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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7792791 | Systems and methods for establishing authenticity of electronic records in an archives system Systems and/or methods for establishing and maintaining authenticity of a plurality of records and/or documentary materials to be persisted in an electronic archives system are provided. Each record and/or documentary material may be safeguarded throughout its entir... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7574694 | Method for application and infrastructure rationalization A method for application rationalization to assist clients in reducing the complexity of information technology (IT) and expedite the benefits of IT transformation. One exemplary application is described using the disclosed methodologies within the communications in... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7509676 | System and method for restricting access to an enterprise network One aspect of the invention is a method for restricting access to an enterprise network that includes determining whether a computer that may be connected to an enterprise network on a temporary basis has one or more malicious code items where the computer accompani... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7497803 | Method and apparatus to control an electro-hydraulic transmission during shifting event A method and control system is presented to selectively actuate a plurality of clutches of a two-mode, compound-split, electro-mechanical transmission. The method comprises executing a shift operation from a first to a second operating mode and monitoring shift abor... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7472421 | Computer model of security risks The security risk associated with a computer system may be quantified by identifying a computer system, identifying a risk associated with the computer system, the risk relating to an event that may interrupt a normal operating mode of the computer system, determini... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7469417 | Infrastructure method and system for authenticated dynamic security domain boundary extension A method and system for authenticated dynamic extension of security domain boundaries includes high security domain extension instructions for sequentially and dynamically forming an extended high security domain (133) through a protected communication path (... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7469285 | Generation of computer resource utilization data per computer application Reporting Unix or similar computer resource utilization per computer application includes processing a collector script during first predetermined time intervals. The collector script collects resource utilization data for processes currently running on a computer. ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7437446 | Reporting of abnormal computer resource utilization data Identifying computer resource utilization issues includes accessing resource utilization data for a computer system for a particular period of time. The resource utilization data for the particular period of time is based on resource utilization data collected while... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426485 | System, method, and computer program product for brokering data processing service licenses A system, method, and computer program product for brokering data processing service licenses, including allocation and provisioning of the licenses. Preferred embodiments includes a functional architecture for services license brokerage, a license allocation proces... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423399 | Apparatus, and associated method, for controlling the repetition rate of an intermittent windshield wiper Apparatus, and associated method, for controlling intermittent operation of a windshield wiper assembly. A user interface, formed of a pair of momentary contact switches, is used to set the repetition rate of intermittent operation of a wiper blade and, subsequently... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414542 | System and method for signaling status of traffic flow In one general aspect, a method for signaling traffic flow information includes monitoring a status for a traffic restrictor, generating a wireless signal indicative of the status of the traffic restrictor, and communicating the wireless signal to a receiver. In ano... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412430 | Determining the quality of computer software Techniques are described for determining the quality of software using fuzzy logic. The techniques include using linguistic variables to translate a numeric value of a quality attribute into a linguistic value of a quality attribute. The linguistic values of multipl... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408441 | System and method for analyzing user-generated event information and message information from network devices A system for analyzing information relating to network devices comprises a computer readable storage medium and computer software stored on the computer readable storage medium. The computer software reviews message information generated by a plurality of network de... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398234 | Method and system for organizing vendor information A plurality of accounts payable items (14) are communicated over communications links (24) to a global purchasing information repository (GPIR) (12) by account servers (19) and regional servers (18). A preparation application (1... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7356814 | System, method, and computer program product for communicating with an LDAP server A system, method, and computer program product for communicating with an LDAP server. When an LDAP server call is required, the call is encapsulated in a wrapper class which then interacts with the LDAP server. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356629 | Conveying data between computing devices Techniques are provided for conveying data between computing devices. In certain implementations, a system and method for conveying data between computing devices include the capability to, at a wireless terminal, generate a computer interface message containing per... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356458 | Multi-language correspondence/form generator A method to automatically generate correspondence in multiple languages includes identifying format data portions and content data portions for pieces of correspondence, storing the format data portions and content data portions in a database capable of directly sto... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356394 | RFID vehicle management system and method This disclosure describes a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) vehicle management system and method. For example, an RFID tag may be coupled with a particular vehicle and operable to store identifying information associated with the vehicle and to automatically c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350185 | System, method, and computer program product for effort estimation A system and method for establishing an estimate for proposals and other customer requests which precludes an extensive up front investment in expert opinion and design. This is accomplished by applying a pattern-based technique toward rough application effort sizin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7305078 | Speaker identification during telephone conferencing Systems and techniqes for identifying a participant in a teleconference allow other participants at remote locations to be informed of the identify of a current speaker. A currently speaking participant is identified in a teleconference conducted using a connection ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302399 | Method and system for processing travel reservation data One aspect of the invention is a travel pricing system comprising a data store and a server coupled to the data store. The server is operable to receive new reservation data that conflicts with old reservation data in the data store. The new reservation data compris... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302306 | Determining processing times at stations in an assembly system An assembly system may assemble articles of manufacture at a plurality of assembly regions and may log a time at which each article of manufacture enters or exits an assembly region. Assembly regions may include sequential assembly stations that process the articles... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301464 | Process and method for safer vehicle navigation through facial gesture recognition and operator condition monitoring A vehicle operator condition monitoring system is provided. In one embodiment, the vehicle condition monitoring system includes a physical condition monitoring unit such as a camera, a data processing system, a navigation system, and a communication system. The phys... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278065 | Enterprise directory service domain controller replication alert and repair A method, system, and computer program product for monitoring and correcting directory service domain controller replication errors is provided. In one embodiment, a replication monitor queries the director service for replication information and determines whether ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277879 | Concept navigation in data storage systems Navigation among concepts in a free-form data object may be facilitated by using a text-mining tool to identify concepts in a free-form data object, with each concept having at least one concept instance. Using the identified concepts, a concept-navigable structure ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7263686 | System and method for automated code generation using language neutral software code A system and method for composing, configuring, deploying, and managing services in a data processing system and data processing system network. This system provides a means for application infrastructure services to insert specific programming code in the generated... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7255268 | System for purchase of prepaid telephone services A system and method for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services is provided. An initiating terminal receives input of a customer's request to purchase a specified amount of prepaid telephone services and receives input of the customer's designation of a fi... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251785 | Method and system of providing access privileges to records of members of a community A method and system of providing access privileges to records of members of a community may comprise storing an assignment of a member of a community to a first position in the community to generate a first relationship. Access privileges to records of the member ma... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249346 | Non-forgeable objects in an object system A method, system, and computer program product for defining a non-forgeable object is provided. In one embodiment, a non-forgeable object class is defined to include an attribute slot that can be set by an approved factory. The non-forgeable object class is further ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246309 | Validating one or more data blocks in a computer-implemented document derived from another computer-implemented document In one embodiment, a system for validating one or more data blocks in a document derived from another document includes one or more processors collectively operable to (1) access a number of first values in a predetermined portion of a source document; (2) apply a c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243145 | Generation of computer resource utilization data per computer application Reporting Unix or similar computer resource utilization per computer application includes processing a collector script during first predetermined time intervals. The collector script collects resource utilization data for processes currently running on a computer. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219236 | Administering a security system A security system may be administered by interrogating a first user using a first security system that generates a user data set related to the first user's physiological characteristics. An access code may be determined based on the user data set. A range of activi... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7213234 | System and method for function point sampling for software size estimates A system, method, and computer program product for estimating the function point count of a software application or portfolio. Strata are defined, and random samples are chosen for a function point count. Results are analyzed and quantified, and a confidence interva... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7213176 | Adaptive log file scanning utility A method is provided for monitoring error log files for specified error events through the use of a software program. In accordance with the method, each time the program is run, the steps are performed of: (a) accessing (405) an error log file, (b) identifyi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7198192 | Wireless mobile instant product price comparison and product review A method, system, computer program product, and device for providing product information, such as, for example, product price comparison information, product reviews, retailer information, retailer reviews, and information about similar products, to a user utilizing... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7175096 | Data glyph format A data glyph and method, system, and computer program product for creating and reading the data glyph is provided. In one embodiment the data glyph is created by combining individual glyph elements, wherein each glyph element is selected from a list of glyph element... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177877 | Method and system for externalizing conditional logic for collecting multi-purpose objects A method and system for externalizing conditional logic for an integrated programming architecture provides a static tree structure traversed by a dynamic object collector. The tree structure includes a plurality of conditional nodes and a plurality of branches for ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165036 | System and method for managing a procurement process A method of managing contracts is provided. The method includes storing a storing a plurality of electronic contracts including unstructured text. The method further includes determining one or more linguistic patterns associated with a business parameter and genera... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162427 | Structure and method of modeling integrated business and information technology frameworks and architecture in support of a business An enterprise architecture (30) for a business is divided into a business architecture (32), an information technology architecture (34), and an enterprise management framework (36). The business architecture (32) is the main drive... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156300 | System and method for dispensing of a receipt reflecting prepaid phone services A system and method for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services is provided. An initiating terminal receives input of a customer's request to purchase a specified amount of prepaid telephone services and receives input of the customer's designation of a fi... | 01/02/2007 |
