| 6529916 |
Multidimensional indexing structure for use with linear optimization queries |
| Mar-4-2003 |
Linear optimization queries, which usually arise in various decision support and resource planning applications, are queries that retrieve top N data records (where N is an integer greater than zero) which... |
| 6529900 |
Method and apparatus for data visualization |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A method and system are provided for visualization of information stored in database records. Data visualizations offer a view of the underlying database records and are created and stored with in the... |
| 6529899 |
System and method for registering and providing a tool service |
| Mar-4-2003 |
A system and method for associating a personalized application tool and/or service in response to data supplied by any number of search requests is disclosed. The present invention in some preferred embodiments... |
| 6526435 |
Method and system for downloading selected rows within a listing using HyperText Transport Protocol (HTTP) |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A method is described in which a client computer generates an HTTP request and transmits the request to a server computer that has access to a listing such as an e-mail listing, a directory listing, or... |
| 6526405 |
Determining similarity between event types in sequences |
| Feb-25-2003 |
Determining a degree of relative similarity between event types in event sequences by examining the context of the event types facilitates similarity analysis of large sets of event sequences. A method... |
| 6526403 |
Method, computer program product, and system for rewriting database queries in a heterogenous environment |
| Feb-25-2003 |
A method, computer product, and system for rewriting database without decreasing pushdownability is provided. First, a pushdown analysis of the query in its entirety is performed prior to the application... |
| 6526400 |
Information search apparatus and method |
| Feb-25-2003 |
An image search apparatus acquires associative words in relation to an input query word, and makes a keyword search of image information on the basis of the obtained associative words and input query word.... |
| 6523172 |
Parser translator system and method |
| Feb-18-2003 |
A parser-translator technology allows a user to specify complex test and/or transformation statements in a high-level user language, to ensure that such test and/or transformation statements are well-formed... |
| 6523027 |
Interfacing servers in a Java based e-commerce architecture |
| Feb-18-2003 |
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing an interface between a first server and a second server with a proxy component situated therebetween. Initially, a request for a business... |
| 6523022 |
Method and apparatus for selectively augmenting retrieved information from a network resource |
| Feb-18-2003 |
An apparatus and corresponding method for selecting multimedia information, such as video, audio, graphics and text residing on a plurality of Data Warehouses, relational database management systems (RDMS)... |
| 6519618 |
Real estate database search method |
| Feb-11-2003 |
The present invention provides a method of searching a plurality of MLS databases including accessing a plurality of MLS databases, resolving an array of schemas from the plurality of MLS databases, establishing... |
| 6519587 |
Database query system and method |
| Feb-11-2003 |
The invention includes an information retrieval system having a server and a plurality of clients. The server has access to one or more data storage media on which the server maintains a database. The... |
| 6519586 |
Method and apparatus for automatic construction of faceted terminological feedback for document retrieval |
| Feb-11-2003 |
Iterative information retrieval from a large database of textual or text-containing documents is facilitated by automatic construction of faceted representations. Facets are chosen heuristically based... |
| 6518984 |
Record range control for browsing published databases |
| Feb-11-2003 |
Improved graphical user interfaces and techniques for requesting records from a shared database over a network are disclosed. One aspect pertains to a record range control that allows easy selection of... |
| 6516329 |
Method of maintaining search results pages |
| Feb-4-2003 |
A method, system, signal, and software program for handling search through the use of a page index. Searches are performed across a plurality of content information sources and content types. For every... |
| 6516312 |
System and method for dynamically associating keywords with domain-specific search engine queries |
| Feb-4-2003 |
A computer program product is provided as a system for use with a search engine and a search engine repository to dynamically associate keywords within a search result set encountered in an abstract of... |
| 6516311 |
Method for linking on the internet with an advertising feature |
| Feb-4-2003 |
This invention pertains to a method for finding a web page based on telephone numbers with a feature of utilizing the finding method to build traffic to view advertisements. Pursuant to the method, there... |
| 6516240 |
Apparatus and method for the remote production of customized clothing |
| Feb-4-2003 |
An apparatus and method is provided for creating custom-fitted garments wherein the customer provides critical information which is known to or easily ascertainable by the customer without assistance.... |
| 6513036 |
Method and apparatus for searching and presenting search result from one or more information sources based on context representations selected from the group of other users |
| Jan-28-2003 |
A method and an apparatus for searching and presenting electronic information from one or more information sources where the retrieval and presentation of information depends on context representations... |
| 6510426 |
Method and apparatus for compacting a metadatas stream in a data processing system |
| Jan-21-2003 |
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for generating a metadata stream. An attribute call is received to set an attribute. In response, a first database is queried to determine whether the... |
| 6510424 |
Electronic notification agent |
| Jan-21-2003 |
In a data processing system, a method for fetching information through a data network comprising: transmitting information to a client unit for causing the client unit to display a user interface enabling... |
| 6510420 |
Framework for dynamic hierarchical grouping and calculation based on multidimensional member characteristics |
| Jan-21-2003 |
A system and method for dynamically building hierarchical groupings of business information based on member characteristics. The system includes a computer program that comprises: (1) a mechanism for choosing... |
| 6507850 |
Segment aggregation and interleaving of data types in a geographic database and methods for use thereof in a navigation application |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A geographic database for use with a navigation application program that provides navigation features to an end-user. The geographic database includes a plurality of data records of a first type and a... |
| 6507841 |
Methods of and apparatus for refining descriptors |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A database containing data items, such as images, text, audio records or video records, in both summary and complete forms, is searched by reference to descriptors associated with the data items, in response... |
| 6507840 |
Histogram-based approximation of set-valued query-answers |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A method for generating an approximate answer in response to a query to a database in which an SQL query Q for operating on a relation R in a database is received. Relation R has an associated histogram... |
| 6507839 |
Generalized term frequency scores in information retrieval systems |
| Jan-14-2003 |
Disclosed are methods and systems for selecting electronic documents, such as Web pages or sites, from among documents in a collection, based upon the occurrence of selected terms in segments of the documents.... |
| 6507836 |
Data search method with each data item displayed in a filter at a position associated with an attribute value of the data item |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A data search method capable of representing a complex search condition with a reduced number of filters and allowing high data visibility is used in a data search system including a storage disposed to... |
| 6507834 |
Method and apparatus for parallel execution of SQL from stored procedures |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and an article of manufacture for parallel execution of SQL operations from stored procedures. One or more embodiments of the invention provide the stored procedure (stored procedure)... |
| 6507830 |
Retrieval system, retrieval method and computer readable recording medium that records retrieval program |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A retrieval system enables high-speed and high-precision pattern retrieval. A retrieval dictionary generation unit classifies learned patterns into plural clusters, and generates a retrieval dictionary... |
| 6505211 |
Method for providing for persistence of java classes where the persistence semantics may be orthogonal to the class definition |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing for persistence of Java.TM. objects. A Java.TM. object is instantiated from its corresponding Java.TM. class definition and then loaded into... |
| 6505200 |
Application-independent data synchronization technique |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A method, system, and computer program product for automatically synchronizing data between a replicated version and a back-end data store version which may or may not have the same format. Queues are... |
| 6505194 |
Search user interface with enhanced accessibility and ease-of-use features based on visual metaphors |
| Jan-7-2003 |
A user interface for querying and displaying records from a database employs a physical metaphor for the process of constructing queries and viewing results. In one embodiment, the search criteria are... |
| 6505097 |
Arithmetic processing device, inter-object communication method, and robot |
| Jan-7-2003 |
An arithmetic processing device for inter-object data communication has an object manager for connecting objects so as to enable exchange of data between the objects, and a connection data supplying unit... |
| 6502098 |
Exporting and importing of data in object-relational databases |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A computer system for transferring data from an object relational database to another such database. The data in the source database having a table type hierarchy of data tables. The system transforming... |
| 6502093 |
Approach for publishing data in a relational database system |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing a content-based publish-and-subscribe system in a relational database system. A subscriber may request for messages by using a query language supported... |
| 6502091 |
Apparatus and method for discovering context groups and document categories by mining usage logs |
| Dec-31-2002 |
An apparatus is provided for relating user queries and documents. The apparatus includes a client, a server, and a database being mutually coupled to a communications pathway. The client is configured... |
| 6502088 |
Method and system for improved access to non-relational databases |
| Dec-31-2002 |
The method and system of the present invention provides improved access to databases in a computer system. The present invention includes a plurality of data sources, the data sources including at least... |
| 6499028 |
Efficient identification of candidate pages and dynamic response in a NUMA computer |
| Dec-24-2002 |
A performance monitor configured to count memory transactions and to issue an interrupt to the computer system if the monitor detects a specified number of transactions associated with a particular segment... |
| 6499027 |
System software architecture for a passenger entertainment system, method and article of manufacture |
| Dec-24-2002 |
System software that enable a passenger entertainment system on a vehicle. The passenger entertainment system is configured and operated using the system software to provide passenger entertainment services... |
| 6496819 |
Rewriting a query in terms of a summary based on functional dependencies and join backs, and based on join derivability |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A method and system is provided for processing queries. Specifically, techniques are provided for handling a query that does not reference a particular materialized view, where the query requires access... |
| 6493717 |
System and method for managing database information |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A system and method is provided for managing database information to be presented in HTML format for retrieval and display by a Web browser. Database information is managed by responding to a user selection... |
| 6493710 |
Method and apparatus for reducing costs associated with manipulating data |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A method and apparatus are provided for performing an array DML operation. During the performance of the operation on a data item in the array, and if an error occurs, then error information is stored... |
| 6493709 |
Method and apparatus for digitally shredding similar documents within large document sets in a data processing environment |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A method and apparatus are disclosed for comparing an input or query file to a set of files to detect similarities between the query file and the set of files, and digitally shredding files that match,... |
| 6493703 |
System and method for implementing intelligent online community message board |
| Dec-10-2002 |
An online message board system monitors message traffic generated by subscribers so that intelligent decisions can be made concerning what types of content to locate and retrieve, what priority to use... |
| 6493701 |
Database system with methodogy providing faster N-ary nested loop joins |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A database system implementing a methodology or technique that can be used to optimize processing of nested loop joins of three or more tables (n-ary NLJs for n>2) more efficiently is described. In... |
| 6493700 |
System and method for specifying custom qualifiers for explain tables |
| Dec-10-2002 |
A system and method for specifying custom qualifiers for explain tables allows a user to designate selected explain tables for which the user wishes to view statements. A query explain program is provided... |
| 6490584 |
User-centered push methods and system |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A user-centered push system monitors user activity to build a dynamic model representing probable user interests. The model is used to drive a search for information relevant to these interests. Such information,... |
| 6490581 |
System and method for providing an object-oriented interface to a relational database |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A method provides for an easily understood representation of the elements and relationships captured in a relational database. In accordance with the method an object model specification file and a database... |
| 6490580 |
Hypervideo information retrieval usingmultimedia |
| Dec-3-2002 |
Disclosed is a method and device for selecting documents, such as Web pages or sites, for presentation to a user, in response to a user expression of interest, during the course of presentation to the... |
| 6490579 |
Search engine system and method utilizing context of heterogeneous information resources |
| Dec-3-2002 |
A system and method for facilitating the retrieval of information from a system of distributed computers or information resources is disclosed. In particular, the system and method of the present invention... |
