| 6778941 |
Message and user attributes in a message filtering method and system |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A method and system for filtering messages where the importance of a message is determined by analyzing the message body in conjunction with message attributes. Message body refers to the text in the body... |
| 6775680 |
High level assembler metamodel |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A method of and a system for processing an enterpise an application request on an end user application and an application server. This is accomplished by initiating the application request on the end user... |
| 6775677 |
System, method, and program product for identifying and describing topics in a collection of electronic documents |
| Aug-10-2004 |
To identify and describe one or more topics in one or more documents in a document set, a term set process creates a basic term set from the document set where the term set comprises one or more basic... |
| 6775675 |
Methods for abstracting data from various data structures and managing the presentation of the data |
| Aug-10-2004 |
Methods for accessing relevant data from data sources for presentation, and computer readable media for the same are provided. One exemplary method defines multiple dimensions. Then data sources are identified... |
| 6775674 |
Auto completion of relationships between objects in a data model |
| Aug-10-2004 |
In a computer system including a database system wherein queries to the database system can be specified by selecting a first object and a second object, with a query result being based on a relationship... |
| 6775658 |
Notification by business rule trigger control |
| Aug-10-2004 |
An approach for providing notification services using rules-based technology is disclosed. A business rule manager module maps the business rules to business triggers, in which any pre-defined action can... |
| 6772180 |
Data representation schema translation through shared examples |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method for translating data from one representation or schema to another representation or schema. Example data encoded in both the schemas is used to generate a translator. This translator is then used... |
| 6772174 |
Data administration method |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method is disclosed for administrating large amounts are of data being associated with a spatial entity. The data are organised in layers of data having a mutual relation, primarily defining rules for... |
| 6772163 |
Reduced memory row hash match scan join for a partitioned database system |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method, computer system, and computer program are claimed for selecting rows from first and second tables each having rows containing values in columns. In at least the first table, the rows are divided... |
| 6772139 |
Method and apparatus for facilitating use of hypertext links on the world wide web |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A database server contains pointers to useful information, such as on the World Wide Web. Users of the server may have hypertext links added automatically into documents they submit. Users may additionally... |
| 6771956 |
Real time call data analysis and display |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A system and method to monitor call data for a number of cellular phones simultaneously and in real time. A UNIX-based diagnosis software allows flexibility and versatility in call monitoring and functionality... |
| 6769124 |
Persistent storage of information objects |
| Jul-27-2004 |
A method and apparatus for persistently storing information objects in a secondary store is provided. Each object to be stored persistently is made a subclass of a persistent object class. The persistent... |
| 6768998 |
Systems and methods for network-based technical library |
| Jul-27-2004 |
A method for providing technical information using a network-based system. The system includes a server system in communication with a database and at least one client system. The method includes storing... |
| 6768995 |
Real-time aggregation of data within an enterprise planning environment |
| Jul-27-2004 |
An enterprise business planning system includes a database having a relational data area and a transactional data area, and a server to store within the transactional data area contribution data received... |
| 6768990 |
Information processing apparatus and method using a conceptual database |
| Jul-27-2004 |
In an information processing apparatus, a SurfaceRule table having surface-layer information, a ConceptRule table having conceptual information, a connection table for correlating the two tables, and a... |
| 6768985 |
Method and apparatus for administration of database partitions |
| Jul-27-2004 |
A method and apparatus for managing a database having a plurality of partitions are provided in various embodiments. The database is managed by users of a first user class and accessible to users of a... |
| 6766318 |
Approach for collecting statistical information in information systems |
| Jul-20-2004 |
An intelligent approach for collecting statistical information in information systems generally involves performing a set of administrative function steps within a "maintenance window" that is defined... |
| 6765595 |
Dual mode data field |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A set of data field characters is displayed in a primary data field if the number of characters in this set of data field characters is equal to or less than the displayable capacity of the primary data... |
| 6763500 |
Real-time-on-demand dynamic document generation |
| Jul-13-2004 |
Real-time, on-demand dynamic document generation is disclosed. A merging logic integrates one or more auxiliary files with a main file to dynamically generate a displayed document. The merging logic determines... |
| 6763447 |
Lock-free list for use with computer system utilizing FIFO queue for tracking order of various sublists |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A lock-free list for use with a computer system. The lock-free list includes a list storage structure comprising at least two sublists, each of a plurality of list elements being sequentially assignable... |
| 6763362 |
Method and system for updating a search engine |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A method and a system for maintaining the freshness of a search engine server's database. A popularity parameter is defined, and a popularity value is assigned to each link in the search engine's database.... |
| 6763358 |
Method and system for activating column triggers in a database management system |
| Jul-13-2004 |
Methods, systems, data structures and articles of manufacture are provided for maintaining a list/tally of columns that are modified by an I/O operation. The list allows for determining which triggers,... |
| 6763356 |
System and method for searching disparate file systems |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A system and method for searching for data in disparate file systems and returning a merged list of search results. The system includes an interface for receiving a search request; a mechanism for issuing... |
| 6763354 |
Mining emergent weighted association rules utilizing backlinking reinforcement analysis |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A system and methods providing for the evaluation of transaction data records to first determine forward link associations between items as reference and related items identified by corresponding "expert"... |
| 6763350 |
System and method for generating horizontal view for SQL queries to vertical database |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A database including vertical tables useful for storing large numbers of objects having potentially thousands of attributes in, e.g., e-commerce applications. To support querying the vertical database... |
| 6763301 |
Method and system for compact representation of routes |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A method for representing a route along a road network in a geographic region is disclosed. A database includes data representations of intersections of roads in the geographic region. Associated with... |
| 6760756 |
Distributed virtual web cache implemented entirely in software |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A method and system are provided for optimizing the local caching of one or more data components available from a server node. Each of plural nodes connected to a local area network is provided with a... |
| 6760733 |
Object management system and data processing system with centralized mechanism for managing containment relationships among objects |
| Jul-6-2004 |
An object management system and data processing system which enable the containment relationships among a plurality of resource managers to be changed without affecting client applications which use services... |
| 6760730 |
Receiving device |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A receiving device includes: a receiving section for receiving first data including a plurality of data items; an accumulative storage section in which at least one of the plurality of data items is stored;... |
| 6760719 |
Method and apparatus for high speed parallel accessing and execution of methods across multiple heterogeneous data sources |
| Jul-6-2004 |
Heterogeneous data at a plurality of remote nodes is accessed automatically in parallel at high speed from a user site using a simple script request containing a data source object name wherein the heterogeneous... |
| 6760648 |
Robot control system and method for introducing robot control software |
| Jul-6-2004 |
An articulated robot is controlled by dynamically modifying a combination of a hardware dependent middleware layer and a hardware independent application layer. A memory device for storing a plurality... |
| 6757724 |
Method and apparatus for creating and displaying user specific and site specific guidance and navigation information |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for generating suggested content for a site. A request is received for content for the site from a client, wherein the content is requested content. The... |
| 6757709 |
Method and apparatus for providing a client system with information via a network |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method performed by a first server system to provide a client system with information via a network, comprising the steps of: serving to the client system first page information including at least one... |
| 6757697 |
Method and equipment for file updating using common instance management scheme |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method and equipment for file updating is disclosed, which enables data conversion necessary for the file update without requiring particular consideration on instance classes. The method is applicable... |
| 6757688 |
Enhancement for multi-lingual record processing |
| Jun-29-2004 |
Customer record systems for multinational companies advantageously store both Latin character set (language of the database user) and customer-local language forms of the information so that mailings to... |
| 6757686 |
Method and apparatus for representing database and query information using interval hash tree |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A method and system for representing database and query information for multiple windows, includes defining an interval hash tree as a two-way interval tree, constructing a first interval hash tree for... |
| 6757679 |
System for building electronic queue(s) utilizing self organizing units in parallel to permit concurrent queue add and remove operations |
| Jun-29-2004 |
An electronic queue management system for implementation on a chip. The queue management system comprises a plurality of primitive queue elements each including a register for a next-pointer and a register... |
| 6754800 |
Methods and apparatus for implementing host-based object storage schemes |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Systems and methods are disclosed in which a computer system having main memory and persistent memory is caused to perform a method for caching related objects. The computer system receives a plurality... |
| 6754798 |
Method and an apparatus for volume creation in the presence of multiple aggregators |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method and apparatus to dynamically order features and manage features, especially aggregators, during creation of a logical volume is provided. The method and apparatus make use of a partition/aggregate... |
| 6754795 |
Methods and apparatus for forming linked list queue using chunk-based structure |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A processing system comprises processing circuitry and memory circuitry coupled to the processing circuitry. The memory circuitry is configurable to maintain at least one queue structure representing a... |
| 6754673 |
Method and system for assessing plant parameters and performance over a global network |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Plant parameters and performance of an industrial plant such as a boiling water nuclear reactor plant can be assessed over a global network. Plant parameter and performance data are compiled from a plurality... |
| 6754670 |
Mapping relational tables to object oriented classes |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A computer system providing a framework for mapping relational tables to object oriented classes. The framework includes an attribute class for defining data corresponding to columns in a relational table... |
| 6754669 |
Method and system of generating an item number for an item |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A computer-implemented method of generating an item number for an item is disclosed. First, an item-type table is created and a sequence of specification codes on the item-type table is determined. After... |
| 6754668 |
Multilingual system having dynamic language selection |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A multilingual system provides dynamic flipping of a displayed form from one language to another. The forms include a plurality of fields each of which includes properties that allow the form to be displayed... |
| 6754662 |
Method and apparatus for fast and consistent packet classification via efficient hash-caching |
| Jun-22-2004 |
In accordance with a method and apparatus for classifying data packets, a packet classification architecture includes a cached hash table that stores a subset of classification identifiers (i.e. classIDs)... |
| 6754661 |
Hierarchical storage systems for holding evidentiary objects and methods of creating and operating upon hierarchical storage systems |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Hierarchical storage systems for holding objects used for evidentiary purposes, and methods of manipulating such systems are described. A logical store is provided and one or more physical stores are associated... |
| 6754660 |
Arrangement of information for display into a continuum ranging from closely related to distantly related to a reference piece of information |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method of configuring information for display includes assigning continuum labels to pieces of information, or information units, accessible by a computer system. The continuum labels may be used in... |
| 6754656 |
System and method for selective partition locking |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A system and a method are described for selectively locking the partitions of a partitioned table in a relational database. The database system locks only those partitions of the table that are accessed... |
| 6754648 |
Method for storing and managing data |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method for storing and managing data on a storage medium connected to a computer system, wherein the data consists of a plurality of data elements and a plurality of tags, wherein each of the data elements... |
| 6754635 |
Method and apparatus for automating the conduct of surveys over a network system |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A method and apparatus for automating surveys over a network system causes an interface to be displayed to a particular client of the network system. This interface can be used by the particular client... |