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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7937297 | RFID system using SOA An RFID edge server can associate with multiple RFID readers at a location, a service bus can receive RFID data from the RFID edge server and make the RFID data available to multiple services that consume the RFID data. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7840614 | Virtual content repository application program interface An application program interface (API) embodied on one or more computer readable media, comprising a first group of services related to integrating content repositories into virtual content repositories (VCRs), a second group of services related to manipulating info... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835954 | Event boxcarring of RFID information sent from RFID edge server An RFID edge server using an application server allows for improvements in an RFID system. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831999 | System and method for single security administration A method for providing single security administration comprising the steps of: allowing a client (e.g. a Tuxedo client) to access a default security plugin; issuing a call (e.g. tpinit) to an LDAP authentication server at a first (e.g. Tuxedo) server; passing query ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831655 | System and method for implementing a service adapter A service adapter can be used to connect a client application to an enterprise system, or to connect application components, that otherwise might be unable to communicate with each other. A service adapter can invoke a service in the enterprise system, and can allow... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823189 | System and method for dynamic role association A pluggable architecture allows security and business logic plugins to be inserted into a security service hosted by a server, and to control access to one or more secured resources on that server, on another server within the security domain, or between security do... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7823136 | Callbacks for monitoring driver-level statistics A JAVA Database Connectivity (JDBC) subsystem includes a connection pool and prepared statement cache, which allows application to interact with a database. The JDBC subsystem can include a profiling component and a statistics monitoring component that maintain prof... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818742 | Portal federated applications and portal federated web applications A customer portal application can reference a module. The files of the module can be combined with the files of the customer portal application wherein the files of the customer portal application take precedence. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818618 | System and method for performing compensation work In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing compensation work. These mechanisms and methods can enable embodiments to provide design patterns for implementing compensation work. The ability of embodiments to provide desig... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818370 | Event server using clustering An event server receiving input streams of events and producing output streams of events is adapted to be clustered with other event servers. The event server uses configuration data to control the event processing. The event server multicasting updates of the confi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818344 | System and method for providing nested types for content management In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing nested variables in a content management system. These mechanisms and methods for providing nested variables in a content management system can enable users to model types that c... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7814556 | System and method for protecting APIs from untrusted or less trusted applications In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for securing execution of untrusted applications. These mechanisms and methods for securing execution of untrusted applications can enable embodiments to provide a “sandbox” environment in... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814484 | System and method for web application extensibility Resources provided by web applications can be extended through the implementation of library modules and extensions. Library modules stored outside a web application can provide resources in a web application environment as if they were part of the web application i... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814423 | Method for providing a graphical user interface A method for rendering a portal graphical user interface (GUI), comprising providing for the representation of a GUI desktop, a GUI look and feel, and a GUI book as a set of controls wherein the controls can be organized in a logical hierarchy, traversing the repres... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814409 | System and method for configuring a document Embodiments of the present invention enable efficient presentation of user information. A user identifier is presented on a page. In response to a selection of a user identifier, one or more user information modules are utilized to return information relating to the... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7814226 | System and method for supporting service networks in a service-oriented architecture environment A system and method for supporting Service Networks in a SOA environment. In accordance with an embodiment, the principles governing the topology of computer networks can be similarly applied to the service space—from small federated Service Segments (or sub-domai... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810036 | Systems and methods for personalizing a portal A system and method for configuring a portal, comprising providing a first user interface operable to define and/or manage the portal; providing a second user interface operable to define and/or manage personalization of the portal; and wherein the portal can includ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809837 | User interface for configuring web services for remote portlets A web services system enables web servers to serve pages that utilize remote portlets. A consumer system serves pages that utilize remote portlets stored on one or more producer systems. An improved user interface enables a user to select a portlet from a page on a ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805499 | RFID edge server with security WSRM An RFID edge server can associate with multiple RFID readers at a location. The RFID edge server can include an application server using a Web Services Reliable Messaging to transfer RFID data. ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805459 | Extensible controls for a content data repository An extensible control interface is provided to simplify access to the content management repository. Developers can write extension interfaces associated with new data types, where the extension interfaces extend the extensible control and are annotated with the con... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7797697 | System and method for deploying applications with library modules Federated applications are configured to use both modules created for the applications as well as library modules which perform commonly used functions. The library modules are stored separately for deployment when utilized by applications. A deployment descriptor i... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7797540 | Predictive support system for software Signatures indicating potential problems can be used by a predictive support component. The predictive support component can check to see if a signature matches data for a data source associated with the software. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796014 | Metadata-based configuration of RFID readers A computer readable medium can be a metadata-based description of the configuration of an RFID reader. An RFID edge server can interact with the metadata-based description to configure the RFID reader. ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793302 | System and method for dynamic remote object activation A system and a method for dynamic or as-needed activation of Remote Method Invocation (RMI) layer remote objects in response to a client request. Object activation allows the system to clean up or delete currently unused remote objects, and then reactivate them when... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792969 | Message interface for configuring web services for remote portlets A web services system enables web servers to serve pages that utilize remote portlets stored on remote systems. A consumer system serves pages that utilize remote portlets stored on one or more producer systems. When a user system accesses a page utilizing a remote ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788716 | Token handler API A token handler API which can be instantiated to allow for custom token types. The token handler API can interact with a web service security handler and security service provider interfaces of security framework in order to do a number of security functions such as... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788660 | Resource adapter classloading In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for loading a class with a resource adapter classloader and enabling the class to be accessible by other components that interconnect with the resource adapter. In an embodiment, a method for ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788497 | Credential mapping of WebLogic and database user ids A connection pool can use a credential mapper to map credentials for an application server into a credential to use with the database management system. This can allow objects such as an Enterprise Java Bean to access the database with more specific credentials than... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788386 | System and method for shaping traffic In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for shaping traffic. These mechanisms and methods for shaping traffic can enable embodiments to control traffic flow at a network gatekeeper based upon policies implementing service level agre... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784047 | Common management model for distributed server network Custom management capability is provided through MBeans over a distributed management domain. The management domain is a collection of distributed servers that are managed as a unit, wherein the management system of the present invention presents an API for providin... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7784033 | JDBC monitoring and diagnostics enhancements Applications can interact with a database using a JDBC subsystem. The JDBC subsystem includes a connection pool with multiple connections, and parses database requests to produce statements to be sent to a database management system (DBMS). A previously parsed state... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783670 | Client server conversion for representing hierarchical data structures Systems and methods for the creation of trees for representing hierarchical data structures are provided. Trees are created on a server, with the tree having nodes that are associated with paths on a server. Each node is associated with a resource locator indicating... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778998 | Liquid data services In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, there are provided mechanisms and methods for using query plans for building and performance tuning services accessed on behalf of a requestor. These mechanisms and methods for using query plans for building a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774780 | Systems and methods for automatic retry of transactions The feature of automatic retry of container-managed transactions configures the container to allow automatic retries of container-managed transactions that have been rolled back due to exceptions thrown at runtime. More specifically, on a per method basis, the conta... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774754 | System and method for software application development using virtual path mapping A development-oriented split-source directory structure, that can be used with an application server and which solves a number of the problems associated with traditional Enterprise Archive (EAR) files. In particular, the split-source directory structure presents a ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774697 | System and method for structuring distributed applications A system and method for accepting a communication, comprising providing the communication to a controller, associating a model with said communication, determining a state of the model based on said communication, providing a view based on the state of the model, an... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774601 | Method for delegated administration A system and method for providing a containment model of role capabilities wherein a parent role can obtain the capabilities of its child role(s). ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774485 | Dynamic service composition and orchestration A system, method and media for service infrastructure that enables dynamic service composition and orchestration. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects and objects of the inven... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774403 | System and method for concentration and load-balancing of requests A system and method for concentration and load-balancing of requests in a distributed computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a system and a method for reducing the number of connections in an Internet environment using one or a plurality of connect... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770185 | Interceptor method and system for web services for remote portlets In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing interceptors between producer(s) and consumer(s) of content in a remote portal system. These mechanisms and methods for providing interceptors between producer(s) and consumer(s)... | 08/03/2010 |
