Method and apparatus for managing large numbers of objects having the same property
The invention is an apparatus and method for managing large numbers of objects having the same property. In a first aspect, the invention includes an apparatus for use in managing objects. The apparat... Read More
Inventors: Kuehnel, Andreas H.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
Electronic creation, submission, adjudication, and payment of health insurance claims
The present invention relates to claims processing systems that allow health care providers to electronically submit insurance claims for payment. The claims processing systems utilize network or othe... Read More
Inventors: Peterson, Brian E.; Kwant, Jr., John W.; Cecil, Vaughn C.; Provost, Wayne A.;, Assignee: P5 e.Health Services, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT) |
Destination website access and information gathering system
OF THE INVENTION Referring to the schematic block diagram of FIG. 1, thereshown is the destination website access system in accordance with the present invention. By way of example, there illustrated... Read More
Inventors: Parry, Rhys Evan;, Assignee: |
Electronic publishing system
I claim: 1. A method for preparing a publication, comprising the steps of: storing in a database a plurality of layout families, each representing a different format for elements of a newshole, each l... Read More
Inventors: Langford-Wilson, Alistair;, Assignee: Cybergraphic Systems, Ltd. (AU) |
Mechanism and apparatus for URI-addressable repositories of service advertisements and other content in a distributed computing environment
The problems outlined above are in large part solved by various embodiments of a system and method for interaction and access to shared content among clients and services within a distributed computin... Read More
Inventors: Slaughter, Gregory L.; Saulpaugh, Thomas E.; Traversat, Bernard A.; Duigou, Michael J.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method and apparatus for electronically integrating data captured in heterogeneous information systems
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide reliable and secure transmission of financial information over the Internet in a transaction processing system. It is another object of th... Read More
Inventors: Bennett, William E.; Boehme, Richard F.; Kallner, Samuel; Levy, Stephen E.; Matchen, Paul M.; Ryan, Michael J.; Thompson, Richard D.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Object load balancing
Briefly, the present invention provides a system and method of using a policy to make a decision on a proposed action of a system component such as an application. In accordance with the present inven... Read More
Inventors: Al-Ghosein, Mohsen; Gray, Jan S.; Mital, Amit; Limprecht, Rodney;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Dynamic load balancing using semantic traffic monitoring
According to the present invention, disadvantages and problems associated with previous e-commerce techniques have been substantially reduced or eliminated. In one embodiment of the present invention,... Read More
Inventors: Tenorio, Manoel;, Assignee: i2 Technologies US, Inc. (Dallas, TX) |
Serial telephone adapter
OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 illustrates a known voice over Internet architecture. Briefly, client or personal computers 12 and 14 are connected to the Internet 16 via a service provider. Computers 12 and... Read More
Inventors: McKinnon, Peter; Pek, Jiri;, Assignee: Nokia Corporation (Tampere, FI) |
Method and apparatus for providing a disc drive snapshot backup while allowing normal drive read, write, and buffering operations
The present invention is a method and system of performing a snapshot backup of a storage unit of a host system. The host system includes at least one primary system drive, a primary logic unit, a log... Read More
Inventors: Hubis, Walter A.; Otterness, Noel S.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Registration/search system for registering and searching image data using vector data attributes
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1 which shows the whole construction of this embodiment in block diagram. A vector image i... Read More
Inventors: Yokoyama, Yoshihiro; Kurosu, Yasuo; Kanema, Seiichi; Uchiyama, Hajime; Okumura, Masahiro; Kubushiro, Naoaki; Fujinawa, Masaaki; Shimizu, Hirowo;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Graphic data processing system with improved retrieval and display of graphical forms
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A specific example of a graphic data processing system according to the invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The graphic dat... Read More
Inventors: Funaki, Shigeo;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Process for producing a synthesized reference image for the inspection of objects
We claim: 1. Process for producing a synthesized reference image with the aid of image processing means and cameras on the basis of a descriptive image of an object to be inspected contained in the pr... Read More
Inventors: Lionti, Rosolino; Darboux, Michel;, Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (Paris, FR) |
Black area discrimination system for ink jet color printing and method therefor
It is therefore an object of the present invention to finish area discrimination as soon as possible in a system in which areas of an image are discriminated to appropriately alternatively use composi... Read More
Inventors: Karaki, Nobuo;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
System for imaging complex graphical images
OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS The invention is preferably practiced in the context of an operating system resident on a personal computer such as the IBM PS/2, or Apple, Macintosh, computer. A repr... Read More
Inventors: deSilva, Mahi;, Assignee: Object Technology Licensing Corporation (Cupertino, CA) |
Image processing system which synthesizes a generated first image signal with a second image signal selected from a plurality of input image signals
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image processing system, which can solve all or at least one of the above-mentioned problems. It is another object of the present invention to pr... Read More
Inventors: Tanio, Satoshi; Arakawa, Naoto;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
AFP to PostScript conversion method
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for converting an AFP file to a PostScript file. It is another object of the present invention to convert data in AFP format to PostScript ... Read More
Inventors: Erickson, Lars Patrick; Hempel, Tarry A.;, Assignee: First Data Corporation (Hackensack, NJ) |
Computer system for a printer which stores and operates multiple application programs
Accordingly, it is the principal object of the present invention to provide a computer controlled label printer having an improved system for storing multiple application programs, in which the partic... Read More
Inventors: Petteruti, Steven F.; Amani, Majid; Violette, Raymond P.;, Assignee: Comtec Informations Systems, Inc. (Warwick, RI) |
Network resource monitoring system and method for providing notice of changes in resources in a network
This invention is for the purpose of providing a network resource monitoring system and method which, by monitoring changes in information on a communications network, can reduce the number of times t... Read More
Inventors: Inakoshi, Hiroya;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Method and apparatus for detecting service anomalies in transaction-oriented networks
The present invention will be described below for detecting network/service anomalies on a transaction-oriented wide area network (WAN), such as the AT&T Transaction Access Service (TAS) network 101 ... Read More
Inventors: Ho, Lap-Wah Lawrence;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Security system for event monitoring, detection and notification system
The present invention enables access to system resources to be limited (e.g., granted or denied) in an event detection system. This is accomplished, in part, through a set of access information. The a... Read More
Inventors: Kumar, Nithin; Mi, Peiwei; Tu, Kevin Hsiaohsu; Chen, Bing-Shing;, Assignee: Vigilance, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Multi-volume extent based file system
In a first aspect, the invention provides a memory storage device having an operating system, which uses one inode to record and find segments of a data file. Each inode has a plurality of rows. Part ... Read More
Inventors: Crow, Preston F.; Mason, Jr., Robert S.; McClure, Steven T.; Nagy, Susan C.; Wheeler, Richard G.;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) |
Automatic call distribution and training system
In the present invention, a system for providing automatic call distribution and training is provided. This system includes agents capable of answering incoming telephone calls. In the preferred embod... Read More
Inventors: Shaffer, Shmuel; Beyda, William J.;, Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication, Networks, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) |
System and method for providing feedback in an interactive payment system
In general, the present invention discloses an improved system and method for providing feedback in an interactive payment system. Presenting feedback in an interactive payment system helps customers ... Read More
Inventors: Fife, John P.; Van Winkle, Laura K.; Birbara, Linda H.;, Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services (New York, NY) |
Method and apparatus for generating and modifying multiple instances of element of a web site
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a Universal Content Manager ("UCM") is provided by integrating, within one Internet navigation interface: a complete business web site solution; ext... Read More
Inventors: Underwood, John; Neilson, Paul; Char, Hanson; Shing, David; Horner, Peter; Underwood, Mark; Slaney, Darren; Evesson, Gary;, Assignee: Decentrix Inc. (Denver, CO) |
Method and system for managing and providing sales data using world wide web
The present invention includes a method and apparatus for collecting storing and disseminating sales information. In one embodiment, several software application facilitate data collection from a var... Read More
Inventors: Kelman, Ariel; Sommers, Corey;, Assignee: Market-Touch Corporation (San Francisco, CA) |
Creating ensembles of oblique decision trees with evolutionary algorithms and sampling
OF THE INVENTION Referring now to the drawings, to the following detailed information, and to incorporated materials; a detailed description of the invention, including specific embodiments, is prese... Read More
Inventors: Cantu-Paz, Erick; Kamath, Chandrika;, Assignee: The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA) |
System and method for performing record deletions using index scans
It thus is an object of the invention to avoid excessive lock calls and index tree traversals in situations where the affected leaf nodes (pages) of the index tree are not modified in the interim by o... Read More
Inventors: Mohan, Chandrasekaran;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Intelligent document recognition and handling
The present invention provides a simple, yet efficient solution to the problem of electronic document management and handling. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of automatic recogn... Read More
Inventors: Leung, Steve Ka Lai; Hahn, Samuel S.; Degenhardt, Jon R.; Segal, Andrew C.;, Assignee: Documagix, Incorporated (San Jose, CA) |
Intelligent document recognition and handling
The present invention provides a simple, yet efficient solution to the problem of electronic document management and handling. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of automatic recogn... Read More
Inventors: Leung, Steve Ka Lai; Hahn, Samuel S.; Degenhardt, Jon R.; Segal, Andrew C.;, Assignee: Documagix, Incorporated (San Jose, CA) |
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