| 6985897 |
Method and system for animated and personalized on-line product presentation |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A virtual personalized animated product selection and customer information gathering method and system includes providing a product presentation to a user by retrieving personalization data for the user... |
| 6985894 |
Document management method and computer-readable storage medium storing program code for executing the same |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A document management method uses a plurality of document schemas to manage a document retrieval request, the document schemas defining a structure of document contents, each document schema including... |
| 6985896 |
Browsing methods, articles and apparatus |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A browsing sequence for a plurality of items is provided. A tree which relates the plurality of items is also provided. The tree is non-unary and has a height of at least two. A user selection to prune... |
| 6985887 |
Apparatus and method for authenticated multi-user personal information database |
| Jan-10-2006 |
A method of assuring integrity of a personal information in a data base containing personal information provided by multiple users uses in various embodiments physiological identifiers associated with... |
| 6985483 |
Methods and systems for fast packet forwarding |
| Jan-10-2006 |
Methods and systems for fast packet forwarding include traversing a trie data structure stored in on-chip memory based on bits in an input address. The bits in the input address result in a predetermined... |
| 6983483 |
Scheduler apparatus employing a gopher agent for use in a television receiver |
| Jan-3-2006 |
In a television system in which at least program title information for programs which are to be transmitted in the future is transmitted in advance to form a channel guide listing, apparatus is provided... |
| 6983345 |
Associative memory |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A computer-implemented method of realizing an associative memory capable of storing a set of documents and retrieving one or more stored documents similar to an inputted query document, said method comprising:... |
| 6983322 |
System for discrete parallel processing of queries and updates |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A data driven discrete parallel processing computing system for searches with a key-ordered list of data objects distributed over a plurality of servers. The invention is a data-driven architecture for... |
| 6983310 |
System and method for providing search capabilties on a wireless device |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A system and method for enabling users to send and receive messages and other information from mobile devices and enabling users to access server-based information using mobile devices over wireless data... |
| 6983311 |
Access to internet search capabilities |
| Jan-3-2006 |
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a client application for enabling access to an online service and displaying advertisements while the user is accessing the online service. The... |
| 6983288 |
Multiple layer information object repository |
| Jan-3-2006 |
Techniques for relating data stored in one or more storage systems for an enterprise include managing information chunks in one or more storage systems. Each chunk comprises a unit of data for storage... |
| 6983285 |
Apparatus and method for dynamically verifying information in a distributed system |
| Jan-3-2006 |
Use of a policy object for verification in a distributed system. A machine downloads a policy object containing a reference to code governing verification of data. The machine uses the reference to obtain... |
| 6983289 |
Automatic identification of DVD title using internet technologies and fuzzy matching techniques |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An iterative search technique is used to quickly and accurately locate information in a database, such as one storing information about digital versatile discs (DVDs). First, a presumably unique search... |
| 6983290 |
Apparatus and method for accessing resources |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A resource processing technique is disclosed for accessing resources included within larger files. When a file including resource data is stored fixed identification data for the file is associated with... |
| 6983280 |
Automated processing of appropriateness determination of content for search listings in wide area network searches |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A method and system for improving the efficiency of a database processing system for evaluating candidate data items representing search listings that are submitted for inclusion into a search engine database.... |
| 6983276 |
Facilitating electronic commerce transactions using buyer profiles |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A system (10) for sorting search results according to a buyer profile (47) during the matching phase of an electronic commerce transaction includes a database containing a buyer profile (47)... |
| 6983274 |
Multiple alignment genome sequence matching processor |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A digital hardware system slides a sequence to be searched, such as a genome, past a query sequence, such as a DNA fragment, via shift registers. In parallel, multiple alignments between search and query... |
| 6983272 |
System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine |
| Jan-3-2006 |
A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search... |
| 6983273 |
Iconic representation of linked site characteristics |
| Jan-3-2006 |
Search results for linked sources of information are associated with one or more predefined symbols or icons that indicate characteristics of the linked sites' contents. Site content ratings services and... |
| 6983270 |
Method and apparatus for displaying database search results |
| Jan-3-2006 |
The invention relates to a method of displaying the progress of a database search so as to accomplish a logical operation that satisfies certain conditions; for example avoiding a null value. The invention... |
| 6983271 |
Answer wizard drop-down control |
| Jan-3-2006 |
An answer wizard drop-down menu for providing users quick and efficient access to help utilities, including help files and wizards provided by a software application, is provided. An answer wizard drop-down... |
| 6981217 |
System and method of obfuscating data |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A system and method of generating index information for electronic documents. The system includes a client, one or more information retrieval (IR) engines, such as a search engine, which are each in communication... |
| 6981148 |
Method for integrating online and offline cryptographic signatures and providing secure revocation |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A verification method and system including a verifier which can both interpret policies and determine if they are satisfied, and request and obtain relevant certificates. This new architecture includes... |
| 6981058 |
System and method for slot based ARL table learning with concurrent table search using write snoop |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A network device including at least one network port, a clock, address resolution logic (ARL) tables, and address resolution logic. The clock generates a timing signal. The ARL tables are configured to... |
| 6981003 |
Method and system for master planning priority assignment |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A method and system for performing master planning priority assignment is presented. The method includes assigning a priority to a demand record that contains at least one demand attribute and a priority... |
| 6981002 |
Docubase indexing, searching and data retrieval |
| Dec-27-2005 |
Data storage and retrieval methods are described in which data is stored in records within a docubase, and desired records are identified and/or selected by searching index files which map search criteria... |
| 6981001 |
Method and systems for default mapping mechanization |
| Dec-27-2005 |
Methods and systems are provided for acquiring and assembling customer facility location data from multiple sources. The customer facility location data is subsequently used for the automated dispatching... |
| 6980996 |
Generic command interface for multiple executable routines having character-based command tree |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A processor based system includes a parser, configured for identifying whether an input word received from a user is a new command word relative to a character-based command parse tree, and a tree management... |
| 6980990 |
Internet domain name registration system |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A domain name registration system includes a user interface through which a user can submit multiple names to a query server to determine the availability of the names for domain name registration. After... |
| 6980984 |
Content provider systems and methods using structured data |
| Dec-27-2005 |
This document discusses, among other things, systems, devices, and methods for implementing a content provider using at least one structured data attribute, with an integer, float, string, or date value... |
| 6980986 |
System and method for bookmark set search and execution refinement |
| Dec-27-2005 |
The refinement of existing search output. The present invention further improves upon the prior art in that: (1) it provides a means for employing the automation of the selection process; (2) it further... |
| 6980983 |
Method for collective decision-making |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A method and a computer program product for promoting collaborative, consensus-driven decisions from a plurality of decision-making entities using electronic communications in a real-time forum. The inventive... |
| 6980982 |
Search system and method involving user and provider associated beneficiary groups |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A search system and method provide a user with a fast and efficient way to progressively expand a search for providers of a specified search object, such as a good, service, or information; while maintaining... |
| 6980981 |
Method, system, and program for selecting a join order for tables subject to a join operation |
| Dec-27-2005 |
Provided are a method, system, and program for selecting a join order for tables subject to a join operation. An estimation is made of a join cost to perform joins on permutations of at least two of the... |
| 6980980 |
Summary-detail cube architecture using horizontal partitioning of dimensions |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A database architecture and method for processing data in a multidimensional database, including performing Web usage analysis. A summary cube contains the members of an upper level of a dimension and... |
| 6980976 |
Combined database index of unstructured and structured columns |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A database management system and method provides access to a data table having structured data and unstructured data. A user interface allows a user to issue instructions to the database management system... |
| 6980963 |
Online system and method of status inquiry and tracking related to orders for consumer product having specific configurations |
| Dec-27-2005 |
An online system and method of inquiring and tracking the status of an online order for a product are provided. The system includes a consumer status query message, which includes a consumer identifier... |
| 6980949 |
Natural language processor |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A computer program product for controlling the computer's processor to perform responsive actions a natural language input has: (1) vocabulary, phrase and concept databases of words, phrase and concepts,... |
| 6978283 |
File system defragmentation technique via write allocation |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A defragmentation technique determines the extent to which data blocks of a file are fragmented on disks of a computer and, in response, efficiently relocates those blocks if such relocation improves the... |
| 6978281 |
Versioned project data |
| Dec-20-2005 |
Systems, clients, servers, methods, and computer-readable media of varying scope are described that maintain versions of data related to projects. Included in the system is a visual interface, a source... |
| 6978273 |
Rules based custom catalogs generated from a central catalog database for multiple entities |
| Dec-20-2005 |
An arbitrary number of custom catalogs for an arbitrary number of customers can be published from a centrally maintained database of seller catalog data. The custom catalogs are subsets of the catalog... |
| 6978272 |
Method and apparatus for displaying instrumentation parameters in a database system |
| Dec-20-2005 |
An instrumentation system for a database. A database management system contains instrumentation code which monitors behavior of the system, and stores parameters indicative of the behavior. Those stored... |
| 6978263 |
System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A method for providing a search result list. The method includes receiving a search request from a searcher. In a database of search listings in which each search listing is associated with an advertiser... |
| 6978262 |
Distributed database schema |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A computer system and a method of searching for information to construct an information object includes querying a resource having information stored as bindable data elements and returning results of... |
| 6978264 |
System and method for performing a search and a browse on a query |
| Dec-20-2005 |
A search and a browse on a single user query is performed. A refined query is selected from the results of the first user query. Thereafter, a list of concepts from a first directory associated with the... |
| 6978266 |
Determining a rating for a collection of documents |
| Dec-20-2005 |
On one or more data processing systems, a collection rating is determined for a rating scale for contents of a document collection. A link rating is determined for the rating scale for contents linked... |
| 6976262 |
Web-based enterprise management with multiple repository capability |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A transport neutral technique allows an object manager to communicate with a CIM repository using any of a variety of protocols. The object manager software is independent of the transport mechanism used... |
| 6976027 |
Implementing geographical taxonomy within network-accessible service registries using spatial extensions |
| Dec-13-2005 |
Techniques are disclosed for using geographical taxonomy data in network-accessible registries (such as the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration, or "UDDI", registry), where this taxonomy... |
| 6976025 |
Database and method for storing a searchable set of keywords |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A methods for storing a searchable set of keywords includes concatenating the keywords to form a string, and defining one or more links between two or more characters in the string. A delimiting character... |
| 6976018 |
Method and apparatus to search for information |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A method includes querying a plurality of search engines for properties to identify for which content categories the search engines are suited. A query to locate content is communicated to those of the... |
