| 6829606 |
Similarity search engine for use with relational databases |
| Dec-7-2004 |
The invention provides a system and method for defining a schema and sending a query to a Similarity Search Engine to determine a quantitative assessment of the similarity of attributes between an anchor... |
| 6829608 |
Systems and methods for discovering mutual dependence patterns |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A new form of pattern is provided, referred to as a mutual dependence pattern or m-pattern. The m-pattern captures mutual dependence among a set of items. Intuitively, the m-pattern represents a set of... |
| 6829607 |
System and method for facilitating user input by automatically providing dynamically generated completion information |
| Dec-7-2004 |
The system and method of the present invention automatically provides dynamically generated completion information for facilitating user input of email addresses or contact information. This completion... |
| 6829604 |
Rules analyzer system and method for evaluating and ranking exact and probabilistic search rules in an enterprise database |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A rules analyzer system and method is provided for an enterprise system to evaluate and rank exact and probabilistic search rules for searching a computer database of records according to the efficiency... |
| 6829599 |
System and method for improving answer relevance in meta-search engines |
| Dec-7-2004 |
A user of a meta-search engine submits a query formulated with operators defining relationships between keywords. Information sources are selected for interrogation by the user or by the meta-search engine.... |
| 6826568 |
Methods and system for model matching |
| Nov-30-2004 |
Systems and methods for automatically and generically matching models are provided, such as may be provided in a matching application or matching component, or provided in a general purpose system for... |
| 6826578 |
Method, system, and computer product for collecting and distributing clinical data for data mining |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method for collecting and distributing clinical data for data mining. The method comprises selecting a local report for collection, where the local report is a structured reporting object and includes... |
| 6826569 |
Method for identifying patterns |
| Nov-30-2004 |
The method identifies repeating patterns in sequential event streams, in which each event (A1, B, C, D, A2) is of a pre-determined event type (A, B, C, D) and occurs at a specified position within an event... |
| 6826316 |
System and method for determining image similarity |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A system and method for determining image similarity. The method includes the steps of automatically providing perceptually significant features of main subject or background of a first image; automatically... |
| 6823342 |
Method and system for capturing, managing, and disseminating manufacturing knowledge |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A independent method for configuring and extracting detailed manufacturing knowledge for fabricating an object, tool or part and storing the data to a data file or data structure. The method includes extracting... |
| 6823333 |
System, method and apparatus for conducting a keyterm search |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A keyterm search is a method of searching a database for subsets of the database that are relevant to an input query. First, a number of relational models of subsets of a database are provided. A query... |
| 6823335 |
Information search apparatus and method, and storage medium |
| Nov-23-2004 |
An information search apparatus includes query condition input means for inputting a query condition, storage means for storing a plurality of image data which undergo a search, first similarity calculation... |
| 6823334 |
Metadata system for managing data mining environments |
| Nov-23-2004 |
Managing a data mining environment, the data mining environment having a data mining tool and a data mining model. Embodiments include registering in a data set control table registered data sets, the... |
| 6820092 |
Map information providing system and map information searching method |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A map information providing system for providing map data to a terminal device via a data transmission path, includes: a first server, the first server including a first storage unit for storing map data;... |
| 6820089 |
Method and system for simplifying the use of data mining in domain-specific analytic applications by packaging predefined data mining models |
| Nov-16-2004 |
Development of domain-specific analytic applications having predefined data mining models, including identifying a business problem to be solved; selecting a data mining algorithm appropriate for solving... |
| 6820090 |
Method for generating quantiles from data streams |
| Nov-16-2004 |
In a method for acquiring statistical information from data, an initial cumulative distribution function (CDF) that characterizes an initial set of data is acquired. The acquisition of this CDF comprises... |
| 6820084 |
Method and system for pushing information to a client an information processing system |
| Nov-16-2004 |
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,... |
| 6816859 |
Rotationally desensitized unistroke handwriting recognition |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A Unistrokes symbollogy in which strokes of like profile (i.e., strokes that are distinguished from each other by their rotational orientation) are rotationally offset from each other by at least 90.degree.... |
| 6816858 |
System, method and apparatus providing collateral information for a video/audio stream |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A system and method is disclosed for performing Automatic Stream Analysis for Broadcast Information which takes speech audio as input, converts the audio stream into text using a speech recognition system,... |
| 6816853 |
Method and system for efficiently evaluating a query against partitioned data |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A method and mechanism to execute a query against a partitioned database object. Data processed or created for an earlier partition is maintained even after further processing is performed against a subsequent... |
| 6813395 |
Image searching method and image processing method |
| Nov-2-2004 |
The image searching method extracts or recognizes specific information for an image that exists in the image and/or accompanies it, allows either the specific information itself or related information... |
| 6810398 |
System and method for unorchestrated determination of data sequences using sticky byte factoring to determine breakpoints in digital sequences |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A system and method for unorchestrated determination of data sequences using "sticky byte" factoring to determine breakpoints in digital sequences such that common sequences can be identified. Sticky byte... |
| 6810397 |
Collecting event data and describing events |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A method of and a system for collecting, data about an event and describing the event, which for example, might be an entertainment event, a sports event, or a political event. Identifying characteristics... |
| 6810375 |
Method for segmentation of text |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A computerized method, and a corresponding apparatus, for segmentation of a stream of text elements comprising analyzed tokens into one or more initial clauses is disclosed. In the method, a predetermined... |
| 6804668 |
Natural language agent for monitoring a threaded discussion |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A method and apparatus are provided for identifying textual information for use in a threaded discussion. The method includes the steps of detecting key words and key words in context of the threaded discussion... |
| 6804667 |
Filter for checking for duplicate entries in database |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A system for determining whether a record-to-be-added to a database is a duplicate of an existing record. The database is first processed, to generate a library of signatures, one for each record. For... |
| 6804669 |
Methods and apparatus for user-centered class supervision |
| Oct-12-2004 |
Techniques are provided for incorporating human or user interaction in accordance with the design and/or performance of data mining applications such as similarity determination and classification. Such... |
| 6801910 |
Method and system for guiding drilling in a report generated by a reporting system |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A method and system for guiding drilling into a report are disclosed. Through the use of the invention, a user can drill within a first report dimension or from the first report dimension into a second... |
| 6801909 |
System and method for obtaining user preferences and providing user recommendations for unseen physical and information goods and services |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A system and method for searching data repositories and for obtaining user preferences and providing user recommendations for unseen physical and information goods and services. The system includes, for... |
| 6801657 |
Method and apparatus for representing and searching for color images |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A method of representing a colour image comprises selecting a region of the image, selecting one or more colours as representative colours for the region and, for a region having two or more representative... |
| 6799199 |
Media monitor system |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A media monitor system monitors content of a plurality of information streams provided by a plurality of information sources coupled to a media monitor system. The media monitor system is adapted to be... |
| 6799175 |
System and method of determining and searching for patterns in a large database |
| Sep-28-2004 |
Techniques are provided for finding query responses from database queries using an interactive process between a user (e.g., a person entering a query to a database) and a computer system (e.g., a computing... |
| 6795817 |
Method and system for improving response time of a query for a partitioned database object |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A method and mechanism to improve the response time of a query that is executed against a partitioned database object. Only a subset or portion of the partitions are accessed during each pass through the... |
| 6792423 |
Hybrid longest prefix match and fixed match searches |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A method and system for finding a longest matching prefix for an input keyword from among multiple prefixes. The prefixes are data strings of varying lengths wherein prefixes of length n or greater are... |
| 6792422 |
Automatic categorization of financial transactions |
| Sep-14-2004 |
Automatic categorization of a financial transaction based upon a mapping of useful characters from the transaction's description to a financial category. The description of the financial transaction is... |
| 6791585 |
Computer method and system for reconciling disparate data archival mediums |
| Sep-14-2004 |
A computer method suitable for reconciling disparate data archival mediums. The method obviates the need for writing programs that are specific or uniquely tailored to each data archival medium, wherein... |
| 6789087 |
Information processing apparatus for processing a photographed image of a person |
| Sep-7-2004 |
When radiography or other photography is executed on a mass basis, by use of an information processing apparatus that processes a photographed images as digital image signals, identification information... |
| 6785795 |
Data processing device for use in cooperation with a memory |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A processing of data in cooperation with a memory (MEM), for example an MPEG decoding, has the following characteristic features. A processor (P) generates a logic request (LRQ). The logic request (LRQ)... |
| 6785685 |
Approach for transforming XML document to and from data objects in an object oriented framework for content management applications |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method and system for transforming XML documents to and from data objects in an object oriented framework includes: importing the XML document; parsing the XML document; building a DOM tree from the... |
| 6785684 |
Apparatus and method for determining clustering factor in a database using block level sampling |
| Aug-31-2004 |
An apparatus and method perform block-level sampling on a database, process the data to generate one or more matrices, and process the one or more matrices to generate a clustering factor for a selected... |
| 6785677 |
Method for execution of query to search strings of characters that match pattern with a target string utilizing bit vector |
| Aug-31-2004 |
The method of the present invention is useful in a computer system including at least one client. The program executes a method for matching a pattern string with a target string, where either string can... |
| 6785679 |
Method and apparatus for sending and tracking resume data sent via URL |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A resume database system allows for resume records on the resume database system to be viewed by others via a Uniform Resource Locator, URL. In addition, in response to instructions from an authorized... |
| 6785671 |
System and method for locating web-based product offerings |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A search engine system assists users in locating web pages from which user-specified products can be purchased. Web pages located by a crawler program are scored, based on a set of rules, according to... |
| 6785672 |
Methods and apparatus for performing sequence homology detection |
| Aug-31-2004 |
In a sequence homology detection aspect of the invention, a computer-based method of detecting homologies between a plurality of sequences in a database and a query sequence comprises the following steps.... |
| 6785670 |
Automatically initiating an internet-based search from within a displayed document |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A system for automatically initiating an Internet-based search from within a document displayed by a document viewer includes a search term designation module configured to receive a user designation of... |
| 6785666 |
Method and system for parsing navigation information |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method and system for providing customers with access to and analysis of event data is provided. The event data may be stored in log files and supplemented with data from other sources, such as product... |
| 6785418 |
Image identification apparatus and method of identifying images |
| Aug-31-2004 |
An image identification apparatus for identifying an image from a hand drawn representation of at least part of the image, the image identification apparatus comprising an image processor arranged in operation... |
| 6785419 |
System and method to facilitate pattern recognition by deformable matching |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A system and method to facilitate pattern recognition or matching between patterns are disclosed that is substantially invariant to small transformations. A substantially smooth deformation field is applied... |
| 6782409 |
Experience/sympathy information providing system |
| Aug-24-2004 |
Upon receiving a request for preparing a recommended CD list in Step S71, the experience/sympathy information providing server stores the member ID of the user requested a recommended CD list as remarkable... |
| 6782385 |
Method and system for providing performance index information of a machine element, and method and system for supporting selection of a machine element |
| Aug-24-2004 |
When an information provision program is implemented, an input screen is displayed on a display section (step 101). A specific designation number is input (step 103), and one or plural bearing performance... |
