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Apparatus and method for capturing and propagating changes from an operational database to data marts
The present invention pertains to an apparatus and method for efficiently capturing and propagating changes made upon the source tables of an operational database to one or more target tables of data ... Read More
Inventors: Mukhopadhyay, Pinaki; Nesamoney, Diaz; Sankaran, Mohan; Suresh, Sankaran; Gupta, Sanjeev K.;, Assignee: Informatica Corporation (Menlo Park, CA) |
Method and apparatus for propagating commit times between a plurality of database servers
A method and system for removing propagation delays between a plurality of database servers that have access to a common database is provided. According to the method, each database server is associat... Read More
Inventors: Bamford, Roger J.; Bridge, Jr., William H.; Lee, J. William; Srivastava, Alok;, Assignee: Oracle Corporation (Redwood Shores, CA) |
Enhanced two-phase commit protocol
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: Yahya, Muhammad; Barnhart, Devin Lyle; Lee, Jerry C.; Jorgensen, Thomas J.; Stellwagen, Jr., Richard G.;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Arbitration of state changes
The above-mentioned shortcomings, disadvantages and problems are addressed by the present invention, which will be understood by reading and studying the following specification. When multiple nodes i... Read More
Inventors: Berkowitz, Brian T.; Christofferson, Peter A.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, VA) |
Dynamic control of magnetic tape drive
OF THE DRAWINGS In the following description, for purposes of explanation and not limitation, specific details are set forth such as particular architectures, interfaces, techniques, etc. in order to... Read More
Inventors: Ayres, Mark R.; Stewart, Alexander; Hartung, Steven F.;, Assignee: Exabyte Corporation (Boulder, CO) |
Intelligent processing in the context of away and offline instant messages
In one general aspect, an electronic assistant handles instant messages sent to a user when the user is away or offline. The electronic assistant may respond intelligently and helpfully to inquiries ... Read More
Inventors: Roskind, James A.; Saksena, Gagan;, Assignee: America Online, Inc. (Dulles, VA) |
Artificial intelligence trending system
These and other needs are addressed by the present invention by means of a method and system, and computer-readable media carrying instructions for controlling the system to carry out the method. In a... Read More
Inventors: Tayebnejad, Mohammad Reza; Van Camp, Karl Aric; Dallas, Charles Alan; Van Arkel, John Hans;, Assignee: MCI, LLC (Basking Ridge, NJ) |
Protected shareware
To satisfy the foregoing goals, in accordance with this invention, the functionality of "protected shareware" is controlled by digitally signed messaging protocol. Protective code within the shareware... Read More
Inventors: Merkle, Ralph C.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Hardware and software failover services for a file server
The present application is directed to improvements to the failover services disclosed in Duso et al., U.S. application Ser. No. 08/851,507 filed May 5, 1997, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,987,621 on Nov.... Read More
Inventors: Duso, Wayne W.; Kuczynski, Leslie E.; Forecast, John; Gupta, Uday; Vahalia, Uresh K; Ting, Dennis P. J.;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) |
Data sort method, data sort apparatus, and data sort program
The present invention aims at providing a data sort method, apparatus, and program capable of obtaining a desired sorting order value by reading records only once. An aspect of the present invention i... Read More
Inventors: Abe, Fumirou; Matsuura, Masataka; Tabata, Yoko; Nagata, Masahiko; Hara, Yasuhisa;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for detecting the type of interface to which a peripheral device is connected
The present invention defines a method and apparatus in the peripheral device such that the peripheral device can determine which type of interface it is connected to, and configure itself accordingly... Read More
Inventors: Hanson, Mark T.; Sherman, Nathan C.; Featherston, Lord Nigel; Casebolt, Mark W.; Drake, Victor P.; Mullins, Keith; Holo, David L.; Lipscomb, Terry M.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Monitoring a large parallel database through dynamic grouping and sequential sampling
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: Leung, Tony Kai-Chi; See, Siu Nang; Wong, Stan; Wu, Cheung-Yuk;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Object-oriented framework for reasoning having pluggable inference engines
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of machine reasoning modules or inference engines can be processed against a single rule-based knowledge representation (rule language)... Read More
Inventors: Bigus, Joseph Phillip; Pilgrim, Jeffrey Robert; Schlosnagle, Donald Allen;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Memory system including guarded pointers
The present invention relates to several aspects of a memory system which may be used independently or together. The invention is particularly applicable in a virtual addressing, multiprocessor enviro... Read More
Inventors: Carter, Nicholas P.; Keckler, Stephen W.; Dally, William J.;, Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA) |
Data access in a processor
What is claimed is: 1. A data processor comprising: a register memory comprising an array of M.times.N memory cells, each cell addressable using an instruction specifying a pair of coordinates (I, J),... Read More
Inventors: Barlow, Stephen; Ramsdale, Timothy; Swann, Robert; Bailey, Nel; Plowman, David;, Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Irvine, CA) |
Access control/crypto system
An access control/crypto system having a smart card reader and an access control program for requesting information from a user to determine if the user is authorized to access the computer. The acces... Read More
Inventors: Mooney, David M.; Kimlinger, Paul J.; Bradley, James Virgil;, Assignee: Digital Privacy, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Method and apparatus for processing recursive hard links in a data processing system
The present invention provides a method and apparatus in a data system for processing a recursive link in a directory structure in a data processing system. A path to a directory is identified includi... Read More
Inventors: Gusler, Carl Phillip; Hamilton, II, Rick A.; Patel, Maulin Ishwarbhai;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for providing fault tolerant transcriptions over an unsecured communication channel
These and other objects, features and technical advantages are achieved by a system and method wherein a secure portable device is constructed with a memory and having a processor controlling that mem... Read More
Inventors: Kara, Salim G.; Desai, Manish; Husain, Mohammas A.; Pagel, Martin J.; Hinh, Ken D.;, Assignee: E-Stamp Corporation (San Mateo, CA) |
System and methods for synchronizing datasets when dataset changes may be received out of order
The present invention provides a system and methods for synchronizing information in datasets via a communication medium. The system and methods are suitable for synchronizing even across communicatio... Read More
Inventors: LaRue, Chris; Dube, Bryan; Yu, Chiahua George;, Assignee: Starfish Software, Inc. (Scotts Valley, CA) |
Secure on-line PC postage metering system
OF THE PRESENT INVENTION A method and apparatus for providing a secure software rental system is described. In the following description, numerous specific details, such as number and nature of messa... Read More
Inventors: Ananda, Mohan;, Assignee: Stamps.Com, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA) |
Method and apparatus for modifying and integrating a cellular phone with the capability to access and browse the internet
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention a computerized battery pack adapter for a cellular telephone, is provided comprising a high energy density (HED) battery for electrical power; a CPU ... Read More
Inventors: Kikinis, Dan;, Assignee: Lextron Systems, Inc. (Saratoga, CA) |
Terminal apparatus for operator and communication path setting method
OF THE INVENTION An embodiment according to the present invention will now be described hereinafter in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration drawing of ... Read More
Inventors: Ueno, Michiko; Iwasaki, Hidetoshi; Nagano, Masaaki; Izawa, Shinichi; Nakao, Tooru; Yamamoto, Youko; Nakagawa, Hakaru; Ariga, Yasushi; Akimoto, Tatsuko; Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Tokyo, JP) |
Network capacity creation for video dial tone network
What is claimed is: 1. A method for creating network transport capacity for a broadband network, comprising the steps of: planning transport capacity requirements for a desired deployment region in ac... Read More
Inventors: Rohner, Janet;, Assignee: Bell Atlantic Network Services, Inc. (Arlington, VA) |
Method and system of service impact analysis in a communications network
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is directed to a system and method for using service impact analysis (SIA) to provide a telecommunications network carrier with improved real-time i... Read More
Inventors: Berg, Myron;, Assignee: MCI Communications Corporations (Washington, DC) |
Real-time data cache flushing threshold adjustment in a server computer
The present invention provides a system and method for dynamically improving the performance of a server in a network. The present invention accomplishes this task by dynamically changing the paramete... Read More
Inventors: Caccavale, Frank Samuel;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
System and method for advanced event request management for networks
The present invention pertains to a system and method for managing a network of devices. A network manager is connected to the network and tracks the activity of the various devices. The network manag... Read More
Inventors: Rangarajan, Govindarajan;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) |
Method and apparatus for isolating network failures by correlating paths issuing alarms with failure spans
The present invention enhances network restoration processes by providing an automated method of locating or isolating failures in a network by preferably first periodically performing a process of an... Read More
Inventors: Croslin, William D.;, Assignee: MCI Communications Corporation (Washington, DC) |
Networked sensor system
We claim: 1. A networked sensor system for continuous, high speed, real time, data acquisition, said system comprising: central processing means; distributed sensor processing means, coupled to said c... Read More
Inventors: Burks, Gregory L.; Fort, Dennis E.; Spencer, Erika L. S.; Widmer, Hans P.;, Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) |
Method and system for optimizing the connection set up time in high speed communication networks for recovering from network failure
We claim: 1. A method for optimizing the connection set-up time and correlative communication bandwidth occupation required to perform connection reroutings to recover from network failure, in a high ... Read More
Inventors: Galand, Claude; Bidard, Jean; Chobert, Jean-Paul; Brun, Gerard; Maurel, Olivier; Ouvry, Yves;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Digital subscriber loop access circuit for digital switch and packet network interconnections
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an end-to-end architecture and system that permits users to flexibly, transparently, and dynamically configure high-speed connections base... Read More
Inventors: Liu, Ming-Kang; Chen, Steve;, Assignee: Integrated Telecom Express, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
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