Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065308 | Encoding semi-structured data for efficient search and browsing A method for encoding XML tree data that includes the step of encoding the semi-structured data into strings of arbitrary length in a way that maintains non-structural and structural information about the XML data, and enables indexing the encoded XML data in a way ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8010564 | Logical structure analyzing apparatus, method, and computer product A logical structure analyzing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts word candidates from a form, a first generating unit that classifies each of the word candidates into a group of heading candidates or a group of data candidates to generate, based on ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001150 | Device management method using nodes having additional attribute and device management client thereof According to an embodiment of the invention, a mobile terminal and a device management method performed by the mobile terminal are discussed. The method includes: receiving, by the mobile terminal and from a server, schedule information including a command for gener... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996390 | Method and system for clustering identified forms A method is provided for organizing a plurality of documents that include forms. An initial set of clusters is defined for the plurality of documents. The initial set of clusters is reclustered based on similarity values calculated in multiple feature spaces. For ex... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987176 | Mixed initiative semantic search In one embodiment, a method is illustrated including receiving a search query, parsing the search query to identify first and second search terms, determining a relationship between the first and second search terms based on their respective domain assignments, cond... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7974991 | Word-processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML A word processor including a native XML file format is provided. The well formed XML file fully represents the word-processor document, and fully supports 100% of word-processor's rich formatting. There are no feature losses when saving the word-processor documents ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974955 | Inhibiting non-critical access based on measured performance in a database system A database system has a contention monitor which determines when the level of contention for accessing or inserting records in the database rises above a threshold, and inhibits non-critical access to the database to reduce the level of contention. In a preferred em... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7945536 | Method and system for recovering a previous version of a document from a current version of the document An extensible markup language document management method includes: receiving a document recovery request from a user; and recovering a version of the document as required by a user from the current version of the document, in accordance with the change records for t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937379 | Fragmentation of a file for instant access Techniques for fragmenting a file or a collection of media data are disclosed. According one aspect of the techniques, a file pertaining to a title is fragmented into a header and several tails or segments. The header is a continuous portion of the file while the se... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925651 | Ranking items by optimizing ranking cost function A dependency structure is used to divide samples corresponding to items to be ranked into leaf nodes, based on the rank of the items. The dependency structure is trained by splitting or merging training data received at given nodes based on selected features and sel... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921091 | System and method for providing a natural language interface to a database A system and method for providing a natural language interface to a database or the Internet. The method provides a response from a database to a natural language query. The method comprises receiving a user query, extracting key data from the user query, submitting... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917484 | Individualized digital tracers Method and apparatus for inserting digital tracers in data that allow particular copies of the data to be traced to particular entities. Embodiments of a tracer mechanism may programmatically insert individualized tracers into data copies provided to third parties, ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917476 | Device management system using log management object and method for generating and controlling logging data therein A device management (DM) system using a log management object and a method for effectively generating and controlling logging data in the system are disclosed. A DM server includes only information that a client can transfer processing of a corresponding command to ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912860 | Strongly typed tags In one or more embodiments, a tag is provided and includes a property that associates a strongly typed variable with the tag. Strongly typed variables can include any suitable types. For example, in at least some embodiments, the strongly typed variable is a people ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908274 | Data disambiguation systems and methods Various embodiments provide a state-based, regular expression parser in which data, such as generally unstructured text, is received into the system and undergoes a tokenization process which permits structure to be imparted to the data. Tokenization of the data eff... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904431 | Method and system for automated request modelling A method and a system for automated request modelling from a plurality of inputs, imports, interactive sessions, and requirements are provided that rely on various interfaces to both receive the user and other input data and store it. In one instance, the system and... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7890532 | Complex data access Methods, systems, and computer-readable media implementing various aspects of complex data in a conceptual table are disclosed which enable complex data in the form of tables to be added to a conceptual table. The complex data can map to scalar values in a plurality... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890545 | Method and system for a reference model for an enterprise architecture Systems and methods for a reference model for the representation of an arbitrarily complex enterprise architecture are disclosed. These systems and methods provide a reference model composed of component types and relationship types useful in modeling an enterprise ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882140 | System and method for inserting secondary content into programmed primary content A system for inserting secondary content into programmed primary content includes a first database storing a number of primary content, a second database storing a number of secondary content and a server in communication with the first and second databases. The ser... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873618 | Map information distribution system, map information distribution method, and computer-readable recording medium A map information distribution system carries out a search based on search criteria that is input from a first terminal device, outputs predetermined map information for displaying search results to the first terminal device, causes the first terminal device to disp... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7865521 | Access control for elements in a database object A method, for controlling access to elements in a database object are provided. The method provide for receiving a request from a user to access the database object, determining whether an access restriction is imposed on the database object, and controlling access ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7853576 | Dynamic and selective data source binding through a metawrapper A system, method, and program storage device implementing the method, for integrating data in a database management system, wherein the method comprises grouping data sources and replicas of the data sources that provide analogous data into a common logical domain; ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7831621 | System and method for summarizing and reporting impact of database statements Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for summarizing and reporting the impact of database statements at a database appliance. The database appliance, according to one embodiment, can receive a database request and determine a set of infor... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7814091 | Multi-tiered query processing techniques for minus and intersect operators Various techniques are described for processing database commands that include MINUS and/or INTERSECT operators. The queries containing the MINUS and/or INTERSECT operators are transformed to create a plurality of transformed queries. Each of the transformed queries... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7788232 | File management program for overwriting file In writing a new file over an existing file, if it is set that the existing file is to be stored into an archive, it is confirmed whether or not there is an archive file for the existing file, and the existing file is stored into the archive file. After the existing... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778989 | File management apparatus A file management apparatus includes the following elements: a first non-volatile storage medium that holds a metadata group including a plurality of pieces of metadata corresponding to a predetermined file type; a detector that detects a file of the predetermined f... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7734597 | System and method performing an on-line check of a file system A system and method for performing an on-line check of a file system modifies various function calls within a file system layer of a storage operating system so that each time the particular inode is retrieved using the modified function calls, a check is performed ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720817 | Method and system for browsing objects on a protected volume in a continuous data protection system A method for browsing objects on a protected volume in a continuous data protection system begins by displaying a list of top-level objects to a user who selects a top-level object to browse. A snapshot is selected from the selected top-level object and is decoded. ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720854 | Techniques for accessing a table Techniques are described herein that can be used to access entries in a packed table. An unpacked table includes empty and filled elements. Filled elements can be accumulated and included in a packed table. An element in the packed table can be accessed by consideri... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720847 | Apparatus and computerised method for determining constituent words of a compound word An apparatus, a computer program and a computerized method for determining constituent words of a compound word are provided. Constituent words constitute a compound word. When the constituent words comply to split decision criteria then the constituent words can be... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7716226 | Method and system for probabilistically quantifying and visualizing relevance between two or more citationally or contextually related data objects In one embodiment the present invention provides a novel method for probabilistically quantifying a degree of relevance between two or more citationally or contextually related data objects, such as patent documents, non-patent documents, web pages, personal and cor... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7707167 | Method, system, and apparatus for creating a knowledge interchange profile A method, system, and apparatus are provided for creating a knowledge interchange (“KI”) profile for a user that identifies the interests of the user, the individuals with which the user has communicated, and the topics on which the communication with the user w... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7693862 | User interface mechanism to formulate complex query against an entity relationship model A graphical user interface and method of use thereof that allows users to interact with an entity relationship model. The user interface includes zones that allow users to navigate among the entities, roles and fields to create queries that are run against the model... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689604 | Complex datastore with bitmap checking A datastore, such as a registry or file system having a defined data structure with a logical layer, may be analyzed using a bitmap corresponding to equally sized blocks of data in the datastore. The bitmap is created by traversing the datastore and setting a bit at... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7685097 | Method and system for aggregating and disseminating time-sensitive information A method of aggregating and disseminating time sensitive information. A data source is searched to identify recently-posted information items matching predetermined selection criteria. A respective relevance score is calculated for each identified information item. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680792 | Document management system and document management method There is provided a document management system for retrieving document information from storage unit which correlates and stores user information, keyword information set for every user, and document information, the document management system including a first retr... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7634491 | Method and system for relocating files that are partially stored in remote storage An improved hierarchical storage management (HSM) system used in connection with computer systems is provided. A technique is provided whereby a file having portion(s) migrated to remote storage location(s) may be efficiently relocated, and metadata for the file is ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627592 | Systems and methods for converting a formatted document to a web page Systems and methods for transforming a document to a web page can include a mapping module programmed to map document styles of a document to styles of a web page. The system can also include a conversion module programmed to convert contents of the document into hy... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627593 | Method and system for unified support of multiple system management information models in a multiple host environment A method and system for employing Common Information Model (CIM) resources within a data processing system. A request is received for an operation with respect to CIM resources, and a determination is made as to whether the request can be fulfilled locally or remote... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7627617 | Clustered hierarchical file services A system for object-based archival data storage includes an object-based storage subsystem having respective data storage devices, at least one file presentation interface that interfaces to client platforms, an administration interface having graphical user interfa... | 12/01/2009 |
