| 6892198 |
System and method for personalized information retrieval based on user expertise |
| May-10-2005 |
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... |
| 6889221 |
Parallel random sampling |
| May-3-2005 |
A parallel random sampling algorithm (such as a parallel simple random sampling algorithm) utilizes the parallelism of a parallel relational database management system. A random number generator in one... |
| 6886026 |
Method and apparatus providing autonomous discovery of potential trading partners in a dynamic, decentralized information economy |
| Apr-26-2005 |
A method and system for searching for software agents or directory service agents in a distributed environment. The system employs a plurality of host computers that include software agents and/or directory... |
| 6886011 |
Good and service description system and method |
| Apr-26-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and method for the description of goods and services which permits the user to use an interactive system to automate the generation of descriptions of those goods... |
| 6886005 |
RDL search engine |
| Apr-26-2005 |
Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a means for searching numerical data across networks such as the Internet, and removing the middle layer of query engines or servers used... |
| 6879980 |
Nearest neighbor query processing in a linear quadtree spatial index |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A method for locating neighbor objects of a query object in a database. A query tile set is defined including a plurality of tiles that define an initial query radius that the query object is grouped within.... |
| 6879977 |
Execution of database queries including filtering |
| Apr-12-2005 |
A query processing system has a query processor and a data manager. The query processor calls the data manager to carry out data access for a query including a filtering operation. The data manager accesses... |
| 6877002 |
Fuzzy database retrieval |
| Apr-5-2005 |
A method for querying metadata associated with media, such as multimedia and/or streaming media, on a computer network includes separating the metadata into keywords. The keywords are compared with valid... |
| 6877004 |
Method of relating information systems |
| Apr-5-2005 |
The first information system outputs request data, opinion data, personnel goal data, and policy evaluation data and transmits the data to the second information system, which receives the data and stores... |
| 6876998 |
Method for cross-linguistic document retrieval |
| Apr-5-2005 |
The present mechanism provides a method and apparatus for retrieving documents that are stored in a language other than the language that is used to formulate a search query. This invention decomposes... |
| 6873982 |
Ordering of database search results based on user feedback |
| Mar-29-2005 |
An apparatus, program product, and method rely on user interaction in the ordering search results returned by a search engine. Each of a plurality of records in a database is associated with a user feedback... |
| 6873983 |
Information use frequency prediction program, information use frequency prediction method, and information use frequency prediction apparatus |
| Mar-29-2005 |
The information use frequency prediction device is provided with a comparison section for shifting a second time series data related to the use frequency of a first keyword, sequentially on the time base... |
| 6871199 |
Processing of textual information and automated apprehension of information |
| Mar-22-2005 |
Scheme for the automated apprehension of textual information conveyed in an input string. The input string is segmented to generate segments and/or semantical units. The following steps are repeated for... |
| 6871202 |
Method and apparatus for ranking web page search results |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and apparatus for ranking a plurality of pages identified during a search of a linked database includes forming a linear combination of two or more matrices, and using the coefficients of the... |
| 6871200 |
Registration and monitoring system |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and system are provided whereby rights in graphic works such as digital photographs and the like may be registered, and potential infringements of those rights monitored. The method includes storing... |
| 6871201 |
Method for building space-splitting decision tree |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method is provided for data classification that achieves improved interpretability and accuracy while preserving the efficiency and scalability of univariate decision trees. To build a compact decision... |
| 6865572 |
Dynamically delivering, displaying document content as encapsulated within plurality of capsule overviews with topic stamp |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method and system for the dynamic presentation of the contents of a plurality of documents on a display is disclosed. The method and system comprises receiving a plurality of documents and providing... |
| 6865571 |
Document retrieval method and system and computer readable storage medium |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A document retrieval method using a computer program includes retrieving a first set of documents using a first query expression generated by the computer program. The first set of documents is provided... |
| 6865568 |
Method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium for searching and navigating a document database |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for searching and navigating a document database is provided. Document categories are assigned unique numeric category identifiers. Each document in a... |
| 6865532 |
Method for recognizing spoken identifiers having predefined grammars |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A method for selecting and recognizing spoken identifiers first defines a phrase having word slots. The word slots are arranged in the phrase in a predetermined order and according to a predetermined grammatical... |
| 6862610 |
Method and apparatus for verifying the identity of individuals |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A method for verifying the identity of users connected to a computer network comprises providing fractional information queries to users, wherein responses to these individual queries are not sufficient... |
| 6862559 |
Methods and apparatuses for measuring diversity in combinatorial structures |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A method for computing a diversity measure H(m) for combinatorial structures involves identifying all M possible substructures having m elements from among the n elements of the combinatorial structure.... |
| 6859803 |
Apparatus and method for program selection utilizing exclusive and inclusive metadata searches |
| Feb-22-2005 |
An apparatus and method for conducting exclusive and inclusive metadata searches to identify and select multimedia programs. The apparatus of the invention including a metadata search controller that compares... |
| 6859802 |
Image retrieval based on relevance feedback |
| Feb-22-2005 |
An improved image retrieval process based on relevance feedback uses a hierarchical (per-feature) approach in comparing images. Multiple query vectors are generated for an initial image by extracting multiple... |
| 6853998 |
Customer self service subsystem for classifying user contexts |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A system and method for classifying user context in a customer self service system that performs resource search and selection and includes a context attribute database comprising types of user contexts... |
| 6853993 |
System and methods for predicting correct spellings of terms in multiple-term search queries |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A search engine process predicts the correct spellings of search terms within multiple-term search queries. In one embodiment, when a user submits a multiple-term search query that includes a non-matching... |
| 6853389 |
Information searching apparatus, information searching method, and storage medium |
| Feb-8-2005 |
An information searching apparatus for searching for information calculates a matching degree, which indicates a degree at which searching conditions used for searching for the information are satisfied,... |
| 6850935 |
Automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval |
| Feb-1-2005 |
Disclosed are methods and systems for automatically assigning index terms to electronic documents such as Web pages or sites in a manner which may be used to facilitate the retrieval of electronic documents... |
| 6850937 |
Word importance calculation method, document retrieving interface, word dictionary making method |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A known method for selecting words (or word sequences), which is an important aspect of information retrieval, involves the problems of inability to eliminate high-frequency common words and of often arbitrary... |
| 6850934 |
Adaptive search engine query |
| Feb-1-2005 |
Embodiments provide a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for searching for information on a network of computers using a modified search query. The search query is modified using translation... |
| 6850932 |
Method, system, and program for merging query search results |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A system for interacting with a database report is disclosed. The database is responsive to a query to produce an associated report comprising one or more objects, each object comprising a plurality of... |
| 6850926 |
Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and recording medium |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A data processing system providing a result of filtering an item desired by an individual user. On receipt of a request from a user terminal for executing a process of filtering a predetermined item, a... |
| 6847972 |
Apparatus for classifying or disambiguating data |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A computing system has a data storage device for storing a database including a classified vocabulary of terms. A processor of the apparatus is arranged to associate each term with a number of different... |
| 6847969 |
Method and system for providing personalized online services and advertisements in public spaces |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method and system for providing, personalized and integrated online services for communications and commercial transactions both in private and public venues. The invention provides personalized information... |
| 6847966 |
Method and system for optimally searching a document database using a representative semantic space |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A term-by-document matrix is compiled from a corpus of documents representative of a particular subject matter that represents the frequency of occurrence of each term per document. A weighted term dictionary... |
| 6847962 |
Analyzing, optimizing and rewriting queries using matching and compensation between query and automatic summary tables |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing database queries using a derived summary table, wherein a definition of the summary table is based on a full select statement, including,... |
| 6847965 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining a customer database using license plate scanning |
| Jan-25-2005 |
An apparatus is provided for generating an image of a license plate and determining license plate characters from the image. Then, a database is searched to determine if there is a customer record that... |
| 6847964 |
Method of using a computer to facilitate decision making |
| Jan-25-2005 |
This is a method of using a computer to facilitate decision making where a database can be searched with feed forward information provided to the user. A number of criteria are provided to a user of the... |
| 6847963 |
Method and system for appending search strings with user profile qualities |
| Jan-25-2005 |
A system and method is provided which allows item searches based on the qualities of the items. Additionally, the system suggests items to a customer or user based on his/her profile information that is... |
| 6845374 |
System and method for adaptive text recommendation |
| Jan-18-2005 |
Network system provides a real-time adaptive recommendation set of documents with a high statistical measure of relevancy to the requestor device. The recommendation set is optimized based on analyzing... |
| 6842750 |
Symbolic simulation driven netlist simplification |
| Jan-11-2005 |
The present invention is directed to a simplification method for an arbitrary library. In aspects of the present invention, the method does not rely on specific properties of the library elements and has... |
| 6842741 |
Recording medium with electronic ticket definitions recorded thereon and electronic ticket processing methods and apparatuses |
| Jan-11-2005 |
An electronic ticket comprises a ticket ID 233, an issuer ID 237, right information 239 of the electronic ticket, and issue, transfer and redeem conditions 240, 241 and 242, the entire block of these pieces... |
| 6842730 |
Method and system for information extraction |
| Jan-11-2005 |
A method and a system for extracting information from a natural language text corpus based on a natural language query are disclosed. In the method the natural language text corpus is analyzed with respect... |
| 6839719 |
Systems and methods for representing and editing multi-dimensional data |
| Jan-4-2005 |
Systems and methods for representing, editing, and operating on multi-dimensional data efficiently, compactly, and in real-time with an intuitive graphical user interface without requiring extensive user... |
| 6839712 |
Pre-processing code to identify and modify format of keys |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A method, computer program product and data processing system for identifying and modifying the format of keys in a resource file source code and in the associated a program code. In one embodiment of... |
| 6839704 |
Information storage, retrieval and delivery system and method operable with a computer network |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A system and method for collecting, indexing, searching, accessing and downloading data over local and global computer networks. Data is reposed in a central database, indexed and interrelated by attributes... |
| 6839699 |
Natural query interface based on concept selection |
| Jan-4-2005 |
A computer-aided method and apparatus to access information is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the apparatus includes a selector, a mapper and a generator. Through the selector, a person can select... |
| 6836772 |
Key word deriving device, key word deriving method, and storage medium containing key word deriving program |
| Dec-28-2004 |
The present invention produces class-specific key words from a document set. In particular, an importance of a word is defined to take into account the number of documents in a corresponding class. A class... |
| 6836770 |
Method for transforming SQL queries |
| Dec-28-2004 |
A computer-implemented method for transforming an SQL query having a WHERE clause having nested SELECT expressions. The expression in the WHERE clause being transformed by the iterative application of... |
| 6834287 |
Classification engine for managing attribute-based data |
| Dec-21-2004 |
A classification engine provides flexible support for manipulation of attribute-based data by dynamic generation of SQL with classifiers constructed from different schema objects representing different... |
