| 6779003 |
Systems and methods for backing up data files |
| Aug-17-2004 |
The invention provides systems and methods for continuous back up of data stored on a computer network. To this end the systems of the invention include a synchronization process that replicates selected... |
| 6779001 |
Transactional file system for realizing atomic update of plural files by transactions |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A transactional file system capable of realizing atomic update of plural files by transactions. In the transactional file system, a log entry containing information for validating all updates made by transaction... |
| 6779000 |
Access method with process interactive service |
| Aug-17-2004 |
The present invention provides a virtual network, sitting "above" the physical connectivity and thereby providing the administrative controls necessary to link various communication devices via an Access-Method-Independent... |
| 6775831 |
System and method for rapid completion of data processing tasks distributed on a network |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A computer program and task request interface which enables large volumes of data to be processed efficiently and rapidly by multiple computers on a network. The data that requires processing can be in... |
| 6775683 |
Method and system for performing processing data |
| Aug-10-2004 |
The invention provides a system and method for processing flat files for use in a relational database. The invention includes inputting a plurality of flat files wherein each of the flat files contains... |
| 6775422 |
Systems, processes, and products for storage and retrieval of physical paper documents, electro-optically generated electronic documents, and computer generated electronic documents |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A storage system is provided for paper and electronic documents. Electronic documents include electronic image documents and electronic work documents, which may be completely unrelated in form or content,... |
| 6772178 |
Method and apparatus for managing remote data replication in a distributed computer system |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A three-tiered data replication management system is used on a distributed computer system connected by a network. The lowest tier comprises management facade software running on each machine that converts... |
| 6772171 |
Method and device for creating an object in a non-persistent memory and/or keeping accessibility to said object |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method for creating an object in a non-persistent memory is proposed. From an instruction code sequence, a first instruction code is read out which effects the execution of a first function which effects... |
| 6760723 |
Storage management across multiple time zones |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A storage management system that manages the storage and retrieval of digital files. The storage management system includes a plurality of storage devices that may be located in different time zones. The... |
| 6757695 |
System and method for mounting and unmounting storage volumes in a network storage environment |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A system and method for mounting and unmounting volumes attached to a data storage system, such as a file server, tracks specific sub-states within each of the overall mounting and unmounting procedure... |
| 6754718 |
Pushing attribute information to storage devices for network topology access |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method apparatus and computer program product for providing access to host attribute information in a storage area network is disclosed. The storage area network is composed of a plurality of hosts coupled... |
| 6754681 |
Partially replicated distributed database with multiple levels of remote clients |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method of and system for collecting, storing, and retrieving data in a data base management system. The database management system includes a master database server (4), at least one workgroup server... |
| 6751726 |
Method and system for loading fonts by caching font-loading information |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method and system for efficiently loading fonts at the boot time of a computer uses a cache file to store font-loading information for the installed fonts. The font-loading information is extracted from... |
| 6751637 |
Allocating files in a file system integrated with a raid disk sub-system |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A is a method is disclosed for integrating a file system with a RAID array that exports precise information about the arrangement of data blocks in the RAID subsystem. The file system examines this information... |
| 6751636 |
System and method for maintaining and recovering data consistency across multiple instances of a database |
| Jun-15-2004 |
The present invention is a system and method that facilitates consistency maintenance and recovery from a system or process crash with valid data. A data consistency maintenance and recovery system and... |
| 6751635 |
File deletion and truncation using a zombie file space |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method and system for reliably performing extra-long operations in a reliable state-full system (such as a file system). The file system includes a separate portion of the file system reserved for files... |
| 6751634 |
Method and system for detecting object inconsistency in a loosely consistent replicated directory service |
| Jun-15-2004 |
The invention describes a system for detecting partial changes to data-structures of interest. If an inter-related set of data items are to be used then it is of value to know that the data items are undergoing... |
| 6751625 |
Record medium and method of controlling access to record medium |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A record medium includes a root-directory datum "c1" indicating only a root directory, a plurality of root-directory location data "en" through "eN", and a plurality of hierarchical root-directory data... |
| 6751616 |
Techniques for DLM optimization with re-mapping responsibility for lock management |
| Jun-15-2004 |
Techniques for optimizing a distributed lock manager (DLM) for faster reconfiguration includes using a constant hash function to associate each resource of a plurality of shared resources with a hash value.... |
| 6745213 |
Method and apparatus to facilitate testing of garbage collection implementations |
| Jun-1-2004 |
One embodiment of the present mechanism provides a system to facilitate testing of garbage collection implementations. The system operates by first receiving a trace of valid memory transactions at a test... |
| 6745209 |
Synchronization of plural databases in a database replication system |
| Jun-1-2004 |
In a database synchronization process, a block of data is read from a source database at the first node. A marker is assigned to the block of data, and the marker is then written to an audit trail at the... |
| 6745207 |
System and method for managing virtual storage |
| Jun-1-2004 |
Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for the management of virtual storage. The system and method include an object-oriented computer hardware/software model that... |
| 6742017 |
Data storage system having separate data transfer section and message network with pointer or counters |
| May-25-2004 |
A system interface includes a plurality of first directors, a plurality of second directors, a data transfer section and a message network. The data transfer section includes a cache memory. The cache... |
| 6742006 |
Method and apparatus for selective execution of a computer program |
| May-25-2004 |
A method and apparatus for ensuring that code being executed by a data processing system conforms to a platform standard. As an example, one embodiment of the present invention validates Pure Java platform... |
| 6742005 |
Method and system for validity checking a computer file of content for acceptable permitted design attributes |
| May-25-2004 |
A method for validity checking a file with permitted design features stored in a profile specification. The profile specification is defined by a plurality of page components having elements with attributes,... |
| 6741994 |
Method and automatic organization of data |
| May-25-2004 |
A data organization application allowing the automatic organization of input data into fields of a record of a database is provided. The database is maintained by a separate application. To organize data,... |
| 6738773 |
Method and system for transforming data between disparate capacity database systems |
| May-18-2004 |
In many computer systems, the rate of data from an input source may become significantly faster than a processor's ability to respond. This situation occurs when a faster and more modern system writes... |
| 6738768 |
System and method for efficient information capture |
| May-18-2004 |
Provided is a system and method for enabling a user to efficiently capture information from a data processing system user interface. A user performs information capture actions such as browsing user interface... |
| 6735603 |
Logical volume data structure determining configuration status of logical volume based on comparing values of examined volume epoch identifiers on each on-line extent |
| May-11-2004 |
Volume configuration data management systems and methods are described. A logical volume provider maintains an epoch number on each of the extents comprising a volume. Upon each change in the configuration... |
| 6735602 |
Method and apparatus for integration of event monitoring systems |
| May-11-2004 |
A method and apparatus for integrating event monitoring and management information from a plurality of different event monitoring and management systems are provided. With the method and apparatus, an... |
| 6735601 |
System and method for remote file access by computer |
| May-11-2004 |
Applications, which consist of one or more files containing executable code and/or data, are stored preferably in unmodified form in a provider system. Separately processable portions of the files contain... |
| 6735598 |
Method and apparatus for integrating data from external sources into a database system |
| May-11-2004 |
Techniques used in a relational database system for defining subclasses of built-in classes and thereby achieving columns in database tables which contain polymorphic objects of the built-in classes. The... |
| 6732270 |
Method to authenticate a network access server to an authentication server |
| May-4-2004 |
A method of authentication between servers in a three party network protocol network includes first providing at least one network access server (NAS) in communication with at least one user of the network... |
| 6732211 |
Intercepting I/O multiplexing operations involving cross-domain file descriptor sets |
| May-4-2004 |
An I/O multiplexing operation involving a cross-domain file descriptor set is intercepted. The cross-domain set is divided into a first subset corresponding to a first file type and a second subset corresponding... |
| 6732192 |
Disc recording scheme for enabling quick access to disc data |
| May-4-2004 |
A system for recording data to a disc shaped record medium. The data is recorded according to a universal disc format employing a hierarchical file system, and data within the hierarchical structure is... |
| 6732125 |
Self archiving log structured volume with intrinsic data protection |
| May-4-2004 |
A data backup system for use with a server running a storage application that writes and reads data blocks. The system includes a self archiving log structured volume for copying blocks from an active... |
| 6732124 |
Data processing system with mechanism for restoring file systems based on transaction logs |
| May-4-2004 |
A data processing system having an efficient logging mechanism which stores log records for repairing a file system when its consistency is lost. When there is a transaction attempting to update metadata... |
| 6732122 |
System and method of synchronizing replicated data |
| May-4-2004 |
A replication method is provided for synchronizing master and satellite data tables, including several acts. An identifier column is generated for each table of a tree of master tables. The tree of master... |
| 6728768 |
Method and apparatus for improving dynamic simple network management protocol GetNext processing |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A method and apparatus for improving dynamic simple network management protocol GetNext processing is disclosed. The method and apparatus supports dynamic information in SNMP by building the "GetNext"... |
| 6728735 |
Restartable dump that produces a consistent filesystem on tapes |
| Apr-27-2004 |
The invention provides a method and system for performing a dump operation that preserves partial results of an aborted or interrupted dump, and allows restarting the dump from near where it was stopped.... |
| 6728733 |
System, method, and program product for administrating document file in computerized network system |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A document file administrative system includes a plurality of client computers each accessible by a user, a server computer containing document files each having an attribute relating to a node constituting... |
| 6728716 |
Client-server filter computing system supporting relational database records and linked external files operable for distributed file system |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A client-server computing system is disclosed for supporting relational database records and linked external files. The system comprises one or more servers for storing external files, and a plurality... |
| 6728712 |
System for updating internet address changes |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A process and system for updating desired inter- or intra-net addresses at a client computer. There is provided a plurality of client computers, a database accessible by each of the client computers, a... |
| 6725238 |
Method, system, and program for using a remotely accessed desktop interface and network drive to access a shared file system |
| Apr-20-2004 |
Disclosed is a method, system, and program for accessing a shared file system that is accessible to a first computer. The shared file system includes files in at least one file format compatible with at... |
| 6721766 |
Restoring multiple work items simultaneously from backup and data restore |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A backup and restore system includes a work item server for restoring multiple work times simultaneously. The work item server assigns each work item to a respective trail queue based upon the commonality... |
| 6721747 |
Method and apparatus for an information server |
| Apr-13-2004 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for managing information in an information resource system containing a server, a client, and a database, by generating metadata using an import agent,... |
| 6721739 |
System and method for maintaining and recovering data consistency across multiple pages |
| Apr-13-2004 |
The present invention provides a system and method that facilitates data consistency maintenance between two segments of memory. A data consistency maintenance and recovery system and method of the present... |
| 6718469 |
System and method for executing computer virus definitions containing general purpose programming language extensions |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A system and method for executing computer virus definitions containing general purpose programming language extensions is described. One or more virus definition records are stored in a computer virus... |
| 6718346 |
Generating summary data for a requested time period having a requested start time and end time a plurality of data records |
| Apr-6-2004 |
Apparatus and method for use in a network of, for example, computers, for generating summary data, such as traffic summary information, from a plurality of data records, the data records having a different... |
| 6718343 |
Recycle managing system and recycle managing method |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A recycle managing system manages the payers and recycle points allocated to each payer in the case where the expenses for the recycle points restored to the consumers in response to returns of the recycle... |
