Abstract: A process and system for predictive resource planning to allow a service provider to meet a customer's predicted technical resource requirements. The process involves determining (11) a service provider's technology baseline, determining (12) a customer's technology direction, and storing the data representing the technology baseline and the technology direction in a data base repository. Based on the technology direction of the customer, the customer's technical resource requirements are predicted (13) and stored in the data base repository. The service provider then documents (14) the skill levels of its candidate employees and selects (15) candidates to meet the predicted technical resource requirements.

Abstract: An object oriented system for accessing an external relational database from within the object oriented system. The system creates an object and fills it with data values retrieved from the database. References from the object to other objects include pointers to preexisting objects or pointers to placeholder objects. Later retrieves fill in the placeholder objects, eliminating the need to reset the pointers. Caching, utilizing static data and static functions, is performed by each class of objects. Sub-objects are used to create different logical views of data from the database, and query access to the database is provided by a query engine which builds query language statements on demand.

Abstract: A system (10) for maintaining current status for employees in a work force is provided. The system (10) includes a server system (12) providing an operating environment for a database (14). The database (14) stores and providing access to a plurality of records (16) that hold status information for employees. The system also includes a plurality of client systems (20) connected to the server system (12), each client system (20) providing an operating environment for a locator application (22). The locator application (22) is operable to: provide a user interface and receive user input; store information in and retrieve information from the database (14), change an employee's status information, and locate and display an individual employee's status information. The status information held by the records (16) in the database (14) thereby provides current status for employees in a work force.

Abstract: A system and method for training a user on any number of computer software applications. The computer is directed by at least one computer program within a distribution engine 15 to perform a diagnosis of the skill level of a user on a computer software application, prescribe a training plan that will allow the user to achieve a minimum skill level on the computer software application, and provide the user access to a plurality of training software programs to enable a user to complete the training plan.

Abstract: A process is provided for mapping the relationship of the content of a collection of documents (14). The process includes providing a collection (12) of documents (14) where each document (14) includes text. Relevance measures are determined that represent a relevance between each pair of documents (14) based upon the text of the documents (14). A graph (22) is then generated that has nodes (30) and edges (32) with each edge (32) connecting two nodes (30). The graph (22) has a node (30) associated with each document (14) and has an edge (32) connecting nodes (30) for which the relevance measure between associated documents (14) is greater than a specified threshold. In this manner, the graph (22) maps the relationship of the content of the collection (12) of documents (14).

Abstract: A communication system (10) has a first computer (20), central controller (16) and controlled equipment (18). An operator may enter a desired performance by equipment (18) on first computer (20) which is placed in a communications packet with a device number, channel number, and one or more parameters and then sent to central controller (16) for processing. Central controller (16) loads the parameters into memory (270) and calls an appropriate function that uses the parameters to carry out the desired performance of the equipment (18). The receipt and processing of the communication packet may be acknowledged by the central controller (16) to computer (20).

Abstract: A system (10) for recursive document retrieval is provided. An original repository (12) comprises a plurality of documents (14), and a query (16) comprises information by which the original repository (12) can be analyzed to identify relevant documents (14). A retrieval engine (18) is coupled to the original repository (12) and receives the query (16). The retrieval engine (18) is operable to execute an automatic recursive retrieval process with respect to the original repository (12) using the query (16) where the automatic recursive retrieval process comprises a plurality of iterations. The retrieval engine (18) is also operable to provide as system output a retrieved repository (28) comprising a plurality of documents (30) from the original repository (12) identified as sufficiently relevant to the query (16) according to the automatic recursive retrieval process for detection as relevant documents.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system (10) for arrangement of documents (13) is provided. The system includes a document repository (12) storing a plurality of documents (13). An arrangement engine (14) is coupled to the document repository (12). The arrangement engine (14) is operable to build a plurality of symmetric matrices based upon a plurality of identified arrangements of the plurality of documents (13) in the document repository (12). Each matrix is structured such that each row and each column is associated with a document (13).

Abstract: A method is provided for labeling a removable media cartridge (10). The removable media cartridge (10) encloses a storage media (13) and has an external label (15). The removable media cartridge (10) is mounted in physical hardware for writing data to the storage media (13). A label number is selected for the removable media cartridge (10). An internal label (14) is then written to the storage media (13) where the internal label (14) represents the selected label number, and data is written to the external label (15) where the data also represents the selected label number.

Abstract: A process is provided for determining relevance using an electronic system. The process includes providing a first feature vector, providing a second feature vector, and providing an indexing parameter. A parametric family of sampling distributions are provided for the first feature vector using the indexing parameter. A parametric family of sampling distributions are also provided for the second feature vector using the indexing parameter. The process further includes providing a prior distribution of the indexing parameter. A distribution of the indexing parameter, given the second feature vector and an event that the first feature vector is not relevant to the second feature vector, is assigned the value of the prior distribution of the indexing parameter.