| 6654770 |
Automobile safety and maintenance information systems and methods and related services |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A computer system and method that provides users with vehicle related information and services. In one aspect, the system provides a vehicle selector that enables a user of the system to select a vehicle... |
| 6654769 |
File system for creating switched logical I/O paths for fault recovery |
| Nov-25-2003 |
An illustrative embodiment of the present invention disclosed herein includes a file server having a file management table to obtain a logical disk ID for accessing files. A logical disk management table... |
| 6654751 |
Method and apparatus for a virus information patrol |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A virus information patrol (VIP) data collector is provided to monitor virus information repositories and to collect selected virus descriptor data into a VIP database in accordance with a VIP configuration... |
| 6651073 |
Method and apparatus for insuring database data integrity without data recovery logging |
| Nov-18-2003 |
Database tables which are to be loaded with large data objects are defined with a special logging attribute that causes the associated database management system to suspend recovery logging for the databases... |
| 6651062 |
Method and apparatus for managing data for use by data applications |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A system and method is provided for managing information. Information is aggregated from multiple data sources into a data warehouse wherein the information can be provided to software applications. Disparate... |
| 6643712 |
Validating the creation of and routing of messages to file objects |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A method is provided to overcome excess code development associated with developing device drivers that are hierarchically related and provides standardization to driver developers by listing in the private... |
| 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... |
| 6643668 |
Method and device for semantic reconciling of complex data models |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A method and device for semantically reconciling complex data models is disclosed. A first transform is initially applied to received divergent complex data models in order to extract fundamental data... |
| 6643667 |
System and method for replicating data |
| Nov-4-2003 |
According to the present invention, techniques for controlling copying of logical volumes within a computer storage system are provided. A representative embodiment includes a plurality of storage devices... |
| 6643635 |
Methods for dynamically accessing, processing, and presenting data acquired from disparate data sources |
| Nov-4-2003 |
Methods for acquiring and transforming data for business analysis, and computer readable media having program instructions for enabling the same are provided. One exemplary method identifies a set of data... |
| 6643632 |
Data processing system and computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to process data |
| Nov-4-2003 |
The present invention discloses a data processing system in which system data is divided and stored in the plurality of output files. In the data processing system, a maximum capacity of data is set corresponding... |
| 6640217 |
Method for extracting and storing records of data backup activity from a plurality of backup devices |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A method and system for requesting, cross-referencing, extracting and storing historical records of data backup activity by using a software component that interfaces to a plurality of data backup software... |
| 6638314 |
Method of web crawling utilizing crawl numbers |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A computer based system and method of retrieving information pertaining to electronic documents on a computer network is disclosed. The method includes maintaining a database that associates each electronic... |
| 6636878 |
Mechanism for replicating and maintaining files in a spaced-efficient manner |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A mechanism for replicating and maintaining files in a space-efficient manner is disclosed. In one embodiment, a current file is replicated by associating the data blocks of the current file with both... |
| 6636877 |
Method for analyzing the quality of telecommunications switch command tables |
| Oct-21-2003 |
The system automatically generates electronic commands necessary to modify or provision different types of program control switches as may be included in a public switch telephone network. A data schema... |
| 6636871 |
Control of multiple layer aggregation logical volume management data and boot record |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A system and method for a multi-layer logical volume management ("LVM") system which extends the single-layer logical volume model of current technology to handle multiple levels of aggregation more efficiently.... |
| 6636869 |
Method, system and computer program product for managing media data files and related source information |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A system for the management of media data and binding of media data to requests for pieces of media, which includes a plurality of procedures that can establish and write storage of new media, and make... |
| 6636859 |
Method and system for reassembling fragmented datagrams utilizing a plurality of concurrently accessible reassembly queues |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A method, system and program product for reassembling fragmented datagrams is described. A plurality of fragments of a plurality of datagrams are received by a recipient data processing system. In response... |
| 6636846 |
Method for providing a system maintained materialized functionally dependent column for a database management system |
| Oct-21-2003 |
A mechanism for supporting generated materialized columns without explicitly adding triggers and a check constraint in a database management system (DBMS). When a column affecting the generated materialized... |
| 6633904 |
Fast data exchange system between different type computer and medium storing program of extent information and transformation |
| Oct-14-2003 |
Fast exchanging and sharing a file between plural computers operating by different type operating systems (OS) are capable, even if disk space allocation system is unknown for OS. Extent information locating... |
| 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... |
| 6633879 |
Method and system for optimizing direct tables and trees |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A method and system for selecting a direct table and a plurality of corresponding trees in a computer system is disclosed. The method and system include selecting a plurality of widths for the direct table... |
| 6633862 |
System and method for database cache synchronization across multiple interpreted code engines |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A method for synchronizing data sharing across multiple interpreted code engines is described. The method includes comparing a database timestamp with a first cache timestamp responsive to an attempt to... |
| 6631395 |
Apparatus, method and computer program product for client/server computing with programmable action by transaction coordinator during prepared state |
| Oct-7-2003 |
A server for use in a client/server computing system which coordinates the processing of distributed transactions in the client/server computing system, the server has: a means for sending requests for... |
| 6629113 |
Method and system for dynamically adjustable and configurable garbage collector |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A method, system, and computer-program product for a dynamically adjustable and configurable garbage collector is provided. Values for an environment variable or set of variables or parameters are obtained... |
| 6629109 |
System and method of enabling file revision management of application software |
| Sep-30-2003 |
A file revision management system for executing file revision management when an application operating on an operating system of a computer system saves a file by file overwrite includes a file manipulation... |
| 6625620 |
Method and apparatus for the management of file attachments in a groupware oriented system |
| Sep-23-2003 |
A method and network for managing attachments in applications. The method comprises the steps of creating a plurality of attachment databases to contain said attachments; and embedding an attachment engine... |
| 6622150 |
System and method for efficiently managing computer virus definitions using a structured virus database |
| Sep-16-2003 |
A system and method for efficiently managing computer virus definitions using a structured virus database are described. One or more virus definition records are stored in a structured virus database.... |
| 6618743 |
Method and system for providing discrete user cells in a UNIX-based environment |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A system of multiple work areas for operating within a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a CPU, a memory module and a disc storage facility, includes plural autonomous resource units... |
| 6618735 |
System and method for protecting shared system files |
| Sep-9-2003 |
A system and method for protecting shared system files enhances system stability by preventing system files shared by applications, such as DLL files, from being overwritten with invalid files during installation... |
| 6615222 |
System and process for evaluating the performance of a database system |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A system and process for evaluating the performance of an operational database system without interfering with the normal operation of the operational database system is described. The process involves... |
| 6615212 |
Dynamically provided content processor for transcoded data types at intermediate stages of transcoding process |
| Sep-2-2003 |
A method in a data processing system for providing content from a distributed database to a client. In a preferred embodiment, a transcoding proxy server receives a request for content from a client machine.... |
| 6611848 |
Methods for maintaining data and attribute coherency in instances of sharable files |
| Aug-26-2003 |
Methods for sharing a file while maintaining consistency among instances of the file managed by a file system are disclosed. One exemplary method includes associating a file consistency protocol with an... |
| 6611835 |
System and method for maintaining up-to-date link information in the metadata repository of a search engine |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A system and method for updating search engine information that is more efficient, less time-consuming, and less costly than prior techniques. In order to carry out the method a uniform resource locator... |
| 6611834 |
Customization of information retrieval through user-supplied code |
| Aug-26-2003 |
A user at a client machine can customize components of a database search performed at a server. The user does this by sending executable code to the database server. Software code runs as middleware on... |
| 6609128 |
Codes table framework design in an E-commerce architecture |
| Aug-19-2003 |
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for maintaining application consistency. First, a table of codes and associated text phrases are provided. Such table of codes is stored on a local... |
| 6609118 |
Methods and systems for automated property valuation |
| Aug-19-2003 |
The present invention is a method and system for automating the process for valuing a property that produces an estimated value of a subject property, and a quality assessment of the estimated value, that... |
| 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... |
| 6606617 |
Optimized technique for prefetching LOB table space pages |
| Aug-12-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer implemented technique for prefetching pages. Pages are prefetched from a database stored on a data storage device connected to a computer.... |
| 6604117 |
Method of maintaining a network of partially replicated database system |
| Aug-5-2003 |
A method of maintaining a database. The database is a partially replicated database having a central database and a plurality of individual partially replicated databases. Updates made to the central database... |
| 6604116 |
Decreasing memory return latency by predicting the order of completion of partially ready returns |
| Aug-5-2003 |
The inventive memory controller reduces the latency of memory data returns for memory read request transactions. The memory controller is connected between at least one bus and a memory, with the bus connected... |
| 6601232 |
Apparatus and method for creating and documenting procedures |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A system and method are employed for the creation of test procedures. Through use of a data network (12), remotely located users may access the system and either retrieve existing test procedures or create... |
| 6601153 |
Method and apparatus for increasing computer performance through asynchronous memory block initialization |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A system and method for increasing processing performance in a computer system by asynchronously performing system activities that do not conflict with normal instruction processing, during inactive memory... |
| 6601137 |
Range-based cache control system and method |
| Jul-29-2003 |
The present invention relates to disk drive having a cache control system that generates scan results that permit response to a host command using existing cached data having a logical block address (LBA)... |
| 6601110 |
System and method for translating file-level operations in a non-door-based operating system to door invocations on a door server |
| Jul-29-2003 |
The present invention provides a system for using door translation to perform inter-process communication. The system enables a legacy application program to invoke traditional operations, such as READ... |
| 6598060 |
Method and system for creating and maintaining version-specific properties in a distributed environment |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A method and system creates and maintains a version-specific property or property that is stored as part of an object in a distributed environment, contains specific version information relating to how... |
| 6598057 |
Method and apparatus for generating configuration files using policy descriptions |
| Jul-22-2003 |
A method and apparatus for generating configuration files using policy descriptions is provided. The present invention provides a method of generating a binary configuration file by receiving an identification... |
| 6594678 |
Methods and apparatus for improving locality of reference through memory management |
| Jul-15-2003 |
Methods and apparatus for creating a mechanism for rearranging a plurality of objects in memory are disclosed. A frequency of accesses in memory of one or more fields associated with the plurality of objects... |
| 6594667 |
Method, system and program products for modifying coupling facility structures |
| Jul-15-2003 |
Storage structures of a shared storage processor of a computing environment are modified. One or more target maximum counts are specified, which are to be used in modifying a storage structure of the shared... |
| 6594656 |
Active database trigger processing using a trigger gateway |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A database system includes a trigger gateway for implementing trigger functionality. The trigger gateway is located at a communication point between a user and a database system. The trigger gateway receives... |
