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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080263045 | MULTI-TIERED SECURED INFORMATION HUB A multi-tiered, secured information hub includes a plurality of information folders each containing information provided by an account owner. An Manage Account section permits the account owner to designate authorized users who have permission to access the information ... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080263046 | MEDIA PORTION SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD A device may store a media file. A portion of the media file may be identified and played back in response to an event associated with the device. In one implementation, a portion of an existing audio file may be used as a ring tone in response to a received incoming te... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080263047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING USER PERSONALIZED OPERATION OF CHEMISTRY ANALYZER The present invention discloses a user personalized operating method and operating apparatus for use in a Chemistry analyzer, said method comprises following steps: initiating the operating software of the Chemistry analyzer; loading a profile, said profile comprising a... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080263048 | File Access Management System The present invention provides systems and methods for a medical record and image and data managing system for storing electronic records and data from multiple sources including but not limited to medical databases and file capture or data storage and file management s... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080263138 | Method and system for managing specimen data An innovative system and method for laboratories, hospitals and others to manage stored specimens is described and claimed. One problem commonly encountered by medical researchers is the inability to effectively and efficiently track the large number of specimens genera... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080256075 | EXTERNAL INTERFACE ACCESS CONTROL A method and apparatus of controlling access to a system containing vital corporation software and storing confidential data assets situated in an open accessible environment is provided. The method includes calculating a signature value for at least one file usable wit... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080256076 | EXTERNAL INTERFACE ACCESS CONTROL FOR MEDICAL SYSTEMS A method and system of controlling access to a system in a medical environment is provided. The method includes calculating a signature value for at least one file usable with the medical system, transferring the calculated signature value to a signature file, and provi... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080250022 | COMMUNITY ROLE DELEGATION POLICY A method and system for establishing and maintaining a permission delegation policy for roles within a collaborative computing environment. The method and system provide a list of potential delegatee end user persons to a delegator end user person. A list of delegatable... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080250021 | Method for Searching Private Data Via a Public Data Search Interface A system for searching data over a network includes a server connected to the network adapted as an interface to users accessing the sever over the network using a computerized appliance, a data repository associated with the server adapted for storing and managing data... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080250020 | ONTOLOGICAL REPRESENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE A technique provides for an ontological representation of knowledge included in one or more contexts. A system and method based on the technique allows the creation, editing, and evolution of the ontology in the normal course of business as entities interact and communi... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080243854 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM An operated terminal monitors a connection request from an operating terminal, and when a connection request is transmitted from an operating terminal, an access right for a resource being accessed by the operated terminal is re-determined. As a result, the access right... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORAGE OPERATION ACCESS SECURITY A method and system for controlling access to stored data is provided. The storage access control system leverages a preexisting security infrastructure of a system to inform the proper access control that should be applied to data stored outside of its original locatio... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243856 | Methods and Apparatus for Scoped Role-Based Access Control Methods and apparatus for providing role-based access control of a resource by a subject in an access control system are provided. The system comprises one or more roles capable of association with one or more subjects, and a plurality of permission sets. One or more of... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243853 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOTIFYING AN INVITEE USER WHEN AN INVITING USER ACCESSES A SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION A system and method may include receiving an access from an inviting terminal requesting access to a social networking application, the access request may be associated with a user identifier, searching a contact database, based on the user identifier and on an applicat... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080244039 | METHOD OF VIRTUAL ONLINE STORAGE OF DOCUMENTS WITH A USER FRIENDLY INTERFACE This invention relates to a method for providing a superior file storage system which utilizes the Internet and which has security as well as a superior user experience as foremost goals. The invention is ideal for the secure storage of critical documents, combining the... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243851 | Multi-User Conditional Access to a Content Item This invention relates to a system and method of providing conditional access to a data content item for a number of users, where the data content item is associated with a digital right that provides a user the right to access the data content item a predetermined numb... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243852 | System and Methods for Enabling Collaboration in Online Enterprise Applications A method for enabling collaboration in online enterprise applications includes, during development of the online enterprise application, selecting at least one webpage to be in wiki format; creating an access control list for the at least one webpage; and selecting at l... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080243795 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORAGE OPERATION ACCESS SECURITY A method and system for controlling access to stored data is provided. The storage access control system leverages a preexisting security infrastructure of a system to inform the proper access control that should be applied to data stored outside of its original locatio... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080235339 | SUBJECT MATTER RESOURCE WEBSITE A method and apparatus for providing searchable data. The method includes the steps of detecting a content capture request from a user and analyzing a screen being viewed by the user to capture a content and format of any information elements displayed on the screen. Th... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235603 | DIGITAL FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC ROLES ASSIGNMENT AND USER LEVEL IMAGE/DATA INTERCHANGE A digital asset management system includes dynamic roles assignment and user level image/data interchange. The system stores digital asset files, where different subsets of one or more of the files are associated with respective jobs. In addition, the system stores info... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235231 | Computer-Implemented Systems And Methods For Database Access Computer-implemented systems and methods for providing row-level security. A system can be configured to receive a request for data that is contained in tables and to use one or more row-level security policies to augment the received request with one or more row-level ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235232 | System and/or Method for Sharing and Evaluating Dietary Information The present invention provides a system (10) and/or method (100,200,300) for sharing and evaluating dietary information. The system (10) enables the creation of an interactive community of diet, nutrition and/or weight conscious individuals that can... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235233 | GENETC PROFILING AND BANKING SYSTEM AND METHOD A genetic banking system allows the ability to securely store genetic profile data while allowing access to individuals authorized to access the profile for authorized purposes.... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235230 | USING LOCATION AS A PRESENCE ATTRIBUTE Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for determining location of a principal. According to one embodiment, a method of providing location information for a principal can comprise receiving a presence event related to the principal. A location of the ... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235229 | ORGANIZING SCENARIO-RELATED INFORMATION AND CONTROLLING ACCESS THERETO Mechanisms for organizing scenario solution-related information based upon a user's locality are provided. Locality refers to a collection of metadata created based upon scenario solutions executed by a user and/or enablers acquired by a user during scenario solution ex... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235234 | ACCESS CONTROL LIST (ACL) BINDING IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Systems for updating an access control list (ACL) associated with one or more resources in a data processing system are provided. The system provides a table including a list of one or more first ACLs that map to a corresponding one or more previously computed second AC... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080228771 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING STORED DATA A complete document management system is disclosed. Accordingly, systems and methods for managing data associated with a data storage component coupled to multiple computers over a network are disclosed. Systems and methods for managing data associated with a data stora... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080228695 | TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYZING AND PRESENTING INFORMATION IN AN EVENT-BASED DATA AGGREGATION SYSTEM Methods and apparatus are described for presenting information relating to event-based data aggregated in an event-based data aggregation system. A dashboard interface is presented which includes report summary data for each of a plurality of reports to which a user has... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080222153 | Administrator Level Access To Backend Stores An API called AdminRPC written in managed code allows background applications written in managed code to access backend data stores. Functions within this API provide administrator level access to a mailbox or a public folder on a backend server.... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080222708 | IMPLEMENTING ACCESS CONTROL FOR QUERIES TO A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A system to generate an SQL sub-expression that implement access control rules stored in a library server. The SQL sub-expression is then merged with the SQL passed from an application program interface (API). The access control checking mechanism is implemented on the ... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080215588 | Electronic object sharing system According to one embodiment, a system and method is described for assigning access rights to documents and controlling these access rights within a database environment thereby preventing unauthorized persons from viewing certain documents. According to one embodiment o... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080208866 | IDENTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION, AND CONTROL OF DATA ACCESS QUANTITY AND PATTERNS A device for limiting access to data in a database includes an input for receiving a request to access data in a database and a processor that is communicatively coupled to the input and allows access to the data in the database. A data counter for counting an instantan... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080208867 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVITATIONAL RECRUITMENT TO A WEB SITE A current registered member of a web site is enabled to send a message to a person not currently a member, containing a link to a newly created membership page for that person, to which access may be confirmed by only the entry of a password, rather than a multi-step re... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080195641 | Apparatus and method for aggregating and accessing data according to user information An apparatus and method for aggregating and accessing data according to user information are provided. According to one aspect, an interface device for providing data between a first device and a second device comprises an input, an output, logic, and a repository for s... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195625 | Interactive credential system and method An interactive credential system and method is provided. The system comprises a database containing employee-employer-applicant surveyed information, industry specific criteria such as insurance loss history and account performance, an authorization code for authorizing... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195622 | Service provisioning system A method for generating objects which facilitate access of application platform system and service provisioning system to a shared database. The method includes generating automatically objects for incorporating in the application platform system as well as objects for ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195623 | Risk management system A system manages risks. The system includes a processor for executing the system. A risk manager determines a team structure. The risk manager has the ability to lock/unlock a database to external users. A team administrator creates a risk team. The team administrator i... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTRATION OF VIRTUAL SERVERS A system and method administers virtual servers executing on one or more physical storage systems. One or more virtual servers are created and associated with a management group. An administrator is then granted permissions to the group. Upon logging into management sof... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195618 | Method For Authorizing a Telephone Transaction and Local Node The invention relates to a method for authorizing a telephone transaction and in particular an access to a database through a user in a telecommunication network, said telecommunication network comprising a user interface, an access control for the database and an authe... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195619 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF SHARING CALENDAR-EVENT INFORMATION A method of sharing with a portable electronic device of a first entity, calendar-event records associated with a second entity and accessible by a server. The method includes receiving at the server permission to share with the first entity the calendar-event records a... | 08/14/2008 |
