| 6993529 |
Importing data using metadata |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for importing data into a data store in accordance with metadata. The import system provides metadata that specifies how the import data for various types of import sources is to be... |
| 6993528 |
Methods and systems for allowing third party client applications to influence implementation of high-level document commands |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A mechanism is described for allowing third party client applications to affect how high-level document commands are implemented in a database. After a high-level document command meeting certain criteria... |
| 6993527 |
Describing documents and expressing document structure |
| Jan-31-2006 |
Apparatus and methods of revealing the hierarchical structure of a document having content of a characteristic type of content are described (100). The hierarchical structure may be expressed, independently... |
| 6993525 |
Document-database access device |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A document-database access device enables a WWW client to access a URL-linked document correctly and efficiently when accessing a document with a URL link if the document with the URL link and the URL-linked... |
| 6993515 |
Intelligence system and a method of generating flags for use therein |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for collecting and analyzing intelligence data regarding events, organizations and other entities, relevant to a specific individual or organizational... |
| 6993510 |
System and method for managing accounts |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system for managing credit card accounts or the like, having a database for storing a permanent customer ID associated with each cardholder, an account ID for each account accessible by the cardholder,... |
| 6993506 |
Method and device utilizing polymorphic data in e-commerce |
| Jan-31-2006 |
An aspect of the present invention includes a protocol for conveying data during an e-commerce session with a polymorphic response, comprising initiating a session with a message from a buyer application... |
| 6992786 |
Method and system for online creation and ordering of customized material for printing |
| Jan-31-2006 |
The present invention relates to a method and a system for online creation and ordering of customized material for printing, where each customer at front end, through a computerized interface, participates... |
| 6990502 |
Reviewing cached user-group information in connection with issuing a digital rights management (DRM) license for content |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A computer network has storage devices organized into X levels and storing element-group information. To determine whether an element is a member of any target groups, each target group is validated by... |
| 6990495 |
System and method for finding persons in a corporate entity |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A graphical user interface-based contact information system allows users to see obtain not only contact information in a quick, efficient manner, but also allows users to see organizational charts and... |
| 6990487 |
Searching apparatus and searching method using pattern of which sequence is considered |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A state of which a particular attribute of a record has a particular value is defined as an event. With a plurality of events and the relation of a sequence thereof, a search pattern is designated. A set... |
| 6990486 |
Systems and methods for discovering fully dependent patterns |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A new form of pattern referred to as a fully dependent pattern or d-pattern is provided. The d-pattern captures dependence among a set of items based on a dependency test. An efficient algorithm is provided... |
| 6990479 |
Communication system and method of non-intrusive performance data polling |
| Jan-24-2006 |
The present invention discloses a communication system including an entire object including multiple objects connected with the networks and storing the object's own data, a database including a polling... |
| 6988110 |
Storage system class distinction cues for run-time data management |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A data management system has at least one class distinction cue associated with a class of data entities. The class distinction cue comprises data management guidance information and priority information... |
| 6988106 |
Strong and searching a hierarchy of items of particular use with IP security policies and security associations |
| Jan-17-2006 |
Mechanisms for storing and searching a hierarchy of items are disclosed which may be particularly useful for implementing security policies and security associations, such as, but not limited to Internet... |
| 6988105 |
Use of agents and control documents to update a database structure |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A method and system for updating a database structure. The database structure includes a dynamically changing list of control documents. A control document specifies tasks to be performed on the database... |
| 6988104 |
System and method for allocating data in a hierarchical organization of data |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A method for allocating data in a hierarchical organization of data (16) includes determining new values for one or more parents (200, 220) in the organization of data (16) and determining... |
| 6988102 |
Techniques for managing configuration for a system of devices arranged in a network |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A database system that incorporates numerous features that reduce the total cost of maintaining the database system is provided. That database system includes a database appliance that executes a database... |
| 6985927 |
Shared internet storage resource, user interface system, and method |
| Jan-10-2006 |
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... |
| 6985903 |
Method and system for storage and fast retrieval of digital terrain model elevations for use in positioning systems |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Methods and apparatuses to generate and to access compressed and indexed elevations of Digital Elevation Models. In one aspect of the invention, a method to store elevation data includes: compressing elevation... |
| 6983290 |
Apparatus and method for accessing resources |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A resource processing technique is disclosed for accessing resources included within larger files. When a file including resource data is stored fixed identification data for the file is associated with... |
| 6983289 |
Automatic identification of DVD title using internet technologies and fuzzy matching techniques |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An iterative search technique is used to quickly and accurately locate information in a database, such as one storing information about digital versatile discs (DVDs). First, a presumably unique search... |
| 6983276 |
Facilitating electronic commerce transactions using buyer profiles |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A system (10) for sorting search results according to a buyer profile (47) during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a database containing a buyer profile (47)... |
| 6980994 |
Method, apparatus and computer program product for mapping file handles |
| Dec-27-2005 |
In one form, in a method for mapping file handles, protocol data elements are created for respective file system protocols. Such a protocol data element identifies a structure of server handles for the... |
| 6980976 |
Combined database index of unstructured and structured columns |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A database management system and method provides access to a data table having structured data and unstructured data. A user interface allows a user to issue instructions to the database management system... |
| 6978278 |
System and method for heterogeneous caching |
| Dec-20-2005 |
The caching of heterogeneous bean sets has been improved from requiring each bean to have its own cache instance to caching the beans in a single cache. The beans can be identified by generating a unique... |
| 6978270 |
System and method for capturing and storing operational data concerning an internet service provider's (ISP) operational environment and customer web browsing habits |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A computer implemented method of and apparatus for collecting and managing detailed data related to an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) operational environment and customer web browsing habits within... |
| 6978269 |
Apparatus and method for generating and displaying a schema diagram for a database |
| Dec-20-2005 |
An apparatus and method for generating and displaying a schema diagram of a database includes a schema diagrammer that automatically queries a database to determine its objects and relationships, and generates... |
| 6978266 |
Determining a rating for a collection of documents |
| Dec-20-2005 |
On one or more data processing systems, a collection rating is determined for a rating scale for contents of a document collection. A link rating is determined for the rating scale for contents linked... |
| 6978265 |
System and method for managing information for a plurality of computer systems in a distributed network |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A system for managing computers in a distributed computer network includes a collection agent for each computer being monitored, a local database coupled to each collection agent, one or more condensing... |
| 6978261 |
Using database management system's infrastructure to invoke a stored procedure for creating and preparing a database application |
| Dec-20-2005 |
Using a database management system's own infrastructure to invoke a stored procedure for creating and preparing a database application. The stored procedure automates the pre-compile, compile, linker,... |
| 6976040 |
System and method of data-management and data-management program |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A data-management system manages identical data stored in main-memory areas of several computers connected via a network. The system has a transaction acceptor to accept a request for executing a transaction... |
| 6976025 |
Database and method for storing a searchable set of keywords |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A methods for storing a searchable set of keywords includes concatenating the keywords to form a string, and defining one or more links between two or more characters in the string. A delimiting character... |
| 6975909 |
Electronic product/service manual |
| Dec-13-2005 |
An electronic product manual including a plurality of data structures having a hierarchical relationship as components and sub-components with each other. A graphical user interface (GUI) is configured... |
| 6975873 |
System and method for tracking the relative location of mobile stations belonging to a pre-defined group of mobile stations |
| Dec-13-2005 |
Embodiments of the present invention are related to a method and apparatus for determining whether each mobile station in a pre-defined group of two or more mobile stations is in compliance with acceptable... |
| 6973556 |
Data element including metadata that includes data management information for managing the data element |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A mechanism is provided for storing self-defining data and mapping elements with either a fixed set of allowed structures or types or with the structures and types determined by rules. Recovery is enhanced... |
| 6973463 |
Replication architecture for a directory server |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A directory server includes a supplier server, a consumer server in communication with the supplier server, a plurality of pluggable services that manage replication of data contained within the directory... |
| 6973459 |
Adaptive Bayes Network data mining modeling |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method, system, and computer program product for generating an Adaptive Bayes Network data mining model includes receiving a data table having a plurality of predictor columns and a target column, constructing... |
| 6973446 |
Knowledge finding method |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A general-purpose knowledge finding method for efficient knowledge finding by selectively sampling only data in large information amounts from a database. Learning means 104 causes a lower-order learning... |
| 6971096 |
Transaction data structure for process communications among network-distributed applications |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A process automation application, referred to as a commerce exchange server, for sending transaction messages between application programs uses a transaction definition data structure for specifying the... |
| 6970891 |
Smart card with volatile memory file subsystem |
| Nov-29-2005 |
An integrated circuit (IC) module allows volatile data generated by applications to be stored within volatile data files in the volatile memory. A file system tracks the location of all data files as residing... |
| 6970887 |
Method and system for programming disconnected data |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method of tracking data through a multi-tier computing architecture includes initializing a first row pointer of a dataset with data form a database, placing changes to the data in the second row pointer... |
| 6970876 |
Method and arrangement for the management of database schemas |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A management of distributed databases, and a method and an arrangement associated with managing database schemas and configuration of software that uses those schemas. A method and a system, which allows... |
| 6970875 |
IP library management system |
| Nov-29-2005 |
An IP library management system includes IP data segregated into two separate databases: an IP database for storing virtual component data, and an IP catalog database for storing attributes pertaining... |
| 6970874 |
Populating data cubes using calculated relations |
| Nov-29-2005 |
The current invention discloses methods for transforming a set of relations into multidimensional data cubes. A syntheses process is disclosed that dynamically and with minimal user input eliminates ambiguities... |
| 6970873 |
Configurable mechanism and abstract API model for directory operations |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A computing device including a method of adding to a directory information tree involving the steps of accessing a template name, reading a template according to the accessed template name, the template... |
| 6970870 |
Systems and methods for facilitating access to documents via associated tags |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate access to documents via associated tags. According to one embodiment, a first document tag is initially assigned to a document. For example, an author may... |
| 6970867 |
Bookmarking of web page frames in world wide web for accessing web pages within a frames implementation |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A process in a computer managed communication network such as the World Wide Web with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive display stations and with a system for displaying... |
| 6970863 |
Front-end weight factor search criteria |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Methods and apparatuses for locating electronic documents by allowing a user to specify, prioritize and control the order of a resulting hit list at the front end of a search are provided. One embodiment... |
| 6970844 |
Flow designer for establishing and maintaining assignment and strategy process maps |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A system, method and carrier medium for modeling a Financial Service Organization (FSO) business in a computer software program and for storing the model of the FSO business in a database. An object-oriented... |
