| 6968339 |
System and method for selecting data to be corrected |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A pool of data elements is identified. A set of random data elements is selected from the pool. The data elements in the set are scored. Data elements may be scored based on attributes of the data such... |
| 6968337 |
Method and apparatus for identifying an unknown work |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A system for determining an identity of a received work. The system receives audio data for an unknown work. The audio data is divided into segments. The system generates a signature of the unknown work... |
| 6968335 |
Method and system for parallel processing of database queries |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A system and methods for parallel processing of queries to one or more databases are described herein. One or more databases may be distributed among a subset of slave nodes of a global-results processing... |
| 6968333 |
Soliciting information based on a computer user's context |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A user search request is received and context information for the user is identified. The user search request and the context information are then combined to generate search criteria corresponding to... |
| 6966031 |
Method of organizing and accessing Chinese words |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A method and system of organizing and accessing Chinese words comprises word storage structures having words indexed by the meanings, by the radicals, by the strokes and by the usage frequency thereof;... |
| 6965903 |
Techniques for managing hierarchical data with link attributes in a relational database |
| Nov-15-2005 |
Techniques for managing hierarchical data include managing a link table in a relational database. The hierarchical data includes data about a hierarchy of nodes related by multiple links. The link table... |
| 6965897 |
Data compression method and apparatus |
| Nov-15-2005 |
An improved data compression method and apparatus is disclosed, particularly for compressing large database tables. A data structure is disclosed which is fully compatible with the traditional DBMS demands,... |
| 6965895 |
Method and apparatus for analyzing manufacturing data |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A method for data mining information obtained in an integrated circuit fabrication factory ("fab") that includes steps of: (a) gathering data from the fab from one or more of systems, tools, and databases... |
| 6964055 |
System and method for communicating using a framework |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method is provided that includes: receiving, by a framework, a request communicated by a source, the request including an associated functionality. The method also includes integrating, by an abstraction... |
| 6963924 |
IP routing lookup scheme and system for multi-gigabit switching routers |
| Nov-8-2005 |
An IP routing lookup scheme and system for a multi-gigabit switching router which can reach 3 memory accesses in the worst case using memory size less than 512 KB is disclosed. The invention can compress... |
| 6963877 |
Selective processing of data embedded in a multimedia file |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method for encoding of media files to embed a data segment and time restriction information into the media file in order to restrict the time period when decoding and processing of the embedded data... |
| 6963875 |
Persistent archives |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A persistent archive of a collection of data objects comprises a self-describing, infrastructure-independent representation of a logical structure for the collection and a self-describing, infrastructure-independent... |
| 6963871 |
System and method for adaptive multi-cultural searching and matching of personal names |
| Nov-8-2005 |
An automated name searching system incorporates an automatic name classifier and a multi-path architecture in which different algorithms are applied based on cultural identity of the query name. The name... |
| 6961927 |
Lossless, context-free compression system and method |
| Nov-1-2005 |
Lossless, context-free data compression is implemented using a data aware compression scheme that is specific to the type of data being compressed. A modified delta compression scheme is used in which... |
| 6961733 |
System and method for storing and accessing data in an interlocking trees datastore |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A tree-based datastore comprising a forest of interconnected trees is generated and/or accessed. The tree-based datastore comprises a first tree that depends from a first root node and may include a plurality... |
| 6961729 |
Processing in parallel units of work that perform DML operations on the same spanning rows |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A mechanism is described for constructing work granules, where the work granules are constructed independently of whether two or more of the work granules are assigned to operate on a logical storage unit... |
| 6961725 |
Method of a data range search with plural pre-set rules |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A search method for a range search with a plurality of pre-set rules constructs a rule mapping table by dividing data associated with the rules into a plurality of sub-keys and generating output tables... |
| 6961721 |
Detecting duplicate records in database |
| Nov-1-2005 |
The invention concerns a detection of duplicate tuples in a database. Previous domain independent detection of duplicated tuples relied on standard similarity functions (e.g., edit distance, cosine metric)... |
| 6959305 |
Unique identification of SQL cursor occurrences in a repetitive, nested environment |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A cursor query identifier is defined to uniquely identify cursors in a relational database system that supports nested routine invocation. The identifier includes a cursor nesting level value that corresponds... |
| 6959303 |
Efficient searching techniques |
| Oct-25-2005 |
The present invention describes techniques for performing searches in an efficient manner while minimizing the memory resources required to perform the searches. According to the techniques of the present... |
| 6959302 |
Querying database system to execute stored procedures using abstract data type attributes, retrieving location information of data, sub-data between first and second servers |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A parallel database system retrieval method and system for transferring from database operation servers to a front end server only those data items that are used in subsequent processing, thereby shortening... |
| 6959301 |
Maintaining and reconstructing the history of database content modified by a series of events |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A method and a system for maintaining the history of database content when the database is modified by a sequence of events, where each event may be one of a load or a load retraction, is provided. The... |
| 6959300 |
Data compression method and apparatus |
| Oct-25-2005 |
An improved data compression method and apparatus is provided, particularly with regard to the compression of data in tabular form such as database records. The present invention achieves improved compression... |
| 6959299 |
Information presentation apparatus with meta-information management function |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A high-speed information collection utilizing a meta-information management unit which manages update information pertaining to documents. An information presentation apparatus, an information collection... |
| 6959298 |
Method and system for accessing travel services |
| Oct-25-2005 |
Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to accessing travel services via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried... |
| 6959297 |
System and process for searching within a data stream using a pointer matrix and a trap matrix |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A trap matrix searches the entire contents of a data stream for a pattern that matches the pattern for a search term. In those circumstances where there is a match between patterns of the data stream and... |
| 6957388 |
Scenario editing device capable of automatically supplementing scenario on the basis of received additional data |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A scenario editing device comprises a scenario supplementing unit supplements a scenario memorized in a scenario memory according to a scenario basic rule memorized in a scenario rule memory when it receives... |
| 6957234 |
System and method for retrieving data from a database using a data management system |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A system (10) for retrieving data from a database (22) using a data management system (20) includes a change retrieval engine (50) that is coupled to the data management system... |
| 6957230 |
Dynamically generating multiple hierarchies of inter-object relationships based on object attribute values |
| Oct-18-2005 |
The described arrangements and procedures dynamically generate a data polyarchy from information received from a data store (e.g., a directory or database). The data polyarchy represents multiple hierarchies... |
| 6957224 |
Efficient retrieval of uniform resource locators |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A system, method and computer program product for providing links to remotely located information in a network of remotely connected computers. The system may or may not include a server providing an interface... |
| 6957222 |
Optimizing an outer join operation using a bitmap index structure |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method, computer program and database system are disclosed for performing an outer join of at least a first table T1 and a second table T2. The join has join conditions. Each of the tables has an associated... |
| 6957221 |
Method for capturing a physically consistent mirrored snapshot of an online database from a remote database backup system |
| Oct-18-2005 |
An online primary database is automatically configured to enable a physically consistent snapshot of the primary database at the secondary database to be uniquely mirrored to a secondary remote database... |
| 6957216 |
Method and apparatus for finding nearest logical record in a hash table |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method, apparatus, software and data structure is disclosed for more efficient access times for linear operations in a hash table, including finding the nearest logical record. A plurality of actual... |
| 6956507 |
Method and apparatus for morphing memory compressed machines |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A computer system having a main memory for storing data in a compressed format and a processor cache for storing decompressed data, a method for converting the data of said main memory from compressed... |
| 6954760 |
Method and system for multidimensional database management |
| Oct-11-2005 |
The multidimensional database system automatically adds a new group in the existing layer information. Although the existing layer information does not have the corresponding layer structure information... |
| 6954757 |
Framework, architecture, method and system for reducing latency of business operations of an enterprise |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A framework, architecture, system and method are provided for reducing business transaction latencies thereby enabling an enterprise to run as a zero latency enterprise (ZLE). The present invention enables... |
| 6954756 |
Method and system for detecting deviations in data tables |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method and system for automatically detecting deviations in a data table comprising a multitude of records and a multitude of columns. A column of the data table is selected as a classification column... |
| 6954749 |
Methods and apparatus for identifying related nodes in a directed graph having named arcs |
| Oct-11-2005 |
The invention provides methods for identifying related data in a directed graph (e.g., an RDF data set). A "first" step—though the steps are not necessarily executed in sequential order—includes... |
| 6952702 |
Apparatus and methods for managing the display of SMBIOS data relating to the configuration and components of a computing system |
| Oct-4-2005 |
The present invention provides apparatus and methods for managing the display of data stored in a SMBIOS database. The apparatus and methods provide a template file intermediate between a SMBIOS utility... |
| 6952701 |
Simultaneous array configuration and store assignment for a data storage system |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A technique for designing a data storage system in which a configuration for memory devices and assignments of data stores to the devices are developed. A data structure having a plurality of nodes is... |
| 6952700 |
Feature weighting in κ-means clustering |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A method and system is provided for integrating multiple feature spaces in a k-means clustering algorithm when analyzing data records having multiple, heterogeneous feature spaces. The method assigns different... |
| 6952695 |
Spontaneous adverse events reporting |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A method of dynamically managing and improving the reliability, accuracy and quality of collected information comprising presenting the user with a hierarchically structured set of predefined terms, receiving... |
| 6952660 |
Collaboration session recording model |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A decision tracking object model and interface which captures and stores administrative and substantive meeting information, along with their associated relationships, in an object model database is presented.... |
| 6950831 |
Processing system for use with a user interface display |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A processing system, for use with a user interface display including image elements for prompting user data entry, includes a binding database. The binding database includes elements for linking different... |
| 6950818 |
System and method for implementing group policy |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method and system for implementing policy by accumulating policies for a policy recipient from policy objects associated with a hierarchically organized structure of containers, such as directory containers... |
| 6950041 |
Real time date compression method and apparatus for a data recorder |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A real time data compression method examines whether a present read-in data point is in a predicted tolerable error range. If yes, the previous data point is deemed as redundant and is ignored and after... |
| 6947947 |
Method for adding metadata to data |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method for adding labels to data, for example XML compliant or XBRL compliant labels, includes a) identifying data in an electronically represented file, b) selecting labels that correspond to text strings... |
| 6947946 |
Database system including hierarchical link table |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention provides a database system having a database in which data to be processed by an application program are stored (hierarchical node database). A table (hierarchical link table) in... |
| 6947944 |
Database managing apparatus and database record retrieving apparatus |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A database managing apparatus, which can immediately obtain desired data from a database. A database managing apparatus includes a CPU, an input/output device, a main memory and an external memory. The... |
| 6947934 |
Aggregate predicates and search in a database management system |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A technique for executing a statement in a computer to manipulate data in a data store connected to the computer. Initially, a statement having an aggregate predicate is received. Then, when evaluating... |
