Abstract: A computer system displays one or more multiple media variations of information presences with a substantially same view or different view(s) to different users. The computer system includes at least one storage storing one or more of the substantially same view, and at least one user computer transmitting a user request for receiving the view. The computer system also includes at least one server, connectable to the storage and the user's computer, assigning a user type to each user, initializing the view on at least one information source, establishing for each user at least one media variation, and transmitting to each user the view responsive to a user request, the user type, and the at least one media variation. A method and computer memory product are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for more efficiently providing a copy of a portion of a source drive of a plurality of drives in a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID) data storage system. The portion of the source drive includes a plurality of segments. The method and system include providing the copy of the plurality of segments from the source drive to the target drive. The plurality of segments can be modified during the step of providing the copy. The method and system further include providing another copy of a portion of the plurality of segments that have been modified since the step of providing the copy commenced if a portion of the plurality of segments have been modified since copying commenced.

Abstract: A system for storing web pages accessed from an inter- or intra-net source. The system comprises a client computer program storage device having stored thereon a first version of a desired web page from an inter- or intra-net source having assigned thereto a first version number and a second version of the desired web page from an inter- or intra-net source having assigned thereto a second version number. The storage device also includes a reference table which includes the first and second version numbers, such that the desired web page version may be accessed and viewed by the client computer by reference to the version numbers. The version numbers include designators of different files within the web page and designators of the version of the web page. Each of the stored web pages may include information such as a HTML source file for the web page, graphics imbedded in the HTML source file, javascript code, Java code and any other code referenced by the HTML source file.

Abstract: A method and system in accordance with the present invention for automatically updating graphical diagrams of logical network layouts is disclosed. The method combines a graphics file with a list of information associating the graphical elements with the database objects and extends a graphics program to automatically reflect database changes in the graphics file and to respond to changes in the database. Through the use of a system and method in accordance with the present invention the user is allowed to create, edit, store, and distribute graphical diagrams of logical network layouts. The diagrams can be created automatically and then edited and distributed by the user. In addition, the user is able to edit the network diagrams without affecting the current as-built view of the network. Finally, the system tracks every network device, passive and active, and associates it with the appropriate physical and logical locations, specifications, serial numbers, warranty information, etc.

Abstract: A method of assigning a confidence level to a term within an electronic document, such as an e-mail, includes the step of firstly determining a quantitative indicator in the exemplary form of an occurrence value, based on the number of occurrences of a particular term within an electronic document, and associating the occurrence term within the relevant term. Thereafter, a qualitative indicator, based on a quality of the term, is determined. For example, the qualitative indicator may be determined utilizing the parts of speech of words comprising the term. A confidence level value, which may be utilized to indicate a relative importance of the term in describing a user knowledge base, is then generated utilizing the quantitative and qualitative indicators.

Abstract: An incremental files system stores only changed files relative to a base set of read-only files such the each session can manipulate shared files as though dealing with a complete local snapshot copy. In the preferred embodiment, the incremental file system intercepts open/create requests for files in the base set of read-only files. Further read or write access to the original file is then redirected to either the original file or a shadow file copy of the original file in accordance with a delta file. The delta file and the shadow file are both stored in a shadow directory in a local storage area associated with the requesting session. When a session requests access to change the contents of an original file, a delta file and shadow file are located or created in the shadow directory. The shadow file, when created, is initialized with the present contents of the original file.

Abstract: In a parallel database system having an execution device on a front end side and a plurality of execution devices on a database operation side (hereinafter referred to as the “divided data side”), the front end side analyzes a definition statement of a routine such as a function or a procedure inputted from a user to create routine execution process instructions for executing the routine. Simultaneously, the front end side determines whether or not a database operation statement is contained in the routine, and creates check information indicative of the determination result. The front end side analyzes a query statement inputted from the user to create a first query execution process instruction to be executed on the front end side and a second query execution process instruction to be executed on the divided data side.

Abstract: A relational database synchronization method for synchronizing master data with data of replica machines, which data is updated usually with the replica machines disconnected from a master machine, so that there may be no inconsistency among the data. After a replica machine is connected to the master machine via a network at an arbitrary time, it extracts records of which the day of last update is later than a master differential extraction completion time, from replica data as replica differentials, and the master machine extracts records of which the replica differential reflection time is later than the master differential extraction completion time, from the master data as master differentials, updates the master differential extraction completion time to the current time, and causes the replica differentials to be reflected in the master data. The replica machine then causes the master differentials to be reflected in the replica data and updates the master differential extraction completion time.

Abstract: A multi-pass algorithm identifies duplicative information and correlates higher confidence and/or selected primary information in distributed databases. One embodiment determines a bounded area based at least in part on location information and/or location tolerances for a location-dependent attribute and comparing the bounded areas to previously indexed location information using a multi-pass algorithm to identify duplicative information. The algorithm may also use textual tolerances, confidence levels, and other factors to determine what information is to be correlated with the option of elevating the correlated information to a higher level database.

Abstract: A computer based system and method of providing security when receiving digital data at a client computer from one or more Web sites is disclosed. The method includes receiving security configuration information that specifies multiple security zones, each zone corresponding to a set of Web sites. The security configuration information also includes information specifying a set of security settings corresponding to each security zone. A security setting is a specification indicating an action to perform when a Web page from one of the security zones requests a protected operation to be performed. During a Web browsing session, the mechanism of the invention determines the security zone corresponding to the Web site currently being browsed.

Abstract: A method of modifying a database structure requires firstly modifying metadata that describes the relevant database structure. Thereafter, the relevant database structure is automatically modified to conform to the modified metadata. The step of modifying the metadata comprises modifying a description of a database object characteristic in a metadata object.

Abstract: An Application Programming Interface (API) provides interoperability between different monitoring and administrative components of a data warehouse system that utilizes different standard protocols. One of the protocols is the well known data connectivity protocol, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) that defines a standard interface between applications and data sources. A second one of the protocols is the well known network management protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) that defines a standard interface between an agent component and a network management system. The API provides a facility that enables the different components to access user and connection information maintained by an ODBC server component derived from servicing client system application SQL queries made by system users.

Abstract: In a data warehouse, materialized views are maintained to provide the latest versions thereof. A reader may initiate a reader session where a series of queries are issued against one or more of the views. However, an information inconsistency problem may arise when responses to the queries in the reader session are based on certain common underlying data in the views which is subject to an update by a maintenance transaction. To avoid the information inconsistency problem, each time when a maintenance transaction is performed to update a view, it is executed on a copy of the view, rather than the original view itself to which queries of on-going reader sessions are directed. After the maintenance transaction, the updated copy becomes the current version of the view to which queries of new reader sessions are directed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for processing a document such as a structured document in which information such as a term, name and belonging department is used as shared information and word consistency or modification can be automatically and easily reflected on all documents.

Abstract: Conventional file-based engineering design data for an engineering model are represented by a plurality of components. Each component has a unique identifier, a set of fields, each field having a data type and a data value, and a program which interprets and modifies the fields. The plurality of components are stored in a repository of a server. The repository also stores a history of any changes made to the components. A plurality of client computers are bidirectionally connected to the server. Each client computer may obtain the current version of the components and may send locally edited versions of the components back to the server to replace the current versions in the repository. At the client computer, the user interacts with the components using conventional file-based software.

Abstract: A method provides a more informative result to a user in connection with the search for documents in a database. In particular, the method provides augmented addresses, in the Internet environment augmented universal resource locators, which include an indication of a document attribute which may be of interest to the user. Such attributes may include an indication of the language of the document (e.g., English or Japanese) or the popularity of the document.

Abstract: The present invention provides an information sharing apparatus that realizes global information sharing based on partial information which is locally released by communication. The information sharing apparatus includes information management devices each of which has a pipe management system and communicates with each other to transmit information. The pipe management system includes a pipe management part that manages a set of pipes. Each pipe has detailed items and their weights to represent a relationship between two information management devices. The pipe management system further includes a pipe retrieving part that retrieves a pipe matching a request of the user from the set of pipes managed by the pipe management part and a pipe composing part that generates a new pipe by composing retrieved pipes. The pipe management system transmits user's request to the other systems. Thereby pipes matching the request are composed to expand a pipe held by the system that originally transmitted the request.

Abstract: A computer implemented method of converting a document in an input format to a document in a different output format is disclosed. The method generally comprises locating data in the input document, grouping data into one or more intermediate format blocks in an intermediate format document, and converting the intermediate format document to the output format document using the intermediate format blocks. Each intermediate format block may be a paragraph, a line, a word, a table, or an image. The input document may be received over a network and the output document is sent over the network. A linked table of contents and/or an index may be generated. A computer executable program may be generated and inserted into the output document for selecting one output format for display.

Abstract: A tool referred to herein as an archive maker operates on one or more existing archive files that contain multiple object oriented classes to generate one or more new archive files. The archive maker takes a list of required classes, analyzes those classes in one or more existing archive files to determine any classes upon which they depend, and creates a new archive file with all the required and dependent classes. This allows the classes that are not required to be stripped out of the archive file. The archive maker may also be used to partition an existing archive file into multiple new archive files according to one or more partition criteria. In addition, the archive maker may be used to consolidate multiple existing archive files into a single new archive file.

Abstract: A program product performs date and time services for a calling program. The program product accepts multiple date and time inputs, multiple date and time input and output formats, and multiple function requests. A windowing function is performed to determine a century value for a date that lacks a century designator. Gregorian, Julian, ADABAS D, ADABAS T, EIBDATE, and other formats are supported. Formats may also be parameterized for individual functions allowing a calling program to select multiple and diverse formats for a sequence of called functions. Version checking and version tracking are also supported to insure the calling program interfaces with a version of the program product having an expected functionality. A method provides the functionality of the program product, receiving calls from a calling program. Another method embodies a calling program performing date and time operations by invoking a date and time services program.