| 6457004 |
Document retrieval assisting method, system and service using closely displayed areas for titles and topics |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A document retrieval assistance method has a user interface with an interactive guidance function. In response to a search query, search results including a title list of retrieved documents is displayed... |
| 6457005 |
Method and system for referral management |
| Sep-24-2002 |
The solicitation and management of referrals is facilitated by methods that record in a database the descriptions of opportunities and the terms under which referral fees will be paid to parties that refer... |
| 6457009 |
Method of searching multiples internet resident databases using search fields in a generic form |
| Sep-24-2002 |
A method of enabling multiple and different remote Internet resident databases to be queried by using search fields in a generic form in a browser by entering field information only once. The multiple... |
| 6457002 |
System and method for maintaining a knowledge base and evidence set |
| Sep-24-2002 |
The present mechanism relates to a system and method for maintaining a knowledge base and an evidence set derived from the knowledge base. The knowledge base has a relationship, which exists between a... |
| 6453312 |
System and method for developing a selectably-expandable concept-based search |
| Sep-17-2002 |
A computer-implemented system and method for allowing users to interactively develop search queries is provided. The system performs query development utilizing a hierarchical concept tree stored in memory,... |
| 6453315 |
Meaning-based information organization and retrieval |
| Sep-17-2002 |
The present invention relies on the idea of a meaning-based search, allowing users to locate information that is close in meaning to the concepts they are searching. A semantic space is created by a lexicon... |
| 6453059 |
Image transfer system |
| Sep-17-2002 |
An image transfer system is provided with an image transfer controller which transfers image information input from image input systems to selected one of a plurality of image handling systems. Destination... |
| 6449598 |
Health care policy on-line maintenance dissemination and compliance testing system |
| Sep-10-2002 |
The software based interactive system provides accessibility to an institution's own policies via either an internet web site or an intranet home page. Qualified users may search for and access documents... |
| 6446082 |
Method of receiving time-specified program contents |
| Sep-3-2002 |
The program information in which the distributive transmission scheduled date and time, and the address of a distributive transmission server are registered is presented by a program management server.... |
| 6446083 |
System and method for classifying media items |
| Sep-3-2002 |
A method and apparatus aids consistent, high-quality input of meta-information associated with items inserted into a database by coupling a hierarchical subject taxonomy, used to definitively assign an... |
| 6446065 |
Document retrieval assisting method and system for the same and document retrieval service using the same |
| Sep-3-2002 |
A document retrieval assistance method has a user interface with an interactive guidance function. In response to a search query, search results including a title list of retrieved documents is displayed... |
| 6446068 |
System and method of finding near neighbors in large metric space databases |
| Sep-3-2002 |
The present invention comprises a computer-implemented method of searching large metric space databases. It allows fast near neighbor searches in databases where the data elements in the database are high... |
| 6446064 |
System and method for enhancing e-commerce using natural language interface for searching database |
| Sep-3-2002 |
A system and method for enhancing e-commerce using a natural language interface. The natural language interface allows the user to formulate a query in a natural language form, rather than in conventional... |
| 6446066 |
Method and apparatus using run length encoding to evaluate a database |
| Sep-3-2002 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating a database search result. The creation of the search result is achieved by representing the subdocument lists of an inverted database... |
| 6446059 |
Record for a multidimensional database with flexible paths |
| Sep-3-2002 |
Creating and maintaining cell data records in a multidimensional database is disclosed using flexible dimension paths is disclosed. The systems and methods of the invention define an efficient mechanism... |
| 6442543 |
Method and apparatus for changing temporal database information |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A method and apparatus accepts a query to update or delete rows in a temporal table of a database. The query may describe which rows are to be updated, a calculation for the value to be used to update... |
| 6442544 |
System and method for organizing search categories for use in an on-line search query engine based on geographic descriptions |
| Aug-27-2002 |
A system and method for organizing search categories for use in an on-line search query engine based on a geographic description is described. The city list is compiled into entries in a database organized... |
| 6438579 |
Automated content and collaboration-based system and methods for determining and providing content recommendations |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A content and collaborative filtering system for recommending entertainment oriented content items, such as music and video, and other media content items to a user based on similarity in profile between... |
| 6438542 |
Method of optimally determining lossless joins |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing a query being performed by a computer system to retrieve data from a database stored on the computer system. The query is analyzed to identify... |
| 6438544 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic discovery of data model allowing customization of consumer applications accessing privacy data |
| Aug-20-2002 |
To address the requirements described above, the present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing access and accepting changes to personal information stored in... |
| 6438543 |
System and method for cross-document coreference |
| Aug-20-2002 |
A method for coreferencing a plurality of documents includes the steps of providing a name list for names extracted from documents to be coreferenced upon entry of a query by a user, sorting the names... |
| 6434557 |
Online syntheses programming technique |
| Aug-13-2002 |
The current mechanism discloses methods for transforming a set of heterogeneous relations into multidimensional data cubes. A syntheses process is disclosed that dynamically and with minimal user input... |
| 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... |
| 6434554 |
Method for querying a database in which a query statement is issued to a database management system for which data types can be defined |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A newly defined data type is added to a database management system. Information about a query component assisting in querying data belonging to the newly defined data type is registered along with data... |
| 6434549 |
Network-based, human-mediated exchange of information |
| Aug-13-2002 |
A system for machine- and human-mediated exchange of information, provided in response to receipt of an information query. The received query is first assigned to a selected category or classification,... |
| 6430602 |
Method and system for interactively responding to instant messaging requests |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A method and system for interactively responding to queries from a remotely located user includes a computer server system configured to receiving an instant message query or request from the user over... |
| 6430596 |
Managing networked directory services with auto field population |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A network management service for facilitating the management of networked devices by network management applications (or agents) is described. In a first embodiment, the network management service for... |
| 6430557 |
Identifying a group of words using modified query words obtained from successive suffix relationships |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A query word is used to identify one of a number of word groups, by first determining whether the query word is in any of the word groups. If not, attempts to modify the query word are made in accordance... |
| 6430558 |
Apparatus and methods for collaboratively searching knowledge databases |
| Aug-6-2002 |
An apparatus and methods are provided for collaboratively searching one or more knowledge databases formed by a combination of databases from a global computer network. The apparatus preferably includes... |
| 6430559 |
Method and apparatus for profile score threshold setting and updating |
| Aug-6-2002 |
A novel approach for filtering documents involves the use of delivery ratio threshold setting technique to set an initial profile score threshold and the use of beta-gamma regulation for dynamic threshold... |
| 6424983 |
Spelling and grammar checking system |
| Jul-23-2002 |
A system of correcting misspelled words in input text detects a misspelled word in the input text, determines a list of alternative words for the misspelled word, and ranks the list of alternative words... |
| 6421685 |
File data synchronization in two computer systems |
| Jul-16-2002 |
This invention provides a file control system which can reflect updated data in files of both a personal computer and portable information terminal, when data has been updated in one or both of them. This... |
| 6421669 |
Method and apparatus for constructing and maintaining a user knowledge profile |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method of constructing an entity profile, having private and public portions with different access restrictions, commences with the assignment of a confidence level to content within an electronic document.... |
| 6421667 |
Delta model processing logic representation and execution system |
| Jul-16-2002 |
The invention presents novel method, apparatus, and data structures for storing, maintaining, and executing processing logic on a computer system. Processing logic is encoded into its distinct, constituent... |
| 6421663 |
Optimization of joined table expressions by extended access path selection |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for analyzing a query and extending an access path selection for the query, in order to optimize joined table expressions and complex join operations in... |
| 6421658 |
Efficient implementation of typed view hierarchies for ORDBMS |
| Jul-16-2002 |
A method for typed view hierarchies for an object-relational database management (OPDBMS). The views in the hierarchy are merged into a unified hierarchy view through case expressions for mapping and wrapping... |
| 6418435 |
System for quantifying intensity of connotative meaning |
| Jul-9-2002 |
In a distributed method of data gathering, connotative meanings of terms are selected from predefined emotional descriptors organized into a plurality of emotional categories. Respective judges select... |
| 6418434 |
Two stage automated electronic messaging system |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A two stage electronic messaging system and method of use that automatically and accurately responds to user queries (e.g., input documents) using a two stage searching and retrieval system. The two stages... |
| 6418433 |
System and method for focussed web crawling |
| Jul-9-2002 |
A focussed Web crawler learns to recognize Web pages that are relevant to the interest of one or more users, from a set of examples provided by the users. It then explores the Web starting from the example... |
| 6418432 |
System and method for finding information in a distributed information system using query learning and meta search |
| Jul-9-2002 |
An information retrieval system finds information in a Distributed Information System (DIS), e.g. the Internet using query learning and meta search for adding documents to resource directories contained... |
| 6418429 |
Portable browsing interface for information retrieval |
| Jul-9-2002 |
An integrated searching/browsing mechanism employs user-constructed information hierarchies that represent a cognitive framework for the organization of information. The hierarchies are independent of... |
| 6415285 |
Document retrieval mediating apparatus, document retrieval system and recording medium storing document retrieval mediating program |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A document retrieval system of the present invention includes an agent system that facilitates document retrieval by mediating a search request from a user to databases provided with search engines that... |
| 6415281 |
Arranging records in a search result to be provided in response to a data inquiry of a database |
| Jul-2-2002 |
Systems and methods for arranging records in search results to be provided in response to a data inquiry of a database. After search results including records are received, a determination is made with... |
| 6414679 |
Architecture and methods for generating and displaying three dimensional representations |
| Jul-2-2002 |
An apparatus and method are disclosed for generating and displaying three dimensional representations. In one embodiment, a data structure is disclosed. The data structure is suitable for storing information... |
| 6411952 |
Method for learning character patterns to interactively control the scope of a web crawler |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A method controls a Web search for server computer resources by an end-user Web crawler. Each resource, such as a Web page, is located by a resource address specified as a character string. The end-user... |
| 6411950 |
Dynamic query expansion |
| Jun-25-2002 |
A dynamic search result refinement for refining a general search query into a more specific search query. For a general search query, a user is presented with a list of more specific queries. The entries... |
| 6408382 |
Methods and apparatus for abbreviated instruction sets adaptable to configurable processor architecture |
| Jun-18-2002 |
An improved manifold array (ManArray) architecture addresses the problem of configurable application-specific instruction set optimization and instruction memory reduction using an instruction abbreviation... |
| 6408306 |
Method and system for automated distinguished name lookup |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A method and system for an automated distinguished name lookup is provided for use in a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory operation. A user provides input via a dialog window for an... |
| 6408294 |
Common term optimization |
| Jun-18-2002 |
Disclosed is a system for performing online data queries. The system for performing online data queries is a distributed computer system with a plurality of server nodes each fully redundant and capable... |
| 6408293 |
Interactive framework for understanding user's perception of multimedia data |
| Jun-18-2002 |
A methodology of highly interactive intra-object relevance feedback is used to retrieve multimedia data from a database. The query object could consist of one or more images, images derived from video,... |
