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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5388255 | System for updating local views from a global database using time stamps to determine when a change has occurred An Open Office Directory System stores information in the form of entries in a global database and views in a local database along with a time stamp indicating the date the view was originally written or last modified. Subsets of the selected global entri... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388256 | Transaction processing database system with shared work-in-progress store for logging database changes A data processing system includes at least one transaction processing application and a plurality of data managers which can be accessed by the transaction processing application. Each data manager is responsible for managing a separate data base. The sys... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388257 | Method and apparatus for operating a computer based file system A computer-based file system accesses files with search requests evoked by file identifiers that are embedded in standard operating system calls. The file identifiers can be different from the standard operating system hierarchical pathname of the file, a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388258 | Software structure for telecommunication switching systems The disclosed system includes a declarative language construct for use in programming telecommunications switching systems, comprised of certain natural language elements such as subjects, predicates and objects. The disclosed system also includes an effi... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388259 | System for accessing a database with an iterated fuzzy query notified by retrieval response A method and system are disclosed for evaluating imprecise database queries. At the time the imprecise query is executed, a membership function, representing the imprecise criteria of the query, is applied to entries of the databases. Data items are then ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388260 | Transparent library management An automated storage library for which the management thereof is transparent to a requester is disclosed. The library provides for all of its own internal management. To access a file in the library, a requester need only specify the volume on which the f... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388261 | Apparatus and method for handling frame overruns in a digital signal processing system In a computer system having a digital signal processor for processing a number of tasks within a frame, a method for handling a frame overrun wherein the tasks cannot be processed within the frame. First, the frame overrun is detected. Next, each of the t... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388262 | Method and apparatus for aligning the operation of a plurality of processors A method and apparatus are disclosed for aligning a plurality of multi-processors. The apparatus preferably comprises an alignment unit associated with each processor and a logic network for combining the output of the alignment unit and for broadcasting ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388263 | Procedure state descriptor system for digital data processors A procedure state descriptor system for generating state reports of the progress of the invocation process for procedures executed on a digital data processing system is disclosed. The procedure state descriptor system includes a procedure descriptor gene... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388264 | Object oriented framework system for routing, editing, and synchronizing MIDI multimedia information using graphically represented connection object A system for connecting a midi object to various multimedia objects to enable an object-oriented simulation of a multimedia presentation using a computer with a storage and a display. A plurality of multimedia objects are created on the display including ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388265 | Method and apparatus for placing an integrated circuit chip in a reduced power consumption state A method and apparatus for a chip to monitor its own activity and enter and exit a state of reduced power consumption. The present invention includes defining a predetermined state in which the chip could power down cleanly and monitoring the chip to dete... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388266 | Management of data objects used intain state information for shared data at a local complex Method and apparatus for creating and accessing data objects stored in a portion of the main memory of a data processing system which is inaccessible to programs. The data processing system includes a central processor for executing programs for processin... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388267 | Method and apparatus for updating and restoring system BIOS functions while maintaining BIOS integrity A computer which carries its BIOS in a Flash EPROM. A UV-EPROM carries a redundant BIOS, which can be overlaid onto the BIOS address space by selection with a physical switch. The BIOS contains a small core software program, at the BIOS entry point, which... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5388268 | Methods of indicating states of software processes cooperating on a single task A visual display system providing an operator simultaneous descriptions of the states of many cooperating sub-processes working on a task and residing in various instruments in a distributed system. A server process is connected to receive and translate s... | 02/07/1995 |
