Novell, Inc.

Kenneth W Muir

Ty Ellis

David A Romanek

Hong Zhu

Richard H Cox

Kevin S McGill

Mark E Roberts

Steve P Townsend

Ted S Haeger

Scott Alan Isaacson

Methods and apparatus teach a digital spectrum of a file representing underlying original data. The digital spectrum is used to map a file's position. This position relative to another file's position reveals closest neighbors. When multiple such neighbors are grouped together they can be used to indicate relevance in current data under consideration on a same or different computing device. Also, relevance can be found without traditional notions of needing structured data or users initiating searching for relevance or by examining metadata/administrative information associated with the files. A dynamic relevancy agent is configured for installation on the same or different computing device to monitor events regarding the current data and to initiate the examination of relevancy. It also presents to a user suggestions of data closest to the current data. Various triggering events to undertake a relevancy examination are also described as are predetermined criteria to define relative closeness.

Harvesting relevancy data, including dynamic relevancy agent based on underlying grouped and differentiated files

A system and method for distributing objects to one or more subscribers. The system/method allows an administrator to create a distribution by allowing the administrator to select one or more objects for distribution to the subscriber(s). Once the distribution is defined, the distribution can be used any number of times and be sent to any number of subscribers without having to re-define or modify the distribution. Advantageously, the system/method automatically determines the objects that are associated with the objects selected for distribution by the administrator and automatically distributes the selected objects together with the objects that are associated with the selected objects.

System and method for distributing selected objects from a source database to a destination database

System and method for distributing a selected object and for automatically distributing the objects that are associated with the selected object

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Kenneth W Muir