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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7386617 | Method, system and program product for managing multiple network application versions A session is established between a user system and an existing version of a network application. Once the session is established, session information corresponding to the session is determined and then communicated to the user system. The session information typical... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386715 | System and method for replicating data in a distributed system It is common in distributed systems to replicate data. In many cases, this data evolves in a consistent fashion, and this evolution can be modeled. A probabilistic model of the evolution allows us to estimate the divergence of the replicas and can be used by the app... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386532 | System and method for managing versions A system and method for electronic file management includes an object-oriented file management database, a volume manager, and a coherency manager. The volume manager manages electronic files and metadata relating to the files of one or more volumes. Each volume may... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386575 | System and method for synchronizing related data elements in disparate storage systems A system and method for tracking and synchronizing related data elements in disparate storage systems is provided. More particularly, the present invention provides a hub system for cross-referencing and maintaining storage system information for the efficient synch... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386579 | System, method, and computer program product for storing test results in a database A system, method, and computer program product for creating and managing a database. Product test results are efficiently stored in a database in such a way that the database updates test result entries on the basis of result changes as successive build tests are pe... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386676 | Data coherence system A data coherence system includes a generation number written to a data track of a logical sub-system. The generation number is compared to a corresponding generation number in a processing device when it is initialized. If the two generations numbers are the same, t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383272 | Method and system for versioned sharing, consolidating and reporting information A method, system and computer program product for managing information is disclosed. The information is stored in a database accessible to a plurality of users. A part of the information is isolated from the database. A user can modify the isolated part of the infor... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383292 | Moving data from file on storage volume to alternate location to free space A ghosting filter on a computing device perceives that a file is in a ghosted form and commands a file system of the device to retrieve ghosting information from the ghosted file. The ghosting filter receives a read command from an application on the device with res... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383512 | Method for synchronously binding an external behavior to a web page element A new form of DHTML behaviors, called “Element Behaviors,” wherein a behavior component is bound to an HTML element, and not just attached to the element as with attached behaviors. A special processing instruction is used to import the Element Behavior into a W... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383466 | Method and system of previewing a volume revert operation Described is a revert preview mechanism, which gives the user a chance to temporarily remount a storage volume with the contents of a shadow copy, and then evaluate the computer system as if reverted, including allowing full I/O read and write operations to the stor... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383291 | Method for sharing groups of objects A method of sharing a group of one or more objects between a plurality of users, in which one or more of said plurality of users is able to change parameter data of at least one said object. The method comprises storing at least one version of each said object; when... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379954 | Management of file system snapshots The present invention relates to methods and systems of snapshot management of a file system in a data storage system. To represent the snapshots, the invention maintains pointers to the root block pointer of each snapshot. When the active file system is modified, t... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380082 | Reading virtual ordered writes at local storage device Using a local storage device to read desired data stored on a remote storage device that receives chunks of data from the local storage device includes, if the desired data is entirely in a cache of the local storage device, the local storage device returning the da... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379952 | Techniques for multiple window resource remastering among nodes of a cluster Remastering of shared resources among nodes in a cluster, while minimizing the time that such resources are unavailable for access, comprises dividing the shared resources being remastered into multiple “windows” and freezing and remastering one window at a time... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376675 | Simulating multi-user activity while maintaining original linear request order for asynchronous transactional events A method of maintaining the original order of a sequence of transactions originating from a source database and being replicated to a target database is provided. A lockable object is associated with each transaction of the sequence of transactions from the source d... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376676 | Method, system, and program for autonomic copy services solutions Disclosed is a technique for creating a copy services solution. A document describing the copy services solution is received. The document is converted to executable code. The code is executed to perform one or more base copy services solutions described with base c... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376673 | Offline editing of XML files using a solution A user can edit an XML data file offline without the user having to discover or deploy a solution for the XML data file. A processing instruction (PI) in the XML data file is read to determine the solution's origin. The PI contains an entity that can be a href attri... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376680 | System and method for cleansing, linking and appending data records of a database A system and method for reading a data record from an input file only once, processing that data record according to one or more reference files, and then writing out the cleansed and updated data record to a target file such that the data record is read and written... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376660 | System and method for extensible java server page resource management A system and method of providing resource management in association with extensible Java Server Pages are provided. The system and method provide an interface for defining alternative input source, resource path and compilers for generating JSP servlets for processi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373362 | Coordinated synchronization A coordinating push and user-initiated synchronization method and system. Initially, changes to a local application data store are detected and records affected by the change are identified. At some point, a record affected by a detected change is pushed to a remote... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373366 | Method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for taking and managing snapshots of a storage volume A method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable medium are provided for taking snapshots of a storage volume. According to aspects of one method, each snapshot is represented as a unique sequence number. Every fresh write access to a volume in a new snapshot life... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373364 | System and method for creating a point-in-time restoration of a database file The present invention provides a method for generating a point-in-time restoration of database files and associated log files by utilizing a snapshot feature of the file system storing the files. At regular intervals, snapshots, which produce read-only copies of the... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373290 | Method and system for reducing storage requirements of simulation data via keyword restrictions Disclosed herein is a method of managing data results of simulation processing of a hardware description language (HDL) model based upon keywords. In accordance with the method, a restriction list associated with the HDL model is received. The HDL model has a maximu... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373363 | Method of managing modification of configuration states of resources in a dynamic data center A method of managing modification of configuration states of a plurality of resources of multiple types in a dynamic data center is disclosed. A modification policy is created for the resources. Moreover, a new modification for a configuration state of resources of ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373390 | Disk subsystems and their integrated system An asynchronous remote copy system which can ensure the data renewal order and data integrity of the disk subsystems. The system provides for data mirroring by a main center having a gateway and a remote center having a gateway, and storage systems in each center co... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373594 | Managing the release of electronic content using a template without version logic A facility for rendering a dynamic electronic document is described. The dynamic electronic document has both a current and a future edition. The current edition incorporates a current version of a content item, while the future edition incorporates a future version... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373654 | System, apparatus and method for updating security configurations of a plurality of servers from a centralized directory server A system, apparatus and method for updating security configurations of a plurality of servers from a centralized directory server. The system includes a centralized directory server and a plurality of servers that provide resources and store files for use by users o... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373517 | System and method for encrypting and decrypting files A system and method distribute the task of decryption between a server and a client. To encrypt data, the client generates an encryption/decryption key. Namely, a user interface obtains a password, generally from a user. A hint generator generates a hint. A key gene... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373498 | Method and apparatus for updating a system configuration through an active or passive update A method and apparatus for updating the system configuration settings of a computer system Embodiments include a remote system configuration system that enables a user to update the system configuration of a target machine from a server machine over a network or sim... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373545 | Fault tolerant computer system A fault-tolerant computer system includes at least two servers, each of which is configured to perform a first set of operations. Each of the two servers communicate with a computer that does not perform the first set of operations. In the event of a failure of a co... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373106 | Mobile terminal device and method of updating program A method of updating a program in a terminal device is provided, wherein if a transmission of update data from a base station to a terminal device is interrupted due to any disconnection between them, then after it is verified that the terminal device becomes connec... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370203 | Method for indivisibly modifying a plurality of sites in a microcircuit card non volatile memory, in particular a contactless card A method of connecting a card to a terminal including the following steps: a) on receiving corresponding respective commands from the terminal, it modifies the contents of the card memory by provisionally recording in the card memory each of said interdependent item... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369851 | Communications network capable of determining SIM card changes in electronic devices A communication network comprising a carrier network with a service coordinator is capable of acting upon SIM card change information detected by an agent located in the electronic devices used in the communication network. In general, the agent in electronic device... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370060 | System and method for user edit merging with preservation of unrepresented data A system and method for preserving unrepresented data in a document exchanged between applications. Applications handling the document, or computing devices executing the applications may have different capabilities with respect to a particular feature of the docume... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370235 | System and method for managing and scheduling recovery after a failure in a data storage environment This invention is a system and method for managing recovery following failure in a data storage environment. Program logic is configured for carrying out such method steps and encoded on a computer readable medium. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369135 | Memory management system having a forward progress bit A virtual memory system that maintains a list of pages that are required to be resident in a frame buffer to guarantee the eventual forward progress of a graphics application context running on a graphics system composed of multiple clients. Pages that are required ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370067 | Maintaining time-date information for syncing low fidelity devices Generally, the present invention provides for a distributed computing system that is capable of associating time-date information with a property value in the database. The distributed computing system has a device that stores properties in a database without corres... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370065 | Renaming multiple files Techniques for renaming multiple files. A system establishes a rename state for a first file in a collection of files and, in the rename state, receives user input specifying a name for the first file. In response to the user input specifying the name, the system re... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370066 | System and method for offline editing of data files A system and method that enables a user to edit a data file offline is described. This system and method can enable a user to edit a data file without the user having to discover or deploy a solution application governing the data file. For security, this system and... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369912 | Batch execution engine with independent batch execution processes A process plant control system includes a batch execution engine that spawns or creates an individual batch process application in a separate application process space for each batch to be run within a process plant. The batch execution engine includes communication... | 05/06/2008 |
