| 6647400 |
System and method for analyzing filesystems to detect intrusions |
| Nov-11-2003 |
A system and method are disclosed for detecting intrusions in a host system on a network. The intrusion detection system comprises an analysis engine configured to use continuations and apply forward-... |
| 6643754 |
System and method for dynamically allocating computer memory |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A method for managing computer memory includes maintaining multiple sets of free blocks of memory wherein a free block is added to a set based on its size. In response to a request for a block of a request... |
| 6643672 |
Method and apparatus for asynchronous file writes in a distributed file system |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A method and apparatus for delaying asynchronous writes in a distributed file system, wherein the file system includes a unique identifier ("UID"). The method comprises buffering a page of dirty data with... |
| 6640290 |
Easily coalesced, sub-allocating, hierarchical, multi-bit bitmap-based memory manager |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A hierarchical bitmap-based memory manager maintains a hierarchical bitmap having an entry for each memory block in a memory heap. Each bitmap entry contains a multi-bit value that represents an allocation... |
| 6640233 |
Reserving file system blocks |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A system that manages a file system for a file server. A file operation is received that signals a reservation operation for a file having a file size. Preferably, the file system uses a write anywhere... |
| 6636879 |
Space allocation in a write anywhere file system |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A method and system for improving data access of a reliable file system is provided. In a first aspect of the invention, the file system determines the relative vacancy of a collection of storage blocks,... |
| 6636593 |
Multiple system management point nodes using dynamically transportable logic for system configuration management |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A dynamic transaction network having multiple management stations, one or more terminals, and one or more databases is disclosed. The dynamic transaction network is capable of adding and removing network... |
| 6633893 |
File management system and method, and storage medium |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A file management system provided with an improved operability by arranging attribute information of recorded files, file search result information, and index information of files and listing the information... |
| 6633878 |
Initializing an ecommerce database framework |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for initializing a database used with an issue tracker. The issue tracker receives information relating to a plurality of issues from a plurality... |
| 6633871 |
Apparatus for accessing another apparatus to perform processing and method therefor, and memory medium in which such program is stored |
| Oct-14-2003 |
According to an information processing method, a device to be accessed is designated, an operation screen is downloaded by accessing the designated device, and information that is entered by a user during... |
| 6631387 |
Apparatus for creating and managing navigation information in a rewritable recording medium |
| Oct-7-2003 |
This invention provides a method for managing navigation data for a rewritable recording medium, which are referred to for control of recording, editing, and reproduction. This method enables access to... |
| 6629111 |
Memory allocation system |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A method of allocating memory for a file includes determining a size of the file and searching a memory segment list to determine whether the file can be stored in one of a plurality of memory segments... |
| 6629108 |
Method for insuring data integrity for mirrored independently accessible memory devices |
| Sep-30-2003 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for preserving and identifying recency information for data stored in multiple mirrored memory locations in a redundant data storage mechanism. The... |
| 6628305 |
Architecture and definition of an extensible, object-oriented graphical user interface framework for managing and administering heterogenous digital library datastores |
| Sep-30-2003 |
An extensible, object-oriented graphical user interface (GUI) framework that provides a consistent "look and feel" for an application that interfaces to the GUI framework and that manages and administers... |
| 6625668 |
Information processing apparatus, data transfer method therefor, and provision medium containing computer-readable program to be executed by the image processing apparatus |
| Sep-23-2003 |
An information processing apparatus, which is used as a so-called "multichannel video server" that performs data recording or reproduced-data processing by controlling input/output processors to time-divisionally... |
| 6625627 |
Recording apparatus and recording method, reproducing apparatus and reproducing method, and recording medium |
| Sep-23-2003 |
File management information for managing logical sequence of files recorded in a recording medium is formed and stored in a file management information storing unit. Block management information which... |
| 6625626 |
Recording apparatus and recording method, reproducing apparatus and reproducing method, and recording medium |
| Sep-23-2003 |
File management information for managing logical sequence of files recorded in a recording medium is formed and stored in a file management information storing unit. Block management information which... |
| 6622151 |
Data-transfer-management system and transfer history-collection device |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A device for collecting history of data transfer includes a transfer-history-extraction unit which extracts transfer-history information from data subjected to data transfer, and a service-management unit... |
| 6618737 |
Speculative caching of individual fields in a distributed object system |
| Sep-9-2003 |
This disclosure presents a technique of field-level caching in distributed object-oriented systems, in which a speculative approach is taken to identify opportunities for caching. The speculative approach... |
| 6611915 |
Selective loading of client operating system in a computer network |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A client station on computer network uses an operating system such as JavaOS which is permanently stored at the server rather than on storage media at the client location. JavaOS is loaded and installed... |
| 6611852 |
System and method for cleaning a log structure |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A system and method for cleaning a log structure, the log structure including one or more segments, each segment including live data, orders the one or more segments into a hot list according to age, with... |
| 6611851 |
Storage sub-system having expanded data read |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A storage sub-system employs a staging control information table by which staging of data to be read and redundant data thereof can be executed together to reduce response time in the event of a data read... |
| 6609187 |
Method and apparatus for supporting resizing of file system partitions |
| Aug-19-2003 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that supports resizing of file system partitions. The system includes one or more storage devices that are divided into a plurality of partitions,... |
| 6606640 |
Method, computer program product, and system for modifying populated databases utilizing a reload utility |
| Aug-12-2003 |
A content reactive reload utility receives one or more content reactive user directives that may influence processing depending upon the content of a populated target database. Records are then read from... |
| 6606628 |
File system for nonvolatile memory |
| Aug-12-2003 |
A file system for nonvolatile memory media is disclosed, based on the assumptions that the file system structure is flat (i.e., does not contain directories), and that a relatively small amount of memory... |
| 6604182 |
Methods for managing memory in a run-time environment including activation and deactivation of objects |
| Aug-5-2003 |
Methods for managing memory in a run-time environment are described, in which an object is activated by both initializing the object and registering a routine to deallocate or deactivate the object at... |
| 6604170 |
Information processing apparatus and method, and computer readable memory |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A directory manager stores and manages storage position information indicating the storage position of a given file in a predetermined storage area in a directory entry that stores information which pertains... |
| 6598058 |
Method and apparatus for cross-node sharing of cached dynamic SQL in a multiple relational database management system environment |
| Jul-22-2003 |
The invention provides a data processing system, a method, computer program product and software for operating it where the data processing system includes a number of interconnected nodes. At least one... |
| 6598038 |
Workload reduction mechanism for index tuning |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A workload reduction mechanism for index tuning is described that selects relevant database statements from a database workload, standardizes a format of the relevant database statements and reduces the... |
| 6591356 |
Cluster buster |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A method and a system are provided to improve storage space utilization in a file management system with a fixed number of clusters without increasing the number of volumes visible to the user. This is... |
| 6591333 |
Method for completing incomplete recording on an optical disk |
| Jul-8-2003 |
The method first reads content of a file logical information recorded on the first track of an optical disk. Secondly, the method, based on content of the file logical information, detects one subset data,... |
| 6578039 |
Database management methods and equipment, and database management program storage media |
| Jun-10-2003 |
Multiple key ranges are correlated with multiple data storage areas provided in memory. In storing data in a database, the data is stored in the data storage area correlated with the key range containing... |
| 6574705 |
Data processing system and method including a logical volume manager for storing logical volume data |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A data processing system and method are disclosed for storing logical volume information used by a logical volume manager to create and manage a logical volume. The data processing system includes a plurality... |
| 6574699 |
Fast track reassign in a rotating storage media |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A reassign process is provided in a disk drive system including a plurality of tracks for storing data, each of the tracks being divided into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a corresponding... |
| 6574643 |
Fat file system in palm OS computer |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A handheld computer which uses a palm operating system and which incorporates a compact flash (CF+) interface for secondary data storage or interface to other devices and uses a FAT file system for file... |
| 6574642 |
Methods for processing data transferred to system memory in preparation for recording to an optical disc |
| Jun-3-2003 |
Methods for processing and recording data files to an optical disc media are provided. In one example, a method includes the operations of processing data files selected to be recorded and generating a... |
| 6574640 |
System and method for archiving and supplying documents using a central archive system |
| Jun-3-2003 |
The present invention relates to flexible facilities for supplying documents where the index to the documents is stored in a central archive but the documents themselves are stored in an external archiving... |
| 6571259 |
Preallocation of file system cache blocks in a data storage system |
| May-27-2003 |
A file server provides transaction processing capabilities previously supplied by the operating system of a host computer. On-disk file system metadata is changed only at commit time, and a transaction... |
| 6571258 |
Computer data storage system with parallelization migration plan generator |
| May-27-2003 |
A data storage system is provided in which a migration plan generates migration plans for reaching a goal configuration from an initial configuration in a predetermined period of time. The migration plan... |
| 6570593 |
Management graphical user interface for a network file system |
| May-27-2003 |
A graphical user interface is implemented with unique icons for registered but not mounted file systems, registered and mounted file systems, and mounted but not registered file systems. The unique icon... |
| 6567887 |
Buffering of partition tables, file system directory structures and individual file cluster chains in a mass storage device |
| May-20-2003 |
A computer system for storing data includes a host computer having system RAM associated with the computer system, and a file directory peripheral bus connected to the host computer. A mass memory storage... |
| 6564219 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining an identifier for a logical unit of data in a database |
| May-13-2003 |
A method and apparatus for obtaining an identifier of a logical unit of data that belongs to a database. In one embodiment, a method of obtaining a first identifier of a logical unit of data that belongs... |
| 6560619 |
Using atomic compare-and-swap operations for forwarding-pointer installation |
| May-6-2003 |
A multiprocessor, multi-program, stop-the-world garbage collection program is described. The system initially over partitions the root sources, and then iteratively employs static and dynamic work balancing.... |
| 6557014 |
Method and apparatus for record addressing in partitioned files |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method and apparatus introduces the creation and use of two record addressing functions. One function "computeRID" assigns identifiers to records, and the other function "lookupRID" performs the related... |
| 6557013 |
Story workflow management system and method |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A system and method for story creation workflow management is provided which increases the speed, quality control and accuracy and reduces the cost of the story creation process by providing the steps... |
| 6553391 |
System and method for replicating external files and database metadata pertaining thereto |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A system and method for replicating files in a source file system that is linked to a source DBMS which stores metadata pertaining to files in the source file system. The files and metadata are replicated... |
| 6553389 |
Resource availability determination mechanism for distributed data storage system |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A distributed data storage system is provided with a mechanism for determining data storage resource availability during data system failures. When a partition occurs, a coordinator requests all reachable... |
| 6549922 |
System for collecting, transforming and managing media metadata |
| Apr-15-2003 |
An extensible framework for the automatic extraction and transformation of metadata into logical annotations. Metadata imbedded within a media file is extracted by a type-specific parsing module which... |
| 6549907 |
Multi-dimensional database and data cube compression for aggregate query support on numeric dimensions |
| Apr-15-2003 |
An apparatus and method for efficiently compressing contents of a database system to support ad hoc querying and OLAP type aggregation queries. This invention consists of a new compressed representation... |
| 6542910 |
Systems and methods for storing, retrieving, and manipulating data in medical processing devices |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A device has processing hardware to carry out a blood processing procedure. A processing control manager resides on the device to monitor status conditions over time during the blood processing procedure.... |
