| 6785674 |
System and method for structuring data in a computer system |
| Aug-31-2004 |
A method and system for creating and searching a central linked list comprising a parent node which is situated at the center of a plurality of child nodes. Each child node has two double linked list pointers.... |
| 6785672 |
Methods and apparatus for performing sequence homology detection |
| Aug-31-2004 |
In a sequence homology detection aspect of the invention, a computer-based method of detecting homologies between a plurality of sequences in a database and a query sequence comprises the following steps.... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6778997 |
XML: finding authoritative pages for mining communities based on page structure criteria |
| Aug-17-2004 |
A method of determining well-formed web pages which are authorities on a given topic utilizing link analysis. A root set of pages is first obtained by taking a given number of the highest ranked pages... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6778976 |
Selectivity estimation for processing SQL queries containing having clauses |
| Aug-17-2004 |
The estimate of the selectivity of a HAVING clause in an SQL query is carried out within a specified time constraint by determining a selectivity estimate for each member in a sample set of group sizes... |
| 6775683 |
Method and system for performing processing data |
| Aug-10-2004 |
The invention provides a system and method for processing flat files for use in a relational database. The invention includes inputting a plurality of flat files wherein each of the flat files contains... |
| 6775680 |
High level assembler metamodel |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A method of and a system for processing an enterpise an application request on an end user application and an application server. This is accomplished by initiating the application request on the end user... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6775663 |
Information coding and retrieval system and method thereof |
| Aug-10-2004 |
A search engine system with coded information and a search method using the same is descovised. The system includes a key word input part, a database for storing information as word codes which are not... |
| 6772167 |
System and method for providing a role table GUI via company group |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A hybird Notes/DB2 environment provides a requisition catalog on the Web. Client browsers are connected to a GWA infrastructure including a first network dispatcher and a virtual cluster of Domino.Go servers.... |
| 6772151 |
Color matching system and method |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A system and a method are provided for matching the color of a target sample at a remote location. The system has a first computer that is operative to receive and transmit target spectral data at a first... |
| 6772141 |
Method and apparatus for organizing and using indexes utilizing a search decision table |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A search decision table comprises a plurality of references to indexes, such as full text indexes, where each index corresponds to one or more informational resources. The search decision table has a plurality... |
| 6772110 |
Method and system for converting and plugging user interface terms |
| Aug-3-2004 |
A method and system for dynamically changing user interface terms in the help feature to the user interface language chosen by the user as opposed to the help feature language, and for converting and plugging... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6768987 |
System and method for filtering explain tables |
| Jul-27-2004 |
An apparatus for filtering an explain table according to at least one user-defined filter includes a memory device having thereon modules of operational data and executable code for execution by the processor.... |
| 6766319 |
Method and apparatus for gathering and evaluating information |
| Jul-20-2004 |
A continuous information gathering and evaluating system uses five highly coupled databases and software for gathering user input (respondent software), for evaluating input (evaluator software), and for... |
| 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... |
| 6763354 |
Mining emergent weighted association rules utilizing backlinking reinforcement analysis |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A system and methods providing for the evaluation of transaction data records to first determine forward link associations between items as reference and related items identified by corresponding "expert"... |
| 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... |
| 6763352 |
Incremental maintenance of summary tables with complex grouping expressions |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for the incremental maintenance of summary tables with complex grouping expressions where the change (insert/delete/update) of a single row of the base data... |
| 6763272 |
System having a process element with a screen and an activation element for remote-controlled cancellation of a screen saver function |
| Jul-13-2004 |
A system including at least one automatically controlled process element (1), in particular an automatically controlled process system, having at least one screen (4) for displaying status data or operational... |
| 6760724 |
Approximate query processing using wavelets |
| Jul-6-2004 |
A method for querying electronic data. The query method comprises creating wavelet-coefficient synopses of the electronic data and then querying the synopses in the wavelet-coefficient domain to obtain... |
| 6757866 |
Hyper video: information retrieval using text from multimedia |
| Jun-29-2004 |
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... |
| 6757680 |
System and method for inheriting access control rules |
| Jun-29-2004 |
A system and method are provided for an information management system (IMS) having an underlying relational database system (RDBMS) that allows an item to be associated with plural containers, and one... |
| 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... |
| 6757675 |
Method and apparatus for indexing document content and content comparison with World Wide Web search service |
| Jun-29-2004 |
Methods and related systems for indexing the contents of documents for comparison with the contents of other documents to identify matching content. A method for comparing the contents of a query document... |
| 6757672 |
Modifying a relational database |
| Jun-29-2004 |
Elements of hierarchical data are obtained. Metadata, which describes a data structure, is read from a relational database and examined to determine if there is a place in the data structure for the elements.... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 6754654 |
System and method for extracting knowledge from documents |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A program product characterizes a set of information to determine common characteristics among subsets of the set of information. The program product includes computer instructions which obtain characteristic... |
| 6754653 |
Method, system, and program for processing a fetch request for a target row in a table that precedes as current row |
| Jun-22-2004 |
Provided is a method, system, program, and data structures for making data available to an application program. A result table is generated including rows corresponding to a subset of rows in a base table... |
| 6754652 |
Database query optimizer framework with dynamic strategy dispatch |
| Jun-22-2004 |
An apparatus, program product and method utilize a query optimizer that relies upon a plurality of dynamically-dispatchable active strategy entities to generate an optimized execution plan for a database... |
| 6751649 |
Server for searching for information in a network of databases |
| Jun-15-2004 |
The invention relates to a server to facilitate searching for information in a network of databases, such as the Internet, said server including a database containing the addresses of the databases of... |
| 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... |
| 6751363 |
Methods of imaging based on wavelet retrieval of scenes |
| Jun-15-2004 |
Methods of imaging objects based on wavelet retrieval of scenes utilize wavelet transformation of plural defined regions of a query image. By increasing the granularity of the query image to greater than... |
| 6750864 |
Programs and methods for the display, analysis and manipulation of multi-dimensional data implemented on a computer |
| Jun-15-2004 |
A GUI is disclosed including a set of visualization routines designed to improve display, visualization and manipulation of multi-dimensional data. Many of the routines combine 2D and 3D renderings with... |
| 6748402 |
System and method for converting and loading interactive pager address books |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A conversion tool inputs an address book downloaded from an interactive pager executing an operating system that is not compatible with personal information managers. The conversion tool outputs a user... |
| 6748389 |
Method, system, and program for inverting columns in a database table |
| Jun-8-2004 |
Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for transforming an input table. The input data table is comprised of multiple columns and rows. For each column, the data from one column in... |
| 6748379 |
Graphical representation of disorganized database records in an IMS database |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method and system for displaying database record organization characteristics of IMS databases. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving information associated with a plurality of database records... |
| 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.... |
