| 6751608 |
Method and apparatus for improving end to end performance of a data network |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method and apparatus provide improved cache coherency and more effective caching operations without placing an undue burden on network links. A proxy receives a request for a resource and then, depending... |
| 6748379 |
Graphical representation of disorganized database records in an IMS database |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and system for displaying database record organization characteristics of IMS databases. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving information associated with a plurality of database records... |
| 6748378 |
Method for retrieving data from a database |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method of generating a SQL statement for retrieving a data set from a database via a user interface and a database server and then processing the data set recursively. The method comprises the following... |
| 6748374 |
Method for generating a relational database query statement using one or more templates corresponding to search conditions in an expression tree |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and system for representing objects in a relational database is provided. In one aspect, the invention provides a method and system for storing directory information objects in a relational database... |
| 6748373 |
System and method for adaptively optimizing queries |
| Jun-8-2004 |
The performance of a database system can be improved by tracking the way in which data is accessed. By tracking such information, it is possible to load frequently-accessed fields of an entity bean, as... |
| 6748372 |
Methods and apparatus for efficiently accessing sequentially broadcast data |
| Jun-8-2004 |
The disclosure presents an apparatus, system, and method for file access for difficult domains, such as data broadcast, where the time to access a file can be considerable. The invention interposes a file... |
| 6748371 |
Data mining techniques for enhancing product manufacturing management |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A computer method for enhancing product manufacturing management. The method includes the steps of providing a demand database comprising a compendium of individual demand history; providing a manufacturing... |
| 6748285 |
Integrated system for designing product packaging |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A distributed system having a central server, one or more remote supplier nodes, one or more remote manufacturer nodes, and one or more remote client nodes that communicate with one another via the Internet.... |
| 6745310 |
Real time local and remote management of data files and directories and method of operating the same |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A memory system (100) and method of operating the same to provide real-time local and remote management of the memory system are described. Generally, the memory system (100) includes a memory matrix (110)... |
| 6745195 |
System, method and computer program product for generating software cards that summarize and index information |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A system, method and computer program product for generating software cards that summarize and index information. A documentation storage unit stores a variety of documentation. A software card generator... |
| 6745180 |
Data supply controlling device, method, and storage medium which facilities information searching by user |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A data supply controlling device comprises a data base for user data which stores user data matched with each user. The data base of user data can be queried in accordance with the user data so that a... |
| 6745175 |
System and method for a shared memory architecture for high speed logging and trending |
| Jun-1-2004 |
An improved method and system for high speed logging and trending of data. Logging of data may include: receiving data; and storing the data, and an index to the data, in a shared memory location coupled... |
| 6745174 |
Method of executing before-triggers in an active database |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A method for executing before-triggers in an active database. A tree of actions is constructed for each activated before-trigger and a tree of operators is constructed for the statement that activates... |
| 6745173 |
Generating in and exists queries using tensor representations |
| Jun-1-2004 |
Query results and statistics regarding them are generated using a novel representation of an n-attribute relation as an order n relational tensor. Orders of the relational tensor respectively correspond... |
| 6741990 |
System and method for efficient and adaptive web accesses filtering |
| May-25-2004 |
A system and method for filtering web accesses in an web access log analysis are described. A web log file having a plurality of entries, with each entry containing a field identifying a web access of... |
| 6741983 |
Method of indexed storage and retrieval of multidimensional information |
| May-25-2004 |
A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using naturally occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles.... |
| 6741980 |
System and method for automatic, real-time delivery of personalized informational and transactional data to users via content delivery device |
| May-25-2004 |
A personal intelligence network that actively delivers highly personalized and timely informational and transactional data from an OLAP based channel database system to individuals via e-mail, spreadsheet... |
| 6741977 |
Image recording/reproducing apparatus in monitor system |
| May-25-2004 |
For image recording/reproduction in a monitoring system, a monitoring image signal as inputted is converted into a plurality of time-serial digitized monitoring image frames to be stored temporarily in... |
| 6738780 |
Autonomous citation indexing and literature browsing using citation context |
| May-18-2004 |
An autonomous citation indexing system which can be used as an assistant agent automates and enhances the task of finding publications in electronic form, including publications located on the world wide... |
| 6738774 |
Method for benchmarking standardized data element values of agricultural operations through an internet accessible central database and user interface |
| May-18-2004 |
A method for uploading an agricultural operation's standardized data element values to a central database through an Internet accessible user interface and enabling users to benchmark the standardized... |
| 6738768 |
System and method for efficient information capture |
| May-18-2004 |
Provided is a system and method for enabling a user to efficiently capture information from a data processing system user interface. A user performs information capture actions such as browsing user interface... |
| 6738766 |
Apparatus and methods for providing personalized application search results for wireless devices based on user profiles |
| May-18-2004 |
An exemplary method for providing personalized application search results in a mobile device comprises the steps of receiving a search request from a user, the search request including at least one search... |
| 6738763 |
Information retrieval system having consistent search results across different operating systems and data base management systems |
| May-18-2004 |
An information retrieval system whereby identical search results can be derived irrespective of the kind of DBMS or OS. A keyword normalizing device normalizes a keyword transmitted from a client through... |
| 6738756 |
Analysis method and apparatus for a parallel system |
| May-18-2004 |
A method and apparatus of analyzing a target system comprises receiving information relating to an environment of the target system and storing cost data based on the environment information. The plan... |
| 6738755 |
Query optimization method for incrementally estimating the cardinality of a derived relation when statistically correlated predicates are applied |
| May-18-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for incrementally estimating the cardinality of a derived relation when statistically correlated predicates are applied. A plurality of query execution plans... |
| 6738754 |
Apparatus and method for directing internet users to health care information |
| May-18-2004 |
A method of directing a patient to a source of health care information. The method comprises placing on a prescription sheet an address for the Internet web site, identifying an ailment of the patient... |
| 6735585 |
Method for search engine generating supplemented search not included in conventional search result identifying entity data related to portion of located web page |
| May-11-2004 |
It is determined that an entity is registered as having control over the use of at least a portion of a World-Wide Web address for a first set of computer data that is accessible in accordance with Internet... |
| 6735583 |
Method and system for classifying and locating media content |
| May-11-2004 |
A computer-based method and system for classifying and locating media content is provided. In preferred embodiments, a dynamically modifiable, structured vocabulary system is used to drive a media classification... |
| 6732192 |
Disc recording scheme for enabling quick access to disc data |
| May-4-2004 |
A system for recording data to a disc shaped record medium. The data is recorded according to a universal disc format employing a hierarchical file system, and data within the hierarchical structure is... |
| 6732162 |
Method of providing preprocessed images for a plurality of internet web sites |
| May-4-2004 |
The present invention, generally speaking, provides a broad-based solution for acquisition, processing and distribution of media objects including pictures (images), movies, videos, graphics, sound clips,... |
| 6732110 |
Estimation of column cardinality in a partitioned relational database |
| May-4-2004 |
The present invention is directed to a system, method and computer readable medium for estimating a column cardinality value for a column in a partitioned table stored in a plurality of nodes in a relational... |
| 6732100 |
Database access method and system for user role defined access |
| May-4-2004 |
Method and system for determination and granting of access to data and files by the file or database creator, owner or manager or by group or user access profiles. The database is partitionable among data... |
| 6732091 |
Method and an apparatus for the processing of queries to a database |
| May-4-2004 |
An apparatus and a method of processing queries to a relational database stored on a computer readable medium including a representation of relations between sections in tables in the database. The method... |
| 6732085 |
Method and system for sample size determination for database optimizers |
| May-4-2004 |
A system and method for determining an adequate sample size for statistics collection is disclosed. A mechanism for automatically determining an adequate sample size for both statistics and histograms... |
| 6732084 |
Method and apparatus for parallel execution of trigger actions |
| May-4-2004 |
A method and apparatus for parallel execution of trigger actions. One or more embodiments of the invention comprise providing a C++ class (hereinafter referred to as "dispatcher") that can take an SQL... |
| 6728721 |
System and method for maintaining a user's state within a database table |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A system and method are provided for delivering batches of data to a client, while maintaining the client's state in the accessed database. The system and method eliminate the need for a web server to... |
| 6728698 |
Method and system for interaction between a browser engine and an application |
| Apr-27-2004 |
The present invention provides a method and system for interaction between a browser engine and an application. The application includes a plurality of function modules. When the application is initiated,... |
| 6728697 |
Partial delegation of complex OLAP queries with application to zero suppression condition evaluation |
| Apr-27-2004 |
The present invention introduces a mechanism to partition the processing work required on data from a variety of proprietary OLAP data sources in such a way that as much as possible of the processing can... |
| 6728696 |
Method and apparatus for generating a keyword list from tables to facilitate searching an electronic catalog |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A computer-implemented method is described, for searching for items in an electronic catalog, e.g. an on-line catalog accessible over the Internet. A hierarchy of category names is defined, each item in... |
| 6728695 |
Method and apparatus for making predictions about entities represented in documents |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for making predictions about entities represented in documents and for information analysis of text documents or the like, from a large number of such documents. Predictive... |
| 6728694 |
Set containment join operation in an object/relational database management system |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A novel partition-based set containment join algorithm, known as Set Partitioning Algorithm (SPA), is performed by a relational database management system to aggressively partition set-valued attributes... |
| 6728693 |
Method and apparatus for warning a user of potential limitations of a database request and/or the results provided thereby |
| Apr-27-2004 |
Method and apparatus for warning the user of potential limitations of a database request or the results provided thereby and for warning the user of potential limitations of a database request and the... |
| 6725212 |
Platform-independent method and system for graphically presenting the evaluation of a query in a database management system |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A method and system for graphically representing a plan for a query in a relational database management system is disclosed. The method includes receiving and processing an input query to form a plurality... |
| 6725211 |
Work load assessment heuristic for optimal task parallelism determination |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A technique for determining an optimal number of tasks for processing requests is provided. It is determined whether there are one or more first requests that have not been processed. A parallelism assessment... |
| 6721847 |
Cache hints for computer file access |
| Apr-13-2004 |
An application program (6) may issue a file access request to an operating system (4) accompanied by a caching hint. This caching hint may be selected in dependence upon the file type and file size of... |
| 6721745 |
Method and system for facilitating retrieval of report information in a data management system |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A method is provided for use in retrieving reports from a report warehouse in a data management system by at least one of a plurality of user processors in communication with a Distributed Component Object... |
| 6721725 |
Method of parallel trigger execution in an active database |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A method for executing after-triggers in an active database. A tree is constructed for each after-trigger and an operator tree is constructed for the statement that activates the trigger. The method joins... |
| 6721724 |
Validating multiple execution plans for database queries |
| Apr-13-2004 |
Validation of large numbers of alternative execution plans for a database query, either an exhaustive enumeration of the complete space of alternatives, or else an unbiased random sample, is performed... |
| 6721723 |
Streaming metatree data structure for indexing information in a data base |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A streaming metatree data storage structure in which each data item is stored as a procession of nodes and where data units common to more than one data item are stored only once. The nodes are stored... |
| 6721722 |
Cool ice data wizard calculation service |
| Apr-13-2004 |
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request calculations on an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request... |
