Opportunistic transmission of portably stored digital data
FIGS. 1A 1C illustrate the prior art systems used for managing the memory resources of a typical portable electronic device. In FIG. 1A, digital camera 10 comprises the camera-works and storage media... Read More
Inventors: Goldstein, Timothy L.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
Multiple concurrent language support system for electronic catalogue using a concept based knowledge representation
What is claimed is: 1. A computer based multiple concurrent language electronic catalog system comprising: means for providing concept entities in a concept entity based hierarchical knowledge represe... Read More
Inventors: Schumacher, John F.; Magome, Tomi; Fohn, Steffen Michael;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
System and method for migration of software
In an aspect of the present invention there is provided a process for migration of software from a source platform to a target platform which comprises of the following steps: scanning the software co... Read More
Inventors: Wong, Wai Ming; Kamat, Sandeep;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Integrated information processing system for geospatial media
The present invention is an integrated information processing system for geospatial media information processing. The information processing system includes a scheduling module, an acquisition module,... Read More
Inventors: Burnett, Carl M.;, Assignee: GeoQwest International Inc. (Columbia, MD) |
System and method for communicating information relating to a network resource
The present invention relates to a system and method for communicating information relating to a network resource. Some of the systems and methods disclosed herein can be used for finding, presenting ... Read More
Inventors: Wolfe, Mark A.;, Assignee: |
Information apparatus having automatic web reading function
What is claimed is: 1. An information apparatus with an automatic browsing function, said information apparatus comprising: access means for accessing documents on the Internet; storage means for stor... Read More
Inventors: Kamada, Tomihisa;, Assignee: Access Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
System and method for providing customized web pages
The present invention overcomes the above described void in the prior art by utilizing a method, device, and algorithm to track and bundle the user interactions with the web site structure via a set o... Read More
Inventors: Cohen, Tal; Harel, Nissim;, Assignee: ClickFox, LLC (Atlanta, GA) |
Circulator chain memory command and address bus topology
Embodiments of the invention provide a memory CA bus architecture that can accommodate higher CA data output frequencies with reduced signal degradation. For one embodiment of the invention the CA si... Read More
Inventors: Leddige, Michael W.; McCall, James A.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
User configurable prefetch control system for enabling client to prefetch documents from a network server
The invention provides a prefetching and control system. The invention uses an easily configured prefetching system that allows a client to control the amount of documents that are prefetched from a s... Read More
Inventors: Saksena, Gagan;, Assignee: Netscape Communications Corporation (Moutain View, CA) |
Geographic location referencing system and method
What is claimed is: 1. A method of using a novel grid address as a geographical location identifier, comprising: providing a hierarchical grid address including a specific locational address appended ... Read More
Inventors: Hancock, S. Lee; Dana, Peter H.;, Assignee: GO2 Systems, Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
Method of triggering an event
The claims defining the invention are as follows: 1. A method of triggering an event in a roving apparatus, said method comprising the steps of: a) defining a plurality of predetermined areas; b) asso... Read More
Inventors: Small, David A;, Assignee: |
System and method for attaching an advertisement to an SMS message for wireless transmission
The present invention is directed toward a system and method for attaching an advertisement to an SMS alert message for wireless transmission. In one embodiment of the invention, a monitoring and aler... Read More
Inventors: Chern, Vincent; Thornton, Kevin;, Assignee: Leap Wireless International, Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Method of providing dynamic regionally relevant data to a mobile environment
The present invention provides an efficient and dynamic method of delivering services to a mobile environment. More particularly, it provides a dynamic method of delivering regionally relevant informa... Read More
Inventors: Richard, David Andrew;, Assignee: Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) |
Database method and structure for a finishing system
OF THE DRAWINGS For purposes of the present invention, the following definitions shall apply: A "document component" shall mean a collection of one or more sequential sheets of media that have simila... Read More
Inventors: Ryan, Donald R.; Kremers, Henry T.; Mathers, Kevin R.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Multi-page document viewer having a focus image and recursively nested images of varying resolutions less than the resolution of the focus image
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for processing images of a document with a display system. The display system includes a display screen for presenting images... Read More
Inventors: Niles, Leslie T.; Bloomberg, Dan S.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Method and apparatus for pointing to documents electronically using features extracted from a scanned icon representing a destination
An improved document server is provided by virtue of the present invention. A document server is a computer system which maintains a database of documents, either in a structured form such as editable... Read More
Inventors: Peairs, Mark;, Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd. (JP) |
Layout-based page capture
FIG. 1 shows a content management system 100 including input devices 110, output devices 120, and a programmed computer 130 running a content management program 140. Content management program 140 ma... Read More
Inventors: Murata, Robert S.;, Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (San Jose, CA) |
Methods of and apparatus for refining descriptors
What is claimed is: 1. A method of indexing data items to enable retrieval thereof, comprising the steps of: storing said data items in a complete form, storing association relationships between said ... Read More
Inventors: Riverieulx de Varax, Aymeric;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Computer system having shared address space among multiple virtual address spaces
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an enhanced computer system architecture. Another object of this invention is to increase the performance of a computer system. Another ob... Read More
Inventors: Munroe, Steven Jay; Plaetzer, Scott Alan; Stopyro, James William;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Printing apparatus and printing control method and character font pattern control method in printing apparatus
An object of the invention is to provide a printing apparatus which call process cl print request from a plurality of host devices simultaneously and in parallel. It is another object of this inventio... Read More
Inventors: Sugiura, Takayuki; Fujii, Naoto; Ohnishi, Yoshikazu; Shiba, Noriko; Suehiro, Keiko;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Print system, printing method, and printer
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to enable economic and convenient utilization of a plurality of printers which differ from one another in terms of language interpretation capability... Read More
Inventors: Shima, Toshihiro;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
System and method for symbolically displaying printer status information
The present invention recognizes and solves new problems presented by using digital copying machines as network printers. Such an expanded role for digital copying machines adds new dimensions to the ... Read More
Inventors: Roosen, Monica M. W. M.; Wilbers, Theodoor J. M.; Van Herwaarden, Janine D.; Geelen, Johannes F. M. E.; Collard, Rene F. A.;, Assignee: Oce-Technologies B.V. (Venlo, NL) |
Information retrieval system, apparatus and method for selecting databases using retrieval terms
In order to solve the above problems, it is an objective of the present invention to provide an information retrieval system, apparatus, and method for automatically selecting suitable database(s) fro... Read More
Inventors: Yanagimoto, Hidekazu;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for using an information model to organize an information repository into an extensible hierarchy of organizational information
The invention described herein is an apparatus for accessing an information repository, comprising computer readable program code stored on computer readable media, where the computer readable program... Read More
Inventors: Goldman, Jason D.; Lachelt, David J.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method and system for distributed transaction processing with asynchronous message delivery
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a method and system for processing distributed transactions that integrates the execution of operations of a transaction on separate compute... Read More
Inventors: Dadiomov, Alexander; Renous, Raphael; Habusha, Uri;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Smart configurator
The invention provides a tool for smart system configuration that assists in needs assessment, product/options selection, pricing, and product distribution. The tool recommends a system configuration ... Read More
Inventors: Puri, Deepak;, Assignee: Netscape Communication Corporation (Mountain View, CA) |
Method and system for publicizing commercial transactions on a computer network
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a computer method and system for publicizing a commercial transaction for one item with commercial transactions for targeted items in a process referr... Read More
Inventors: Bezos, Jeffrey P.; Ham, Paul; McDaniel, Michael; Roseman, Neil; Petersen, Josh; Spiegel, Joel R.;, Assignee: Amazon.com, Inc. (Seattle, WA) |
System and apparatus for smart card personalization
A smart card personalization system maintains a database containing card application data, issuer format template data, card operating system data, and personalization equipment data to permit a card ... Read More
Inventors: Tushie, David R.; Haeuser, William W.;, Assignee: UBIQ Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) |
Memory reading module having a transparent front with a keypad
An object of the present invention is to remedy the obvious drawbacks associated with the known devices referred to above and used for storing and control of desired stitch patterns in domestic sewing... Read More
Inventors: Grufman, Hans;, Assignee: Viking Sewing Machines AB (Huskvarna, SE) |
System and method for storing and transferring information tokens in a communication network
The present invention relates to interactive telecommunications services. To overcome the above described limitations of conventional telephonic service systems, the present invention uses a data fil... Read More
Inventors: Bennett, III, Raymond Walden; Pelletier, Karen Jeanne; Griffith, Laura Marie; Pickard, Michael Steven; Light, Jordan Howard; Bossemeyer, Jr., Robert Welsey; Israelski, Edmond W.; Stuckman, Bruce Edward; Heinmiller, Wayne Robert;, Assignee: Ameritech Corporation (Hoffman Estates, IL) |
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