| 6718427 |
Method and system utilizing data fragments for efficiently importing/exporting removable storage volumes |
| Apr-6-2004 |
A method and system utilizing data fragments for efficiently importing/exporting a removable storage volume having a number of data files from a first virtual storage system to a second virtual storage... |
| 6718321 |
Web-based electronic mail server apparatus and method using full text and label indexing |
| Apr-6-2004 |
In a computerized distributed mail system, a plurality of client computers are connected to each other via a network. Each client computer is configured to execute client mail application programs. A mail... |
| 6714943 |
Method and mechanism for tracking dependencies for referential integrity constrained tables |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A method and mechanism for dependency tracking in a database system is disclosed. According to an embodiment, dependency tracking for a referentially constrained object is performed by tracking change... |
| 6714938 |
Query planning using a maxdiff histogram |
| Mar-30-2004 |
Systems and methods create and maintain a maxdiff histogram for use in determining query costs. One aspect of the system is a data structure that provides fields that can be used to accurately represent... |
| 6714935 |
Management of non-persistent data in a persistent database |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A method of managing non-persistent data in a persistent database includes adding the non-persistent data to the database in the form of a temporary entry. The temporary entry can be a temporary row or... |
| 6714926 |
Use of browser cookies to store structured data |
| Mar-30-2004 |
A web site system implements a process for storing selected data structures within browser cookies. The data structures may contain a variety of different types of data elements, including N-bit integers... |
| 6711566 |
Database processing method and apparatus using handle |
| Mar-23-2004 |
A request accepting server accepts a processing request of data of a predetermined type, analyzes the request, and allocates a process corresponding to the request to either one of the request accepting... |
| 6711563 |
Methods of organizing data and processing queries in a database system, and database system and software product for implementing such methods |
| Mar-23-2004 |
A reference table has columns associated with data attributes and rows containing related words assigned to those attributes in a collection of data, those words coming from different data tables having... |
| 6711562 |
Cache sensitive search (CSS) tree indexing system and method |
| Mar-23-2004 |
Cache sensitive search tree (CSS-tree) index structures for providing improved search and lookup performance compared with conventional searching schemes. The CSS-tree index structures include a directory... |
| 6708175 |
Program support for disk fencing in a shared disk parallel file system across storage area network |
| Mar-16-2004 |
A method is provided for limiting access to disks and files in the event of a system partitioning occurring as the result of a node failure in a data distributed processing system in which files are shared... |
| 6708161 |
System and method for selective database indexing |
| Mar-16-2004 |
A method for selectively indexing a database (32) includes selecting a set of fields (156) in the database (32). The selected fields (156) are located in one column (152) of a table (150) in the database... |
| 6707471 |
Information managing apparatus and data generation method as well as record medium having information management program stored thereon |
| Mar-16-2004 |
An information managing apparatus having a plurality of different information management functions comprises a data selection unit for selecting data corresponding to each management function from data... |
| 6704740 |
Method for analyzing product performance data |
| Mar-9-2004 |
A method for analyzing product performance relational data is disclosed. The method includes selecting a database query from a set of preselected database queries by choosing a plurality of predefined... |
| 6704724 |
Parallel optimizer hints with a direct manipulation user interface |
| Mar-9-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for directly manipulating a query for a relational database management system (RDBMS). The query is transformed into an operator tree that is displayed on... |
| 6701333 |
Method of efficient migration from one categorization hierarchy to another hierarchy |
| Mar-2-2004 |
A method of efficiently migrating data from one categorization hierarchy to a new hierarchy. A mapping is created which describes where a document in one hierarchy will be placed in a new hierarchy. The... |
| 6701314 |
System and method for cataloguing digital information for searching and retrieval |
| Mar-2-2004 |
The system and method for searching and retrieving information stored in heterogeneous information repositories. A portal server retrieves user requests through a computer network and looks up information... |
| 6701306 |
Methods and apparatus for manipulating polygons in a multidimensional space |
| Mar-2-2004 |
Geometric objects, such as polygons, are defined in a multi-dimensional data space. The geometric objects are represented by data segments for processing in a computer. "N" dimensional hierarchical trees,... |
| 6697804 |
Deploying plurality of sanpshots storing parameterized data description language strings with substitutable parameter causes database object to instantiated |
| Feb-24-2004 |
Mass deployment of snapshots is fostered by allowing collections of snapshots, called refresh groups, to be defined by a template. The template allows for a parameterized snapshot definition query or other... |
| 6697797 |
Method and apparatus for tracking data in a database, employing last-known location registers |
| Feb-24-2004 |
In accordance with the present invention, a data tracking scheme for a database is provided which employs a "last-known location" register as a part of a data block's ID. In certain object-oriented databases... |
| 6697795 |
Virtual file system for dynamically-generated web pages |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A virtual filesystem for allowing a large number of data files to be created, deleted, and rearranged by a peripheral device incorporating the filesystem without requiring the host computer system to delete... |
| 6697794 |
Providing database system native operations for user defined data types |
| Feb-24-2004 |
A method and computer program for providing a database system native operation for a data element which has a user defined data type (UDT). The method and computer program include assigning a data type,... |
| 6694330 |
System and method for identifying the raw materials consumed in the manufacture of a chemical product |
| Feb-17-2004 |
A system and method are disclosed that allow a user to identify, within a certain level of confidence, the raw materials consumed in the manufacture of a particular chemical product. In addition, the system... |
| 6694316 |
System and method for a subject-based channel distribution of automatic, real-time delivery of personalized informational and transactional data |
| Feb-17-2004 |
This invention relates to an automatic real-time personalized intelligence network that actively delivers a plurality of channels of personalized and timely informational and transactional content from... |
| 6694315 |
Online document assembly and docketing method |
| Feb-17-2004 |
An online document assembly and docketing method using a user workstation interconnected over a network backbone to a website. A registered user inputs identification information at the user workstation... |
| 6694305 |
Method, system, and program for processing modifications to data in tables in a database system |
| Feb-17-2004 |
Provided is a method, system, program, and data structures for making data available to an application program. A result table is generated including rows corresponding to a subset of rows in a base table... |
| 6694304 |
System and method for retrieving network management table entries |
| Feb-17-2004 |
Systems and methods for retrieving table entries within a network management system are provided. A method includes receiving a request for table entries which are identified by an object identifier having... |
| 6691177 |
High speed file I/O control system with user set file structure to effect parallel access pattern over a network |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A storage medium for a file input/output control system having a plurality of first computers each having a plurality of disks and connected to a network and at least one second computer connected to the... |
| 6691120 |
System, method and computer program product for data mining in a normalized relational database |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method and system for preparing a data record with multidimensional attributes for processing by a data-mining tool includes the steps of identifying a normalized data record, which includes an existing... |
| 6691112 |
Method for indexing and managing a searchable community of non-HTML information |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method for indexing and managing a searchable community of non-HTML information. The method utilizes an electronic search engine which indexes data files used by sites created by website generation software.... |
| 6691103 |
Method for searching a database, search engine system for searching a database, and method of providing a key table for use by a search engine for a database |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method for searching a database includes receiving a search criteria including a plurality of search elements corresponding to at least some of the record elements of a database. Each of the search elements... |
| 6691102 |
Query processing method of name-value pairs in relational databases |
| Feb-10-2004 |
Electronic marketplaces typically apply catalog schema in the format of name-value pairs to store product attribute names and values to achieve a very high degree of flexibility. This vertical schema approach... |
| 6691101 |
Database system providing optimization of group by operator over a union all |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A database system providing improved methods for optimization and execution of queries aggregating information from multiple database tables is described. The improved method breaks serial operations into... |
| 6691100 |
HTML/DHTML web interface system and method |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A web interface system and a method for use with a business information system are provided. The web interface system provides an interface to a user and comprises a first set of HTML interface tools located... |
| 6691099 |
Method and system for histogram determination in a database |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method and system for determining when to collect, save, and/or utilize histograms is disclosed. A mechanism for automatically deciding when to collect histograms upon request from the user is provided.... |
| 6687698 |
Accessing and updating a configuration database from distributed physical locations within a process control system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A configuration database includes multiple databases distributed at a plurality of physical locations within a process control system. Each of the databases may be accessed by users at any of the sites... |
| 6687690 |
Employing a combined function for exception exploration in multidimensional data |
| Feb-3-2004 |
There is provided a method for providing a function for use in detecting a presence of an exception in multidimensional data. The method comprises the steps of (a) partitioning the multidimensional data... |
| 6687687 |
Dynamic indexing information retrieval or filtering system |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A system and method for allocating the blocks of index file to the postings for words found in documents of a database is disclosed. The index file is provided with blocks that is partitioned into successively... |
| 6684220 |
Method and system for automatic information exchange |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A method and system for automatic information exchange includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and operable to store a model. The model includes a plurality of objects where each of... |
| 6684202 |
Computer-based system and method for finding rules of law in text |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A system and method for binary classification of text units such as sentences, paragraphs and documents as either a rule of law (ROL) or not a rule of law (.about.ROL). During a training phase of the system... |
| 6681257 |
Methods and system for determining message routing based on elements of a directory number |
| Jan-20-2004 |
Methods and systems in a messaging system to identify a messaging platform for use in delivery of a message addressed to a mailbox address served by the messaging platform. The messaging system includes... |
| 6681222 |
Unified database and text retrieval system |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A unified database/text retrieval system converts exact database type queries into text inclusion type queries suitable for text retrieval systems through the use of pseudo keywords. Boolean combination... |
| 6681219 |
Method for keyword proximity searching in a document database |
| Jan-20-2004 |
Keyword proximity searching in a document database according to a query condition initiates with generation of inverted lists having a location for each instance of the keyword in the document database.... |
| 6678703 |
Medical image management system and method |
| Jan-13-2004 |
The present invention provides a medical image management system and method that uses a central data management system to centrally manage the storage and transmission of electronic records containing... |
| 6678674 |
Data retrieving method and apparatus data retrieving system and storage medium |
| Jan-13-2004 |
In a data retrieving apparatus, a data dictionary is constructed so as to include definition information concerning tables, items and calculation syntax for representing an unnormalized data structure... |
| 6678672 |
Efficient exception handling during access plan execution in an on-line analytic processing system |
| Jan-13-2004 |
An On-Line Analytic Processing (OLAP) system converts queries into an operator tree comprised of a plurality of operators, wherein each of the operators is independently executed. When an exception is... |
| 6678671 |
System for linking a resource management system with an event of a project in a project management system and a method therefor |
| Jan-13-2004 |
The invention relates to a computer- or internet-based system and a method of integrating a resource management system with a project management system so that they share various resource data, namely,... |
| 6675170 |
Method to efficiently partition large hyperlinked databases by hyperlink structure |
| Jan-6-2004 |
Method for partitioning a database containing a plurality of documents into desired and undesired type documents, the plurality of documents containing text and/or links to and from other documents in... |
| 6675158 |
Method and apparatus for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A method and apparatus for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content are described. According to one embodiment, an exemplary method for organizing data pertaining to audiovisual content includes... |
| 6675157 |
System and method for balancing binary search trees |
| Jan-6-2004 |
An improved binary search tree (BST) balancing facility balances BSTs by copying pointers to the nodes of a BST into a pointer list in accordance with a sequential order of respective data values of the... |
| 6671711 |
System and method for predicting web user flow by determining association strength of hypermedia links |
| Dec-30-2003 |
The present invention also provides a system and method for predicting user traffic flow in a collection of hypermedia documents by determining the association strength of the hypermedia links. Hypermedia... |
