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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100057893 | SERVER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC DOMAIN NAME SERVICE Provided are a server, a system, and a method of distributing a load caused by health checks in a dynamic domain name server (DDNS) by separating a health check unit which causes the most load on the dynamic domain name server and a unit for processing a client query an... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057742 | MRW INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORT OF MERCHANT DATA PROCESSING A method begins by receiving, from a requesting device, a request to access a record within an entity profile database. The method continues by authenticating the requesting device. When the requesting device is authenticated, the method continues by determining status ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057770 | System and method of file management, and recording medium storing file management program A system and a method of managing a data file using a plurality of folders arranged in a plurality of layers are provided. From the data file, classification information is extracted, which includes a plurality of bibliographic items. A registration folder to which the ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057784 | Dynamic Metadata A computing device having a dynamic metadata model includes an interface module, an algorithm module and a registration module. The interface module includes an interface that defines one or more API functions for obtaining metadata using an algorithm. At least one of t... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057783 | On-line Documentation System The proposed new documentation system, On-line Documentation System, is according to the requirements of the document management.... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100056875 | Monitoring Patient Conditions Among other things, a computer implemented method for monitoring patients released from an intensive care unit in a healthcare environment is described. The method comprises receiving medical information of a patient located at a location different from the intensive ca... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057753 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING VISUAL INSIGHT PROVENANCE OF A USER Generally, methods and apparatus are provided for obtaining a user's insight provenance. A logical record of visual analytic activity of a user is maintained by recording one or more visual analytic actions. An exemplary method determines a set of action features of the... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100058286 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR RENDERING COMPUTER-BASED INTERACTIONS AS GROUP ACTIVITIES Disclosed herein is a system and a method for creating and facilitating computer-based interactions amongst a group of individuals during a group activity. In an embodiment herein, an activity player is provided for rendering instances of the group activity. A library o... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100049735 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DATA OBJECTS OF A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM Techniques for managing data objects of a data storage system are described herein. According to one embodiment, a perfect hash function is generated for data objects stored in a data storage system. For each of the data objects, a hash operation is performed using the ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049805 | Selection and Delivery of Messages Based on an Association of Pervasive Technologies A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for selectively delivering messages. In one embodiment, the process identifies a set of pervasive devices using detection data. The detection data comprises an electronic signature transmitted from t... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049921 | Distributed Shared Caching for Clustered File Systems Systems and methods for distributed shared caching in a clustered file system, wherein coordination between the distributed caches, their coherency and concurrency management, are all done based on the granularity of data segments rather than files. As a consequence, th... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049747 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STORING LOG IN A THREAD ORIENTED LOGGING SYSTEM An apparatus and a method for storing a log in a thread oriented logging system are provided. In the method, a name designating a storage location of a log message is set in each of at least one thread. The log message for each of the at least one thread is recorded in ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049745 | Method of implementing an organization's policy on spreadsheet documents monitored using a spreadsheet risk reconnaissance network A method of implementing an organization's policy on spreadsheet files monitored using a spreadsheet risk reconnaissance network. The method involves creating and pre-configuring a number of policy components in a relational database server on the network. A spreadsheet... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049715 | CONTROLLED PARALLEL PROPAGATION OF VIEW TABLE UPDATES IN DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS Aspects include mechanisms for design and analysis of flows of information in a database system from updates to base table records, through one or more log segments, to a plurality of view managers that respectively execute operations to update view table records. Mecha... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049746 | Method of classifying spreadsheet files managed within a spreadsheet risk reconnaissance network A method of classifying spreadsheet files managed within a spreadsheet risk reconnaissance network, comprising the steps of assigning a spreadsheet manager to a group of spreadsheet directories in an user organization. The spreadsheet manager logs-on to the network, and... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049748 | PERFORMANCE OF CONTROL PROCESSES AND MANAGEMENT OF RISK INFORMATION Control processes are managed within an organization, the organization including a plurality of divisions, by receiving process data provided from a first local user associated with a first division of the organization, the first local user providing the data via a firs... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100042637 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DATABASE DIVISIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR PARALLEL DATABASE SYSTEM A method and a system of database divisional management for use with a parallel database system comprising an FES (front end server), BES's (back end servers), an IOS (I/O server) and disk units. The numbers of processors assigned to the FES, BES's and IOS, the number o... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MANAGEMENT A data processing system that includes a processor and a metadata repository storing data describing a plurality of systems and applications. The data processing system also includes integration rules describing a plurality of data distribution formats corresponding to ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042718 | System And Method For Tracking User Activity Related To Network Resources Using A Browser A method and system are described for tracking user activity related to network resources using a browser. According to an exemplary embodiment, a user-initiated activity related to a network resource is detected in the browser. The detected user-initiated activity is a... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042655 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVE COMPRESSION FOR PLANNED DEGRADATION AND OBSOLENCE OF FILES A system and method manages a file storage system by defining an arbitration policy, the arbitration policy defining a pre-defined usage level threshold and defining implementation priorities for a plurality of storage management mitigation actions, each storage managem... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042442 | Home Value Estimator A home value estimator software application and related method assist a broker to systematically and accurately estimate the value of a customer's home. Another aspect of the disclosure relates to a heuristic research methodology that can be used to determine values of ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042626 | Transactional File System A transactional file system wherein multiple file system operations may be performed as a transaction. An application specifies that file system-related operations are to be handled as a transaction, and the application is given a file handle associated with a transacti... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042656 | CLAIM GENERATION FOR TESTING CLAIMS-BASED APPLICATIONS The development-time testing of claims based applications. After a claims-based application is deployed, as the application runs, the application will encounter a number of claims, and will perform appropriate processing that depends on the application's trust in the ve... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042679 | Method and interprocess communication driver for managing requests of a database client to a database server The present invention concerns a method for managing the interprocess communication between at least one database client process (2) and at least one database server process (3) in a database system (5), wherein the at least one database client proc... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042657 | Method and system for saving database storage space Saving database storage space includes extracting a standard property unit from a database of commodity information and including the SPU in a SPU library, generating a sequence document of the standard property unit and sending the sequence document to a front-end devi... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100036890 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATABASE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM In order to reduce a period of time required for a database operation and maintenance job, provided is a database management method in a database management apparatus that manages a database stored in a storage apparatus including: executing load processing of storing d... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036891 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING LOGGING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH A LOGGING INFORMATION COLLECTING PROGRAM IS STORED An apparatus for collecting logging information in relation to a log function inserted into a program, the apparatus includes: a control table retaining control information in relation to specification information to specify the log function; an obtaining section obtain... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036887 | EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF DEDUPLICATED DATA One aspect of the present invention includes enabling the efficient transfer of deduplicated data between storage pools in a storage management system without unnecessary reassembly and deduplication of data objects. In one embodiment, the storage management system trac... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036889 | CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINES Virtual machines are managed in centralized manner. Files that are shared by multiple virtual machines are stored in a central storage unit and a management program is executed on one or more of these files on a per file basis. The management program is executed on a fi... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100037126 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR PROVIDING DATABASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM Methods, systems, and storage mediums for database management services for a telecommunications system are provided. A method includes transferring, via a managed language application, raw data extracted from a legacy system to a first spreadsheet application macro. The... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036545 | AVIONIC AVIATION SYSTEM WITH AN EARTH STATION FOR AUTOMATICALLY ELIMINATING OPERATING MALFUNCTIONS OCCURRING IN AIRPLANES, AND CORRESPONDING METHOD An avionic aviation system, and a corresponding method, with an earth station for automatically eliminating operating malfunctions occurring in airplanes. The avionic aviation system is connected to a plurality of airplanes via a wireless interface of the avionics. If, ... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036885 | Maintaining Data Integrity in Data Servers Across Data Centers A method, computer program product and system for maintaining data integrity of multiple copies of a piece of data in data servers of multiple data centers, includes maintaining a cluster of catalog servers, where one of the catalog servers is selected as the master cat... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036886 | DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OF SPARSE JOIN INDEXES A system and method include defining a snapshot join index using a sparse condition in a join index definition. A new sparse condition of the snapshot join index is compared with an old sparse condition. Rows in a base table are identified as a function of the comparing... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100032529 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR TRACKING A RAILYARD INVENTORY A system for tracking a rail yard inventory may be incorporated in a rail yard that has a plurality of tracks on which a plurality of railcars in a train are moved and arranged wherein each track is associated with a destination of the railcars on the track. A controlle... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100036888 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TAGS A method and system manage one or more tags for an item. The tags reside in a datastore. The method and system include associating the tag with at least one expiration condition and determining whether the at least one expiration condition has been met. If the expiratio... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100030815 | IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND IMAGE FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS A method for managing an image file in which a plurality of images each having ancillary information is sequentially included, and in which a main image among the plurality of images is indicated based on the ancillary information of the image stored at a head of the im... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030823 | PERFORMING A PRE-UPDATE ON A NON VOLATILE MEMORY A method of updating an original version of content to a new version of content, in a non-volatile memory storage device, the method includes: providing a non-volatile content memory storage area arranged to accommodate a full version of content; providing an auxiliary ... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030813 | AUTOMATIC UPDATING OF CONTENT INCLUDED IN RESEARCH DOCUMENTS Systems and methods for updating a document are provided. A document content updater is configured to determine a web-based source for a section of content that is contained in an electronic document. The document content updater is further configured to determine for t... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030739 | MANAGEMENT OF SYMBOLIC LINKS Disclosed is a method of creating a symbolic link in a source file system to a target file in a target file system, the method including querying the target file system for an identifier of the target file; incrementing a reference counter of the target file, the refere... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100030465 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND DATABASE USING MOBILE DEVICES Provided is a navigation system for guiding a user of a mobile device to a plurality of locations including a storage means adapted to store a database comprising a plurality of records, each record comprising location data indicative of the location of a respective pla... | 02/04/2010 |
