Disclosed is an apparatus and method for selectively supplying the latest versions of portions of a source database to each of a plurality of uniquely identifiable target entities where some target entities may have access to portions completely different from those portions to which other target entities are entitled to receive. The data receiving target entity provides an indication of the time stamp and revision indications of all material presently available to the receiving entity along wit...

The automatic address book update system which automates the data collection and maintenance tasks for computerized address book systems. The automatic address book update system is architected to automatically update the data contained therein, by automatically populating the address entries of a subscriber's computerized address book system. This is accomplished as part of the origination/receipt of a telephone call by the subscriber, where the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) maintains a customer...

Methods and apparatus for client-based monitoring of remote servers for computer program component updates. A client process periodically downloads meta-information to determine whether any update is available for any program application that has registered with the monitoring process. The client process maintains a local database of information about registered applications. If an update is available, the application to which the update relates can cause the update to be downloaded and installe...

A printer configuration update system and method provide automatic updates of a printer configuration to a communicating device which may be a network interface card and/or a protocol converter. A configuration listing with a predetermined format is transmitted to the communicating device at the time of power-up of the printer and after any configuration changes. The configuration listing may be passed as a variable-length structure consisting of ordered fields containing codes recognizable by t...

The present invention is a system that updates a pressurized water reactor core model, or data file describing the core, periodically using measured values determinable from core instrumentation. The system starts with a calibrated model calibrated from a flux map and a boron concentration measurement both determined monthly. Reactor system measurements are performed and the model is updated from the measurements using a standard depletion calculation. Some of the measured values are also used t...

A logistic service system includes a programmable vehicle module, a service computer, a central server, a first data link connecting the module to the service computer and a second data link connecting the service computer to the central server. Component information retrieved from the module and stored on the server is used to service the module. The component may be subjected to diagnostics or updated with new parameters.

An apparatus is presented for expediting the execution of address-dependent micro instructions in a pipeline microprocessor having design characteristics-complexity, power, and timing-that are not significantly impacted by the number of stages in the microprocessor's pipeline. The present invention provides a cache for storage of multiple intermediate address operands. The cache is accessed by an address-dependent micro instruction to retrieve a required address operand. The apparatus includes a...

To provide an approach to software update with scaleable disturbance there is proposed a state copying method for a computation system with at least two logic partitions wherein a state of new software in a standby partition is updated to the state of old software in an executing partition while continuing execution of the old software. Data is transferred from the executing partition to the standby partition in a scaleable way and as soon as the same state is achieved for the standby partition ...

The system and method for performing an update operation on the sharing list in a multi-node SCI-based system involves issuing an update command from a first node in the list to the remaining nodes in the sharing list, however the first node maintains its position at a head position in the sharing list. The first node issues an increment command to each successive node in the list until the end of the list is reached. Each node receives the increment command and updates its cache and then sends ...

A file update processing apparatus which enables execution of an intended file processing in accordance with the description contents of a correspondence slip and a generation table without requesting a system engineer to design a file processing program when a general person in charge who understands specific items required for a file in execution of daily operations sets predetermined items in the correspondence slip and the generation table so as to match his own business contents. When an or...