| 6397258 |
File system |
| May-28-2002 |
A file system capable of performing bandwidth setting is realized. Further, a bandwidth assuring function and a prefetching function are added thereto, and are organically coupled to a bandwidth setting... |
| 6397226 |
System and method for inventory control based on inventory aging |
| May-28-2002 |
A method, computer program and system, for performing computer-based on-line commerce for goods having an excess inventory age is provided. The method, program and system include receiving information... |
| 6397223 |
File management method using transposed file |
| May-28-2002 |
A file management system performs flexible and efficient file management with a transposed file. First, variable-length logical fields constituting the records in an original file are converted to variable-length... |
| 6397214 |
Method and apparatus for instantiating records with missing data |
| May-28-2002 |
A method of joining two or more sets of data is provided wherein certain dimensions in the fact data are designated as being forced dimensions, and wherein for each forced dimension, a set of entries is... |
| 6396963 |
Photocollage generation and modification |
| May-28-2002 |
A method and system for employing image recognition techniques to produce a photocollage from a plurality of images wherein the system obtains a digital record for each of the plurality of images, assigns... |
| 6393578 |
Method and system for locating digital contents in a recorded digital file without knowing its encoding format |
| May-21-2002 |
A method and system locating contents of a recorded digital audio/video file without knowing its encoding format. The method and system can be implemented on a disk drive, e.g., magnetic or optical, or... |
| 6393431 |
Compact imaging instrument system |
| May-21-2002 |
An imaging instrument includes a compact hand-held housing having an electronic imaging element supported within a housing, and a plurality of interchangeable instrument heads separably attachable to the... |
| 6389433 |
Method and system for automatically merging files into a single instance store |
| May-14-2002 |
A method and system that operates as a background process automatically identify and merge duplicate files into a single instance files, wherein the duplicate files become independent links to the single... |
| 6389181 |
Photocollage generation and modification using image recognition |
| May-14-2002 |
A method and system for employing image recognition techniques to produce a photocollage from a plurality of images wherein the system obtains a digital record for each of the plurality of images, assigns... |
| 6385619 |
Automatic user interest profile generation from structured document access information |
| May-7-2002 |
A system generates user interest profiles by monitoring and analyzing a user's access to a variety of hierarchical levels within a set of structured documents, e.g., documents available at a web site.... |
| 6385621 |
Computer software for maintenance resource management |
| May-7-2002 |
The invention is an integration software program that enables a user to use the logic and data accessible in a job standards development program to develop a job plan which is then transferred to a job... |
| 6385616 |
Time-versioned data storage mechanism |
| May-7-2002 |
In a time-versioned storage mechanism, data is stored as a plurality of records, each including at least one attribute, a time span indicating the time span for which the attribute is valid, an insertion... |
| 6381631 |
Method and apparatus for controlling client computer systems |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A method and apparatus connects a user to a remote network, and enforces operation of management software before the user is allowed to perform other tasks on the remote network. The method and apparatus... |
| 6381615 |
Method and apparatus for translating virtual path file access operations to physical file path access |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A method and apparatus virtualizes file access operations and other I/O operations in operating systems by performing string substitutions upon a file paths or other resource identifiers to convert the... |
| 6381602 |
Enforcing access control on resources at a location other than the source location |
| Apr-30-2002 |
Systems and methods for enforcing access control on secured documents that are stored outside of the direct control of the original application that would normally store and govern access to the documents.... |
| 6381598 |
System for providing cross-lingual information retrieval |
| Apr-30-2002 |
An information retrieval system providing for cross-lingual information retrieval. The method as implemented in the system causes elementary words to be extracted from a search expression. These elementary... |
| 6381596 |
Database system and method for operating a database system |
| Apr-30-2002 |
The invention relates to a database system comprising a computing unit, a main memory and a, in particular a peripheral memory storing at least one multi-dimensional stock of data in the form of a UB tree,... |
| 6377942 |
Multiple string search method |
| Apr-23-2002 |
A data processing system has a searching mechanism for finding occurrences of a plurality of key strings within a target string. The searching mechanism forms a hash value from each of the key strings,... |
| 6374250 |
System and method for differential compression of data from a plurality of binary sources |
| Apr-16-2002 |
A method and a system are presented for generating differentially compressed output from binary sources. Given two versions of the same file as input streams, a compact encoding of one of the input streams... |
| 6374241 |
Data merging techniques |
| Apr-16-2002 |
Disclosed is a system for performing online data queries. The system for performing online data queries is a distributed computer system with a plurality of server nodes each fully redundant and capable... |
| 6374246 |
Message service system that provides flexible route control and user interface adaption |
| Apr-16-2002 |
A message transfer service system comprising a data base for managing an address record for each user, message servers and clients served by the servers. Address data with which a recipient can be identified... |
| 6370544 |
System and method for integrating enterprise management application with network management operations |
| Apr-9-2002 |
The invention is directed to an enterprise management integration tool for providing a centralized repository for storage and processing of information related to the execution of the enterprise management... |
| 6370532 |
Cool ICE batch interface |
| Apr-9-2002 |
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to execute batch processed accesses to an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based... |
| 6370528 |
High speed method for flushing data buffers and updating database structure control information |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A method is provided in a multi-processing system where multiple user programs can operate concurrently and simultaneously to access a series of database access methods which hold multiple buffer units.... |
| 6370520 |
System and method employing last occurrence and sliding window technique for determining a minimum and maximum value |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A system and method for determining the minimum and/or maximum values from a number of sample parameter values utilizes a table of last occurrence (TOLO-table), together with a sliding window or filter,... |
| 6370519 |
Method for storing and displaying telephone numbers of communication terminals |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A method for storing telephone numbers of communication terminals. The method includes the steps of receiving a telephone number entered after a telephone number storage mode is selected; checking whether... |
| 6370518 |
Method and apparatus for displaying a record from a structured database with minimum keystrokes |
| Apr-9-2002 |
An improved query input technique is disclosed in which a user supplies a few character-based queries and is able to retrieve and display at least as portion of a record from a structured database. For... |
| 6366923 |
Gathering selected information from the world wide web |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A system for conducting research on the Internet accesses a pre-selected web site on a computer network through a host site and provides a view of a page from the web site on a computer monitor in an environment... |
| 6366916 |
Configurable and extensible system for deploying asset management functions to client applications |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A flexibly adaptable, i e., configurable and/or extensible, asset management system is disclosed for processing and querying assets, representing data. The system comprises three layers: a Client Application... |
| 6366905 |
Aggregations design in database services |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and software are disclosed for efficient selection of aggregations, or summaries of data in a database, for answering queries. Benefit/cost ratings are maintained for possible aggregations... |
| 6366906 |
Method and apparatus for implementing a search selection tool on a browser |
| Apr-2-2002 |
Initially, the user sets a series for select search preferences, which defines a select search tool. The preferences relate to the type of search tool being defined by the user, such as a select search... |
| 6366899 |
Apparatus and method for accessing a coin image compilation |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A computer system and method for selectively displaying a Coin Image Compilation includes a host computer operatively connected to a storage device for storing the Coin Image Compilation. A remote terminal... |
| 6366900 |
Method for analyzing the conditional status of specialized files |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A specialized file organization has data files organized in named blocks of data files and index files organized in a tree structure of hierarchical nodes. A sequential method is provided for analyzing... |
| 6366898 |
Method and apparatus for managing classfiles on devices without a file system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
The invention provides a method of creating and periodically loading a database of classfiles on a non traditional computer device, such as a PDA (personal digital assistant), cellular telephone, pager,... |
| 6363387 |
Database system providing methodology for enhancing concurrency using row update bit and deferred locking |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A Client/Server Database System with improved methods for enhancing concurrency using a "row update" bit and deferred locking is described. Data rows in the system are designed to include ROW_DELETE and... |
| 6363389 |
Technique for creating a unique quasi-random row identifier |
| Mar-26-2002 |
The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating a row identification number within a computer. In accordance with the present invention, the row identification... |
| 6363383 |
Information filtering for selectively limiting access |
| Mar-26-2002 |
The present invention aims to effectively restrict access of a general user to an inappropriate information piece at the judgment of an information manager. In order to pick up a desired information from... |
| 6360232 |
Disaster recovery method for a removable media library |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A removable media storage library comprises a plurality of removable media divided into a plurality of sets, each set associated with its own server. A central manager controls access to all of the removable... |
| 6360228 |
Transactional framework for executing statements involving non-native code |
| Mar-19-2002 |
Described herein is a framework for providing statement atomicity for DDL statements. The framework allows the ability to perform, as multiple transactions, the DDL operations specified by a DDL statement.... |
| 6360217 |
Method and computer program product for calculating event occurrences |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A method for calculating all event occurrences defined by an event expression in a specified time window. An event expression comprises add rules, delete rules and modify rules, each of which define a... |
| 6360218 |
Compact record format for low-overhead databases |
| Mar-19-2002 |
The present invention relates to a table format for representing column data for a relational database in a data file. The table format includes a plurality of records of fixed size. The table format also... |
| 6360216 |
Method and apparatus for interactive sourcing and specifying of products having desired attributes and/or functionalities |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A method is provided for organizing and retrieving graphical and/or text information pertaining to products. Also disclosed is an apparatus using the methodology of the present invention. A computerized... |
| 6360213 |
System and method for continuously adaptive indexes |
| Mar-19-2002 |
Hybrid target indexes are employed for skewed data set domains. Such hybrid indexes contain multiple value representations within a given index. The representations can be optimized for particular keys... |
| 6359711 |
System and method for supporting a worker in a distributed work environment |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A distributed work environment is presented in which a plurality of mobile workers using portable computing devices can gain access to a network via network access stations installed within the work environment.... |
| 6356917 |
Monitoring and raising alerts for database jobs |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for monitoring and raising alerts in data processing jobs. The alert and monitoring system uses a monitor request table stored in a relational... |
| 6353824 |
Method for dynamic presentation of the contents topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents, resolving co-referentiality in document segments |
| Mar-5-2002 |
A method for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically... |
| 6351776 |
Shared internet storage resource, user interface system, and method |
| Feb-26-2002 |
The Shared Internet Storage Resource provides Internet-based file storage, retrieval, access, control, and manipulation for a user. Additionally, an easy-to-use user interface is provided both for a browser... |
| 6351744 |
Multi-processor system for database management |
| Feb-26-2002 |
A multi processor system is interconnected through a memory means to multiple numbers of database engines on which there can operate multiple numbers of user programs in order to select buffers which have... |
| 6349352 |
Home audio/video network with both generic and parameterized device control |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A method and system for providing basic command functionality and expanded command functionality between a plurality of devices in a network. When a first device is coupled to a home audio video network... |
| 6349308 |
Inverted index storage structure using subindexes and large objects for tight coupling of information retrieval with database management systems |
| Feb-19-2002 |
This invention relates to an inverted index storage structure that indexes keyword inputs into the storage space for the corresponding posting lists. In particular, the invention relates to the index structure... |
