| 6785676 |
Customer self service subsystem for response set ordering and annotation |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A system and method for annotating resource results obtained in a customer self service system that performs resource search and selection. The method comprising the steps of: receiving a resource response... |
| 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... |
| 6785675 |
Aggregation of resource requests from multiple individual requestors |
| Aug-31-2004 |
Independent and individual requests are aggregated and presented as a single request to a resource management system. The response from the resource management system is subsequently resolved back to the... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6785669 |
Methods and apparatus for flexible indexing of text for use in similarity searches |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method of performing a flexible similarity search is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: (i) constructing an indexed representation of one or more documents to be used in... |
| 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... |
| 6782380 |
Method and system for indexing and searching contents of extensible mark-up language (XML) documents |
| Aug-24-2004 |
A method and a computer system for indexing and searching the data content of nested field records, such as those in Extensible Markup Language (XML). The system includes an indexing and searching engine... |
| 6778986 |
Computer method and apparatus for determining site type of a web site |
| Aug-17-2004 |
Computer method and apparatus identifies content owner of a Web site. A collecting step or element collects candidate names from the subject Web site. For each candidate name, a test module (or testing... |
| 6778983 |
Apparatus and method for accessing HTML files using an SQL query |
| Aug-17-2004 |
An apparatus and method allow accessing data in an HTML file (such as a JSP or ASP file) via an SQL query. A database table is created for each HTML file, and a record is created in each database table... |
| 6778984 |
Flexible and high-performance packet classification algorithm |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A flexible and high-performance packet classification algorithm. The algorithm includes converting the original rule database into rule mapping table format for storage. The method of producing the rule... |
| 6778980 |
Techniques for improved searching of electronically stored information |
| Aug-17-2004 |
Methods and apparatuses for searching electronically-stored information are described. Specifically, in a network providing for electronic commerce, a computer system provides a user with access to a set... |
| 6778951 |
Information retrieval method with natural language interface |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A method for retrieving documents in a knowledge database is disclosed in which a natural language query question is mapped to a plurality of equivalent strings. Both relevancies in meaning and in wording... |
| 6778834 |
Push content filtering |
| Aug-17-2004 |
The user of a mobile terminal enters keywords indicative of categories of messages he wishes to peruse. When the mobile terminal receives a message, keywords associated with the message are compared with... |
| 6775664 |
Information filter system and method for integrated content-based and collaborative/adaptive feedback queries |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A search engine system is provided for a portal site on the internet. The search engine system employs a regular search engine to make one-shot or demand searches for information entities which provide... |
| 6775665 |
System for treating saved queries as searchable documents in a document management system |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A file management appliance ("FMA") is a device that utilizes multiple processes and queues to provide document capture and indexing services as part of a document management system. Through the document... |
| 6775666 |
Method and system for searching index databases |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A method and system for searching index databases allows a user to search for specific information using high-level key words, questions, or sentences. The system includes three main segments: a searchable... |
| 6775662 |
Group pruning from cube, rollup, and grouping sets |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A system rewrites queries so that they may be executed more efficiently. Queries that reference the result set of an aggregate query are rewritten to reference another aggregate query in the form of an... |
| 6772196 |
Electronic mail filtering system and methods |
| Aug-3-2004 |
The system filters-out undesirable email messages sent to a user email address. The system includes a data store providing updateable storage of signature records that correspond to a subset of undesirable... |
| 6772170 |
System and method for interpreting document contents |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A sequence of word filters are used to eliminate terms in the database which do not discriminate document content, resulting in a filtered word set and a topic word set whose members are highly predictive... |
| 6772150 |
Search query refinement using related search phrases |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A search engine system uses information about historical query submissions to a search engine to suggest previously-submitted, related search phrases to users. The related search phrases are preferably... |
| 6768997 |
System and method for creating a search query using movable elements in a graphical user interface |
| Jul-27-2004 |
A system and method for creating a Boolean search query. The system includes a field determining object which determines searchable fields of a database. The fields may be arranged as selectable tiles... |
| 6768992 |
Term addressable memory of an accelerator system and method |
| Jul-27-2004 |
An improved term addressable memory of an accelerator system and method includes a mechanism for performing predetermined plurality of pattern matches of packets to classify them for use with stateful... |
| 6768990 |
Information processing apparatus and method using a conceptual database |
| Jul-27-2004 |
In an information processing apparatus, a SurfaceRule table having surface-layer information, a ConceptRule table having conceptual information, a connection table for correlating the two tables, and a... |
| 6768991 |
Searching for sequences of character data |
| Jul-27-2004 |
A modified Boyer-Moore searching algorithm used within an E-mail filtering system for detecting the presence of a plurality of target band strings during a single traversal of the character data to be... |
| 6766320 |
Search engine with natural language-based robust parsing for user query and relevance feedback learning |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A search engine architecture is designed to handle a full range of user queries, from complex sentence-based queries to simple keyword searches. The search engine architecture includes a natural language... |
| 6766330 |
Universal output constructor for XML queries universal output constructor for XML queries |
| Jul-20-2004 |
Methods and apparatus are provided according to the present invention which guarantee that an Extensible Markup Language (XML) query output conforms to a Document Type Definition (DTD) of the user's choice.... |
| 6766322 |
Real estate disclosure reporting method |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A process for the full disclosure of potential detrimental conditions affecting property transactions organizes the spectrum of disclosure issues that are important to lenders and prospective buyers. The... |
| 6766316 |
Method and system of ranking and clustering for document indexing and retrieval |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A relevancy ranking and clustering method and system that determines the relevance of a document relative to a user's query using a similarity comparison process. Input queries are parsed into one or more... |
| 6766317 |
Range check cell and a method for the use thereof |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A range check array structure for searching and comparing external data from an external search data key is disclosed. The structure has data storage means with at least one of an upper limit field, and... |
| 6763353 |
Real time business process analysis method and apparatus |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A method for monitoring a business process model in which at least one business process object transitions between states. A query having at least one state for the business process object and at least... |
| 6760721 |
System and method of managing metadata data |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A system and method of the present invention allow users to access, manage, and edit information about content data, often referred to as metadata. Metadata is collected from various sources, added, and... |
| 6757676 |
Text mining method and apparatus allowing a user to analyze contents of a document set from plural analysis axes |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A text mining method whereby documents (texts) can be analyzed from a wide variety of visual points. The text mining method includes: distinctive word and/or phrase extraction step of extracting words... |
| 6757677 |
Providing a join plan using group-by operator |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A database system includes an enhanced optimizer module that is able to consider group-by operations as part of the optimization of a join. Given a query that performs a join of multiple tables and that... |
| 6757670 |
Method and system for query processing |
| Jun-29-2004 |
Method and apparatus for query processing including an optimization controller, responding to a query from an application related to an database, and controlling optimization processing of the query. A... |
| 6757671 |
Use of indices for queries with comparisons on a function |
| Jun-29-2004 |
An index is used for a query that contains an original condition having a comparison based on a function. An implied condition is first identified and applied to values in a column having multiple rows.... |
| 6754873 |
Techniques for finding related hyperlinked documents using link-based analysis |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Techniques for finding related hyperlinked documents using link-based analysis are provided. Backlink and forwardlink sets can be utilized to find web pages that are related to a selected web page. The... |
| 6754667 |
Content-based image retrieval system and method for retrieving image using the same |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A content-based image retrieval system retrieves an image based on an angular radial transform (ART) image descriptor. In the content-based image retrieval system, a method for retrieving an image includes... |
| 6751632 |
Method of creating authenticated verifiable reproductions of electronic documents |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method is described for creating an authenticated, verifiable reproduction of an electronic document. A master document is first created in a first format, and a DACm is created and linked to or stored... |
| 6751621 |
Construction of trainable semantic vectors and clustering, classification, and searching using trainable semantic vectors |
| Jun-15-2004 |
An apparatus and method are disclosed for producing a semantic representation of information in a semantic space. The information is first represented in a table that stores values which indicate a relationship... |
| 6751615 |
Method and system generating query form, assigning and comparing risk designation of chemical product over a computer network for chemical products customers |
| Jun-15-2004 |
The present invention relates to a system and a method of screening potential customers of chemical products for safe practices related to the chemicals that they wish to purchase or otherwise obtain from... |
| 6751614 |
System and method for topic-based document analysis for information filtering |
| Jun-15-2004 |
An information filtering process designed to sort through large volumes of dynamically generated textual information, incrementally learning process that learns as new text documents arrive and the user... |
| 6751613 |
Multimedia data keyword management method and keyword data structure |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A multimedia data keyword management method and a keyword data structure which can be applied to a search system is disclosed. According to the present invention, the search system includes a data table... |
| 6751611 |
Method and system for creating improved search queries |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A method and system for creating improved search queries using pre-arranged controlled vocabularies, word groups, and word types. The invention is called a search builder. The search builder is a server-based... |
| 6751606 |
System for enhancing a query interface |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A system for enhancing searching of a network has an architecture that supports a network indexing component capable of indexing terms located in pages on the network and capable of receiving a search... |
| 6748387 |
Flexible keyword searching |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A search engine implements a multi-level search scheme. A first level involves performing a keyword search based on character matching. A second level, performed only if the first level yields no results,... |
| 6748374 |
Method for generating a relational database query statement using one or more templates corresponding to search conditions in an expression tree |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and system for representing objects in a relational database is provided. In one aspect, the invention provides a method and system for storing directory information objects in a relational database... |
| 6748377 |
Facilitating query pushdown in a multi-tiered database environment |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A query pushdown system determines whether all, some or none of the query predicates of an object-oriented query received at an object level of a database may be executed in a relational level of the database.... |
| 6748378 |
Method for retrieving data from a database |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method of generating a SQL statement for retrieving a data set from a database via a user interface and a database server and then processing the data set recursively. The method comprises the following... |
| 6745183 |
Document retrieval assisting method and system for the same and document retrieval service using the same |
| Jun-1-2004 |
Achieving efficient analysis of search results, which is required for the examination of search queries, by listing up both title information of a retrieved document group and the whole information. By... |
