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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100056912 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DOWNLOADING MEDICAL IMAGING DATA A portable medical imaging device includes a user interface configured to receive a user input and a display area on the user interface configured to display medical images. The device also includes a processor module coupled to the user interface, the processor module ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100058106 | Virtual machine file system and incremental snapshot using image deltas Methods and apparatus involve file systems for virtual machines and image deltas. Representatively, a plurality of virtual machines are configured on a hardware platform and a file system includes both a read-only portion and a writable portion that together provides th... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057669 | DYNAMIC ORDER WORKFLOW TEMPLATE INSTANTIATOR TRACKING SYSTEM An application integration system includes multiple aspect task tracking. Such tracking may include an external identifier aspect of tracking tasks by highly configurable external identifiers. Another aspect, an error aspect, includes tracking errors that occur as the t... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057750 | File Transfer Using Standard Blocks and Standard-Block Identifiers Instead of transferring a large original file, such as a virtual-machine image file, from a source system to a target system, the original file is encoded to define a recipe file that is transferred. The recipe is then decoded to yield a duplicate of the original file o... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057671 | URI FILE SYSTEM An apparatus and a method for accessing data from a server. In one embodiment, data referred by a Universal Resource Identifier (URI) is mounted on a file system. The mounted data can then be operated on using the file system. To mount the data referred by the URI, a Un... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100045518 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GEOTAGGING A mobile terminal and method for automatic geotagging are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a camera for capturing an image and for generating image data, a location information module for determining location information of the mobile terminal, and a controller c... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049691 | DATA STORAGE APPARATUS An apparatus for storing data, the apparatus connectable to another apparatus via a plurality of paths over a network, includes: a plurality of ports each of which is connectable to one end of each of the paths; a memory for storing information of the plurality of paths... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049690 | RESEARCH COLLECTION AND RETENTION SYSTEM A system and method for managing research produced by outside research vendors includes a storage unit, data repository stored on the storage unit, and a processing unit in communication with the storage unit and data repository. The processing unit may be configured to... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100042580 | Method of for a Host to Access an Object Stored in a Multimedia Device Supported by MTP An object table is provided between a file system interface of a host and a multimedia device so that the host is capable of accessing objects stored in the multimedia device regardless of incompatibility between file formats respectively used in the file system and the... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042579 | GENERATING AND/OR RECEIVING, AT LEAST IN PART, AT LEAST ONE DATA ACCESS REQUEST In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that may include circuitry to generate, at least in part, and/or receive, at least in part, at least one request to access at least one portion of data. The at least one request may indicate, at least in part, at least one subs... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042627 | Flexible Integrated Access to Published Material Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, can provide flexible integrated access to media content. A method includes receiving a request for access by a user to media content via a first delivery mechanism of multiple delivery ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100037235 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUALIZATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS A method of virtualizing an application to execute on a plurality of operating systems without installation. The method includes creating an input configuration file for each operating system. The templates each include a collection of configurations that were made by t... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ACCESSING DRM FILES AND NON-DRM FILES IN A MOBILE DEVICE A method of accessing digital rights management (DRM) files and non-DRM files in a mobile device includes providing an intermediate interface between one or more application modules of the mobile device and a file system of the mobile device, and providing a DRM module ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100030725 | DATA TRIPLE USER ACCESS A computerized data processing method for providing access to data triples (270, 770) in the form subject (255, 755)—predicate (260, 760)—object (265, 765), the method comprising persisting first data triples (270) associated with ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100024019 | Authentication User authentication is based on a home network user database that authenticates users to external service providers. A user logs into home network and starts accessing the external service by clicking on a link labelled for the external service provider. The link is dir... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023452 | System and Method for Bill Payment The present invention is a system and method for assisting managers in managing invoices received from providers, and in particular for providing assistance to managers in identifying elements of invoices which are likely to be disputed, and assisting managers in disput... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023476 | LOCATION/EVENT BASED DICTIONARIES TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION IN A VIRTUAL WORLD LOCATION Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to jargon usage in a location in a virtual world and provide a method, system and computer program product for location and event based dictionaries to facilitate communication in location i... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023388 | MOBILE LOCATION AWARE SEARCH ENGINE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT FOR SAME A method includes identifying a geographic position of a wireless device. Data input by a user while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device is received. The data is associated with a landmark at the geographic position. The data is provide... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100017360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL EMAIL WHITELISTS A system and method to control email whitelists by collecting one or more website email addresses parsed from a web page, detecting whether one or more of the user's email addresses are included in a webform of the web page, confirming whether the collected one or more ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100017361 | Hierarchical Categorization of Media Assets and User Interface for Media Player An improved hierarchical user interface for a handheld media player is disclosed, which classifies media assets that an on-line merchandiser intends to sell to the user as hidden files. The files are invisible to a user without a user's intended and persistent interacti... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100017697 | DATA ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND PICTURE INSERT METHOD THEREOF A data administration system includes a database having files, at least a data sheet having at least an appointed field and at least a picture paste field, wherein each picture file has a picture and an identical filename. The user may input one filename on the data fil... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100017410 | TECHNIQUES FOR EXTENDING AND CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A COMMON INFORMATION MODEL (CIM) Systems and methods for extending and controlling access to a Common Information Model (CIM) are presented. According to an embodiment, access requests for a CIM object manager (CIMOM) pass through a CIM file system (CIMFS) where each access requested is authenticated. ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100010958 | CONTENT ITEM SELECTION A content item, e.g., an icon or advertisement content, is selected for placement in a display environment (e.g., on a map or adjacent to a map) in response to a request for the display environment based on a probability that the content item is relevant to a user that ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100010966 | Document Management System For Building Maintenance And Operational Documents A document management system separates building information into a variety of data sets. Each data set has at least one common attribute that links it to all other types of data sets for the building. The information for maintaining the building is stored in a manner al... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100011008 | CUSTOMIZED MULTI-MEDIA SERVICES Content files such as photographs, video, graphics and/or music are indexed to identify subjects captured in them. Indexed content files are scanned to identify content files that match certain criteria. Content files that satisfy the selection criteria are directed to ... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100005070 | METADATA EDITING APPARATUS, METADATA REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, METADATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, METADATA SEARCH APPARATUS, METADATA RE-GENERATION CONDITION SETTING APPARATUS, AND METADATA DELIVERY METHOD AND HINT INFORMATION DESCRIPTION METHOD Multimedia content containing moving pictures and audio is divided into multiple scenes and metadata is generated for each of the scenes obtained as a result of the division. It is possible to generate metadata containing scene structure information metadata that descri... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100005406 | METHOD OF PRESENTING INFORMATION A method of displaying visual information to a user of a video display. The method includes defining a dynamic portion of the visual display, providing a mask that obscures the dynamic portion of the visual display for an observable period of time, and providing a secon... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100005052 | COMPLEMENTING LOCATION AS METADATA Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for complementing data with spatial data. According to one embodiment, a method of complementing data with spatial data can comprise capturing the data with a device. The spatial data for the device can also be ca... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100005053 | METHOD FOR ENABLING DISCRETE BACK/FORWARD ACTIONS WITHIN A DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATION A method, system and computer program product for managing a browsing history for a web browser. The web browser is configured to display web page content. A web page is addressable by a Uniform Resource Locator. New page content from a server is received at the web bro... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100004952 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING, MONITORING AND REPORTING EXTINGUISHMENT OF A TITLE INSURANCE POLICY A system for monitoring a title insurance policy is disclosed. The system includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, and a database in communication with the processor and the memory, the database configured to store a plurality of property reco... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100004949 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR RECEIVING, EXTRACTING, AND TRANSLATING INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING (IONM) DATA FROM MULTIPLE DEVICE TYPES A computer-implemented system, method, and/or computer program product for translating intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (IONM) data obtained from multiple commercially available but incompatible IONM device types. The module includes the functions of receiving... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090327915 | Automatic GUI Reconfiguration Based On User Preferences Systems and methods for configuring a graphical user interface on the basis of user preferences are disclosed. The systems and methods aggregate elementary user interactions with a graphical user interface into higher level actions on the basis of temporal markings and ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327211 | Virtualization management using a centralized server Some embodiments of virtualization management using a centralized server have been presented. In one embodiment, a centralized server obtains metadata of an operating system and information on provisioning computing resources from a software vendor. The centralized serv... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327210 | ADVANCED BOOK PAGE CLASSIFICATION ENGINE AND INDEX PAGE EXTRACTION Embodiments of the present invention relate to classifying pages of an electronic document, such as a scanned book page. An algorithm, such as a constrained conditional random fields algorithm, is applied to the contents of the electronic document to determine the type ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090326949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF META DATA FROM A DIGITAL MEDIA STORAGE DEVICE FOR MEDIA SELECTION IN A VEHICLE A method is provided for extracting meta data from a digital media storage device in a vehicle over a communication link between a control module of the vehicle and the digital media storage device. The method includes establishing a communication link between control m... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327209 | Content having Native and Export Portions Content is described having native and export portions. In an implementation, one or more computer-readable media includes instructions that are executable on a computing device to store content in a content container as a native portion and an export portion. The nativ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090319322 | INTERNATIONAL DIARY SYSTEM The present invention relates to an international diary system. More particularly, the present invention provides a means to store and manage necessary informations related to international business or overseas trip using a calendar showing national holidays by country,... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319468 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An information processing apparatus includes a circumscribed area generation unit configured to generate a circumscribed area circumscribing data, and a display control unit configured to display a page in which the circumscribed area generated by the circumscribed area... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319469 | AUTOMATIC SELECTION AND RETRIEVAL OF METRICS FOR DISPLAY ON USER INTERFACES A system and method for automatic selection and retrieval of metrics for display on user interfaces. A selection of a model of an entity or process stored on a computer readable medium is received. Definitions of metrics regarding the entity or process extracted are ext... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319470 | Triggers for Time-Shifted Content Playback In accordance with one or more aspects, a trigger corresponding to media content is retrieved from a storage device. The trigger includes a time-shift parameter identifying how much playback of the media content can be time-shifted while keeping the trigger valid. A det... | 12/24/2009 |
