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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7921185 | System and method for managing switch and information handling system SAS protocol communication An SAS domain map is automatically generated at an SAS concentrator switch by a virtual mapping device that presents itself as a target for discovery by SAS devices interfaced with the concentrator, such as information handling systems and storage devices. During th... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917600 | Method, computer program product, and system for selecting and migrating information and device drivers to a computer system A method performed by a first computer system includes receiving one or more of a plurality of files from a second computer system in response to a selection of the one or more of the plurality of files by a customer of the second computer system and receiving netwo... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912918 | Multi-path data retrieval from redundant array An optimum pathway to data stored on a data storage system having N storage devices and more than N pathways is determined in response to a read request for the data. A sorter separates the read request into an appropriate segment size for sending to the storage dev... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912916 | Resolving conflicts while synchronizing configuration information among multiple clients A user of multiple client devices (clients) makes application configuration changes on the clients from time to time. The configuration changes are stored in a local event log on each client, as well as in a synchronization server. When one of the clients connects t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912917 | Persisting forms data in a composite web application environment Forms data is reusable in a first webpage after a user goes to a second webpage, and then returns to the first webpage. After providing access to a first webpage via a portal User Interface (UI) on a display on a client computer, a data entry input of forms data for... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7912919 | Common storage in scalable computer systems A computer system comprises a plurality of processing modules, each operable to provide a service to an external entity. Each processing module has a processor and a memory. A storage module is provided, operable to store information required by the processing modul... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908339 | Transaction based virtual file system optimized for high-latency network connections A method and system are provided for a virtual distributed data manager. In one example of the method, the virtual data manager involves receiving a request to mount a file system onto the client computer, wherein the file system is stored on the server system and c... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908340 | Methods and apparatus for providing coverage for sender of transmission data The present invention provides systems and methods which afford a technical application for insuring, bonding, and underwriting a transmission of a data set, streaming data, and/or document over the Internet through TCP/IP and all other electronic media such as WAP,... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908343 | Optimized image delivery over limited bandwidth communication channels Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image p... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908341 | Digital broadcasting receiver having destination arrival information notification function and notification method using the same A digital broadcasting receiver includes a gap filler information storage unit for storing information of locations of gap fillers and information of corresponding gap filler identifiers matched to the locations. The gap fillers are arranged at regular intervals in ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908337 | System and method for using network layer uniform resource locator routing to locate the closest server carrying specific content A request for an information object at an address identified by a uniform resource locator (URL) is received; and the URL is mapped to a corresponding anycast address for the information object. Thereafter, the anycast address for the information object may be resol... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908338 | Content retrieval method and apparatus, communication system and communication method The present invention is relative to an apparatus for retrieving desired music number data from a large number of music number data recorded on a large capacity recording medium. The apparatus includes memories (11), (12) in which to store a plural num... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7908342 | Method, apparatus and system for management of information content for enhanced accessibility over wireless communication networks Information content is managed in a network-based communication system by providing a content management site accessible to a user of the system. The content management site is configured to permit the user to designate at least one data source that is external to t... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904527 | System and method for remote servicing of embedded devices A service system permits remote personnel to service a local embedded device. In an exemplary application, the device being diagnosed communicates with a local computer system that interfaces to a remote computer system via, for example, the Internet. A service prog... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904424 | Method for managing document data and data structure A method is provided which enables to know a location of copied document data without the use of a server or others. Document data that is data used for reconstructing a document is managed by combining, in one document object, the document data along with relations... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904529 | Method and system for transmitting and recording synchronized data streams System for transmitting one or more presentation data streams from a presentation workstation. In response to receiving an input to open a presentation application, operating parameters are obtained for a presentation to provide presentation operating parameters for... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904530 | Method and apparatus for automatically incorporating hypothetical context information into recommendation queries A system facilitates automatically determining the hypothetical context information or the distribution of hypothetical contexts. During operation, the system receives a request from a user for one or more recommendations. The system also receives a current context ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904528 | Apparatus and associated method for downloading an application with a variable lifetime to a mobile terminal Apparatus, and associated method, provides for downloading an application with a selectable lifetime from an application database to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal user's identification information and the selected lifetime for the application are stored in ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904531 | Method for flexible, safe, robust, and efficient generation and serving of multi-source world-wide web content pages The invention provides a method for flexibly, safely, robustly, and efficiently serving user interface pages composed of foreign content supplied by a third-party as well as local content supplied by the first party by allowing the cobrander to serve cobranded page ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899884 | Method and system for provision of image data from a server to a client In a method, a device and a computer program product for provision of image data such as thin slice image data and thick slice image data of a server to a client, the image data having been acquired by an imaging modality and being cached in a cache acting as a serv... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899883 | Merging versions of documents using multiple masters Tools and techniques are described for merging versions of documents using multiple masters. These tools may provide methods that include syncing a first peer system with at least a second peer system, with the first and second peer systems receiving respective inst... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899882 | System and method for providing remote forensics capability A system and method for performing a forensic analysis of a subject computer having a non-volatile memory with a second computer is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes executing on the subject computer a first code segment configured to provide communic... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899879 | Method and apparatus for a report cache in a near real-time business intelligence system A method of optimizing the delivery of a set of data elements from a first device to a second device. The method includes retrieving from a data source the set of data elements, including a first subset of the set of data elements, a second subset of the set of data... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899881 | Multipath data retrieval from redundant array An optimum pathway to data stored on a data storage system having N storage devices and more than N pathways is determined in response to a read request for the data. A sorter separates the read request into an appropriate segment size for sending to the storage dev... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899880 | Information processing apparatus, method, program, and storage medium for synchronizing content This invention is to ensure synchronization between images in an information apparatus with those in an external device without bothering a user while reflecting the user's intension of whether to make an image open to the public. Only images in groups with the same... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7895290 | System for transmitting and remotely managing data of a machine A system for transmitting and remotely managing data of a machine selected in a group comprising a packaging machine, a wrapping machine, a wood working machine tool, comprises a processing and exchanging data device communicating with a remote processing arrangemen... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895291 | Push to storage network enabling fast start Methods and systems for distributed storage and retrieval systems comprising a plurality of storage-and-computing elements, each storage-and-computing element storing a plurality of pushed content fragments and able to simultaneously retrieve pushed content fragment... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895289 | Device and method for storing / retrieving objects with multidimensionally addressed electronic data The invention provides for devices and methods for storing/retrieving objects comprising multidimensionally addressed electronic data in a system of several data processing units, in particular as regards the economy of time, even if individual units of the data pro... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7895288 | Personalized time-shifted programming A method and apparatus for personalized time-shifted programming. Digital content is retrieved, for example, from a digital library. Once retrieved, the content is stored locally, for example, on a personal computer. The locally stored content is transferred, in who... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890600 | Data optimization system for decreasing data transmission volume from server to client A method, system, and computer program product for decreasing a volume of data transmitted from a server to a client device in a data processing network, the server processing a received request for a resource from the client device, the processed requested resource... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890601 | System for dynamically integrating remote portlets into portals The present invention discloses a system and method allowing dynamically integrating remote portlets into each Portal by providing local portlets as remote portlet Web-Services by providing, to each Portal-Server, a publishing functionality allowing electronic creat... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890598 | Remote access management A remote access management service for enabling remote access to an item of media content stored in a network device from a remote device. The network device includes a remote access server application program and account information identifying the remote device, a... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890599 | Pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device A method, apparatus, and system of pause and replay of media content through bookmarks on a server device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a server device includes authenticating a user of a client device, communicating a media content to the client dev... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885977 | System and method for the automated notification of compatibility between real-time network participants The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favor... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886017 | Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location by receiving a product code A method for controlling a computer is disclosed wherein one or more remote locations disposed on a network are accessed in response to accessing a product code. A first computer disposed on the network connects to a device for accessing the product code of a produc... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886018 | Portable metadata service framework A method is provided. The method determines a set of components to include in an enterprise module. Further, the set of components is divided into a set of platform dependent components and a set of platform independent components. In addition, abstract computer cod... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886019 | Service oriented architecture automation by cab or taxi design pattern and method Computer implemented method, system, and computer usable program code for handling service requests. A service request is received at one service provider of a plurality of service providers, each service provider adapted to receive service requests from service req... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7885937 | Mapping online contact information into a contacts list A presence management system may communicate contact information with mapped values. Contact information may be stored in a hierarchical, extensible structure (“hierarchical extensible contact structure”). Devices in a presence management system utilize a mappin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886020 | Computer peripheral device for accessing web site content A computer peripheral device is provided comprising a housing, a plurality of figures each having a unique physical appearance and a unique structural characteristic, an identifying portion that is configured to identify one of the plurality of figures, at a time, b... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886021 | System and method for programmatic management of distributed computing resources Systems and methods for providing a development and deployment platform for Software as a Service (SaaS) providers are disclosed. The platform may provide an application programming interface (API) through which customers may configure virtualized grids of language-... | 02/08/2011 |
