| 6584460 |
Method of searching documents and a service for searching documents |
| Jun-24-2003 |
This invention aims to provide an efficient means of performing a document search wherein relevance between plural document databases is examined. A summary making module and a search module are provided... |
| 6581056 |
Information retrieval system providing secondary content analysis on collections of information objects |
| Jun-17-2003 |
An information retrieval system having a secondary content analysis engine for use on collections of documents. Such collections of documents dynamically arise as a result of queries one or more, possibly... |
| 6581055 |
Query optimization with switch predicates |
| Jun-17-2003 |
A method is provided for optimizing data queries using switch predicates to determine which query execution plan or sub-plan (generated by a query optimizer) is executed. The method may be implemented... |
| 6581054 |
Dynamic query model and method |
| Jun-17-2003 |
A method for generating database queries includes storing a predefined query model for querying a database. An accessible portion of the predefined query model is displayed to a user upon request. User... |
| 6578046 |
Federated searches of heterogeneous datastores using a federated datastore object |
| Jun-10-2003 |
A computer method and system capable of searching multiple heterogeneous datastores with heterogeneous data types by employing an object oriented data model to define a federated datastore object. The... |
| 6574623 |
Query transformation and simplification for group by queries with rollup/grouping sets in relational database management systems |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for optimizing database queries, wherein the query is analyzed to determine whether the query includes at least one GROUP BY operation that computes at least... |
| 6574622 |
Apparatus and method for document retrieval |
| Jun-3-2003 |
Document retrieval system and method are disclosed which can diminish a gap between the user's retrieval intention in information retrieval and the configuration of a query as well as document representations... |
| 6574621 |
Survey analysis system and method |
| Jun-3-2003 |
A method and apparatus for analyzing a survey database, wherein a user can perform a wide variety of requests to the survey database without having to independently calculate a desired result. In accordance... |
| 6571243 |
Method and apparatus for creating extractors, field information objects and inheritance hierarchies in a framework for retrieving semistructured information |
| May-27-2003 |
According to the invention, a system and method for extracting information from a semistructured information source. The system includes a listing stack for holding extracted information. A means for matching... |
| 6571237 |
Method, system and a computer program product for producing an offer document |
| May-27-2003 |
The invention relates to automated methods for creating offers for items to a customer. According to the invention, an automated system queries an user interface of a customer's product catalog database.... |
| 6571233 |
Optimization of SQL queries using filtering predicates |
| May-27-2003 |
A technique for optimizing execution of a query that accesses data stored on a data store connected to a computer. Query predicates involving different data types are identified. A second query predicate... |
| 6567936 |
Data clustering using error-tolerant frequent item sets |
| May-20-2003 |
A generalization of frequent item sets to error-tolerant frequent item sets (ETF) is disclosed, together with its application in data clustering using error-tolerant frequent item sets to either build... |
| 6567805 |
Interactive automated response system |
| May-20-2003 |
A computerized system responds, not just to a single query issued by a user, but to a query in the context of a dialog with the user. The system, which is referred to as an interactive automated response... |
| 6567804 |
Shared computation of user-defined metrics in an on-line analytic processing system |
| May-20-2003 |
An On-Line Analytic Processing (OLAP) system computes complex expressions and aggregations in queries by re-using and sharing subparts of the expressions and aggregations. A dependency generation phase... |
| 6567803 |
Simultaneous computation of multiple moving aggregates in a relational database management system |
| May-20-2003 |
An On-Line Analytic Processing (OLAP) system identifies a plurality of simultaneously computable moving aggregate functions in a query. The identified moving aggregate functions are then partitioned into... |
| 6567802 |
Systematic approach to query optimization |
| May-20-2003 |
The present invention demonstrates the development and application of the chase/backchase ("C&B") technique to systematically optimize generating alternative query plans, aimed at multiple disparate targets.... |
| 6567801 |
Automatically initiating a knowledge portal query from within a displayed document |
| May-20-2003 |
A system for automatically initiating a query of a knowledge portal from within a displayed document includes a word designation module configured to receive a user designation of at least one word of... |
| 6567800 |
System and method for searching information stored on a network |
| May-20-2003 |
A system and method for searching websites that use category information to narrow the range of a website content search. Website content is retrieved through a network and stored. A user starts a search... |
| 6567797 |
System and method for providing recommendations based on multi-modal user clusters |
| May-20-2003 |
A system and method for browsing, retrieving, and recommending information from a collection uses multi-modal features of the documents in the collection, as well as an analysis of users' prior browsing... |
| 6564213 |
Search query autocompletion |
| May-13-2003 |
A system for facilitating online searches suggests query autocompletion strings (terms and/or phrases) to users during the query entry process, wherein the suggested strings are based on specific attributes... |
| 6564204 |
Generating join queries using tensor representations |
| May-13-2003 |
Query results and statistics regarding them are generated using a novel representation of an n-attribute relation as an order n relational tensor. Orders of the relational tensor respectively correspond... |
| 6560600 |
Method and apparatus for ranking Web page search results |
| May-6-2003 |
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... |
| 6560598 |
Internal database validation |
| May-6-2003 |
Internal database validation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a database having a data table and a validation table. The data table has at least one data column and at least one data... |
| 6560597 |
Concept decomposition using clustering |
| May-6-2003 |
A system and method operates with a document collection in which documents are represented as normalized document vectors. The document vector space is partitioned into a set of disjoint clusters and a... |
| 6560596 |
Multiscript database system and method |
| May-6-2003 |
A system and method for storing and retrieving information based upon a string, where the string can be encoded in one of a variety of script encodings. The script encodings can be selected from a set... |
| 6556713 |
Image processing apparatus and method and storage medium |
| Apr-29-2003 |
A search result of a search target object is displayed at a high speed. By dividing an image into a plurality of areas and allocating attribute information to each area, only the area including the attribute... |
| 6553382 |
Data management system for retrieving data based on hierarchized keywords associated with keyword names |
| Apr-22-2003 |
This invention provides a data management method and a data management system for automatically merging hierarchical keywords and attribute information into other hierarchical keywords and attribute information,... |
| 6553371 |
Method and system for specifying and displaying table joins in relational database queries |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A system, a program storage device and a software method, useable in a computer database system with a display device, is provided for displaying and selecting table joins. The method is capable of assisting... |
| 6553366 |
Analytic logical data model |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A method, apparatus (1), and article of manufacture for performing data mining applications (110) in a relational database management system (114). An analytic logic data model (LDM) provides logical entity... |
| 6553364 |
Information retrieval from hierarchical compound documents |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A search query is applied to documents in a document repository wherein the documents are organized into a hierarchy. A search engine searches the hierarchy to return documents which match a query term... |
| 6553347 |
Automatic virtual negotiations |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A method for conducting "one to one" commercial negotiations through an electronic medium such as the Internet. The negotiation process consists of sending persuasive texts to the user by the system, including... |
| 6550055 |
Method and apparatus for cheating an information report resulting from a diagnostic session |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A method and device are provided for creating an information report for a computer system. An information report is used to signal a problem with a computer system and to provide information about the... |
| 6549939 |
Proactive calendar notification agent |
| Apr-15-2003 |
In a data processing system, a method for fetching information through a data network includes the following steps: (1) receiving a user profile comprising user preferences; (2) using an agent for periodically... |
| 6549908 |
Methods and apparatus for interpreting user selections in the context of a relation distributed as a set of orthogonalized sub-relations |
| Apr-15-2003 |
Methods and apparatus for distributing a first relation amongst a set of orthogonal sub-relations are disclosed. As a method, an orthogonal sub-relation of the set of orthogonal sub-relations is identified... |
| 6549894 |
Computerized docketing system for intellectual property law with automatic due date alert |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A computerized docketing system for legal matters, comprising a database operatively arranged to store information related to the legal matters, including actions to be taken with respect to the legal... |
| 6546403 |
Mechanism to resubmit queries in a parallel database system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
An apparatus, method and program product for resubmitting queries encompassed by a Query Management Subsystem (QMS) responsive to high availability recovery actions within itself and a database subsystem... |
| 6546388 |
Metadata search results ranking system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A method for presenting to an end-user the intermediate matching search results of a keyword search in an index list of information. The method comprising the steps of: coupling to a search engine a graphical... |
| 6546386 |
Brilliant query system |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A system for conducting queries from any document displayed on any computer device, comprising the creation of more focused "brilliant queries" by conducting a statistical frequency analysis of the word... |
| 6546382 |
Finding the TOP N values through the execution of a query |
| Apr-8-2003 |
A method and mechanism is provided for executing a query that includes a subquery, where the subquery includes an ORDER BY clause. The results generated by executing the subquery are ordered as specified... |
| 6542889 |
Methods and apparatus for similarity text search based on conceptual indexing |
| Apr-1-2003 |
In one aspect of the invention, a method of performing a conceptual similarity search comprises the steps of: generating one or more conceptual word-chains from one or more documents to be used in the... |
| 6542878 |
Determining whether a variable is numeric or non-numeric |
| Apr-1-2003 |
Determination as to whether a variable is numeric or non-numeric. In one embodiment, a variable is input having a plurality of values, where each value has a count. The variable is determined to be numeric... |
| 6539387 |
Structured focused hypertext data structure |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A structured focused hypertext data structure in which hypertext nodes store identifying information about source and target documents or pages so that their relative positions in a hierarchy and other... |
| 6539382 |
Intelligent pre-caching algorithm for a directory server based on user data access history |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A caching mechanism for a directory service having a backing store. According to the invention, directory search results are cached over a given data capture period, with the information then being used... |
| 6539374 |
Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a uniform representation of various types of information |
| Mar-25-2003 |
Methods and apparatus for analyzing tasks performed by computer users by (i) gathering usage data, (ii) converting logged usage data into a uniform format, (iii) determining or defining task boundaries,... |
| 6539373 |
Contextual searching by determining intersections of search results |
| Mar-25-2003 |
A system and method for rapidly identifying the existence and location of an item in a file using an improved hash table architecture. A hash table is constructed having a plurality of hash buckets, each... |
| 6539372 |
Method for providing automated user assistance customized output in the planning, configuration, and management of information systems |
| Mar-25-2003 |
User Assistants are software programs that prompt the customer for information about user's current system by examining system files and other sources of data; store information about the user in a repository... |
| 6539371 |
System and method for filtering query statements according to user-defined filters of query explain data |
| Mar-25-2003 |
An apparatus for filtering a set of query statements according to query explain data associated therewith includes a processor for executing instructions and a memory device having thereon modules of operational... |
| 6535869 |
Increasing efficiency of indexing random-access files composed of fixed-length data blocks by embedding a file index therein |
| Mar-18-2003 |
A method, system, and computer-readable code for embedding a file index among the fixed-length data blocks of a random-access file to which the index pertains. In the preferred embodiment, a B-tree index... |
| 6532462 |
Gene expression and evaluation system using a filter table with a gene expression database |
| Mar-11-2003 |
A filter table provides a framework in which queries are efficiently and easily developed to access a gene expression database. The filter table is used to filter a plurality of expression levels to return... |
| 6532458 |
Sampling for database systems |
| Mar-11-2003 |
A database server supports weighted and unweighted sampling of records or tuples in accordance with desired sampling semantics such as with replacement (WR), without replacement (WoR), or independent coin... |
