| 7043508 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for creating stable disk images |
| May-9-2006 |
A system and method of identifying methods of quiescing a storage object. Data is received identifying the storage object and a freeze list is generated. The freeze list includes one or more freeze methods... |
| 7043498 |
System and method for connecting to a set of phrases joining multiple schemas |
| May-9-2006 |
A system and method for connecting to a set of phrases joining multiple schemas is disclosed. A phrase identifying particular content corresponding to a particular schema is submitted by an affiliated... |
| 7043497 |
System and method for capturing and storing web site visitor profile information in a data warehouse |
| May-9-2006 |
A customer relationship management system for storing and managing information for an E-Business retailer. The customer relationship system includes a database system for storing and organizing said information,... |
| 7043496 |
Data managing method, data managing system, data managing apparatus, data handling apparatus, computer program, and recording medium |
| May-9-2006 |
A client unit 1 which a user uses to request for data, an agent unit 2 which keeps encrypted document data and attributes information, a document managing unit 3 which executes user authentication, access... |
| 7043495 |
Techniques for JEDEC file information integrity and preservation of device programming specifications |
| May-9-2006 |
A method of generating a file suitable for programming a programmable logic device. The method generally comprises the steps of (A) generating a programming item from a plurality of parameters that define... |
| 7043493 |
Hierarchical file system and anti-tearing algorithm for a limited-resource computer such as a smart card |
| May-9-2006 |
A limited resource computer such as one based upon an integrated circuit card ("smart card") or embedded processor employs a full hierarchical file system consistent with desktop and laptop computers,... |
| 7043491 |
Partition exchange technique for operating a data warehousing system |
| May-9-2006 |
A method and apparatus for operating a database system is provided. One or more partitions are identified from a data structure in the database system. An identifier is assigned to at least one of the... |
| 7043488 |
Method and system for storing hierarchical content objects in a data repository |
| May-9-2006 |
A web-based system, method and program product are provided for storing content objects (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) in a data repository as a group of hierarchically related content... |
| 7043487 |
Method for storing XML documents in a relational database system while exploiting XML schema |
| May-9-2006 |
A method for storing XML documents in a relational database system while exploiting XML Schema information to capture information about types, inheritance, equivalence classes, and integrity constraints... |
| 7043486 |
Process and system for tracking versions of field documentation data collection configurations in a complex project workflow system |
| May-9-2006 |
A process is provided for capturing a state of a data input interface at a particular time in a complex workflow system. The data input interface provides an interface for entering actual data to populate... |
| 7043485 |
System and method for storage of snapshot metadata in a remote file |
| May-9-2006 |
In a system and method for updating a remote replicated destination file system snapshot with changes in a source file system snapshot, the snapshot being associated with a qtree (or other sub-organization... |
| 7043484 |
System and method for producing storage media images |
| May-9-2006 |
A system for producing custom media images, the system including a media server which includes a title database and a creation server connected to the media server, the title database containing a plurality... |
| 7043477 |
Navigating media content via groups within a playlist |
| May-9-2006 |
Grouping and navigating media files within a playlist on a computer-readable medium. Invention software selects media files according to a grouping criterion to define a group from the media files. The... |
| 7043476 |
Method and apparatus for data mining to discover associations and covariances associated with data |
| May-9-2006 |
Data mining techniques are provided which are effective and efficient for discovering useful information from an amorphous collection or data set of records. For example, the present invention provides... |
| 7039669 |
Techniques for adding a master in a distributed database without suspending database operations at extant master sites |
| May-2-2006 |
Techniques for making a replica of a particular group of database objects of a database on a particular node that does not initially have the particular group of database objects include transferring description... |
| 7039654 |
Automated bot development system |
| May-2-2006 |
An automated system (100) and method for developing Complete Context™ Bots (30) for an organization. After extracting data from existing narrowly focused systems, mission measures and... |
| 7039646 |
Method and system for compressing varying-length columns during index high key generation |
| May-2-2006 |
A computer-based method for compressing varying-length columns of a non-leaf page high key generated during splitting of an index tree leaf page from a key pair including a last key of a splitting leaf... |
| 7039642 |
Decision-theoretic methods for identifying relevant substructures of a hierarchical file structure to enhance the efficiency of document access, browsing, and storage |
| May-2-2006 |
A system and methodology is provided for improving directory operations within a system providing an electronic hierarchical directory of items. The system includes a component which analyzes probabilities... |
| 7039641 |
Modular packet classification |
| May-2-2006 |
The novel method and system for classifying packets through the use of filters combines heuristic tree search with the use of filter buckets. This provides high performance and reasonable storage requirement,... |
| 7039638 |
Distributed data clustering system and method |
| May-2-2006 |
A distributed data clustering system having an integrator and at least two computing units. Each computing unit is loaded with common global parameter values and a particular local data set. Each computing... |
| 7039625 |
International information search and delivery system providing search results personalized to a particular natural language |
| May-2-2006 |
Documents containing information about product offerings in various natural languages are passed through transitional translation layers which convert the data to a single computer language using a universal... |
| 7035871 |
Method and apparatus for intelligent and automatic preference detection of media content |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A system and method is provided for an automatic user preference detection system, comprising an accessing device to access attribute information of media content files distributed to a user by a media... |
| 7035868 |
Method and system for dynamically generating digest from event footage and associated metadata |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A digest or summary is generated from an athletic footage containing a predetermined set of metadata. The metadata includes information on time, score and event types. Scenes are selected from the athletic... |
| 7035863 |
Method, system and program product for populating a user profile based on existing user profiles |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A method, system and program product for populating a user profile based on existing user profiles is provided. Specifically, under the present invention, base characteristics are designated for a new... |
| 7035861 |
System and methods for providing data management and document data retrieval |
| Apr-25-2006 |
The invention provides a data management device which is well suited to grasp featuring parts from among a huge amount of data, which are capable of enhancing the reliability of extraction and which can... |
| 7035860 |
Trusted access by an extendible framework method, system, article of manufacture, and computer program product |
| Apr-25-2006 |
Appropriate actions are identified and associated with a selected artifact in a framework providing a customized application program. A metamodel is specified for a capture of relevant information pertaining... |
| 7035859 |
Method and system for intra-table referential integrity for relational database systems |
| Apr-25-2006 |
In a relational database management system (RDBMS), a method of processing related records can include receiving a plurality of related records and inserting the plurality of related records into a single... |
| 7035843 |
Evaluation of database hierarchical cubes by nesting rollup operators associated with multiple groupings |
| Apr-25-2006 |
Methods are provided for efficiently evaluating database queries including multiple rollup operators. With the computation of grouping identifiers to distinguish grouping levels of each rollup operator,... |
| 7031984 |
Disaster recovery processing method and apparatus and storage unit for the same |
| Apr-18-2006 |
Judgement is made to determine whether or not an access request from a host computer is a write request and whether or not the contents of the write request are log information indicating contents of database... |
| 7031976 |
Computer framework and method for isolating a business component from specific implementations of a datastore |
| Apr-18-2006 |
The present invention relates to a computer framework and method for a business component to retrieve data from a backend datastore using object technology. The invention discloses a method for isolating... |
| 7031971 |
Lock-free handle resolution |
| Apr-18-2006 |
Lock-free resource handle resolution is provided by a handle management system that generates a hierarchy of handle mapping tables such that the number of mapping tables and the number of hierarchical... |
| 7031970 |
Method and apparatus for generating summary information for hierarchically related information |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method is provided for digesting the content of hierarchically related information. The method chooses a set of extracted sentences representing a proportion of the text associated with a subtopic, by... |
| 7031969 |
System and method for identifying relationships between database records |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A system for identifying relationships between database records includes a memory operable to store a plurality of records comprising a first record and at least one second record. Each record comprises... |
| 7031968 |
Method and apparatus for providing web site preview information |
| Apr-18-2006 |
Client-server system for providing web site preview information of web site content and features to users. The user enters a web site URL they want to preview into a client application, which generates... |
| 7031955 |
Optimization using a multi-dimensional data model |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A system (10) for optimization using multi-dimensional data includes a server (12) that uses a multi-dimensional data model to organize data stored at one or more data storage locations (14).... |
| 7031941 |
Method and system for managing configuration of mechanical equipment |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A method and system is disclosed for maintaining a database of configurations of mechanical equipment. A functional configuration database is established to store functional information about an end item... |
| 7028297 |
System and method of scalable transaction processing |
| Apr-11-2006 |
A transaction processor pipeline architecture and associated apparatus for processing multiple queued transaction requests incorporates multiple processing elements working in parallel. Each processing... |
| 7024431 |
Data transformation to maintain detailed user information in a data warehouse |
| Apr-4-2006 |
Transforming data prior to loading the data into a data warehouse. Software of the invention partitions data records received from a plurality of servers and performs sequential file management operations... |
| 7024423 |
Order management method and system |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A method and system for generating service forms and service orders in an order management system. To avoid entry-related mistakes, a master form is used to enter verified data about a customer and the... |
| 7024422 |
Estimation of clustering for access planning |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A method for computing clustering factor that is particularly suitable for use with existing indexes. The clustering factor is generated, by first determining clustered storage locations of records in... |
| 7024412 |
Systems and methods for database configuration migration |
| Apr-4-2006 |
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for database configuration migration. In an embodiment, the method includes receiving an instruction to hold constant a configuration... |
| 7024409 |
System and method for transforming data to preserve privacy where the data transform module suppresses the subset of the collection of data according to the privacy constraint |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A data transform system comprises a processor, a memory connected to the processor, storing a collection of data, and a data transform module, accepting two data constraints and the collection of data... |
| 7024401 |
Partition boundary determination using random sampling on very large databases |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A system and method utilizing random sampling for partition analysis on very large databases. The method utilizes a random sampling algorithm that provides results accurate to within a few percentage points... |
| 7020661 |
Techniques for pruning a data object during operations that join multiple data objects |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Techniques for eliminating one or more portions of a data object from any join step of an operation that joins multiple data objects include determining that an operation joins a first data object and... |
| 7020660 |
Data object generator and method of use |
| Mar-28-2006 |
The present invention creates source code that can be used by an application program to manipulate a relational database management system. An executable procedure for use in accessing a database management... |
| 7020655 |
Representing database permissions as associations in computer schema |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A database schema includes database classes that represent various database objects (e.g., tables, views, etc.) and user classes that represent users and roles of the database. The database schema also... |
| 7020654 |
Methods and apparatus for indexing content |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Mechanisms and techniques provide a system that operates in a computerized device to index content. Such a system allows registration of content indexing services and then receives repository content of... |
| 7020561 |
Methods and systems for efficient comparison, identification, processing, and importing of gene expression data |
| Mar-28-2006 |
The present invention provides systems and methods for analyzing gene expression, gene annotation, and sample information in a relational format supporting efficient exploration and analysis, including... |
| 7019740 |
Resource creation method and tool |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A method of and tool for resource creation in a distributed computing environment uses a variety of resources which may be located at locations distributed throughout the environment. New resources may... |
| 7017144 |
Combined image views and method of creating images |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A first image of a first software which can be 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.... |
