http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-processing--database-and-file-management-or-data-structures-dtnewntc707.php USPTO Class 707 - Data processing: database and file management or data structures en-us Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Conflict-resolution-mechanism-for-managing-calendar-events-with-a-mobile-communication-device-dt20080515ptan20080114716.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 The present invention discloses a method for handling scheduling conflicts. The method can include a step of conveying scheduled events to a mobile communication device. Times associated with the events can be analyzed to determine potential conflicts. A set of previously established conflict resolution rules can be applied to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Retrieving-hierarchical-data-dt20080515ptan20080114717.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Hierarchical data may be provided. First, first data may be received corresponding to a first item. The first item may correspond, for example, to a web site. Next, a first cache may be created corresponding to an ancestry of the first item. In creating the first cache, information may be... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-database-execution-detail-repository-dt20080515ptan20080114718.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A database query optimizer includes an access plan storage mechanism that stores execution detail corresponding to a query statement in an access plan cache. By storing execution detail in the access plan cache along with the query statement, the execution detail is available when needed to debug database problems, even... http://www.freshpatents.com/Interaction-modalities-for-multimedia-delivery-and-presentation-dt20080515ptan20080114723.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method and apparatus for displaying received data, analyze the quality of the displayed data formulating a media-parameter suggestion for the encoder to alter the characteristics of data to be sent to the receiver, and sending from the receiver, the formulated suggestion.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-high-performance-data-metatagging-and-data-indexing-using-coprocessors-dt20080515ptan20080114725.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Disclosed herein is a method and system for hardware-accelerating the generation of metadata for a data stream using a coprocessor. Using these techniques, data can be richly indexed, classified, and clustered at high speeds. Reconfigurable logic such a field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can be used by the coprocessor for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-high-performance-integration-processing-and-searching-of-structured-and-unstructured-data-using-coprocessors-dt20080515ptan20080114724.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Disclosed herein is a method and system for integrating an enterprise's structured and unstructured data to provide users and enterprise applications with efficient and intelligent access to that data. Queries can be directed toward both an enterprise's structured and unstructured data using standardized database query formats such as SQL commands.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-low-distortion-embedding-of-edit-distance-to-hamming-distance-dt20080515ptan20080114722.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method of embedding the edit distance metric into the Hamming distance metric with low distortion. In other words, two input character strings are mapped to two corresponding output bit strings such that the Hamming distance between the output strings is approximately proportional to the edit distance between the two... http://www.freshpatents.com/Offline-sharing-capability-for-client-application-dt20080515ptan20080114720.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and UI modifications for existing applications are used to implement efficient methods for taking content offline with full synchronization, incremental synchronization, in the case of document libraries per-folder synchronization, and the like. The APIs provide support for synchronizing changes to attachments, the ability to download a... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-data-transformation-dt20080515ptan20080114719.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method of data transformation including receiving a selection of an input structure, the input structure having a plurality of items, transforming each item in the input structure into a node, and applying a structure map to each node to produce a plurality of output nodes. Also described is a... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-generating-substitutable-queries-on-the-basis-of-one-or-more-features-dt20080515ptan20080114721.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for generating one or more related queries with respect to a given query. The method may comprise receiving a query comprising one or more terms, generating a corpus of candidate reformulations and identifying one or more queries or terms from the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Batching-document-identifiers-for-result-trimming-dt20080515ptan20080114730.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A query is separated into subqueries including a first subquery containing terms applicable to a first data store and a second subquery containing terms applicable to a second data store, where both data stores maintain information regarding the documents. Applying the first subquery to the first data store retrieves a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Client-side-federated-search-dt20080515ptan20080114731.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method and apparatus for client-side federated search is provided. The user subscribes to a number of information providers, wherein a list of the information providers for the user is stored at a search engine. When the user at a client device submits a search query to the search engine,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-implemented-interactive-virtual-bookshelf-system-and-method-dt20080515ptan20080114729.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A computer-implemented method and system for realizing an interactive, virtual bookshelf representing physical books and digitally stored books of the user. Using a search query, the Web is searched using search metadata to identify a desired book. Library metadata corresponding to the physical books and digitally stored books of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-apparatus-and-method-program-and-storage-medium-dt20080515ptan20080114732.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: storage means for storing a recommendation degree that indicates a degree of recommendation of a content for a user; similarity degree calculation means for calculating a degree of similarity between a part of a user profile as updated and a content profile;... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-processing-method-and-system-dt20080515ptan20080114734.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 The invention provides service search technology that is more user-friendly and that places less of a burden on the network. To accomplish this, services on a network are searched and the search results that are obtained are used to create a service list, which is saved (S701 through S703). The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-automatically-identifying-users-to-participate-in-an-electronic-conversation-dt20080515ptan20080114737.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A device and a method of automatically identifying users for an electronic conversation is provided. A user interaction indicator is received at a first computer system from a second computer system. The user interaction indicator indicates an interaction by a user at the second computer system with a website. A... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-inferring-spatial-meaning-to-text-dt20080515ptan20080114736.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A computer-implemented method involving a corpus of documents, the method involving: analyzing the documents in the corpus of documents to identify known spatial identifiers, each of the known spatial identifiers identifying a corresponding spatial location; analyzing the corpus of documents to identify a specific text that is not a known... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-to-query-cell-phones-for-pictures-of-an-event-dt20080515ptan20080114726.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method for retrieving image data includes: inputting a query for image data into a communications infrastructure; communicating the query to a plurality of communications devices, the plurality of communications devices providing the image data to the communications infrastructure; and retrieving the image data from the communications infrastructure. A system... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-apparatus-for-applying-success-metrics-and-metadata-commerce-in-search-and-knowledge-systems-dt20080515ptan20080114728.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 For centuries written content has been subject to plagiarism, diminishing the value of the content to owners. This problem has been compounded by networked information spaces such as the Internet where content can be published widely in a very short period of time. The present invention solves one aspect of... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-maintaining-conformance-of-electronic-document-structure-with-multiple-variant-document-structure-models-dt20080515ptan20080114740.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Embodiments include a system and method of facilitating the control and management of information and actions related to the computerized creation, maintenance, processing, storage, retrieval, and use of structured electronic documents in a manner such that collections of documents which are closely related with regard to structure can be stored... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-searching-for-internet-accessible-content-dt20080515ptan20080114739.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A system and method for searching and voting on Internet-accessible content is presented. One or more meta servers or sites store information about the structure and location of content on one or more Internet host servers. HTML-linked content on the one or more Internet host servers is indexed and stored... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-improving-document-interlinking-via-linguistic-analysis-and-searching-dt20080515ptan20080114738.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method for dynamically interlinking documents within a collection, comprising downloading documents within said collection; generating a reverse index and a content signature database of said collection, selecting for each document within said collection, a list of words within to convert into search links, based on the said content signature... http://www.freshpatents.com/Systems-and-methods-for-managing-information-dt20080515ptan20080114735.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Systems and methods for application programming and data storage and retrieval are disclosed. The systems and methods relate to an application programming system that is comprised of a plurality of dynamic distributed objects, each preferably having a child register and parent register. The dynamic distributed objects are preferably organized into... http://www.freshpatents.com/Universal-statistical-data-mining-component-dt20080515ptan20080114727.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 The invention provides a system and method for extracting, storing, accessing, and/or analyzing statistical data from a plurality of software applications. In one embodiment, the invention includes a statistical data mining application and a universal application programming interface that extracts data summary objects from the plurality of software applications according... http://www.freshpatents.com/User-structured-data-table-indexing-dt20080515ptan20080114733.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 User-structured data tables can be queried more efficiently by storing a copy of the important data from a user-structured data base table in one or more special indexes. A special index normally comprises Name Value Pairs (NVP) that can be used to efficiently query the important data by using the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system--for-cleansing-sequence-based-data-at-query-time-dt20080515ptan20080114744.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method and system for cleansing anomalies from sequence-based data at query time. Sequence-based data such as RFID data is loaded into a database. One or more cleansing rules are received at a cleansing rules engine. The cleansing rule engine converts the cleansing rule(s) to a template that includes logic... http://www.freshpatents.com/Simplified-search-interface-for-querying-a-relational-database-dt20080515ptan20080114745.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Methods and computer-readable media are provided for performing a search on a relational database. According to one method, a query class is provided that includes properties that specify how a query is to be performed and how results from the query are to be returned, and an execute method that... http://www.freshpatents.com/Event-searching-dt20080515ptan20080114749.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Events can be searched by identifying a query that includes a time interval and a search component, determining a time increment associated with the time interval, and partitioning the time interval into partitions based on the time increment. For each partition, a relevance of each event in a collection of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Identifying-sources-of-media-content-having-a-high-likelihood-of-producing-on-topic-content-dt20080515ptan20080114755.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Methods and systems are provided for identifying on-topic sources of media content. According to one embodiment, candidate seed sites are identified from which current seeds are selected for deep crawling. The current seeds are identified by correlating relevancy scores or key-word search results from multiple search engines; and selecting the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-retrieval-apparatus-and-information-retrieval-method-dt20080515ptan20080114754.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A retrieval information that is a retrieval target, acquired from an information source, is arranged on a vector space. Data of a usage information and a content specifying manners of usage, used by the user in the past is acquired by a usage-information acquisition unit. A user's preference extraction unit... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-a-device-for-ranking-linked-documents-dt20080515ptan20080114753.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method of determining a ranking for a number of linked documents. The method comprises the following steps: a) analyzing the documents for documenting links to and from each of the documents, b) virtually adding a link to each of the documents from a virtual document, c) virtually adding a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Peer-review-system-and-method-therefor-dt20080515ptan20080114748.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A computer server hosting a website wherein the computer server executes program instructions, the programming instructions comprising: authenticating a valid customer; entering survey data and comments about a service provider by the valid customer from a computer system coupled to the server; adding survey score and comments to a database... http://www.freshpatents.com/Querying-across-disparate-schemas-dt20080515ptan20080114752.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 Efficient querying across disparate schemas can be implemented by initially limiting the total number of lists and the total number of items queried and by using a mechanism for aligning data during the query. Querying across disparate data (e.g., data that is stored in accordance with disparate schemas) can comprise... http://www.freshpatents.com/Real-time-implicit-user-modeling-for-personalized-search-dt20080515ptan20080114751.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 A method and apparatus for utilizing user behavior to immediately modify sets of search results so that the most relevant documents are moved to the top. In one embodiment of the invention, behavior data, which can come from virtually any activity, is used to infer the user's intent. The updated... http://www.freshpatents.com/Retrieval-and-ranking-of-items-utilizing-similarity-dt20080515ptan20080114750.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods for facilitating item retrieval and/or ranking. An original ranking of items can be modified and enhanced utilizing a Markov Random Field (MRF) approach based upon item similarity. Item similarity can be measured utilizing a variety of methods. An MRF similarity model can... http://www.freshpatents.com/Speech-interface-for-search-engines-dt20080515ptan20080114747.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:03 -0700 An embodiment provides search results from a speech initiated search query. The system receives voiced utterances from a user, converts the voiced utterances through use of a speech recognition application, system or method into data strings, identifies from the data strings a search engine identifier representing a search engine chosen... http://www.freshpatents.com/Deriving-user-intent-from-a-user-query-dt20080515ptan20080114759.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A system and method for deriving user intent from a query. The system includes a query engine, and an advertisement engine. The query engine receives a query from the user. The query engine analyzes the query to determine a query intent that is matched to a domain. The query may... http://www.freshpatents.com/Information-providing-system-information-providing-method-and-program-dt20080515ptan20080114762.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 The present invention provides an information providing system including an information registration unit capable of registering a front keyword for use in relation to content or content information to be provided a user terminal and back keywords set in relation to the front keyword can be registered, an advertisement registration... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-approximate-matching-of-image-data-dt20080515ptan20080114760.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A method and device are disclosed for an associative and approximate, analog or digital scanning of databases that allows for the asynchronous accessing of data from a mass storage medium. The invention includes providing dedicated analog and digital circuitry and decision logic at the mass storage medium level for determining... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-and-systems-for-search-indexing-dt20080515ptan20080114761.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 The present invention provides for quick and efficient searching. One embodiment includes a first instruction configured to read at least a first search string and a second search string entered into a same first search field, and a second instruction configured to incrementally filter search results to locate at least... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-information-retrieval-using-context-information-dt20080515ptan20080114758.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 The present disclosure provides a system and method of collecting information and associated context. Information is retrieved using context information by receiving a search request to identify an information item, the search request including a context item comprising circumstantial information related to a previous experience with the information item, and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Versatile-page-number-detector-dt20080515ptan20080114757.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A method for detection of page numbers in a document includes identifying a plurality of text fragments associated with a plurality of pages of a document. From the identified text fragments, at least one sequence is identified. Each identified sequence includes a plurality of terms. Each term of the sequence... http://www.freshpatents.com/Content-classification-method-and-content-reproduction-apparatus-capable-of-performing-the-method-dt20080515ptan20080114764.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A tag-based content classification method of classifying content based on a custom tag defined using user taste-based category information and a content reproduction apparatus to perform the method. The content classification method includes: analyzing content, and classifying the content based on whether the content comprises a first custom tag, the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-serialization-and-transfer-dt20080515ptan20080114766.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A transfer protocol for sending data between a source device and a receiving device uses hierarchical metadata to establish relationships between content files and content metadata so that after an initial element is received, subsequent elements, be they files or metadata, have a defined relationship to a previously sent element.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Maintaining-tracking-information-for-electronic-documents-dt20080515ptan20080114768.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A plurality of parts for an electronic document are generated. The plurality of parts include a root relationship part that identifies one or more of the plurality of parts, a payload part that stores data for the electronic document, and a tracking information part that stores tracking information for the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Trading-files-via-locking-and-unlocking-dt20080515ptan20080114767.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 In an embodiment, clients create trade profiles that specify trade criteria. In various embodiments, the trade criteria specify categories of files that are desired, specify files that are desired, or specify files that are available to trade. The clients send the trade profiles to a server, which selects available files... http://www.freshpatents.com/Apparatus-and-method-for-prefetching-web-page-dt20080515ptan20080114773.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A web page prefetching apparatus and method for efficiently prefetching a web page using link class information indicating preference of client devices for links contained in a web page. A client device includes a user input unit receiving a user input signal for a web page request; a controller receiving... http://www.freshpatents.com/Attribute-level-federation-from-multiple-data-sources-dt20080515ptan20080114770.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for retrieving data. The process identifies a class type for the requested attribute data to form an identified class type in response to receiving a request for attribute data for a configuration item from a client. The process generates a set... http://www.freshpatents.com/Device-side-data-de-duping-dt20080515ptan20080114771.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A client-side device is capable of wirelessly receiving user data for the device. The device is capable of removing duplicative user data items among data wirelessly received and data already existing on the device. The duplicative data may be “de-duped” even though duplicative data items may arise as a result... http://www.freshpatents.com/Internet-contextual-communication-system-dt20080515ptan20080114774.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 This invention relates to a system and method for presenting to a user relevant areas of distributed computer network sites. In particular, the invention disclosed infers and cross reference user mind sets with data stores of potential user goals. The user mind sets indicate a navigational goal of a user... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-connecting-to-a-network-location-associated-with-content-dt20080515ptan20080114772.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A method for connecting to a network location associated with content is disclosed. In one embodiment, a network location associated with content is obtained, the content is accessed, and a connection is made to the network location at a time other than when access to the content expires. In another... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-incrementally-selecting-and-providing-relevant-search-engines-in-response-to-a-user-query-dt20080515ptan20080114743.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 Methods and systems for incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines in response to a user query. A method of incrementally selecting and providing relevant search engines is based in part on identifying a set of search engines associated with corresponding metadata, receiving a partial search query entered by the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Object-entity-searching-method-and-object-entity-searching-device-dt20080515ptan20080114742.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 An object-entity searching method is disclosed that is able to effectively utilize digital document information and generate candidate-entity document sets based on relationships between a digital document and an object entity, and able to improve precision of searching for an object entity. The method includes the steps of selecting field-digital... http://www.freshpatents.com/Search-result-optimization-method-and-device-dt20080515ptan20080114741.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 An information searching method is disclosed that is able to effectively utilize non-content descriptive information to optimize preliminary search results and thus improve searching precision. The information searching method includes the steps of extracting one or more non-content characteristics of a document from a document set, analyzing the extracted non-content... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-optimizing-queries-in-a-logically-partitioned-computer-system-dt20080515ptan20080114746.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A database query optimizer for a computer system having dynamically configurable logical partitions generates an optimized query strategy which is dependent on a logical partition configuration. When the query is executed, the configuration of the logical partition in which the query is executed is compared to the logical partition configuration... http://www.freshpatents.com/Authomatic-personalized-online-information-and-product-services-dt20080515ptan20080114756.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A method for providing automatic, personalized information services to a computer user includes the following steps: transparently monitoring user interactions with data during normal use of the computer; updating user-specific data files including a set of user-related documents; estimating parameters of a learning machine that define a User Model specific... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-displaying-clusters-dt20080515ptan20080114763.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A system and method for displaying clusters is provided. A plurality of clusters are generated. Each cluster includes one or more documents. A cluster concept selected from the documents is identified. The cluster concepts that satisfy an acceptance criteria are selected. Spines are formed from the clusters associated therewith. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Computer-program-method-and-apparatus-for-data-sorting-dt20080515ptan20080114765.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A data sorting program that is capable of performing a data sorting process by using a small capacity of memory at a fast speed. A computer executing the data sorting program has the following functions. A concise ordered TRIE creator creates a root, sequentially reads the characters of each data,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Authorization-data-model-dt20080515ptan20080114769.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 An authorization data model factors roles into generic roles and responsibilities, using these attributes at run-time to complete an authorization process based on non-static privileges associated with currently defined roles and responsibilities. Multiple applications collect current variable authorization information at run-time, when prompted by a user request to access a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Human-relationships-registering-system-method-and-device-for-registering-human-relationships-program-for-registering-human-relationships-and-medium-storing-human-relationships-registering-program-and-readable-by-computer-dt20080515ptan20080114775.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-providing-presence-information-the-presence-server-thereof-dt20080515ptan20080114776.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A method for providing presence information is applied to a presence system, that includes a presentity, a presence server and at least one watcher. The method includes that in the presence server setting separately the value corresponding to the watcher's attributes for the same presence information provided by the presentity.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Breaking-documents-dt20080515ptan20080114786.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:04 -0700 A system receives a document including a plurality of items. The system then breaks the document into a plurality of subdocuments corresponding to the plurality of items and indexes the plurality of subdocuments.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-item-retrieval-method-and-apparatus-dt20080515ptan20080114789.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Methods and Apparatuses for characterizing locators of data items and facilitating retrieval of the data items through the characterization are disclosed and described herein.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-structure-for-an-electronic-document-and-related-methods-dt20080515ptan20080114777.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A data structure which defines an electronic document comprises first and second substantially separate portions of data. The first portion of data defining the content of the document and the second portion comprising data relating to a pattern of position identification markings (106) such that when the electronic document is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Efficient-database-data-type-for-large-objects-dt20080515ptan20080114780.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method and program product for storing large objects (LOBs) in a database is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including creating a column in a database. The column is created by assigning a data type to the column suitable for storing LOBs, assigning a maximum length for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Index-processing-method-and-computer-systems-dt20080515ptan20080114787.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Provided is an effective index processing method for a key corresponding to characteristics of a key series. The index processing method includes: holding a key tendency for representing the characteristics of the key series and a node split ratio, corresponding to the key tendency, for representing a key split ratio... http://www.freshpatents.com/Integrating-analog-markups-with-electronic-documents-dt20080515ptan20080114782.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A document with one or more analog markups is obtained. An original electronic document corresponding to the document is also identified. The one or more analog markups are converted to one or more digital annotations, and the one or more digital annotations are stored in one or more parts of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Mapping-composition-using-algebraic-operators-dt20080515ptan20080114785.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A general-purpose reusable algebraic-based composition algorithm for composing mappings between data schemas. The algorithm handles more expressive mappings, makes a best-effort to eliminate symbols when a perfect answer cannot be obtained, includes new heuristics, and is extensible. A relational algebraic language is provided wherein each mapping is expressed as a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-system-and-program-product-for-managing-a-process-and-it-interlock-dt20080515ptan20080114783.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 The present invention features multiple ideas that enable building and maintaining process scorecard models for a large number of process variations; process reference scorecard models and process/IT scorecard delta models. Specifically, the present invention provides a solution for managing a process and IT interlock. Under this solution a tabular model... http://www.freshpatents.com/Methods-to-model-nic-teaming-and-load-balancing-dt20080515ptan20080114781.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A computer-implemented method disclosed may include providing a plurality of classes to represent at least one attribute of a NIC team, providing at least one association class to represent the relationship between each of the plurality of classes and associating each of the plurality of classes with the at least... http://www.freshpatents.com/Sharing-data-between-wireless-switches-system-and-method-dt20080515ptan20080114784.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A technique for facilitating the management of a wireless database related to station records and radio-frequency (RF) information by reducing unnecessary sharing of the data among wireless switches, thus enhancing efficiency in a wireless network. A system constructed according to the technique includes a collection of wireless switches with each... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-generating-a-display-of-tags-dt20080515ptan20080114778.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A system for generating a display of a tag options to a user wishing to tag an item includes a computer-implemented database for storing information related to various tags. Upon receiving a request for tags for an item, the system evaluates each tag associated with the item, and selects tag... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-measuring-the-value-of-elements-in-an-information-repository-dt20080515ptan20080114788.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A system and method for measuring the value of elements in an information repository includes, in one embodiment, various methods of measuring the value of elements in an information repository are provided. Knowing which elements in the repository are most used may define one measure of their value. This may... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-optimizing-project-subdivision-using-data-and-requirements-focuses-subject-to-multidimensional-constraints-dt20080515ptan20080114779.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A computer-implemented method for creating optimized sub-projects for a project. Boundary conditions, input regarding output objects, and input regarding “as-is” data sources are received. The output objects are decomposed into data objects and logical processes used to create the output objects. Value clusters are determined. The data objects are organized... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-optimizing-storage-infrastructure-performance-dt20080515ptan20080114792.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 The invention provides a system and method for integrated, optimized data storage infrastructure performance in a distributed computing environment using a storage resource management application. The invention may include a storage resource management application that receives and stores data regarding one or more infrastructure components of a distributed computing environment.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Techniques-for-defining-using-and-manipulating-rights-management-data-structures-dt20080515ptan20080114790.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A descriptive data structure provides an abstract representation of a rights management data structure such as a secure container. The abstract representation may describe, for example, the layout of the rights management data structure. It can also provide metadata describing or defining other characteristics of rights management data structure use... http://www.freshpatents.com/Workflow-management-method-and-workflow-management-apparatus-dt20080515ptan20080114791.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A disclosed workflow management method includes a workflow starting step of determining a workflow based on one or more tags attached to a workflow document, attaching a status tag and a participant tag to the workflow document, and starting the workflow; and a review/approval step of requesting review and/or approval... http://www.freshpatents.com/Compression-of-multidimensional-datasets-dt20080515ptan20080114793.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Techniques are described for compressing multidimensional datasets. For instance, a compression module obtains lists of indices of data along dimensions of the multidimensional dataset. The compression module calculates lists of offset values from the lists of coordinates. The compression module then performs a statistical redundancy data compression algorithm on the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Importing-non-native-content-into-a-document-dt20080515ptan20080114797.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Content that is stored using a non-native format is imported into a document using a native open file format. A document structured according to the open file format is designed such that it is made up of a collection of modular parts that are stored within a container. Non-native content... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-creating-reusable-software-components-through-a-uniform-interface-dt20080515ptan20080114798.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method for designing software components for integration into any system without additional coding is provided. The method includes adopting a uniform application programming interface that breaks down external objects to include the characteristics of object, attribute, and method. Ideally, the characteristics include create object, delete object, read attributes, write... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-for-handling-large-amounts-of-standard-data-dt20080515ptan20080114796.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method for handling large amounts of standard data contained in one or more databases conforming to a standard data model is described. When large amounts of standard data are needed to answer requests of end-users of a software application, the method assumes that a significantly reduced amount of metadata... http://www.freshpatents.com/On-demand-incremental-update-of-data-structures-using-edit-list-dt20080515ptan20080114795.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 An edit list including a collection of change descriptions and definitions for a primary data structure is used for on-demand, incremental updating of associated auxiliary data structures. Edits performed on the primary data structure are recorded in the edit list with a version stamp, along with definitions of the changes... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-utilizing-xml-documents-to-transfer-programmatic-requests-in-a-service-oriented-architecture-dt20080515ptan20080114799.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A system and method for communicating extensible markup language (XML) documents in a service oriented architecture (SOA) are provided. XML requests are made in the form of XML documents containing programmatic requests. An XML schema defines programmatic behavior and provides instructions on how to process an XML document having a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Systems-and-methods-for-using-playlists-dt20080515ptan20080114794.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Systems and methods for automatically generating a playlist of series assets and systems and methods for grouping assets of a playlist in clusters are provided. In one embodiment, series assets may automatically be included into a playlist for that series. In another embodiment, an interactive media guidance application may group... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-system-for-automatically-extracting-data-from-web-sites-dt20080515ptan20080114800.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 In accordance with an embodiment, data may be automatically extracted from semi-structured web sites. Unsupervised learning may be used to analyze web sites and discover their structure. One method utilizes a set of heterogeneous “experts,” each expert being capable of identifying certain types of generic structure. Each expert represents its... http://www.freshpatents.com/Database-system-with-path-based-query-engine-dt20080515ptan20080114803.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A system and methodology for processing of path based queries is described. In one embodiment, a method for processing a path based query requesting data from a markup language document comprises steps of: parsing the path based query requesting data to generate a query tree corresponding to the path based... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-moving-data-from-an-extensible-markup-language-format-to-normalized-format-dt20080515ptan20080114802.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for creating normalized data from markup language data. User defined parameters are received for retrieving event data, wherein the parameters define a type of event and a subset of attributes for the type of event. In response to receiving the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Statistics-based-database-population-dt20080515ptan20080114801.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 The subject disclosure pertains to systems and methods that generate a simulation database based upon a source database. The simulation database can be populated using a schema and statistics obtained from the source database. After population, the simulation database can be statistically similar to the source database, facilitating testing, analysis,... http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-method-for-interoperating-with-foreign-objects-from-a-single-language-computing-environment-dt20080515ptan20080114804.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A mechanism for providing automatic interoperation between native objects created in a single language computing environment and objects created in external virtual machines and foreign class systems is discussed. Embodiments of the present invention provides a class definition syntax for objects created in the single language computing environment that provides... http://www.freshpatents.com/Declarative-data-binding-and-data-type-propagation-in-a-remote-workflow-schedule-authoring-system-dt20080515ptan20080114810.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Methods, systems, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided herein for declarative data binding and data type propagation in a remote workflow schedule authoring system. According to one method, a user interface is provided for binding a parameter in a workflow action rule to a data value provided by a data... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electronic-shopper-catalog-dt20080515ptan20080114807.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method of creating a custom document comprises maintaining a database of product information, the product information including, for each of multiple products, a product description, vendor information and at least one vendor specific attribute wherein at least one product from the database includes multiple vendors. At least one product... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-data-space-profiling-of-applications-across-a-network-dt20080515ptan20080114806.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A system and method for profiling a network application may include means for operating on context-specific data and costs. The system may include an apparatus for associating local extended address elements with a message sent from a first computing system to a second computing system across a network. The second... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-of-communicating-a-command-for-load-shedding-of-a-load-control-system-dt20080515ptan20080114811.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 The present invention provides a means for secure communication between an electrical utility company and an electricity customer, such that the customer is able to shed one or more loads in response to a load shed command from the utility company. A system server of the customer periodically connects to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Play-list-creator-dt20080515ptan20080114805.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method for creating a media content play list using electronic equipment includes analyzing the media content to develop an identifier indicative of a characteristic of the media content; and creating the media content play list based on a correlation between the identifier and a predefined characteristic.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Presenting-daily-task-lists-dt20080515ptan20080114809.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A range of dates is selected. For each date of the range of dates, a daily task list is displayed listing at least a portion of tasks having a start date or a due date matching the date. A user selection determines whether the daily task list includes only tasks... http://www.freshpatents.com/Visual-filtering-to-create-logical-associations-in-timeline-based-metaphors-dt20080515ptan20080114808.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Various embodiments of the presently described invention provide a method for visually representing associations among data and/or events presented on one or more timelines. A user is provided with the ability to select a filter that can be used to determine a plurality of data/events that are associated or related... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-object-identification-tracking-filtering-and-monitoring-using-data-object-fingerprints-in-a-repository-dt20080515ptan20080114812.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 The present invention relates to, among other things, the use of digital object fingerprints to account for digital objects.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Managing-user-customizations-of-pre-provisioned-contexts-dt20080515ptan20080114814.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method, system, and computer-readable medium for seamlessly updating connection parameters that allow a communications device of a host machine to connect to a Wireless Wide Area Network. Users are allowed to edit certain parameters, and these changes are stored in persistent storage along with a unique identifier for the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Validating-and-enabling-validation-of-package-structures-dt20080515ptan20080114813.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 This document describes tools capable of validating and enabling validation of a package's structure. To do so, constraint grammar is provided that is capable of enabling a person to build a set of machine-readable constraints for a package's structure. Based on this set of constraints, a package validator module may... http://www.freshpatents.com/Data-control-method-for-duplicating-data-between-computer-systems-dt20080515ptan20080114815.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 An application processing system including a database server and a storage device which is connected with a standby application processing system including a secondary database server and a secondary storage device to continue to carry out application processing in the case of a fault, disaster, etc. or for maintenance. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Replication-system-with-methodology-for-replicating-database-sequences-dt20080515ptan20080114816.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 Replication system with methodology for replicating database sequences is described. In one embodiment, for example, in a database system, a method of the present invention is described for replicating a sequence object from a primary database to a replicate database, the method comprises steps of: monitoring changes to table data... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-storing-audit-event-data-dt20080515ptan20080114817.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for processing event data. In response to receiving an event, a size of the event data for the event is compared to a threshold size to form a comparison. The information about an event and event data is stored in... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-backing-up-power-failure-for-automatic-medicine-packing-machine-dt20080515ptan20080114818.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 A method for backing up power failure for an automatic medicine packing machine includes steps of creating backup file from prescription data, storing backup file, deleting backup file for which packing of corresponding medicine is completed, detecting power recovery, and performing backup operation. In the step of creating backup file,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Method-and-apparatus-for-storage-retrieval-and-synchronization-of-multimedia-data-dt20080515ptan20080114819.php Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:05 -0700 An embodiment of the present invention embeds image data within a multimedia file including audio information in a manner providing storage capacity tailored to the size of the image. Thus, the resulting file structure for audio content is tailored to incorporate image data, where the image data is an integral...