| 6691098 |
System and method for explaining exceptions in data |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A system and method for explaining why an exceptional element in a multidimensional database is exceptional by presenting the element using at least two of the dimensions responsible for the exception.... |
| 6691096 |
General purpose data container method and apparatus for implementing AV/C descriptors |
| Feb-10-2004 |
Disclosed herein is a data management system for AV/C descriptor data. The system includes a data container hierarchical structure. The system also includes a methodology for compiling data from the containers... |
| 6691097 |
Technique for detecting a shared temporal relationship of valid time data in a relational database management system |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for detecting shared temporal relationships in a relational database. In accordance with the present invention, an invocation of a shares operation that... |
| 6691069 |
Methods and apparatus for data retrieval, storage and analysis |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A network interactive apparatus and a method for the retrieval, storage and analysis of time variable data. An interactive session is conducted with a user via a network, such as the network may be the... |
| 6690397 |
System for regional data association and presentation and method for the same |
| Feb-10-2004 |
A database methodology that concerns the mapping of any arbitrary object into a plurality of regions, enabling the assignment of multiple region-specific attributes thereto and facilitating the concurrent,... |
| 6687709 |
Apparatus for database record locking and method therefor |
| Feb-3-2004 |
A system and process for locking database records are implemented. A lock state is selectively set in response to a locking operation request. The lock state constitutes a class in an object-oriented locking... |
| 6684228 |
Steering process and steering model builder |
| Jan-27-2004 |
An application development environment for developing end user applications for supporting management of operational environment. The environment consists of a number of subsystems. An organization modeler... |
| 6684225 |
Dropped database table recovery |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A database management system having a dropped table recovery flag. If the dropped table recovery flag is on at the time that a table is dropped, an entry will be made in a dropped table history file. The... |
| 6684211 |
Multimedia communication and presentation |
| Jan-27-2004 |
The invention provides a method and system for entry and editing of multimedia objects for communication and presentation, associating multimedia objects with received sequences of keystroke or mouse action... |
| 6684204 |
Method for conducting a search on a network which includes documents having a plurality of tags |
| Jan-27-2004 |
A method and system for conducting a search on a network is disclosed. The network has a plurality of sites. One or more of the sites has a plurality of documents wherein at least one of the documents... |
| 6681227 |
Database system and a method of data retrieval from the system |
| Jan-20-2004 |
Since metadata pertaining to real data stored in at least one database (DB) are collected and managed at a single meta DB server, and metadata that match a retrieval request are extracted by search of... |
| 6681216 |
Delayed unloading of a dynamically loadable file |
| Jan-20-2004 |
A dynamically loadable file, such as a dynamically loadable device driver or library, is delayed from being unloaded from memory for improved memory management and processing operations including reduced... |
| 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,... |
| 6678606 |
Tamper detection for vehicle controller |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A system and method are disclosed for detecting tampering with the software, software parameters, and calibration data used by a vehicle controller. During authorized installation of controller memory... |
| 6678516 |
Method, system, and apparatus for providing services in a privacy enabled mobile and Ubicom environment |
| Jan-13-2004 |
A method, system, and apparatus for protecting personal privacy in a wireless local area network using a framework at both the terminal and the service in the wireless local area network. The terminal... |
| 6675382 |
Software packaging and distribution system |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A method and apparatus for packaging and distributing software. Embodiments of the invention comprise a software packaging system that is portable across many platforms. Each package is self-contained... |
| 6675375 |
Method and apparatus for optimized multiprocessing in a safe language |
| Jan-6-2004 |
In general, the invention relates to a method for optimized execution of a computer program including detecting a preservable static field in said computer program with a compiler, comprising detecting... |
| 6675356 |
Distributed document-based calendaring system |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A system and method for receiving, analyzing, and managing a database of calendar information obtained from a variety of source documents. Information derived and extracted from calendar documents is used... |
| 6675202 |
Methods, articles and apparatus for providing a browsing session |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A browsing session is provided to a user based on a tree which relates a plurality of computer-readable items. In response to a user-initiated selection of a first item in the tree, at most two of the... |
| 6675172 |
Data controlling device |
| Jan-6-2004 |
A device for managing data relating to entities which may or may not be known beforehand comprises a central processing unit which, supplied with a suitable program code, is capable of receiving and storing... |
| 6671871 |
Technical information management system |
| Dec-30-2003 |
A method of developing a computer system includes entering information relevant to the system under development, retrieving engineering information that pertains to it's development, then browsing through... |
| 6671680 |
Data mining apparatus and storage medium storing therein data mining processing program |
| Dec-30-2003 |
According to a display processing unit, dividing axes are arranged and the division number and a connection between classification results are simultaneously displayed by a polygonal line onto a parallel... |
| 6668251 |
Rendering discriminator members from an initial set of result data |
| Dec-23-2003 |
A search is refined, where a user enters a keyword, and a database comprising terms is searched for terms comprising the keyword. Every unique member in the terms is assigned an importance value to produce... |
| 6668055 |
Personalized assistance system and method |
| Dec-23-2003 |
A system and method for a personalized directory assistance system are provided. The system allows a user to speak with a customer service representative (CSR) by dialing an easy to remember telephone... |
| 6665836 |
Method for managing information on an information net |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A method for managing document information on an information net, such as the World Wide Web (WWW), comprises the steps of inputting a structured document; extracting selected document properties from... |
| 6665687 |
Composite user interface and search system for internet and multimedia applications |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A user interface provides historical and hierarchical search and navigation modes through previously selected and hierarchically linked multimedia applications, documents and directories. The system includes... |
| 6665685 |
Deriving database interaction software |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A first set of computer software data is analyzed that specifies interaction with a database. From the first set of computer software data, a second set of computer software data is derived for interacting... |
| 6665684 |
Partition pruning with composite partitioning |
| Dec-16-2003 |
Techniques are disclosed for expanding the concept of partitioning in variety of ways. In particular techniques are provided for performing multiple-dimension partitioning. In multiple-dimension partitioning,... |
| 6665654 |
Changing table records in a database management system |
| Dec-16-2003 |
A method and system for updating and deleting records in a tableset T of a family having M tables (M.gtoreq.1). A set S of N source files (N.gtoreq.1) are embodied in fileset S.sub.A at time t.sub.A and... |
| 6662343 |
Cool ice automatic footer text on HTML pages |
| Dec-9-2003 |
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... |
| 6662212 |
Synchronization of a virtual workspace using E-mail extensions |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A method and system for synchronizing files shared by members of a distributed workgroup through electronic mail. Electronic mail having a synchronization command embedded in multipurpose internet mail... |
| 6662178 |
Apparatus for and method of searching and organizing intellectual property information utilizing an IP thesaurus |
| Dec-9-2003 |
An apparatus for and a method of searching and organizing intellectual property (IP) is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a search and organization server is provided with one or more modules to create... |
| 6662176 |
Database indexing and rolling storage method for time-stamped normalized event data |
| Dec-9-2003 |
A database indexing and rolling storage method for normalized event data. Indexing of the normalized event database meets the goals of a manageable storage database and fast accessibility. A log reference... |
| 6662152 |
Information retrieval apparatus and information retrieval method |
| Dec-9-2003 |
Character data of a word or phrase in a document is designated. Desired data is retrieved from a predetermined database on the basis of the designated character data. One sentence including at least the... |
| 6658429 |
Laboratory database system and methods for combinatorial materials research |
| Dec-2-2003 |
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program apparatus, are described for implementing techniques for processing data from a combinatorial experiment. The techniques include receiving data... |
| 6658432 |
Method and system for providing business intelligence web content with reduced client-side processing |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A layered architecture for communication of reporting system reports to users connecting via a web server. Users communicate via HTTP with web servers without download of plugins or executable files to... |
| 6658416 |
Apparatus and method for creating an indexed database of symbolic data for use with trace data of a computer program |
| Dec-2-2003 |
An apparatus and method for cataloging symbolic data for use in performance analysis of computer programs is provided. The apparatus and method stores symbolic data for loaded modules during or shortly... |
| 6658400 |
Data certification and verification system having a multiple-user-controlled data interface |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A method and apparatus is described for multiple-party data attribute management system and interface structure which permits different categories of users to contribute and control different types of... |
| 6658403 |
Apparatus and method for managing electronic original data |
| Dec-2-2003 |
An electronic document is registered as electronic original data in an apparatus different from the computer environment of a user. At this time, a registration certificate for uniquely identifying the... |
| 6658401 |
Information providing apparatus, server apparatus and information processing method |
| Dec-2-2003 |
One network system according to the invention allows a party potentially disadvantaged by a third party's right globally to solicit information for contesting the right in question and to pay a reward... |
| 6654785 |
System for providing a synchronized display of information slides on a plurality of computer workstations over a computer network |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A system is disclosed for providing synchronized presentation of slides over a computer network. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the system includes a plurality of computer workstations... |
| 6654770 |
Automobile safety and maintenance information systems and methods and related services |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A computer system and method that provides users with vehicle related information and services. In one aspect, the system provides a vehicle selector that enables a user of the system to select a vehicle... |
| 6654756 |
Combination of mass storage sizer, comparator, OLTP user defined workload sizer, and design |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A computerized method enabling a user to specify and select a server for a database management system. The computerized method can include software modules for specifying the hardware required to handle... |
| 6654742 |
Method and system for document collection final search result by arithmetical operations between search results sorted by multiple ranking metrics |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A method and a system for sorting a specific collection of documents in various orderings, and defining a new ranking metrics by composing multiple ranking to provide a user with highly relevant search... |
| 6651218 |
Dynamic content database for multiple document genres |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A system and method for receiving, analyzing, and managing key information extracted from input documents in multiple document genres. A document "genre" is the social environment that defines the document's... |
| 6651074 |
Method and apparatus for storage and retrieval of very large databases using a direct pipe |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A method and apparatus for directly connecting very large data streams from an archive command into a backup data system using an "intelligent process." An output stream-is piped into an intelligent pipe-reading... |
| 6651073 |
Method and apparatus for insuring database data integrity without data recovery logging |
| Nov-18-2003 |
Database tables which are to be loaded with large data objects are defined with a special logging attribute that causes the associated database management system to suspend recovery logging for the databases... |
| 6651071 |
User interface educational database system for monitoring proficiency, performance and evaluation of student |
| Nov-18-2003 |
An educational institution requires that each student demonstrate proficiency in a plurality of abilities in order to receive a degree. A database is employed to store a portfolio of information evidencing... |
| 6651063 |
Data organization and management system and method |
| Nov-18-2003 |
An information storage and management system pre-categorizes information in generic categories to which the information generally pertains, to facilitate organization of information with little or no effort... |
| 6651068 |
Fact participant database architecture |
| Nov-18-2003 |
An event database table architecture includes an event table having information such as, for example, date, time, and activity. An event table has a field for identifying one of a plurality of participating... |
