TRAM THUY NGUYEN
Dentist in San Jose, CA

2002016, Nov 7, 2002

Jul 2, 2002

10/187292

William Belknap - San Jose CA, US
Steven Elliot - Palo Alto CA, US
Gerald Kozina - Cupertino CA, US
Tram Thi Nguyen - San Jose CA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.

G06F012/00, G06F012/12

711/161000, 711/159000, 711/160000

The present invention is directed to a multimedia data storage system for storing multimedia data including a media server which stores media data on a short-term basis, and a media archive which stores media data on a long-term basis relative to the media server. The media archive is connected to the media server, which operates as a cache device for the media archive, for transmission of media data between the media archive and the media server. According to the present invention, a volume of the media data stored in the media server is controlled based on user-defined parameters. The present invention is also directed to a method of managing a media server as a cache device for a media archive within a multimedia data storage system. The media server stores media data on a short-term basis, whereas the media archive stores media data on a long-term basis relative to the media server. The media archive is connected to the media server for transmission of media data therebetween. According to the present invention, the method of managing includes determining a volume of the media data stored in the media server and controlling the volume of the media data stored in the media server based on user-defined parameters. The present invention is also directed to a computer-readable medium of instructions to be implemented in a multimedia data storage system including a media server and a media archive. The media server stores media data on a short-term basis and the media archive stores media data on a long-term basis relative to the media server. The media archive is connected to the media server for transmission of media data therebetween. The inventive computer-readable medium of instructions includes means for determining a volume of the media data stored in the media server and means for controlling the volume of the media data stored in the media server based on user-defined parameters.

2003007, Apr 10, 2003

Nov 14, 2002

10/293277

William Belknap - San Jose CA, US
Gerald Kozina - Cupertino CA, US
Tram Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
George Silva - Watsonville CA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.

G06F009/46

709/321000, 709/328000

According to the present invention, a media manager is provided which incorporates an application program interface (API) for converting high-level generic commands into device-level commands for output to a media device. The inventive media manager includes a high-level command processor which decodes the high-level generic commands and device-specific code mapping modules which convert the high-level generic commands decoded by the high-level command processor into device-level commands. Each of the device-level commands is output from one of the device-specific code-mapping modules to a corresponding one of the media devices. The present invention also encompasses a method of implementing an application program interface (API) for media devices. The method includes receiving high-level generic commands from a computer application, converting the high-level generic commands into device-level commands, and outputting each of the device-level commands to one of the media devices. The present invention also encompasses a computer program product including a computer-readable medium. The computer program product includes means for decoding high-level generic commands, means for converting the high-level generic commands into device-level commands, and means for outputting each of the device-level commands to a corresponding one of the media devices. The present invention further encompasses a common application program interface (API) which converts high-level generic commands received from a computer application into device-level commands which are output to a plurality of media devices including media servers which stores media objects. The common API includes a plurality of individual APIs which each perform a specific function.

2008003, Feb 7, 2008

Aug 3, 2006

11/462100

Keiko Kurita - Los Gatos CA, US
John K. Mann - Richmond CA, US
Ross Nelson - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tram T. Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Carlton W. Niblack - San Jose CA, US
Zengyan Zhang - San Jose CA, US

G06F 19/00

700100

Disclosed are embodiments of a method of mining data and a method of evaluating that data in order to discover significant changes in conditions (e.g., changes in activities, events, associations, affiliations, market preferences, etc.). The data mining technique uses predetermined scenarios that characterize specific changes as well as key variables that are relevant to those scenarios. These variables are input as mining parameters into a data mining tool. Retrieved data is analyzed and the results are evaluated. One technique of evaluating the results includes displaying them in a visual format (e.g., graphs, tables) along with additional information (e.g., lists of documents or portions of documents containing data relevant to the displayed results). A user evaluates the displayed results and additional information in order to identify data that should be filtered, to identify trends and/or patterns in the data, and to assess the trends and/or patterns.

2004019, Sep 30, 2004

Mar 26, 2003

10/402074

Tram Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
Donald Molaro - Sunnyvale CA, US

Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc.

G06F009/44, G06F009/445

717/168000, 717/174000, 717/121000

Setting parameter values are migrated through a new software upgrade. Each software version includes a version number. The version number of the new software is compared to a version number of the current software. The version number of the current software is determined by reading a version number parameter value stored in a non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM). If the version number of the new software is higher than the version number of the current software, for each setting parameter value within a new map file, either a current setting parameter value stored in the NVRAM or a default value from the map file, is loaded into a temporary memory. The map file, corresponding to the current version number parameter value stored in the NVRAM, is used to associate th

2006024, Nov 2, 2006

May 2, 2005

10/908215

Todd Bender - San Jose CA, US
Keiko Kurita - Los Gatos CA, US
Tram Nguyen - San Jose CA, US
C. Niblack - San Jose CA, US
Zengyan Zhang - San Jose CA, US

IBM CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 17/24

715531000

The present invention provides a method and system of assigning a publication date for at least one electronic document, where the publication date includes the year that the document was published, the month that the document was published, and the day that the document was published. In an exemplary embodiment, the method and system include (1) recognizing the publication date in the document by regular expression pattern matching, (2) if the publication date is ambiguous, resolving the ambiguous publication date, and (3) validating the publication date. In an exemplary embodiment, the recognizing includes determining at least one candidate publication date from the document identifier of the document. In an exemplary embodiment, the recognizing includes determining the publication date from the textual content of the document. In an exemplary embodiment, the recognizing includes determining the publication date from the metadata of the document.