Message publishing system and method
To achieve the foregoing and other objects, in accordance with the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a message publishing system receives an incoming message over a network ... Read More
Inventors: Codignotto, John David;, Assignee: |
Polarizing element, optical element, and liquid crystal display
What is claimed is: 1. A display comprising a liquid crystal cell and a polarizing element, the polarizing element comprising a reflective polarizing plate and an absorptive polarizer, wherein the ref... Read More
Inventors: Hara, Kazutaka;, Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation (Ibaraki, JP) |
Searching and reusing information from previously executed control instructions in a data forwarding device
The disclosed invention helps users to input command instructions more efficiently and accurately by accepting user input, and if it is determined that a reverse-search is requested based on the accep... Read More
Inventors: Enns, Robert P.;, Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
System and method for determining a level of similarity among more than one image and a segmented data structure for enabling such determination
An object of this invention is to describe the color characteristics of images based on anticipated spatial information within those images. Another object of this invention is to recursively decompos... Read More
Inventors: Wang, Jia;, Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, KR) |
Universal data management interface
What is claimed is: 1. A universal data management interface (UDMI) system, comprising: a processing system that executes instructions to generate a visual interface through which a user can access, m... Read More
Inventors: Cosic, Jasmin;, Assignee: Cosic; Jasmin (Pawtucket, RI) |
System and method for aging versions of data in a main memory database
To address the above-discussed deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides, for use with a database having a plurality of data records, systems and methods that efficiently monitor a... Read More
Inventors: Bohannon, Philip L.; Leinbaugh, Dennis W.; Rastogi, Rajeev; Seshadri, Srinivasan; Silberschatz, Abraham; Sudarshan, Sundararajarao;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Method for identifying and obtaining computer software from a network computer using a tag
The continual and rapid development of computers, computer software and related technology has revealed many problems with the typical update and distribution channels for computer software. For examp... Read More
Inventors: Slivka, Benjamin W.; Webber, Jeffrey S.;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
Method, system, and program for interfacing with elements in a document
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the following description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof and which illustrate several embodiments of the present invention. I... Read More
Inventors: Wang, I-Shin Andy;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Information filtering system and method
OF THE INVENTION A first embodiment of the present invention will be described first. In FIG. 1, there is shown a relationship among a broadcasting station system, an information filtering unit, and ... Read More
Inventors: Sumita, Kazuo; Doi, Miwako; Hori, Osamu; Hirakawa, Hideki;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Automated creation and delivery of database content
A method and apparatus is disclosed which builds a database by automatically assigning terms to an expert, providing an interface and methods for the expert to enter supplemental information for that ... Read More
Inventors: Bookman, Marc; Kurtz, David; Patwardhan, Niket;, Assignee: Sentius International Corporation (McLean, VA) |
Cascaded planning of an enterprise planning model
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a computing environment 10 in which an enterprise planning system 12 utilizes cascaded enterprise planning techniques in accordance with the invention. As will ... Read More
Inventors: Thier, Adam;, Assignee: Cognos Incorporated (Ottawa, CA) |
Telephone on which the number called is composed by a crown of the horological type
What I claimed is: 1. A portable wireless telephone including a principal unit of small volume, a microphone and an earpiece coupled to said principal unit, such latter comprising means for composing ... Read More
Inventors: Kalbermatter, Stefan; Meister, Pierre-Andre;, Assignee: Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches (Grenchen, CH) |
Interactive system for synchronizing and simultaneously playing predefined musical sequences
OF THE INVENTION A system of the present invention enables a user to play a main song track, and interactively add or mix one or more of a plurality of associated sound tracks with the main track on ... Read More
Inventors: Gabriel, Joshua;, Assignee: Interactive Music Corp. (San Francisco, CA) |
Integrated communicative watch
Briefly stated, provided is a multiple piece unit composed of a transceiving means for receiving and transmitting messages, an analog or digital watch having movements for displaying a time of day, a ... Read More
Inventors: Lebby, Michael S.; Jachimowicz, Karen E.; Hartman, Davis H.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Notebook security system (NBS)
Briefly, a security system constructed in accordance with the invention implements a user-validation procedure that requires the user to connect the proper hardware "key" device to a computer at power... Read More
Inventors: Rallis, William N.; Behar, Yaacov;, Assignee: Durango Corporation (Framingham, MA) |
Device with alternating status message display capability
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference is first directed to FIG. 1, which represents a simplified functional block diagram for a device 10, preferably a pager/watch, constructed in accordance with th... Read More
Inventors: Lizzi, Ronald S.; Daly, Jr., Edward;, Assignee: Timex Group B.V. (NL) |
System for managing multimedia discs, tracks and files on a standalone computer
The present invention addresses the needs of computer users and professionals that need to access and manage numerous multimedia files and/or collections of compact discs and other removable multimedi... Read More
Inventors: Katz, Norman P.; Shinkai, Hiroyuki; Nakamura, Junichi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP); Sony Electronics Inc. (San Diego, CA) |
Personal communication and positioning system
OF THE INVENTION FIG. 1 shows a system capable of communicating using the electromagnetic energy spectrum, traditional computer networks, cellular phone networks, public telephone networks, and satel... Read More
Inventors: Obradovich, Michael L.; Pirtle, John; Dusek, Corena;, Assignee: American Calcar, Inc. (Wilmington, DE) |
Bracelet
The present invention provides a bracelet having an electronic display unit including a display region comprising a plurality of display elements, each display element capable of displaying a characte... Read More
Inventors: Radley-Smith, Philip J.;, Assignee: |
Integrated television and internet information system
The present invention advantageously overcomes many of the aforementioned disadvantages and provides an integrated television/Internet commercialization system. This system enables a user to watch tel... Read More
Inventors: Voyticky, Joseph F.; Jean, Yves D.;, Assignee: Cliq Distribution, Inc. (Scarsdale, NY) |
Method and system for identifying data locations associated with real world observations
OF THE INVENTION As discussed above, the present invention provides methods and apparatuses for identifying a data location based upon physical observations in the real world. The method and system g... Read More
Inventors: Tarbouriech, Philippe;, Assignee: Microvision, Inc. (Bothell, WA) |
Method for producing playlists for personalized music stations and for transmitting songs on such playlists
This invention provides a method of producing a playlist of music for a personal music station comprising the steps of assigning ratings to at least one of a plurality of predefined artist blocks, usi... Read More
Inventors: Porteus, Bradford Evan; Beeram, Ranga Reddy; Manning, Damian Franken;, Assignee: Viacom, Inc. (New York, NY) |
Attribute-enhanced scroll bar system and method
The present invention significantly extends the function of scroll bars by superimposing a map of the positions of significant attributes within a stored data file in the scroll bar field of the displ... Read More
Inventors: Wroblewski, David A.; Hill, William C.; McCandless, Timothy P.;, Assignee: |
Management of client requests in a client-server environment
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: Douglas, Jeffrey G.;, Assignee: NCR Corporation (Dayton, OH) |
Virtual certificate authority
The above objects above are met by the present invention which encompasses a method of and apparatus or system for providing certificates to requesters in which (1) the requesters send their requests ... Read More
Inventors: Vaeth, J. Stuart; Walton, Charles S.;, Assignee: GTE CyberTrust Solutions Incorporated (Needham, MA) |
Method for creation and management of virtual volumes for DBMs
What is claimed is: 1. A computer system comprising: a computer to operate a database management system; a storage unit to store a database; a data transfer section which is connected between said com... Read More
Inventors: Mogi, Kazuhiko; Idei, Hideomi; Nishikawa, Norifumi; Nomoto, Toyohiro;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing files
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for transferring a file, herein referred to as the source file, from a source location to a destination location. In a... Read More
Inventors: Carson, Dwayne A.;, Assignee: Microcom Systems, Inc. (Norwood, MA) |
Virtual memory system utilizing data compression implemented through a device
The present invention is a method of operating a data processing system having a main memory divided into memory pages that are swapped into and out of main memory when main memory becomes short. The ... Read More
Inventors: Roy, Sumit; Kumar, Rajendra; Prvulovic, Milos; Wilson, Kenneth Mark;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
Method of clustering electronic documents in response to a search query
The present invention provides a method for clustering documents in answer to a query, joining those documents that share infrequently occurring terms. More specifically, in accordance with the presen... Read More
Inventors: Jacobson, Guy; Krishnamurthy, Balachander; Srivastava, Divesh;, Assignee: AT&T Corp. (New York, NY) |
Method and apparatus for comparing incoming data with registered data
The present invention is made to overcome the above problems. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a data comparison method and a data comparison apparatus capable of reducing... Read More
Inventors: Sasakawa, Koichi; Matsushita, Masahito;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
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