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6668263 Method and system for efficiently searching for free space in a table of a relational database having a clustering index  
A method of searching a table in a database management system for free space for inserting a new record into the table. The table resides in a storage media, and includes a series of pages capable...
6667816 Digital image processing apparatus and method with storage of Non-finishable jobs  
In a networked printing environment having at least a number of workstations of users, a management unit maintains logic storage spaces in a memory, each allocated to a respective user. Digital...
6668261 Method of upgrading a program using associated configuration data  
A method of upgrading a program, used in a data processing device having a permanent memory, from a version n to a version n+1, wherein, at any time, both the recent version and the previous...
6665690 System and method for determining respective lengths of recording units used for recording different types of data on disc medium  
A recording and reproduction apparatus and method for recording and reproducing different types of data including AV data and PC data on a disc type medium. The type of the recorded data determines...
6665786 Dynamic disk partition management  
A partition manager enables the dynamic creation, reconfiguration, and deletion of logical volumes as non-removable storage devices are connected, reconfigured, or disconnected in a computer system...
6665689 Backup and restore for heterogeneous file server environment  
The invention provides a file server that provides for backup and restore of files in a heterogeneous file server environment. Metadata associated with each file by each model or protocol is...
6662182 Management system for the selective provision of internet information for closed user groups  
The present invention describes a method and a system for the specific supply of internet information to closed user groups. Direct access to data in the internet from internal-company networks...
6662287 Fast free memory address controller  
A memory manager for managing allocation of addresses in the memory is structured as a hierarchical tree having a top vertex, a bottom level and at least one intermediate level. The bottom level...
6658439 File system  
When an object file is read from a recording medium by a file system, a jump table retrieving section retrieves a unit-record-area number, corresponding to the unit record area to which individual...
6658435 Disk image backup/restore with data preparation phase  
A method for backing up data stored using a filing system on a computer non-volatile storage device is described. First pre-defined signature data is written, using the filing system, to...
6658437 System and method for data space allocation using optimized bit representation  
A database management system that stores and retrieves large data objects (LOBs) from a database storage of a computer system storage device containing a LOB data space having LOB data values of a...
6654739 Lightweight document clustering  
A procedure for clustering documents that operates in high dimensions, processes tens of thousands of documents and groups them into several thousand clusters or, by varying a single parameter,...
6654769 File system for creating switched logical I/O paths for fault recovery  
An illustrative embodiment of the present invention disclosed herein includes a file server having a file management table to obtain a logical disk ID for accessing files. A logical disk management...
6654756 Combination of mass storage sizer, comparator, OLTP user defined workload sizer, and design  
A computerized method enabling a user to specify and select a server for a database management system. The computerized method can include software modules for specifying the hardware required to...
6647400 System and method for analyzing filesystems to detect intrusions  
A system and method are disclosed for detecting intrusions in a host system on a network. The intrusion detection system comprises an analysis engine configured to use continuations and apply...
6647479 Computer file system providing looped file structure for post-occurrence data collection of asynchronous events  
An operating system has a file system which supports writing data to a file in a logical loop of clusters of storage locations. Writing can be performed in looped or unlooped modes, and a...
6643672 Method and apparatus for asynchronous file writes in a distributed file system  
A method and apparatus for delaying asynchronous writes in a distributed file system, wherein the file system includes a unique identifier (“UID”). The method comprises buffering a page of...
6643754 System and method for dynamically allocating computer memory  
A method for managing computer memory includes maintaining multiple sets of free blocks of memory wherein a free block is added to a set based on its size. In response to a request for a block of a...
6640290 Easily coalesced, sub-allocating, hierarchical, multi-bit bitmap-based memory manager  
A hierarchical bitmap-based memory manager maintains a hierarchical bitmap having an entry for each memory block in a memory heap. Each bitmap entry contains a multi-bit value that represents an...
6640233 Reserving file system blocks  
A system that manages a file system for a file server. A file operation is received that signals a reservation operation for a file having a file size. Preferably, the file system uses a write...
6636593 Multiple system management point nodes using dynamically transportable logic for system configuration management  
A dynamic transaction network having multiple management stations, one or more terminals, and one or more databases is disclosed. The dynamic transaction network is capable of adding and removing...
6633878 Initializing an ecommerce database framework  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for initializing a database used with an issue tracker. The issue tracker receives information relating to a plurality of issues from a...
6633871 Apparatus for accessing another apparatus to perform processing and method therefor, and memory medium in which such program is stored  
According to an information processing method, a device to be accessed is designated, an operation screen is downloaded by accessing the designated device, and information that is entered by a user...
6633893 File management system and method, and storage medium  
A file management system provided with an improved operability by arranging attribute information of recorded files, file search result information, and index information of files and listing the...
6631387 Apparatus for creating and managing navigation information in a rewritable recording medium  
This invention provides a method for managing navigation data for a rewritable recording medium, which are referred to for control of recording, editing, and reproduction. This method enables...
6628305 Architecture and definition of an extensible, object-oriented graphical user interface framework for managing and administering heterogenous digital library datastores  
An extensible, object-oriented graphical user interface (GUI) framework that provides a consistent “look and feel” for an application that interfaces to the GUI framework and that manages and...
6629111 Memory allocation system  
A method of allocating memory for a file includes determining a size of the file and searching a memory segment list to determine whether the file can be stored in one of a plurality of memory...
6629108 Method for insuring data integrity for mirrored independently accessible memory devices  
The present invention relates to a system and method for preserving and identifying recency information for data stored in multiple mirrored memory locations in a redundant data storage mechanism....
6625668 Information processing apparatus, data transfer method therefor, and provision medium containing computer-readable program to be executed by the image processing apparatus  
An information processing apparatus, which is used as a so-called “multichannel video server” that performs data recording or reproduced-data processing by controlling input/output processors...
6625627 Recording apparatus and recording method, reproducing apparatus and reproducing method, and recording medium  
File management information for managing logical sequence of files recorded in a recording medium is formed and stored in a file management information storing unit. Block management information...
6622151 Data-transfer-management system and transfer history-collection device  
A device for collecting history of data transfer includes a transfer-history-extraction unit which extracts transfer-history information from data subjected to data transfer, and a...
6618737 Speculative caching of individual fields in a distributed object system  
This disclosure presents a technique of field-level caching in distributed object-oriented systems, in which a speculative approach is taken to identify opportunities for caching. The speculative...
6611852 System and method for cleaning a log structure  
A system and method for cleaning a log structure, the log structure including one or more segments, each segment including live data, orders the one or more segments into a hot list according to...
6611915 Selective loading of client operating system in a computer network  
A client station on computer network uses an operating system such as JavaOS which is permanently stored at the server rather than on storage media at the client location. JavaOS is loaded and...
6609187 Method and apparatus for supporting resizing of file system partitions  
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that supports resizing of file system partitions. The system includes one or more storage devices that are divided into a plurality of...
6606628 File system for nonvolatile memory  
A file system for nonvolatile memory media is disclosed, based on the assumptions that the file system structure is flat (i.e., does not contain directories), and that a relatively small amount of...
6598058 Method and apparatus for cross-node sharing of cached dynamic SQL in a multiple relational database management system environment  
The invention provides a data processing system, a method, computer program product and software for operating it where the data processing system includes a number of interconnected nodes. At...
6598038 Workload reduction mechanism for index tuning  
A workload reduction mechanism for index tuning is described that selects relevant database statements from a database workload, standardizes a format of the relevant database statements and...
6594675 METHOD, SYSTEM FOR USING FILE NAME TO ACCESS APPLICATION PROGRAM WHERE A LOGICAL FILE SYSTEM PROCESSES PATHNAME TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE REQUEST IS A FILE ON STORAGE DEVICE OR OPERATION FOR APPLICATION PROGRAM  
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for accessing an application program, such as a transaction manager. A request for a file is received. The request includes a pathname and the pathname...
6591333 Method for completing incomplete recording on an optical disk  
The method first reads content of a file logical information recorded on the first track of an optical disk. Secondly, the method, based on content of the file logical information, detects one...
6591356 Cluster buster  
A method and a system are provided to improve storage space utilization in a file management system with a fixed number of clusters without increasing the number of volumes visible to the user....
6574640 System and method for archiving and supplying documents using a central archive system  
The present invention relates to flexible facilities for supplying documents where the index to the documents is stored in a central archive but the documents themselves are stored in an external...
6574642 Methods for processing data transferred to system memory in preparation for recording to an optical disc  
Methods for processing and recording data files to an optical disc media are provided. In one example, a method includes the operations of processing data files selected to be recorded and...
6574699 Fast track reassign in a rotating storage media  
A reassign process is provided in a disk drive system including a plurality of tracks for storing data, each of the tracks being divided into a plurality of sectors, each sector having a...
6574643 Fat file system in palm OS computer  
A handheld computer which uses a palm operating system and which incorporates a compact flash (CF+) interface for secondary data storage or interface to other devices and uses a FAT file system for...
6574705 Data processing system and method including a logical volume manager for storing logical volume data  
A data processing system and method are disclosed for storing logical volume information used by a logical volume manager to create and manage a logical volume. The data processing system includes...
6570593 Management graphical user interface for a network file system  
A graphical user interface is implemented with unique icons for registered but not mounted file systems, registered and mounted file systems, and mounted but not registered file systems. The unique...
6571259 Preallocation of file system cache blocks in a data storage system  
A file server provides transaction processing capabilities previously supplied by the operating system of a host computer. On-disk file system metadata is changed only at commit time, and a...
6571258 Computer data storage system with parallelization migration plan generator  
A data storage system is provided in which a migration plan generates migration plans for reaching a goal configuration from an initial configuration in a predetermined period of time. The...
6567887 Buffering of partition tables, file system directory structures and individual file cluster chains in a mass storage device  
A computer system for storing data includes a host computer having system RAM associated with the computer system, and a file directory peripheral bus connected to the host computer. A mass memory...