| 6950697 |
Electroencephalogram acquisition unit and system |
| Sep-27-2005 |
An acquisition unit provided which provides a turn-key interface to the non-expert personnel who attend acutely brain-injured victims, preventing change or modification of the electroencephalogram parameters... |
| 6947928 |
Graphical user interface for building queries with hierarchical conditions |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention generally provides methods, systems and articles of manufacture for programmatically providing a user interface for creating queries. In one embodiment, graphical user interface content... |
| 6947954 |
Image server store system and method using combined image views |
| Sep-20-2005 |
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... |
| 6947937 |
Data selection system and method therefor |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method of sorting large quantities of data is implemented on a computer based system. The method comprises defining a plurality of sort statements, determining the relevance of each of the sort statements... |
| 6947921 |
Method and system for capturing memories of deceased individuals |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method, system, and computer software product for capturing and distributing memories of a deceased individual. An electronic storage memory database is provided having controls for allowing selective... |
| 6947920 |
Method and system for response time optimization of data query rankings and retrieval |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method and system for optimizing response time for data query rankings and retrieval is provided. In response to a received search query that contains one or more terms, an information retrieval system... |
| 6944859 |
System and method for automatically installing data on a handheld computer |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A client computer requests a client-handheld conduit file from an installation server. The client computer then receives the client-handheld conduit file from the installation server and establishing a... |
| 6944817 |
Method and apparatus for local generation of Web pages |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method and apparatus for performing dynamic modification of templates based on a local user profile is provided. A document is received from a server by a client. The document includes one or more placeholders.... |
| 6944634 |
File caching method and apparatus |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method of managing data files in a file caching server provides access to a plurality of stored data files. The method is to receive a request for a file, which is identified by a cryptographically secure... |
| 6944635 |
Method for file deletion and recovery against system failures in database management system |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method for file deletion and recovery against system failures in a database management system comprising steps of deleting files listed in a pending action list during a transaction commit process, writing... |
| 6944625 |
Method for charging information about an error in a database |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A target database (4) connected to the Internet (NET) is designed to gather entry data (EI) stored in source databases (1, 2, 3) similar in content, which source databases (1, 2, 3) are... |
| 6944618 |
Method, computer program product, and system for unloading a hierarchical database utilizing segment specific selection criteria |
| Sep-13-2005 |
An unload of a hierarchical database may be performed utilizing a segment specific selection criteria. A segment specific selection criteria is received wherein the criteria comprises a global directive... |
| 6944612 |
Structured contextual clustering method and system in a federated search engine |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A federated search engine groups search results from information sources using attributes of the search results. In grouping the search results, a first set and a second set of attributes are extracted... |
| 6941524 |
System and method for displaying a recursive relationship between objects in a tree |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A computer program product is provided as a system and associated method that allows the user to view a hierarchical lineage in a tree format even in the event of recursive circular relationships. The... |
| 6941436 |
Method and apparatus for managing memory blocks in a logical partitioned data processing system |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing memory blocks. In response to a request to deallocate a memory block from a partition, all processes are prevented from using the memory block.... |
| 6941324 |
Methods and systems for processing playlists |
| Sep-6-2005 |
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... |
| 6941313 |
Context management with audit capability |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A context management framework is given that provides in various embodiments, numerous advantages over previously-existing systems. In some instances, an architecture having a centralized storage location... |
| 6941308 |
Methods and apparatus for accessing a doubly linked list in a data storage system |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A data storage system has storage devices, a processor which is configured to move data to and from the storage devices, and a bus coupled to the processor. The data storage system further includes a memory... |
| 6941291 |
Method and device for a user profile repository |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A method and device for providing access, via a single point, to information stored on multiple data sources. One embodiment comprises a method in which first an interface (port) receives a call specifying... |
| 6941292 |
Method and system for optimizing data searches in tree structures |
| Sep-6-2005 |
Aspects for optimizing data searches in tree structures are described. The aspects include organizing multiple search levels of data into sub-trees contained in fixed size blocks of shared external memory... |
| 6941184 |
Exchange of article-based information between multiple enterprises |
| Sep-6-2005 |
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for making information available between enterprises. In one aspect, a method includes: receiving from a first enterprise multiple instances... |
| 6938059 |
System for determining the mapping of logical objects in a data storage system |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A method and apparatus for manipulating data in a storage device that is coupled to a host computer. Manipulations that can be performed by the storage device include moving non-contiguous blocks of data... |
| 6938052 |
Access to server resources from heterogeneous platforms |
| Aug-30-2005 |
The present invention relates to method and system for accessing server resources from heterogeneous platforms which are distributed in a distributed application network. One aspect of the present invention... |
| 6938031 |
System and method for accessing information in a replicated database |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A method for accessing information in a replicated database includes receiving a request for information in a database. The request is associated with a table in the database. The table includes a plurality... |
| 6938030 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating accurate automated processing of data |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A number of items of data from a data source (12) can be processed and deposited in a data destination (16-17). The data can be image data, text data, numeric data or some other type of data,... |
| 6938029 |
System and method for indexing recordings of observed and assessed phenomena using pre-defined measurement items |
| Aug-30-2005 |
Pre-defined descriptor or measurement questions or items are presented to a user or operator using a computer with a storage and a display for use in systematic observation and assessment. Measurement... |
| 6938028 |
Image encrypting method, image encrypting device, recording medium on which image encrypting procedures are recorded, and recording medium on which encrypted image file is recorded |
| Aug-30-2005 |
An image encrypting method, an image encrypting device, a recording medium on which image encrypting procedures are recorded, and a recording medium on which an encrypted image file is recorded are provided... |
| 6938025 |
Method and apparatus for automatically determining salient features for object classification |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A method and apparatus for automatically determining salient features for object classification is provided. In accordance with one embodiment, one or more unique features are extracted from a first content... |
| 6937993 |
System and method for processing and tracking telecommunications service orders |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A system and method for tracking and processing Service Orders for a telecommunications company. Workflows are used to model business procedures used for processing Service Orders. Each Workflow comprises... |
| 6938000 |
Automated customer support system |
| Aug-30-2005 |
An automated customer support tool. A web server receives one or more queries regarding the product from a customer. A categorizer coupled to the web server categorizes the received queries based on a... |
| 6934711 |
Method and arrangement for communicating with SCSI devices |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A method and arrangement, for use in a system having a host and one or more small computer system interface (SCSI) devices, are described for enabling a user application accessing the system to communicate... |
| 6934704 |
Automatic manhour setting system and method, distributed client/server system, and computer program storage medium |
| Aug-23-2005 |
An automatic manhour setting system has a standard manhour database designed to be readable, in which a number of pairs each constituted by a work standard described by a standardized standard expression... |
| 6934697 |
Creating customized internet access client user interface |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A customized Internet access client user interface is described. A template defines the basic layout of the user interface, and is typically stored at the local device and changed only for a major user... |
| 6934698 |
Medical image management system |
| Aug-23-2005 |
Medical image management system to allow any conventional Internet browser to function as a medical workstation. The system may be used to convert medical images from a plurality of image formats to browser... |
| 6931642 |
Data type mapping for external callouts |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A method and apparatus for communicating between a called routine written in a first programming language and calling routine written in a second programming language is described. User input specifies... |
| 6931599 |
Page sub-component prerequisite control mechanism |
| Aug-16-2005 |
Apparatus and methods are provided for managing, tracking and controlling page sub-component prerequisites in a graphical user interface (GUI). According to one embodiment, in response to a request for... |
| 6931556 |
Background transfer of optical disk to hard disk |
| Aug-16-2005 |
The present invention provides a method for reducing the amount of power consumed by an optical disk player. The method provides: recording at least a portion of the audio, video, or audio/video data from... |
| 6931419 |
Data management system for automatically accessing, maintaining, propagating user data among plurality of communities, each of which contains plurality of members |
| Aug-16-2005 |
The present community membership data management system identifies each user and their associated communities of interest. Each community has a user defined permission to access a subset of the user's... |
| 6931410 |
Method, apparatus, and program for separate representations of file system locations from referring file systems |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A system provides referencing from one file system server to another through the use of a file system location database, improving movement and replication of file systems. When a file system is moved... |
| 6931388 |
Accepting query that includes at least a portion of address without shipping identifier for tracking, delivery of shipment in computer network |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A novel tracking system is disclosed. In one embodiment, users obtain access to tracking information by entering a destination address in a query. In another embodiment, package shippers are given a "shipper... |
| 6928554 |
Method of query return data analysis for early warning indicators of possible security exposures |
| Aug-9-2005 |
System, method and article of manufacture for securing data. Queries are analyzed to detect security violation efforts. In one embodiment, algorithms for detecting selected security violation patterns... |
| 6928454 |
Method and system for color matching decorative products |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A method of identifying decorative products based on matching with paint colors. The method includes the use of a relational database having data on various decorative product types which are cross-referenced... |
| 6928440 |
Delayed storage of cookies with approval capability |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing cookies in a data processing system. A cookie is received during a browser program session. The cookie is only stored in a temporary data store... |
| 6928439 |
Computer system with access control mechanism |
| Aug-9-2005 |
According to the present invention, a computer system with a mechanism for controlling the access rights for data to be used in common by multiple users, which includes: data storage for the storing data... |
| 6928424 |
Contents retrieval system and contents retrieval program storage medium |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A contents retrieval system has: retrieval request receiving means for receiving a retrieval request of contents on a communication network from a user accessing through the communication network, and... |
| 6925476 |
Updating application data including adding first change log to aggreagate change log comprising summary of changes |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A change log aggregation and optimization mechanism and methodology for updating and synchronizing application data and application files in a client device of a data transfer and synchronization system.... |
| 6925474 |
Video information retrieval |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A video information retrieval system comprising a client system having a request issuer for issuing a search request in respect of desired video material; and a video accessor for accessing video material... |
| 6925467 |
Byte-level file differencing and updating algorithms |
| Aug-2-2005 |
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.... |
| 6925466 |
Asynchronous protocol framework |
| Aug-2-2005 |
An invention is disclosed for providing an asynchronous protocol framework. A registry is provided having a plurality of proxies, wherein each proxy implements a generic interface for a related to a software... |
| 6925462 |
Database management system, and query method and query execution program in the database management system |
| Aug-2-2005 |
The present invention relates to an optimization method in a database management system having the function of accessing external databases. Conventionally, whether functions contained in a query can be... |