framework for developing, deploying and managing sophisticated mobile solutions, with a simple Web-like programming model that integrates with existing enterprise components. Mobile applications may consist of a data model definition, user interface templates, a client side controller, which includes scripts that define actions, and, on the server side, ... 02/09/06 - 20060031255 - Method and system for forming and maintaining community relationships to facilitate collecting, processing, and providing primary and secondary data A method for facilitating complex relationship-based interactions among computer-using members of a community, corresponding to a set of computer-using clients. A database system communicably coupled to a full-time, public network is provided, wherein the database system includes collection and distribution functionalities and is configured to make the functionalities accessible via ... 02/09/06 - 20060031254 - Methods and systems for electronic publishing content management The experience of an end user of a work is enhanced by incrementally distributing the work and supplementing the work by adding an additional interactive component. Installments of works are delivered to the end user on a scheduled basis (and may optionally be delivered upon demand by the end user), ... 02/09/06 - 20060031253 - System and method for locating documents a user has previously accessed A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface module. The desktop integration module is an application ... 02/09/06 - 20060031252 - Personalized prototyping A method for producing an item data set representing the three-dimensional configuration of an item includes accepting a first input data set, the first input data set including first data representing at least a first three-dimensional configuration of a first three-dimensional object; accepting a second input data set, the second ... 02/02/06 - 20060026209 - System and method for processing control data A data collection engine for collecting a stream of dynamic data from a plant, comprising: a first computer process for receiving the dynamic data and for saving the dynamic data as database records in a series of log files within a file folder; and a second computer process for reading ... 02/02/06 - 20060026208 - System and method for automatically generating an image-file A system for automatically generating an image file is disclosed. The system includes an application server (1), a database (5) connected to the application server through a connection (2), and a plurality of client computers (6) linked to the application server via a network (3). The application server includes a ... 02/02/06 - 20060026207 - Information-processing apparatus, information-processing methods, recording mediums, and programs The present invention provides an information-processing apparatus including reproduction means for synchronously reproducing content data common to an other information-processing apparatus, user information input means for inputting first user condition information including a voice and image of a user, user information receiver means for receiving second user condition information including ... 02/02/06 - 20060026206 - Telephony-data application interface apparatus and method for multi-modal access to data applications A voice-optimized database system and method of audio vector valuation (AVV) provides means to search a database in response to a spoken query. Audio vectors (AVs) are assigned to phonemes in the names or phrases constituting searchable items in a voice-optimized database and in spoken queries. Multiple AVs can be ... 02/02/06 - 20060026205 - System and method for managing medical databases for patient care devices A system and method for creating, managing and loading selected configuration datasets used to program a patient care device to have a selected behavior is provided. A common configuration database includes medical treatment guidelines and device operating characteristics for a plurality of patient care device types. A processor operatively connected ... 02/02/06 - 20060026204 - System and method for automatic terminology discovery A system and method for discovering terminology unique to a distinct subset of a general population, is provided. Terminology comprised of new terms as well as unique and obscure usages of previously known terms is determined by creating a common language usage (CLU) dictionary comprising terms, definitions corresponding to term ... 02/02/06 - 20060026203 - Method and system for discovering knowledge from text documents A method and a system for discovering knowledge from text documents are disclosed, which involve extracting from text documents semi-structured meta-data, wherein the semi-structured meta-data includes a plurality of entities and a plurality of relations between the entities; identifying from the semi-structured meta-data a plurality of key entities and a ... 02/02/06 - 20060026202 - Mobile resemblance estimation A method for estimating the resemblance of various objects comprises the step of recording (40) data of a real object using a communication device. Furthermore the following steps are included: transferring (41) said recorded data to a service server, extracting (42) a comparison object from said recorded data, making (43) ... 01/26/06 - 20060020633 - Apparatus and method for providing context-aware service An apparatus and method for providing a context-aware service are provided. The apparatus includes a context-aware service object (CAS) management module managing information on a CAS and a context defined by the CAS, a sensor management module managing information on a sensor and requesting the sensor to observe knowledge, and ... 01/26/06 - 20060020632 - Method of increasing productivity in organization A method of increasing productivity in an organization by sharing praise, encouragement, recognition, and gratitude among members of the organization, wherein the method also provides virtual space for the members to exchange and share inspirational messages. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020631 - Method for evaluating xpath-like fragment identifiers of audio-visual content A method of retrieving a plurality of resource fragments from a audio-visual resource that is encoded using a hierarchical addressing model for the class of resources of which the audio-visual resource is a member is disclosed. The method comprises inputting a URI reference (1407) comprising a Universal Resource Identifier (1401) ... 01/26/06 - 20060020630 - Facial database methods and systems Various arrangements for use of biometric data are detailed. For example, a police officer may capture image data from a driver license (e.g., by using a camera cell phone). Facial recognition vectors are derived from the captured image data corresponding to photo on the license, and compared against a watch ... 01/26/06 - 20060020629 - Multi-tier and multi-domain distributed rapid product configuration and design system Techniques are presented for a multi-tier distributed frame work for mass configuration of products by design and synthesis. Products are represented as components having hierarchical relationships with one another. The components include form information, function information, behavioral information, and constraint information. Components may be created from scratch or retrieved from ... 01/26/06 - 20060020628 - Method and system for determining size of a data center A method, apparatus, and system are disclosed for determining a size of a utility date center. In one embodiment, a computer system includes a bus, a computer-readable memory coupled to the bus, and a processor coupled to the memory via the bus. The processor executes code for calculating, based on ... 01/26/06 - 20060020627 - Recorder with dedicated delete button and deleted files folder A recorder includes a storage device for storing recorded audiovisual programs; and a user interface for controlling the recorder. The user interface includes a dedicated “delete” button for deleting data from the recorder. The recorder may also include a “deleted files” folder on the storage device and accessible through the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020626 - Apparatus and method for assessing exceedance of a process beyond safe operating limits An apparatus and method implementable with a software application for checking or assessing exceedances process variables beyond safe operating limits is disclosed. The process has instruments, a process history database, and one or more external databases. The instruments measure process variables and can be associated with the equipment. The process ... 01/26/06 - 20060020625 - Method and device for storing and accessing data in a computer travel reservation system A process and device for storing and accessing data in databases of a computerized travel reservation system. According to the invention: for each type of information to be stored, there are created rules associating: a set of criteria defining the trips to which the information applies, a content representing the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015534 - Querying of copyright host, printing of copyright information and host registration copyright data A search for copyright-related information contained in image data is conducted. If no such information is detected, a database is queried to determine whether it contains copyright-related information corresponding to the image represented by this image data. Information relating to a copyright in accordance with the result of querying the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015533 - Method and apparatus for creating an activity record in a business management system from an email message Methods and apparatus are provided for storing email messages into activity records in business management system. In an embodiment, an user interface for an email application program may receive a request may be received to create an activity record in a business management system based on a received email message, ... 01/19/06 - 20060015532 - Method and system for integrated foodservice management The method and system of the present invention provides an improved technique for foodservice management. Information is aggregated from a variety of sources into a centralized computerized database. Thereafter, foodservice management tasks are scheduled and performed. Information from the centralized computerized database is used in the performance of the foodservice ... 01/19/06 - 20060015531 - Device and system for digital signage A device, system and method for digital signage. The device comprises an electronic display screen and a multimedia player. The multimedia player is configured to communicate with a portable storage device so as to allow downloading of one or more multimedia presentation files from the portable storage device to the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015530 - System method for marketing commodity products electronically A system and method of marketing commodity products over an internet connection, in which the product price is continuously correlated to a publicly traded exchange price and in which a customer may be notified if the product price reaches a previously selected target price set by the customer. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015529 - Method and apparatus of hierarchical storage management based on data value A hierarchical storage data management system includes application servers, a metadata server interconnected with the application servers through a local area network, storage devices interconnected through data flow paths, and a storage network connecting the storage devices to the application servers and to the metadata server. The metadata server including ... 01/19/06 - 20060015528 - Generic representation of optional values A generic nullable type that is capable of representing null values for reference, value, and other types in a uniform manner is described. The nullable generic type includes at least two portions: a container portion and a Boolean member portion. The container portion can hold other objects of other types, ... 01/12/06 - 20060010168 - System for processing objects for storage in a document or other storage system The invention is directed to a system for processing data to be stored in a document-imaging system that includes a posting processor programmed for receiving at least one object containing the data; a bursting processor programmed for bursting the object to create at least one bursted object; an index extraction ... 01/12/06 - 20060010167 - Apparatus for navigation of multimedia content in a vehicle multimedia system Apparatus are provided for navigation of multimedia content in a vehicle multimedia system having an embedded database of multimedia files. A navigation interface for controlling playback of the multimedia files and includes a processing unit, an input unit coupled to the processing unit, and a display coupled to the processing ... 01/12/06 - 20060010166 - Production information managing system and method The invention discloses a data processing system and method for managing production information associated with N1 electronic products requested according to a work order. N2 main devices are prepared based on the information of the work order and produced through a manufacturing line to produce N3 semi-products, and further through ... 01/12/06 - 20060010165 - Collaboration via spreadsheets for planning Collaborating planning information includes retrieving previous planning information, such as planning information from a planning information database. The collaboration of planning information further includes generating an output form including output planning information using a collaborative workspace. Furthermore, missing planning information, including previous planning information, current planning information and/or projected planning ... 01/12/06 - 20060010164 - Centralized kpi framework systems and methods The subject invention pertains to a centralized key performance indicator (KPI) framework and systems and methods of utilization. In particular, KPIs can be defined and centrally stored as data or metadata in a data store. Systems and methods are provided to enable, among other things, KPI definition, storage, identification of ... 01/12/06 - 20060010163 - Configuring computer systems with business configuration information A configuration server includes a configuration repository that stores a wide range of configuration information for possible use by application programs. The configuration repository may include configuration parameters, settings for the parameters, and meta-data of definitions and descriptions of the parameters. Configuration information is selected from the configuration repository and ... 01/12/06 - 20060010162 - Media article composition A method and apparatus for the automatic composition of media articles is disclosed. Previous attempts to do this have involved the manual production of a detailed framework listing the types of media elements that might be inserted into the slots specified in that framework and the subsequent selection of media ... 01/05/06 - 20060004874 - Method and system for improving the efficiency of state information transfer over a wireless communications network The present invention is directed to a system and method for managing state information related to an interactive application to accommodate one or more users participating in an interactive application session, wherein the state information comprises local state information specific to each of the one or more user's unique view ... 01/05/06 - 20060004873 - Carousel control for metadata navigation and assignment A property tree user interface permits user assignment of values to metadata properties and user navigation of data, within a system that includes a data storage subsystem in which data items are organized and queried by way of properties. The property tree includes nodes that expose properties of data items. ... 01/05/06 - 20060004872 - Visualizing and modeling interaction relationship among entities The present invention provides methods of visualizing and modeling the interaction relationship among entities. An example method of visualizing the interaction relationship among entities includes the steps of: presenting the internal logic of entity in an entity container; and presenting the interaction relationship among the entities in an interaction space. ... 01/05/06 - 20060004871 - Multimedia data reproducing apparatus and multimedia data reproducing method and computer-readable medium therefor A playback control portion controls a playback of multimedia data. A request acceptance portion accepts a question from the user. A playback position storage unit stores the playback position of multimedia data reproduced by the playback control unit at the point of time when the question was accepted from the ... 01/05/06 - 20060004870 - System for automatically acquiring exam data from medical imaging devices and generating reports on radiology department operations Method and apparatus for automatically providing reports on medical imaging devices. Specifically, a method and system for automatically obtaining examination process information from one or more medical imaging devices, automatically sending the data to an analysis center, and automatically providing useful reports to a customer. ... 01/05/06 - 20060004869 - System and method for mapping relationship management intelligence The present invention discloses a system and a method for identifying individuals within an organization that are familiar with a target person outside of the organization. Additionally, the present invention includes a system and means for updating the data as identified below in situations where new contacts occur, when companies ... 01/05/06 - 20060004868 - Policy-based information management A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing an object are disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises managing an object having content, in a system having a dynamic policy selector configured with at least one analytic policy applied to evaluate the content of the object. The object is associated ... 01/05/06 - 20060004867 - Information processing system and information processing method, and information processing program used therein An information processing system capable of storing image files formed by an image forming apparatus in a desired storage position in a desired information processing terminal through simple operations. The system has an information processing terminal and an image forming apparatus that are connected so as to permit data to ... 01/05/06 - 20060004866 - Method, system, apparatus, program code and means for identifying and extracting information Some embodiments include a system, method, apparatus and means for identifying and extracting information include generating a list of information sources, each selected as having information potentially relevant to a topic, the list of information sources including sources of at least a first type and sources of a second type, ... 01/05/06 - 20060004865 - Selective profiler for use with transaction processing applications A server system suitable for processing transactions includes transaction processing means to process requests issued by client systems. A transaction profiler records information regarding transactions processed by the server. Profiled transactions are selected for inclusion in a cumulative database according to a selection criteria. The transaction processor may be an ... 01/05/06 - 20060004864 - Method and system for checking availability of automounted file systems A method, an apparatus, a system, and a computer program product are presented for determining whether a file system, which contains a file system resource that is to be the target of a file system operation, is currently mounted by a data processing system. A first kernel-level process obtains unique ... 01/05/06 - 20060004863 - Method, system and program for simplifying data flow in a statement with sequenced subexpressions Data flow in a database statement for a database management system having memory storing a database is simplified. The statement has at least two sequenced subexpressions, evaluation of which is driven by a sequencing operation. A reference to a first sequenced subexpression in a second sequenced subexpression subsequent to the ... 01/05/06 - 20060004862 - Time synchronized playback and control of dissimilar data files A system, and a corresponding method, provides time synchronized playback and control of dissimilar data in a simulation architecture. The system includes a master site including a controller, and agents, implemented by the controller, where the controller directs the agents to control simulation data logging and playback; simulation sites, including: ... 01/05/06 - 20060004861 - System and method for displaying price modeling data The present invention allows a user make filter, zoom, and roll up selections and apply those selections to a desired price modeling data set. As such the present invention provides a system configured to suitably display price modeling data having a data selection module for selecting at least one subset ... 01/05/06 - 20060004860 - Method for checkpointing a main-memory database Method for making a consistent checkpoint of a page including at least one data object in a computer system having a primary and secondary storage, and a programmable software. The primary storage has at least one page which includes at least one original data object on the page. The computer ... 01/05/06 - 20060004859 - Methods and apparatus that use contextual test number factors to assign test numbers In a method for assigning test numbers, current testflow context information is maintained during execution of a testflow. If one or more test number factors have been specified for one or more levels of the current testflow context, the test number factors are used to determine a base number for ... 01/05/06 - 20060004858 - Self-adaptive prefix encoding for stable node identifiers A variable-length binary string is utilized to encode node identifiers in a tree for an XML document object model. A general prefix encoding scheme is followed; a node identifier is generated by the concatenation of encodings at each level of a tree along a path from a root node to ... 12/29/05 - 20050289183 - Data structure of metadata and reproduction method of the same A structure of metadata relevant to a moving image, in which metadata editing is easily performed, comprising a stream data structure including one or more access units each capable of being independently processed; each of said access units has: first data for a reference time point within an access unit ... 12/29/05 - 20050289182 - Document management system with enhanced intelligent document recognition capabilities An intelligent document recognition-based document management system includes modules for image capture, image enhancement, image identification, optical character recognition, data extraction and quality assurance. The system captures data from electronic documents as diverse as facsimile images, scanned images and images from document management systems. It processes these images and presents ... 12/29/05 - 20050289181 - Object classification in a capture system Objects can be extracted from data flows captured by a capture device. Each captured object can then be classified according to content. In one embodiment, the present invention includes determining whether a captured object is binary or textual in nature, and classifying the captured object as one of a plurality ... 12/29/05 - 20050289180 - Adaptive contact list A method, device and computer accessible medium for an adaptive contact list. An adaptive contact list may maintain one or more contact entries for corresponding identities. An adaptive contact list may detect context information for a user and may identify context appropriate contact entries according to the current context information ... 12/29/05 - 20050289179 - Method and system for generating concept-specific data representation for multi-concept detection A system and method for detecting a concept from digital content are provided. A plurality of representations is generated for same data content for concept detection from the plurality of representations. A plurality of concepts is simultaneously detected from the plurality of representations of the same data content wherein at ... 12/22/05 - 20050283499 - Recruiting accession and paperwork management system A comprehensive recruiting accession and paperwork management application that provides near real-time leads transfer, one-time data entry capability, command control and reporting capability, seamless paperwork processing and management, and full ODBC compliant communications capability. ... 12/22/05 - 20050283498 - System and method to build, retrieve and track information in a knowledge database for trouble shooting purposes A method of building a problem troubleshooting database for use in a semiconductor manufacturing system includes storing semiconductor manufacturing problem data in a problem troubleshooting database; storing cause data in the problem troubleshooting database, the cause data being associated with respective problem data; storing solution data in the problem troubleshooting ... 12/22/05 - 20050283497 - System and method for search operations Systems and methods, applicable, for example, in employing a user's social network in providing that user with results to searches for individuals, businesses, content (e.g., pictures, music, software, and/or the like), and/or the like. Further, systems and methods whereby, for example, information regarding individuals having social connection to individuals, businesses, ... 12/15/05 - 20050278380 - Digital transactions for the delivery of media files An incomplete/partly corrupted media file is delivered ‘in the clear’; in addition, a delta file is delivered to users meeting access control criteria which, when combined with the incomplete/partly corrupted parts allows a complete and uncorrupted version of the media file to be re-constructed. The method allows, in one implementation, ... 12/15/05 - 20050278379 - Image retrieval device and image retrieval method Similar image data, which are similar to a target image data to which a keyword is to be added, are retrieved. Then, keywords added to the retrieved similar image data are added to the target image data. By diverting the keywords of the similar image data, which are similar to ... 12/15/05 - 20050278378 - Systems and methods of geographical text indexing A method of processing a document, the method involving: identifying a plurality of one or more geospatial references within the document; and for each identified geospatial reference of the plurality of geospatial references: (1) associating a geographical location with the identified geospatial reference, the geographical location being represented by a ... 12/15/05 - 20050278377 - Publishing, browsing and purchasing of groups of media items Improved techniques to create, browse and/or purchase media asset groups are disclosed. Media assets groups can be created by various persons and published to a digital assets manager. Thereafter, the media assets groups can be finalized and made available for on-line purchase. Once the media asset groups are made available ... 12/15/05 - 20050278376 - Media distribution system, device, and method A machine-readable media device and a media distribution system are provided. The device has a first readable portion and a second readable portion. The first portion can initialize a license verification process to a remote location, while the second portion has media that can only be accessed only upon successful ... 12/15/05 - 20050278375 - Asset management system and associated methods A method and apparatus prepare an asset for placement on a server, the asset including a media file and corresponding metadata elements. The media file is received, and it is automatically determined whether all required metadata elements are associated with the received media file. If all of the required metadata ... 12/08/05 - 20050273473 - System and method for vehicle-to-vehicle migration of multimedia content Systems and methods are provided for a multimedia storage and transfer. The system includes a first data storage device in a first vehicle, a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a second data storage device in a second vehicle, and a controller coupled to the wireless transceiver and first data ... 12/08/05 - 20050273472 - Verifying incremental updates to hierarchicaly structured information Techniques for verifying whether an incremental update was correctly applied to a set of hierarchically structured information include determining an overall integrity code for the hierarchically structured information and attaching the overall integrity code to the hierarchically structured information. An incremental update according to the present techniques includes an integrity ... 12/08/05 - 20050273471 - Secure incremental updates to hierarchicaly structured information Techniques for performing an incremental update to a set of hierarchically structured information that do not expose the structure and content of the hierarchically structured information to unauthorized parties. The present techniques include encrypting the hierarchically structured information such that an arrangement of nodes and corresponding data of the hierarchically ... 12/08/05 - 20050273470 - Interactive system for dynamic generation of a user-customized composite digital image System and method for the dynamic generation of a user-customized composite digital image (CDI). In accordance with some embodiments, the CDI is generated by identifying one or more user supplied digital images, and selecting a CDI template from a library of pre-stored CDI templates. Each CDI template stored in the ... 12/01/05 - 20050267912 - Input data conversion apparatus for mobile information device, mobile information device, and control program of input data conversion apparatus A mobile phone is provided with a user dictionary to be used under privacy mode ON state and another user dictionary to be used under privacy mode OFF state. The two user dictionaries are automatically switched in conjunction with ON/OFF of the privacy mode. Further, the user dictionary used under ... 11/24/05 - 20050262151 - Methods and systems for per persona processing media content-associated metadata Various systems and methods described above permit a user's content experience (e.g. music playing experience) to be monitored and for metadata describing this experience to be collected. This metadata can be dynamically updated as a user experiences media content and then used to impart to the user a personalized experience ... 11/24/05 - 20050262150 - Object-based storage A system and method for object-base storage are disclosed. The system includes a storage media including at least one block, the storage media configured to store at least one object in the at least one block, a metadata server for storing identification information concerning of the at least one block, ... 11/24/05 - 20050262149 - Method of and apparatus for reproducing downloaded data along with data recorded on storage medium A method of and apparatus for reproducing downloaded data along with data recorded on a storage medium. Data downloaded from an external database through a network are bound with data recorded on the storage medium. Accordingly, contents stored in a local storage after being downloaded from the external database can ... 11/24/05 - 20050262148 - Simplified, secure electronic project data exchange A system and method of exchanging project data between disparate levels of users, independent of whether the user is a client or professional, or which operating system level or software is employed. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262147 - Insurance program for portable media players An insurance program is provided for a portable media player wherein such player has media content or data downloaded thereon. The program provides for the replacement of such stored media or data due to loss of data, corrupted or missing files, etc. Such program is specific to the player and ... 11/24/05 - 20050262146 - System and apparatus for wireless synchronization of multimedia content Apparatus is provided for an electronic vehicle storage system. The apparatus includes a data storage device configured to store multimedia files, a wireless transceiver configured to transfer multimedia files, and a controller coupled to the wireless transceiver, data storage device, and a vehicle electrical infrastructure. The data storage device has ... 11/24/05 - 20050262145 - System, method and program for news updates In order to easily obtain news follow-ups which one reads and is interested in, with a portable terminal, event identification information is correlated to news events to be aired on TV, and stored in a master information storage of a server. This makes it possible to selectively provide news events ... 11/24/05 - 20050262144 - Method and apparatus for indexing multimedia data An indexing method for indexing a plurality of multimedia data sets stored in a first storage area includes the following steps: producing an index file according to a predetermined section of target multimedia data, and storing the index file in a second storage area; and comparing the index file with ... 11/24/05 - 20050262143 - Lock acquisition among nodes of divided cluster The acquisition of a lock among nodes of a divided cluster is disclosed. A method is performable by each of at least one node of the cluster. A node waits for a delay corresponding to its identifier. The node asserts intent to acquire the lock by writing its identifier to ... 11/24/05 - 20050262142 - Arq method with adaptive transmittal data block positions In a communication system a transmission-end input data flow with serially successive data is transmitted via a time-variant transmission channel. The transmission-end input data flow is divided into individual words. An a-priori reliability value is determined for each position of a transmittal data block by transmission-end modulation methods and coding ... 11/24/05 - 20050262141 - Content summarizing apparatus and content summarizing program In a contents summarizing unit that extracts a characteristic motion of a player during a match from video contents regarding sports and summarizes it in a required time period so that it can be watched in the required time period, the contents summarizing unit comprises an event information obtaining part ... 11/17/05 - 20050256906 - Interface for portal and webserver administration-efficient updates The present invention relates to systems, methods, and computer media for administering portals. A portal provides a way to aggregate content and integrate applications, allowing a visitor to a Web site to access everything via a user interface. Portals can be comprised of a collection of portlets, each of which ... 11/17/05 - 20050256905 - System, method, and service for segmenting a topic into chatter and subtopics A topic segmenting system segments a topic into chatter and subtopics. The system decomposes a conversation into topics, producing a time-based structure for topics and subtopics in the conversation. The system extracts a large number of topics at all levels of granularity. Some of the topics extracted correspond to broad ... 11/17/05 - 20050256904 - Reading data from physical items Data affixed to a selected physical item is read in a process of reading data affixed to multiple physical items. A method comprises receiving in a computer system first data that is read from a selected physical item of a plurality of physical items. The first data is displayed in ... 11/17/05 - 20050256903 - Managing a home network This invention relates to a method of managing a media system (103, 201, 208) with a group identifier in a network (210) of media systems. The invention further relates to a media system for managing a network of media systems with a group identifier. The media system can be may ... 11/10/05 - 20050251533 - Migrating data integration processes through use of externalized metadata representations Methods and systems are provided for migrating a data integration facility, such as an ETL job, from a source data integration platform to a target data integration platform. Certain embodiments involve externalizing a metadata representation of a source data integration job; parsing the metadata representation; importing the parsed metadata into ... 11/10/05 - 20050251532 - Feature identification of events in multimedia A method detects events in multimedia. Features are extracted from the multimedia. The features are sampled using a sliding window to obtain samples. A context model is constructed for each sample. The context models form a time series. An affinity matrix is determined from the time series models and a ... 11/10/05 - 20050251531 - Data management for a networked multimedia console The invention is directed to a system and method for managing data accessible by multimedia consoles that execute a multimedia application. The system includes databases that store data for the multimedia consoles. Each database may have a different permission access associated with it, such that, multimedia titles, users, publishers, team ... 11/10/05 - 20050251530 - Method for unified collection of content analytic data A method for storing a user evaluation of distributed content comprising an Evaluation Program (EP) that creates a user session when a user accesses distributed content. The user evaluation is saved with other information such as the time and date of the evaluation, the user's personal information, and the navigation ... 11/03/05 - 20050246380 - Apparatus and method for computation of a pricing index An information processing apparatus is disclosed which comprises: a first acquiring element for acquiring the number of times information contents are downloaded over a network; a second acquiring element for acquiring the number of times the information contents are reproduced; and a computing element for computing a pricing index for ... 11/03/05 - 20050246379 - Communication system and method for modifying and transforming media files remotely A communication system and method provides the ability to modify and transform media files remotely. The modification of a media file allows for media files, for example audio or video files, to be modified by adding effects such as echoes to preexisting audio or video files. The transformation of a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246378 - Heavyweight and lightweight instrumentation An instrumentation system performs operations such as profiling an application and partitioning and distributing units of the application using different versions of metadata describing the application. Performing an operation on an executing application generates overhead. Detailed metadata used in operations such as profiling create unnecessary overhead during other operations. By ... 11/03/05 - 20050246377 - Method and apparatus for a commercial computer network system designed to modify digital music files The present invention relates to a novel apparatus and method for effectuating the selection and acquisition or purchase of digital music files. The present invention allows a user to search a digital music collection for a specific base music file. The user then selects a base digital music file and ... 11/03/05 - 20050246376 - System and method for stored data archive verification Methods and systems are described for verifying stored data by receiving a first set of metadata associated with a first set of stored data, generating a second set of metadata associated with a second set of stored data which is associated with the first set of stored data, and comparing ... 11/03/05 - 20050246375 - System and method for encapsulation of representative sample of media object A system and related techniques relate to the retrieval of a media object list with associated properties from a media device such as a digital video camcorder, audio player or other source or device. According to embodiments the retrieved list or set of media objects and their attributes or properties, ... 11/03/05 - 20050246374 - System and method for selection of media items A method and system are provided for use in a computing environment for selecting and arranging media items as output. The media items may include photographs, videos, musical selections, or other types of media items. Selection components select multiple media items for output. A source selection component selects media items ... 11/03/05 - 20050246373 - Media asset management system for managing video segments from fixed-area security cameras and associated methods A method for managing fixed-area video segments from fixed-area security cameras using a media asset management system includes collecting the fixed-area video segments from the fixed-area security cameras, associating corresponding geospatial data with each fixed-area video segment, and creating a search thesaurus including search descriptors with cross-references therebetween. At least ... 11/03/05 - 20050246372 - Temporary accumulation management device According to this invention, when temporary storage of a recording transport stream TS3 which is allowed to be temporarily stored in a recording medium so as to be reproducible only within a temporary storage allowable time is managed, a reproducible start point indicating a start point from which the recording ... 10/27/05 - 20050240629 - Tracking semantic objects in vector image sequences A semantic object tracking method tracks general semantic objects with multiple non-rigid motion, disconnected components and multiple colors throughout a vector image sequence. The method accurately tracks these general semantic objects by spatially segmenting image regions from a current frame and then classifying these regions as to which semantic object ... 10/27/05 - 20050240628 - Delegation of metadata management in a storage system by leasing of free file system blocks from a file system owner Metadata management in a file server or storage network is delegated from a primary data processor to a secondary data processor in order to reduce data traffic between the primary data processor and the secondary data processor. The primary data processor retains responsibility for managing locks upon objects in the ... 10/27/05 - 20050240627 - Image server store system and method using combined image views An image server store having a combined image including a first image of a first software combined with other images of other software such that any one or more of the images can be restored from the combined image, and methods relating thereto. The method of making the combined image ... 10/27/05 - 20050240626 - Method and apparatus for fixing up lasturl, and computer readable recording medium storing program for performing the method A method and apparatus for fixing up a last uniform resource locator (LastURL) representing the location of a content asset, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to implement the method are provided. The LastURL fixup method includes managing location change information on location change of the content ... 10/27/05 - 20050240625 - Method and apparatus for scalable transport processing fulfillment system A scalable fulfillment system is presented that supports business processes, manages the transport and processing of business-related messages or documents between a business entity and clients, such as customers, vendors, and business partners, and generally supports business document processing. The system intelligently manages the transportation of files from clients, through ... 10/27/05 - 20050240624 - Cost-based optimizer for an xml data repository within a database Cost-based optimizer functionality for an XML database repository provides means for optimizing the execution of database queries that access XML resources in the database repository. Statistics about XML resources that are stored in the database repository are gathered, stored and utilized by a query optimizer to compute computational costs associated ... 10/27/05 - 20050240623 - Platform for management of internet based public communications and public comment An Internet-based integrated technology platform that simultaneously supports the management of Public Information Sites—Web sites used to both (1) inform the public; and (2) capture and manage public comment (including submission of images)—while at the same time providing support for electronic communication for project teams that manage public involvement projects. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234999 - Method and apparatus for providing a playlist in a compact disc player A method and apparatus for placing a playlist in a memory location on a compact disc is disclosed. The user reviews the audio files located on the CD, selects the songs that will be included in the playlist, determines the sequence or order of playback for those selected audio files, ... 10/20/05 - 20050234998 - Extensible business method with advertisement research as an example An extensible business method for performing research over the internet is presented. A first community web site is provided for a first targeted industry. User profile and feedback information is gathered from the users of the first community web site. The gathered user profile and feedback information from the first ... 10/20/05 - 20050234997 - Byte-level file differencing and updating algorithms A method for performing differencing and updating between electronic files is provided. A byte-level file differencing algorithm receives two byte streams corresponding to an original file and a new file. The new file includes updated and revised versions of the original file. The file differencing algorithm determines a longest common ... 10/20/05 - 20050234996 - Content addressable information encapsulation, representation, and transfer Representing a number of assets on an originating computer begins with selecting the assets to be represented. Cryptographic hash asset identifiers are generated; each of the asset identifiers is computed using the contents of a particular asset. The asset identifier is a content-based or content-addressable asset name for the asset ... 10/20/05 - 20050234995 - Methods and systems for processing playlists Various systems and methods described above permit a user's content experience (e.g. music playing experience) to be monitored and for metadata describing this experience to be collected. This metadata can be dynamically updated as a user experiences media content and then used to impart to the user a personalized experience ... 10/20/05 - 20050234994 - Recording apparatus, host apparatus, semiconductor integlated circuit, recording method, program and information recording medium A recording apparatus is provided for recording information in an information recording medium. The recording apparatus includes means for recording image data including a file structure and a file in the information recording medium; means for reproducing at least a part of the image data recorded in the information recording ... 10/20/05 - 20050234993 - Method and apparatus for subscribing to dynamic attributes Methods and apparatus are provided for subscribing to dynamic attributes. One or more users are notified of information having a plurality of attributes, including at least one dynamic attribute. According to one aspect of the invention, a user can enter a subscription request to be notified when the at least ... 10/20/05 - 20050234992 - Method and system for display guide for video selection A system and method for presenting and displaying video asset information to a viewer to assist the view in selecting a video asset for viewing. The video assets can be available from a plurality of different video asset sources, such as VOD (video on demand), PVR (personal video recorders) and ... 10/20/05 - 20050234991 - Automated location indexing by natural language correlation The present invention provides a parser that “reads” web pages and other computer-based information sources to correlate place names to locations, and then convert those locations to longitude and latitude coordinates for use in location services. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234990 - System and method for tracking documents Systems and methods of cataloging substantially all interactions with substantially all versions of a document on a computer network comprising are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system may perform the following steps: determining that the document has entered the network; creating a history for the document, the history comprising references ... 10/20/05 - 20050234989 - System and method for database lock with reference counting Systems and methodologies are provided in a lock hierarchy arrangement wherein upon release of all child locks associated with a parent lock, then such parent lock is also released. The present invention supplies each lock with sufficient information to determine its own life time. Such framework enables a higher degree ... 10/20/05 - 20050234988 - Message-based method and system for managing a storage area network A method, and a corresponding system, provide for managing a storage area network (SAN). The method includes the steps of receiving an alert related to a state of a device coupled to the network, parsing the alert to identify the state of the device, identifying action required in response to ... 10/20/05 - 20050234987 - Smart archive for jar files A method for updating values within the contents of a Java Archive (JAR) file without altering the JAR file structure. The present invention comprises a Smart Archive Program (SAP) and a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for implementing the SAP. The SAP creates a temporary directory in a computer's memory and ... 10/20/05 - 20050234986 - Systems and methods for fragment-based serialization A method and system for fragment-based serialization places one or more object members in fragments. Fragments may comprise a header and a payload. A header can provide useful information about the fragment, such as an indication of fragment type and an indication of fragment length. A payload may comprise one ... 10/20/05 - 20050234985 - System, method and computer program product for extracting metadata faster than real-time A system, method and computer program product for extracting metadata from one or more content files in faster than real-time, where the content files may be received from more than one source. ... 10/20/05 - 20050234984 - Periodic dynamic updating of content and metadata on a client Periodic updating of content and metadata on a client computer is enabled through the transmission of a patch, rather than redeployment of the entire content and metadata. The patch contains difference information detailing the differences between the client's version of the content and metadata and a current version. The content ... 10/20/05 - 20050234983 - Associating image files with media content Requesting and receiving image files associated with media content. The received image files are stored such that an identifier value associated with the media content is stored in the filenames of the received image files. The invention determines which of the image files is associated with specific media content by ... 10/20/05 - 20050234982 - Layered host based satellite positioning solutions Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a host based positioning system. The host based positioning system includes a tracker hardware interface that connects to a dedicated hardware space vehicle tracker. The tracker hardware interface receives positioning information from the space vehicle tracker. The host based positioning system ... 10/13/05 - 20050228831 - Interactive virtual library system for expeditiously providing automatic updates of user-desired information from content providers, at least one of which is commercial, to users The present invention provides an interactive library system having a computer in telecommunication link with at least one user computer and computer of at least one content provider requiring payment for information access. The interactive library system provides information from the content provider to the user by the following steps: ... 10/13/05 - 20050228830 - Methods and systems for processing playlists Various systems and methods described above permit a user's content experience (e.g. music playing experience) to be monitored and for metadata describing this experience to be collected. This metadata can be dynamically updated as a user experiences media content and then used to impart to the user a personalized experience ... 10/13/05 - 20050228829 - Asset revision management in media production A method for managing a revision to a media asset in media production. The method includes identifying error or defect in the media asset; manually generating a path or arc of corrections and approvals needed to correct the identified error or defect in the media asset when manual generation of ... 10/13/05 - 20050228828 - Efficient extraction of xml content stored in a lob A method and system are provided for extracting a valid, self-contained fragment for a node in a XML document stored in a database management system. An XML index is used to identify a location in which XML fragment data corresponding to the node is located. Ancestors of the node are ... 10/13/05 - 20050228827 - System and method for viewing a virtual content repository A system and method for viewing a first set of nodes in a virtual content respository (VCR), comprising, integrating a plurality of repositories into the VCR, storing the first set of nodes in the VCR, deriving a second set of nodes from the first set of nodes based on at ... 10/13/05 - 20050228826 - Method and apparatus for constructing representations of objects and entities A method of constructing a representation of an object having at least one property includes identifying at least one property group associated with the object which has been chosen to represent the object. At least one property of the object belongs to each property group identified as being associated with ... 10/13/05 - 20050228825 - Method for managing knowledge from the toolbar of a browser A method for managing knowledge from the toolbar of a browser mainly adds a knowledge management tool on the toolbar of a browser. The knowledge management tool enables a user to edit the texts or pictures of the web page directly, and to classify the edited or browsed only web ... 10/13/05 - 20050228824 - Intelligent consequence management system A method to selectively disseminate information in a distributed computer system of the type having a plurality of originating and target nodes. A publisher is associated with an originating node and is authorized to provide an informational message defined by a set of attributes to the system. A subscriber is ... 10/06/05 - 20050223042 - Method and apparatus for information mining and filtering The present invention combines a data processing structure with a graphical user interface (GUI) to create an information analysis tool wherein multiple functions are combined in a network to extract information from multiple data sources. The functional network is created, and graphically represented to the user, by linking individual operations ... 10/06/05 - 20050223041 - Server reservation method, reservation control appartus and program storage medium To allow many users to efficiently use the functions of a processing server that performs predetermined processing, via a network and also to prevent interference by illegal users. In a content supply system 100, in order to use a streaming server 102 to perform a live distribution, a user PC ... 10/06/05 - 20050223040 - Facilitating searching on multicast receivers By providing an index table with content pushed through a multicast system to a plurality of processor-based systems, searching for content on the receiving processor-based systems is facilitated. The receiving processor-based systems may parse the index table from the content and may accumulate the index tables to facilitate keyword searching ... 10/06/05 - 20050223039 - Method and apparatus for playing multimedia play list and storage medium therefor A method and apparatus are provided for playing a multimedia play list combined with audio representing content of an album in a multimedia application, and a storage medium storing a program for executing the method and a MultiPhotoVideo or MusicPhotoVideo (MPV) file. The method includes detecting information regarding an asset ... 10/06/05 - 20050223038 - Mpv file parsing method and apparatus, and storage medium therefor A method and apparatus are provided for parsing a MultiPhotoVideo or MusicPhotoVideo (MPV) file in a multimedia application environment, and a storage medium having recorded thereon a computer readable program for performing the method. The method includes: detecting assets and/or elements and/or metadata included in an MPV file; forming tree-based ... 10/06/05 - 20050223037 - File management method and apparatus for controlling assets in multimedia appliances and information recording medium therefor A file management method and apparatus for controlling assets in multimedia appliances and an information recording medium thereof are provided. The file management method for controlling assets in multimedia appliances includes: generating and managing an index file containing information on assets obtained by the multimedia appliances and based on MusicPhotoVideo ... 10/06/05 - 20050223036 - Cycle referencing management method and apparatus, parsing method and apparatus, and recording medium storing a program to implement the same A cyclic referencing management method and apparatus, a parsing method and apparatus, and a computer readable recording medium storing a program to implement the methods are provided. The method for managing cyclic referencing that may occur by mutual references of assets in a file provided to control assets in a ... 10/06/05 - 20050223035 - Mpv file creating method and apparatus, and storage medium therefor A method and apparatus are provided for creating a MultiPhotoVideo or MusicPhotoVideo (MPV) file that enables minimization of resources and/or storage capacity required to use the MPV file in a multimedia application environment, and a storage medium having recorded thereon a computer readable program for performing the method. The method ... 10/06/05 - 20050223034 - Metadata for object in video Metadata for an object in video includes first and second pieces of the metadata each including object property information of the object, property identification information for the object property information, and object region information indicating a position of the object in an image. If the second piece is the same ... 10/06/05 - 20050223033 - Method and apparatus for integrating multimedia data, and computer product A calculating unit of an integration server calculates an optimal processing sharing ratio for image format conversion processing between the integration server and each of a plurality of video accumulation servers. A processing unit of the integration server and each of the video accumulation servers perform image format conversion processing ... 10/06/05 - 20050223032 - Loading data from a vertical database table into a horizontal database table Various approaches are disclosed for loading data from a vertical database table into a horizontal database table. In one embodiment, a number of rows in a vertical database table and a number of columns in a horizontal database table are determined. Entries in a first column of the vertical table ... 10/06/05 - 20050223031 - Method and apparatus for retrieving visual object categories from a database containing images A method and apparatus for determining the relevance of images retrieved from a database relative to a specified visual object category. The method comprises transforming a visual object category into a model defining features of the visual object category and a spatial relationship therebetween, storing the model, comparing a set ... 10/06/05 - 20050223030 - Method and apparatus for context enabled search Techniques and structures are disclosed for allowing context-based searches to be performed from a wireless device. ... 09/29/05 - 20050216516 - Advertisement placement method and system using semantic analysis An advertisement placement method and system for relating an advertisement to a dataset based on a trainable semantic vector (TSV) associated with the dataset and respective semantic representations of the advertisements. The trainable semantic vector associated with the dataset is generated based on at least one data point included in ... 09/29/05 - 20050216515 - Method for describing objects in a virtual space A method for describing objects in a virtual space. In one embodiment, each object is a URL, which has been assigned to a system of hierarchical categories. The objects have been mapped to a map region, each object having been given a location within the map region. Each category within ... 09/29/05 - 20050216514 - Image forming system, management apparatus, image forming apparatus, information processing method, and computer program An input of a user ID is accepted upon executing a copying process and the accepted user ID is transmitted to a department-management server, whereby a department ID of a department to which the user belongs is inquired. Then, in case that the department-management server receives the user ID, the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216513 - Method and apparatus for automatic id management To stop illegal digital content distribution, IDs will be included in the content. However, current ideas of how to use the IDs are unacceptable. The automatic ID management process and apparatus increases the ease of access to protected content for the consumer, with desired content protection and minimal implementation costs. ... 09/29/05 - 20050216512 - Method of accessing a work of art, a product, or other tangible or intangible objects without knowing the title or name thereof using fractional sampling of the work of art or object A method of identifying a work such as a musical composition, a text, a video, or a product without the person interested in the object knowing the title of the object. A fractional sampling device is used by the person to acquire a sample of the work and store the ... 09/29/05 - 20050216511 - Guidance information retrieval apparatus and guidance information retrieval system using this guidance information retrieval apparatus A guidance information retrieval apparatus includes a data holding unit (11) for holding guidance retrieval data including category data specifying categories in which retrieval targets are put, and substance data respectively specifying the substances of retrieval targets, another data holding unit (12) for holding update data including correction data for ... 09/29/05 - 20050216510 - System and method to provide a visual administrator in a network monitoring system A system and method to provide a visual administrator for interfacing with a network monitoring system is described. In one embodiment of the invention, the network monitoring system is a Java Management extensions (JMX)-based monitoring system. In an embodiment, the monitoring system includes a monitor tree having a plurality of ... 09/29/05 - 20050216509 - Systems and methods for gathering data concerning usage of media data The present invention concerns methods and systems for gathering data concerning usage of media data provided from a predetermined receiver to a user. First data concerning usage of the media data is gathered by means of a portable monitor carried on the person of the user. Second data concerning usage ... 09/29/05 - 20050216508 - Systems and methods that transform constructs from domain to domain The present invention provides systems and methods that isomorphically maps constructs between domain spaces (e.g., object, markup, relational and user interface domains). The systems and methods employ a mapping component that utilizes at least one suppress label(s), introduce label(s) and/or mediating schema to facilitate construct mapping. Examples of such mapping ... 09/29/05 - 20050216507 - Content management A content management method is described. The method includes identifying digital sending devices. The method includes authoring an automated business process design. And the method includes translating the automated business process design into information technology templates for configuring each of the identified digital sending devices to achieve the automated business ... 09/22/05 - 20050210071 - Methods for efficient host processing of data files selected for recording to an optical disc media Methods for the processing of data files to be recorded on an optical disc are provided. A selection of data to be recorded to the optical media is received and a record data structure for each file in the selection of data is created. A set of pointers is generated ... 09/22/05 - 20050210070 - Adaptive image format translation in an ad-hoc network The invention presented hereby is an apparatus and method for developing a common protocol between a data source such as a scanner and a recipient in real time. It includes means for evaluating the protocol format of a data user, which may be any apparatus requiring input data, to ascertain ... 09/22/05 - 20050210069 - Scalable object recognition architecture A method (500) of processing received objects in a rendering system (230) is disclosed. The rendering system (230) has a plurality of detection schemes (234-1 through 234-N), with each detection scheme (234-1 through 234-N) having an associated object group type. The method (500) determines (516) whether a detection scheme (234) ... 09/22/05 - 20050210068 - Title examination systems and methods A title examination method includes receiving a request to examine title to a specific parcel. The request includes at least an identifier of the parcel. The method also includes extracting data from documents related to the parcel, assembling output by applying rules to the data extracted from the documents, and ... 09/22/05 - 20050210067 - Inter-server dynamic transfer method for virtual file servers An object of the present invention is to dynamically transfer a virtual file server within a cluster that is configured by a plurality of file servers in which virtual file servers are set up. A storage system includes: a first file server; a second file server; and a disk subsystem, ... 09/22/05 - 20050210066 - Internet-based clearinghouse service for freight services A method for the advertising of freight service between service providers and customers is implemented via a computer network. Through an internet web site interface an individual (carrier, enterprise, etc.), who is in possession of a freight vehicle can post a request for a quotation, which includes all requirements (e.g. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210065 - Method for developing a classifier for classifying communications A computer assisted/implemented method for developing a classifier for classifying communications includes roughly four stages, where these stages are designed to be iterative: (1) a stage defining where and how to harvest messages (i.e., from Internet message boards, news groups and the like), which also defines an expected domain of ... 09/22/05 - 20050210064 - Mobile terminal and method for remote control of a home gateway using same The invention relates to a mobile multimedia terminal including a processor (11), a program memory (12), a data memory (13), and a voice-activated remote control device comprising a microphone (17), a voice recognition module (14), a lexical analyser (15) and a communication module (16) capable of controlling at least one ... 09/15/05 - 20050203959 - Network-based purchase and distribution of digital media items Methods and systems for network-based purchase and distribution of media are disclosed. The purchase and distribution of media by these methods and systems are not only secure but also controlled. The media takes the form of a digital media item, which is assembled by a client application from one or ... 09/15/05 - 20050203958 - Declarative computer programming language method and system A method and system for instructing a computer in a system of a declarative computer programming language. Unlike traditional declarative languages, the programming language may be neither relational nor functional, neither procedural nor imperative. The declarative programming elements may be defined as a meta-description of logic and data. The basic ... 09/15/05 - 20050203957 - Streaming xml data retrieval using xpath An XML Extractor that extracts XML data from streamed input based on registered XPaths. XPaths and associated content handlers instances are registered at runtime with the XML Extractor. The XML receives streaming input that represents XML data at a stream-based parser, and evaluates the received input against the registered XPaths ... 09/15/05 - 20050203956 - Systems and methods for facilitate state transitions for managed business objects Systems and methods are provided to facilitate state transitions for managed business objects. For example, a managed business object may be created such that it can be in one of a number of pre-defined states. When an event notification is received, an action request is issued to a component application ... 09/15/05 - 20050203955 - Method and system for analyzing interaction among software artifacts A system and method to analyze interactions among software artifacts within enterprise applications. The system includes an artifact analyzer module an artifact code parsing module and an artifact token processing module. The artifact analyzer module generates artifact tokens associated with trigger points in which processing control passes between a first ... 09/15/05 - 20050203954 - Image processing method and image processing apparatus for registering additional information of image information An information processing apparatus for registering additional information of an image in a storage unit reads additional information items of an input image, sets a check item condition for additional information, matches at least one of the additional information items against a corresponding additional information item registered in the storage ... 09/15/05 - 20050203953 - Method and apparatus for maintaining compatibility within a distributed systems management environment with a plurality of configuration versions A method, apparatus and computer instructions are disclosed for maintaining the compatibility of a multiple nodes in a distributed systems management environment with multiple configuration settings, by transforming the configuration data stored in the master repository (one possible realization is where XML documents contain the configuration data) from one version ... 09/15/05 - 20050203952 - Tracing a web request through a web server A method of tracing data on a network for a Web request that detects events of the Web request as the Web request is serviced. The method provides a unique identifier (ID) for the Web request. The ID is associated with all events for the Web request in a trace ... 09/08/05 - 20050198075 - Methods and systems for per persona processing media content-associated metadata Various systems and methods described above permit a user's content experience (e.g. music playing experience) to be monitored and for metadata describing this experience to be collected. This metadata can be dynamically updated as a user experiences media content and then used to impart to the user a personalized experience ... 09/08/05 - 20050198074 - Apparatus, systems and methods for relational database replication and proprietary data transformation The present invention provides data replication and transformation. The invention system creates a replica version of a relational database based upon information obtained from a source database. The system populates the replica database with all or a portion of the data from the source database and transforms the data during ... 09/08/05 - 20050198073 - Method for the automated annotation of multi-dimensional database reports with information objects of a data repository The method for the automated annotation of multi-dimensional database reports with information objects of a data repository comprises the following steps: a) identifying elements of the schema of the multi-dimensional database that define a given multi-dimensional database report, b) defining a graph structure between the elements of the schema of ... 09/08/05 - 20050198072 - Scan file generation system The present invention provides a scan file generation system that permits a user to easily use a scan file generated by the system. The scan file generation system comprises a scan data generation apparatus and a scan file generation apparatus, which is operated upon the reception of a user name ... 09/08/05 - 20050198071 - Recording medium having a data structure for managing various data streams and recording and reproducing methods and apparatuses In the data structure for managing reproduction of various data streams, at least one navigation directory, a stream directory and an auxiliary directory is provided. The stream directory includes at least one stream file of main data and at least one stream file of supplemental data. The auxiliary directory has ... 09/08/05 - 20050198070 - Method and system for compression indexing and efficient proximity search of text data A system and method of compression indexing and efficient proximity search of text data permits high speed search featuring ranking the relevance of search results according to closeness of desired terms within each portion of text found. The system includes (a) preparing target text, (b) creating a “compression index ebook”, ... 09/08/05 - 20050198069 - Meta-data association Systems, methods and devices for associating meta-data to a received job are provided. One method includes detecting the job request at an agent on a source device. The method further includes identifying the source device and a type of the job request. Meta-data is associated with the job request at ... 09/08/05 - 20050198068 - Keyword recommendation for internet search engines A computer implemented method of generating keyword recommendations is provided, which includes providing keyword frequency data in computer readable media that indicate frequency counts of keywords used in past internet searches; providing keyword affinity data in computer readable media that indicate affinities between pairs of keywords used in past user ... 09/08/05 - 20050198067 - Multi-resolution feature extraction for video abstraction A method for feature extraction. At least a raw image of a frame in a video sequence is stored in a storage area. A request is made for an image of the frame having a desired attribute. In response to the request, one of the images of the frame having ... 09/08/05 - 20050198066 - Method and system for generating and organizing information in a meeting The invention includes embodiments of methods and systems for conducting and automating meetings. A method embodiment may include capturing discrete portions of information and generating a note from each of the discrete portions of information. Each note may include visually perceptible note information and computer readable symbology of the note ... 09/08/05 - 20050198065 - Systems and methods for filter table optimization At least one implementation described herein relates to using multiple filter engines to optimize query processing. A filter engine comprises a general matcher and at least one optimized matcher, a matcher being a filter engine in its own right. When the filter engine receives an input, the input is analyzed ... 09/01/05 - 20050193020 - Descriptive-profile mercantile method A descriptive-profile mercantile method, for use at a juncture in a data-communications topology having associated therewith a maintained databank of partial profiles, is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: from a user, receiving a transaction having therein a first partial profile; using the first partial profile, searching a databank ... 09/01/05 - 20050193019 - Method for secured transmission of audiovisual files A procedure for distributing audiovisual sequences according to a nominal format of a stream including a succession of frames including before transmission to destination equipment, performing an analysis of the stream to generate a first modified stream having format of the nominal stream and having images modified by substitution of ... 09/01/05 - 20050193018 - Utilizing a scannable url (universal resource locator) A method and apparatus for utilizing a scannable URL (Universal Resource Locator) is described and illustrated. The invention, in one embodiment is a method of using a URL (Universal Resource Locator). The method includes capturing text as a digital representation. The method also includes determining what characters are included in ... 09/01/05 - 20050193017 - Portable multimedia player/recorder that accesses data contents from and writes to networked device Media content player that access content to be played from networked media content data storage source without storing on player. System and method for accessing and playing media content. Portable wireless multimedia player. Media player including control device for receiving user input, content access and performance module, wherein content access ... 09/01/05 - 20050193016 - Generation of a media content database by correlating repeating media content in media streams A media content database is created and maintained by comparing the media items from two related media streams. Segments of media items from the streams are sampled and stored. Samples from one stream are matched against samples from the other stream to identify any repeating content in the streams. A ... 09/01/05 - 20050193015 - Method and apparatus for organizing, sorting and navigating multimedia content An improved method and apparatus for organizing, sorting, navigating and selecting for use, one or more multimedia content items available from one or more varied types of multimedia content sources, based on a multimedia content user's characteristics, preferences and entitlements, and multimedia content item attributes and characteristics. In a first ... 09/01/05 - 20050193014 - Fuzzy database retrieval A method for querying metadata associated with media, such as multimedia and/or streaming media, on a computer network includes separating the metadata into keywords. The keywords are compared with valid keywords. A score is calculated in accordance with the degree of similarity between the keywords and valid keywords. If the ... 09/01/05 - 20050193013 - Method for evaluating semiconductor device A first relational expression representing a relationship among gate bias Vd, carrier mobility μ, electric effective channel length Leff and transconductance Gm, and a second relational expression representing a relationship among maximum-transconductance ratio Gmmax L=Lref/Gmmax L=Ltar between a target transistor and a reference transistor and electric effective channel lengths Leff ... 09/01/05 - 20050193012 - Private information management apparatus and method therefor Disclosed is a private information management apparatus in which the information of high practical utility for a user in person may be acquired more efficiently and with higher responsiveness than is possible with a technique of keyword retrieval over the network. To this end, a private information management apparatus 1 ... 09/01/05 - 20050193011 - System and method for integrating reservation information with personal information management Methods, apparatus and systems coordinate reservation scheduling information of a reservation system with personal management/organizer application. A reservation coordinating module, preferably integrated with personal organizer application, is configured to provide a user with the ability to direct the creation, deletion, modification and viewing of reservations from the user's personal organizer ... 09/01/05 - 20050193010 - Method and system for managing digital content including streaming media The present invention describes a system and method of managing digital content received from content providers and for facilitating access to the digital content to many subscribers. The method includes receiving from the content providers incoming feed files where each feed file contains information describing the content. The method determines ... 09/01/05 - 20050193009 - System and method for hierarchical data document modification A system and method for data element extraction from hierarchically structured documents. According to one embodiment, a generator extracts a plurality of data elements from a stored hierarchical data file that is in a first format, in accordance with a data set that is unique to the particular hierarchical data ... 09/01/05 - 20050193008 - Multiple image data source information processing systems and methods Systems and methods for providing image data/information products to customers are provided. A data management facility generates a graphical user interface that is viewed by customers on computer systems coupled to a processor of the data management facility over a network. The graphical user interface allows a customer to search ... 09/01/05 - 20050193007 - e-filing. it (electronic filing. it) I (We) believe this to be true that e-Filing IT methodology is a new art that combines the three major sources of information on one CD. By digitizing pictures, videos and documents on one CD they can be reproduced from any printing system. The main objective is to collect information ... 09/01/05 - 20050193006 - Image processing system and method An image processing system and method receives one or more digital images in the form of image data, including selected object data of a digital image, and determines, by an electronic recognition process, if a recognition match is available between the selected object data of the digital image and image ... 09/01/05 - 20050193005 - User-defined indexing of multimedia content Methods, systems, and computer program products for arbitrarily indexing multimedia content. In accordance with example embodiments, a multimedia content stream that comprises one or more samples is received. At least one of the samples is passed to one or more multimedia filters for analysis based on criteria that define an ... 09/01/05 - 20050193004 - Building a case base from log entries A method for building a new case or enhancing an established case for inclusion in a case base from log entries. The method includes identifying a current log entry, the current log entry including a status of a current diagnostic process. The method also includes identifying a previous log entry, ... 09/01/05 - 20050193003 - Method and system for processing spatially-referred information such as cartographic information, applications and apparatus implementing said method A system for processing spatially-referred information (spatial data), the information defines objects in a n-dimensions space and includes for each object information of form, information of position and information of attributes. The system includes structuring the spatially-referred information, by separating the topological information from the information of attributes, cutting each ... 08/25/05 - 20050187978 - System and method for portal rendering A system for rendering a portal and adapted to communicate with a client, comprising a server to perform a hierarchy of rendering processes in response to communication from the client; and wherein the server can evaluate at least one entitlement to determine a permission associated with an element to be ... 08/25/05 - 20050187977 - Ultra-shared-nothing parallel database An ultra-shared-nothing parallel database system includes at least one master node and multiple slave nodes. A database consisting of at least one fact table and multiple dimension tables is partitioned and distributed across the slave nodes of the database system so that queries are processed in parallel without requiring the ... 08/25/05 - 20050187976 - Automatic hierarchical categorization of music by metadata A method, performed by software executing on the processor of a portable music playback device, that automatically files tracks according to hierarchical structure of categories to organize tracks in a logical order. A user interface is utilized to change the hierarchy, view track names, and select tracks for playback or ... 08/25/05 - 20050187975 - Similarity determination program, multimedia-data search program, similarity determination method, and similarity determination apparatus A similarity determination program which improves discriminability in determination of similarity between multimedia-data items. An input unit inputs multimedia-data items to be compared, and a vector-set generation unit analyzes the multimedia-data items, and generates feature vectors, which constitute vector sets. Next, a vector-pair generation unit generates vector pairs, where each ... 08/25/05 - 20050187974 - Modularized extraction, transformation, and loading for a database Techniques exporting data and metadata from a source database environment to a target database environment are provided. The techniques include the steps of analyzing metadata that describes one or more items, the data for which is in a source database, where the one or more items include at least one ... 08/25/05 - 20050187973 - Managing xml documents containing hierarchical database information Systems, methods, and computer program products for management of data that is stored in a hierarchical format such as, e.g., a relational database, when the data is retrieved and manipulated using a schema-driven format such as, e.g., XML are disclosed. In one implementation a copy of the XML data retrieved ... 08/25/05 - 20050187972 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to ... 08/25/05 - 20050187971 - System and method for searching a remote database In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for searching a remote database. A server may be used to communicate with a mobile device over a wireless network. The mobile device may include a local application database for storing data-items for one or more software applications. ... 08/25/05 - 20050187970 - Journalling non-navigation activity in a navigation-based application The mechanisms and techniques described in this document are directed to a journal that allows a navigation-based application to store and restore state of a resource that is programmatically altered. A resource may invoke code that creates and stores an entry in the journal. The entry includes sufficient information to ... 08/18/05 - 20050182794 - Computer program for executing document editing processing on a computer system A document editing processing apparatus which enables formulation of a hybrid multimedia document containing e.g., an image readily and speedily. Each time a character is input, dictionary retrieval is performed with e.g., an undefined character as a retrieving condition, at the same time as a filename of a multimedia information ... 08/18/05 - 20050182793 - Map structure and method for producing A new and useful map structure, particularly for an activity within a special region having a geographic boundary, and a technique for creating a map structure are provided. The map and technique are particularly useful in providing a map for use by a hunter in a designated hunting region. The ... 08/18/05 - 20050182792 - Metadata brokering server and methods Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for supplying rich multimedia metadata usable to generate, e.g., sophisticated entertainment user interfaces in the home. These methods and systems can be implemented as a server-based software application that feeds multiple, diverse clients. The server functionality could be distributed, even ... 08/18/05 - 20050182791 - Method and system for multimedia consumption based on user terminal characteristics and recording medium thereof The present invention relates to a method and a system for a multimedia consumption based on user characteristics and user's terminal characteristics and a recording medium thereof. The present invention includes a user information terminal for transmitting context metadata manually set and/or automatically computed at a user information terminal for ... 08/18/05 - 20050182790 - Managing graphic databases A public graphic library coupled to a WAN offers access to a database of graphics, while another graphic library inside the firewall of an enterprise network provides graphics to users in an enterprise. Transferring graphics from the public graphic library to the enterprise graphic library enables enterprise users to access ... 08/11/05 - 20050177602 - Scoped metadata Methods, systems, and data structures for communicating object metadata are provided. A generic metadata container is presented that allows object metadata to be described in an extensible manner using protocol-neutral and platform-independent methodologies. A metadata scope refers to a dynamic universe of targets to which the included metadata statements correspond. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177601 - Business application entity subscriptions In a method of customizing a software-implemented business process on a mobile computing device, subscriptions are defined to business solutions entities that are defined by metadata. Next, the entities identified by the subscriptions are uploaded to the mobile computing device. ... 08/11/05 - 20050177600 - Provisioning of services based on declarative descriptions of a resource structure of a service The present invention is directed to provisioning and managing computing services in a computing utility system. It receives a Concrete Resource Model describing a desired resource structure. It uses a representation of the infrastructure, including resources, configuration, capabilities and constraints, as a knowledge subsystem. The method generates and executes provisioning ... 08/11/05 - 20050177599 - System and method for complying with anti-spam rules, laws, and regulations System and method for a sender of communications to comply with a predetermined time limit. Computer-executable instructions are adapted to receive an incoming communication from a recipient of communications. Computer-executable instructions are adapted to store data indicating a last time that the incoming communication is received by the sender. Computer-executable ... 08/11/05 - 20050177598 - Method and system for automated visual comparison based on user drilldown sequences A method for presenting data comprises receiving the data; and deriving a multi-level dynamic hierarchical structure for the data based on drilldown sequences input from a user, wherein the drilldown sequences automatically compute a graphical visual comparison of the data and comprise: deriving a multi-pixel bar chart to display an ... 08/11/05 - 20050177597 - System and method of exercising a browser A method of testing browser software in a computer environment includes the steps of generating a list of URLs (Universal Resource Location) using a web crawler, automatically instructing a first browser program to load and render web pages according to the list of URLs, detecting one or more errors in ... 08/11/05 - 20050177596 - Storing method metadata in code In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for storing a method bundle in code which may include method metadata and a cookie indicator to indicate the presence of method information. After such storage, a query may be performed to search for the method bundle around a queried instruction ... 08/11/05 - 20050177595 - Link generation system A link generation system, including a content discovery module for processing data files of a network server to identify servable data, and a link generator for generating links to the servable data to allow the servable content to be accessed using the links. The link generator generates encoded links for ... 08/04/05 - 20050171978 - Methods for recording data to optical media A method for recording data to optical media is provided. A selection of files to record from a source to a destination optical media is received, and an enumeration of the data files to record to the destination optical media is generated. The enumeration of data files includes the determining ... 08/04/05 - 20050171977 - Methods, systems and products for data preservation A method implementable by an electronic system comprises identifying an event corresponding to a data set, the data set being of a type of a plurality of data-set types; identifying the type of the data set; identifying an association between the type of the data set and an entity of ... 08/04/05 - 20050171976 - Diagrammatic method and system to build repository queries A diagrammatic system and method for building repository queries are provided. In one aspect, the system includes a user interface page having scripts. The user interface page includes diagram object with embedded script. The diagram objects includes an array of node lists. The diagram objects and nodes in the array ... 08/04/05 - 20050171975 - Using limit variables in a computer system An expression entered by a user to set a limit variable for a numerical range may be received in a computer system. The expression signifies to the user that the numerical range is unlimited. The limit variable can only be set with a numerical value. The limit variable is set ... 08/04/05 - 20050171974 - Method and arrangement for evaluating images taken with a fundus camera Method and arrangement for evaluating images recorded with a fundus camera, wherein deviations from a stored comparison image and/or from a standard image created by evaluating a plurality of comparison images are determined, and/or a similarity analysis is carried out by means of a stored comparison image and/or by means ... 08/04/05 - 20050171973 - Method and apparatus for multi-dimensionally encoding and decoding The invention relates to a method of multi-dimensionally encoding a user data stream of user words into a channel data stream of channel words evolving in a one-dimensional direction of infinite extent. The invention relates further to a corresponding method of decoding. In order to implement certain two- or multi-dimensional ... 07/28/05 - 20050165849 - Extended intelligent video streaming system A system for transmitting and displaying large media files uses an online streaming service to upload full-length movies and other video and audio files to a wide array of viewers. The system includes a robust, scalable, and fast upload technique that allows files of any size to be uploaded to ... 07/28/05 - 20050165848 - Data processing method and apparatus Binary data to which meta-data is to be appended, and meta-data to be appended to the binary data are loaded. The meta-data has an XML format. The loaded meta-data is connected after the loaded binary data. The data synthesized in this manner is output as a single file as a ... 07/28/05 - 20050165847 - Data processing method and apparatus Binary data to which meta-data is to be appended, and meta-data to be appended to the binary data are loaded. The meta-data has an XML format. The loaded meta-data is connected after the loaded binary data. The data synthesized in this manner is output as a single file as a ... 07/28/05 - 20050165846 - Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and record medium A recording apparatus for recoding digital data to a record medium that is removable and assigned unique medium identification information is disclosed, that comprises a converting means for converting data to be recorded into a file structure that allows a first file format and a second file format to be ... 07/28/05 - 20050165845 - Recording apparatus, recording method, reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, and record medium A recording apparatus for recoding digital data to a record medium that is removable and assigned unique medium identification information is disclosed, that comprises a converting means for converting data to be recorded into a file structure that allows a first file format and a second file format to be ... 07/28/05 - 20050165844 - Information recording apparatus and method, and information recording system In recording information, meta data defined in SMPTE 298M and 335M, buried in video and audio material signals to be recorded to a magnetic tape (30) are extracted, the thus extracted meta data or meta data generated from information other than the material signals, are written to a contactless memory ... 07/28/05 - 20050165843 - Universal media player A universal media player designed to improve a user's online media experience that is preferably embedded in an Internet browser is disclosed. The universal media player allows a user to navigate between different sources of media without requiring the downloading of the media player associated with the format of the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165842 - Information processing method and apparatus for displaying labels An information processing method and apparatus, and a medium, in which pre-set processing can be executed on a label bonded as a tag sheet on a desk top screen of a personal computer. It is desirable that, if a large number of the information is pasted on a label, which ... 07/28/05 - 20050165841 - System and method for automatically grouping items A system and method for automatically grouping items, e.g., digital photographs, by analyzing the statistical distributions of at least one piece of information associated with each of the items, for instance, creation time, are provided. In one embodiment, the creation time may be converted into a numeric value and the ... 07/28/05 - 20050165840 - Method and apparatus for improved access to a compacted motion picture asset archive A method and apparatus are disclosed to enhance access to an archive of motion picture assets for which the storage volume has been physically reduced. All B-negative, trims and outs, sound rolls, mag, dailies, work prints, scripts, and reports are manually consolidated and indexed by a computer database retain accessibility. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165839 - Context harvesting from selected content A system and process for harvesting context information from selected content is described. One may use a stylus to indicate what content is to be captured. The context information that may be associated with selected content may include URLs, file names, folder names, text from the content, and ink. ... 07/28/05 - 20050165838 - Architecture for an indexer Disclosed is a technique for indexing data. A token is received. It is determined whether a data field associated with the token is a fixed width. When the data field is a fixed width, the token is designated as one for which fixed width sort is to be performed. When ... 07/28/05 - 20050165837 - System and method for embedded java memory footprint performance improvement A system and method are provided to allow demand loading and discarding of Java executable image (JXE) files. The virtual machine allocates an address space for a requested JXE program. The read-only portion of the JXE file is memory mapped from its nonvolatile location to the allocated memory space using ... 07/28/05 - 20050165836 - Method for managing solid matter or building material The present invention relates to an administration method for solid materials and, particularly, to an administration method for reusable building materials. In an administration server for administering solid materials affixed with specific serial numbers, the method comprises the steps of constructing a database storing the serial numbers and pieces of ... 07/28/05 - 20050165835 - Data processing method, program and data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus serving as a display device receives at a user instruction processing portion (107) a designation of electronic data (101) to be displayed and responsively reads through an input portion (103) sub block data (102) prepared for the electronic data (101). Of the read sub block data ... 07/21/05 - 20050160115 - Document imaging and indexing system A document digitizing method digitizes and automatically indexes documents in printed form. The method includes optically scanning the document, forming and storing a digitized image file from the optically scanned document, optically recognizing characters in the optically scanned document, and forming and storing a text file of the optically recognized ... 07/21/05 - 20050160114 - Determining similarity of recipes Determining similarity among recipes is disclosed. A computer-implemented method of one embodiment of the invention receives a first recipe. The method determines one or more second recipes that are similar to the first recipe, and then outputs the one or more second recipes. The second recipes may be determined as ... 07/21/05 - 20050160113 - Time-based media navigation system As system for navigating primary media and meta-data on a computer system is described. The system involves accessing primary media from a primary media source, and accessing meta-data from a meta-data source. The system also involves generating a graphical user interface (GUI) for providing interaction between a user and the ... 07/14/05 - 20050154767 - Image processing apparatus, method and storage medium therefor From among a group of taken images, an image suitable for inspection is identifiably displayed and can be arbitrarily selected. Also an image may be re-taken as a result of an instruction for re-taking the image and also displayed on a display. Images already taken prior to the re-taking of ... 07/14/05 - 20050154766 - Multimedia processing system capable of auto-detecting multimedia signals to facilitate selecting and method of the same A multimedia processing system includes a selector, an output playback apparatus, a controller, and an A/V signal detector. The selector has a plurality of input ports for receiving multimedia signals and for selecting and outputting one of the multimedia signals according to a selection control signal. The output playback apparatus ... 07/14/05 - 20050154765 - Method and system to automatically regenerate software code According to a second aspect there is provided a method and system to automatically regenerate software for an object to relational mapping system. The system automatically regenerates a first set of classes. For each class, the system reads class information; reads meta-data based on the class information; and automatically regenerates ... 07/14/05 - 20050154764 - System for accessing content items over a network The invention relates to a content provision service system to enable a consumer to access at least one content item, which is provided by at least one content provider, via a network, that comprises the steps of: providing at least one content item to a user via said network, enabling ... 07/14/05 - 20050154763 - Segmentation metadata for audio-visual content Descriptions of audio-visual material. ... 07/14/05 - 20050154762 - Fast rule lookup with arbitrary ip range configurations Enabling a relatively fast look up for a rule associated with an arbitrarily selectable IP address. In one embodiment, RSBound objects are sorted into an array where each RSBound object is composed of a bound IP address (BIP), sister BIP, type, index, sister index, and a configured rule. The BIPs ... 07/14/05 - 20050154761 - Method and apparatus for determining relative relevance between portions of large electronic documents A method and apparatus for determining the relative relevance of electronic documents based on metadata/content associated with the document as a whole and/or metadata/content associated with one or more subdivisions of the electronic document are provided. With the method and apparatus, metadata is associated with the document and various subdivision ... 07/14/05 - 20050154760 - Capturing portions of an electronic document The present invention provides a method and apparatus for capturing portions of an electronic document. The method includes activating a capture mode based on a user input, selecting a portion of an electronic document in response to activating the capture mode, and receiving the selected portion of the electronic document ... 07/14/05 - 20050154759 - On-device application catalog updated by management servers Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing software applications to a mobile device. A server receives a request for an application identified in an application catalog stored on the server. A push message is generated based on the request for the application and ... 07/14/05 - 20050154758 - Method and apparatus for supporting transactions A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for monitoring transactions for a set of known nodes in a network data processing system. Cache data is received from a router in the data processing system. The cache data includes an identification of the set of known nodes sending data packets for transactions ... 07/14/05 - 20050154757 - Method and system for creating profiling indices A database engine and optimizer framework support creation of a series of profiling indices over a column having character string data, such as a traditional “varchar” data type. The profiling indices result in a reduction of the number of records that are searched when searching for a sub-string match within ... 07/14/05 - 20050154756 - Method of generating database transaction statements based on existing queries The present invention is generally directed providing a method, system and article of manufacture for automatically generating database transaction statements (such as queries, inserts, updates, and deletes) based on fields from existing queries and user input. By identifying fields of existing queries (or statements) and gathering attributes of those fields, ... 07/14/05 - 20050154755 - Classification of media files based on symbols A technique for storing and selecting media files, such as digital images, video clips or music files, on the basis of symbols (S). The symbols comprise an identifier (11, 422) and visual data (428, 438, 448). For each media file (400) there is association data (402) for associating user-selected symbols ... 07/07/05 - 20050149574 - Real estate information exchange process and system A system and process includes a computer that is operatively connected to an area network, such as to the Internet. A database of MLS properties that are for sale is maintained that is accessible to the computer. Real estate agents must subscribe in order to use the system and are ... 07/07/05 - 20050149573 - Approach for re-using business rules An approach is described for developing software that executes rules, such as business rules. A group of rule templates defines a rule structure for rules that may be executed by a rules engine. Separate ruleflow templates define tasks that entail the execution of rules. Each of the ruleflow templates associates ... 07/07/05 - 20050149572 - Scheme for systematically registering meta-data with respect to various types of data A scheme for systematically registering meta-data with respect to various types of individual data so as to enable sophisticated retrieval or application program construction assistance utilizing the meta-data in a data server is disclosed. A data type of registering data to be registered into a data server that registers and ... 07/07/05 - 20050149571 - Digital photographing apparatus and file managing method thereof Provided is a digital photographing apparatus in which information regarding a file to be deleted is moved to a temporary storage folder of a file storage unit and the file storage capacity of the temporary storing folder is displayed. Files in a digital photographing apparatus are managed by moving information ... 07/07/05 - 20050149570 - Maintenance support method, storage medium, and maintenance support apparatus In an embodiment of this invention, a diagnosis engine refers to a risk assessment DB and anti-risk measure DB, calculates along the time sequence a risk estimate amount in case of failure for each device and a maintenance cost in executing a measure method in advance, and adds the risk ... 07/07/05 - 20050149569 - Electronic lab notebook A laboratory activity electronic documentation and management system is provided. The system includes a first processor executing a set of instructions and a second processor connected to the first processor. The second processor is enabled by the set of instructions executed by the first processor to generate an electronic data ... 07/07/05 - 20050149568 - Content preserving data synthesis and analysis The invention includes methods for content preserving data synthesis. In one method, data is collected into a data domain. The data domain is decomposed into self-organizing parts. Each self-organizing part is described by a descriptor or algorithm. The method can be performed dynamically The algorithm used to describe each self-organizing ... 07/07/05 - 20050149567 - Method and apparatus for selecting a jury A selection system for selecting at least one candidate from a group of potential candidates includes a survey database, a candidate database, and a processor. The survey database is configured to store statistical date. The candidate database is configured to store potential candidate information regarding at least one candidate. The ... 07/07/05 - 20050149566 - System, method and program product for management of life sciences data and related research System, method and program product for managing data for researchers. A research data server receives and manages experimental data and research data and results from the researchers, and operates with a virtual storage device to maintain the experimental data and research data and results. A reference data access server receives ... 07/07/05 - 20050149565 - Printing apparatus and method of providing a contents list and automatically printing selected content A printing apparatus and method of providing a contents list and automatically printing selected contents. The printing apparatus includes a print part to print contents, and a control part to provide to a client a contents list, and to receive at least one content from a contents-providing server if the ... 07/07/05 - 20050149564 - Remote management and access of databases, services and devices associated with a mobile terminal Apparatus, method and computer products are provided for remote network access and management of mobile terminals. The mobile terminal executes a web server application that allows remote network devices to access the mobile terminal. In addition, the mobile device executes a content engine that provides the ability to access databases, ... 07/07/05 - 20050149563 - Random early detect and differential packet aging flow control in switch queues Flow control is provided for a packet switch. An incoming packet is classified according to its priority based on predefined rules to produce a weight value based on the priority of the packet. A lifetime value associated with the packet is produced based on the weight value and the queue ... 07/07/05 - 20050149562 - Method and system for managing data access requests utilizing storage meta data processing A method and system are provided for managing requests to access data in a computer environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a request manager receives a request associated with meta data corresponding to data that is maintained separately from the meta data. In another aspect, the request manager ... 07/07/05 - 20050149561 - Method and apparatus for creating and maintaining a gis A system for presenting a GIS and method for making and using one includes the necessary hardware and software for presenting a GIS over the Internet. The GIS is particularly useful for municipalities and has an interactive, searchable database containing map data and parcel related data, such as tax records ... 07/07/05 - 20050149560 - Digital transmission device A digital transmitting device includes at least a main body, a controller, a display unit and a registering medium. The controller, the display unit and the registering medium are coupled to the main body. The controller further includes an input unit controlled by the controller to perform an execute instruction ... 07/07/05 - 20050149559 - Status monitoring system A method is described for use with a server serving requested records among a multiplicity of records, and with a predetermined list of record identifiers, and with a first file containing information about records corresponding to the record identifiers. The method comprises the steps of: selecting at least two of ... 07/07/05 - 20050149558 - Knowledge-driven architecture A system and method for building software applications. The system includes a knowledgebase, an application scenario player, a service connector, presentation components, and underlying system component-services. The method speeds up software system development and provides a greater flexibility to system behavior. Developers or subject matter experts can omit multiple steps ... 07/07/05 - 20050149557 - Meta data edition device, meta data reproduction device, meta data distribution device, meta data search device, meta data reproduction condition setting device, and meta data distribution method Multimedia content containing moving pictures and audio is divided into multiple scenes and metadata is generated for each of the scenes obtained as a result of the division. It is possible to generate metadata containing scene structure information metadata that describes the hierarchical structure of the content in addition to ... 07/07/05 - 20050149556 - Operation processor, building method, operation processing system, and operation processing method As shown in FIG. 1, an operation-processing device of the present invention comprises a register array (11) having plural registers for holding an arbitrary value based on a write address Aw and a write control signal Sw and outputting this value based on a read address Ar, an ALU (12) ... 06/30/05 - 20050144194 - Object storage An automated, multi-tiered system and process for storing objects includes the ability to efficiently store and retrieve objects. The system may include a number of object entrance ports, object exit ports, elevators, horizontal transportation systems, and storage levels, each storage level including a number storage bays. The horizontal transportation systems ... 06/23/05 - 20050138080 - Enhanced air travel security method and apparatus A method of screening passengers for a passenger aircraft flight includes a step of obtaining voluntary consent from a plurality of passengers to perform background check. The method further includes formulating a data record associated with each of the plurality of passengers. The passenger aircraft flight is scheduled as one ... 06/23/05 - 20050138079 - Processing, browsing and classifying an electronic document Provides methods, apparatus, and systems for processing an electronic document and its corresponding device, a method for browsing an electronic document and its corresponding browser, and an electronic document classification and query method and its corresponding system for the same. The method for processing an electronic document comprises generating at ... 06/23/05 - 20050138078 - Catalog management module in a custom product configuration system A software system may be used to define configurable products for use in a selling application module by sellers of products to define custom configuration of products to satisfy customer needs. During periodic points in time, a subset of all configuration of these configurable products may be offered for sale ... 06/23/05 - 20050138077 - Context sensitive streaming system and method A system of delivering personalized streaming content to a destination based on automatic detection of context. A thin stream gateway delivers content to all devices in range, where the range is intentionally limited. Bidirectional communication is established between a fixed and a mobile gateway. The mobile gateway deduces its location ... 06/23/05 - 20050138076 - Description and implementation method of threadbean in ejb container The present invention relates to a description and implementation method of ThreadBean in an Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) container. In the description and implementation method of ThreadBean in an EJB (Enterprise Java Bean) container, the ThreadBean is defined using EJB to which an independent thread is allocated such that looping ... 06/23/05 - 20050138075 - Method for collecting data from semiconductor equipment A method for collecting data from semiconductor equipment includes selecting a plurality of data values to request from semiconductor equipment and assigning each of the data values to a chamber. Each chamber is associated with an engine that processes the data values in the associated chamber to detect a fault ... 06/23/05 - 20050138074 - Information technology enterprise manager This document discusses, among other things, an information technology (IT) enterprise manager system. In one example, the system includes data groups organized into IT Services, IT Resources, and IT Consumers data groups. The IT Resources data group may include one or more of an IT Applications data group, an IT ... 06/23/05 - 20050138073 - Method, computer program product, and system of optimized data translation from relational data storage to hierarchical structure A tagging tree that defines a hierarchical output data structure and relational database query operations that retrieve the data to be included in each hierarchical section is accepted and processed. A query optimizer analyzes the tagging tree to determine database query operations that can be combined into a single query ... 06/23/05 - 20050138072 - Hierarchical groups The present invention is a method, system and apparatus for hierarchically grouping a community of users within in a directory structure. for hierarchically grouping a community of users within a directory structure. A hierarchical grouping system can include a collaborative context having a community of subscribers, one or more roles ... 06/23/05 - 20050138071 - Accurate time information for the operation of an automated data storage library Disclosed are a system, a method, and article of manufacture to provide for obtaining time information in an automated data storage library. A receiver coupled to the library controller provides time information to the library controller for library operation. In another exemplary embodiment the automated data storage library further comprises ... 06/23/05 - 20050138070 - Discovering communities-of-practice Acquired data about communication interactions is used to form constructs which are indicative of an entity and communities-of-practice within the entity. A construction may be derived from the addressing data associated with the interactions to depict a communication network construct of the organization over time. The construction is selectively decomposed ... 06/23/05 - 20050138069 - Providing a playlist package of digitized entertainment files for storage and playback The invention provides a system and method for providing a user prescribed playlist package of digitized entertainment files. A playlist package request is received at a call center. The playlist package is created based on the playlist package request. The playlist package comprises a plurality of digitized entertainment files and ... 06/23/05 - 20050138068 - Configuration editing In one aspect a system and method includes receiving user-input configuration changes to a configuration file and tracking the configuration changes in multiple independent edit views. The method also includes updating an active-edit view to include configuration changes of a single independent edit view, and updating a configuration database that ... 06/23/05 - 20050138067 - Indexing for contexual revisitation and digest generation A medium, system and method of generating an information digest document. In various exemplary embodiments, the medium, system and/or method may include determining associated previously accessed content information in response to a user-defined digest specification, and generating a digest document of the associated previously accessed content information. ... 06/23/05 - 20050138066 - Time handle in a media diary application for accessing media files A media management application implemented in a digital device that incorporates a media handle. The media handle is moveable within a display to provide the user of the application with viewable access to media file representations or calendar events. The media handle may be displayed in conjunction with a media ... 06/23/05 - 20050138065 - System and method for providing document services A printer is adapted to offer web services to users through a print request. The printer includes gateway functionality for providing rapid and secure access to document services offered by document service providers. A service registry, which may be a registry operated by the manufacturer of the printer, manages the ... 06/16/05 - 20050131953 - Information providing method, information management device and program The present invention enables a person to specify the users of terminal devices that the person desires to access common information, as members of a group, enables the users of the terminal devices to specify information to be accessed by the members of the group as information to be shared, ... 06/16/05 - 20050131952 - System for collecting data via the internet A system, for collecting data through the Internet, that is characterized by the inclusion of a means for producing or arranging personal-life information/advice in a question-and-answer format that includes a plurality of questions for obtaining desired data requested by a business-user or other organization-user (hereinafter “business-user”); a means for supplying ... 06/16/05 - 20050131951 - Relevance maximizing, iteration minimizing, relevance-feedback, content-based image retrieval (cbir) An implementation of a technology, described herein, for relevance-feedback, content-based facilitating accurate and efficient image retrieval minimizes the number of iterations for user feedback regarding the semantic relevance of exemplary images while maximizing the resulting relevance of each iteration. One technique for accomplishing this is to use a Bayesian classifier ... 06/16/05 - 20050131950 - Reserved image transmission system and method An image transmission system for reserving and transmitting an image to be broadcast is provided. The image transmission system includes: an uploading unit for inputting reservation request information for reservation of image transmission and uploading an image; and a server for storing the reservation request information and the image and ... 06/16/05 - 20050131949 - Private information storage device and private information management device The events experienced are stored automatically, so that the information of higher utility for a user may be taken out with responsiveness and efficiency higher than is possible with a technique of keyword retrieval over a network. An information registration unit 10 includes an information acquisition unit 11, for acquiring ... 06/16/05 - 20050131948 - System and method of parsing a template for generating presentation data A method performed by an information system application service is disclosed. A template is parsed to identify a set of elements that form a unique key. The set of elements includes a group name, subgroup name, and sequence element. A value is retrieved from a data store using the unique ... 06/16/05 - 20050131947 - Data processing system and method The data processing system has an online transactional processing (OLTP) system for receiving of reporting data from work centers of a production line. The production line is logically divided into shop areas. At the exits of each shop area where an intermediate product is completed one reporting point serves as ... 06/16/05 - 20050131946 - Method and apparatus for identifying hierarchical heavy hitters in a data stream A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for processing a data stream is described. In one example, a set of elements of a data stream are received. The set of elements are stored in a memory as a hierarchy of nodes. Each of the nodes includes frequency data associated with ... 06/16/05 - 20050131945 - Compact interface for the display and navigation of object hierarchies Under the present invention, a method, system, interface and program product for displaying an object hierarchy in a compact form, and for facilitating navigation through the displayed object hierarchy, is provided. The method includes: displaying a first level root node of the object hierarchy; upon selection of the first level ... 06/16/05 - 20050131944 - Method and apparatus for automatically performing an online content distribution campaign A computer implemented method is described. Data is collected about a number of member entities that have online interaction with a group entity. A predefined state is assigned to a selected one of the member entities automatically, in response to applying a predefined rule to analyze some of the collected ... 06/16/05 - 20050131943 - Trouble ticket assignment A trouble ticket handling system is provided. The system typically includes a login logic, a monitoring device, and a user interface logic. The login logic typically operates to log a user into several trouble ticket systems. The monitoring device typically polls the trouble ticket systems for open trouble tickets. The ... 06/16/05 - 20050131942 - Assisted generating system and method for layout data conversions An assisted generating system and method for layout data conversions converts an output file generated by a circuit design program (such as ConceptHDL). In addition to rule setting, the method automatically adjusts fields with abnormal properties. It provides a user interface with hints for the user to edit the contents. ... 06/16/05 - 20050131941 - Reusing intermediate workflow results in successive workflow runs Methods, articles of manufacture and systems for managing execution of a multi-step workflow in which one or more steps are repeatedly executed on data of a database. One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving current input for execution of a step of the workflow on relevant data of the database, ... 06/16/05 - 20050131940 - Dynamic method of inserting data a the nodes of an optical transmission network Dynamic method of adding data at the nodes of a fiber optic transmission network comprising at least one source node, one destination node and a plurality of intermediate nodes, the nodes being connected by a fiber optic connection. The method comprises the steps of creating at the source node an ... 06/09/05 - 20050125454 - Image control apparatus, image control method and program An image control apparatus having an image database storing plural pieces of image information, for controlling the plural pieces of image information, the image control apparatus including: a first image information acquiring device for acquiring first image information; a second image information acquiring device for acquiring second image information; a ... 06/09/05 - 20050125453 - Method and apparatus for webcast launch A mechanism and method of delivering streaming content with a minimal or only a single line of code in the client's website is provided. The code, i.e., “LaunchCode,” enables users to deliver their webcasts directly from their site—the webcast displays in a “new” window, so that viewers do not have ... 06/09/05 - 20050125452 - Sql profile A persistent data structure for storing a profile of tuning information for a query statement separately from the query statement is disclosed. The persistent data structure includes a statement signature to identify the statement, and an action to tune the statement. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125451 - Search engine and domain name search integration Systems and methods of the present invention allow for providing a user with domain name suggestions in response to a search performed on a computer network. For example, when the user performs a search using a search engine, the search engine may forward a search query provided by the user ... 06/09/05 - 20050125450 - Network data traffic and pattern flows analysis for auto discovery A method for automatic discovery of infrastructure mapping to business processes is provided. Data flow amongst components of an infrastructure is monitored to observe data traffic patterns. An information model is formed based on the observed data traffic patterns. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125449 - Infrastructure auto discovery from business process models via batch processing flows A method for infrastructure automatic discovery from business process models through batch processing flows is provided. Data flow in an IT infrastructure is monitored to observe batch processing flows. An information model is formed based on the observed batch processing flows. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125448 - Systems and methods for managing processes Systems and methods for managing a process. More particularly, a secure, global computer network-based application that tracks and manages the steps of a defined process from start to finish. The application is accessible by multiple parties and automatically notifies pre-selected parties when certain milestones are reached. The application also has ... 06/09/05 - 20050125447 - Including annotation data with disparate relational data Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used for identifying and indicating annotations made for a variety of different type (i.e., heterogeneous) data objects are provided. According to some embodiments, an annotation store may be queried to identify annotations for data objects in a current view of data. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125446 - Range definition method and system A range-conversion method and system includes receiving data records. Each data record includes one or more data fields and a field value associated with each data field. One or more data fields are identified as a range-based data field. A plurality of text-based range descriptors are defined, such that each ... 06/09/05 - 20050125445 - High performance support for xa protocols in a clustered shared database A shared memory device called the Coupling Facility (CF) is used to record the indoubt transaction entries for each member of the database cluster, avoiding the CPU cost and elapsed time impact of persisting this information to disk (either via a log write or a relational table I/O). The CF ... 06/09/05 - 20050125444 - Report composer A system for composing a report, comprising: data processing means for receiving and processing data; data input means for use by a user to input data for transmission to said data processing means; a visual display for displaying data by said data processing means; wherein said data processing means is ... 06/02/05 - 20050120055 - Image management apparatus and image managing method An apparatus includes: a information file generation unit generating a information file indicating the dependence between an image file and a group to which the image file belongs; an image file selection unit selecting an image file; an information input unit inputting related information to be displayed with a reproduced ... 06/02/05 - 20050120054 - Dynamic learning method and adaptive normal behavior profile (nbp) architecture for providing fast protection of enterprise applications A dynamic learning method and an adaptive normal behavior profile (NBP) architecture for providing fast protection of enterprise applications are disclosed. The adaptive NBP architecture includes a plurality of profile items. Each profile item includes a plurality of profile properties holding the descriptive values of the respective item. An application-level ... 06/02/05 - 20050120053 - Sales of collections excluding those already purchased The invention provides a method and system capable of allowing users to complete collections of objects without unwanted duplication thereof. The system automatically, and in response to user direction, determines if objects are available that would complete a user's collection. The system can automatically purchase and obtain delivery of objects ... 06/02/05 - 20050120052 - System and method for a planner A planning system and method is disclosed. The planning system includes at least one business rule remote from at least one client, a meeting editor, wherein at least one meeting may be generated for the at least one client by the meeting editor in accordance with at least one of ... 06/02/05 - 20050120051 - Operational reporting architecture An architecture and system for integrating online transactional processing (OLTP) systems with online analytical processing (OLAP) system. The architecture includes a data access layer having one or more data access programs for accessing OLTP data, a service layer having a business intelligence (BI) platform for generating OLAP data, and a ... 06/02/05 - 20050120050 - Enhanced storing of personal content The invention relates generally to the access to and the creation of content in the context of a mobile communications system and more specifically to archiving personal content of mobile users and for providing this content to mobile users in the most flexible and personalized ways. The core of the ... 06/02/05 - 20050120049 - Information recording medium, information recording apparatus and method, information reproducing apparatus and method, information recording/reproducing apparatus and method, recording or reproduction control computer program, and data structure containi An information recording medium includes an object data file for storing object data as a series of content information such as video information and audio information and play list information file for storing play list information defining a reproduction sequence on play list basis. Furthermore, the medium includes a disc ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |