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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392280 | Method for summarization of threads in electronic mail The present invention discloses a pre-processing summarization technique that makes use of knowledge specific to the electronic mail domain to pre-process an electronic mail message so that commercially-available document summarization software can subsequently gene... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7376635 | Theme-based system and method for classifying documents A classification system (10) having a controller (12), a document storage memory (14), and a document input (16) is used to classify documents (20). The controller (12) is programmed to generate a theme score from a pluralit... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376655 | Method and data processing device for commissioning manufacturing execution system (MES) components Relevant data is extracted from engineering or system documents. The data is represented by a given hierarchical system structure in a predetermined system characteristic structure. The hierarchical system structure is loaded onto an MES-component to enable it to be... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370273 | System and method for creating dynamic folder hierarchies A dynamic foldering system automatically manages the creation and deletion of run-time dynamic folders and selection of documents, items, or object graphs found in the run-time dynamic folders. The system comprises a query/predicate for a design-time folder group ba... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370288 | Method and system for selecting objects on a display device Different levels or categories of text or images or both can be selected on a display device with simple commands. A selection region including one of selected text and selected images can be increased or decreased depending upon an executed command. A first command... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7370272 | Data adapter A data adapter including method and apparatus is presented. In one embodiment, the data adapter is a method. The method includes finding a set of records of a relational database matching an object instance of an object type. The method further includes updating the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366708 | Mechanism to efficiently index structured data that provides hierarchical access in a relational database system Described is a hierarchical index that captures the hierarchical relationship of a hierarchy emulated by a relational database system. The hierarchical index is implemented, using a database table which contains rows that serve as entries of the hierarchical index. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363581 | Presentation generator A presentation generator may access one or more data sources structured into data fields. The user may create or modify a template by inserting one or more tags corresponding to data fields in the template. The template may also have one or more processing instructi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363583 | Method and system for providing a compact layout of connected nodes A topology of connected nodes can be arranged into a compact layout so that the difference between the width and the height of the layout is minimized. The topology of connected nodes can be arranged into a compact layout so that the aspect ratio of the width and th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360205 | Minimizing interaction costs among components of computer programs A system and method for minimizing total cost of interaction among components of a computer program which are each characterized by at least one implementation property. A implementation property may, for example, be a choice of string representation (e.g. ASCII, UN... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360175 | Hierarchical, multilevel, expand and collapse navigation aid for hierarchical structures A software utility navigation aid for hierarchical structures such as file managers, taxonomies, or tables of contents that displays a dynamic menu when the mouse cursor is hovered over an activator used to swap the expanded/collapsed state of a node displayed in a ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7360167 | User interface expander and collapser A method of indicating expanded states and collapsed states of lower level expander/collapser items in a higher level visual control of a user interface display. The method includes providing, in the higher level visual control, a lower level expander/collapser indi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359902 | Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package Modular content framework and document format methods and systems are described. The described framework and format define a set of building blocks for composing, packaging, distributing, and rendering document-centered content. These building blocks define a platfo... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356766 | Method and system for adding content to a content object stored in a data repository A web-based system, method and program product are provided for adding content to a content object stored (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) in a data repository as a group of hierarchically related content entities. Each noncontainer content object i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353456 | Prototype page for simulating navigation in computer programs A prototype page for simulating navigation between objects in a computer program. A selection of a distribution of presentation areas is received. A placement of first and second icon symbols in at least one of the presentation areas is received. The first and secon... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350141 | User interface for integrated spreadsheets and word processing tables An architecture integrates spreadsheet functionality into tables commonly used in word processing programs and HTML documents. The architecture presents a table user interface (UI) that resembles a table when not being edited and adds spreadsheet elements to the tab... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350185 | System, method, and computer program product for effort estimation A system and method for establishing an estimate for proposals and other customer requests which precludes an extensive up front investment in expert opinion and design. This is accomplished by applying a pattern-based technique toward rough application effort sizin... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346609 | Streaming XPath algorithm for XPath value index key generation A method generates hierarchical path index keys for single and multiple indexes with one scan of a document. Each data node of the document is scanned and matches to query nodes are identified. A data node matches a query node if the three conditions hold: if it is ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346844 | Method and system for moving content in a content object stored in a data repository A web-based system, method and program product are provided for adding content to a content object stored (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) in a data repository as a group of hierarchically related content entities. Each noncontainer content object i... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341197 | Component tagging with maintenance related information in open and closed formats A method for maintaining a complex article, including retrieving maintenance information relating to maintenance of a component of a complex article from an electronically-accessible tag coupled to the component and applying the retrieved maintenance information to ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340646 | Apparatus, system, and method for resource group backup An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automatically backing up a dynamically created resource group. One embodiment of the apparatus includes an event module, a resource group module, and a backup module. The event module receives an event notification ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340471 | Saving and restoring an interlocking trees datastore A tree-based datastore comprising a forest of interconnected trees that can be generated and/or accessed may require specialized saving and restoring processes to ensure that all the links are properly maintained whether it will be restored in full or in part. The p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337182 | Management of markup language data mappings available to a spreadsheet application workbook Methods and systems are provided for managing the application of one or more XML data mappings or one or more XML schema files to a spreadsheet application workbook. One or more XML schema files for associating to the spreadsheet workbook are obtained. Each schema f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337184 | Topology mapping of a multitier compute infrastructure A multitier topology map describes a multitier compute infrastructure. The multitier topology map identifies components from at least two different tiers of the multitier compute infrastructure and indicates relationships between components including at least one cr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337393 | Methods and systems for providing an editable visual formatting model Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an editable visual formatting model. The disclosed systems and methods may include providing visual formatting properties. The visual formatting properties may comprise an outer-most polygon corresponding to a containe... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337399 | Apparatus, system, and method for editing a region of a document intersecting multiple content component types in a single operation An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for editing a region of a document intersecting multiple content component types in a single operation. The apparatus includes an input module, a function module, an identification module, a document editing module, and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337392 | Method and apparatus for adapting web contents to different display area dimensions A method is disclosed to generate, while preserving text, image, transactional and embedded presentation constraint information, a minimum set of simplified and navigable web contents from a single web document that is oversized for targeted smaller devices. The met... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337395 | System and method for hierarchical data document modification A system and method for data element extraction from hierarchically structured documents. According to one embodiment, a generator extracts a plurality of data elements from a stored hierarchical data file that is in a first format, in accordance with a data set tha... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334196 | User interface display navigation and item selection system A user interface system supports flexible user navigation and item selection and manipulation in a hierarchical data structure representation. The user interface system facilitates selection of a plurality of items from a display of hierarchically organized items. T... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334124 | Logical access block processing protocol for transparent secure file storage Network data files are secure through the operation of an infrastructure gateway-based network file access appliance. Network file data, corresponding to network pocket payload data, are further reduced to a sequence of data blocks that are secured through any combi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7334189 | Displaying method in information processing apparatus that permits execution of either object or task oriented processings A displaying method that makes the following possible: Executing an operation from either of two approaches, i.e. a processing oriented to an object to be processed or a processing oriented to a task to be processed, and effectively dealing with a lot of tasks and v... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333986 | Hierarchical database management system, hierarchical database management method, and hierarchical database management program A hierarchical database, in which a lower class inherits to a property of an super class, having a class code for each class to identify the class, includes a first classification system having a regular class, and a second classification system having the regular c... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328353 | Content distribution system In a content distribution system, a recording-management system makes a storing section of a first terminal device store a predetermined content stored in a content-storing section of a distribution device obligatorily. Under this condition, when a second terminal d... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328402 | Change detection in a hierarchical directory using messages having a filtering mask Transmitting apparatuses, transmitting methods, receiving apparatuses, receiving methods, and transmitting and receiving systems for transmitting and receiving a hierarchical structure of a directory for hierarchically managing locations of contents data is disclose... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7325189 | Web screen creation method, program and server Literal character strings and are described directly without using a JSP extension tag in a portion of source statements that displays a component displaying the content repeatedly on a web screen. A mechanism is prepared to construct a component tree containing com... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320104 | Text grid creation tools Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for controlling typesetting and layout editing (2a). Data being typeset or laid out are displayed on a display (3). A first menu (20) having a u... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318054 | Update system and update method for updating search data A search data update system includes a navigation apparatus in which search data are used and a data provider center that provides the navigation apparatus with update data to be used to update the search data. The update data provided by the data provider center on... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313567 | Schemaless XML payload generation An XML payload is generated from an XML list irrespective of a schema associated with the XML list. The parent/child relationship pats are collected from the field entries in the XML list. An XML payload node tree is created reflective of the parent/child relationsh... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313563 | Method, system and recording medium for maintaining the order of nodes in a heirarchical document A method, a system and recording medium for maintaining the order of nodes in a hierarchical document. The method may select the maximum and the minimum number of children for each node, build an auxiliary ordered tree having at least as many leaves as atoms within ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305654 | Test schedule estimator for legacy builds A test schedule estimator for performing fixes on released software. In a preferred embodiment, historic data from similar builds are used with other data to estimate a time required to perform testing and release based on the number of fixes implemented. ... | 12/04/2007 |
