Resources Contact Us Home Browse by: INVENTOR PATENT HOLDER PATENT NUMBER DATE     Data management apparatus and method for managing data elements using a plurality of metadata elements Image Number 13 for United States Patent #8145580. Data elements are classified into a plurality of folders in accordance with classification conditions on the basis of each of a plurality of metadata elements. Data elements in each of the folders are further classified into a plurality of folders on the basis of a metadata element different from the metadata element associated with the folder. This operation is repeated in accordance with the number of metadata elements to organize a folder system having a tree structure. When a classification result based on a given one of the metadata elements is present in only one folder in the organized folder system and is not present in other folders arranged in the same layer as that of the folder, the other folders are deleted.       Recently Added Patents Cartridge and printing material supply system Imaging devices, methods of forming same, and methods of forming semiconductor device structures Seal member, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus Structural systems Odor transmission-resistant polymeric film Operation of a dual instruction pipe virus co-processor Method of forming two-dimensional sheet material into three-dimensional structure   Randomly Featured Patents Embroidery stitch data producing device and sewing machine Encoding and decoding system of motion image containing arbitrary object Portable power driven wire puller Controller for automatic transmission Differential pressure apparatus for detecting accumulation of particulates in a filter Central focus solar energy system Method and apparatus for paper control in a printer Brain specific potassium channel protein 2-(substituted-1-piperazinyl)[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines Image forming apparatus © 2006-2008 PatentGenius. All Rights Reserved.