| 6993555 |
Method and system for interactively responding to instant messaging requests |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for interactively responding to queries from a user sending messages through an instant messaging network. The query or request is interpreted and appropriate action is taken, such... |
| 6993520 |
Integrated content management and block layout technique |
| Jan-31-2006 |
Techniques are disclosed for storing content in distributed computing environments to reduce storage overhead and improve efficiency and/or speed of accessing and delivering the stored content. A content... |
| 6993518 |
Method and system for systematically diagnosing data problems in a database |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A method and system for diagnosing data problems in a database. The system provides a test program for running simultaneously a series of tests on the database. In the test program, a set of queries corresponding... |
| 6990631 |
Document management apparatus, related document extracting method, and document processing assist method |
| Jan-24-2006 |
In a document management apparatus and related document extracting method of the present invention, an operational history record of one of stored documents is generated every time an operation on the... |
| 6990500 |
Scientific information inquiry-answer system, and a host computer and an inquiring computer therefor |
| Jan-24-2006 |
In a system of this invention, an inquiring computer supplies a host computer with inquiry information indicated open or closed to third parties. The host computer applies inquiry information indicated... |
| 6990490 |
Information management method and information management device |
| Jan-24-2006 |
To members of a user group, messages and documents registered in the user group are presented, while, to other users than the members of the user group, documents preset as available also to other users... |
| 6990487 |
Searching apparatus and searching method using pattern of which sequence is considered |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A state of which a particular attribute of a record has a particular value is defined as an event. With a plurality of events and the relation of a sequence thereof, a search pattern is designated. A set... |
| 6990485 |
System and method for inducing a top-down hierarchical categorizer |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A method of inducing a top-down hierarchical categorizer includes providing a set of labeled training items. Each labeled training item includes an associated label representing a single category assignment... |
| 6990483 |
Method, system and program product for automatically retrieving documents |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A method, system and program product for automatically retrieving documents is provided. Specifically, a hit list of documents is generated directly from an input file of requests. Once generated, the... |
| 6988098 |
Grid data processing systems and methods |
| Jan-17-2006 |
A system for generating database query results includes a database suitable for access by a software query, a data storage component which serializes and stores information queried from the database, a... |
| 6986110 |
Automated method and system for backtracing of instruction parameters from specified instruction in test cases |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Method and system for automatically backtracing through a testcase file. First the testcase file is accessed. Next, a start line identifier for specifying an instruction line in the testcase file at which... |
| 6985923 |
Method, article of manufacture and apparatus for processing redundant electronic mail messages |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for processing redundant electronic mail (e-mail) messages. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an e-mail message, and deleting the received... |
| 6985902 |
Method, system and apparatus for creating and accessing a hierarchical database in a format optimally suited to real estate listings |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A computer-implemented data management method, encryption system and interactive computer program for managing real estate information in a hierarchical database are disclosed. Also, a method, system and... |
| 6985898 |
System and method for visually representing a hierarchical database objects and their similarity relationships to other objects in the database |
| Jan-10-2006 |
The present invention comprises a computer-implemented visualization model of similarity relationships between documents. It comprises performing a similarity search based on at least one attribute of... |
| 6985899 |
Method and system for composing a query for a database and traversing the database |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A system and method of composing a query object for application against a database is provided. The method composes a selection clause for the query. Next, a criteria clause for the query is generated,... |
| 6983320 |
System, method and computer program product for analyzing e-commerce competition of an entity by utilizing predetermined entity-specific metrics and analyzed statistics from web pages |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A system, method and computer program product for analyzing e-commerce competition is disclosed. The method involves collecting pages that are commonly transmitted over a computer network (e.g., the Internet,... |
| 6983272 |
System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search... |
| 6983271 |
Answer wizard drop-down control |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An answer wizard drop-down menu for providing users quick and efficient access to help utilities, including help files and wizards provided by a software application, is provided. An answer wizard drop-down... |
| 6980995 |
Method, computer program product, and system for automatically generating a hierarchial database schema report to facilitate writing application code for accessing hierarchial databases |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A database definition, logical database view, extended field definition and control statement information are accessed to build an in-memory representation of selective information contained therein. Utilizing... |
| 6980986 |
System and method for bookmark set search and execution refinement |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The refinement of existing search output. The present invention further improves upon the prior art in that: (1) it provides a means for employing the automation of the selection process; (2) it further... |
| 6980977 |
System for acquiring and analyzing personal profile data and providing the service of delivering various information |
| Dec-27-2005 |
An information delivery system having a service section; a plurality of nodes connected to the service section through a network and allocated with specific addresses that are unique within the network;... |
| 6978267 |
System and method for personalized information retrieval based on user expertise |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A search request is received at an information retrieval system from a searcher. The search request preferably contains at least one search term and a user identifier. A plurality of objects are then searched... |
| 6978266 |
Determining a rating for a collection of documents |
| Dec-20-2005 |
On one or more data processing systems, a collection rating is determined for a rating scale for contents of a document collection. A link rating is determined for the rating scale for contents linked... |
| 6976207 |
Classification method and apparatus |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A method for building a classification model for classifying unclassified documents based on the classification of a plurality of documents which respectively have been classified as belonging to one of... |
| 6976036 |
Database management system |
| Dec-13-2005 |
The present invention is related to a database management system that is capable of autonomous dynamic ontology management through soft classing. The present invention is further related to a method of... |
| 6976018 |
Method and apparatus to search for information |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A method includes querying a plurality of search engines for properties to identify for which content categories the search engines are suited. A query to locate content is communicated to those of the... |
| 6973665 |
System and method for determining the desirability of video programming events using keyword matching |
| Dec-6-2005 |
The desirability of programming events may be determined using metadata for programming events that includes goodness of fit scores associated with categories of a classification hierarchy one or more... |
| 6973450 |
Method and system for searching information |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method and system for enabling a user to search stored information by providing a user with a printed search request form. The search request form includes information relating to a search request and... |
| 6973453 |
Image collection enhancement method and apparatus |
| Dec-6-2005 |
An apparatus and method for enhancing an image collection. The invention is preferably embodied in computer readable program code. Program code may be provided for receiving image data for at least one... |
| 6970879 |
Method of constructing and displaying an entity profile constructed utilizing input from entities other than the owner |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A method of constructing a profile comprising terms indicative of a characteristic of an entity commences when first electronic mail address, associated with a first entity, is created within a knowledge... |
| 6970859 |
Searching and sorting media clips having associated style and attributes |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A style identifier is associated with each of a plurality of media clips stored in a database, based on a subjective evaluation of various characteristics of each media clip by an expert. The style represented... |
| 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... |
| 6965891 |
Method and mechanism for partition pruning |
| Nov-15-2005 |
A method and system for performing partition pruning for queries that include a non-single table predicate is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the invention, this type of query is processed by... |
| 6963870 |
System and method for processing a large data set using a prediction model having a feature selection capability |
| Nov-8-2005 |
The present invention includes a system and a method for processing large data sets that are too large to conveniently fit into a formal database application. The large data set processing system and method... |
| 6963863 |
Network query and matching system and method |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method for finding a trading ad on a network includes steps of receiving a query, devising a query string from the query, sending the query string to a search engine of the network, searching via the... |
| 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... |
| 6957235 |
Automatic document archiving for a computer system |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A system and method for processing documents is described. The system and method provide for executing a command as part of the execution of an application program, where execution of the command causes... |
| 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... |
| 6954750 |
Method and system for facilitating the refinement of data queries |
| Oct-11-2005 |
Refining a current query. Receiving information regarding the relevancy of documents retrieved from a document collection in response to a current query. Ranking the retrieved documents in accordance with... |
| 6950814 |
Natural language processing methods and systems |
| Sep-27-2005 |
Scheme for enriching an input network with knowledge from a fractal semantic knowledge network. The input network comprises objects and pointers between these objects, and the knowledge network comprises... |
| 6947959 |
Digital media asset management system and process |
| Sep-20-2005 |
An application for managing digital assets regardless of type or format. The application allows assets to be check-in, either on an individual asset basis or on a group basis, and check-out. Information... |
| 6947930 |
Systems and methods for interactive search query refinement |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A received query is processed so as to generate an initial group of ranked documents corresponding to the received query. Each document in all or a portion of the documents in the initial group of ranked... |
| 6947929 |
Systems, methods and computer program products to determine useful relationships and dimensions of a database |
| Sep-20-2005 |
Systems, methods, and computer products that efficiently determine useful dimensions associated with a database when employing OLAP processing techniques. The present invention enables a user to see at... |
| 6947923 |
Information generation and retrieval method based on standardized format of sentence structure and semantic structure and system using the same |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention relates to an information generation and retrieval apparatus based on a standardized format of sentence structure and semantic structure and a method thereof and a computer readable... |
| 6944629 |
Method and device for managing multimedia file |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A managing method for a multimedia file includes the steps of: generating index information including a source identifier expressing a source having one or more of management units associated with the... |
| 6944619 |
System and method for organizing data |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A system and method for organizing and retrieving data is provided. The present invention replicates existing data in a format that is representative of naturally occurring relationships associated with... |
| 6944624 |
Method and system for creating and implementing personalized training programs and providing training services over an electronic network |
| Sep-13-2005 |
Method system and storage medium for creating and implementing a personalized training program. The method includes receiving a request to generate a personalized training program by a user and retreiving... |
| 6944613 |
Method and system for creating a database and searching the database for allowing multiple customized views |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method and system allows multiple customized views which are organization, user role, and end-user specific, to be generated from a single search engine and a product database. The database is assembled... |
| 6944611 |
Method and apparatus for digital media management, retrieval, and collaboration |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A system stores digital media records and has a search engine searching the stored digital media records. The system receives first search requests from a plurality of first users. The system performs,... |
| 6941303 |
System and method for organizing, compressing and structuring data for data mining readiness |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A system and method to take data, which is in the form of an n-dimensional array of binary data where the binary data is comprised of bits that are identified by a bit position within the n-dimensional... |
