| 6571231 |
Maintenance of hierarchical index in relational system |
| May-27-2003 |
A method and mechanism are provided for creating, maintaining, and using a hierarchical index to efficiently access information in a relational system based on a pathnames, thus emulating a hierarchically... |
| 6567936 |
Data clustering using error-tolerant frequent item sets |
| May-20-2003 |
A generalization of frequent item sets to error-tolerant frequent item sets (ETF) is disclosed, together with its application in data clustering using error-tolerant frequent item sets to either build... |
| 6567815 |
Technique of clustering and compaction of binary trees |
| May-20-2003 |
A technique for improving the performance of binary tree operations involves defining an implicit binary tree structure in a memory array, and clustering of the nodes of the tree in memory in a cache-aware... |
| 6567806 |
System and method for implementing hash-based load-balancing query processing in a multiprocessor database system |
| May-20-2003 |
A database management system for executing database operations in parallel by a plurality of nodes and a query processing method are described. The database management system contains a decision management... |
| 6567803 |
Simultaneous computation of multiple moving aggregates in a relational database management system |
| May-20-2003 |
An On-Line Analytic Processing (OLAP) system identifies a plurality of simultaneously computable moving aggregate functions in a query. The identified moving aggregate functions are then partitioned into... |
| 6567799 |
Retrieving documents transitively linked to an initial document |
| May-20-2003 |
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for displaying hypertext data, including displaying a first document represented in a physical markup representation... |
| 6567798 |
Method and system for consistent updates of redundant data in relational databases |
| May-20-2003 |
An improved method for consistent updates of redundant data in a database is achieved advantageously by providing a dependency model identifying source fields and respective derived fields. The model having... |
| 6567797 |
System and method for providing recommendations based on multi-modal user clusters |
| May-20-2003 |
A system and method for browsing, retrieving, and recommending information from a collection uses multi-modal features of the documents in the collection, as well as an analysis of users' prior browsing... |
| 6567796 |
System and method for management of an automatic OLAP report broadcast system |
| May-20-2003 |
A system, method and processor medium that manages automatic generation of output from an on-line analytical processing system. Scheduled services are processed in an on-line analytical processing system... |
| 6564231 |
Method for managing optical disk library files in accordance with the frequency of playback requests selected simultanenously at a specified time intervals |
| May-13-2003 |
A method for managing files in a library in a manner to access files in a library operating with a plurality of preservation recording media storing data as files, while copying data more highly required... |
| 6564218 |
Method of checking the validity of a set of digital information, and a method and an apparatus for retrieving digital information from an information source |
| May-13-2003 |
The invention disclosed herein is a method of checking the validity of a set of digital information contained in an information cache connected to an information source. The method includes specifying... |
| 6564214 |
Method of searching a data record for a valid identifier |
| May-13-2003 |
A backend data processor of a network monitoring system attempts to identify the point of presence (POP) associated with each uploaded network performance data record by comparing the POP identification... |
| 6564205 |
Querying parallel database system that execute stored procedures using abstract data type attributes, retrieving location information of data, sub-data between first and second server |
| May-13-2003 |
A parallel database system retrieval method and system for transferring from database operation servers to a front end server only those data items that are used in subsequent processing, thereby shortening... |
| 6564204 |
Generating join queries using tensor representations |
| May-13-2003 |
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... |
| 6564203 |
Defining instead-of triggers over nested collection columns of views |
| May-13-2003 |
Techniques are provided for updating data that logically resides in one or more nested collections in a nested collection column of a view. According to one technique, a Data Manipulation Language (DML)... |
| 6564202 |
System and method for visually representing the contents of a multiple data object cluster |
| May-13-2003 |
A system and method for browsing, retrieving, and recommending information from a collection uses multi-modal features of the documents in the collection, as well as an analysis of users' prior browsing... |
| 6560633 |
Method for creating network services by transforming an XML runtime model in response to an iterative input process |
| May-6-2003 |
A method and apparatus for creating network services. Instead of programming or hard coding an entire web service, the invention provides the ability to easily create a module/mechanism (referred to as... |
| 6560595 |
Operator for correlated predicates in a query |
| May-6-2003 |
A correlation operator .THETA. provides a way for the results of sub-queries to be correlated. The correlation operator .THETA. has an implied existential quantifier property (i.e., a "for some" property)... |
| 6560594 |
Cube indices for relational database management systems |
| May-6-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing database queries using subsumption tests between the query and at least one summary table that comprises a cube index to determine whether... |
| 6560593 |
Method and apparatus for viewing the effect of changes to an index for a database table on an optimization plan for a database query |
| May-6-2003 |
A method and apparatus for viewing the effect of changes to an index for a database table on an optimization plan for a database query, such as an SQL statement. A virtual table is created which mimics... |
| 6560592 |
Multi-model computer database storage system with integrated rule engine |
| May-6-2003 |
In one form of the invention, a computer database storage system is disclosed, comprising a data storage medium adapted to store a plurality of pieces of information, at least one piece of data stored... |
| 6560590 |
Method and apparatus for multiple tiered matching of natural language queries to positions in a text corpus |
| May-6-2003 |
A multi-tiered system for responding to natural language queries is using disclosed. The query resolution system returns zero or more links to content that is relevant to the users query. The present invention... |
| 6557042 |
Multimedia summary generation employing user feedback |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A multimedia server computer or other device can provide multimedia content, as well as summaries of the multimedia content, to one or more client computers. Each of the users of a client computer is identified... |
| 6556995 |
Method to provide global sign-on for ODBC-based database applications |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method in a data processing system for managing multiple identities for a single user. In a preferred embodiment, a request for content from a database is received at a server. Responsive to a determination... |
| 6556990 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating wildcard searches within a relational database |
| Apr-29-2003 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates performing an efficient wildcard search on a field within a relational database table. The system operates by receiving a query... |
| 6556989 |
Quantifying the level of interest of an item of current interest |
| Apr-29-2003 |
Quantifying the level of interest of an item of current interest is disclosed. An indication that an item is of current interest is received. The indication is processed to determine an intensity value.... |
| 6556988 |
Database management apparatus and query operation therefor, including processing plural database operation requests based on key range of hash code |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A database management system for executing database operations in parallel by a plurality of nodes and a query processing method for it are described. The database management system contains a decision... |
| 6556986 |
Database management method of invoking a function retrieving index type definition, cataloging particular index which has not yet been supported by a database system |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method and a system for executing a general database processing independent of a specific user-defined function are provided. In an implementation method, index definition information for setting a specific... |
| 6556984 |
Hierarchical string matching using multi-path dynamic programming |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method, system, and article of manufacture for generating a list of candidate objects for a requested object. An identifier for the requested object is accepted, wherein the identifier comprises a target... |
| 6553376 |
Efficient content server using request redirection |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A technique for optimizing delivery of specialized content files such as multimedia files in a computer network. A multimedia file cache is located at a point of presence, such as at an Internet Service... |
| 6553375 |
Method and apparatus for server based handheld application and database management |
| Apr-22-2003 |
The present invention is a novel management system for selectively distributing applications and databases from a server computer to a plurality of intermittently connected handheld devices. The applications... |
| 6553367 |
Method for obtaining a unified information graph from multiple information resources |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A method for dynamically obtaining a unified classification information graph which provides a navigation system for a user to access sought information. The method includes providing multiple information... |
| 6553365 |
Computer readable electronic records automated classification system |
| Apr-22-2003 |
Discloses a system for the automatic classification of electronic documents that are candidates to become an official record. A training data set of documents, each document having a pre-assigned records... |
| 6549896 |
System and method employing random walks for mining web page associations and usage to optimize user-oriented web page refresh and pre-fetch scheduling |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method for estimating an association between the media objects and the seed Web page accessed by a user. The method is employed in the context of a Web space on a network having Web pages and links between... |
| 6549895 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing data retrieval using index scanning |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method and computer program product for analyzing data retrieval using index scanning in a database management system. The method involves scanning an index associated with a table in the database management... |
| 6549894 |
Computerized docketing system for intellectual property law with automatic due date alert |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A computerized docketing system for legal matters, comprising a database operatively arranged to store information related to the legal matters, including actions to be taken with respect to the legal... |
| 6547829 |
Method and system for detecting duplicate documents in web crawls |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A Web crawler application takes advantage of a document store's ability to provide a content identifier (CID) having a value that is a unique function of the physical storage location of a data object... |
| 6546384 |
Method of determining and storing indexing data on a sequential data storage medium for supporting random access of data files stored on the medium |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A format structure for storing retrievable data on a sequential data storage medium, which includes in an exemplary embodiment a start field for indicating the start of a data file, an index field for... |
| 6546383 |
Method and device for document retrieval |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A method for document retrieval includes the steps of dividing a query character string into partial character strings, selecting one or more documents from a plurality of registered documents such that... |
| 6546382 |
Finding the TOP N values through the execution of a query |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A method and mechanism is provided for executing a query that includes a subquery, where the subquery includes an ORDER BY clause. The results generated by executing the subquery are ordered as specified... |
| 6542894 |
Execution of multiple models using data segmentation |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A method executed on a computer for modeling expected behavior is described. The method includes scoring records of a dataset that is segmented into a plurality of data segments using a plurality of models... |
| 6542889 |
Methods and apparatus for similarity text search based on conceptual indexing |
| Apr-1-2003 |
In one aspect of the invention, a method of performing a conceptual similarity search comprises the steps of: generating one or more conceptual word-chains from one or more documents to be used in the... |
| 6542887 |
Incorporating native code in Java archive files |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A Java Virtual Machine comprises a class loader and a library file loader. The class loader responds to requests to instantiate a class by searching a classpath in which class files and archived files... |
| 6542886 |
Sampling over joins for database systems |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A database server supports weighted and unweighted sampling of records or tuples in accordance with desired sampling semantics such as with replacement (WR), without replacement (WoR), or independent coin... |
| 6542885 |
Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling variables associates with transactions in a multiple transaction environment |
| Apr-1-2003 |
Methods systems and computer program products are provided which provide a transacted variable. The transacted variable is associated with a specific transaction such that actions on the underlying object... |
| 6539391 |
Method and system for squashing a large data set |
| Mar-25-2003 |
Apparatus and method for summarizing an original large data set with a representative data set. The data elements in both the original data set and the representative data set have the same variables,... |
| 6539388 |
Object-oriented data storage and retrieval system using index table |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A data storage and retrieval system includes a data space area where a set of data belonging to a predetermined category and definition data describing definition of the structure and the presentation... |
| 6539372 |
Method for providing automated user assistance customized output in the planning, configuration, and management of information systems |
| Mar-25-2003 |
User Assistants are software programs that prompt the customer for information about user's current system by examining system files and other sources of data; store information about the user in a repository... |
| 6539371 |
System and method for filtering query statements according to user-defined filters of query explain data |
| Mar-25-2003 |
An apparatus for filtering a set of query statements according to query explain data associated therewith includes a processor for executing instructions and a memory device having thereon modules of operational... |
| 6535871 |
Method for searching a digital rights management package |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A method that allows a search engine to find a document and allows a potential buyer to review portions of the document. The invention provides a plain text index to the document that may be searched by... |
