| 6553379 |
Address data storage device |
| Apr-22-2003 |
The present invention relates to an address storage device for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, with several apparatuses using at least parts of address data, the address storage device comprising... |
| 6553368 |
Network directory access mechanism |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A computer-implemented directory access mechanism provides a directory service operable to access a network directory under a predetermined protocol by responding to an access request under the protocol... |
| 6549918 |
Dynamic information format conversion |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A software layer (filter driver) residing between software components or application programs running locally or on a client across a network and a persistent store of an operating system provides on-the-fly... |
| 6549904 |
Auction notification system |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method and system for generating notifications of auctions based on user notification requests. In one embodiment, the notification system receives from users selection specifications that specify the... |
| 6546392 |
Self service gateway |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A self service gateway and method of operation that allows a user on a network to interface with the provisioning and billing systems of the network. The self service gateway is controlled by a user interface... |
| 6546381 |
Query optimization system and method |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A query optimization system and method are particularly suitable for generating a least cost query plan expressible on a plurality of heterogeneous database schemas that are restructuring views of each... |
| 6545978 |
Network managing method and system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
In a network including a plurality of exchanges, an exchange at an order request destination is specified from a maintenance terminal of an exchange at an order request source, and an order for performing... |
| 6542515 |
Profile service |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A mechanism for managing a plurality of profile data structures including a plurality of profile objects having an interface for sending and receiving information and a profile service mechanism having... |
| 6539385 |
Dual-use email system |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A method and system are provided for use by an enterprise in which personal messages are processed differently than messages that are intended to constitute official enterprise correspondence ("enterprise... |
| 6539384 |
Browser on test equipment |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A portable telecommunication test set, such as a telephone line butt set, with a web browser incorporated therein. A standard HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language) or WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) browser... |
| 6539377 |
Personalized search methods |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A method of organizing information in which the search activity of previous users is monitored and such activity is used to organize articles for future users. Personal data about future users can be used... |
| 6532458 |
Sampling for database systems |
| Mar-11-2003 |
A database server supports weighted and unweighted sampling of records or tuples in accordance with desired sampling semantics such as with replacement (WR), without replacement (WoR), or independent coin... |
| 6529939 |
User-initiated maintenance of document locators |
| Mar-4-2003 |
Maintenance of a repository of summary data about documents associated with document locators, the repository of summary data stored separately from the documents and containing the document locators,... |
| 6526402 |
Searching procedures |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A searching procedure, particularly for searching on the Internet, using a search engine associated with a database and comprising submitting a request string comprising a locator (or URL) for the search... |
| 6526400 |
Information search apparatus and method |
| Feb-25-2003 |
An image search apparatus acquires associative words in relation to an input query word, and makes a keyword search of image information on the basis of the obtained associative words and input query word.... |
| 6523036 |
Internet database system |
| Feb-18-2003 |
An incrementally-scalable database system and method. The system architecture enables database servers to be scaled by adding resources, such as additional servers, without requiring that the system be... |
| 6523021 |
Business directory search engine |
| Feb-18-2003 |
A system and method for efficiently searching directory listing information to obtain more relevant results is provided. In a computer system running a computing application, it is advantageous to provide... |
| 6519600 |
Computerized asset management system |
| Feb-11-2003 |
The invention concerns a system for managing resources, which can take the form of (a) computer-compatible information, such as data files and programs, and (b) non-computer-compatible information, such... |
| 6519599 |
Visualization of high-dimensional data |
| Feb-11-2003 |
Visualization of high-dimensional data sets is disclosed, particularly the display of a network model for a data set. The network, such as a dependency or a Bayesian network, has a number of nodes having... |
| 6519587 |
Database query system and method |
| Feb-11-2003 |
The invention includes an information retrieval system having a server and a plurality of clients. The server has access to one or more data storage media on which the server maintains a database. The... |
| 6516314 |
Optimization of change log handling |
| Feb-4-2003 |
An information synchronization method and apparatus stores a change log having an associated change counter at a first database, updates the change counter at the first database in response to a database... |
| 6513042 |
Internet test-making method |
| Jan-28-2003 |
A method of making a tests, assessments, surveys and lesson plans with images and sound files and posting them on-line for potential users. Questions are input by a test-maker and then the questions are... |
| 6513041 |
Value-instance-connectivity computer-implemented database |
| Jan-28-2003 |
A computer-implemented database and method providing an efficient, ordered reduced space representation of multi-dimensional data. The data values for each attribute are stored in a manner that provides... |
| 6507945 |
Synthesizing combinatorial libraries of materials |
| Jan-14-2003 |
Methods and apparatus for controlling an automated material handling procedure. The method includes receiving a recipe file comprising component information and mapping information; interacting with a... |
| 6507847 |
History database structure for Usenet |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A database structure is disclosed that is particularly suited to Usenet servers. The database is thread-hot, synchronized, and highly parallel. In addition, the database structure enables high speed read/write... |
| 6505203 |
Geographically sensitive automated notice system |
| Jan-7-2003 |
The present invention is a system that utilizes the global computer network ("Internet") to provide an intelligent and powerful notification system for canvassing specific geographical areas in a matter... |
| 6502096 |
Computerized asset management system |
| Dec-31-2002 |
The invention concerns a system for managing resources, which can take the form of (a) computer-compatible information, such as data files and programs, and (b) non-computer-compatible information, such... |
| 6502087 |
Work flow management system |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A work flow management system has circulation control functions for carrying out branching, queuing, dividing, broadcasting, recovering, holding and substitute of a circulation material in the work flow... |
| 6496856 |
Video storage and retrieval system |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A video clip storage and retrieval system whereby video clips, stored locally and/or at a more remote location, can be requested and retrieved by a user at the user's multimedia terminal. When the user... |
| 6496832 |
Visualization spreadsheet |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A system for analyzing data organized into data sets and for transforming the data sets into a visual representation of the data sets is provided. The system includes a memory, a first processor, and an... |
| 6496826 |
File list processing |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A method and implementing apparatus is provided for transferring data from memory to a file decoder which is effective to decode the file for further processing. In an illustrated example, a video file... |
| 6496821 |
Cool ice column profiling |
| Dec-17-2002 |
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to access an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user... |
| 6490587 |
Dynamic digital asset management |
| Dec-3-2002 |
Method and apparatus are utilized in a system for distributing digital contents from a central server to a plurality of endpoint servers for further distribution to end users for automatically managing... |
| 6490585 |
Cellular multiprocessor data warehouse |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A number of partitions of a cellular multiprocessor (CMP) are connected to respective databases and form respective nodes of a data warehouse. Heterogeneous data stored across the nodes is accessed automatically... |
| 6490584 |
User-centered push methods and system |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A user-centered push system monitors user activity to build a dynamic model representing probable user interests. The model is used to drive a search for information relevant to these interests. Such information,... |
| 6490575 |
Distributed network search engine |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A method and system for facilitating a keyword search request initiated at a client station within a multilevel data network, wherein the multilevel data network includes multiple local sites each containing... |
| 6484157 |
File list processing |
| Nov-19-2002 |
A method and implementing apparatus is provided for transferring data from memory to a file decoder which is effective to decode the file for further processing. In an illustrated example, a video file... |
| 6480861 |
Distributed adaptive computing |
| Nov-12-2002 |
A system and a method for managing, organizing, and allocating service providers in the operational environment of a distributed computer network by applying trade and price mechanisms to a plurality of... |
| 6477541 |
Multimedia server |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A multimedia server retrieves blocks of data from a storage medium and supplies the blocks in the form of data streams to users. The streams include a group of high bit rate streams and a group of low... |
| 6477522 |
Dynamic performance based server selection |
| Nov-5-2002 |
Downloading of Internet files is optimized based on which of multiple locations is most efficient in providing the files. Identical or contiguous portions of a file are downloaded from different servers,... |
| 6473781 |
Communication system and method |
| Oct-29-2002 |
Communication system and method for linking each of a plurality of tagged object to information services stored on a network. The system reads an object tag of one of the objects and retrieves information... |
| 6470333 |
Knowledge extraction system and method |
| Oct-22-2002 |
An information retrieval apparatus for processing a query for retrieval of information from a database has a mechanism for locating a number of features and feature fragments in an index database; an evaluating... |
| 6470318 |
Computer-implemented trademark brokerage network |
| Oct-22-2002 |
A computer-implemented method and system is provided for brokering trademarks between trademark owners and potential trademark buyers. The method and system receive trademarks from potential sellers and... |
| 6466936 |
Method for load regulation |
| Oct-15-2002 |
The present invention relates to a method of regulating the load in a distributed database (A), where the information within the database is distributed between several different nodes (1, 2, 3, . . .... |
| 6463436 |
Interactive photometric calculations system |
| Oct-8-2002 |
An interactive system on a server via which a client can remotely submit data used to making photometric calculations in which the system has one or more interrogative interfaces is provided. Data is requested... |
| 6460050 |
Distributed content identification system |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A file content classification system includes a digital ID generator and an ID appearance database coupled to receive IDs from the ID generator. The system further includes a characteristic comparison... |
| 6460042 |
Universal forms engine |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A forms engine allows data sharing between customizable on-line forms, such as college admissions applications. Before applying, an applicant opens an account with a third party application servicer. After... |
| 6460037 |
Agent-based data mining and warehousing |
| Oct-1-2002 |
An agent-based networking system and process for building a data warehouse containing application specific information and for mining data therefrom. The networking system utilizes functional and resource... |
| 6460035 |
Probabilistic data clustering |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A component of a data clusterer is used to determine a conditional probability density of an object (data point) lying in a cluster. The object has a discrete ordinal attribute value within a finite range... |
| 6457016 |
Timestamp commit |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A system and method for speeding data entry into an electronic form. the method includes providing the electronic form with a field that requires input of real-time data, and displaying the form to a user.... |
