| 6457010 |
Client-server based subscriber characterization system |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A subscriber characterization system is presented in which the subscriber's requests are transmitted to a server which fulfills those requests and performs monitoring of the subscriber requests for subsequent... |
| 6457008 |
Pluggable resource scheduling policies |
| Sep-24-2002 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a resource scheduler for allocating a computer system resource, such as execution time within a processor, to database management system (DBMS) processes.... |
| 6453310 |
Installable schema for low-overhead databases |
| Sep-17-2002 |
A relational database has a data file stored separately from a representation of the schema of the relational data in the data file. Schema representation files of several different types are generated... |
| 6449648 |
Lease renewal service |
| Sep-10-2002 |
In accordance with methods and systems consistent with the present invention, a lease manager is provided for managing leases between clients and other network services. To use the lease manager, a client... |
| 6446133 |
Multi-language domain name service |
| Sep-3-2002 |
A multilingual Domain Name System allows users to use Domain Names in non-Unicode or ASCII encodings. An international DNS server (or iDNS server) receives multilingual DNS requests and converts them to... |
| 6442546 |
Messaging system with application-defined states |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A messaging system in which a core messaging infrastructure stores and manages messaging attributes, but applications external to the core infrastructure define and modify most attributes. Attribute types... |
| 6442541 |
Universal database adapters |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A set of Java Beans for facilitating data extraction from a JDBC-ODBC database in an application is disclosed. The set of beans includes a database driver manager component, DbQuery, having a plurality... |
| 6438606 |
Router image support device |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A multi-network system is provided with a facility for storing an old or superseded router image without the need for increasing router memory. A local storage device is coupled, directly or indirectly,... |
| 6438545 |
Semantic user interface |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A system and method that allows a user to use their everyday language or user defined words to operate a computer in a highly efficient way. In short, every word, letter, control character and symbol is... |
| 6438540 |
Automatic query and transformative process |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A computer-implemented method of retrieving information in a first markup language through a query engine and presenting the information in any required markup language. A user inputs a query and may invoke... |
| 6434559 |
Critical resource management |
| Aug-13-2002 |
Critical resource management is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided. First, the method detects whether maximum utilization of a critical resource has been reached. For example,... |
| 6434556 |
Visualization of Internet search information |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A method and system for presenting a visual representation of search results relating to information on a computer network. A complex relevance rating scheme for generating a relevance rating for each... |
| 6430576 |
Distributing and synchronizing objects |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A method and apparatus for distributing and synchronizing objects. One or more embodiments of the invention provide for distributing copies of the objects locally. By copying objects (including the data... |
| 6430550 |
Parallel distinct aggregates |
| Aug-6-2002 |
Techniques are provided for executing distinct aggregation operations in a manner that is more scalable and efficient than prior techniques. A three-stage technique is provided to parallelize aggregation... |
| 6427187 |
Multiple cache communication |
| Jul-30-2002 |
The invention provides a method and system for operating multiple communicating caches. Between caches, unnecessary transmission of repeated information is substantially reduced. Each cache maintains information... |
| 6424968 |
Information management system |
| Jul-23-2002 |
An information management system is provided including a database and one or more data retrieval tools, a data retrieval tool being arranged to retrieve information according to registered interests of... |
| 6424966 |
Synchronizing crawler with notification source |
| Jul-23-2002 |
A method and system for the processing and maintenance of electronic information retrieved from electronic documents stored on a computer network. The gatherer program of the present invention employs... |
| 6421670 |
Computer network |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A multidimensional database is read, written to and replicated over a computer network by accessing an ordered list of N-M component keys (where N is the dimensionality of the database and M is an integer... |
| 6418469 |
Managing conditions in a network |
| Jul-9-2002 |
Apparatus and method of managing conditions in a network of network devices. A management system identifies conditions on the network by periodically polling the network devices or in response to a message... |
| 6418450 |
Data warehouse programs architecture |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a data warehouse programs architecture. Data in a database stored on a data storage device is transformed. Initially, a program template is retrieved... |
| 6415290 |
Electronic massage management system |
| Jul-2-2002 |
An electronic message, or e-mail, management system having a digital computer for accepting e-mail messages; a program interface for automatically transferring received electronic messages to a database;... |
| 6408297 |
Information collecting apparatus |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A client terminal in the information collecting apparatus collects a Web information described in hyper text language form a Web server terminal via the Internet. This client terminal starts up a browser... |
| 6405212 |
Database system event triggers |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A technique for database management includes receiving an indication of a selected scope of a trigger. The scope is selected from a plurality of scopes of database management. The scope can be on the level... |
| 6404884 |
Personalized assistance system and method |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A system and method for a personalized directory assistance system are provided. The system allows a user to speak with a Cutter service representative (CSR) by dialing an easy to remember telephone number... |
| 6401095 |
Geographically sensitive automated notice system |
| Jun-4-2002 |
The present invention is a system that utilizes the global computer network ("Internet") to provide an intelligent and powerful pet notification system for canvassing specific geographical areas in a matter... |
| 6401092 |
Name type value storage |
| Jun-4-2002 |
Name Type Value Storage ("NTV") provides a very flexible technique for storing data for use in the Internet and in World Wide Web based applications. NTV provides a list of values or names, referred to... |
| 6397258 |
File system |
| May-28-2002 |
A file system capable of performing bandwidth setting is realized. Further, a bandwidth assuring function and a prefetching function are added thereto, and are organically coupled to a bandwidth setting... |
| 6397219 |
Network based classified information systems |
| May-28-2002 |
A system for automatically creating databases containing industry, service, product and subject classification data, contact data, geographic location data (CCG-data) and links to web pages from HTML,... |
| 6393471 |
Marketing data delivery system |
| May-21-2002 |
In an Internet-based client/server application, a system is provided which detects demographics of a client including CPU power, hard disk space, applications installed, network connectivity and log-in... |
| 6393431 |
Compact imaging instrument system |
| May-21-2002 |
An imaging instrument includes a compact hand-held housing having an electronic imaging element supported within a housing, and a plurality of interchangeable instrument heads separably attachable to the... |
| 6389589 |
Class store schema |
| May-14-2002 |
A schema that facilitates the centralized management and deployment of applications, components and services across a computer network. Centralized class stores are provided under policies associated with... |
| 6389432 |
Intelligent virtual volume access |
| May-14-2002 |
A system and a method manages storage space in one or more data storage devices. This is done by receiving a request for storage space from a requester, the request specifying one or more criteria associated... |
| 6385616 |
Time-versioned data storage mechanism |
| May-7-2002 |
In a time-versioned storage mechanism, data is stored as a plurality of records, each including at least one attribute, a time span indicating the time span for which the attribute is valid, an insertion... |
| 6381604 |
Test information management system |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A centralized test information management system and method for its operation are disclosed. The system is implemented on a server that communicates with remote users using a web-based interface. The interface... |
| 6381599 |
Seamless integration of internet resources |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A mechanism for seamlessly searching and accessing information available through the Internet and other resources is disclosed. The present invention maintains a database of file objects available from... |
| 6381593 |
Document information management system |
| Apr-30-2002 |
A document information management system in which a search-engine-compatible interface unit makes a word in a document displayed on the screen to be specified, transfers the specified word to a search... |
| 6381592 |
Candidate chaser |
| Apr-30-2002 |
The Candidate Chaser machine and method automatically locates Internet site pages and web postings which contain operator specified keywords or Boolean combinations and then extracts all electronic mail... |
| 6377950 |
Integrated directory services |
| Apr-23-2002 |
An integrated directory services system is provided for synchronizing records in a central directory server with records in a telephony system. The inventive system comprises a data storage table for storing... |
| 6377948 |
Directory access method |
| Apr-23-2002 |
A network system includes a directory server having a database for storing directory information, and at least one client connected to the directory server through a network. The client issues statements... |
| 6374263 |
System for maintaining precomputed views |
| Apr-16-2002 |
A system and a method maintain a precomputed view corresponding to detail data in a database server by: determining a maintenance plan to refresh the precomputed view when detail data is changed; integrating... |
| 6374247 |
Cool ice service templates |
| Apr-16-2002 |
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... |
| 6370553 |
Atomic and molecular documents |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A molecular document comprised of atomic documents located in a document management system is provided. The molecular document is generated within the environment of a document management system which... |
| 6370547 |
Database correlation method |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A multi-pass algorithm identifies duplicative information and correlates higher confidence and/or selected primary information in distributed databases. One embodiment determines a bounded area based at... |
| 6370543 |
Display of media previews |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files. |
| 6370540 |
Controller |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A controller for use in an object oriented environment connecting an information interface for a network user to a database. The controller optimises a memory usage in the environment by automatically... |
| 6370532 |
Cool ICE batch interface |
| Apr-9-2002 |
An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to execute batch processed accesses to an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based... |
| 6366929 |
Service control and management system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A service control and management systems, and more specifically a system to manage hourly working services, that has service beneficiaries' and/or service providers' smart cards, smart card readers at... |
| 6366925 |
Network based legal services system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A system for conducting legal services, including: an interrogative interface via which clients input information relevant to matters in connection with which the legal service is engaged; a retainer acknowledgment... |
| 6366919 |
System for managing telecommunication sites |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A system for maintaining, updating repairing and monitoring remotely located communication equipment sites is described with which the sites can be managed and maintained. Data relative to each site is... |
| 6366914 |
Audiovisual content distribution system |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A digital department system is disclosed. The digital department system of the present invention includes a network management center, a network operating center that is coupled to the network management... |
