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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090265064 | MAINTENANCE HISTORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE The present invention provides a maintenance history information management system for a construction machine that is capable of enhancing the reliability of temporal information about maintenance history data. A data recording device 30 is incorporated in a hydr... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090260088 | System and Method for Data Destruction A system and method for self-activated or remote-controlled data destruction for mobile devices. In an embodiment, when the user is unable to find their mobile device, they can log onto a web-base/software application through the computer or other communication device s... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259667 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING FILE DATA A method for distributing file data includes: obtaining a first request message of a first client for downloading a first file, and determining an autonomous system (AS) where the first client is located; searching the AS for edge servers that support peer to peer (ES-P... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259668 | METHOD OF OBTAINING ELECTRONICALLY-STORED FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS A method for a bank to obtain an electronically-stored financial document is disclosed. The financial document includes a specific document parameter, such as a record date. The bank maintains the financial document in an off-site storage system when the record date is ... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259697 | DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD A mobile communication network server judges the degree of importance of an information element targeted for synchronization, and transmits a synchronization start notification to a mobile terminal corresponding to the judgment result, and database synchronization is pe... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259638 | Method for Indexed-Field Based Difference Detection and Correction A method and system for indexed field based difference detection and correction. A data feed file is partitioned into a plurality of subsets based on an indexed field of the data feed file. A redundancy check value is calculated for each of the subsets, and the redundan... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259596 | Automated Risk Monitoring Method and System The invention relates to an automated risk monitoring method and a corresponding risk monitoring system for automated risk monitoring, in the case of which control data for different companies are transferred to a monitoring unit and evaluated, a company specific asset ... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259640 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING AND SEARCHING INFORMATION ABOUT AN OBJECT IN A REMOTE DATABASE A method includes transmitting an object ID containing message from a mobile communication terminal via the network of the Global System for Mobile Communications through a mobile network operator equipment and by means of the Internet network to a server. At least one ... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259664 | Infrastructure and Architecture for Development and Execution of Predictive Models A system that enables development and execution of predictive models comprises a centralized data management system, a data extraction tool a model validation tool and a model execution tool. In embodiments, a data management system includes a data management server tha... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259665 | DIRECTED PLACEMENT OF DATA IN A REDUNDANT DATA STORAGE SYSTEM A data processing apparatus, comprising a metadata store storing information about files that are stored in a distributed data storage system, and comprising a class database; one or more processing units; logic configured for receiving and storing in the class database... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259666 | UNOBTRUSIVE METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION TRANSMITTED OVER A NETWORK The present invention relates generally to unobtrusive methods and systems for collecting information transmitted over a network utilizing a data collection system residing between an originator system and a responding system. In one embodiment the Originator System can... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259733 | MAIL MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM A mail magazine distribution system includes an information receiver side including a terminal having transmission and reception functions, and an information provider side including a server which in turn includes a database in which accumulated information is stored a... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090254851 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A SURVEY BY USING A WIRELESS DEVICE A method of conducting a survey by a wireless device having a memory circuit and a display screen, the wireless device being capable of wireless communication with a server during a connection period, is provided. The method involves: downloading from the server during ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254559 | FILE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FILE SYSTEM A file system includes an entity file region allocated to a client; and a conditional symbolic link file configured to store a conversion rule. A path analyzing section refers to the conversion rule stored in the conditional symbolic link file to convert a virtual path ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY CREATING AND UPDATING USER PROFILES FOR INSTANT MESSAGE CONTACTS A method, system and computer program product for enabling retrieval and display from an information resource of additional information corresponding to an instant message (IM) contact using search topics detected/retrieved from: a profile of the IM contact; a stored li... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254644 | System of Managing Connection to Web Services and Method Thereof The present invention relates to a system and method for managing connection between web services. The system includes an external web service connection setup server for determining an external web service to which connection is to be made, and establishing and verifyi... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254624 | E-MAIL MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM An e-mail program having a message deferment feature for postponing the time for taking action on incoming mail message until a specified future time, an auto-filing feature, a find similar feature, a message tokenizing features, and a suggest reply feature.... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254562 | Automatic Metadata Extraction and Metadata Controlled Production Process Metadata generated at the outset of an audio visual program, such as a television undergoes transmission to a field device associated with a capture device operated by production personnel, such as a news reporter and/or a videographer to capture one of audio and/or vid... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254528 | DATA INQUIRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION-BASED IMAGE, VIDEO, AND INFORMATION This invention discloses a data inquiry system for three-dimensional location-based image, video, and information, which comprises a client device and a remote server. The client device provides space parameters and lens parameters to the remote server through a transmi... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254564 | Initial Content Customization Apparatus and Method A hardware platform (300) of choice can be configured and arranged to determine (101) a current need to respond to a previously unknown person with content and to then obtain (102) from that person only a modicum of personal information. The hardwar... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254566 | Findings navigator A method is disclosed for providing access to medical information, the medical information being distributed across a plurality of data files. In at least one embodiment, the method includes receiving data files being relevant to the medical information; selecting a cur... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254567 | DATA FILE FORWARDING STORAGE AND SEARCH Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for data forwarding storage and search. A method includes, in a network of interconnected computer systems, receiving a request from a source system in the network to store a data file, directing the data file ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING DATA SETS ACROSS DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS An information management system comprising a first deployment that includes at least one data structure and a plurality of data sets stored on the data structure wherein each data set includes data items, at least a first subset of the data sets assigned an active stat... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING, FILTERING, RANKING, AND APPROVING CONTENT The system provides a method and apparatus for editing, filtering, ranking and approving content. In one embodiment, the system provides a browsing environment for children that routes all internet requests through a central server. A request to a blocked website is aut... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254569 | Systems and Methods for Real Time Data Management in a Collaborative Environment Systems and methods for real time data management in a collaborative environment. In one embodiment, the systems and methods dynamically link stakeholders, through a collaborative environment, to current and updated data. The systems and methods also cross-reference dat... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254572 | Digital information infrastructure and method Distributed computer system processes data having select content (SC) represented by one or more predetermined words, characters, etc. The system has a plurality of SC data stores in a server cloud for respective security designated (Sec-D) data and scarcity designated ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254565 | SUBSEQUENT TAILORING OF A SIGN-UP PAGE BASED ON A SEARCH ENGINE QUERY The invention provides a method of processing data including, receiving a URL at a server computer system, utilizing the URL at the server computer system to extract a plurality of server search results from a data store, and transmitting the server search results from ... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254593 | ONLINE-ASSISTED BACKUP AND RESTORE A system includes a server and a source client executable on a first electronic device configured to be in communication over a network with the server. The first electronic device has stored thereon a plurality of electronic files. The first electronic device is in com... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090254570 | VIDEO SERVER AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD A video server and a file management method which can erase an unnecessary program data file promptly are provided. Video server S divides processing of management of files performed by one frame into 11 sections, assigns five sections to playing process, assigns five s... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090248449 | Care Plan Oversight Billing System A system for billing Care Plan Oversight services including storing patient data in a databases; accumulating time for Care Plan Oversight services provided to individual patients in the patient databases; and periodically calculating a total accumulated time for Care P... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248653 | Construction and use of a database A method for constructing a database, comprises permitting a plurality of users to enter individual-associated data bits (IDBs) into a computerized system, each of the IDBs comprising at least one personal identifier relating to the user and relationship data comprising... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248695 | ONLINE AND OFFLINE APPLICATIONS Systems and methods for implementing online and offline applications are described. Such systems and methods may in some cases provide the same programming interface, regardless of whether the application is online or offline. Such systems and methods may also or instea... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248694 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING COMMUNICATIONS The disclosure describes systems and methods for utilizing data collected and stored on multiple devices in order to improve the performance of the network via a markup language for addressing and delivering communications. The markup language invokes W4COMN operations ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248696 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RESTRICTED CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH RETRIEVED CONTENT In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for receiving contextual information relating to a client request for content, determining that content delivered in response to the client request is restricted content through a scanning facil... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248699 | SYSTEM TO DELEGATE VIRTUAL STORAGE ACCESS METHOD RELATED FILE OPERATIONS TO A STORAGE SERVER USING AN IN-BAND RPC MECHANISM A method is disclosed that places data-intensive subprocesses in close physical and logical proximity to the facility responsible for storing the data, so that high efficiencies at reduced cost are achieved. In one specific example, new computer programs, termed adjunct... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248693 | MANAGING DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN ENDPOINTS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT A file fetcher manager provides commonly-utilized management and resource allocation for multiple file fetchers that each implement a different type of mechanism or protocol for transferring data files between peer endpoints in meshes associated with a cloud-computing s... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248679 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD An information device and an information presentation method are disclosed. The neighboring environment in which a device is located or the behavior of the device user is recognized based on sensor data thereby to determine the situation data. The plural object informat... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248697 | CACHE OPTIMIZATION A system and method for management and processing of resource requests at cache server computing devices is provided. Cache server computing devices segment content into an initialization fragment for storage in memory and one or more remaining fragments for storage in ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090249204 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING MOBILE TERMINAL PROGRAM A file management system includes a file server with a file storage device storing a file associated with an update date and time of the file and a mobile terminal with a file information output device to output information of the file, wherein the mobile terminal compr... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090248698 | Managing Consistent Interfaces for Internal Service Request Business Objects Across Heterogeneous Systems A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industri... | 10/01/2009 |
