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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7457808 | Method and apparatus for explaining categorization decisions Feature selection is used to determine feature influence for a given categorization decision to identify those features in a categorized document that were important in classifying the document into one or more classes. In one embodiment, model parameters of a categ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457807 | Data migration and analysis A data migration technique presumes a schema suitable for combining disparate data sources in a business environment. This presumptive approach to data migration permits the development of rules and libraries specifically adapted to move data from various sources in... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7454430 | System and method for facts extraction and domain knowledge repository creation from unstructured and semi-structured documents Provided are methods and systems that extract facts of unstructured documents and build an oracle for various domains. The present invention addresses the problem of efficient finding and extraction of facts about a particular subject domain from semi-structured and... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454429 | Declarative Dispatch Declarative dispatch is a computer-implemented method for processing a database represented by a collection of declarations. Computational services responsive to notification of declarations are provided. Each declaration includes a subject entity, a relation, and, ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7454428 | Network data model for relational database management system A shareable application program interface (API) and network data model infrastructure which is used in combination with a relational database to provide data storage and processing functions for network data. The network data model is stored in relational tables tha... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451153 | Method and apparatus for symmetrical filename encoding The invention provides a method and apparatus for encoding a filename having an illegal character. The method features the step of encoding the filename by replacing the illegal character with a specific code character. The apparatus features an encoder module for a... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451154 | System and method for compiling and displaying a pruned information set The processing system 10 is disclosed which uses a user interface 12 to interact with the search and control engine 16 and the display engine 18. The search and control engine 16 operates on a data set 14 to identify specifi... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451155 | Statistical methods and apparatus for records management Statistical methods and apparatus for records management are disclosed. An example method for records management disclosed herein comprises classifying a record into at least one of a plurality of categories based on a statistical value, and performing an operation ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447694 | Automated scalable and adaptive system for memory analysis via online region evolution tracking A method for determining how a region of a data structure in an application evolves comprises the steps of: periodically traversing selected subgraphs of the region in the running application; locating structural changes in the subgraphs; using these structural chan... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447693 | Dynamic cluster database architecture A distributed database management system implemented on a cluster of computers. The cluster including disks organized as data nodes. The data nodes being locally connected to one or more computers in the cluster. The distributed database management system includes a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447695 | Computer apparatus A computer apparatus has a type data storing part which stores type data regarding file types set according to models of image forming devices and a data file storing part which stores data files of described file types acquired from the image forming devices. The a... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444357 | Method and apparatus for searching an index structure for TV-Anytime Forum metadata having location information for defining a multi-key An index structure of metadata provided for searching for information on contents and a method for providing indices of the metadata, and a method and an apparatus for searching for the metadata using the index structure of the metadata are provided, in which the in... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444339 | Data processing apparatus, data processing method, data processing system, storage medium, and program A data processing apparatus is disclosed which includes a reproducing element for reproducing each of a plurality of content data items a reproduction status detecting element for detecting status of each content data item being reproduced by the reproducing element... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444341 | Method and system of detecting a change in a server in a server system A method for detecting a change in a server in a server system includes a server system coupled to a network server. The method includes booting the server from the network server. Scan the server by the network server to obtain a new inventory of information. Compa... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444340 | Using metadata in user interfaces Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer program products, for user interfaces. A user interface uses metadata of digital objects to navigate through a data structure that includes multiple containers to organize digital objects, such as digital images. Ba... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444342 | System for accessing and transforming data, information and data relational rules in a multi-dimensional database A mobile integration engine application services component for accessing data and information stored in at least one multi-dimensional database and for presenting the accessed data and information to a browser-based application. The mobile integration engine applica... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444343 | Hybrid location and keyword index A method and system for generating a hybrid index for indexing objects based on location and keyword attributes and performing location-based searching is provided. A search system performs a location-based search using a hybrid index that indexes both location and ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444338 | Ensuring that a database and its description are synchronized A method of ensuring that an IMS database and its description are synchronized. A copy of the description used to load the database is stored and maintained within said database. Before the database is accessed, a copy of the description is compared with another cop... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444066 | Recording medium for storing information for still picture, recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor A recording medium for storing information for still pictures, and a recording and/or reproducing method and apparatus therefor. A writeable and rewriteable recording medium stores data for a plurality of still pictures and audio data added thereto in one file or a ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444355 | System and method for assigning management responsibility for manageable entities Storage Area Network (storage area network) management employs agents, each under the control of a common server. Determination and assignment of available agents to candidate manageable entities suffers from several deficiencies. Distributed access control informat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444293 | Protocol disambiguation using a model-based methodology Structure and methodology for reducing risk of protocol ambiguities that could lead to operational failures in the conduct of clinical trials. Roughly described, an analyst encodes the features of a protocol into a highly structured, formal model created specificall... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440939 | System and method for inter-relating multiple data types relating to pharmaceutical products, therapies and companies Techniques for inter-relating various types of data from a plurality of dissimilar data sources relating to marketed pharmaceutical products are disclosed. Various data types may be inter-related based on one or more common data features and displayed in a comprehen... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440954 | Index maintenance for operations involving indexed XML data A method and system are provided for maintaining an XML index in response to piece-wise modifications on indexed XML documents. The database server that manages the XML index determines which nodes are involved in the piece-wise modifications, and updates the XML in... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440951 | Method for automatic wrapper repair A method of information extraction from a Web page using a broken wrapper, includes using the wrapper to extract strings from the Web page parsed in forward direction; analyzing the extracted strings according to a set of rules for assigning labels associated with t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440953 | Apparatus, method and system for directory quality assurance An apparatus, method and system to validate the integrity of a persistent identifier of information that may be located in multiple locations, formats, and accessible in variable fashions based on the context of use (135). The present disclosure further provi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440986 | Method for estimating storage requirements for a multi-dimensional clustering data configuration A storage requirements estimating system estimates the storage required for a proposed multidimensional clustering data by modeling wasted space. The amount of wasted space is modeled by calculating the cardinality of the unique value of the clustering key for the p... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441186 | System and method for automatically grouping items A system and method for automatically grouping items, e.g., digital photographs, by analyzing the statistical distributions of at least one piece of information associated with each of the items, for instance, creation time, are provided. In one embodiment, the crea... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7441246 | Configurable collection of computer related metric data The present invention relates it directed to configurable collection of computer related metric data. A computer system generates computer related metric data related to an application. The application accesses a manifest that indicates a portion of the generated co... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440966 | Method and apparatus for file system snapshot persistence A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing data in a file system in a data processing system. A request to modify a data block in the file system is detected during file system recovery time. In response to detecting the request, metadata is written... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440970 | System and method for loading commercial web sites A system and method in a network computer environment for loading data into a database using a browser are provided. One or more raw informational items are obtained from a data source. The raw informational items are temporarily stored and parsed. Informational ite... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440965 | Method and system for generating and restoring a backup image A method and system for generating and restoring a backup image are disclosed. According to one aspect of the invention, a server receives a request to generate a backup image. The request includes a selection a backup path. Based on the backup path, the server gene... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440975 | Unified media collection system A unified media collection system comprises a local user agent with a primary metadata repository, and at least one foreign user agent with a secondary metadata repository. The secondary metadata repository is operatively coupled to the primary metadata repository. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440955 | Method and system to compare data objects The invention provides a method and system to compare data objects. Each data object is converted into a directed acyclic graph forest, which comprises one or more directed acyclic graphs. The directed acyclic graph forests corresponding to data objects are then com... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440958 | Trusted access by an extendible framework method Appropriate actions are identified and associated with a selected artifact in a framework providing a customized application program. A metamodel is specified for a capture of relevant information pertaining to the selected artifact. This metamodel is implemented as... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440956 | Enforcing constraints from a parent table to a child table A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, receive a constraint command that specifies a parent table, a primary key in the parent table, a child table, and a foreign key in the child table, and enforce that all values for the pri... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440957 | Updates through views A method and system are disclosed that allow database views and base tables to be treated identically with respect to queries, insertions, deletions and updates. The method and system include separating the data instance of a view into a logical data instance and a ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440962 | Method and system for management of access information An improved method and system for centrally managing and accessing attribute information in a distributed computing system is disclosed. Applications set up application specific user attributes in a directory. When an application user connects to a server, the serve... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437387 | Method and system for providing a file system overlay A method and system wherein a plurality of different file system views may be provided for the same data. Data copied in a sequential format to a disk based repository using a data protection application is decoded so that the data may be presented and accessed usin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437385 | Methods and apparatus for detection of hierarchical heavy hitters An efficient streaming method and apparatus for detecting hierarchical heavy hitters from massive data streams is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method enables near real time detection of anomaly behavior in networks. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437662 | Representing deltas between XML versions using XSLT Approaches are described herein to represent a delta using the extensible style language transformation language (XSLT) to describe the delta between versions of a data entity. XSLT is a language that defines operations for transforming a body of data (“source”)... | 10/14/2008 |
