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7318062 Storing method metadata in code  
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for storing a method bundle in code which may include method metadata and a cookie indicator to indicate the presence of method...
7318147 Method for delaying and executing system administration operations in unattended mode  
A method allowing a user interfacing a computer with a console, to delay the execution of system administration operations and to have them executed in unattended mode on said computer. The method...
7315978 System and method for remote collection of data  
A system and method for managing electronic forms data, and financial advise applications is provided. Financial advisors may be equipped with portable computing devices, such as a laptop or tablet...
7315867 Document processing apparatus, document processing method, document processing program, and recording medium  
The text format of input data is checked, and is converted into a system-manipulated format. It is further determined if the input data is in an HTML or e-mail format using tags, heading...
7310646 Data management system providing a data thesaurus for mapping between multiple data schemas or between multiple domains within a data schema  
In one embodiment, a system is provided for managing a centrally managed master repository for core enterprise reference data associated with an enterprise. A centralized master repository contains...
7310708 Cache system with groups of lines and with coherency for both single lines and groups of lines  
In a computer system with caching, memory transactions can retrieve and store groups of lines. Coherency states are maintained for groups of lines, and for individual lines. A single coherency...
7310647 Column masking of tables  
Returning rows having column values masked is disclosed. In response to receiving a database command, a modified database command is created that specifies whether to mask a value by returning a...
7310652 Method and apparatus for managing hierarchical collections of data  
A method and system provide for management of a collection of data records. The data records have associated therewith an identifier or code that indicates the most coarse level of granularity with...
7308433 Application managing method and information processing apparatus using the method  
A directory structure corresponding to a plurality of applications is formed. Items of identification information are given to predetermined directories of the directory structure, respectively,...
7308460 System and method for providing user defined types in a database system  
A database system and method allows a user to write program code in a high-level programming language that implements a class that defines the structure of a user-defined type and methods that can...
7308466 Memory reclamation method  
A method of reclaiming memory space allocated to a data structure comprising data objects ( 910 - 960 ) linked by identifying pointers, in which the memory allocated to data objects is reclaimed...
7308437 Optimization of queries using retrieval status of resources used thereby  
An apparatus, program product and method utilize the retrieval status of a resource to generate an access plan for a database query that uses the resource. The retrieval status, which indicates,...
7305583 Command initiated logical dumping facility  
Diagnostic information is produced from a computer memory operably connected to a DBMS. A command is received from a user wherein the command comprises an identifier of a resource associated with...
7305418 Selecting and showing copy pairs in a storage subsystem copy services graphical user interface  
Disclosed are a method and system for pairing objects for the purpose of copying data. The method comprises the steps of selecting such pairs in a single view including graphical depictions of...
7305451 System for providing users an integrated directory service containing content nodes located in different groups of application servers in computer network  
A distributed directory service for an online services network comprises multiple, separate services (Directory Service Providers) runs on application servers and provides access to a respective...
7305419 Hierarchical reference data management system and method  
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of managing hierarchical reference data. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a hierarchical data management...
7302453 Optimizing the recording on a rewritable interactive medium of revisions to an existing project on that medium  
An authoring file, readable by DVD-Video authoring program, defines the playback structure of the DVD-Video material residing in a given disc's “DVD-Video zone” (VIDEO_TS directory) and also...
7302582 Delivery point validation system  
Systems and methods consistent with the present invention encode a list so users of the list may make inquires to the coded list without the entire content of the list being revealed to the users....
7302452 Method and apparatus for handling requests for files in a data processing system  
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for use in an operating system for managing requests for files. A request for a switch file from an application is received. The application points to...
7299248 Method, system, program for determining frequency of updating database histograms  
A method, system and computer program product for a database management system to be operatively coupled to a data processing system. The data processing system includes memory for storing a data...
7299219 High refresh-rate retrieval of freshly published content using distributed crawling  
A system for maximal gathering of fresh information added to a network such as the as the Internet and for processing the gathered fresh information. A link server ( 2 ) sends a batch of links to...
7299494 File management method and files  
The invention relates to a method of managing files. In this invention, a method of managing a file stored in an external memory device of a computer having an application that starts when it is...
7299231 Method and system of subsetting a cluster of servers  
A method and system of subsetting a group of server systems configures a server system with a group name and a group port, and with at least one subset name and subset port. The server system, when...
7299255 System and method for migrating data in an electronic commerce system  
A method for migrating product data within an electronic commerce system ( 10 ) includes monitoring requests for products by users ( 20 ) of a global content directory ( 42 ). The global content...
7296035 System and method for synchronizing data repositories  
A system and method for synchronizing a first data repository with a second data repository is disclosed. The method includes: a) detecting a change to data in the first data repository; b)...
7296012 Method of and apparatus for multimedia processing, and computer product  
A name obtaining unit obtains name information. An ontology generating unit sets a specific element from an installation space where each element to be given a name is hierarchically expressed,...
7296029 Environmentally responsive oscillating circular affinity index  
Various embodiments of a method, apparatus and article of manufacture to manage an index are provided. A circular index, having an index size, is provided. The circular index stores information to...
7296021 Method, system, and article to specify compound query, displaying visual indication includes a series of graphical bars specify weight relevance, ordered segments of unique colors where each segment length indicative of the extent of match of each object with one of search parameters  
A method of searching a collection of data that includes specifying a compound query having two or more search parameters; identifying data objects in the collection that match the search...
7293038 Systems and methods for client-side filtering of subscribed messages  
A message broker can allow any server in a cluster to publish to, and subscribe, to a message channel. A server subscribing to a channel can set up a message filter such that XQuery expressions can...
7293033 System and method for providing effective file-sharing in a computer system to allow concurrent multi-user access  
A computer system that allows for multiple users that each have access to shareable files. In one exemplary embodiment, each user has a user file tree that corresponds to the shareable file tree...
7292957 Cost efficient performance statistics gathering using logarithmic indexing  
A system for a distributed computing network for managing instrumentation information from a plurality of network-connected managed entities. One or more instrumentation processes are coupled to...
7293044 Method and system for verifying integrity of storage  
A method and system for verifying the integrity of a storage volume. When volume verification is desired, a shadow copy of the volume is created. A verification tool operates on the shadow copy and...
7293043 Tracking switch transactions  
A method and data structure for monitoring the progression of a configuration transaction through a communications network is provided. The method includes creating an audit trail associated with...
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Method and apparatus for storing and retrieving business contact information in a computer system
 
The present invention provides an information management system comprising a remote device, a remote database operatively coupled to the remote device, the remote database containing contact...
7289985 Enhanced document retrieval  
Systems and methods for enhanced document retrieval are described. In one aspect, a search query from an end-user is received. Responsive to receiving the search query, search results are...
7290013 Space allocation in a write anywhere file system  
The invention provides a method and system for improving data access of a reliable file system. In a first aspect of the invention, the file system determines the relative vacancy of a collection...
7290016 Method and apparatus for obtaining and storing medical history records  
A system and method for taking a medical history uses a questionnaire database in which answers to questions are correlated with subsequent questions. The answers given for the medical history...
7290115 System and method for filtering write operations to a storage medium containing an operating system image  
A write filter is used to handle write operations by an operating system of a computing device that has a main storage medium in which the operating system image is stored. The write filter is...
7289977 Image file apparatus and method  
When an electronic album is created, different images having identical file names are prevented from being recorded on a large-capacity floppy disk. Image files have been recorded on a memory card...
7287019 Duplicate data elimination system  
A process for finding a similar data records from a set of data records. A database table or tables provide a number of data records from which one or more canonical data records are identified....
7287043 System and method for asynchronous data replication without persistence for distributed computing  
A system and method of lightweight asynchronous data replication that avoids the need for any persistent store at the replication source or communication channel, and is independent of the...
7287047 Selective data replication system and method  
The invention relates generally to copying electronic data. More particularly, the invention provides a computerized method for identifying, in a first backup data set, a data item satisfying a...
7284017 Data migration system and method  
A method, system and program are disclosed for increasing the data transfer rates and efficiencies of processes used for migrating digital data from one long-term storage media to a second...
7284018 Logless transaction coordination  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for performing a transaction across one or more resources. A connection is established to one or more...
7284016 Client-server protocol for directory access of snapshot file systems in a storage system  
Internally, a production file system and each of its related snapshot file systems have a common file system identifier (fid′) and a unique respective file system identifier (fsid′)....
7284015 System and method for data migration  
A method for concurrent data migration includes classifying files to be migrated into plural jobs, selecting media to which to migrate each job, and using plural drives concurrently to write the...
7281023 Architecture of database application with robust online recoverability  
An architecture for efficiently identifying the scope and timeframe of database errors, providing online history images, creating online point-in-time views of application tables, reconstructing...
7280995 On-the-fly format conversion  
Techniques are provided for accessing data stored in a database. According to one technique, a request is received from an application for a stored file that is currently stored in a database. The...
7277901 Collaborative file update system  
In a disclosed method that facilitates collaborative file updating, data is accepted from one of a plurality of users and stored. The data represents an initial version of the file and designates...
7278133 Index-based parameter access and software for using the same  
A method and apparatus for composing software are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a loader to obtain software structure data identifying a plurality of application components...