| 6389589 |
Class store schema |
| May-14-2002 |
A schema that facilitates the centralized management and deployment of applications, components and services across a computer network. Centralized class stores are provided under policies associated with... |
| 6389432 |
Intelligent virtual volume access |
| May-14-2002 |
A system and a method manages storage space in one or more data storage devices. This is done by receiving a request for storage space from a requester, the request specifying one or more criteria associated... |
| 6389427 |
File system performance enhancement |
| May-14-2002 |
Methods and apparatus that enhance the performance of computer file systems, and in particular the performance of read-only operations in such file systems. The invention can be implemented in a suite... |
| 6381593 |
Document information management system |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A document information management system in which a search-engine-compatible interface unit makes a word in a document displayed on the screen to be specified, transfers the specified word to a search... |
| 6381592 |
Candidate chaser |
| Apr-30-2002 |
The Candidate Chaser machine and method automatically locates Internet site pages and web postings which contain operator specified keywords or Boolean combinations and then extracts all electronic mail... |
| 6377950 |
Integrated directory services |
| Apr-23-2002 |
An integrated directory services system is provided for synchronizing records in a central directory server with records in a telephony system. The inventive system comprises a data storage table for storing... |
| 6374255 |
Haptic authoring |
| Apr-16-2002 |
Methods are presented for authoring geometrical databases which incorporate touch or haptic feedback. In particular, a database of geometrical elements incorporates attributes necessary to support haptic... |
| 6374247 |
Cool ice service templates |
| Apr-16-2002 |
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user... |
| 6370553 |
Atomic and molecular documents |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A molecular document comprised of atomic documents located in a document management system is provided. The molecular document is generated within the environment of a document management system which... |
| 6370543 |
Display of media previews |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files. |
| 6370534 |
Blocking techniques for data storage |
| Apr-9-2002 |
Methods to store a first data structure having zero or more fixed-length data items and a reference to a second data structure are described. The second data structure having a variable-length data item... |
| 6366929 |
Service control and management system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A service control and management systems, and more specifically a system to manage hourly working services, that has service beneficiaries' and/or service providers' smart cards, smart card readers at... |
| 6366924 |
Distributed database for analytical instruments |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A method is provided for displaying chromatographic data using a graphical user interface. This method is preferably implemented as a software package which takes chromatographic data generated by varying... |
| 6366914 |
Audiovisual content distribution system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A digital department system is disclosed. The digital department system of the present invention includes a network management center, a network operating center that is coupled to the network management... |
| 6366296 |
Media browser using multimodal analysis |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A media browser, graphical user interface and method for browsing a media file wherein a user selects at least one feature in a media file and is provided with information regarding the existence of the... |
| 6363384 |
Expert system process flow |
| Mar-26-2002 |
An expert network analysis system includes multiple phases which offer a user the ability, at the user's option, to establish pretest conditions through a prompted interview which focuses the performance... |
| 6356913 |
Generic (database-independent) and dynamically-modifiable schema |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A generic and dynamically-modifiable database schema has a tree structure that includes leaf nodes each defining a value of an attribute, branch container nodes each representing a different attribute... |
| 6356903 |
Content management system |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A content management system for information delivery systems, including web based systems, that organizes the content of the information separately from the appearance of the presented information. The... |
| 6353832 |
Selectivity estimation in spatial databases |
| Mar-5-2002 |
The present invention provides various methods and apparatus for providing accurate estimates for point and range queries over two-dimensional rectangular data. However, the techniques of the present invention... |
| 6353831 |
Digital library system |
| Mar-5-2002 |
The invention is a digital library system that includes: 1) a data capture mechanism that includes data transfer and cataloguing mechanisms, 2) an asset management system for access and storage management... |
| 6349298 |
Computerized handbook of processes |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A computer system for displaying representations of processes, including models of complex business transactions in an information management system. The system includes a memory for storing the representations... |
| 6347396 |
Disturbance free update of data |
| Feb-12-2002 |
To improve the efficiency for an update process in a software processing device with a plurality of memory partitions (4,14) it is proposed to continue the execution of old software on original data stored... |
| 6345278 |
Universal forms engine |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A forms engine allows data sharing between customizable on-line forms, such as college admissions applications. After an applicant completes an application, the data is saved in a database and automatically... |
| 6343298 |
Seamless multimedia branching |
| Jan-29-2002 |
Described above are methods of authoring multimedia titles and of storing and delivering multimedia content that implements guaranteed seamless branching on digital media with high seek latency and a fixed... |
| 6343290 |
Geographic network management system |
| Jan-29-2002 |
A geographic network management system (GNMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GNMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server... |
| 6333823 |
Zoom lens system |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A zoom lens system includes a plurality of lens groups, wherein a deflector which deflects the optical axis of said zoom lens system is positioned between lens groups which are made moveable upon zooming. |
| 6333114 |
Polycarbonate resin coextruded article |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A polyycarbonate resin coextruded article having a thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate resin core layer and a thermoplastic aromatic polycarbonate resin cover layer which is provided on at least one side... |
| 6330572 |
Hierarchical data storage management |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A system and method for managing the storage of files within an HSM system incorporate an architecture and methodology that facilitate the storage and retrieval of large image files as part of an overall... |
| 6324571 |
Floating single master operation |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A system for switching exclusive authority to perform a predefined system-wide task between machines in a network comprises: a database having an attribute for identifying a master server in the domain... |
| 6324542 |
Enterprise connectivity to handheld devices |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A FormLogic (FL) client/server system and method to access existing enterprise data sources on an occasional basis. The system includes a FL builder program to generate a communications agent that encapsulates... |
| 6321222 |
Method for multiple task searching |
| Nov-20-2001 |
A first, second, and third field are positioned so that each field is separate and distinct from one another. The first field is linked to a protocol list that may be opened and scrolled down to find a... |
| 6317752 |
Version testing in database mining |
| Nov-13-2001 |
Version testing in database based marketing includes building a model for each version, based on a random test sample of potential contacts selected from a data set for each version, scoring the dataset... |
| 6314429 |
Bi-directional conversion library |
| Nov-6-2001 |
A bi-directional conversion library is provided for translating data structures used in a computer program from a first computer programming language to data structures used by a second computer programming... |
| 6308170 |
Gene expression and evaluation system |
| Oct-23-2001 |
An efficient and easy to use query system for a gene expression database. Using such a system, one can easily identify genes or expressed sequence tags whose expression correlates to particular tissue... |
| 6308148 |
Network flow data export |
| Oct-23-2001 |
The invention provides a system for collecting, exporting and using data relating to message flows responsive to message flow patterns in a flow switching network. A router collects and aggregates flow... |
| 6305008 |
Automatic statement completion |
| Oct-16-2001 |
Automatic statement completion is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes an editor to provide for developing source code for a computer program, and a database containing information on entities... |
| 6301589 |
Replication method |
| Oct-9-2001 |
A directory system for performing replication of directory data, in which a directory server on the consumer side can reconstruct replica data using a backup kept at any point in time. Information 10c... |
| 6301586 |
System for managing multimedia objects |
| Oct-9-2001 |
A system for managing multimedia objects such as text, images, sound, and video clips. The system provides improved organization of multimedia objects, through use of albums organized into collections... |
| 6301580 |
Adaptive progress indicator |
| Oct-9-2001 |
A method for informing a user of the status of a computer operation having multiple concurrent tasks, comprising maintaining multiple variables, wherein each one of said multiple variables represents the... |
| 6298344 |
Document searching apparatus |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A searching apparatus includes an index generation portion for generating an index to provide data of the number of documents including the key word and the number of appearances of the key word. Matching... |
| 6289359 |
File managing method |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A file managing method includes subdividing an original file including records, each record including fields, for storing blocks, each block including fields subdivided from more than one of the records;... |
| 6285977 |
Multi-agents cooperating method and system |
| Sep-4-2001 |
A multi-agent cooperating system and method which is capable of being applied to a plurality of users with a simple composition and of performing efficient processing. The system comprises an agent group... |
| 6282463 |
Method of selecting pneumatic devices |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A method of selecting pneumatic devices that satisfy specified load, speed and strength conditions to construct a pneumatic system. Data concerning pneumatic actuators, solenoid-controlled selector valves,... |
| 6269370 |
Web scan process |
| Jul-31-2001 |
An information locator system providing for the expedient acquisition, validation and updating of information locators in a heterogenous network protocol environment. The locator system includes an information... |
| 6269369 |
Networked personal contact manager |
| Jul-31-2001 |
A network-computer-based personal contact manager system is disclosed wherein users of networked clients maintain and update a set of user information which is stored in a relational database on a networked... |
| 6266676 |
Link information management method |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A link information management method is capable of reducing the number of steps of a link maintenance processing of link information indicating a correspondence relationship between geographical information... |
| 6260047 |
Inventory management system |
| Jul-10-2001 |
A method for selecting an optimum time period from an inventory of available time periods, where each time period has a predetermined duration including selected and unselected time portions and an associated... |
| 6260046 |
Product architecture retrieval information system |
| Jul-10-2001 |
This invention is a system and method that enables inexperienced or new engineers or engineers that do not have a complete knowledge of the available knowledge to automatically use the experience and designs... |
| 6256640 |
System for managing regulated entities |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A regulatory agency with the responsibility of administering regulations uses a system with joint-usage capabilities, including data about regulated entities that are subject to the laws and rules administered... |
| 6256638 |
Printable interfaces and digital linkmarks |
| Jul-3-2001 |
The present invention improves the human/computer interface by providing printable interfaces that enable a user to invoke and control computer processes. The present invention teaches an encoded physical... |
