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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5751961 | Integrated internet system for translating logical addresses of internet documents to physical addresses using integrated service control point An ISCP gateway connects an ISCP to the Internet. Internet call processing records ("CPRs") are generated and stored in a database associated with the ISCP. These Internet CPRs translate logical addresses in the URL standard to physical worldwide Web ("WW... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748895 | System for remotely programming a portable information device using visible optical pattern transmitted from a display device while concurrently displaying human-readable explanation of the pattern A system and method is provided for remotely and optically programming a portable information device, such as a programmable watch, using a visual display device, such as a CRT monitor. The monitor displays a sequence of changing optical patterns used to ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748892 | Method and apparatus for client managed flow control on a limited memory computer system A method and apparatus for controlling data flow on a network having a server and a non-blocking client node in which the client node may not drop requests received from the server. A process on the non-blocking client node allocates resources on the non-... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745681 | Stateless shopping cart for the web A shopping cart metaphor is emulated on a network of server and client computing systems. A browser at the client station has a request module to send a shopping page request to the server. A shopping page module in the server sends a shopping page file t... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5745699 | Dynamic address assignment in an arbitrarily connected network A method and apparatus for assigning a unique network address to a first node within a network which is arbitrarily connected. The first node may include a shared network resource, such as a networked printer device, or a modem, in addition to a stand-alo... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5745683 | System and method for allowing disparate naming service providers to dynamically join a naming federation The present invention provides an improved Federated Naming Framework System which includes a Federated Naming Service Provider Interface ("FN SPI") for four (4) kinds of Name Services (Atomic Name, Compound Name, Partial Composite Name and Composite Name... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5742770 | Communication control method and apparatus A plurality of terminals are connected to a common data bus. Each terminal is capable of issuing and processing two types of commands: a simultaneous command and a non-simultaneous command. A receiving terminal processes every simultaneous command, but pr... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5740369 | Information delivery system and portable information terminal A transmitting management apparatus transmits information having an identification number corresponding to a portable information terminal to which information is to be delivered and/or having a sorting code identifying the information. The portable infor... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740364 | System and method for controlling data transfer between multiple interconnected computer systems with a portable input device A system and method are provided wherein a user of an interconnected computer system can identify a specific piece of data and then access this data from another computer in the network. This is extremely useful since it is often desirable for data to be ... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5737536 | System and methods for optimized access in a multi-user environment A client/server system providing methods of utilizing information stored locally on a client even after the client has modified data on the server is described. A client stores data from the server in a local "read-only" buffer(s), to speed up access to t... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5734823 | Systems and apparatus for electronic communication and storage of information An information distribution system, in accordance with one form of the present invention, includes a central information bank and a central transactional data base coupled to point-of-sale delivery systems. Information flows between each point-of-sale del... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734918 | Computer system with an input/output processor which enables direct file transfers between a storage medium and a network A data processor transfers files at high speeds from a magnetic disk or other storage media to a network and shortens the processing time for the file transfers. An I/O processor includes (i) a channel to which a magnetic disk is connected, (ii) a LAN ada... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734835 | Inexpensive world wide web terminal appliance using disk synchronized with raster refresh for storage of displayed pages A World Wide Web terminal appliance utilizes a disk drive for local storage of Web pages previously downloaded and rendered for display during the course of a Web surfing session. The disk drive rotates at a rate substantially in synchronization with a di... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5734828 | System for accessing/delivering on-line/information services via individualized environments using streamlined application sharing host and client services An on-line/information service system is constituted with a caller management server and a number of on-line/information servers. The caller management server is equipped with multiple ports and complementary hardware/software, including a call management... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5732214 | System for universal archival service where transfer is initiated by user or service and storing information at multiple locations for user selected degree of confidence A method and system for information archiving on a network that is universally accessible to users. A stationary or mobile user may archive information on demand. A hook up into the network is established via a communication medium, and an initial protoco... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5732212 | System and method for remote monitoring and operation of personal computers A system and method for accessing, controlling and monitoring a data processing device in which a video raster signal from the data processing device is analyzed to determine the information displayed on a video display monitor attached to the data proces... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5727155 | Method and apparatus for dynamically controlling a remote system's access to shared applications on a host system A method and apparatus which dynamically controls a remote system's access to a selected application(s) of a host computer system coupled to the remote system. The host system transfers an access level to the remote system, which indicates whether modific... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5727147 | System and method for resolving symbolic references to externally located program files When an interpreter on a client computer encounters a symbolic reference to a remotely stored method while interpreting a locally stored method, and the object class for the remotely stored method has not previously been loaded, the client computer, the c... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5727129 | Network system for profiling and actively facilitating user activities A system and method are provided for use with an communication and information network, such at the Internet World Wide Web, for assisting a user in accessing information stored at remote network sites based on the user's past history of network usage. An... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5727201 | Online data retrieval system A data retrieval system in which data to be retrieved is stored in the memory of a host computer and accessed from user terminals which transmit requests for data to the host. Data is stored in the host computer in the form of a series of search terms arr... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724574 | Method and apparatus for transferring data to a remote workstation using communications established as a background function at time workstation A method and apparatus for processing at a remote workstation, data files that are compressed and collected into groups on a local area network at a central location. The files of a group are transferred to the workstation over an ISDN switched telephone ... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724575 | Method and system for object-based relational distributed databases An object-based relational distributed database system and associated methods of operation that transforms data stored in a plurality of remote, heterogeneous user databases into a homogeneous data model is disclosed. Data stored in distributed, heterogen... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721827 | System for electrically distributing personalized information An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5721828 | Multicomputer memory access architecture A multicomputer is shown made up of a crossbar network to which are connected processing nodes and I/O interface nodes. The processing nodes include crossbar interface circuits that provide routing signals in local registers so that a local processor can ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5715443 | Method and apparatus for searching for information in a data processing system and for providing scheduled search reports in a summary format A method and apparatus for processing information in a data processing system which is coupled to an information storage device having information stored therein. The method includes defining on a first processor a first search request which includes at l... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5710887 | Computer system and method for electronic commerce A system for facilitating commercial transactions, between a plurality of customers and at least one supplier of items over a computer driven network capable of providing communications between the supplier and at least one customer site associated with e... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5710884 | System for automatically updating personal profile server with updates to additional user information gathered from monitoring user's electronic consuming habits generated on computer during use A method and an apparatus for storing and updating electronic information in a personal profile server for an individual user, and dynamically changing the residence of the electronic information. The electonic information is being transmitted between a c... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5708960 | Subscription newspaper dispatching system In order to dispatch a newspaper to subscriber households through satellite communication, a newspaper edit/dispatch system in the head office of a newspaper publishing company electronically creates each paper sheet of national news section as first news... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706516 | System for communicating messages among agent processes Data processing application requests are processed in a computer system configured as a plurality of nodes with a plurality of interacting processes. Data is requested by an application request originating on a first node. The request data includes data l... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5701463 | Method of replacing the identity of a file with another as part of a file open request in a computer system In an improved method for accessing files in a computer system, file open requests are intercepted at the level of the operating system. The identity of the file to be opened is extracted from the request and a determination is made as to whether the iden... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5696901 | Remote information service access system based on a client-server-service model A local host computing system, a remote host computing system as connected by a network, and service functionalities: a human interface service functionality, a starter service functionality, and a desired utility service functionality, and a Client-Serve... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5696948 | Apparatus for determining round trip latency delay in system for preprocessing and delivering multimedia presentations A system and method for preprocessing and delivering multimedia presentations to customers such that delays due to interactive response time is virtually eliminated include a preprocessor, mass storage, a delivery processor, a distribution network, and a ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694546 | System for automatic unattended electronic information transport between a server and a client by a vendor provided transport software with a manifest list A novel electronic information transport component can be incorporated in a wide range of electronic information products, for example magazine collections, to automate the mass distribution of updates, such as current issues, from a remote server to a wi... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5692128 | Computer network with reliable and efficient removable media services A computer network (10) includes workstations (12), file servers (14), a cabling system (16), and removable media servers (24). Removable media drives (26) couple to the removable media servers (24), and removable media 30 are removably loaded into the dr... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5682460 | Method for selecting transmission preferences In a communication system a method for selecting a set of preferences for use during transmission of information to a particular destination anticipates selecting a list of one or more destinations, each destination having a key and a set of preferences, ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5682525 | System and methods for remotely accessing a selected group of items of interest from a database A user can access a common database from a remote communications port, at any qualified location, to generate a map or other positional information which locates selected items of interest, e.g., businesses, stores, architectural sites, and the like. The ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5678038 | Storing and retrieving heterogeneous classification systems utilizing globally unique identifiers A system including a method for cohesively storing and retrieving heterogeneous classification systems. The database schema of the present invention is constructed of three data substructures, the Attribute Classification, Attribute Value Instance and Att... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675721 | Computer network data distribution and selective retrieval system A method of accessing a distributed virtual world such that the only data requested of the network data sources and transmitted to the requesting computer is the data that codes for objects that the viewer can perceive, and to prioritize the data to be se... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5668950 | Network service system and communication unit for game machine and game machine capable of using said network service system A network service system capable of providing economical services comprises a plurality of host computers connected to a network for providing services through the network and an information processing terminal connected to the network. The information pr... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5666538 | Disk power manager for network servers A computer network includes a network server in communication with a plurality of user terminals. The network server includes disk drives which store data accessible via the user terminals. To increase power efficiency of the network server, the number of... | 09/09/1997 |
