| 5765153 |
Information handling system, method, and article of manufacture including object system authorization and registration |
| Jun-9-1998 |
A system, method and article of manufacture, for improving object security in distributed object systems, in an information handling system employing object oriented technology, includes one or more processors,... |
| 5761661 |
Data management system and method |
| Jun-2-1998 |
The present invention consists of a data management system having a centrally located host computer, at least one trading partner output data file that communicates with the host computer, a data management... |
| 5761662 |
Personalized information retrieval using user-defined profile |
| Jun-2-1998 |
An automatic method and system for retrieving information based on a user-defined profile (e.g. a personalized newspaper). A user-controlled client establishes communication with a stateless server, the... |
| 5758356 |
High concurrency and recoverable B-tree index management method and system |
| May-26-1998 |
A database management system for accessing the same B-tree index by a plurality of transactions. When a transaction is intercepted at the intermediate stage of an index structure modification process executed... |
| 5758340 |
System and method for controlled, multi-tiered subsetting of a data model |
| May-26-1998 |
The present invention is a data processing system and method for providing controlled, multi-tiered checkout of a subset of a first data model storage (111) to a second data model storage (111). The present... |
| 5758339 |
Method of identifying shared and unshared information using system chapters, a sysplex chapter, a table of contents, and a header |
| May-26-1998 |
The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and memory for providing data manipulation capabilities in a distributed processing complex comprised of multiple interconnected... |
| 5754938 |
Pseudonymous server for system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects |
| May-19-1998 |
This invention relates to customized electronic identification of desirable objects, such as news articles, in an electronic media environment, and in particular to a system that automatically constructs... |
| 5754864 |
Software piracy detection system |
| May-19-1998 |
A system is provided for detecting pirated copies of a serialized software program. The system has a remote computer including a remote memory for storing a program, a remote revision level, and a program... |
| 5740422 |
Method and apparatus for resource management for a lan server enterprise |
| Apr-14-1998 |
A method and architecture for the administration of large cells in an Open System Foundation/Distributed Computing Environment (OSF/DCE). The architecture organizes the Cell Directory Service (CDS) name... |
| 5729734 |
File privilege administration apparatus and methods |
| Mar-17-1998 |
An improved file service administration method is disclosed in a computer network having an administrator account and a user account. The administrator account has an administrator privilege, and the user... |
| 5724578 |
File managing system for managing files shared with a plurality of users |
| Mar-3-1998 |
A file managing system manages a plurality of files shared with a plurality of users. The files are linked to each other, and are controlled in accordance with link information. File control information... |
| 5721906 |
Multiple repositories of computer resources, transparent to user |
| Feb-24-1998 |
The invention concerns a system for managing resources, which can take the form of (a) computer-compatible information, such as data files and programs, and (b) non-computer-compatible information, such... |
| 5717917 |
Method of controlling information on data links and apparatus for controlling information on data links |
| Feb-10-1998 |
A method of controlling information on data links is provided which allows a user to establish a new link between a data which is being referred to by some other user or task and another data and to update... |
| 5715448 |
Open database system wherein access by subscribers to a network is limited |
| Feb-3-1998 |
Data of textiles for various types of items offered by a different textile company stored in an integrated database (DR) of a data service company item by item, and data of business results relating to... |
| 5713017 |
Dual counter consistency control for fault tolerant network file servers |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A consistency control method for a fault tolerant file system. Data files in this fault tolerant file system are replicated on file system servers. The update request will be sent to all the file servers.... |
| 5713018 |
System and method for providing safe SQL-level access to a database |
| Jan-27-1998 |
A distributed computer system has an information server and a plurality of client computers coupled by one or more communication paths to the information server. The information server includes a database... |
| 5710916 |
Method and apparatus for similarity matching of handwritten data objects |
| Jan-20-1998 |
Apparatus for determining a distance between two handwritten strings in a database. A processor extracts global features from each string. The processor divides the string into strokes, and identifies... |
| 5708812 |
Method and apparatus for Migrating from a source domain network controller to a target domain network controller |
| Jan-13-1998 |
A method and apparatus are described for facilitating the migration of accounts from a source domain to a target domain in a computer network without affecting the capability of users and services associated... |
| 5708808 |
Method and apparatus for concurrency with critical regions |
| Jan-13-1998 |
Allows concurrency for user program and device operations for user program's device request (10), by returning immediately to user program (16) when device becomes busy (12), switching back to device driver... |
| 5706507 |
System and method for controlling access to data located on a content server |
| Jan-6-1998 |
The content of free speech over distributed networks, such as the Internet, is often inappropriate for minors as well as offensive to some adults. The invention comprises an advisory server operated by,... |
| 5701458 |
System and method for managing arbitrary subsets of access control lists in a computer network |
| Dec-23-1997 |
A system and method for managing access control lists (ACL) in a data processing system with a hierarchical object structure permits manipulation of an arbitrary set of ACLs and individual entries within... |
| 5696966 |
Service order system having staged databases which perform request validation and conflict recognition |
| Dec-9-1997 |
A number of work stations are configured as clients in a client-server environment. The clients enter requests that must be validated and approved prior to loading into mainframe databases. This occurs... |
| 5696898 |
System and method for database access control |
| Dec-9-1997 |
A system and method for selectively controlling database access by providing a system and method that allows a network administrator or manager to restrict specific system users from accessing information... |
| 5694595 |
Remote user profile management administration in a computer network |
| Dec-2-1997 |
A security system interface which uses the message passing capability of the distributed application to send messages to remote copies of itself and the security system at the remote system to carry out... |
| 5694590 |
Apparatus and method for the detection of security violations in multilevel secure databases |
| Dec-2-1997 |
A tool for assisting an operator to detect security violations in a multilevel secure database. The database stores data classified at a plurality of security levels, where the different users of the database... |
| 5692179 |
Information retrieving apparatus |
| Nov-25-1997 |
An information retrieving apparatus has a retrieving section, a security judging section and an input/display section. The retrieving section retrieves whether or not the security level of an inquirer... |
| 5692124 |
Support of limited write downs through trustworthy predictions in multilevel security of computer network communications |
| Nov-25-1997 |
A method is disclosed for limited write downs of data from higher security classification users to lower security classification users across computer networks, while preserving the security of classified... |
| 5689701 |
System and method for providing compatibility between distributed file system namespaces and operating system pathname syntax |
| Nov-18-1997 |
A system and method facilitating an operating system user's ability to reference objects in a distributed file system having an incompatible namespace. Compatibility is thereby provided between DFS namespaces... |
| 5689699 |
Dynamic verification of authorization in retention management schemes for data processing systems |
| Nov-18-1997 |
In a retention management scheme, an object, such as a document or folder, is provided with an expiration time in the form of a time stamp attribute. The identification of the security subject providing... |
| 5684987 |
Management system of multimedia |
| Nov-4-1997 |
A management system of a multimedia comprises a multimedia apparatus and a multimedia controller for managing and controlling the multimedia apparatus. The management system has processing means for transmitting... |
| 5684951 |
Method and system for user authorization over a multi-user computer system |
| Nov-4-1997 |
A method and system for performing user authorization in a multi-user computer system. The novel method has particular application to the multi-user internet protocol. Within the system, an application... |
| 5680608 |
Method and system for avoiding blocking in a data processing system having a sort-merge network |
| Oct-21-1997 |
In a system having producer and consumer processes, a producing process look ahead in its outgoing data stream to ensure that there is data available to consumers on all outgoing streams. The producer... |
| 5678046 |
Method and apparatus for distributing files on a file storage device |
| Oct-14-1997 |
A method and apparatus for storing and retrieving images of documents, e.g. checks. The method comprises placing a plurality of documents in a document imaging machine and forming an electronic image of... |
| 5678041 |
System and method for restricting user access rights on the internet based on rating information stored in a relational database |
| Oct-14-1997 |
A system and method for selectively controlling database access by providing a system and method that allows a network administrator or manager to restrict specific system users from accessing information... |
| 5671360 |
Project management tool implementing authority for a people oriented work environment tool |
| Sep-23-1997 |
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently representing, maintaining and managing a project and enclosed lifecycles in a data processing system used to support a people-oriented... |
| 5664207 |
Systems and methods for automatically sharing information among remote/mobile nodes |
| Sep-2-1997 |
Information is automatically shared among a plurality of remote/mobile data processing nodes which are temporarily and intermittently linked to a data processing server by distributing an information form... |
| 5664183 |
Application of groupware to ISO 9000 registration via facilitated work sessions |
| Sep-2-1997 |
A network application for automatically formatting and printing documents to be used as training and planning manuals to be used by organizational personnel in preparation for an ISO 9000 audit. The outputted... |
| 5664109 |
Method for extracting pre-defined data items from medical service records generated by health care providers |
| Sep-2-1997 |
A central medical record repository for a managed health care organization accepts and stores medical record documents in any format from medical service providers. The repository then identifies the document... |
| 5659746 |
Method for storing and retrieving digital data transmissions |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A method for storing and retrieving electronically transmitted data through the use of distributed indices. Data to be stored is received and automatically stored and indexed on the basis of information... |
| 5659735 |
Object-oriented system for program version and history database management system for various program components |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A distributed program history database system is designed for use on a client-server network. The system consists of a plurality of program history servers which maintain version information for various... |
| 5659732 |
Document retrieval over networks wherein ranking and relevance scores are computed at the client for multiple database documents |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A document search method using a plurality of databases available from one or more servers using one or more search engines. For each database, the number of records is determined and reported, as well... |
| 5659727 |
Computer program product and program storage device for encoding, storing, and retrieving hierarchical data processing information for a computer system |
| Aug-19-1997 |
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised... |
| 5659729 |
Method and system for implementing hypertext scroll attributes |
| Aug-19-1997 |
Embodiments of the present invention use a new extension to the HTML language to support remotely specified named anchors. A remotely specified named anchor, when embedded within a source document, instructs... |
| 5649196 |
System and method for distributed storage management on networked computer systems using binary object identifiers |
| Jul-15-1997 |
The present invention is directed to a system and method for the distributed management of the storage space and data on a networked computer system wherein the networked computer system includes at least... |
| 5649194 |
Unification of directory service with file system services |
| Jul-15-1997 |
A software system unifies directory services with the file system. Directory service entries and other files are all stored in a common logical format, such as an object format. The unification of files... |
| 5649185 |
Method and means for providing access to a library of digitized documents and images |
| Jul-15-1997 |
Library service protocols are provided for moving large data objects into an out of a data image library with attention to security, authentication, and consistency of related images stored in different... |
| 5649182 |
Apparatus and method for organizing timeline data |
| Jul-15-1997 |
An apparatus and method for organizing timeline data includes a computer system having a software program associated therewith capable of receiving a plurality of data messages associated with a calendar... |
| 5644711 |
Multi-privileged level directory access on the AT&T worldworxsm personal conferencing service |
| Jul-1-1997 |
A method and an apparatus for protection of a private directory such as those provided by AT&T.RTM.'s WorldWorx.SM. Personal Conferencing Service in a wide area network. A directory is protected through... |
| 5636346 |
Method and system for selectively targeting advertisements and programming |
| Jun-3-1997 |
A method and system for selectively targeting advertisements and programming to different demographically and specially targeted television audiences by relating carrier subscriber data to other proprietary... |
| 5634122 |
System and method for multi-level token management for distributed file systems |
| May-27-1997 |
A system and method for controlling access to shared resources in a distributed computer system. Access to shared resources is controlled by a local authorization token manager. Only computer processes... |
