Mail system with personalized training for users
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus which will assist users to take maximum advantage of mail processing opportunities. It is a further object of the present inv... Read More
Inventors: Schumacher, Karl H.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Usage pattern based user authenticator
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide support to system administrators in limiting the ability of unauthorized users to disrupt system operations by monitoring and reporting abnormal u... Read More
Inventors: Primeaux, David; Sundar, Doraiswamy; Robinson, Jr., Willard L.;, Assignee: Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) |
Network photograph service system
Therefore, demands have been growing for a system wherein images are disclosed on a network only to persons that a user allows to browse through the images, without a trouble during or after photograp... Read More
Inventors: Watanabe, Michito; Hara, Makoto; Yatabe, Takashi;, Assignee: Fuji Photo Film, Co., Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, JP) |
Storage area network methods and apparatus for validating data from multiple sources
LUN Management The foregoing are among the objects attained by the invention which provides, in one aspect, novel storage area networks (SANs) and methods of operation thereof. For example, in one asp... Read More
Inventors: Heitman, Allen Robert; Knight, Gregory John; Merbach, David Lynn;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Portable position detector and position management system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable position detector and a position management system that are capable of accurately detecting the direction of a walking body even when GPS... Read More
Inventors: Onari, Mikihiko; Matsuoka, Yoshio; Aoyama, Akihiro;, Assignee: JATCO Corporation (Shizuoka-ken, JP) |
System for displaying realistic virtual three-dimensional images in real time
OF THE INVENTION As shown in FIG. 1, the device for on-the-spot image immersion of the virtual interactive georeference imagery in real-time in a given geographical environment (1) consists of the fo... Read More
Inventors: Lestruhaut, Olivier;, Assignee: Societe Rasterland S.A. (Labege Cedex, FR) |
Mobile node, mobile agent and network system
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a mobile node, a mobile agent and a network system which can successively maintain the network connection the IPv6 that has been establish... Read More
Inventors: Watanuki, Tatsuya; Oura, Tetsuo; Sawada, Sunao;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Defining a data dependency path through a body of related data
The following presents a simplified summary of the invention in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the invention. This summary is not an extensive overview of the invention. It ... Read More
Inventors: Myers, Jack E; Ravenelle, Rodney T; Peacock, Stephen W;, Assignee: Metadata, LLC (Brentwood, TN) |
Browser rewind and replay feature for transient messages by periodically capturing screen images
It is therefore desirable to enable a user to view, at a later time, transitory advertisements that a user may have missed. In the system, method, and program of the present invention, the browser ren... Read More
Inventors: Dutta, Rabindranath; Cooper, Michael Richard; Patel, Kamal Chandrakant;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Information access system and method for archiving web pages
The present invention presents a system and method of providing information retrieved from a server from across a communication network that enables archiving services that do not interfere with exist... Read More
Inventors: Chen, Yih-Farn Robin; Rao, Chung-Hwa Herman; Chen, Ming-Feng;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY) |
Method and system for web caching based on predictive usage
The present method for predictive caching operation determines a time-based pattern of a high-access period for a web page, and pre-fetches the web page into a cache before the high access period begi... Read More
Inventors: Beyda, William J.;, Assignee: Siemens Information and Communication Networks, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) |
Method and system for integration of voice mail and call processing systems with computer-based electronic calendar applications
These and other objects, features and technical advantages are achieved by a system and method in which a communication system, such as a voice mail and/or automatic call routing system (a one number ... Read More
Inventors: Polcyn, Michael J.;, Assignee: Intervoice Limited Partnership (Reno, NV) |
Method and system for reporting standardized and verified data
Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by storing and maintaining high-quality standardized test execution results while simplifying generation of verified test execution reports ad... Read More
Inventors: Arcand, Jean-Francois; Singh, Deepa;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Process and a system for listing information relating to a construction project over a computer network
The invention relates to a process and a system for displaying quantities, estimates, bids, project schedules and shop drawings for a construction project over a computer network. The quantities and e... Read More
Inventors: Thompson, Frederick;, Assignee: |
Methods and systems for providing playlists
Overview Various systems and methods described below permit a user's content experience (e.g. interaction experience or music playing experience) to be monitored and for metadata describing this expe... Read More
Inventors: Plastina, Daniel; Alkove, James M.; Debique, Kirt A.; Colville, Scott; DeBacker, Gabriel S.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
System and method for open space metadata-based storage and retrieval of images in an image database
The present invention is directed to overcoming the problems set forth above. One aspect of the invention is directed to a system for the storage of a digital image in an image database, the system co... Read More
Inventors: Mehrotra, Rajiv; Warnick, James; Romer, Donna M.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Method for multi-step filtering spatious objects by utilizing MMP filter in spatial database system
It is, therefore, a primary object of the invention to provide a method for multi-step filtering by utilizing minimum maximum point (MMP) filter in a spatial data base system. In accordance with one a... Read More
Inventors: Kim, Mi Yeon; Choe, Sang Kyu; Lim, Su Mi; Kim, Jang Su;, Assignee: Korea Telecom (Sungnam-shi, KR) |
System and method for determining packaging requirements for a part
In a first aspect of the present invention, a computer based system for determining packaging for a part is provided. The system includes a database for storing package specification data and a proces... Read More
Inventors: Grant, John E.; Akright, William T.;, Assignee: Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, IL) |
Unified data type system and method
In accordance with the present invention, the above and other problems are solved by providing a system and method for efficiently processing user-defined data types. The present invention provides fo... Read More
Inventors: Bosworth, George H.; Dussud, Patrick H.; Miller, James S.; Olander, Daryl B.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Coincidence detection method, products and apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. A coincidence detection method for use with a data set of objects, said objects having a number of attributes, the method comprising the steps of: sampling various subsets of th... Read More
Inventors: Steeg, Evan W.;, Assignee: Queen's University at Kingston (Kingston, CA) |
Method and apparatus for detecting and recovering from data corruption of a database via read logging
According to the present invention, it is a principle to apply several new techniques for the prevention or detection of corruption. The new techniques may be suitable for application in a real-time e... Read More
Inventors: Bohannon, Philip L.; Rastogi, Rajeev; Seshadri, Srinivasan; Silberschatz, Abraham; Sudarshan, Sundararajarao;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc, (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Communication system network that includes full duplex conference calling
These needs and others are substantially met by the communication system network that includes full duplex conference calling disclosed herein. The present invention allows another communication means... Read More
Inventors: Maher, John W.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
A videophone having an automatic answering capability
In view of the above, it is an object of the invention to provide a videophone that can start storing at a desired time from a transmitting side in case of answering a phone call during absence of the... Read More
Inventors: Matsubara, Atsushi; Saito, Yoshinori; Kato, Seiji; Yamakita, Yoshinobu;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Inc. (Osaka, JP) |
Computer conferencing system for selectively linking and unlinking private page with public page by selectively activating linked mode and non-linked mode for each participant
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention is an apparatus and method for linking public an private pages in a conferencing system. In the following detailed description, numerous specific det... Read More
Inventors: McArdle, Brian; Porter, Dan; Rothrock, Lewis V.; Thessin, Tyler R.;, Assignee: Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA) |
Replacing an email attachment with an address specifying where the attachment is stored
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: Hanna, Stephen R.; Douglas, David C.; Elley, Yassir K.; Perlman, Radia J.; Mullan, Sean J.; Anderson, Anne H.;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Structured document classification device, structured document search system, and computer-readable memory causing a computer to function as the same
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a structured document classification device which enhances the accuracy of a search and reduces the labor of a searcher searching for a ta... Read More
Inventors: Matsuda, Katsushi;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
System and method for dynamically controlling access to a database
System and method for dynamically controlling access to a database. An access control agent uses one or more access control documents for the database, each document having a start time and/or an end ... Read More
Inventors: Houston, William M.; Martin, Jr., James A.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
ROM-RAM Disk
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to a first design, FIG. 2 shows the memory area distribution of a first ROM-RAM information medium or a first ROM-RAM disk, and FIG. 3 shows the memory area dis... Read More
Inventors: Kawamura, Akira; Morimoto, Yasuaki; Zucker, Friedhelm;, Assignee: Deutsche Thomson-Brandt GmbH (Villingen-Schwenningen, DE) |
Optical disk having logical tracks and dummy sectors in each zone, and optical disk drive device for such an optical disk
An object of the invention is to provide an optical disk which enables quick indexing of the physical location of the target sector responsive to a given address. Another object of the invention is to... Read More
Inventors: Yoshimoto, Kyosuke; Nakane, Kazuhiko; Furukawa, Teruo; Ototake, Masafumi;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Distributed system for call processing
Accordingly, the invention provides a method of interactively processing a telephone call in a distributed system comprising at least two computer workstation connected together by a communications li... Read More
Inventors: Minakami, Michael Ken; Hulse, Brian; Cook, Jonathan; Pickering, John Brian;, Assignee: International Business Machine Corp. (Armonk, NY) |
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