| 6347320 |
Search parameters |
| Feb-12-2002 |
A method of searching for files located in a computer system, wherein each file has at least one of a plurality of fields, by creating a search query, selecting a subset of the fields for searching wherein... |
| 6345288 |
Computer-based communication system and method using metadata defining a control-structure |
| Feb-5-2002 |
An automated communications system operates to transfer data, metadata and methods from a provider computer to a consumer computer through a communications network. The transferred information controls... |
| 6345283 |
Method and apparatus for forensic analysis of information stored in computer-readable media |
| Feb-5-2002 |
Ambient data is data created or retained as an artifact of a computer system, rather than by the intention of the user. Ambient data typically includes both textual and binary, i.e., non-textual, data.... |
| 6345277 |
Method and apparatus for using an information model to organize an information repository into an extensible hierarchy of information |
| Feb-5-2002 |
The invention described herein is an apparatus for accessing an information repository, including computer readable program code stored on computer readable media, where the computer readable program code... |
| 6345266 |
Predicate indexing for locating objects in a distributed directory |
| Feb-5-2002 |
The invention relates to a distributed directory service that is constructed based on a predicate, i.e., a query from a client. The predicate is formed by the query (request) issued by the client. The... |
| 6343291 |
Method and apparatus for using an information model to create a location tree in a hierarchy of information |
| Jan-29-2002 |
An apparatus and method for accessing an information repository, including computer readable program code stored on computer readable media, where the computer readable program code includes code for organizing... |
| 6343275 |
Integrated business-to-business web commerce and business automation system |
| Jan-29-2002 |
A software system business-to-business Web commerce (Web business, or e-business) and automates to the greatest degree possible, in a unified and synergistic fashion and using best proven business practices,... |
| 6341278 |
Recording and reproducing apparatus and method for accessing data stored on a randomly accessible recording medium, and for managing data thereon |
| Jan-22-2002 |
A system for managing data including at least a randomly accessible recording medium, comprised of a data area in which recordal data is recorded in one or more variable length recording blocks by file... |
| 6339786 |
Terminal device |
| Jan-15-2002 |
A data broadcasting station transmits a multiplexed signal in which multimedia data encoded in a prescribed coding system are at least multiplexed in a broadcasting form. A file manager stores the multimedia... |
| 6339774 |
Information sharing system and computer program product for causing computer to support the information sharing system |
| Jan-15-2002 |
An information sharing system using a computer so as to allow a plurality of users to share disclosed information, the system comprising, input section for receiving responses to the disclosed information... |
| 6339767 |
Using hyperbolic trees to visualize data generated by patent-centric and group-oriented data processing |
| Jan-15-2002 |
A system, method, and computer program product for processing data are described herein. The system maintains first databases of patents, and second databases of non-patent information of interest to a... |
| 6338053 |
Inventory managing method for automatic inventory retrieval and apparatus thereof |
| Jan-8-2002 |
Individual attributes are designated to individual hierarchical levels of an inventory information tree stored in an inventory information tree structure storing unit. Each node that structures the inventory... |
| 6338054 |
Channel interface re-connection controlling method and file controlling apparatus |
| Jan-8-2002 |
A method and an apparatus being able to perform a re-connecting process in the order in which re-connecting factors have generated irrespective of a type of each re-connecting factor. The apparatus includes... |
| 6336211 |
Method and apparatus for implementing type-safe heterogeneous property lists |
| Jan-1-2002 |
A method and apparatus for implementing type-safe, heterogeneous object-oriented property lists. A library of classes and template classes implementing a heterogeneous property list is defined, wherein... |
| 6336123 |
Hierarchical based hyper-text document preparing and management apparatus |
| Jan-1-2002 |
Contents of each of nodes indicating a plurality of hyper-text documents are prepared and revised in a node managing unit as node information. A connection-relationship between two nodes is established... |
| 6336115 |
File sharing system in a client/server environment with efficient file control using a www-browser-function extension unit |
| Jan-1-2002 |
A file sharing system implemented on a system having a server system and a plurality of client systems connected to the server system via a network. The file sharing system includes a WWW server provided... |
| 6335935 |
Network switching architecture with fast filtering processor |
| Jan-1-2002 |
A network switch for network communications includes a first data port interface supporting a plurality of data ports transmitting and receiving data at a first data rate. A second data port interface... |
| 6334131 |
Method for cataloging, filtering, and relevance ranking frame-based hierarchical information structures |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A method for cataloging, filtering and ranking information, as for example, World Wide Web pages of the Internet. The method is preferably implemented in computer software and features steps for enabling... |
| 6334129 |
Data processing apparatus and method |
| Dec-25-2001 |
A data processing apparatus for extracting, from a set of data having a vector format stored in a database, a first prescribed number of items of data having a high degree of similarity with a query vector... |
| 6334126 |
Data output system, communication terminal to be connected to data output system, data output method and storage medium |
| Dec-25-2001 |
In a data output system, a server to which this invention is adapted is connected to a database which holds data of plural types of data formats, searches the database based on the content of a search... |
| 6332217 |
Software inventory control system |
| Dec-18-2001 |
A method for addressing problems of computer remote software configuration management is provided wherein a computer program executes a scripting language in order to examine the software installed on... |
| 6332138 |
Text influenced molecular indexing system and computer-implemented and/or computer-assisted method for same |
| Dec-18-2001 |
An extension of the vector space model for computing chemical similarity using textual and chemical descriptors is described. The method uses a chemical and/or textual description of a molecule/chemical... |
| 6330569 |
Method for versioning a UML model in a repository in accordance with an updated XML representation of the UML model |
| Dec-11-2001 |
In a computer system executing a repository program and having a memory, a method is disclosed for versioning a UML model in the repository in accordance with an updated XML representation of the UML model.... |
| 6330571 |
Method and computer program product for implementing datalink path protection |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A method and computer program product are provided for implementing datalink path protection. A datalink designation is created in the computer system and a datalink indicator is turned on. A corresponding... |
| 6330552 |
Database query cost model optimizer |
| Dec-11-2001 |
A method and apparatus is disclosed for accurately estimating the cost of a database query, including the total computer resources used and estimated elapsed time for the production of a first row and... |
| 6327585 |
Database processing method and apparatus using handle |
| Dec-4-2001 |
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... |
| 6327584 |
Apparatus and method for using version control to dynamically update files while the files are available for access |
| Dec-4-2001 |
An apparatus and computer-implemented method for dynamically updating at least one outdated file that is available for access, comprising creating at least one temporary file, where the at least one temporary... |
| 6324550 |
Data object identification and removal system |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A cleaner task for a computer system having a plurality of tasks for performing computing functions on objects is disclosed. References between objects form directed graphs. The cleaner task discovers... |
| 6324540 |
Apparatus and method for efficiently partitioning a weighted array |
| Nov-27-2001 |
A method and apparatus for determining an approximated solution to the partitioning of a two or greater dimensional array in an amount of time on the order of O(1). Given a desired maximum weight or a... |
| 6324534 |
Sequential subset catalog search engine |
| Nov-27-2001 |
An electronic catalog search engine is configurable to optimize the search process by identifying the desired item from the most advantageous supplier, while efficiently utilizing computing resources.... |
| 6321237 |
Recording and reproducing apparatus and method for accessing data stored on a randomly accessible recording medium, and for managing data thereon |
| Nov-20-2001 |
A system for managing data including at least a randomly accessible recording medium, comprised of a data area in which recordal data is recorded in one or more variable length recording blocks by file... |
| 6321236 |
Distributing database differences corresponding to database change events made to a database table located on a server computer |
| Nov-20-2001 |
A method, computer program product, and system that allows changes made to an original database table found on a server computer to be reflected in client copies of the database table based on intermittent... |
| 6321229 |
Method and apparatus for using an information model to organize an information repository into a hierarchy of information |
| Nov-20-2001 |
The invention described herein is an apparatus for accessing an information repository, including computer readable program code stored on computer readable media, where the computer readable program code... |
| 6321227 |
Web search function to search information from a specific location |
| Nov-20-2001 |
A method for providing information placed in the specific location after analyzing the locations of the information is disclosed. Web search function to search information placed in the specific location... |
| 6317740 |
Method and apparatus for assigning keywords to media objects |
| Nov-13-2001 |
A method and apparatus are defined for assigning keywords to media objects in files. The media objects include image, video and audio, for example. Various criteria are used for assigning the keywords,... |
| 6317733 |
Event recording in a service database system |
| Nov-13-2001 |
The invention relates to a method of handling the event recordings in a service database system. The database comprises measurement tables (MT) which include consecutive rows (Ri). A single row comprises... |
| 6317734 |
Method and apparatus for managing real-time marketing triggers on a content menu |
| Nov-13-2001 |
The present disclosure improves upon the prior art of the content menu and its ability to generate end-user profiles paths taken by end-users. These profiles differentiate one end-user from another based... |
| 6311173 |
Pattern recognition using generalized association rules |
| Oct-30-2001 |
A method and system for predicting an unknown value of an attribute of interest of a given item from a population of items, each item in the population having a plurality of variable attributes including... |
| 6308175 |
Integrated collaborative/content-based filter structure employing selectively shared, content-based profile data to evaluate information entities in a massive information network |
| Oct-23-2001 |
An information processing system employs an integrated collaborative/content-based information filter structure to find network informons relevant to information desired by an individual user. The filter... |
| 6308171 |
Method and system for automated data storage and retrieval |
| Oct-23-2001 |
An apparatus and method for linking a keyword phrase in a first record to a second record referenced by the keyword phrase including receiving the keyword phrase, identifying the second record and rendering... |
| 6308168 |
Metadata-driven data presentation module for database system |
| Oct-23-2001 |
A data presentation module presenting panels that are driven by metadata to allow a user to configure the presentation of information from a computer database system. The data presentation module is customized... |
| 6308167 |
Computer system using a queuing system and method for managing a queue and heterogeneous data structures |
| Oct-23-2001 |
A computer system using a queuing system and method for managing a queue having a plurality of generic queue headers connected together by a plurality of links in a predetermined manner. Each generic queue... |
| 6308164 |
Distributed project management system and method |
| Oct-23-2001 |
An enterprise project management system includes a system for creating new projects and adding project tasks and resources to the system. Information used to create the projects, project tasks and resources... |
| 6305007 |
Object property meta model emulator for legacy data structures |
| Oct-16-2001 |
A method of wrapping legacy data structures enables the data structures to be used with an object-oriented program and enables a single object to access related attributes in multiple legacy data structures.... |
| 6301609 |
Assignable associate priorities for user-definable instant messaging buddy groups |
| Oct-9-2001 |
A unified messaging solution and services platform is provided by utilizing the features and capabilities associated with instant messaging to locate a registered user, query the user for a proposed message... |
| 6301574 |
System for providing business information |
| Oct-9-2001 |
An apparatus, method and data structure for communicating business information, including outsourcing information. Contractor provide information regarding their products and services into the system.... |
| 6298340 |
System and method and computer program for filtering using tree structure |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A classification system includes a software managed tree testing bits from a key which labels an item. The bits are chosen by application of the Choice Bit Algorithm to the Rules in a Database of Rules.... |
| 6298339 |
Management in data structures |
| Oct-2-2001 |
The present invention relates to a data structure and a method for, in a datastructure, managing sequences of symbols (e.g numbers or words). A solution with a double set of records is employed where the... |
| 6298174 |
Three-dimensional display of document set |
| Oct-2-2001 |
A method for spatializing text content for enhanced visual browsing and analysis. The invention is applied to large text document corpora such as digital libraries, regulations and procedures, archived... |
| 6296191 |
Storing data objects in a smart card memory |
| Oct-2-2001 |
The invention refers to a procedure for storing data objects 210, 220, 230, 240 in the memory 200 of a smart card 100. To do this, general and application-specific data objects are defined using freely... |
