Web browser printing enhancements
The above and other objects and advantages, which will be apparent to one of skill in the art, are achieved in the present invention which is directed to, in a first aspect, a method of printing web p... Read More
Inventors: Kelley, Edward E.; Dauerer, Norman J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Printing system using communication network
It is therefore a first object of the present invention to provide a printing system which can send data to form a preview image from a printing apparatus to a data processing apparatus via a network ... Read More
Inventors: Sasaki, Hiroyuki; Kuno, Masashi;, Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Nagoya, JP) |
Printer and printing method
The present invention has been conceived to solve the foregoing problems, and the object of the present invention is to provide a printer and a printing method, both of which effect high-speed collati... Read More
Inventors: Shima, Toshihiro;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method for transmitting setting information between at least two of apparatuses
It is an object of the present invention to provide a data communication apparatus and method which solves the above problems. It is another object of the present invention to provide a data communica... Read More
Inventors: Tsukamoto, Takeshi; Ejiri, Seishi; Yamamuro, Soichi; Kondo, Masaya; Kumagai, Takekazu; Oishi, Kazuomi; Saruwatari, Masaru; Toyama, Masaki;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Search on and search for functions in applications with varying data types
An object of the present invention is to improve procedures for searching databases having varying data types. Another object of this invention is to help search through databases that include multipl... Read More
Inventors: Goldfuss, Jr., John A.; May, Michael R.; Rozins, Larisa M.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Hierarchical bitmap-based memory manager
This invention concerns a memory manager for managing physical data memory. The memory manager is primarily intended for managing addressable core memory, and is described in this context. Within thi... Read More
Inventors: Forin, Alessandro; Helander, Johannes;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Computer system
OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, referring to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be explained. First Embodiment A first embodiment of the present invention will be expl... Read More
Inventors: Sekido, Kazunori;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Methods and systems for an incremental file system
The present invention solves the above and other problems, thereby advancing the state of useful arts, by providing an incremental file system (also referred to herein as IFS) structure and associated... Read More
Inventors: Testardi, Rich P.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Snapshot copy facility for a data storage system permitting continued host read/write access
In practice, it has been found that the technique of storing data in logical storage volumes having relatively permanent physical storage locations in a data storage system has a competitive advantage... Read More
Inventors: Armangau, Philippe;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) |
Method and apparatus for maintaining and restoring mapping table entries and data in a raid system
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention provides for maintaining a set of unexpired modified or deleted data which can be used to recover data to a previous point in time, with the unexpire... Read More
Inventors: Shepherd, David L.;, Assignee: Storage Technology Corporation (Louisville, CO) |
Copy on write file system consistency and block usage
The present Invention provides a method for maintaining a file system in a consistent state and for creating read-only copies of a file system. Changes to the file system are tightly controlled to mai... Read More
Inventors: Hitz, David; Malcolm, Michael; Lau, James; Rakitzis, Byron;, Assignee: Network Appliance, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Extended storage capacity for a network file server
The present invention meets these needs by providing extended storage capacity to a file server. A NAS (Network Attached Storage) switch in the data path of a client and NAS file servers on the storag... Read More
Inventors: Wong, Thomas K.; Tsirigotis, Panagiotis; Iyengar, Anand; Chawla, Rajeev;, Assignee: NeoPath Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
System and method for creating an online table from a layout of objects
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention is directed to a system for creating a table from a layout of objects on a page. The table is preferably a hypertext markup language (HTML) table tha... Read More
Inventors: Burch, Warren; Gauthier, Matthew Charles;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Context-based help engine, dynamic help, and help architecture
The aforementioned need is satisfied by the present invention in which a help architecture supports an application and a help engine operating on a computer, where the help engine is for locating help... Read More
Inventors: Gordon, Jonathan Cannon; Sullivan, Timothy Rand; McRoberts, Justin Shane; Swanson, Scott R.; Kipman, Alex Aben-Athar; Lakamsani, Madhavi; McKee, Paul Glenn; Jain, Saurabh; Rogerson, Dale Elton; Petrovici, Octavia;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Scheduling presentation broadcasts in an integrated network environment
The invention in which an exclusive right is claimed is defined by the following: 1. A method for scheduling a presentation broadcast originating from a presentation broadcast source connected to a pl... Read More
Inventors: Bookspan, Matthew; Parasnis, Shashank Mohan; Warrin, Paul O.; Poon, Paul C.; Patel, Paresh;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Database server system with improved methods for logging transactions
A SQL database server system having an enhanced logging system is described. The logging system implements a "private log cache" (PLC) for reducing the contention on the system's "log" resource (which... Read More
Inventors: Debrunner, Daniel;, Assignee: Sybase, Inc. (Emeryville, CA) |
Method and system for mapping a hypothesis to an analytical structure
The present invention provides a method and system for mapping a hypothesis to an analytical structure that substantially eliminates or reduces at least some of the disadvantages and problems associat... Read More
Inventors: Kasravi, Kasra; Varadarajan, Sundararajan;, Assignee: Electronic Data Systems Corporation (Plano, TX) |
Information management apparatus and information management program recording medium for compressing paragraph information
In view of the foregoing, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an information management apparatus capable of automatically dividing a large size of information file into a pl... Read More
Inventors: Suzuki, Toshimitu; Saito, Kazumi; Yashiro, Sadao; Muramoto, Takahide;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for populating a form with data
A method and apparatus for populating a form with data is described. In the following description numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the pres... Read More
Inventors: Maxwell, Duane; Von Reis, William; Scott, Geoffrey D.;, Assignee: America Online, Inc. (Dulles, VA) |
Database load balancing for multi-tier computer systems
The present invention alleviates the shortcomings of conventional systems. In one embodiment, the present invention provides implementation independent database load balancing for a scalable computer ... Read More
Inventors: Yousefi'zadeh, Homayoun;, Assignee: |
System and method for caching data for a mobile application
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 particular applications of the invention and their requ... Read More
Inventors: Ahad, Rafiul; Chiang, Jerry; Kibirev, Oleg; Prakash, Ravindra; Rehman, Samuelson;, Assignee: Oracle International Corp. (Redwood Shores, CA) |
System for allocating storage spaces based upon required and optional service attributes having assigned piorities
In summary, the present invention is an improved file system storage selection method for use with a computer system having a multiplicity of distinct data storage devices. Each data storage device is... Read More
Inventors: Stoppani, Jr., Peter;, Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation (Maynard, MA) |
Method and system for escrowed backup of hotelled world wide web sites
Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved method and system for storing a backup copy of a client company's data. In the preferred embodiment, the backup of data occurs within a compute... Read More
Inventors: Nielsen, Jakob;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Storage management system with file aggregation and space reclamation within aggregated files
Broadly, the present invention concerns the storage and use of managed files, each comprising one or an aggregation of multiple constituent user files, in order to reduce file management overhead cost... Read More
Inventors: Cannon, David Maxwell; Martin, Howard Newton;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System for modifying JCL parameters to optimize data storage allocations
This invention provides a system for modifying job control language (JCL) parameters to optimize data storage allocations for datasets. The system collects historical data concerning actual data stora... Read More
Inventors: Sidwell, Leland P.;, Assignee: |
Virtual storage and block level direct access of secondary storage for recovery of backup data
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method of permitting at least one host processor to obtain from a data storage subsystem access to backup versions. The data storage... Read More
Inventors: Dunham, Scott R.;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkkinton, MA) |
Method of and an apparatus for displaying version information and configuration information and a computer-readable recording medium on which a version and configuration information display program is recorded
The present invention relates to a document management system, and in particular, to a method of and an apparatus for displaying document management information as a set of elements including a plural... Read More
Inventors: Aoyama, Yuki; Takahashi, Toru; Wakayama, Satoshi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Three interconnected raid disk controller data processing system architecture
A data processing system with a RAID cache disk subsystem utilizes three RAID cache disk controllers to provide increased performance along with increased reliability, especially in the event of a fa... Read More
Inventors: Carteau, Daniel;, Assignee: Bull HN Informatin Systems Inc. (Billerica, MA) |
Policy based storage configuration
It has been discovered that a storage device configuration manager implemented in software for a computer system including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and at least one storage devi... Read More
Inventors: Devireddy, Narayan; Chen, Xu;, Assignee: Dell USA, L.P. (Round Rock, TX) |
Method of enabling heterogeneous platforms to utilize a universal file system in a storage area network
The problems outlined above are in large part solved by a network file system and method as described herein. A storage area network universal file system allows any host in a heterogeneous based SAN ... Read More
Inventors: O'Connor, Michael A.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Databases 
