| 6751719 |
Method and an apparatus to dynamically order features and to resolve conflicts in a multiple-layer logical volume management environment |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method and apparatus to dynamically order features and resolve conflicts in a logical volume management environment is provided. The method and apparatus classifies features of a logical volume into... |
| 6751634 |
Method and system for detecting object inconsistency in a loosely consistent replicated directory service |
| Jun-15-2004 |
The invention describes a system for detecting partial changes to data-structures of interest. If an inter-related set of data items are to be used then it is of value to know that the data items are undergoing... |
| 6751626 |
Method, system, and program for mining data in a personal information manager database |
| Jun-15-2004 |
Provided is a method, system, and program for analyzing data within a personal information management program. Position records are provided in a database for at least one user. Each position record includes... |
| 6751625 |
Record medium and method of controlling access to record medium |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A record medium includes a root-directory datum "c1" indicating only a root directory, a plurality of root-directory location data "en" through "eN", and a plurality of hierarchical root-directory data... |
| 6751624 |
Method and system for conducting a full text search on a client system by a server system |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A full text search involving an index of a string of characters on a client for use on a server. The client searches for data and file information to share and creates a character string containing the... |
| 6751621 |
Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors |
| Jun-15-2004 |
An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship... |
| 6748399 |
Performance-based expert witnessing |
| Jun-8-2004 |
DNA scientific evidences include analysis fact, principles, theories, and underlying data. Courtroom admissibility of DNA scientific evidence requires courts to scrutinize their quality and suitability.... |
| 6748390 |
Associative memory device with optimized occupation, particularly for the recognition of words |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A memory device having an associative memory for the storage of data belonging to a plurality of classes. The associative memory has a plurality of memory locations aligned along rows and columns for the... |
| 6748389 |
Method, system, and program for inverting columns in a database table |
| Jun-8-2004 |
Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for transforming an input table. The input data table is comprised of multiple columns and rows. For each column, the data from one column in... |
| 6748387 |
Flexible keyword searching |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A search engine implements a multi-level search scheme. A first level involves performing a keyword search based on character matching. A second level, performed only if the first level yields no results,... |
| 6748379 |
Graphical representation of disorganized database records in an IMS database |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and system for displaying database record organization characteristics of IMS databases. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving information associated with a plurality of database records... |
| 6748378 |
Method for retrieving data from a database |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method of generating a SQL statement for retrieving a data set from a database via a user interface and a database server and then processing the data set recursively. The method comprises the following... |
| 6748374 |
Method for generating a relational database query statement using one or more templates corresponding to search conditions in an expression tree |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and system for representing objects in a relational database is provided. In one aspect, the invention provides a method and system for storing directory information objects in a relational database... |
| 6748373 |
System and method for adaptively optimizing queries |
| Jun-8-2004 |
The performance of a database system can be improved by tracking the way in which data is accessed. By tracking such information, it is possible to load frequently-accessed fields of an entity bean, as... |
| 6748371 |
Data mining techniques for enhancing product manufacturing management |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A computer method for enhancing product manufacturing management. The method includes the steps of providing a demand database comprising a compendium of individual demand history; providing a manufacturing... |
| 6745207 |
System and method for managing virtual storage |
| Jun-1-2004 |
Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for the management of virtual storage. The system and method include an object-oriented computer hardware/software model that... |
| 6745196 |
Method and apparatus for mapping a community through user interactions on a computer network |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A system for building a database that stores information representative of the organizational structure of a community of users of a computer network is disclosed. The system uses an online computer applications... |
| 6745192 |
System and method for providing a multi-tiered hierarchical transient message store accessed using multiply hashed unique filenames |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A system and method for providing a multi-tiered hierarchical transient message store accessed using multiply hashed unique filenames is described. A hierarchical message store is maintained. The hierarchical... |
| 6745181 |
Information access method |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A method of accessing information includes processing a query, searching a collection of data for a set of results matching the query, selectively reducing the set of results to generate a subset of results,... |
| 6745177 |
Method and system for retrieving data from multiple data sources using a search routing database |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A search-routing database is used to direct database search requests to only those databases that may contain results to the search request. The search-routing database contains a subset of the data fields... |
| 6744449 |
Graphical query analyzer |
| Jun-1-2004 |
A user specifies one or more queries comprising a batch of SQL statements. Each query submitted is displayed and represented as a tree, with each operation in the execution plan for the query represented... |
| 6741999 |
String tree utility data structure and order n sort |
| May-25-2004 |
A data structure according to the invention is created in memory of a computer for storing data objects for access by a computer application that is executed by the computer. Each of the data objects is... |
| 6741994 |
Method and automatic organization of data |
| May-25-2004 |
A data organization application allowing the automatic organization of input data into fields of a record of a database is provided. The database is maintained by a separate application. To organize data,... |
| 6741737 |
System and method for the secure data entry from document images |
| May-25-2004 |
A system and method for the secure entry of textual data contained in a digital image of a document into a database. The image is assigned a document type, a document identifier and a data base record... |
| 6738783 |
Dynamically configurable generic container |
| May-18-2004 |
A method and system create and use a generic container as a data structure used in a software program. A selected data structure may be specified at start-up time or run-time using a mapping table that... |
| 6738777 |
Chaining actions for a directed graph |
| May-18-2004 |
A plurality of actions are applied to a directed graph, where the directed graph has a plurality of nodes. A node in the directed graph is traversed to, and an specific method for each of the plurality... |
| 6738755 |
Query optimization method for incrementally estimating the cardinality of a derived relation when statistically correlated predicates are applied |
| May-18-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for incrementally estimating the cardinality of a derived relation when statistically correlated predicates are applied. A plurality of query execution plans... |
| 6735603 |
Logical volume data structure determining configuration status of logical volume based on comparing values of examined volume epoch identifiers on each on-line extent |
| May-11-2004 |
Volume configuration data management systems and methods are described. A logical volume provider maintains an epoch number on each of the extents comprising a volume. Upon each change in the configuration... |
| 6735597 |
Incident analysis and solution system |
| May-11-2004 |
A computer-implemented system determines, by logical progression through multiple analysis levels, a human factor that represents a root cause of a particular incident. The system begins at a broad analysis... |
| 6735590 |
Method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for generating a multi-dimensional record management index |
| May-11-2004 |
A record management system is provided for generating a multi-dimensional view for different measures. A set of records is retrieved in response to a set of queries. The records include dimension values... |
| 6735589 |
Method of reducing dimensionality of a set of attributes used to characterize a sparse data set |
| May-11-2004 |
A dimensionality reduction method of generating a reduced dimension matrix data set Dnew of dimension m.times.k from an original matrix data set D of dimension m.times.k wherein n>k. The method selects... |
| 6735329 |
Methods and apparatus for image recognition and dictation |
| May-11-2004 |
The present invention relates to methods of and apparatus for producing and digitizing a number of images to create a digital library of images, providing an image from outside the digital library, digitizing... |
| 6732192 |
Disc recording scheme for enabling quick access to disc data |
| May-4-2004 |
A system for recording data to a disc shaped record medium. The data is recorded according to a universal disc format employing a hierarchical file system, and data within the hierarchical structure is... |
| 6732162 |
Method of providing preprocessed images for a plurality of internet web sites |
| May-4-2004 |
The present invention, generally speaking, provides a broad-based solution for acquisition, processing and distribution of media objects including pictures (images), movies, videos, graphics, sound clips,... |
| 6732124 |
Data processing system with mechanism for restoring file systems based on transaction logs |
| May-4-2004 |
A data processing system having an efficient logging mechanism which stores log records for repairing a file system when its consistency is lost. When there is a transaction attempting to update metadata... |
| 6732108 |
Class file archives with reduced data volume |
| May-4-2004 |
A method for packaging program resources includes collecting a set of the program resources that comprises a plurality of object files, which contain data structures having entries that are constants and... |
| 6732107 |
Spatial join method and apparatus |
| May-4-2004 |
A non-blocking parallel spatial join algorithm generates the spatial join result tuples continuously even in the event of memory overflow. The algorithm employs duplicate avoidance techniques to avoid... |
| 6732106 |
Digital data distribution system |
| May-4-2004 |
The distribution server administers downloading of contents and writing in storage media. The distribution server includes the obtained rights administration database that stores information regarding... |
| 6728732 |
Data structure using a tree bitmap and method for rapid classification of data in a database |
| Apr-27-2004 |
In random access memory, a data structure of trie elements of compact and fixed size is provided in order to store elements of a hierarchical prefix-type data structure such that the data structure can... |
| 6728721 |
System and method for maintaining a user's state within a database table |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A system and method are provided for delivering batches of data to a client, while maintaining the client's state in the accessed database. The system and method eliminate the need for a web server to... |
| 6728719 |
Method and mechanism for dependency tracking for unique constraints |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A method and mechanism for dependency tracking in a database system is disclosed. According to an embodiment, dependency tracking is performed for a uniqueness constrained object by tracking change or... |
| 6728717 |
Storage system with online manual |
| Apr-27-2004 |
Online manual display mechanisms that display a portion of a manual during execution of an application program are available conventionally. However, those manuals are not easy to use because manual display... |
| 6728716 |
Client-server filter computing system supporting relational database records and linked external files operable for distributed file system |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A client-server computing system is disclosed for supporting relational database records and linked external files. The system comprises one or more servers for storing external files, and a plurality... |
| 6728715 |
Method and system for matching consumers to events employing content-based multicast routing using approximate groups |
| Apr-27-2004 |
A facility is provided for distributing events to consumers in a content-based publish-subscribe system, wherein the consumers each have at least one subscription. The facility includes deriving a set... |
| 6728693 |
Method and apparatus for warning a user of potential limitations of a database request and/or the results provided thereby |
| Apr-27-2004 |
Method and apparatus for warning the user of potential limitations of a database request or the results provided thereby and for warning the user of potential limitations of a database request and the... |
| 6727803 |
Method and apparatus for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel |
| Apr-27-2004 |
Systems and methods for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel are disclosed. The invention is well suited to use with radio frequency identification with interrogation... |
| 6725244 |
Method and system for allocation of file descriptors |
| Apr-20-2004 |
Improved techniques for allocating file descriptors are disclosed. According to one aspect, the file descriptors are stored in a tree-like data structure. The tree-like data structure is a data structure... |
| 6725235 |
Dynamic state representation method for complex systems |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A method for using a computer system to dynamically represent the state of any device comprising a plurality of sub-systems. The method includes the steps of providing a modeling language for permitting... |
| 6725223 |
Storage format for encoded vector indexes |
| Apr-20-2004 |
A storage format and methods for improving the performance of the symbol table of an encoded vector index. The symbol table comprises a hash table, entries of the hash table storing associated key values... |
| 6721763 |
Automated convention processing system and method |
| Apr-13-2004 |
A convention processing system is provided that includes software operable to store show information identifying at least one show in which a plurality of exhibitors will exhibit their wares, service information... |
