| 6574618 |
Method and system for executing network streamed application |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method and system for executing a streamed application on a client system utilizes a virtual file system installed in the client which is configured to appear to the operating system as a local storage... |
| 6574617 |
System and method for selective replication of databases within a workflow, enterprise, and mail-enabled web application server and platform |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A workflow, enterprise, and mail-enabled application server and platform supports distributed computing and remote execution of web applications. Lotus Domino online services (DOLS) is used by a web site... |
| 6574616 |
Stochastic visually based image query and retrieval system |
| Jun-3-2003 |
An image search and retrieval system for searching and retrieving a desired image from a collection of images is provided. The system includes a computer and a plurality of images accessible by the computer.... |
| 6571251 |
Case-based reasoning system and method with a search engine that compares the input tokens with view tokens for matching cases within view |
| May-27-2003 |
A case-based reasoning system includes a case database capable of storing a plurality of cases that each include one or more attributes. A view generator in the case-based reasoning system generates a... |
| 6571243 |
Method and apparatus for creating extractors, field information objects and inheritance hierarchies in a framework for retrieving semistructured information |
| May-27-2003 |
According to the invention, a system and method for extracting information from a semistructured information source. The system includes a listing stack for holding extracted information. A means for matching... |
| 6571246 |
Automatic data collection and workflow management in a business process |
| May-27-2003 |
A method and system for data collection and workflow management in a business process using the Internet includes: defining a plurality of steps of a business process on a network; and automatically implementing... |
| 6571241 |
Multilingual patent information search system |
| May-27-2003 |
There is provided an information search system that can be easily used by a foreigner. A client terminal is connected to an information search apparatus through a network. The information search apparatus... |
| 6571232 |
System and method for browsing database schema information |
| May-27-2003 |
A query object generator tool which generates interface definitions and code that implement a query object also generates a database schema access query object that retrieves the schema of an underlying... |
| 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... |
| 6571203 |
CAD-data management system having a plurality of interfaces corresponding to a plurality of CAD applications |
| May-27-2003 |
In a CAD-data management system for managing a plurality of types of CAD data: a plurality of CAD-data processing units are capable of processing a plurality of predetermined types of CAD data, respectively:... |
| 6567349 |
Recording medium, editing method and editing apparatus |
| May-20-2003 |
A recording medium on which a plurality of programs are collected in a plurality of groups and supervised in this grouped state, wherein when an editing command such as dividing, linking, and erasing the... |
| 6564247 |
System and method for registering user identifiers |
| May-13-2003 |
An ID administration tool includes a request for service (RFS) database, including an approval queue and an error queue. An ID creation database includes registration code, an approved requests file, and... |
| 6564225 |
Method and apparatus for archiving in and retrieving images from a digital image library |
| May-13-2003 |
A method and apparatus for securely archiving, searching, and retrieving images from a centralized image location are provided. Along with the goal of protecting a major corporate asset from theft and... |
| 6564219 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining an identifier for a logical unit of data in a database |
| May-13-2003 |
A method and apparatus for obtaining an identifier of a logical unit of data that belongs to a database. In one embodiment, a method of obtaining a first identifier of a logical unit of data that belongs... |
| 6564221 |
Random sampling of rows in a parallel processing database system |
| May-13-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for random sampling of rows stored in a table, wherein the table has a plurality of partitions. A row count is determined for each of the partitions of the... |
| 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... |
| 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)... |
| 6564201 |
Expert designer system virtual plug-in interface |
| May-13-2003 |
A virtual plug-in interface for an expert designer system for use with one or more database system types is disclosed. The expert designer system includes a core for performing functions. The virtual plug-in... |
| 6560601 |
Database transaction with locking in two phases and multiple versions of objects |
| May-6-2003 |
A method is provided for consistent reading of a number of objects (1O, 2O, 3O) within a database. The method is adapted for use with a database in which transactions are managed by two-phase locking.... |
| 6560591 |
System, method, and apparatus for managing multiple data providers |
| May-6-2003 |
In a system according to an embodiment of the invention, a data requester submits a query having a query characteristic to a data resolver. Based at least in part on the query characteristic, the data... |
| 6557076 |
Method and apparatus for aggressively rendering data in a data processing system |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method and apparatus for processing data stored in a memory. Responsive to data being invalidated in the memory, a determination is made as to whether an indicator is associated with the data. Responsive... |
| 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... |
| 6557014 |
Method and apparatus for record addressing in partitioned files |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A method and apparatus introduces the creation and use of two record addressing functions. One function "computeRID" assigns identifiers to records, and the other function "lookupRID" performs the related... |
| 6556999 |
System and method for bridging a clinical remote data entry product to a back-end clinical data management system |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A back-end clinical definition is designed using a back-end clinical data management system (CDMS). The back-end clinical definition is automatically converted into a Remote Data Entry (front-end) study... |
| 6556996 |
Service package application and a service activation manager for use with a service control point in an advanced intelligent network |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A service package application program employing a service activation manager for use with a service control point in an advanced intelligent network is disclosed. The service package application program... |
| 6556998 |
Real-time distributed file system |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A distributed file system using autonomous disks is disclosed. The file system includes autonomous data disks that store the application data of the distributed file system. Legacy attribute disks store... |
| 6556994 |
Method and system for improving concurrency through early release of unnecessary locks |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A lock control data structure for a unit of work of an application program. The unit of work has a set of threads of access for opening a set of objects accessible to the application program. The lock... |
| 6556713 |
Image processing apparatus and method and storage medium |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A search result of a search target object is displayed at a high speed. By dividing an image into a plurality of areas and allocating attribute information to each area, only the area including the attribute... |
| 6553386 |
System and method for computerized visual diet behavior analysis and training |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A computer database includes information enabling display on a screen of a plurality of objects, in successive groups, together with display of graphics associated with each group. The graphics enable... |
| 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... |
| 6553378 |
System and process for reporting network events with a plurality of hierarchically-structured databases in a distributed computing environment |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A system and a process for reporting network events using hierarchically-structured event databases in a distributed computing environment are disclosed. A centralized broker is executed on a designated... |
| 6553368 |
Network directory access mechanism |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A computer-implemented directory access mechanism provides a directory service operable to access a network directory under a predetermined protocol by responding to an access request under the protocol... |
| 6553363 |
Method and apparatus for processing documents in a browser |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A method and apparatus in a computer for processing a document retrieved from a server connected to the computer by a communications link. A document is retrieved from the server over the communications... |
| 6553364 |
Information retrieval from hierarchical compound documents |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A search query is applied to documents in a document repository wherein the documents are organized into a hierarchy. A search engine searches the hierarchy to return documents which match a query term... |
| 6553359 |
Data mining for association rules and sequential patterns within data of inhomogeneous type |
| Apr-22-2003 |
The invention relates to a computerized method for data mining for association rules and/or sequential patterns in a multitude of records. The invention is applicable to records that include a transaction-identification... |
| 6549899 |
System for analyzing and synthesis of multi-factor data |
| Apr-15-2003 |
The present invention provides a system for analyzing multi-factor data according to a separable mixture model to classify, extrapolate, and translate data. A separable mixture model represents each data... |
| 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... |
| 6546398 |
Process for producing a selection mask for accessing data on a database by way of programmable information objects |
| Apr-8-2003 |
Process for producing a selection mask for accessing data in a data bank with the help of programmable information objects. In known systems, the user after access of a selection mask (information page,... |
| 6546387 |
Computer network information management system and method using intelligent software agents |
| Apr-8-2003 |
The present invention provides a system for managing information on a computer network having a server by gathering summary data from the information provider node indicative of event changes at the information... |
| 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... |
| 6542884 |
Methods and systems for updating an inheritance tree with minimal increase in memory usage |
| Apr-1-2003 |
Methods and systems are described for minimizing increases in memory usage when updating an inheritance tree that follows "first one wins" inheritance semantics for property or "metadata" information.... |
| 6542883 |
Ordering relational database operations according to referential integrity constraints |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A method, system, and computer program product for increasing the efficiency of operations that are to be performed against an arbitrary relational database by automatically ordering the operations according... |
| 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... |
| 6539389 |
Pacing the frequency at which systems of a multisystem environment compress log streams |
| Mar-25-2003 |
The frequency at which a multisystem log stream is compressed by a system of a multisystem environment is adjusted in real-time. The rate at which the multisystem log stream is compressed by the system... |
| 6539369 |
Method and apparatus for storing sparse and dense subtrees in a longest prefix match lookup table |
| Mar-25-2003 |
We present a lookup table which allows sparse subtree descriptors and dense subtree descriptors to be stored in the same memory. A subtree entry in the memory stores a dense subtree descriptor for a dense... |
| 6538623 |
Multi-media data collection tool kit having an electronic multi-media "case" file and method of use |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A wearable and mobile multi-media data collection tool kit for creating an electronic investigation record. The wearable and mobile multi-media data collection tool kit includes an electronic multi-media... |
| 6535867 |
System and method for accessing external memory using hash functions in a resource limited device |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A system and method that computes a hash function based upon the file name, e.g. a URI, that is to be identified in a look-up table stored in external memory. The hash value is multiplied by a first multiplier.... |
| 6535848 |
Method and apparatus for transcribing multiple files into a single document |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A transcription system (100, 200) includes multiple recording devices (110, 210) that individually record and store (516), into multiple files, digital data representing speech uttered by multiple speakers.... |
| 6535729 |
System and method for processing wireless files based on filename extension |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A system for, and method of, processing a wireless file in a computer network and a communications infrastructure incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) an... |
| 6535652 |
Image retrieval apparatus and method, and computer-readable memory therefor |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A character string serving as search criteria is input from an input unit. The image data is partitioned into areas on a per-attribute basis by an area partitioning unit, and the color of an area having... |
