| 6826597 |
Providing clients with services that retrieve data from data sources that do not necessarily support the format required by the clients |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method and system for allowing clients to retrieve data from data sources that do not necessarily support the same protocols and formats as the clients. The clients issue service requests. A pre-processor... |
| 6826566 |
Identifier vocabulary data access method and system |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method of organizing, managing, and providing interactive access to data in a database is disclosed, along with a program and a system for implementing the method. Associations between each data Item... |
| 6826565 |
Method and apparatus for serving files to browsing clients |
| Nov-30-2004 |
Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable... |
| 6826564 |
Scalable and programmable query distribution and collection in a network of queryable devices |
| Nov-30-2004 |
In a network, a query originator injects queries of network devices into the network at a query node using query messages. The network transports the query messages to the network devices, or to network... |
| 6826563 |
Supporting bitmap indexes on primary B+tree like structures |
| Nov-30-2004 |
A method for building bitmap indexes on a primary B+tree used for storing data in the database that has a mapping table associated with it. The bitmap index is built by using the mapping table row identifiers. |
| 6826562 |
Method of simplifying and optimizing scalar subqueries and derived tables that return exactly or at most one tuple |
| Nov-30-2004 |
An optimization technique for SQL queries, a program storage device storing the optimization program, and an apparatus for optimizing a query is provided. A query is analyzed to determine whether it includes... |
| 6826555 |
Open format for file storage system indexing, searching and data retrieval |
| Nov-30-2004 |
Data storage and retrieval methods are described in which data is stored in records within a file storage system, and desired records are identified and/or selected by searching index files which map search... |
| 6823491 |
System and method for a dynamically integrated search engine |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A system and method for dynamically integrating a site specific search engine. In one embodiment, a hidden HTML tag is used on web pages to identify the site specific search engine for the web site. When... |
| 6823342 |
Method and system for capturing, managing, and disseminating manufacturing knowledge |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A independent method for configuring and extracting detailed manufacturing knowledge for fabricating an object, tool or part and storing the data to a data file or data structure. The method includes extracting... |
| 6823334 |
Metadata system for managing data mining environments |
| Nov-23-2004 |
Managing a data mining environment, the data mining environment having a data mining tool and a data mining model. Embodiments include registering in a data set control table registered data sets, the... |
| 6823333 |
System, method and apparatus for conducting a keyterm search |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A keyterm search is a method of searching a database for subsets of the database that are relevant to an input query. First, a number of relational models of subsets of a database are provided. A query... |
| 6820090 |
Method for generating quantiles from data streams |
| Nov-16-2004 |
In a method for acquiring statistical information from data, an initial cumulative distribution function (CDF) that characterizes an initial set of data is acquired. The acquisition of this CDF comprises... |
| 6820084 |
Method and system for pushing information to a client an information processing system |
| Nov-16-2004 |
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,... |
| 6820080 |
Dependent object processing for triggers |
| Nov-16-2004 |
Methods, systems and articles of manufacture are provided for setting a state of triggers between operative and inoperative. In an operative state the trigger may be called during triggering I/O operations... |
| 6820079 |
Method and apparatus for retrieving text using document signatures |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A method and apparatus for retrieving similar or identical textual passages among different documents is disclosed. Normal discourse structures along with textual content attributes are used to encode... |
| 6820079 |
Method and apparatus for retrieving text using document signatures |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A method and apparatus for retrieving similar or identical textual passages among different documents is disclosed. Normal discourse structures along with textual content attributes are used to encode... |
| 6820073 |
System and method for multiple pass cooperative processing |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A system for collaborative processing, comprising a controlling module with access to at least one relational database capable of performing a first set of functions on the data in the database and at... |
| 6819339 |
Web browser with multilevel functions |
| Nov-16-2004 |
A architecture is provided to enable a client web browser to conduct and manage a multilevel search. The browser includes an application layer interface. The application layer interface is for coupling... |
| 6816865 |
Process for data driven application integration for B2B |
| Nov-9-2004 |
Aspects of the present embodiments provide an eCommerce environment adapted to accept and process various message types (e.g. cXML and mXML). In general, requests are provided from a requesting entity... |
| 6816856 |
System for and method of data compression in a valueless digital tree representing a bitset |
| Nov-9-2004 |
An adaptive digital tree data structure incorporates various codes within the parent pointers to indicate the state of the underlying subexpanses. The use of these codes reduces the amount of memory used... |
| 6816855 |
Building software statements such as search queries to a tabular database through a user-interactive computer display interface |
| Nov-9-2004 |
A user-interactive display interface implementation for building structured software program statements and, particularly, such structured statements which may serve as search queries to databases including... |
| 6813617 |
Dynamic generation of optimizer hints |
| Nov-2-2004 |
A fine-grained access control mechanism uses policy functions that are associated with a database object (e.g. table and view). The policy functions are invoked, when, for example, a database server detects... |
| 6810462 |
Storage system and method using interface control devices of different types |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A storage has NAS and SAN functions and a high degree of freedom to configure a system to reduce the management and operation cost. The storage includes a plurality of interface slots in which a plurality... |
| 6810426 |
Methods and systems providing fair queuing and priority scheduling to enhance quality of service in a network |
| Oct-26-2004 |
Integrated Bandwidth Latency Scheduler apparatus, method and system (collectively, IBLS) combines Fair Queuing and Priority Schedulers in a single stage to provide bandwidth fairness guarantees as well... |
| 6810395 |
Method and apparatus for query-specific bookmarking and data collection |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A computer-implemented method and system providing both query-specific bookmarking and query-specific data collection. These features allow users to search more efficiently on the WWW by allowing users... |
| 6810394 |
Methods and apparatus for searching for and identifying information of interest to users |
| Oct-26-2004 |
An information system. The system provides a user interface for selecting subject matter of interest to a user as well as various components for retrieving information items, for classifying information... |
| 6810375 |
Method for segmentation of text |
| Oct-26-2004 |
A computerized method, and a corresponding apparatus, for segmentation of a stream of text elements comprising analyzed tokens into one or more initial clauses is disclosed. In the method, a predetermined... |
| 6804679 |
System, method, and user interfaces for managing genomic data |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A data manager is described for providing a publish database for access by data mining tools and other data processing software applications. The data manager includes a results-for-publication identifier... |
| 6804666 |
Information processor, processing method therefor, and program storage medium |
| Oct-12-2004 |
An information processor for recoding at least two different types of content-related data. The first recording means records a predetermined number of types of data related to a first content as a first... |
| 6804662 |
Method and apparatus for query and analysis |
| Oct-12-2004 |
A data handling method combines search capabilities with analytical functionality. The invention provides advantages when dealing with structured documents (such as electronic catalogs, XML documents,... |
| 6801921 |
Method and system for managing multiple database storage units |
| Oct-5-2004 |
The system manages at least a database in multiple database storage units, and the database is duplicated for redundancy. The system maintains the database redundancy for security. The system enables the... |
| 6801909 |
System and method for obtaining user preferences and providing user recommendations for unseen physical and information goods and services |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A system and method for searching data repositories and for obtaining user preferences and providing user recommendations for unseen physical and information goods and services. The system includes, for... |
| 6801906 |
Method and apparatus for finding information on the internet |
| Oct-5-2004 |
When a search is made for information on the Internet, certain search parameters are saved in the user's system. If a subsequent related search is made, these search parameters are transferred to the internet... |
| 6801905 |
Database system providing methodology for property enforcement |
| Oct-5-2004 |
A database system providing methods for eager and opportunistic property enforcement is described. Plan fragments are generated for obtaining data requested by a query. Plan fragments are grouped together... |
| 6799182 |
System and method for data source flattening |
| Sep-28-2004 |
A system and method for enabling data exchanges between various data processing systems, including disparate systems, is described. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention can receive a hierarchical... |
| 6799175 |
System and method of determining and searching for patterns in a large database |
| Sep-28-2004 |
Techniques are provided for finding query responses from database queries using an interactive process between a user (e.g., a person entering a query to a database) and a computer system (e.g., a computing... |
| 6795832 |
Rule based compatibility module |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A rule based compatibility module provides a single unified mechanism for testing rules where testing results depend on various combinations of database queries, computable values, and/or run-string parameters.... |
| 6795826 |
Fuzzy content network management and access |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A system and a method for managing information encapsulates the information as objects. The objects are related by a degree to other objects in a content network. The relationships between the objects... |
| 6795822 |
Text communication method and text communication system |
| Sep-21-2004 |
A text communication system is that reduces user's burden of typing text messages. An acting device is provided with a dictionary containing rules regarding conversion of text messages, with the dictionary... |
| 6795819 |
System and method for building and maintaining a database |
| Sep-21-2004 |
The invention relates generally to similarity scoring engines. More particularly, the invention is a computer-implemented similarity scoring system and method that allows for using similarity scoring to... |
| 6792421 |
System and method for retrieving location-qualified site data |
| Sep-14-2004 |
The present invention is directed to the use of linkcells in retrieving site data pertaining to one or more sites from a site data repository. The linkcells facilitate the resolution of several types of... |
| 6792417 |
Information processing apparatus and method for storing and managing objects together with additional information |
| Sep-14-2004 |
The invention provides an information processing apparatus and method for storing and managing objects such as images, audio data and documents with additional information that is used for retrieving objects.... |
| 6789096 |
Real time sessions in an analytic application |
| Sep-7-2004 |
A method and system thereof for performing real time transformations of dynamically increasing databases is described. A session, identified as a real time session, is initialized. The real time session... |
| 6789077 |
Mechanism and apparatus for web-based searching of URI-addressable repositories in a distributed computing environment |
| Sep-7-2004 |
A system and method for searching for Internet-based repositories within a distributed computing environment are provided. A client on a device may interact with a search service on the same or a different... |
| 6789074 |
Database processing method and apparatus, and medium for recording processing program thereof |
| Sep-7-2004 |
There is provided such a technique that database processing of accessing a specific DB resource can be conducted efficiently. When invoking a module for implementing a function related to a data type of... |
| 6789071 |
Method for efficient query execution using dynamic queries in database environments |
| Sep-7-2004 |
A system and method allowing for optimization of query execution in database environments is provided. In an illustrative implementation, a database having distributed partitioned views is provided such... |
| 6785688 |
Internet streaming media workflow architecture |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method and system for utilizing metadata to search for media, such as multimedia and streaming media, includes searching for the media, receiving results, extracting metadata associated with the media,... |
| 6785687 |
System for and method of efficient, expandable storage and retrieval of small datasets |
| Aug-31-2004 |
An adaptive digital tree data structure supports scalability by encoding type bits within unused data bits of the root pointer word or, as the population increases to support it, into an additional word.... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
