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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069170 | Private information storage device and private information management device The events experienced are stored automatically, so that the information of higher utility for a user may be taken out with responsiveness and efficiency higher than is possible with a technique of keyword retrieval over a network. An information registration unit | 11/29/2011 |
| 8041670 | Data aggregation module supporting dynamic query responsive aggregation during the servicing of database query requests provided by one or more client machines Improved method of and apparatus for aggregating data elements in multidimensional databases (MDDB). In the preferred embodiment, the apparatus is realized in the form of a high-performance stand-alone (i.e. external) aggregation server which can be plugged-into con... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032488 | System using virtual replicated tables in a cluster database management system A system for improved data sharing within a cluster of nodes having a database management system. The system defines a virtual replicated table as being useable in a hybrid of a shared-cache and shared-nothing architecture. The virtual replicated table is a physical... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031891 | Dynamic media rendering Media may be dynamically rendered by receiving signals from one or more types of sensors sensing in an area, and obtaining from the signals information about one or more locations of furniture, or one or more locations of persons or heads or ears thereof, or identit... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015184 | Method and apparatus for a search-enabled remote control device A search-enabled remote control device to facilitate viewers' ability to search through programming and/or content options and view results. In one embodiment, a viewer is able to use a traditional remote control interface to navigate through menus or selections and... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7991783 | Apparatus, system, and method for supporting storage functions using an embedded database management system An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for supporting storage functions using an embedded database management system. The apparatus includes a disk controller configured to receive input/output (I/O) requests from a host, an embedded database management syst... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987189 | Content data indexing and result ranking A full text indexing system is provided for processing content associated with data applications such as encyclopedia and dictionary applications. A build process collects data from various sources, processes the data into constituent parts, including alternative wo... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984049 | Generic online ranking system and method suitable for syndication Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing ranking services. In one aspect, first signals are received from a first subscriber, and second signals are received from a second subscriber. The signals include information charact... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974972 | Methods and apparatus for searching with awareness of geography and languages A system that automatically discerning the best combinations of a user query's geographical origin and language, retrieving and displaying search results accordingly. A record on the system are associated with a geographic location and a language. A record could be ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970768 | Content data indexing with content associations A full text indexing system is provided for processing content associated with data applications such as encyclopedia and dictionary applications. A build process collects data from various sources, processes the data into constituent parts, including alternative wo... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962511 | Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets A statistical patent rating method and system is provided for independently assessing the relative breadth (“B”), defensibility (“D”) and commercial relevance (“R”) of individual patent assets and other intangible intellectual property assets. The invent... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7958099 | Unified management method of various types of messages of a personal information terminal The present invention relates to a method of displaying several types of messages all together through a single window and of enabling a user to write and transmit a message with no consideration of message type. This unified message management method displays vario... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953219 | Method apparatus and system for capturing and analyzing interaction based content The present invention provides a method and apparatus (100) for capturing and analyzing customer interactions, the apparatus comprising a multi-segment interaction capture device (324), an initial set up and calibration device (326), a pre-proce... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945592 | XML based transaction detail records The present invention is directed to a method for managing transactions in a telecommunications network. The method includes creating an XML transaction detail file. At least one transaction detail record is stored in the XML transaction detail file in response to a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941454 | Apparatus, methods and computer programs for monitoring processing in a data processing system or network Event-generation metadata is used to control the run-time environment of a system implementing a component architecture. A service provider program (40,100) implementing a component architecture is provided with event-generation functions that are configurabl... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941412 | Presenting evidentiary information The invention concerns the presentation of evidentiary information on computer generated interfaces within secure user groups. For example presenting evidence a courtroom to the judge, witness and legal representatives of the plaintiff and defendant simultaneously o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7925636 | Repository system and method A repository has a database containing a number of artifacts storing data and a system device model defining various entities, including the artifacts and properties used in the artifacts. To update a system device model in database an extension package is passed to... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925635 | System and method for collecting statistics related to software usage A system and method identifies the times that certain applications are started and stopped on a computer system and such information about several computer systems is collected using a central computer system to allow decisions regarding software may be made based o... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921078 | System for negotiated differential compression A system and methods for distributing a new file from a server connected through a network to a client. Rather than downloading an entirely new file from the server, the system makes use of reference files already resident on the client. A new delta file correspondi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7908256 | Speculative computation lock coarsening through the use of localized lock reservation A computer-implementable method, system and computer-usable medium. One or more objects among a plurality of objects can be processed utilizing a data-processing apparatus/system. One or more lock reservations can be applied among a group of lock reservations over a... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904453 | Apparatus and method for analyzing patent claim validity A computer system, method, and storage medium with embedded code automate analysis of validity of patent document claims. In embodiments, the computer system receives an identifier of the patent document and a claim, retrieves text of the patent document, parses the... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904456 | Security monitoring tool for computer network A security monitoring tool and method for a computer network receives data and determines whether the data is associated with a host already stored in a database. Based on the determination, the tool stores the data as a new host or associates it with an existing ho... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7890535 | Management of processes based on reference information An apparatus for managing one or more processes includes a reference relation information managing unit configured to manage information about reference relations between the one or more processes, one or more activities constituting the one or more processes, and o... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885958 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for organizing hierarchical information A method, apparatus, and computer program product for organizing hierarchical information according to a defined objective. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7860880 | System, method and process for managing problems and risks associated with a construction project using project-specific software and project notice forms relative to the construction contract A system and method are disclosed for providing instant access to notices for any notice-triggering event which may occur on a specific construction project. More specifically, the present invention is essentially a system and method for managing problems and risks ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7853572 | Bulk download of documents from a system for managing documents A method and apparatus provide, in one example embodiment, for storing and processing information in a data storage and processing system on a server, the server accessed by attorneys using the system from client computers, wherein the information pertains to a plur... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840534 | Integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system The disclosure relates to integration of a digital asset management system with a network sales system. The digital asset management system may comprise digital asset storage, search and retrieval functionality. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions o... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7831636 | Technique for the migration of a host environment to a new system platform A method for configuring a transaction-based host environment for migration to a new system platform is described. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one database of a first type and at least one database of a second type, which have different migr... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7792832 | Apparatus and method for identifying potential patent infringement A computer system, method, and storage medium with embedded code automate search for products that potentially infringe patents or similar rights of exclusion. The computer system receives an identifier of the patent, retrieves the patent's text, parses the text to ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788276 | Predictive stemming for web search with statistical machine translation models Techniques for determining when and how to transform words in a query to return the most relevant search results while minimizing computational overhead are provided. A dictionary is generated based upon words used in a specified number of previous most frequent sea... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783683 | Computer-readable storage medium storing generational garbage collection program In a computer-readable storage medium storing a generational garbage collection program used to direct a computer to perform a generational garbage collection process, the generational garbage collection process includes a generational garbage collection environment... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7783643 | Direct navigation for information retrieval A method of document retrieval is provided. The method includes assigning concept labels to documents contained in a collection according to grammar rules, receiving a query, converting the query to a query concept using the grammar rules, and mapping the query conc... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7756873 | Functional dependency data profiling Processing data includes identifying a plurality of subsets of fields of data records of a data source, determining co-occurrence statistics for each of the plurality of subsets, and identifying one or more of the plurality of subsets as having a functional relation... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747642 | Matching engine for querying relevant documents A system generates an output of documents having with a particular relevance range. The system receives an initial document comprising text, a list of documents for matching, each document comprising text, and a minimum substring match length. The system normalizes ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734601 | Integration of digital asset management with intellectual property management The disclosure relates to a digital asset storage, search and retrieval system. Each digital asset may comprise one or more versions and properties. The system may access stored digital assets using hierarchical classifications under a taxonomy based on the properti... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7734591 | Coherent device to device data replication An apparatus provides coherent data copying operations where data replication is controlled by a source storage controller directly to a destination controller and managed by a remote application. The apparatus generates a snapshot version for each source data block... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7725490 | Collaborative file access management system A collaborative file access management system. The system can include one or more secure, collaborative files, each secure, collaborative file including a security trailer specifying at least one of an access policy and associated digital rights. The system also can... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7698266 | Meaning-based advertising and document relevance determination A method for advertising on electronic data networks based upon semantic differentiation. ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7672961 | Database having heterogeneous object types A method for extracting metadata for plural related objects of different types from a database includes defining a heterogeneous object type as a collection of database objects of different types. Upon a request to fetch a particular heterogeneous object, member obj... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668880 | Offsite computer file backup system providing rapid recovery and method thereof A computer file backup system and method are provided. An onsite backup device is in communication with the primary device and includes a first backup copy of the files. The primary device includes a first instance of file modification detection software. The onsite... | 02/23/2010 |
