| 6449616 |
Methods and apparatus for distributing supplemental information related to printed articles |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A method for readers of standard-length articles in magazines, newspapers, or similar printed media to purchase supplemental information on portions of information in the articles from publishers that... |
| 6449617 |
Edit command delegation program for editing electronic files |
| Sep-10-2002 |
An edit command delegation (ECD) utility that provides a user with the ability to edit an electronic file in a creator application program while the electronic file is open in a separate viewing application... |
| 6449614 |
Interface system and method for asynchronously updating a share resource with locking facility |
| Sep-10-2002 |
Tasks make updates requested by calling tasks to a shared resource serially in a first come first served manner, atomically, but not necessarily synchronously, such that a current task holding an exclusive... |
| 6449610 |
Memory media and method of processing date data using pseudo zoned decimal format |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A memory media and method of processing date data expressed in a pseudo zoned decimal format The pseudo zoned decimal format differs from the zoned decimal format in that the value of a character contained... |
| 6449607 |
Disk storage with modifiable data management function |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A disk storage device comprising; a disk controller for accessing a disk storage medium to read/write data thereon, an object management program for converting a control command containing an object identifier... |
| 6449604 |
Method for characterizing and visualizing patterns of usage of a web site by network users |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A system is disclosed for displaying information pertaining to the usage of Web pages. The system comprises first and second Web sites. The first Web site comprises plural Web-component files, each having... |
| 6449562 |
Multiplexed analysis of clinical specimens apparatus and method |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A method for the multiplexed diagnostic and genetic analysis of enzymes, DNA fragments, antibodies, and other biomolecules comprises the steps of constructing an appropriately labeled beadset, exposing... |
| 6442538 |
Video information retrieval method and apparatus |
| Aug-27-2002 |
The video information retrieval system includes a client for inputting video data or retrieving a registered video file, and a retrieval server for registering video data transmitted from the client and... |
| 6439783 |
Range-based query optimizer |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A computerized query optimizer for use with a database system having an ordered set of records. The optimizer employs a scanner and an evaluator. A query is composed as ranges of record values related... |
| 6438545 |
Semantic user interface |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A system and method that allows a user to use their everyday language or user defined words to operate a computer in a highly efficient way. In short, every word, letter, control character and symbol is... |
| 6438550 |
Method and apparatus for client authentication and application configuration via smart cards |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A data processing system for accessing a host computer. A smart card is detected at the data processing system, which in turn queries the smart card for an indication of a location of user information.... |
| 6434561 |
Method and system for accessing electronic resources via machine-readable data on intelligent documents |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A method of accessing electronic resources via machine readable data embedded on a document which comprises compressing input data with a transmitter adapted to save a first bandwidth using a compression... |
| 6434550 |
Temporal updates of relevancy rating of retrieved information in an information search system |
| Aug-13-2002 |
An information retrieval system allows a user to search a database of informational items for a desired informational item, and presents the search result in the form of matching index entries in the order... |
| 6430573 |
Sequence generation using a constraint satisfaction problem formulation |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A method and system for automatic generation of sequences (notably temporal or spatial sequences) from items in a database involves the organisation of the data in a generic format, and the formulation... |
| 6430547 |
Method and system for integrating spatial analysis and data mining analysis to ascertain relationships between collected samples and geology with remotely sensed data |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A method and system for ascertaining relationships between collected geological samples and remotely sensed geological data within a region is provided. The locations of physical samples and the locations... |
| 6427150 |
System and method for digital data communication |
| Jul-30-2002 |
A plurality of HTML files having their file names which may directly be recognized by a filtering part 415 in a data receiver are stored in a data storage part 411. File names of the HTML files are assigned... |
| 6427147 |
Deletion of ordered sets of keys in a compact O-complete tree |
| Jul-30-2002 |
A deletion method and apparatus for deleting search keys from a data structure stored in the computer storage system comprising a compact multi-way search tree structure. The method deletes in bulk search... |
| 6427143 |
Method for loading rows into a database table while enforcing constraints |
| Jul-30-2002 |
Data to be loaded into a table of a database is read from an input file by a LOAD utility including a CHECK subutility that performs constraint checking on each row prior to loading the row into the table.... |
| 6425078 |
Method for factory-installation of files and directories with long filenames while maintaining proper reference to their short filename equivalents |
| Jul-23-2002 |
Method and apparatus for factory-installing directories with long filenames while maintaining proper references to the short filename equivalents thereof are described. During a development stage, a determination... |
| 6424968 |
Information management system |
| Jul-23-2002 |
An information management system is provided including a database and one or more data retrieval tools, a data retrieval tool being arranged to retrieve information according to registered interests of... |
| 6424963 |
Document retrieval having retrieval conditions that shuffles documents in a sequence of occurrence |
| Jul-23-2002 |
The document retrieval unit retrieves documents in a set of retrieval object documents stored in the memory unit according to the entered retrieval condition such as retrieval word, sequences each document... |
| 6424964 |
Database processing method and apparatus using handle |
| Jul-23-2002 |
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... |
| 6421739 |
Fault-tolerant java virtual machine |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method for providing a first JVM with support for fault tolerance by using information maintained by the first JVM to checkpoint objects that are created, modified, and/or deleted during the process... |
| 6421658 |
Efficient implementation of typed view hierarchies for ORDBMS |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method for typed view hierarchies for an object-relational database management (OPDBMS). The views in the hierarchy are merged into a unified hierarchy view through case expressions for mapping and wrapping... |
| 6421613 |
Data processing of the maize prolifera genetic sequence |
| Jul-16-2002 |
The invention provides isolated prolifera nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering prolifera levels in plants. The invention... |
| 6418542 |
Critical signal thread |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A system, method, and computer-readable medium containing computer programming instructions are disclosed for allowing threads in a multi-threaded process to continue operating when a single offending... |
| 6418453 |
Network repository service for efficient web crawling |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A network repository service supplements the functions of a web server to enable an increase in the efficiency of web crawling. The repository service: (a) automatically maintains a file modification list... |
| 6418452 |
Network repository service directory for efficient web crawling |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A master repository service maintains a directory of web servers and the most recent times that their web contents were modified, and provides this information to web crawlers to increase their efficiency.... |
| 6418437 |
Method and apparatus for obtaining storage information from a transaction log |
| Jul-9-2002 |
Initially, a table in the database is baselined. The baselining function is usually built into the database system program which manages the database itself. This baselining procedure generates storage... |
| 6418234 |
System and method for storage, retrieval and display of information relating to specimens in marine environments |
| Jul-9-2002 |
The invention enhances the viewing experience of visitors to marine environments, a specimen is selected by pointing devices near viewing stations 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, having video displays. The specimen... |
| 6415287 |
Method and system for mining weighted association rule |
| Jul-2-2002 |
The traditional association rule problem is extended by allowing a weight to be associate with each item in a transaction to reflect interest/intensity of each item within the transaction. The weighted... |
| 6415281 |
Arranging records in a search result to be provided in response to a data inquiry of a database |
| Jul-2-2002 |
Systems and methods for arranging records in search results to be provided in response to a data inquiry of a database. After search results including records are received, a determination is made with... |
| 6415277 |
Method of generating print production tasks using information extracted from enterprise databases |
| Jul-2-2002 |
Information stored in a corporate database is monitored and used to determine when certain business-related events have occurred. Event information is transmitted over the Internet to a print production... |
| 6411996 |
Method and apparatus maintaining a to-be-visited site bookmark file |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A method and apparatus for creating and utilizing To-Be-Visited sites in a web enabled application accessible list is provided. The apparatus includes an access unit for adding the TBV site to the web... |
| 6411698 |
System and method for communication between a telephone data repository and downstream data processing applications |
| Jun-25-2002 |
The present invention provides a system and method for achieving local number portability. Local number portability is a feature that allows a customer desiring to change local telephone service to maintain... |
| 6408344 |
Method and apparatus for file transfer and computer readable recording medium recording a file transfer program |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A computer has one or more different device drivers, and one or more different devices are connected through respective device drivers. The devices to be connected include a storage device or an information... |
| 6408312 |
Method and system for supporting multiple, historical, and future designs in a relational database |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A method and system in accordance with the present invention receives correct information concerning a design in a database. The method comprises selecting a most recent instance of an object in the design... |
| 6408303 |
System and method for automated building of a trading partner profile |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A system and method for building a trading partner profile for use with commercial translator software is disclosed. A list of file types, maps for translating data formats, and instructions for invoking... |
| 6408288 |
Information filtering method and device, and storage medium storing information filtering program |
| Jun-18-2002 |
In an information filtering method, attributes included in information items are extracted and stored, and ratings relative to the information items carried out by users are stored. The users include a... |
| 6407739 |
Article and method for displaying a graphical history list |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A tool is disclosed that assists a user to assimilate, interrelate, and remember a succession of resources that are retrieved by a computer under the direction of the user. In particular, some embodiments... |
| 6405265 |
Device driver for accessing computer files |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A computer device driver for accessing modified files held in archives in a memory device by reading a modified file from an archive in the memory device, demodifying the file in RAM and retaining the... |
| 6405209 |
Transparent object instantiation/initialization from a relational store |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for instantiation and initialization of objects from a relational database. The relational database stores object and class identifiers and pointers or object... |
| 6405207 |
Reporting aggregate results from database queries |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A facility for multidimensional, multilevel databases has a query syntax for specifying that aggregate-data cells representing higher levels of the database in a report include only the data from certain... |
| 6405189 |
Method and apparatus for amplifying design information into software products |
| Jun-11-2002 |
The software amplification system conveniently transforms design information stored in a database into desired software products. The system transforms the database in a manner specified by a control file.... |
| 6404925 |
Methods and apparatuses for segmenting an audio-visual recording using image similarity searching and audio speaker recognition |
| Jun-11-2002 |
Methods for segmenting audio-video recording of meetings containing slide presentations by one or more speakers are described. These segments serve as indexes into the recorded meeting. If an agenda is... |
| 6404884 |
Personalized assistance system and method |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A system and method for a personalized directory assistance system are provided. The system allows a user to speak with a Cutter service representative (CSR) by dialing an easy to remember telephone number... |
| 6401097 |
System and method for integrated document management and related transmission and access |
| Jun-4-2002 |
A data management system and method is provided for creating, viewing, and interacting with object metadata directly from a computer system's operating system. In a preferred embodiment, an object profile... |
| 6401083 |
Method and mechanism for associating properties with objects and instances |
| Jun-4-2002 |
A method and system for associating properties in a computer system is described. An aspect relates to a mechanism for dynamically determining the value of a property for an instance or object, which can... |
| 6400845 |
System and method for data extraction from digital images |
| Jun-4-2002 |
A system and method of the extraction of textual data from a digital image using a data pattern comprised of visible and invisible characters to locate the data to be extracted and upon find such data... |
| 6398105 |
Automatic data collection device that intelligently switches data based on data type |
| Jun-4-2002 |
A method and system for intelligently routing data received from an automatic data collection ("ADC") device in an ADC device platform based on its type. A data routing mechanism operates on the data-receiving... |
