| 6920454 |
Techniques for DLM optimization with transferring lock information |
| Jul-19-2005 |
Techniques for optimizing a distributed lock manager (DLM) include transferring lock information to a new master without freezing one or more shared resources. A hash value range is associated with the... |
| 6920453 |
Method and system for finding a query-subset of events within a master-set of events |
| Jul-19-2005 |
A method and system for determining similarity between a first event set, the first event set including a first plurality of event types, and a second event set, the second event set including a second... |
| 6915409 |
Computerized information retrieval system |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A computerized information retrieval system having consistency among a sensory network portrayed in a visual display, a semantic network that establishes the logic of data organization and retrieval and... |
| 6915310 |
Three-dimensional volumetric geo-spatial querying |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A three-dimensional (3D) volumetric geo-spatial querying system. The system can include a 3D GIS. The 3D GIS can include a database of geo-spatial data configured to store geo-spatial data using, not two-dimensional,... |
| 6915307 |
High performance object cache |
| Jul-5-2005 |
The foregoing needs and other needs are addressed by the present invention, which provides, in one aspect, a mechanism for locating a data object. According to an aspect of the present invention, key values... |
| 6915302 |
Method, system, and program for accessing files in a file system |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Disclosed is a system, method, and program for processing an input file in a file system, wherein the input file has an input file name. A function is applied to map the input file name to a value. A data... |
| 6915300 |
Method and system for searching indexed string containing a search string |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Systems and methods for indexing and searching the inner structure of a string over a language having a vocabulary and a grammar using bit vectors. The index preserves the inner grammatical structure of... |
| 6915299 |
Web server document library |
| Jul-5-2005 |
Document libraries that facilitate content contribution to and management of a website. In general, a document library comprises a database, a special "document library" file system folder and the documents... |
| 6915298 |
User-defined relationships for diagramming user-defined database relations |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A schema diagrammer aids a database administrator or other user in maintaining and managing a database in a computer system. The schema diagrammer allows the user to define "user-defined relationships"... |
| 6915290 |
Database query optimization apparatus and method that represents queries as graphs |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A database query optimizer constructs a graph comprising nodes, relations, and expressions. The query optimizer then constructs execution plans for sub-parts of the graph. The combination of execution... |
| 6912550 |
File classification management system and method used in operating systems |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The invention provides a file classification management system and method used in operating systems for managing the files by categories. Each of the physically stored files is mapped into one or more... |
| 6912540 |
Chaining database records that represent a single customer or multiple customers living in a household |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A data-processing technique improves the process of "householding" customer data in a company's relational database system. The process involves combining data from two or more attribute columns in one... |
| 6912537 |
Dynamically changeable virtual mapping scheme |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A system is provided to support dynamically changeable virtual mapping schemes in a data processing system. The present invention separates processing of data unit requirements from the selection of which... |
| 6912536 |
Apparatus and method for presenting document data |
| Jun-28-2005 |
A word id extracted from dated document data, and the number of occurrences of the word can be obtained by adding up the number of the extracted word for each field and period. Furthermore, a word indicating... |
| 6912483 |
In-place dynamically re-sizeable persistent historical database |
| Jun-28-2005 |
The specification discloses a method of maintaining a historical database of information. The method describes up to eleven segments, each segment corresponding possibly to a different data logging rate... |
| 6910042 |
System and method for partial ordering service capabilities in an e-marketplace hub |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A system and method for partial ordering service capabilities in an e-marketplace hub is presented. A recipient trading partner sets receive message constraints and a sending trading partner specifies... |
| 6910034 |
Search apparatus, search method and storage medium for storing search program |
| Jun-21-2005 |
There is disclosed a method of extracting a user related to a field corresponding to an inquiry content based on shared documents of a plurality of users and profile information including at least specialized... |
| 6909910 |
Method and system for managing changes to a contact database |
| Jun-21-2005 |
Described is a system and method for updating a contact and adding a new contact from a call log in a communications device. The system includes a contact manager that is directed towards creating and... |
| 6907430 |
Method and system for assessing attacks on computer networks using Bayesian networks |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A method and system are disclosed for processing data from a computer network to determine an occurrence of and characterize a particular activity associated with the computer network. In accordance with... |
| 6907428 |
User interface for a multi-dimensional data store |
| Jun-14-2005 |
The invention provides a means of interacting with a subset of a large amount of related information that assists in providing a user with the overall understanding necessary to execute rapid and knowledgeable... |
| 6907426 |
Systems and methods for identifying and counting instances of temporal patterns |
| Jun-14-2005 |
Systems and methods for instance counting and for the identification of a temporal pattern in an event sequence. The system addresses the use of "earliest-first" and "no-reuse" policies as criteria for... |
| 6907420 |
Parameterizing system and method |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A system for intelligently parameterizing and configuring a file is provided. The system includes a parameterizing tool that facilitates identifying items to be parameterized. The parameterizing tool also... |
| 6907419 |
Method, system, and product for maintaining within a virtualization system a historical performance database for physical devices |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A data processing system, method, and product are disclosed for maintaining a database of usage information of multiple, different physical devices. A virtualization system is provided interposed between... |
| 6904454 |
Method and apparatus for content repository with versioning and data modeling |
| Jun-7-2005 |
The present invention is related to method and apparatus for versioning. Versioning information is stored as metadata associated with data entities. A hierarchical relationship between the entities allows... |
| 6904439 |
System and method for aggregating user project information in a multi-server system |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A system for aggregating user information on a plurality of projects and servers includes a project catalog; a project catalog server; a plurality of project servers; a plurality of project databases;... |
| 6904436 |
Method and system for generating a bit order data structure of configuration bits from a schematic hierarchy |
| Jun-7-2005 |
A method and system for automatically building a bit order data structure of configuration bits for a programmable logic device. One embodiment of the present invention first identifies a plurality of... |
| 6901406 |
Methods and systems for accessing multi-dimensional customer data |
| May-31-2005 |
Methods and systems for modeling customer data into a multi-dimensional structure for access to enable efficient customer targeting are described. The method includes the steps of compiling data from multiple... |
| 6901405 |
Method for persisting a schedule and database schema |
| May-31-2005 |
The invention provides a database schema for representing a workflow process definition (e.g., a schedule). The database schema may also include one or more bindings associated with the schedule, as well... |
| 6901403 |
XML presentation of general-purpose data sources |
| May-31-2005 |
A system and method for presenting one or more general-purpose application-accessible data sources as an XML representation is discussed. Information that describes the way data is structured or organized... |
| 6901380 |
Merchandising system method, and program product utilizing an intermittent network connection |
| May-31-2005 |
A business application integrates a company's internal business systems with an e-commerce web site, so that company personnel can manage their business with a business application that seamlessly exports... |
| 6898590 |
School system database |
| May-24-2005 |
A denormalized database has a master student table having records containing fields last name, first name and a unique identifier corresponding to each student, related data tables linked to the master... |
| 6898589 |
Performance optimizer for the transfer of bulk data between computer systems |
| May-24-2005 |
For the transfer of bulk data between a client computer system and at least one server computer system, throughput-relevant information is gathered from system components involved in the transfer. The... |
| 6898588 |
Method and apparatus for viewing the effect of changes to an index for a database table on an optimization plan for a database query |
| May-24-2005 |
A method and apparatus for viewing the effect of changes to an index for a database table on an optimization plan for a database query, such as an SQL statement. A virtual table is created which mimics... |
| 6898277 |
System and method for annotating recorded information from contacts to contact center |
| May-24-2005 |
A system for forming a database indexed with content-based parameters, corresponding to recordings of contacts to a contact center, includes an analysis unit, a mining unit, and a correlation unit. The... |
| 6895408 |
Method and apparatus to facilitate interaction management between loosely coupled applications |
| May-17-2005 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates interaction management between loosely coupled applications. The system operates by first receiving one or more Data Tokens at... |
| 6895405 |
Computer-assisted systems and methods for determining effectiveness of survey question |
| May-17-2005 |
A computer-assisted method is disclosed for determining a potential effectiveness of a survey question. The disclosed method includes segregating a plurality of responses to a survey question into a plurality... |
| 6892208 |
Method and system for database management for data mining |
| May-10-2005 |
Customer data is displayed to a user for making decisions in dealing with customers. The displayed data is generated based upon characteristic rules that are generated with respect to predetermined data... |
| 6892205 |
System and method for pre-compiling a source cursor into a target library cache |
| May-10-2005 |
A system and method for enabling a second database instance to more quickly process a request to execute a database statement that has previously been executed by a first database instance is described.... |
| 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... |
| 6889360 |
Representing IMS transaction definitions as XML documents |
| May-3-2005 |
A method for communicating with an Information Management System (IMS) using eXtensible Markup Language (XML) documents includes the steps of receiving a document comprising an IMS transaction definition... |
| 6889285 |
Apparatus and method to maintain information using a plurality of storage attributes |
| May-3-2005 |
A method to maintain information in a virtual tape system comprising a library inventory using a plurality of storage attributes. The method includes forming a dataset comprising information, and assigning... |
| 6889234 |
System and methods for invalidation to enable caching of dynamically generated content |
| May-3-2005 |
Various systems and methods are describe for determining dynamically generated content to be invalidated as a result of changes to underlying data. In one method, invalidation processing is performed using... |
| 6889226 |
System and method for relational representation of hierarchical data |
| May-3-2005 |
A technique for representing the structure of hierarchically-organized data in a non-hierarchical data structure, such as a relation. The hierarchically-organized data is represented as a tree, and each... |
| 6889225 |
Large database search using content addressable memory and hash |
| May-3-2005 |
A hash-CAM (H-CAM) which may work with a controller and a memory containing a database of either search values and associate content or associate content by itself The H-CAM includes at least one set of... |
| 6889223 |
Apparatus, method, and program for retrieving structured documents |
| May-3-2005 |
When a retrieval condition including a first desired word and a first desired component including a value in which the first desired word is included, is inputted, a first detecting device detects second... |
| 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... |
| 6886131 |
Data processing method and apparatus |
| Apr-26-2005 |
Binary data to which meta-data is to be appended, and meta-data to be appended to the binary data are loaded. The meta-data has an XML format. The loaded meta-data is connected after the loaded binary... |
| 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... |
| 6886014 |
Modifiable universal resource locators (MURLs) |
| Apr-26-2005 |
This invention facilitates the relocation of a hypertext document and objects referenced by hypertext items. The Universal Resource Locators (URLs) in a hypertext document are identified and assessed.... |
| 6883009 |
Image data management method and system using network |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method for managing an original image data file uploaded from a terminal of a client and a system for materializing the method. The method includes storing the original image data file in a database;... |
