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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8090689 | Efficient data recovery A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for efficiently restoring information is disclosed. In an embodiment, this comprises receiving a self-contained datastream and analyzing the self-contained datastream for file headers, corresponding file metadata and c... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7925615 | Reducing duplication of files on a network Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received digital file, comparing the digital signature against stored dig... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7890470 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing device providing content directory service with device not providing content directory Provided is a method for synchronizing contents included in devices in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network. A control point device, which contains local content but cannot provide a content directory service, converts information regarding content objects of th... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7870089 | Reducing duplication of embedded resources on a network Systems and techniques for improving the performance of a network system having one or more sending systems and one or more receiving systems may include determining the digital signature of a received embedded digital resource, comparing the digital signature again... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7870090 | Building automation system date management A building automation system (BAS). In one embodiment, the BAS comprises a database and a relational directory. The database is adapted to store data definitions. The relational directory includes data definitions for the BAS, stored in the database, and includes a ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7849115 | Method and apparatus for adapting computer-based systems to end-user profiles The present invention relates to a method of adapting computer programs to user profiles, including providing a user with a questionnaire to determine at least one of the user's intelligence, personality, emotional state, computer experience, sensory skills, motor s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7809675 | Sharing state information among a plurality of file operation servers A method and apparatus for sharing state information among a plurality of servers is provided. A first server receives a request to perform a file operation, such as a NFS file system operation. Thereafter, the first server updates state information to reflect a cha... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7711702 | System and method for immutably cataloging electronic assets in a large-scale computer system Systems and/or methods for storing and/or retrieving assets in connection with an extremely large scale computer storage system are provided. An asset catalog may comprise a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711701 | Efficient recording of object carousels A transmission system includes a transmitter (10) and at least one receiver (14) configured to receive signals transmitted therefrom. Carousel-forming data file and directory objects are sent in cycles, with predetermined groups of file and directory o... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711703 | System and method for immutably storing electronic assets in a large-scale computer system Systems and/or methods for storing and/or retrieving assets in connection with an extremely large scale computer storage system are provided. An asset catalog may comprise a plurality of asset catalog entries stored according to at least one schema and corresponding... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7698306 | System and method for parallelized replay of an NVRAM log in a storage appliance A system and method for enabling parallel replay of a backup memory log of client transaction request entries to a network storage appliance file system is provided. The backup memory is typically implemented as a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). An initia... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698634 | System and method for data manipulation In one embodiment of the invention, a method for designing data movement from a source file to a target file includes receiving a first data format of a source file via a graphical user interface, receiving a second data format of a target file via the graphical use... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698303 | System for categorizing and normalizing knowledge data based on user's affinity to knowledge A system, method, and processor readable medium for processing data in a knowledge management system gathers information content and transmits a work request for the information content gathered. The information content may be registered with a K-map and assigned a ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698304 | Caching data in a distributed system A distributed system is described that includes a notification module and multiple data-providing modules for delivering updated data to client devices. The notification module notifies the client devices of a version of the updated data. A client device then reques... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698305 | Program modification and loading times in computing devices Systems and methods for implementing system management which are based on reviewing of the interactions between one or more programs and the persistent state they tend to represent. The system provides for detection of modifications that occur within a system, verif... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693874 | Method and system for object linking Disclosed is a mechanism and method for object linking. According to an aspect of one embodiment of the invention, name linking information is co-located with the storage object, rather than being stored only at a computer node. By maintaining name liking informatio... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693875 | Method for searching a data page for inserting a data record A method of searching a data page in a table space of a database for inserting a data record to a first table, wherein the table space comprises space map pages and sets of data pages, wherein each space map page comprises information about the available storage spa... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693878 | Hierarchical storage management using dynamic tables of contents and sets of tables of contents A system, apparatus, and process creates a table of contents (TOC), including one or more table of contents (TOC) entries, to manage data in a hierarchical storage management system. Each TOC entry contains metadata describing the contents and attributes of a data o... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693873 | System, method and program to synchronize files in distributed computer system System, method and program for making same data available from different file systems to clients. The data is transferred to each of the file systems. Respective time periods required to rename the data in the file systems from a first name to a second name are esti... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693876 | Monitoring usage rate patterns in storage resources In a method and system for monitoring storage resources, storage containers are monitored to identify their individual normal usage patterns over time. Based on a storage container's normal usage pattern, limits may be established for determining whether its rate of... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693877 | Automated information lifecycle management system for network data storage An automated information lifecycle management (ILM) system for network storage automatically searches a network storage system to identify data items stored therein. The network storage system includes multiple data storage facilities of different types coupled to a... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689597 | Mirrored storage architecture using continuous data protection techniques Systems and methods for performing replication operations on a continuous data protection system. Exemplary systems include a continuous data protection system configured to save a series of transactions of a production application, the continuous data protection sy... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689596 | Data transmission device and method for controlling the same and image reading apparatus using the same According to the present invention, a data transmission device that can transmit data to a destination contained in pre-stored destination information, the data transmission device comprises a determining section that, when the device is instructed to transmit data,... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685165 | Policy based resource management for legacy data A policy-based resource management system provides an infrastructure that uses high-level definitions of data-types along with desired policy rules to manage legacy data. In particular, relevant legacy data is identified as well as the characteristics of storage dev... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685167 | Configuration management database reference instance A reference instance for use in a configuration management system is a configuration item that may be associated with a number of assets, all of which share a common set of attributes. The use of reference instances permits a single configuration item to identify a ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685168 | Removing web application flicker using AJAX and page templates A web page is rendered under the control of a client. A content server divides a webpage in multiple empty partitions. Each of the partitions has an associated pointer to data that can populate the partition. When data changes, the content server transmits pointers ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685166 | Information recording apparatus There is provided an information recording apparatus which is capable of collective management concerning which content data is recorded on each one of a plurality of information storage media. The information recording apparatus includes: a content data storage sec... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680832 | Techniques for managing configuration information among different physical devices A technique involves managing configuration information used by an application. The technique involves disposing a first file in a first physical device. The first file includes first configuration information. The technique further involves disposing a second file ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680830 | System and method for policy-based data lifecycle management System and method for policy-based lifecycle management of data in file systems. In embodiments, an expiration policy for the files may be stored as part of the file system metadata. The expiration policy may be as simple as an expiration date for the file, or a mor... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680831 | Methods and apparatus for detection and recovery of database out of synchronization conditions A system detects an event suggesting a data discrepancy between a staging database and a production database that maintain network management data within a network management system. The staging database is logically separate from the production database. The system... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7672978 | Handling of content in a data processing device A method is shown for handling content in a data processing device, the data processing device comprising at least a first application and a data-handling module. The method comprises: synchronizing, in the control of said data-handling module, content of a first ex... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668871 | Providing mapped user account information to a storage server A method for storage of user mapping data associated with users of data stored by storage servers includes operating multiple storage servers, each configured to provide a set of clients with access to data stored in a set of mass storage devices, and using one or m... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668872 | Data management systems and methods for networks A data management method for a network. Whether a first record in a database is updated is automatically determined. Content of the first record is organized in a hierarchical structure. Which of a group of clients is affected by update of the first record is automa... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668870 | Methods and systems for updating web pages via a web data instant update utility A method for updating web pages on a web server without republishing the web pages involves providing on a production database server a live version of one or more business data tables containing information used to populate web pages on a production web server and ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7664784 | High-performance, scalable, adaptive and multi-dimensional event repository A High-Performance, Scalable, Adaptive and Multi-dimensional Event Repository is described and utilized in a method for publishing an event in a database. The present method includes transparently intercepting a request to a database to publish an event. A messaging... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664786 | Apparatus and method for managing application context An apparatus and method for managing application context is provided. A first one of a plurality of terminals, each including at least one application, collects and transmits context information of the application to a migration server so that it is stored and manag... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664783 | File management program, data structure, and file management device A file management program for managing a file or a directory by means of a long filename of a file system that corresponds to a long filename for retrieval and a short filename of the file system that corresponds to a short filename for retrieval, includes having a ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664787 | System and method for creating an object-level snapshot in a storage system A system and method for object-level snapshot creation in an object-based storage system. The host device includes a first object management table (OMT) and a file system. The object-based storage system is connected to the host device and includes a controller and ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7664785 | Method and apparatus of WAFS backup managed in centralized center A system including a plurality of servers each executing an application, a plurality of Wide Area File System (WAFS) clients which are correspondingly connected to the servers, a WAFS server which is connected to each WAFS client, a storage system or network attache... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660829 | System and method for delegating file system operations The invention provides a distributed file system configured to delegate file system operations to clients. The client obtains a delegation associated with an object managed by the server. The delegation enables the client to perform a file system operation on behalf... | 02/09/2010 |
