Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 20050065935 | Client comparison of network content with server-based categorization The present disclosure provides systems and methods for controlling access to to Internet sites from a computer. Briefly described in architecture, some embodiments of a system provide an Internet user interface to access Internet sites from the computer. An access cont... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050065934 | System, method, and computer program for managing address data An identification data receiving unit receives identification data of a user sent from a user terminal. An address data extracting unit extracts an address data from a group identification file provided in an address data storing unit, based on the identification data r... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050065932 | System to provide an individual data processing environment There is disclosed a system intended to provide each user with his or her individual data processing environment (1), with his or her identification (2) and his or her personal content (3), stored in a portable individual device (8), which in... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050060315 | Metadata database lookup system A metadata database lookup system provides a database is that contains a cross-reference of metadata information to a service provider ID number or universal resource identifier (URI). A service provider ID number is keyed to metadata information about a specific resour... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050060316 | Extended file system A method and system for transparently combining remote and local storage to provide an extended file system such as a virtual local drive for a computer system client/user, e.g., a user of a pocket sized personal computer or a cable set-top box. A client device may load... | 03/17/2005 |
| 20050055349 | SDRAM controller that improves performance for imaging applications A method and apparatus for efficient access to multiple lines of image data using a memory device with at least one memory module, wherein each memory module has at least one bank with multiple rows. The method includes the step of maintaining address information of a c... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050049999 | Database access statement tracing A method and apparatus for providing uniform infrastructure for accessing relational databases are described. A request to trace a database access statement issued by a software application is received and execution of the database access statement is monitored. Tracing... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050050047 | Medium content identification In certain embodiments, methods and apparatus are presented for identifying medium content and updating database information. A medium identifier is created from both track fingerprint as well as physical media characteristics. The medium identifier is then used to quer... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050050046 | Two phase intermediate query security using access control A method, system and article of manufacture for two phase intermediate query security using access control. A networked client-server computer system having a plurality of users of the client-server system and including software performing database queries via a DBMS fo... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050050045 | Program, system and method for analyzing retrieval keyword A retrieval keyword analyzing system extracts an access sequence indicating a continuous access by a same requester based on a Web access log which relates first identification data indicating an access requester to second identification data indicating contents to be a... | 03/03/2005 |
| 20050044409 | Implementation and use of a PII data access control facility employing personally identifying information labels and purpose serving functions sets A data access control facility is implemented by assigning personally identifying information (PII) classification labels to PII data objects, with each PII data object having one PII classification label assigned thereto. The control facility further includes at least ... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050044162 | Multi-protocol sharable virtual storage objects A storage object such as a virtual disk drive or a raw logical volume is contained in a UNIX compatible file so that the file containing the storage object can be exported using the NFS or CIFS protocol and shared among UNIX and MS Windows clients or servers. The storag... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050044078 | Technique for processing data in a network A technique or accessing an item of interest within a particular one of a plurality of stored representations of data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized by having a processing device searching a plurality of stored annotations corresponding to di... | 02/24/2005 |
| 20050038786 | Self-configuration of database tables A system is provided for accessing data in a database by automatically configuring database tables from within an application program. The system comprises a database, an application program and a table definition module. The database comprises one or more tables, each ... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050038787 | Document authentication A method, system, computer program and web service for authenticating a document is described comprising; receiving a request to verify the earliest date of a document, such a request including the document itself; creating a signature of the received document by runnin... | 02/17/2005 |
| 20050033743 | Computer database access Disclosed are systems and methods for a management application accessing a database of interest, including the management application creating an object for indicating a unique identifier for a data item using a SET command; an agent storing the unique identifier in the... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050033744 | Administering devices in dependence upon predefined condition spaces Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a method for administering devices. The method comprises creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate metrics for a user, selecting a predefined condition space for the user in dependence upon t... | 02/10/2005 |
| 20050027707 | System and method of managing sensitive information exchanges between users of a matching service A method of managing sensitive information exchanges between users of a matching service includes receiving sensitive information from a first user and receiving a viewing option from said first user concerning the first user's sensitive information. A first user indica... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050021520 | Method for controlling access rights to data stored in a hand portable device and a hand portable device for providing access to stored data A method for controlling access rights to data stored in a hand portable device, comprising: a) storing a plurality of data assemblages in the hand portable device; b) accessing a first data assemblage; c) in response to step b), automatically restricting subsequent acc... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050021519 | System and method for creating and maintaining an internet-based, universally accessible and anonymous patient medical home page Universal internet access to a patient's critical medical records is obtainable by creating an anonymous medical homepage for each patient which is devoid of any personal identifiers. The anonymous medical homepage is hosted on a centralized data server which receives m... | 01/27/2005 |
| 20050015373 | Object management system and method An object management system and method. The system includes an object access interface, a resource management module, an access management module and an object management module. The object access interface receives an access request, from an entity, including at least ... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050015372 | Method for data processing in a multi-processor data processing system and a corresponding data processing system The invention is based on the idea to separate a synchronisation operation from reading and writing operations. Therefore, a method for data processing in the data processing system is provided, wherein said data processing system comprises a first and at least a second... | 01/20/2005 |
| 20050005168 | Verified personal information database The present invention is directed to a method for creating a database of verified personal information. Information regarding individuals is gathered from one or more sources and stored. Authorized individuals request to view the information over a wide area computer ne... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004913 | Dynamic access decision information module A dynamic information retrieval service is provided that can be configured to retrieve entitlement information from a plurality of providers. Any application that requires entitlement data may make a request for that information to the dynamic information retrieval serv... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050004914 | Methods, apparatus, and product for distributed garbage collection In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for allocating and deallocating resources in a distributed processing system having a requester platform and a server platform. The process involves receiving a request from the requestor platform referring ... | 01/06/2005 |
