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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100057785 | MINIMAL EXTENSIONS REQUIRED FOR MULTI-MASTER OFFLINE AND COLLABORATION FOR DEVICES AND WEB SERVICES The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing data consistency in connection with a plurality of devices. A collection of devices can be associated with a user. A web service can receive a portion of data from at least one device... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100057786 | ACQUIRER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORT OF MERCHANT DATA PROCESSING A method begins with receiving an indication that one of a plurality of merchant data files includes an inconsistency with respect to a corresponding merchant profile record in a merchant profile database. The merchant data file of the plurality of merchant data files i... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100053698 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for managing image information, the process includes: accepting image information and registration destination information that indicates a registration destination of the image informa... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100049720 | SYNCHING DATA Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for synching data with one or more servers. One or more data resources are received. A version number and a unique identifier are assigned to each data resource not already assigned to an e... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049724 | PROCESS AND A SYSTEM FOR UPDATING A DATA STRUCTURE IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE USED WITHIN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM A process for updating a data structure in a relational database used within a manufacturing execution system, contain the steps of defining within the database the data structure and defining SQL scripts having specific rules. The rules contain a header describing an i... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049751 | Methods and Apparatuses for Data Protection Methods and apparatuses for data protection against corrupted write operations. In one embodiment, a technique of crash protection uses an atomically updated global transaction indicator to switch a set of data structures from one set of versions to another set. In one ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100042605 | VERSIONING RELATIONAL DATABASE DISJOINT RECORDS An inventive system and method for versioning relational database disjoint records comprises a relational database, configuration files translated into query files, and a version control system, wherein each query file is stored and checked into the version control syst... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100042660 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS OF USER-SUBMITTED CONTENT A user-contributor may submit a plurality of related content items and associated metadata to a website corpus. One of the items may be designated as the primary version, and the rest may be designated as secondary versions. The metadata may be associated with the prima... | 02/18/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100023562 | EXTENDED SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS WITH REVISION HISTORY IN NON-COMPATIBLE REPOSITORIES Methods, apparatus, and articles for creating a document revision history for a document imported into a first Electronic Document Management System (EDMS) from a second EDMS. Metadata and content from the second EDMS is “mirrored” within the first EDMS to create an... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023561 | Data Restoration in a Storage System using Multiple Restore Points A data restoration method comprising determining whether a restoration process is in progress, in response to receiving a read request to read contents from a track on a source volume (ST[i]); reading data from ST[i], in response to determining that the restoration proc... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100023520 | ENCAPSULATED FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing element access requests in a computing environment having a plurality of applications, by managing versions of elements of a first set of applications as belonging to respective applica... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100011032 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD In an apparatus, a receiving unit receives a request for batch registration of versions associated with a document from a client terminal apparatus. A determination unit determines whether there is a file to be registered as a version of the document, based on the reque... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20100004944 | Book Creation In An Online Collaborative Environment A computer implemented method and system is provided for compiling and publishing an online book in an online collaborative environment. Requirements are collected from one or more users in the online collaborative environment. The collected requirements comprise, for e... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20100005125 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GLOBALLY AND SECURELY ACCESSING UNIFIED INFORMATION IN A COMPUTER NETWORK A client stores a first set of workspace data, and is coupled via a computer network to a global server. The client may be configured to synchronize portions of the first set of workspace data with the global server, which stores independently modifiable copies of the p... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090327359 | METHOD OF CHECKING VERSION NUMBER OF ENCRYPTION INFORMATION, AND OPTICAL DISC PLAYBACK DEVICE In the case of a BD or the like, when encryption information used for copyright protection is updated, the version number of defective encryption information is stored into an area of a commercial medium other than the content recording area, and the user is prompted to... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327326 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MIGRATING DOCUMENTS A method for exporting native source documents (NSDs) from a document repository. The method includes identifying a first NSD to export, where the first NSD includes a first version of content and first metadata, and identifying a second NSD to export, where the second ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327292 | ENSURING CONSISTENCY AMONG SHARED COPIES OF A DATA ELEMENT Disclosed is a “light weight” protocol used to coordinate shared copies of a data element. A central repository holds a master copy of the data element. Applications “subscribe” to the data element (or to an aspect of it) by sending a message to the central repo... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327302 | Synchronization and Collaboration Within Peer-to-Peer and Client/Server Environments Tools and techniques are described for synchronization and collaboration within peer-to-peer and client/server environments. These tools may provide methods that include establishing peer-to-peer relationships between two or more client systems. These relationships enab... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090327358 | RESOLVING CONFLICTS IN CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A conflict resolution system is described for reducing false conflicts among entities synchronized within a content management system. A typical content management system maintains a version for an entity that is incremented each time an endpoint modifies the entity, in... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090319579 | Electronic Design Automation Process Restart Various implementations of the invention provide the ability to extract and compare attributes for individual layout objects, and/or provide support for user-defined properties, and/or provide for fast data retrieval, and/or provide connectivity-awareness, and/or provid... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319580 | Hypervisor Service to Provide Image Version Control Support A revision control service is included in a hypervisor. The revision control service manages revision control operations relating virtual machine images transparently to the virtual machine. The revision control service interacts with a conventional revision control pro... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090313310 | MANAGING A DYNAMIC DATA POOL ON AD-HOC NETWORKS A dynamic data pool on ad-hoc networks. The present example provides for a “swarm” of nodes that share or provide a “repository” of shared dynamic data. The swarm is a collection of nodes connected via networks, including but not limited to Wireless personal are... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090313309 | Data Pattern for Storing Information, Including Associated Version and Audit Information for Use in Data Management Information is stored in a data pattern. The data pattern includes an identity table, a version table that includes at least one reference to the identity table, and an audit table that includes at least one reference to the version table. The identity table stores info... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090313308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING PROCESS DESIGNS This invention relates to a data comparison tool, method and computer program product for analysing a set of data, the set of data being derived from an original set of data, comprising: comparing the derived set of data with the original set of data; generating a hyper... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090313608 | ENABLING A BUSINESS ENTITY TO VALIDATE SUPPORT FOR SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES IN A CRM SYSTEM BEFORE MIGRATION FROM EARLIER VERSIONS An aspect of the present invention enables users (belonging to a business entity) to validate support for specific activities in a customer relationship management (CRM) system before migration from earlier versions. In one embodiment, the differences between the earlie... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090300076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING A VIRTUAL APPLIANCE RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT A system and method for inspecting a virtual appliance runtime environment is provided. In particular, runtime activity within a virtual machine may be monitored and tracked to manage a file system associated with the runtime activity. For example, a new image having a ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090299728 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MANUAL IN DISPLAY DEVICE A method for controlling a display device includes setting an operational language of the display device, receiving a request to display a manual, reading an image, and reading language data to be displayed with the image. The language data may correspond to the operati... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090293054 | Streaming Virtual Disk for Virtual Applications A sparsely populated, streaming virtual disk may be used with a virtual application to enable fast launching of a virtual application from a network server. The virtual disk may be configured and populated in blocks, enabling those blocks that are used at a particular t... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090292717 | Optimistic Versioning Concurrency Scheme for Database Streams Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to versioning for databases. In aspects, two or more users may share the same version of data, such as a report, in a database. One of the users may seek to update the data. In response to a request from the user, a ... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090287726 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF DATABASES The invention relates to a method for synchronization of source data sets of a source database stored on a source system with representative target data sets in a target database database database stored on a target system, the source data sets being of a first type and... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090287746 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC DATABASE DRIVEN DOCUMENT SYNCHRONIZATION An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for dynamically synchronizing multiple document management systems based on customizable events and actions. An edit module edits records in a custom configuration database in response to user input, each of the records com... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090287993 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF A main control unit determines whether or not a previous version with which comparison is to be made exists regarding a document stored in a session storage unit. Next, confirmation is made regarding whether or not there is difference between both compared objects, and ... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090282401 | DEPLOYING SOFTWARE MODULES IN COMPUTER SYSTEM Methods and systems are disclosed herein for deploying software modules in a computer system. In one embodiment, a number of containers are registered with a deployer. At least one container provides runtime environment for a corresponding type of software module in the... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090276471 | Automatically Capturing and Maintaining Versions of Documents Tools and techniques are described for automatically capturing and maintaining versions of documents. These tools may provide methods that include receiving documents from a server, and receiving indications of revisions to the documents at client systems. The methods m... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090276473 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY BETWEEN DATABASE AND VIRTUAL TABLE A method and system for maintaining consistency between a view of a virtual table and the database. The method includes: First, selecting a discard candidate instance from a discard candidate list table in accordance with an LRU algorithm if it is judged that there is l... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090276472 | Data processing system and method A method of interpreting data in a first version of a data structure, the method comprising determining if the first version of the data structure is different to a currently used version of the data structure; and if the versions are different, then for each field of t... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090271435 | DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE Provided is a data management method. Data corresponds to an entry including a reference to another entry and is managed in a set which is a collection of pieces of the data. The set corresponds to a linked list where the entry corresponding to the data is linked in ord... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271450 | Collaborative Document Versioning A method, system, and computer usable program product for collaborative document versioning are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A document is received for versioning and stored in a data storage associated with a data processing system. A group of users is req... | 10/29/2009 |
| 20090271451 | On-Demand Access to Container File Directories One or more levels of a stub directory from a container file are written out to a storage device. The stub directory initially includes identifiers of one or more directories in the one or more levels of the stub directory but not identifiers of additional directories i... | 10/29/2009 |
