| 6366905 |
Aggregations design in database services |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and software are disclosed for efficient selection of aggregations, or summaries of data in a database, for answering queries. Benefit/cost ratings are maintained for possible aggregations... |
| 6366903 |
Index and materialized view selection for a given workload |
| Apr-2-2002 |
An index and materialized view selection wizard produces a fast and reasonable recommendation of indexes and materialized views which are beneficial given a specified workload for a given database and... |
| 6366904 |
Machine-implementable method and apparatus for iteratively extending the results obtained from an initial query in a database |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A machine-implementable method and apparatus for automatic extension of results obtained by querying a database of relationally organized data and expressed in tabular row and column format. The method... |
| 6366901 |
Automatic database statistics maintenance and plan regeneration |
| Apr-2-2002 |
A system for automatically maintaining database statistics comprises a query optimizer which automatically generates statistics derived from data in a database and selects an executable procedure from... |
| 6363389 |
Technique for creating a unique quasi-random row identifier |
| Mar-26-2002 |
The present invention discloses a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for generating a row identification number within a computer. In accordance with the present invention, the row identification... |
| 6363380 |
Multimedia computer system with story segmentation capability and operating program therefor including finite automation video parser |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A story segment retrieval device for a multimedia computer system storing a multimedia signal including a video signal, an associated audio signal and text information as a plurality of individually retrievable... |
| 6363378 |
Ranking of query feedback terms in an information retrieval system |
| Mar-26-2002 |
An information retrieval system processes user input queries, and identifies query feedback, including ranking the query feedback, to facilitate the user in re-formatting a new query. A knowledge base,... |
| 6363377 |
Search data processor |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A tool to be used with a search engine for a information management system includes methods for refining, filtering, and organizing search queries and search results. A query tuner in the tool allows a... |
| 6363379 |
Method of clustering electronic documents in response to a search query |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A method of presenting clusters of documents in response to a search query where the documents within a cluster are determined to be related to one another. This relationship is assessed by comparing documents... |
| 6363375 |
Classification tree based information retrieval scheme |
| Mar-26-2002 |
An information retrieval scheme using classification trees with respect to a plurality of information sources connected to a network is disclosed, where each classification tree having a hierarchical structure... |
| 6363373 |
Method and apparatus for concept searching using a Boolean or keyword search engine |
| Mar-26-2002 |
Concept searching using a Boolean or keyword search engine. Documents are preprocessed before being passed to a search engine by identifying, on a word-by-word basis, the "word tokens" contained in the... |
| 6363374 |
Text proximity filtering in search systems using same sentence restrictions |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A method of computerized searching receives parameters of a search query from a user and adds a restriction to the parameters to require that at least two of the search terms of the search query appear... |
| 6362837 |
Method and apparatus for simultaneously indicating rating value for the first document and display of second document in response to the selection |
| Mar-26-2002 |
A method for navigating within a message thread on a computer system having a memory and a display, includes the steps of displaying a message on the display, displaying an icon on the display, the icon... |
| 6360227 |
System and method for generating taxonomies with applications to content-based recommendations |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A graph taxonomy of information which is represented by a plurality of vectors is generated. The graph taxonomy includes a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges. The plurality of nodes is generated,... |
| 6360214 |
Automatic database statistics creation |
| Mar-19-2002 |
A system for automatic statistics creation comprises a query optimizer which automatically generates statistics derived from data in a database and selects an executable procedure from a plurality of procedures... |
| 6360139 |
Method and system for vending products |
| Mar-19-2002 |
The present invention provides a method and system for vending products where the customer is guided through an interactive process that receives selection criteria from the customer relating to the type... |
| 6356905 |
System, method and article of manufacture for mobile communication utilizing an interface support framework |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A system is disclosed that facilitates web-based information retrieval and display system. A wireless phone or similar hand-held wireless device with Internet Protocol capability is combined with other... |
| 6356911 |
Shortest path search system |
| Mar-12-2002 |
An efficient method and system is provided for searching for the shortest paths between a source and multiple destinations, and between multiple sources and multiple destinations. The speed of the conventional... |
| 6356899 |
Method for interactively creating an information database including preferred information elements, such as preferred-authority, world wide web pages |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A method for identifying, filtering, ranking and cataloging information elements; as for example, World Wide Web pages, of the Internet in whole, part, or in combination. The method is preferably implemented... |
| 6356900 |
Online modifications of relations in multidimensional processing |
| Mar-12-2002 |
A method/operator is disclosed that adjusts measurements during processing in a multidimensional data cube. The online "depth-of-field" operator disclosed varies the density of points in a representation... |
| 6356898 |
Method and system for summarizing topics of documents browsed by a user |
| Mar-12-2002 |
The invention disclosed herein relates to cooperative computing environments and information retrieval and management methods and systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and... |
| 6356891 |
Identifying indexes on materialized views for database workload |
| Mar-12-2002 |
An index and materialized view selection wizard produces a fast and reasonable recommendation for a configuration of indexes, materialized views, and indexes on materialized views which are beneficial... |
| 6356890 |
Merging materialized view pairs for database workload materialized view selection |
| Mar-12-2002 |
An index and materialized view selection wizard produces a fast and reasonable recommendation for a configuration of indexes, materialized views, and indexes on materialized views which are beneficial... |
| 6356888 |
Utilize encoded vector indexes for distinct processing |
| Mar-12-2002 |
According to the present invention, an apparatus and method to significantly improve performance of the SQL DISTINCT function processing through the use of an encoded vector index (EVI) is disclosed. An... |
| 6353832 |
Selectivity estimation in spatial databases |
| Mar-5-2002 |
The present invention provides various methods and apparatus for providing accurate estimates for point and range queries over two-dimensional rectangular data. However, the techniques of the present invention... |
| 6353825 |
Method and device for classification using iterative information retrieval techniques |
| Mar-5-2002 |
Disclosed is a method and device for improving the quality of documents selected in response to a user query for documents such as Web pages or sites. The method is one of iteration, and involves the successive... |
| 6353826 |
Database system with methodology providing improved cost estimates for query strategies |
| Mar-5-2002 |
Database system and methods are described for improving execution speed of database queries (e.g., for decision support). A multi-attribute selectivity optimization methodology is described that provides... |
| 6353824 |
Method for dynamic presentation of the contents topically rich capsule overviews corresponding to the plurality of documents, resolving co-referentiality in document segments |
| Mar-5-2002 |
A method for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing a plurality of topically... |
| 6353822 |
Program-listing appendix |
| Mar-5-2002 |
Methods and apparatus for assisting a user in retrieving documents or other data items of interest operates in tandem with a conventional document-retrieval facility, such as a web browser, by tracking... |
| 6353813 |
Method and apparatus, using attribute set harmonization and default attribute values, for matching entities and predicting an attribute of an entity |
| Mar-5-2002 |
Matching (e.g., via correlation or similarity process) entities having attributes, some of which have associated values. The values of the attributes may be adjusted based on number of entities that have... |
| 6351742 |
Method and mechanism for database statement optimization |
| Feb-26-2002 |
A method and system for optimizing the execution of database statements are described. An aspect is directed to the generation of an execution plan for a database statement, wherein the database statement... |
| 6351743 |
Method and apparatus for operating domain name servers |
| Feb-26-2002 |
A domain name server, DNS, for Internet Protocol or Intranet Protocol networks, that has a non-cached domain name server connected to a cached domain name server, and a query server that is connected to... |
| 6349309 |
System and method for detecting clusters of information with application to e-commerce |
| Feb-19-2002 |
A method of analyzing information in the form of a plurality of data values. The plurality of data values represent a plurality of objects. The plurality of data values are distributed in a data space.... |
| 6349308 |
Inverted index storage structure using subindexes and large objects for tight coupling of information retrieval with database management systems |
| Feb-19-2002 |
This invention relates to an inverted index storage structure that indexes keyword inputs into the storage space for the corresponding posting lists. In particular, the invention relates to the index structure... |
| 6349307 |
Cooperative topical servers with automatic prefiltering and routing |
| Feb-19-2002 |
An information organization and retrieval system that efficiently organizes documents for rapid and efficient search and retrieval based upon topical content is presented. The information organization... |
| 6349300 |
Method and system for selecting product colors |
| Feb-19-2002 |
The present invention is directed to a process for facilitating a purchaser's selection of a color for a product. In one embodiment, a purchaser is able to interact with a library of available colors for... |
| 6347320 |
Search parameters |
| Feb-12-2002 |
A method of searching for files located in a computer system, wherein each file has at least one of a plurality of fields, by creating a search query, selecting a subset of the fields for searching wherein... |
| 6347319 |
Methods of obtaining listings of information from databases |
| Feb-12-2002 |
In one aspect, the invention encompasses a method of obtaining a listing of information from a database and utilizing the listing as a user input to a machine in data communication with the database. A... |
| 6347314 |
Answering queries using query signatures and signatures of cached semantic regions |
| Feb-12-2002 |
In a system with cache that includes contents for each of a set of semantic regions, a query signature corresponding to a query is obtained. The query signature is used, together with a region signature... |
| 6347315 |
Method and apparatus for selecting and utilizing one of computers or databases |
| Feb-12-2002 |
In an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a plurality of computer systems, an input interpreter separates an input character string from a user into commands and parameters,... |
| 6347313 |
Information embedding based on user relevance feedback for object retrieval |
| Feb-12-2002 |
A method and system for indexing and retrieving database objects, such as images, include a database manager which initializes database objects based on vectors for values of quantified features associated... |
| 6346952 |
Method and apparatus for summarizing previous threads in a communication-center chat session |
| Feb-12-2002 |
A system for extracting keywords from interactive text dialog and providing the extracted keywords as a dialog summary displayed in an interactive text window is provided. The system is, in preferred embodiments,... |
| 6345279 |
Methods and apparatus for adapting multimedia content for client devices |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A method of adapting multimedia content to a client device, wherein the multimedia content includes one or more items and the client device has capabilities and resources associated therewith, is provided.... |
| 6345274 |
Method and computer program product for subjective image content similarity-based retrieval |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A user preference for a desired image is determined by using one or more examples and counterexamples of a desired image in order to define the user preference. A relative preference of a user for one... |
| 6345271 |
Method and apparatus for transforming queries |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for transforming a query to reduce the need for merging the results from a number of result lists. The method comprises the steps of... |
| 6345264 |
Methods and apparatus, using expansion attributes having default, values, for matching entities and predicting an attribute of an entity |
| Feb-5-2002 |
Matching (e.g., via correlation or similarity process) entities having attributes, some of which have associated values. The values of the attributes may be adjusted based on number of entities that have... |
| 6345267 |
Method and system for look ahead query evaluation planning based on interesting partition properties |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A relational data base management system includes a query processor that uses a query operator partition property to perform QEP pruning and to ensure that data input to a query operator is partitioned... |
| 6345269 |
System and method for communicating with various electronic archive systems |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A system and method that communicates with archive systems that use various query languages. The system includes an interpreter, which receives an inquiry in a non-archive-system-specific form, converts... |
| 6345266 |
Predicate indexing for locating objects in a distributed directory |
| Feb-5-2002 |
The invention relates to a distributed directory service that is constructed based on a predicate, i.e., a query from a client. The predicate is formed by the query (request) issued by the client. The... |
| 6341283 |
Apparatus for data decomposition and method and storage medium therefor |
| Jan-22-2002 |
The feature quantity selection vectors, indicating which features among those respecting discrete events are to be selected, are fixed. The feature quantity selection spaces taking discrete features as... |
