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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8112383 | Systems and methods for a database engine in-process data provider Various embodiments of the present invention enable functions, procedures, and triggers to be written in any of the .NET languages and executed by the RDBMS. User code can access data from the local or other SQL servers using the SQL Programming Model and both the S... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8086559 | Serving content-relevant advertisements with client-side device support A client-side application (such as a browser, a browser plug-in, a browser toolbar plug-in, etc. on an end user's computer) is used to support the serving of content-relevant ads to the client device. The client-side application may provide such support by sending d... | 12/27/2011 |
| RE42578 | Synchronization using commitment A method of sharing a file object among a plurality of competing processes, the file object having a content that at least one competing process may need to adjust so that the file is suitable for the operating environment of the competing process. To help make an a... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7930230 | Methods and systems for risk evaluation Methods, systems and computer products are provided for risk evaluation. A computer may assign a risk to an object which has an object estimation-value. The computer may also receive a risk estimation-value for the risk. The computer may re-calculate the object esti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7822703 | Automatic verification of a user A system and method are described for verifying a user. More specifically, a user contacts a goods or service provider and gives that provider information about himself or herself in order to register for receipt of goods or services. The provider then uses this inf... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7818284 | Method and apparatus for providing cross-benefits via a central authority A controller is in communication with a plurality of vendors that are servicing customers, as well as with a plurality of “subsidizing” vendors seeking access to those customers. The controller receives from a first vendor an indication of one or more items that... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7797271 | Custom browse hierarchies for subsets of items in a primary hierarchy An arbitrary number of custom catalogs for an arbitrary number of customers can be published from a single database of seller catalog data. Custom browse hierarchies can be generated for each of the custom catalogs. The custom catalogs are subsets of the catalog dat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7788212 | System and method for personalization implemented on multiple networks and multiple interfaces Personalization of an interface with a network is facilitated through an application of a User Profile to Web page generation, information location, information retrieval, information presentation, and on-line commerce. Additionally, the User Profile may be continuo... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783592 | Indicating recent content publication activity by a user Collecting and distributing information related to recent content publication activity of an instant messaging (IM) user provides other users in a network with timely, relevant information about people known to the user or within the same social network. A user part... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778937 | Systems and methods for predicting wait time for service transactions Systems and methods are provided to automatically predict wait times for customers to obtain service transactions at a service establishment, wherein wait times are estimated based on a combination of wait time values determined from current and historical service i... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774699 | Parallel data transformation A method for transforming a starting data structure into a resultant data structure is provided. The data structures may be embodied in any language or format, including the Extensible Markup Language (XML). The starting data structure is separated into segments. Th... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774296 | Relational database method for accessing information useful for the manufacture of, to interconnect nodes in, to repair and to maintain product and system units A process provides automated coherent documentation of the construction of variably configured assemblies and systems, which consist of mechanical, electrical or electronic subassemblies or components using relational database software. A relational database softwar... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761404 | System and method for managing application specific privileges in a content management system Access to system and user defined entities (objects, data items, or the like) is managed by a content manager. A privilege grants a user an ability to access system such controlled entities. An item is an atomic user data entity stored in the CM library server. A pr... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7756815 | Apparatus and method of semantic-based publish-subscribe system A semantic publish/subscribe system enables semantic event routing and allows publishers (resp. subscribers) to use self-defined event schemas to publish (resp. subscribe) events. The constraints on value-based publish/subscribe systems that publishers and subscribe... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756816 | System and method for network-based project management A system for managing a project and its associated information over a network is presented. The system includes a project information database associated with the network and a project information management tool. The project information database stores information ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756814 | Methods and systems for controlling access to a data object The present invention provides methods and systems for controlling access to a data object having an identifier (ID). In a computer application, before access a data object, a check is performed to determine whether an ID associated with the data object is contained... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756817 | System and method for enabling parallel access to serially compressed files The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating a compressed data file providing access to one or more selected portions of data contained within the data file. The file is partitioned into one or more chunks, a given chunk comprising a ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747559 | Systems and processes for automated criteria and attribute generation, searching, auditing and reporting of data The present invention relates to methods and systems for automated criteria and attribute generation, searching, auditing and reporting of data. One aspect of an embodiment of the invention includes a method for translating a request for filtering data in a pluralit... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7747570 | Conversion of data for two or three dimensional geometric entities A method for transmission of data for two or three dimensional geometrical entities uses a computer system, for modeling and/or manipulation of geometrical entities. The computer system comprises at least one program for modeling and/or manipulation and at least one... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7739224 | Method and system for creating a well-formed database using semantic definitions A method of defining a well-formed database system by defining the organization of the data in the database, and by defining the operations for that data, is described. The definition can be used to automatically create and populate the well-formed database system. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734571 | Method for processing sensor data within a particle stream by a KStore A method for processing a particle stream in a KStore having a sensor level and a first level above the sensor level, including receiving a particle to provide a received particle and first determining a current K node to determine a partial sequence location. The m... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730018 | System and method for processing event predicates Described is a method comprising initializing a first set of bits corresponding to a first plurality of predicate indices to a first value, and initializing a second set of bits corresponding to a second plurality of predicate indices to a second value. A subscripti... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7730017 | Open profile content identification Open profile data in a user profile, e.g., free-form fields in a user profile, are processed to identify interests and preferences of the user. The interests and preferences are utilized to identify categories associated with the user profile, and content items, e.g... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7730015 | Stackable storage access mechanism for file systems A computer system, including a memory a file system for managing files, a file system virtual memory interface for providing an interface between said memory and said file system, comprising a primary abstraction component and three sub-components supporting said pr... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7730014 | Systems and methods for managing affiliations An affiliation manager provides each of typically hundreds of users with a calendar of appointments and a task list each including icons for capturing time and expenses accrued by the user when attending a particular appointment or performing a particular task. A su... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7730016 | Identification of false ambiguous roots in a stack conservative garbage collector Techniques for memory management or analysis with conservative garbage collectors is provided. The native stack is analyzed during runtime to identify within frames references to objects in the heap space. An amount of memory is calculated that represents the memory... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725425 | System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions A method and system for storing and retrieving spatial data objects from a spatial database is discussed. The system stores multi-dimensional objects within the database by determining their position in a multi-tiered coordinate system. One each object has been assi... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7720794 | Identifying resource and data instances in management systems Methods, systems, computer program products, and methods of doing business whereby managed resources and/or data are identified using a model based on object-oriented techniques. A resource hierarchy is defined for a set of resources/data to be managed, and naming r... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716167 | System and method for automatically building an OLAP model in a relational database A system automatically generates OLAP metadata objects for a multidimensional analysis program such as OLAP from SQL statements without involving the database administrator, and eliminates the need for database administrators to manually perform this analysis and de... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7716168 | Modifying table definitions within a database application Methods, systems, and computer program products modify a table definition of a database table within a database application. A method involves providing a user interface for creating a new field in the database table, receiving data that creates the new field while ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711691 | Project management system, method, and network, employing ODBC-compliant database and SQL servers A software application, system of using the application, and distributed computer network comprising the application, are provided for managing professional services projects. Professional services practices typically employ distributed proprietary applications whic... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711692 | Method, system and program product for rewriting view statements in structured query language (SQL) statements Under the present invention, when a SQL statement having a full select portion that references a view containing a join operation (e.g., a LOJ operation) is received, the reference to the view will be moved out of the full select portion. Once moved, the view and it... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711693 | Deployment of life-cycle model for LDAP applications Systems and methods for testing and deploying LDAP applications are disclosed. A test application may be tested in a test environment including a test directory. The test application may change data stored in the test directory. Furthermore, the test directory may b... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711690 | Dual source remittance processing A method and apparatus for electronically processing bill payment requests where respective sets of payment requests are received electronically from a plurality of independent sources, each set of payment requests corresponding to an associated set of payers reques... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707158 | Method and computer program product for enabling dynamic and adaptive business processes through an ontological data model A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for selecting services of a business process for execution is provided. Ontological data is read from a data store, and an ontological model representative of the ontological data is then generated. Th... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707157 | Document near-duplicate detection A near-duplicate component includes a fingerprint creation component and a similarity detection component. The fingerprint creation component receives a document of arbitrary size and generates a compact “fingerprint” that describes the contents of the document.... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707159 | Method and apparatus for storing semi-structured data in a structured manner In response to the provision of a collection of semi-structured data (or its schema), a mapper generates a structured organization to store the collection of semi-structured data. The mapper further collaterally generates a description of how the semi-structured dat... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707493 | Method for generating presentation oriented XML schemas through a graphical user interface A document rendering system includes a standard schema and a graphical user interface configured to receive graphically represented presentation constraints. A translation engine is configured to translate the graphically represented presentation constraints into a ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707156 | Delegation object as a first-class business modeling object Method and system for partitioning and delivery data using a delegation object is disclosed. The delegation object is a first-class object, and includes a master data set definition, a data dimension-to-user mapping and a target organization definition. The target o... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702645 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for making semantic annotations for easy file organization and search A device for generating semantic folder annotations is provided. The device includes a semantic folder editor which enables a user to create attribute-value pairs corresponding to a semantic folder(s). The device is capable of downloading ontolog(ies) and associated... | 04/20/2010 |
