Providing a snapshot of a subset of a file system
Briefly, in accordance with the present invention, disclosed is a system, method and computer readable medium for providing a snapshot of a subset of a file system. In an embodiment of the present inv... Read More
Inventors: Sawdon, Wayne A.; Schmuck, Frank B.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for parallel primary and secondary backup reading in recovery of multiple shared database data sets
The present invention provides an recovery utility apparatus for expediting recovery time during failure of one or more database data sets. The invention includes a backup copy restore utility for rea... Read More
Inventors: Moore, David W.; Perry, Frederick Stephen;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Modeling overlapping of memory references in a queueing system model
The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention, and is provided in the context of a particular application and its requirements. Various ... Read More
Inventors: Gluhovsky, Ilya; O'Krafka, Brian W.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and apparatus for receiving conventional telephone calls while connected to the internet
The present invention provides a method and system of allowing communication over an existing telephone line (such as a public switched telephone network or PSTN or any voice switch) using a data comm... Read More
Inventors: Buskirk, Jr., Martin Cornelius;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for wireless hot-synchronization of a personal digital assistant
OF THE INVENTION A wireless Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) hot-sync system is illustrated in FIG. 1. The system comprises one or more hot-sync servers 10, one or more PDA devices 12, and a pluralit... Read More
Inventors: Hiscock, James Scott;, Assignee: 3Com Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
System and method for selective information exchange
The present invention provides a system and method for information exchange that provides control over the content of stored information, as well as control over the access to the stored information. ... Read More
Inventors: Desai, Nimesh; Udani, Sanjay; Kimble, Jr., James David; Werges, Thomas P.; Richardson, David Dean; Gustafson, Jeffrey A.;, Assignee: |
Kinematic assay of plasma glucose concentration without blood sampling
OF THE INVENTION The aim of this invention is to ameliorate this confounding problem by using a kinematic approach rather than the static. When insulin is administered, the plasma glucose level falls... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Jung J.;, Assignee: Blue Marble Research, Inc. (Albany, NY) |
Mud gas isotope logging interpretive method in oil and gas drilling operations
In one aspect, the present invention is a novel method of interpreting geological and engineering information from mud gas samples in a drilling operation of a target area. The method begins by profil... Read More
Inventors: Ellis, Leroy;, Assignee: |
Autocorrecting text typed into a word processing document
The invention in which an exclusive right is claimed is defined by the following: 1. A method for automatically replacing an entry made by a user in a computer display with a replacement, said method ... Read More
Inventors: Rayson, Steven J.; Hachamovitch, Dean J.; Kwatinetz, Andrew L.; Hirsch, Stephen M.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Image output devices which automatically selects and outputs a stored selected image in correspondence with input data
It is therefore a first object of the present invention to provide an image output device which, when the device extracts one-image data from among various image data stored beforehand and outputs the... Read More
Inventors: Murakami, Yoichi; Miyaki, Hitoshi; Shinbori, Yoshiaki; Atsumi, Hiroki;, Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for converting non-phonetic characters into surrogate words for inputting into a computer
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The Chinese, the written form of Japanese and Korean languages which are derived from the Chinese, and even the Indian languages are constituted by non-phonetic characters... Read More
Inventors: Chan, Kun Chun;, Assignee: |
Generating combinations of offers and using action identifiers from the offers to obtain performance of combinations of actions
The invention addresses a problem that arises in performing coordination using both search techniques and transaction techniques, such as with the search engine and transaction engine described in the... Read More
Inventors: Andreoli, Jean-Marc; Pacull, Fran.cedilla.ois; Meunier, Jean-Luc;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Collision-free ideographic character coding method and apparatus for oriental languages
I claim: 1. A computerized collision-free Chinese or Asian character coding method for representing sets Chinese or Asian characters having complicated and basic ideographic symbols comprising: a) col... Read More
Inventors: Wu, Ching-Shyan;, Assignee: |
System for dynamically creating and retrieving formatted dump data by setting value in dump object indicating that the dump agent is to generate formatted dump data
It is therefore one object of the present invention to provide an improved method of managing a computer network, particularly to obtain formatted dump data from a remote software product. It is anoth... Read More
Inventors: Temoshenko, Leo;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Automatic development of computer software
In summary, the present invention provides a method for real-time self-optimizing, with instant or substantially continuous, closed-loop feed-back control without human guidance, intervention, and int... Read More
Inventors: Li, Chou H.;, Assignee: |
Patient interactive neurostimulation system and method
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a truly automated patient interactive system in which provisions are made allowing for effectively handling inconsistent patient data entr... Read More
Inventors: Sieracki, Jeffrey Mark; North, Richard Boydston; Fowler, Kim Randal;, Assignee: Stimsoft, Inc. (Columbia, MD) |
Vault controller based registration application serving web based registration authorities and end users for conducting electronic commerce in secure end-to-end distributed information system
We claim: 1. A secure, end-to-end communication system for conducting electronic commerce, comprising: an end user terminal coupled to the system; a server coupled to the system; and means included in... Read More
Inventors: Patel, Paresh; Lee, Ku; Reider, Roger; Kittel, Drew; Lasida, Lolo;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, NY) |
Parser translator system and method
Accordingly, a parser-translator technology has been developed to allow a user to specify complex test and/or transformation statements in a high-level user language, to ensure that such test and/or t... Read More
Inventors: Martinez-Guerra, Juan Carlos; Timmerman, Tina L.; Hammer, Katherine G.; Marshall, David H.;, Assignee: Evolutionary Technologies International, Inc. (Austin, TX) |
On-line transaction control during activation of local telecommunication service
To overcome the limitations in the prior art described above, and to overcome other limitations that will become apparent upon reading and understanding the present specification, the present inventio... Read More
Inventors: Swartz, Stephen J.; Bakshi, Anil R.; Murphy, Christopher John; Baeth, Kevin Ronald;, Assignee: Accenture LLP (Chicago, IL) |
Decision management system with automated strategy optimization
Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a decision management system which can analyze performance results and recommend strategy changes in an efficient, effective, and consist... Read More
Inventors: Honarvar, Laurence; Fatigante, Steven; Showalter, Traci;, Assignee: American Management Systems, Inc. (Fairfax, VA) |
Dynamic self-configuration for ad hoc peer networking using mark-up language formated description messages
The following detailed description is directed toward self-bootstrapping or automatic dynamic self-configuring of devices for ad hoc peer networking with other devices on a computing network that avo... Read More
Inventors: Gu, Ye; Ford, Peter S.; Knight, Holly; Goland, Yaron Y.; Leach, Paul J.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Network conferencing system, equipment management method and data presentation method
What is claimed is: 1. A network conferencing system having an output electronic equipment for presenting the contents of a presentation, a generating electronic equipment for generating the contents ... Read More
Inventors: Lee, Seikei; Fujiyama, Hideharu; Kurashige, Shuji; Yamaguchi, Masataro; Miyake, Toru;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing implementation of configuration information in a communication system
What is claimed is: 1. A communication system for synchronizing implementation of configuration information, the communication system comprising: a network manager for transmitting the configuration i... Read More
Inventors: Starkweather, James Alan; Perdomo, Orlando Jesus; Rutan, Deborah L.; Miriyala, Srinivas;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Polymorphic network methods and apparatus
According to the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a configuration control mechanism for dynamically and logically renaming elements of a mixed-radix, N-dimensional object s... Read More
Inventors: Estes, Mark D.;, Assignee: |
Method for propagating between views of connection object status in network
An object status propagation scheme according to the present invention uses two separate parallel full hierarchies of submaps of objects of a network, an equipment hierarchy and a connection hierarchy... Read More
Inventors: Schlosser, John K.; Rariden, Joel; Ketkar, Bhalchandra R.; Bathrick, Gregory A.;, Assignee: Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d'Electricite (Paris, FR) |
Process control system including automatic sensing and automatic configuration of devices
In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a control system controls one or more interconnected devices according to a defined control configuration. The control system automatically sense... Read More
Inventors: Krivoshein, Ken D.; Christensen, Dan D.;, Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc. (Austin, TX) |
Method and system for testing real-time delivery of packets of data
What is claimed is: 1. In a first computer network having a first host computer, a second host computer and a simulator all connected on a local area network segment, a method for testing real-time de... Read More
Inventors: Cain, Michael E.;, Assignee: U S West, Inc. (Denver, CO); MediaOne Group, Inc. (Englewood, CO) |
Method and system for an intelligent distributed network architecture
The present invention may include an intelligent call processor, an intelligent switching node and an intelligent communications network for use in a communications system. The intelligent call proces... Read More
Inventors: Barnhouse, Robert; Cardy, Doug; Porter, Kelvin; Rambo, Ken; Waller, Carol; Wong, Wendy; Yao, George;, Assignee: MCI WorldCom, Inc (Clinton, MS) |
Distributed directory for enhanced network communication
In general, aspects of the invention relate to distribution of, storage of, and access to information related to enhanced communication between computers, in particular communication between client an... Read More
Inventors: Sridhar, Manickam R.; Boruchovich, Boris; Sigel, Steven; Louchez, Sylvain; Khan, Malik Z.;, Assignee: Sitara Networks, Inc. (Waltham, MA) |
Flexible display of management data in a programmable event driven processing system
A management server for a network that facilitates and performs programmable event driven processing according to the present invention includes event detection logic that receives and processes any o... Read More
Inventors: Stupek, Jr., Richard A.; Justice, Jr., William D.; Rozzi, James A.;, Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston, TX) |
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