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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050044082 | Method, system and web service for delivering digital content to a user The present invention relates to delivery of digital content of a content provider 110 to a user 160. The invention is based on the idea to utilize user presence information of a user in the delivery mechanism of digital content to the user. The operation ... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050044081 | Apparatus and methods for managing data used by a mobile device Apparatus and methods for managing data used by mobile devices. Data can be retrieved from a second computing device (e.g. a server) where it is stored on a storage medium (e.g. a disk). A subset of-the data of a data record stored in the storage medium, or one or more ... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050038788 | Annotation security to prevent the divulgence of sensitive information Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture that may be used to prevent sensitive information from being divulged in an annotation are provided. Upon creation, modification and/or retrieval of an annotation, a set of predefined security rules may be applied to the ann... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050039045 | Secure hierarchical namespaces in peer-to-peer networks A method and data structure are provided that enables name resolution via a hierarchical or chained lookup of delegated authorities independent of requiring IP addresses of the delegated authorities. In an embodiment, the method provides for lookups by first generating ... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050038835 | Recoverable asynchronous message driven processing in a multi-node system An approach provides for recovery of message driven directors responsible for dynamically allocating resources within a multi-node database system. The receipt of a message, the action taken in response to it, and other messages sent in furtherance of the action, are pe... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050038829 | Service placement for enforcing performance and availability levels in a multi-node system An approach efficiently and dynamically places services within a multi-node system when expanding or contracting services, that is, increasing and decreasing the number of instances that host a service. Service placement decisions are made in a way that accounts for per... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050038789 | On demand node and server instance allocation and de-allocation An approach efficiently and dynamically allocates and de-allocates database instances and nodes between databases. The approach performs this function in a way that accounts for the users of and services hosted by multiple databases. ... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050038779 | XML configuration technique and graphical user interface (GUI) for managing user data in a plurality of databases A system and method for integrating data from a source application to a target application are provided. The system includes an interface module for extracting data from the source application and publishing the data in a first predetermined format; a business transform... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050033746 | Method and apparatus for multiple language web content management A method of multiple language web content management. The method is suitable for use in a system including at least one web server, at least one language database and a management interface. The web server first links to the language database corresponding to the langua... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050033818 | System and method for distributed database processing in a clustered environment The present invention provides a system for distributing database processing across a loosely coupled hardware platform, or a computer cluster. The system divides the data held within the database across all available resources, and then submits the database queries in ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050033748 | Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same server An apparatus for handling file level and block level remote file accesses. The apparatus includes a block level server. The apparatus includes a file level server. The apparatus includes a storage layer implementing an inode layer performing inode operations, and storin... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050033747 | Apparatus and method for the server-sided linking of information The invention pertains to an apparatus for the client-sided receiving, transmitting, delivering, representing, outputting and displaying of server-sided stored data by means of unambiguous or unique content signatures, which together with additional data, are stored on ... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050033745 | Web page connectivity server construction A process for constructing a server for collecting, arranging and storing data that defines the connectivity of pages on the World Wide Web (Web). The process input is a set of compressed ASCII links files, wherein each links file is a series of source URLs and correspo... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050027708 | Semantic objects A computer-implemented method of providing access to information stored in diverse formats comprises receiving from an application a semantic request having a request name that semantically identifies a type of information sought by the request, converting the received ... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050027709 | Method and system for native-byte form handling A method and system are provided for native-byte form handling, one embodiment comprising a method for encoding user-submitted native-byte form data in a client-server computer network. A user, at a client computer, can select a Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050027705 | Mapping method and system A method includes: receiving a query from a user, generating a map in response to the query, identifying items within an area covered by the map, displaying interactive icons on the map at locations corresponding to the locations of the items, displaying a textual list ... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050021521 | Embedding Internet message board display links The present invention will reserve lines of space within a message board display at predetermined positions for paid advertisement listings, such as hypertext links. The present invention will post purchased advertisement listing at the predetermined positions within th... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050021522 | Apparatus, method and computer readable medium for evaluating a network of entities and assets The present invention is directed to an apparatus, method and computer apparatus for evaluating a network of entities and assets. ... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050015463 | General dependency model for invalidating cache entries Systems, methods, and computer products for deriving custom cache dependencies are explained. A framework that includes an extensible cache dependency base class that can be used to derive custom cache dependency classes for invalidating cache entries on some custom con... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015462 | Service gateway system and method of using the same Disclosed are a service gateway system and a method of using the same. The service gateway system includes a client agent and a service proxy. The client agent is capable of communicating with an external network, receives information on new services provided by service... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015436 | Architecture for partition computation and propagation of changes in data replication The present invention provides for facilitating synchronization in a data source/data destination environment using data replicas. When a plurality of destinations request synchronization with a source, a first destination selected for synchronization is processed such ... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015377 | Method and system for metadata reconciliation in a data warehouse A data warehouse system comprising a warehouse database and a data warehouse manager communicatively coupled to the database. The warehouse manager is to store data to and retrieve data from the warehouse database and perform metadata reconciliation to update metadata o... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015375 | Method and system for accessing a network database as a web service A method and system for accessing network directory data as uses a Web service as an interface between a directory database and network clients. To support extensibility of the object types in the directory database, directory access methods are defined for a generic ob... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015376 | Recognition of patterns in data A system is disclosed for recognition of patterns in data. It has particular application to a data management system for managing data relating to customers and transactions, the aim being to derive predictive information relating to the future behaviour of customers. T... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015374 | System and method for utilizing compression in database caches to facilitate access to database information A system and method are disclosed for utilizing compression in database caches to facilitate access to database information. In contrast with applying compression to the database that is stored on disk, the present invention achieves performance advantages by using comp... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050010573 | System and method for providing a service A method of providing a service, comprising the steps of contacting one of a plurality of server electronic addresses from a first electronic address; identifying, at the server electronic address, the first electronic address from which the contact is made; and providi... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050010311 | Data collection and diagnostic system for a semiconductor fabrication facility The present invention provides a data collection and diagnostic system. The system, in one embodiment includes a data acquisition device that receives messages and alarm signals from each automation component controller. The system stores the messages and alarm signals ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050010589 | Drag and drop metadata editing A method and system for modifying metadata of one or more media files via a drag and drop operation. A media library stores one or more media files. A graphical user interface displays the one or more media files in the media library via a display. The graphical user in... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050010574 | System and method for providing service level management A system and method for providing service level management in a web-based environment are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes intercepting a communication between a web-based environment and a client. The client is identified based, at least in part, on the... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050010572 | Multi-user database system and method for resource usage tracking The disclosure is directed to a multi-user database system. The multi-user database system includes at least one processor, at least one network interface coupled to the processor, an event table, an accounting table, and a session table. The network interface is config... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050004915 | METHOD FOR GENERATING NAMES A method generates names that are different from those comprised in a set of existing names. A set of patterns is provided and one of the patterns of the set is selected. The pattern is then actualized to provide a list of candidate names. The list of candidate names is... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004916 | Peer-to-peer name resolution wire protocol and message format data structure for use therein An extensible data structure for messages in a peer to peer name resolution protocol is presented. This message data structure utilizes a number of fields, each containing a message element. Preferably, the first field is the message header that includes protocol inform... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050002503 | Electronic mail distribution system for integrated electronic communications A system is disclosed for integrated electronic mail, voice mail, and fax mail messaging. A common message format is defined for use by an electronic mail service and a telecommunications service so electronic mail messages that may include voice and fax mail attachment... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050005015 | Method, system, and computer-readable medium for managing a host session on a remote computer A method and computer system are provided for managing a host session on a remote computer. A request is sent to establish a host session from a client computer. The request includes a presentation space for displaying screen data. The client computer has access to prop... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004953 | Receiving terminal device A receiving terminal device capable of accessing one of a plurality of screens that has an instruction for performing object processing by sequentially tracing a plurality of hierarchical layers of a menu, comprises: a user interface that displays the plurality of scree... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004945 | Geographic management system A geographic management system (GMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server transmits the search criteria to the map server. The map server geocodes t... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004910 | Information retrieval An information retrieval system in which a set of distinct information items map to respective nodes in an array of nodes by mutual similarity of the information items, so that similar information items map to nodes at similar positions in the array of nodes; comprises ... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004944 | Geographic management system A geographic management system (GMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server transmits the search criteria to the map server. The map server geocodes t... | 01/06/2005 |
