| 6208991 |
Dynamic file mapping for network computers |
| Mar-27-2001 |
File mappings are dynamically loaded within an operating data processing system appended to existing file or directory mappings during operation rather than being loaded during system initialization. A... |
| 6208984 |
Method and system of determining access to records of members of a community |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A method of authorizing access to records of members of a community in response to a request by a user may comprise determining if a relationship exists between the user requesting access to a record of... |
| 6205480 |
System and method for web server user authentication |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A method and system for automatically authenticating a user to applications in a network environment. After an initial authentication procedure, the user's identity is mapped into a network credential... |
| 6202066 |
Implementation of role/group permission association using object access type |
| Mar-13-2001 |
Security administration in a computer system is simplified by defining a new and independent entity called an Object Access Type (OAT). OATs comprise access control specifications associating roles with... |
| 6199065 |
Online information delivery system including replicated sites from which information can be delivered |
| Mar-6-2001 |
Information stored at a site remote from a user (1) is accessible by the user via a communications network (4), such as the Internet or an Intranet. In order to provide a degree of fault tolerance, the... |
| 6195660 |
On-line directory service |
| Feb-27-2001 |
A directory service has a number of databases and a processing system with a number of processors. A first processor receives requests and passes them to one of a number of other processors to access one... |
| 6192396 |
Electronic mail with recipient-specific content |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A computerized messaging system which authors messages that contain recipient-specific content, such that each recipient does not necessarily receive a message that is identical to all other recipients.... |
| 6192380 |
Automatic web based form fill-in |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A method and apparatus for automatic web form fill-in is provided. A web page is accessed. A form included in the web page is recognized. Data is automatically filled into the form from a database. |
| 6192362 |
System and method for creating a search form for accessing directory information |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A system and method for creating a search form for accessing directory information is disclosed. The system comprises a server (200) for receiving a directory request, wherein said directory request comprises... |
| 6192361 |
Full group privileges access system providing user access security protection for a telecommunications switching system |
| Feb-20-2001 |
A full group privileges access mechanism which provides security protection for a telecommunications switching system which is accessible by users using a computer. The full group privileges access mechanism... |
| 6189008 |
Dynamic digital asset management |
| Feb-13-2001 |
Method and apparatus are utilized in a system for distributing digital contents from a central server to a plurality of endpoint servers for further distribution to end users for automatically managing... |
| 6185564 |
Generation and validation of reference handles in a multithreading environment |
| Feb-6-2001 |
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for generating and validating reference handles for consumers requiring access to resources in a multi-threaded environment of a computer system.... |
| 6185556 |
Method and apparatus for changing temporal database |
| Feb-6-2001 |
A method and apparatus accepts a query to update or delete rows in a temporal table of a database. The query may describe which rows are to be updated, a calculation for the value to be used to update... |
| 6182081 |
Method for performing in interactive review of data contents of a computer |
| Jan-30-2001 |
The present invention protects a computer user from exposure to offensive materials from the Internet or other sources, by allowing a user without any computer knowledge or experience to determine if the... |
| 6178429 |
Mechanism for ensuring SCM database consistency on multi-part operation boundaries |
| Jan-23-2001 |
A mechanism for guaranteeing a coherent repository, including a list of requested files that are to be committed to the repository or to be processed (e.g. read) by an operation, and a list of "protected"... |
| 6178423 |
System and method for recycling numerical values in a computer system |
| Jan-23-2001 |
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for generating and validating reference handles for consumers requiring access to resources in a computer system. The system of the present invention... |
| 6178420 |
Related term extraction apparatus, related term extraction method, and a computer-readable recording medium having a related term extraction program recorded thereon |
| Jan-23-2001 |
The present invention is intended to allow a user to easily and precisely extract related terms through use of mutual information without requiring morphological analysis or syntax analysis, by constituting... |
| 6178422 |
Information registration method and document information processing apparatus |
| Jan-23-2001 |
In a document information processing apparatus handling a large amount of documents, when a document is registered, retrieval data for document retrieval is created for each registered document. Moreover,... |
| 6178413 |
Database program with automatic creation of user features |
| Jan-23-2001 |
Integrated document management system automatically creates pull down lists and pop up buttons based on the project specifications. |
| 6173316 |
Wireless communication device with markup language based man-machine interface |
| Jan-9-2001 |
A system, method, and software product provide a wireless communications device with a markup language based man-machine interface. The man-machine interface provides a user interface for the various telecommunications... |
| 6173289 |
Apparatus and method for performing actions on object-oriented software objects in a directory services system |
| Jan-9-2001 |
A system and method of providing associations between resources and actions in a network includes the steps of providing, in a database schema an action object class defining the structure and attributes... |
| 6173282 |
Electronic sealed envelope |
| Jan-9-2001 |
Restricted data is stored on a smart card having a memory and a processor. Preferably the restricted data is stored in groups. The smart card may store a record of users authorized to access certain groups... |
| 6167568 |
Method and apparatus for implementing electronic software distribution |
| Dec-26-2000 |
An embodiment consistent with the present invention includes a method and apparatus for performing software distribution of a software product electronically. Readiness criteria information associated... |
| 6167392 |
Method and apparatus for private information retrieval from a single electronic storage device |
| Dec-26-2000 |
A method and apparatus for privately retrieving information from a single electronic storage device (e.g., a database) is described. An inquiring processor identifies a portion of a database memory with... |
| 6161110 |
System, method and computer product for interactively presenting event data |
| Dec-12-2000 |
A system, method and computer program product for interactively enhancing and presenting event data includes an enhancing portion and a presentation server. The enhancing portion includes a case enhancer... |
| 6157929 |
System apparatus and method for managing the use and storage of digital information |
| Dec-5-2000 |
A system, apparatus and method for managing the storage and use of digital information. The digital information can comprise both time-based information, such as digital video and digital audio, and static... |
| 6154751 |
Method for executing a user-requested CGI program in a new authentication context while protecting operation of a default web server program |
| Nov-28-2000 |
A method of executing Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs in a computer network having a Web client and a Web server, the server connectable to a secure distributed file system of a distributed computing... |
| 6154741 |
Entitlement management and access control system |
| Nov-28-2000 |
The invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for determining accessor entitlement to a resource in response to an accessor request for access to the resource. The invention associates... |
| 6151599 |
Web client scripting test architecture for web server-based authentication |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A test page including a statement invoking an executable periodically reloading the test page is placed on a Web server having a security plug-in to be tested. The test page may include multiple frames,... |
| 6145080 |
Method for safely transferring data and applications onto a chipcard |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method is disclosed in a number of embodiments, which use an identifier to control and limit the operation of a command and/or security code to one or more subdomains, such as directories, of a file... |
| 6144959 |
System and method for managing user accounts in a communication network |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A system and method for managing user accounts in a distributed network that provides authentication to a client user account is provided. The system authenticates a user to a directory services database... |
| 6138119 |
Techniques for defining, using and manipulating rights management data structures |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A descriptive data structure provides an abstract representation of a rights management data structure such as a secure container. The abstract representation may describe, for example, the layout of the... |
| 6138120 |
System for sharing server sessions across multiple clients |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A session context on a server can be shared between multiple, independent clients by employing many-to-one mapping of sessions to session context. Once a session context is established on the server, the... |
| 6134706 |
Software business objects in a multi-level organizational structure |
| Oct-17-2000 |
The present invention relates to a method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technical foundation for the development... |
| 6134550 |
Method and apparatus for use in determining validity of a certificate in a communication system employing trusted paths |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A method and apparatus constructs a preferred certificate chain, such as a list of all certificate authorities in a shortest trusted path, based on generated certificate chain data, such as a table of... |
| 6134553 |
Method for using region-sets to focus searches in hierarchical structures |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A method improves a search in a hierarchical structure by focusing the search to selected regions within the structure. The method defines one or more region-sets and uses the region-set(s) as either a... |
| 6134549 |
Client/server computer system having personalizable and securable views of database data |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A client/server computer system having personalizable views of database data. The personalizable views programmed in client profiles which are customized for each client in the client/server computer system.... |
| 6128611 |
Internet-enabled generic application program for accessing hierarchical data |
| Oct-3-2000 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for accessing a hierarchical database. An objects framework models the database as one or more objects. An Internet-enabled generic application program accesses... |
| 6122741 |
Distributed method of and system for maintaining application program security |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A method of and system for managing access by a plurality of users to a plurality of application programs by maintaining a security database accessible by each of said application programs. In response... |
| 6122631 |
Dynamic server-managed access control for a distributed file system |
| Sep-19-2000 |
A method and apparatus for providing dynamically controlling access to files in a client/server system. A client wanting access to a file first requests a token from an object server. The object server... |
| 6119115 |
Method and computer program product for reducing lock contention in a multiple instruction execution stream processing environment |
| Sep-12-2000 |
A method, computer program product, and data structure for reducing the contention for a global lock that impairs system efficiency. An object is assigned or has thereon a positive reference count and... |
| 6115709 |
Method and system for constructing a knowledge profile of a user having unrestricted and restricted access portions according to respective levels of confidence of content of the portions |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A method of constructing a user knowledge profile, having distinct public and private portions with different access restrictions, requires assigning a confidence level to content within an electronic... |
| 6112202 |
Method and system for identifying authoritative information resources in an environment with content-based links between information resources |
| Aug-29-2000 |
A system and method are provided for searching for desired items from a network of information resources. In particular, the system and method have advantageous applicability to searching for World Wide... |
| 6112196 |
Method and system for managing connections to a database management system by reusing connections to a database subsystem |
| Aug-29-2000 |
A system and method for processing a request utilizing a database management system in a computer system is disclosed. The database management system manages at least one database. At least one database... |
| 6108656 |
Automatic access of electronic information through machine-readable codes on printed documents |
| Aug-22-2000 |
The present invention is a system and method for providing automated access to electronic information stored in a database in either a local or remote location. The system utilizes a machine-readable code... |
| 6105039 |
Generation and validation of reference handles |
| Aug-15-2000 |
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for generating and validating reference handles for consumers requiring access to resources in a computer system. The system of the present invention... |
| 6105027 |
Techniques for eliminating redundant access checking by access filters |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A scalable access filter that is used together with others like it in a virtual private network to control access by users at clients in the network to information resources provided by servers in the... |
| 6105031 |
System for real-time device data management |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A real-time device data management (RTNDD) system for managing access to data describing devices in a telecommunications network. The RTNDD system maintains a partition data structure for each device.... |
| 6098067 |
Remote computer management system |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A computer management system for managing files and executing applications on multiple, remote networked computers from a single server. A hierarchical system is defined where each computer is a named... |
| 6088796 |
Secure middleware and server control system for querying through a network firewall |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A secure access query system incorporating a messenger system. The system includes a communication server for receiving queries from a user and transmitting replies to the user, an application server for... |
