| 7039686 |
Music-data reproducing system using a download program |
| May-2-2006 |
A data card 101 with music data accumulated therein is inserted into a portable telephone 110 to fetch the music data into the portable telephone, and application software suitable for a music... |
| 7037196 |
Portable toy, portable information terminal, entertainment system, and recording medium |
| May-2-2006 |
A portable information terminal inserted in an entertainment apparatus operates as if it had a life therein and functions as company that the user can talk to. The portable information terminal comprises... |
| 7031263 |
Method and apparatus for network management system |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A network management system has a bus and a system controller connected to the bus. The bus has a plurality of fixed ports, where each of the ports is capable of connecting a router card to the system... |
| 7028295 |
Dynamic java class loading for application execution |
| Apr-11-2006 |
Methods and an apparatus for downloading an application over a distributed network are provided. One exemplary method includes a computer implemented method executed by a general purpose computer, where... |
| 7028296 |
Distributing computer programs to a customer's multiple client computers through a hypertext markup language document distributed to and stored on the customer's network server computer |
| Apr-11-2006 |
the transmission to and the storage in a customer server computer connected to a network of a plurality of client computers, a Hypertext Markup Language document that includes an embedded program applet... |
| 7020868 |
Graphic application development system for a medical imaging system |
| Mar-28-2006 |
A workstation is programmed to operate as an application development system for a medical imaging system. Objects programmed in an object-oriented language are selected from a component library using a... |
| 7003783 |
Method and device for providing downloaded objects to an application |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method and device for providing downloaded objects to an application including downloading from a received transport stream a module containing an object requested by an application, storing the downloaded... |
| 7003767 |
System and method for remotely updating software applications |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A system and method are disclosed for remotely updating a software application on both thin client and non-thin client workstations while the software application is open on the client workstation. The... |
| 6990662 |
Method and system for offloading execution and resources for resource-constrained networked devices |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A method for offloading execution load from a resource-constrained device to allow the device to run a resource intensive software program. A program is accessed using a first device and determines whether... |
| 6983315 |
Applet embedded cross-platform caching |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An applet is used to deliver a persistent caching mechanism. An initial package of the applet incorporates a lightweight caching mechanism into its root set of classes. The remainder of the applet are... |
| 6981253 |
Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, storage medium, and program |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The present invention is directed to software downloading by use of a storage medium. If a semiconductor memory has been loaded when the power is turned on, the CPU determines whether the root directory... |
| 6976252 |
Systems and methods for driver installation |
| Dec-13-2005 |
Systems and methods for installing device drivers are provided. In one arrangement, the systems and methods pertain to consulting an installation instructions file of a driver package, the installation... |
| 6970924 |
Methods and apparatus for monitoring end-user experience in a distributed network |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A network performance monitoring system uses a plurality of user modules, each user operating on a unique user machine coupled to one or more provider servers and an experience test server for collecting... |
| 6959442 |
Architecture for software for remote maintenance of a machine such as a copier |
| Oct-25-2005 |
Software in a computer which accesses one or more software-intensive devices, such as a digital copier or printer, is organized in a set of layers. A device-dependent layer converts data transferred over... |
| 6959437 |
System and method for installing printer driver software |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A system and method are provided for a network-connected printer to supply printer driver software to a network-connected computer workstation. The method comprises: receiving a request addressed to a... |
| 6959320 |
Client-side performance optimization system for streamed applications |
| Oct-25-2005 |
An client-side performance optimization system for streamed applications provides several approaches for fulfilling client-side application code and data file requests for streamed applications. A streaming... |
| 6954930 |
Remote validation of installation input data |
| Oct-11-2005 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for improving installation of software packages by performing dynamic, remote validation of various installation data before building an installation image.... |
| 6950964 |
Driver protection |
| Sep-27-2005 |
Systems and methods are provided that prevent faulty drivers from being loaded and/or can prevent faulty drivers from being installed. Thus, instability of a computer system can be mitigated. Additionally,... |
| 6948168 |
Licensed application installer |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method and system of installing licensed software on an end user's computer comprising having a program storage device and a unique computer identifier distinguishing the end user computer from other... |
| 6948169 |
Web-based factory manufacturing of computers in a build-to-order manufacturing environment |
| Sep-20-2005 |
One embodiment is a system and method for facilitating factory-installation of software in a build-to-order ("BTO") manufacturing environment using a web-based software distribution system. Subsequent... |
| 6948167 |
Data exchange method in a multi-processor system |
| Sep-20-2005 |
In the data exchange method in a multiprocessor system which has a primary processor and at least one secondary processor which communicate with one another via a system bus, with data being able to be... |
| 6944859 |
System and method for automatically installing data on a handheld computer |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A client computer requests a client-handheld conduit file from an installation server. The client computer then receives the client-handheld conduit file from the installation server and establishing a... |
| 6944857 |
Method, system, computer program product, and article of manufacture for updating a computer program according to a stored configuration |
| Sep-13-2005 |
An installation of an application program is updated by use of a stored configuration of the application program corresponding to a particular user of the local application. In response to a user request,... |
| 6944856 |
Method, system, program, and data structures for applying a patch to a computer system |
| Sep-13-2005 |
Provided is a method, system, program, and data structure for applying a patch to a computer system, wherein the patch includes content to add to the computer. A computer object is generated to include... |
| 6944521 |
Method of providing board packaging line program |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method of providing a program for a printed board packaging line is disclosed. A board packaging line coordinating computer downloads the service contract information and the application program contained... |
| 6938250 |
Image-based software installation |
| Aug-30-2005 |
A system and method for copying a run-time image independent of computer context from a source computer-readable medium to one or more target computer-readable media of a target computer. Software of the... |
| 6928653 |
Interactive electronic television program guide with database configurability |
| Aug-9-2005 |
An interactive television program guide system is provided in which an interactive television program guide is implemented on user television equipment containing a memory. The system allocates the memory... |
| 6925538 |
Extending the functionality of a multi-functional apparatus |
| Aug-2-2005 |
A multi-functional apparatus of all-in-one type has a plurality of functions and comprises a plurality of devices having respective functions, a designation device for designating one of the functions,... |
| 6925475 |
Process and apparatus for management of multimedia databases |
| Aug-2-2005 |
The management system comprises a set of specialized operational units with an acquisition module, a multimedia database, indexing and search agents that can be subdivided into subagents, an agent dedicated... |
| 6907446 |
Method and system for dynamic delivery of beads |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A method and system for providing target code to various computer systems. The target code is provided by a service. The service provides a mechanism for third-party developers to submit initial or base... |
| 6904471 |
Programmable logic controller customized function call method, system and apparatus |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A programmable logic controller with enhanced and extended the capabilities. A digital input filter implement filters with considerable less logic by simulating the action of a capacitor being driven by... |
| 6904457 |
Automatic firmware update of processor nodes |
| Jun-7-2005 |
Provided is a method, system, and program for updating the firmware in a nodal system. The nodal system includes at least two nodes, wherein each node includes a processing unit and a memory including... |
| 6898617 |
Method, system and program products for managing thread pools of a computing environment to avoid deadlock situations by dynamically altering eligible thread pools |
| May-24-2005 |
Deadlock situations within a computing environment are avoided by properly managing pools of threads used to service requests of the computing environment. When a server of the computing environment receives... |
| 6892381 |
Updating a device driver with mechanism employing two files one containing changes (variable file) and a file containing unchanged code (invariable file) downloading both to update |
| May-10-2005 |
Disclosed are a system and a method for upgrading device drivers. The system for upgrading a device driver of a user's computer through a network, including an upgrade server dividing at least one device... |
| 6892299 |
Information processor, information processing method, information processing system, control program, and storage medium |
| May-10-2005 |
To allow an appropriate printer driver to be downloaded taking into consideration identification information for a printer, control information used to control a peripheral device is determined based on... |
| 6892216 |
Common platform for use in automotive services |
| May-10-2005 |
A common platform is used in conjunction with a host computer to control various equipment sensors that perform different functions. In one aspect, the common platform is a micro-controller board, the... |
| 6889510 |
Networking system for refrigerator and method of upgrading the system |
| May-10-2005 |
A networking system for a refrigerator in which a network module available for both wireless and wire accesses to the network over the Internet is built, thereby allowing an access to an other network... |
| 6886160 |
Distribution of mainframe data in the PC environment |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A method of distributing mainframe software and data using PC-based data media is disclosed, comprising a mainframe program for converting a mainframe sequential dataset or all or part of a mainframe library... |
| 6883168 |
Methods, systems, architectures and data structures for delivering software via a network |
| Apr-19-2005 |
Methods and systems for network-based or Internet-based software delivery are described. In one embodiment, an application program or software platform resides on a client. The program or platform is configured... |
| 6883169 |
Apparatus for managing the installation of software across a network |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A software installation manager for use in a data network. The software installation manager exchanges messages with individual nodes of a set of nodes for directing the installation of a software product... |
| 6865737 |
Remote software installation and maintenance |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A human engineer using a computer system can maintain numerous software services and packages installed on a number of servers through a single master server and a computer network. Each software service... |
| 6862616 |
System and method for facilitating distributed server administration of server systems that are scalable and version independent |
| Mar-1-2005 |
System and method for facilitating distributed server administration of network server systems that are scalable and version independent. The system and method include and involve a server and a client... |
| 6859924 |
System restore apparatus and method employing virtual restore disk |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A system and method employing a virtual restore disk, such as a vendor supplied CD-ROM, allows software restoration from the vendor's software library. The customer's original software configuration is... |
| 6859925 |
Method for software installation and pre-setup |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A method for software installation and pre-setup, the installation comprising of downloading image files to a target computer during manufacture, a partition image file being used for partitioning the... |
| 6854112 |
System and method for the automatic installation and configuration of an operating system |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A system and a method for installing and configurating a package including an operating system, software products, and applications on end-user computers connected to server computers in a network. The... |
| 6854006 |
System and method for merging web based on-demand SNA application selection and TN3270 client launching |
| Feb-8-2005 |
The present invention relates to the transmission of Systems Network Architecture (SNA) information through the Internet Protocol (IP) network, and more particularly to a method and system for an SNA application... |
| 6848101 |
Software management system for providing software installation and maintenance over a network |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A software management system for processing and maintaining improved reliability of software delivered on a wide-area network. A center server includes a script describing operation of the application,... |
| 6836886 |
Method and apparatus for delivering electronic information |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for electronically obtaining a Web page in a Web browser. A Web page is requested. In response, the browser receives a bootstrap file that comprises... |
| 6836793 |
Method of distributing data packets of system software where the receiving units acknowledge only proper reception |
| Dec-28-2004 |
In a point-to-multipoint system (SYS), particularly a video-on-demand system, comprising a send unit (SERVER) in the form of a server and a plurality of receive units (DEC) in the form of decoders, a new... |
| 6834301 |
System and method for configuration, management, and monitoring of a computer network using inheritance |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A system and method using inheritance for the configuration, management, and/or monitoring of computer applications and devices via a computer network are disclosed. The method generally comprises calculating... |
