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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5107419 | Method of assigning retention and deletion criteria to electronic documents stored in an interactive information handling system A method for automatically completing the entry of the retention and deletion criteria employed by an interactive information handling system to manage the automatic retention and deletion of a relatively large number of electronic documents that are stor... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4908789 | Method and system for automatically assigning memory modules of different predetermined capacities to contiguous segments of a linear address range A method and system for addressing memory of an information handling system in which the memory comprises a plurality of memory banks, each of which can support a plurality of different predetermined size memory modules. The sizes of the different modules... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4899299 | Method for managing the retention of electronic documents in an interactive information handling system A method of managing the retention and deletion of electronic documents in which the respective document retention needs of the document owners and the document retention criteria of the enterprise that functions as the central administration of the syste... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4839842 | Digital tone detection and generation Fast methods of tone detection and tone generation disclosed are particularly suitable for implementation in a digital signal processor. Chebyshev polynomials are employed to generate periodic waveforms and to detect such waveforms. In an alternative aspe... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4835776 | Communication filter Method and apparatus is disclosed which disables which disables a repeater connected to a packet-based network so that improper symbols are not propagated. A communications management unit employing the invention would, upon reception of an improper symbo... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4833596 | Logical arrangement for controlling use of different system displays by main processor and co-processor A method and system for controlling the display of data in a data processing system that includes a main processor, a memory subsystem, and an Input/Output subsystem which includes an I/O Channel Controller for managing traffic on an I/O bus having an att... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4831552 | Method for concurrently displaying entries from a plurality of different electronic calendars based on interactively entered non-temporal criteria An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that has a plurality of interactive type work stations connected directly or indirectly to a host processing unit. The method assists a calendar owner to request the system to develop an... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4819191 | Electronic calendaring method to establish calendar floating triggers for calendared events and processes An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system has a plurality of workstations, each of which is assigned to a different individual who maintains an electronic calendar on the system. The method establishes a plurality of data struct... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4817018 | Electronic calendaring method which provides for automatic assignment of alternates in requested events An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that has a plurality of interactive type work stations (terminals or personal computers) connected directly or indirectly to a host processor. The method assists a calendar owner who rec... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4809219 | Method for processing an expert system rulebase on a system having limited memory A method for running an expert system on a data processing system in which the Rulebase is segmented into contextual units so that the system memory can accommodate each unit. Portions of the Rulebase containing data or knowledge that is not needed in a p... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4807155 | Electronic calendaring method for confirmation of resource availability during event calendaring An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system having a plurality of interactive type workstations connected to a host processing unit in which the event calendaring process permits the availability of requested event resources to be... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4807154 | Method for developing automatic replies in an interactive electronic calendaring system An electronic calendaring method for use in a data processing system that has a plurality of interactive type work stations (terminals or personal computers) connected directly or indirectly to a host processor. The method assists a calendar owner who rec... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4787026 | Method to manage coprocessor in a virtual memory virtual machine data processing system A method to manage the operation of a coprocessor in a virtual memory type data processing system in which an Input/Output channel and an Input/output channel controller interconnect the coprocessor to the main processor and system memory. A Virtual Resou... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4763277 | Method for obtaining information in an expert system A method for use in an expert system which selectively allows the system to avoid asking the user a question by providing the answer to that question based on related information that may have been previously attained in the system. The method involves pr... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4761737 | Method to automatically increase the segment size of unix files in a page segmented virtual memory data processing system A memory management system method increases the size of a segment in blocks of 64K virtual pages in response to the system detecting that the requested page has been protected. The conventional UNIX type System Calls create and open files in virtual memor... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4757441 | Logical arrangement for controlling use of different system displays by main proessor and coprocessor A method and system for controlling the display of data in a data processing system that includes a main processor, a memory subsystem, and an Input/Output subsystem which includes an I/O Channel Controller for managing traffic on an I/O bus having an att... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4742450 | Method to share copy on write segment for mapped files A method for facilitating the interchange of data in a UNIX* file between two UNIX processes being run concurrently on two virtual machines in a page segmented virtual memory virtual machine type data processing system. A Shared Copy-On-Write (SCOW) comma... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4742447 | Method to control I/O accesses in a multi-tasking virtual memory virtual machine type data processing system A method for accessing information in a page segmented virtual memory data processing system in which virtual machines running UNIX type operating systems are concurrently established, and in which a memory manager controls the transfer of information bet... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4730249 | Method to operate on large segments of data in a virtual memory data processing system A method for use in a virtual memory data processing system employing a pageable External Page Table data structure for recording current status and disk address information for each virtual page in said system, provides improved system performance when a... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4722532 | Mass produced straight boomerang with consistent flight characteristics A straight boomerang which may be massed produced and which provides consistent and reproducible flight characteristics, is constructed based on an analysis of the aerodynamic forces which are operable on the boomerang during its flight and the use of a m... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4661810 | Method for interactive rotation of displayed graphic objects A method is described for editing a graphic object being displayed by an interactive draw graphic system. The method is directed to a rotate edit action on a graphic object that can be selected from a group of individual objects that are being concurrentl... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4648062 | Method for providing an on line help facility for interactive information handling systems A method to help and displace Help Panels containing information to explain Command Functions, Command Syntax, and Command Parameters to the operator of an interactive information handling system in response to the entry of a "Command Help Request" into s... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4528467 | Coil for disk file actuator An improved coil construction for the voice coil motor of a transducer positioning system of a magnetic disk drive results in increased coil strength while eliminating the tendency of volatile materials associated with either the assembly process or the c... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4520457 | Key-controlled method for invoking automatic row and column addition in an interactive text processing system A method is disclosed for assisting the operator of an interactive text processing system to add a list of numbers that have been entered into the system during the creation of a document. The method involves the operator positioning the cursor adjacent t... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4507753 | Method for automatic field width expansion in a text processing system during interactive entry of displayed record selection criterium An improved method is disclosed for entering record selection criteria into an interactive text processing system which also processes spatially related data that is stored in vector formatted record. A qualifying frame is displayed consisting of a header... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4498142 | Method for updating a program on a combined program diskette in an interactive text processing system A method to assist the operator of an interactive text processing system to update program modules associated with one of a plurality of text processing programs that have been combined on a two-sided, double-density (2S2D) combined program/work diskette.... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4488193 | Closed loop cooling system for disk file with heat exchanger integral with baseplate An improved cooling and filtration system for a disk file is provided in which a closed loop path is established in the disk enclosure extending from the area of the disk hub through holes in disk spacers radially outward across the disk surface, down the... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4488192 | Cooling arrangement for hermetically sealed disk files A movable head disk file is disclosed in which the disk enclosure is hermetically sealed to prevent contamination from the surrounding atmosphere from adversely affecting the head-disk interface relationship. The heat that is normally generated in the enc... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4477880 | Method for combining program diskettes in an interactive text processing system A method is disclosed for improving the efficiency of an operator of an interactive text processing system in which a plurality of different text processing task programs are each stored on a different single-sided, single-density (1S1D) diskette so that ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4435777 | Interactively rearranging spatially related data An improved method is disclosed for assisting the operator of an interactive text processing system in entering instructional data which defines to the system changes to stored spatially related data. The method involves the operator identifying to the sy... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4435778 | Method for editing spatially related data in an interactive text processing system An improved text processing method is disclosed which permits spatially related data to be displayed and edited by the same method employed to display and edit conventional text type data in an interactive text processing system which includes a keyboard,... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4430725 | Method for displaying source and destination file headers for easy comparison of proposed header changes An improved method is disclosed for providing to the operator of an interactive text processing system a displayed summary confirming the effect of requested changes to the field order in an existing file of spatially related data stored in the system pri... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4416558 | Method of controlling a printer in an interactive text processing system to print records from stored files of spatially related data An improved method is disclosed for printing a file of spatially related data stored in an interactive text processing system as vector formatted records. The method involves establishing for the printer the number of print positions for the print line, a... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4408167 | Current amplifier stage with diode interstage connection A multi-stage current mode differential amplifier is disclosed in which each cascaded stage includes a pair of input transistors which have their bases connected to a common voltage source and a pair of control transistors which have their emitters connec... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4381543 | Controller port switch arrangement for sharing stored data among different systems A switching arrangement is disclosed which permits storage devices to be shared by two separate controllers, each controller in turn receives commands and transfers the stored data to a different data processing system. The arrangement involves a pluralit... | 04/26/1983 |
| 4369501 | Dual cycle data detection system and method for bubble memories A data detection system and method for a bubble memory is disclosed in which the memory is operated in a start-stop mode during reading of data stored in two separate major loops which are stepped concurrently and wherein each major loop comprises interle... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4367503 | Fermetically sealed disk file A hermetically sealed, helium filled magnetic disk storage file is disclosed in which a thin walled container encloses the disk file. The container body is clamped between the baseplate of the file and an external mounting bracket which mounts the file to... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4287575 | High speed high density, multi-port random access memory cell A random access memory system is disclosed in which data stored in two distinct memory locations defined by distinct address signals can be non-destructively read out simultaneously. The system employs a matrix of two-port memory cells, each cell function... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4276595 | Microinstruction storage units employing partial address generators A microcontroller having a novel addressing arrangement for addressing a storage means containing microinstructions is disclosed. The microcontroller has a fixed machine cycle time for executing each instruction and is arranged to fetch the next instructi... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4223390 | System and method for attaching magnetic storage devices having dissimilar track capacities and recording formats A system and method attach a second magnetic storage device to a storage subsystem which includes one or more first magnetic storage devices. The track capacity of the first device, i.e., the maximum number of bytes per track, is different from the track ... | 09/16/1980 |
