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Lee deForest, American radio pioneer ; 1957
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7958081 | Apparatuses, methods and systems for information querying and serving on mobile devices based on ambient conditions The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for information querying and serving on mobile devices based on ambient conditions. Such conditions may include weather, traffic, market prices, news and events, and/or the like. Informat... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7933779 | Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices A method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for administering the implementation of product change notices (PCN). A PCN database application server computer is utilized to provide a method for implementing a change to telecommunications products. The method in... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7917448 | Apparatus and method for online dating service providing threaded messages with a notes and diary function A notes function and a diary function for an online dating service is provided. Each subscriber to the online dating service has access to a message center for communicating messages between candidates. The messages in the message center are organized as threads. Ad... | 03/29/2011 |
| RE42262 | Method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results A method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results from a database on a computer system. A graphical user interface is generated to receive user input including a data source to search for information and a query indicating information which is de... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904799 | Method and apparatus for generating a link to a presented web page A technique for generating links to a web page by: presenting a web page; defining one or more other web pages to include a link to the presented web page; and placing a link on at least one of the other web pages linking to the presented web page. A prompt for an a... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7836011 | Phone to phone data exchange An information management system for operation over a network includes a first mobile device having a first application module, the first mobile device operating over the network and in communication with a second mobile device having a second application module, a ... | 11/16/2010 |
| RE41902 | System, method and apparatus for wireless monitoring and management of computer systems A system, a method and an apparatus are provided for the wireless monitoring and management of computer systems, networks, software systems or databases on a portable and/or handheld device which may monitor, update, and fix the system from any location and at any t... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818283 | Service assurance automation access diagnostics A business process automation system architecture is used to isolate problems in a virtual private network access network. Codified rules and a rules based program are used to determine all equipment from a customer premises equipment to a VPN core access point equi... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797270 | System and method of monitoring and controlling application files A system and method for updating a system that controls applications requested for execution on a workstation. A workstation management module is configured to detect requested execution of an application. A workstation application server receives data associated wi... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7778955 | Database access system and database access method Provision of a database access method allowing an open environment such as a Web system to access a main database constituted by a hierarchical database. A system for accessing a hierarchical database, including a storage section for storing schema information relat... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7743012 | Configurable controlling device and associated configuration upload and download system and method A configurable controlling device and associated editor program that allows a consumer to modify on a personal computer for downloading to the controlling device configuration data which is used to cause the controlling device to perform a function, such as to trans... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7725424 | Use of generalized term frequency scores in information retrieval systems Disclosed are methods and systems for selecting electronic documents, such as Web pages or sites, from among documents in a collection, based upon the occurrence of selected terms in segments of the documents. The method may be applied where index terms have previou... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716573 | Method and system for broadly sharing UML-based models A method, system and computer-usable medium is based on a procedure that includes: generating a graphics file for each of a plurality of Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams; creating an Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema that reflects an underlying subject... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716163 | Method and system for defining semantic categories and actions An XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema to define a list of terms to be recognized as semantic categories is disclosed. Using an instance of the XML schema, a user may easily define terms to be recognized as semantic categories without having to compile a complet... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716164 | Layout information for data element Providing layout information includes assigning at least a first context value to layout information for a data element. The layout information is configured for use in displaying an instance of the data element in a graphical user interface. The method includes sto... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711680 | Common common object Enterprise management information in a first format for use by a first computerized system is transformed into an intermediate format to readily make the stored enterprise management information available for use in a second computerized system that utilizes a secon... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711683 | Method and system for maintaining disk location via homeness A method and system manages ownership information about disks in a storage network without the need for an emulated, partner mode system. The method and system provides for ownership information, including a current owner and a home owner for resources, such as disk... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711681 | System for distributed information presentation and interaction A system for distributed information processing and interaction includes a plurality of output devices arranged to produce a respective output portion of a system output, a plurality of application processors and a state server in data communication with the plurali... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711682 | Searching hypertext based multilingual web information The present invention provides methods, apparatus and systems for searching hypertext based multilingual Web information when searching on a network for keywords to be queried. A method includes: a receiving step for receiving keywords input by a user; a native lang... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711684 | Collaborative content evaluation A method and system determines respective reputation values for one or more users of a network-based community, the respective reputation values being based on one or more user attributes associated with the one or more users. The method and system receives content ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707122 | System and method of information filtering using measures of affinity of a relationship A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards enabling information filtering using measures of an affinity of a relationship between subscribers of an online portal system. The affinity of a relationship may be determined based, in part, on the tracking of va... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707149 | Method, system, and program for customer service and support management In accordance with the present invention, a method, system, and program for managing the customer and product information of a client by maintaining a common database is disclosed. The present invention connects the client, call center, repair facility and warehouse... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707150 | Automatic exchange of information in an ad-hoc computing environment Automatic exchange of information in an ad-hoc computing environment is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the invention, a collection agent module facilitates a search for a first device to connect to via a wireless network. The collection agent queries for ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702634 | Method and apparatus to support multi-node direct write access to a file managed by a single node file system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for supporting direct write access from many nodes of a multi-mode network to a file managed by a single node file system. The network includes first and second nodes coupled to each other via a first communication link, and a per... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7702635 | System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7698278 | Method and system for caching directory services A computing device includes a local directory service cache. The local directory service cache is a live database. The directory service cache is stored in a shared memory space. In certain embodiments of the invention, client processes needing directory services ca... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698279 | Product feature and relation comparison system A method of presenting data regarding products. Feature categories are assigned to each product category based on available data. A weighted importance is assigned to each feature category of each product category based on the available data. The items in the produc... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698280 | Active cache offline sharing of project files In a client-server computer system, an active cache is utilized by a client-based project management application program to share server-based project files with an offline client, so that the project files may be updated by modifications made offline. A project fil... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698276 | Framework for providing a subscription based notification system The present invention relates to a system and methodology to facilitate automated delivery of notifications according to various applications that can be employed with the framework of a notification platform. The applications are described by models that enable use... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698277 | Query processor, query processor elements and a method of establishing such a query processor and query processor elements and a domain processor A domain processor includes at least one robot modeler, at least one domain modeler, and at least one Query Processor Modeler. The robot modeler includes means for modeling at least one computer-based robot, the robot adapted for accessing at least one web-based dat... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698282 | Method, apparatus, and system for remote client search indexing In one embodiment, a method is provided in which search indices are configured on a server. The search indices are associated with corresponding business components. The search indices are displayed to a client that is connected to the server via a computer network.... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7698281 | Use of extensible markup language in a system and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A database search apparatus and method for generating a search result list which responds to Extensible Markup Language (XML) requests from a client to a server of an on-line marketplace. A bid management tool is operable on a client computer to manage search listin... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693842 | In situ search for active note taking A system and method that facilitates and effectuates in situ search for active note taking. The system and method includes receiving gestures from a stylus and a tablet associated with the system. Upon recognizing the gesture as belonging to a set of known and recog... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693843 | Image management apparatus and image management method as well as program and storage medium therefor An information management apparatus which is capable of managing products owned by a user by making the products easily registered in a device on a network. A user ID is registered in correspondence with model information on an image-pickup device. The user ID is re... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693839 | System and method for obtaining and tracking up-to the-minute delivery locations of employees via a database system This present invention is a method and system for providing an up-to-the-minute location of a recipient for delivery of a message. A computerized system imports corporation databases containing employee location codes and delivery preference information (as well as ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693840 | Method and system for distribution of common elements A system for updating web page common elements is provided. The system includes a distribution component that is operable on a first server. The distribution component transfers new common elements provided on the first server to a plurality of other servers that ma... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7693841 | Providing parallel generic web site supporting anonymous or semi-anonymous internet activity Parallel generic and non-generic versions of a Web site allow a user of the site to either remain anonymous (if accessing the generic version) or allow user information to be collected (if accessing the non-generic version). In one exemplary embodiment, a Web site m... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689568 | Communication system A communication system comprises a bridge device being configured to manage multi-channel communications, a host terminal coupled to the bridge device through a first network, a participant terminal coupled to the bridge device through a second network, and a broadc... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689565 | Methods and apparatus for synchronizing network management data A system receives a dataset for storing in a staging database. The dataset contains network management data collected from a managed resource. The system stores the dataset in the staging database, and maintains a changeset identifying changes made to the staging da... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7689566 | Method for defining non-native operating environments Methods and systems for defining the partitioning between operating system environments are provided. In this method, network resources, devices, and pseudo-filesystems, etc. can be partitioned. This method provides the capability to support services from native and... | 03/30/2010 |
