| 6895407 |
Method and apparatus for digital media management, retrieval, and collaboration |
| May-17-2005 |
The software incorporates a glossary management tool that makes it easy for each client to customize terminology to the needs of a particular business. With this tool, termed a glossary manager, a company... |
| 6895401 |
Method and apparatus of performing active update notification |
| May-17-2005 |
A method and apparatus of performing active update notification. Components of an application are able to specify interest in a data object or set of data objects by registering an interest object with... |
| 6895400 |
Dynamic symbolic link resolution |
| May-17-2005 |
To achieve the foregoing, and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, a system or network is disclosed which provides for a dynamic symbolic link (DSL) and the resolution of that DSL.... |
| 6892204 |
Spatially integrated relational database model with dynamic segmentation (SIR-DBMS) |
| May-10-2005 |
A method and system for providing an open database model that allows the combining of spatial and Attribute data in a single relational database. The integration of spatial and Attribute data allows the... |
| 6892209 |
Technique for determination of an exception in multi-dimensional data |
| May-10-2005 |
A technique for determination of an exception in multi-dimensional data is provided. The method determines an expected value for a set of cells of the multi-dimensional data by means of an ANOVA based... |
| 6892049 |
Method and system for selecting training materials |
| May-10-2005 |
A system and method for selecting training materials is provided. In an aspect of the invention, a system is provided that includes a skill requirements database and a training products database. A user... |
| 6889358 |
Concurrency control in materialized views of a database |
| May-3-2005 |
In a database, a database manager can generate a view, which, in concept, is a subset of the database, which is placed outside the database for use without disturbing the database, and without disturbance... |
| 6889220 |
Method and apparatus for electronic documents retrieving, displaying document clusters representing relationship with events |
| May-3-2005 |
A method and apparatus for document management including assigning labels to gaps in document production. The gaps may correspond to events that caused an individual to begin and/or cease production/modification... |
| 6889221 |
Parallel random sampling |
| May-3-2005 |
A parallel random sampling algorithm (such as a parallel simple random sampling algorithm) utilizes the parallelism of a parallel relational database management system. A random number generator in one... |
| 6889211 |
Method and system for distributing multimedia data with management information |
| May-3-2005 |
A multimedia data distributing system comprising an ID issuing center side device and a multimedia data distributor side device for distributing multimedia data as electronic data to a purchaser of the... |
| 6889213 |
E-service to manage contact information with privacy levels |
| May-3-2005 |
A method of providing an electronic business card (EBC) access and organization service on the Web. The cardholder database is accessible and searchable from any browser connected to the Internet or the... |
| 6889170 |
Data log smooth patching |
| May-3-2005 |
A method and apparatus are provided for patching defective sections of recorded data (logs) so that a substantially smooth transitions are created between the log being patched and the patched section.... |
| 6888802 |
System, device, and method for address reporting in a distributed communication environment |
| May-3-2005 |
An address reporting technique for reporting address information in a distributed communication environment retrieves locally owned address information from each of a number of distributed address databases,... |
| 6886018 |
Data processing technique for formatting data files that are subjected to a high volume of changes |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A system for processing a data file which includes versioned records of a fixed length, each record having one or more data fields and a reserve area for accommodating a change in the record format by... |
| 6886017 |
System and method for managing distribution of content to a device |
| Apr-26-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and method for managing distribution of content to a device, the system comprising a database for storing a number of elements as a hierarchical structure, content... |
| 6886015 |
Method and system for building a family tree |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A method, system and computer software product for gathering information relevant to the creation of a family tree. Searching of multiple databases is done through a communication network for obtaining... |
| 6886004 |
Method and apparatus for atomic file look-up |
| Apr-26-2005 |
Method and apparatus for atomic file look-up. An atomic look-up operation allows an application to find out whether a file is opened atomically based on whether or not the file path is present in a file... |
| 6883170 |
Method and system to maintain a hierarchy of instantiated application objects and to enable recovery from an applications failure |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method of maintaining a hierarchy of application objects commences with the automatic detection of the exit of a process of a child application object in an unexpected manner. Responsive to the detected... |
| 6883135 |
Proxy server using a statistical model |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A computer based system and method of determining whether to re-fetch a previously retrieved document across a computer network is disclosed. The method utilizes a statistical model to determine whether... |
| 6883081 |
Storage management software bridges |
| Apr-19-2005 |
Methods and systems to bridge storage management software are provided. A first storage management application communicates with a host and performs an analysis of a storage environment associated with... |
| 6882747 |
Text mining method and apparatus for extracting features of documents |
| Apr-19-2005 |
Concerning feature extraction of documents in text mining, a method and an apparatus for extracting features having the same nature as those by LSA are provided that require smaller memory space and simpler... |
| 6879988 |
System and method for manipulating and managing computer archive files |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A computer program for managing and manipulating archive zip files of a computer. The program includes a system and method for opening, creating, modifying, and extracting zip archive files. The program... |
| 6879979 |
Method to remotely query, safely measure, and securely communicate configuration information of a networked computational device |
| Apr-12-2005 |
The invention disclosed herein enables a collection of computers and associated communications infrastructure to offer a new communications process which allows a requestor to receive configuration information... |
| 6876994 |
Data acquisition apparatus and method |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A data acquisition apparatus including: a data acquiring unit 507 which receives data acquisition conditions, and when transmitted data includes pieces of data that satisfy any request conditions, extracts... |
| 6874119 |
Stored-media interface engine providing an abstract record of stored multimedia files within a multimedia communication center |
| Mar-29-2005 |
An Interaction Object Model (IOM) Interface to a data repository includes objects representing files in the data repository; standardized information about each file, the information associated in the... |
| 6873997 |
Data management system and method for automatically propagating information to disparate information systems from a central location |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A data management system for automatically propagating changes in information related to a product being designed or manufactured from a central location to remote and disparate user information systems... |
| 6873994 |
Conflict detection and resolution in association with data allocation |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method for detecting and resolving conflicts in association with a data allocation includes determining a relationship between each of a plurality of positions in a hierarchical organization of data.... |
| 6873985 |
Lightweight subject indexing for e-mail collections |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A light weight subject indexing system including a candidate headword identification system for identifying candidate words in the subject line of a document which are not listed in a user modified common... |
| 6873980 |
System for interfacing an application program with diverse databases |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A system for querying a database. Query strings comprising queries from application program are loaded from a text file into a query lookups table. The application then utilizes a database interface query... |
| 6871203 |
Data processing system |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A technique for manipulating objects at a computer is described. The technique includes receiving one or more requests to manipulate an object, wherein each request is received from a different thread.... |
| 6871186 |
System and method for dynamic profiling of users in one-to-one applications and for validating user rules |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A system and method for generating and validating a user profile (25) for a user based on a static profile (10) and a dynamic profile (15) of the user. The method and system compresses the dynamic rules... |
| 6868528 |
Systems and methods for creating and displaying a user interface for displaying hierarchical data |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A graphical user interface for displaying hierarchical data, such as extensible markup language (XML) data, in hypertext markup language (HTML) format in a convenient and efficient manner. For data having... |
| 6868417 |
Mechanism for handling file level and block level remote file accesses using the same server |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An apparatus for handling file level and block level remote file accesses. The apparatus includes a block level server. The apparatus includes a file level server. The apparatus includes a storage layer... |
| 6868416 |
Internet addressing architecture and hierarchical routing method thereof |
| Mar-15-2005 |
An internet address system formed by introducing a E.164 number system of the ITU-T or a zip code system to IPv6 address system, and a hierarchical routing method using the same. Thus, a user can easily... |
| 6865572 |
Dynamically delivering, displaying document content as encapsulated within plurality of capsule overviews with topic stamp |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing... |
| 6865577 |
Method and system for efficiently retrieving information from a database |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method for fast and efficient record retrieval in large databases using cyclical redundancy check (CRC) computations as hash functions. Two hash values are computed for each record's key using the CRC-CCITT... |
| 6865568 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for searching and navigating a document database |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for searching and navigating a document database is provided. Document categories are assigned unique numeric category identifiers. Each document in a... |
| 6862602 |
System and method for rapidly identifying the existence and location of an item in a file |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system and method for rapidly identifying the existence and location of an item in a file using an improved hash table architecture. A hash table is constructed having a plurality of hash buckets, each... |
| 6862601 |
Method, system, and program for transforming files from a source file format to a destination file format |
| Mar-1-2005 |
Provided is a method, system, and program for transforming files from a source file format to a destination file format. A data structure is generated in a computer readable medium indicating available... |
| 6862590 |
Converting expressions to execution plans |
| Mar-1-2005 |
Methods, systems, and computer program products for converting a single expression referencing multiple branches within a hierarchical schema into multiple expressions referencing a single branch of the... |
| 6862585 |
System and method for managing product development |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A system, method, and computer readable storage medium for managing product development include a relational database containing draft, approved, and archived versions of product, package, materials, process,... |
| 6859806 |
System and method for legal docketing using a customizable rules subset |
| Feb-22-2005 |
The invention described is a computer based method for on-line legal docketing using an electronic customizable client rules subset. The method of the invention comprises of the following steps. Under... |
| 6859799 |
Search engine for video and graphics |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A method of selecting graphic or video files having corresponding locators used to locate such graphic or video files using a computer. Identifiers are created by searching an area within a web page near... |
| 6859787 |
Method and system for providing order status information using an update status flag |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A method and system for providing order status information using an update status flag to receive status information pertaining to an order placed by a customer with a merchant. It is determined whether... |
| 6859288 |
Method and apparatus for requesting and displaying worklist data from remotely located device |
| Feb-22-2005 |
A computerized imager is programmed with software that enables an efficient worklist query to be sent to a remotely located device. A user-interactive menu is provided which allows the user to select one... |
| 6856986 |
Answer collection and retrieval system governed by a pay-off meter |
| Feb-15-2005 |
The invention is a set of processes for improving the methods of a self-organizing database governed by a payoff meter process. The inventive set of processes processes enable a user who is seeking an... |
| 6857001 |
Multiple concurrent active file systems |
| Feb-15-2005 |
Maintenance of plural active file systems, wherein each of the active file systems initially access data shared with another of the active file systems, and wherein changes made to each of the active file... |
| 6856997 |
Apparatus and method for providing file structure for multimedia streaming service |
| Feb-15-2005 |
In a file structure for a streaming service and a method for providing a streaming service, a file structure includes a header object having basic information about a file and information for an application... |
| 6856990 |
Network dedication system |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A method includes receiving a dedication from a first user via a network and applying the dedication to a play list of a second user. |
| 6856985 |
Server based control of robotic libraries |
| Feb-15-2005 |
A method and apparatus for controlling a storage library through a network. A request originating from the network is received, wherein the request is in a protocol and includes a command for the storage... |
