| 6963868 |
Multi-bit Patricia trees |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A tree structure and method to organize routing information for processing messages within a network, each message being associated with a search key of "n" bits. The processing determines where to send... |
| 6963865 |
Method system and program product for data searching |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method and apparatus for searching data to locate a portion identified by a search query. The data may comprise text files in a database. The search query comprises two or more data fragments expected... |
| 6963863 |
Network query and matching system and method |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method for finding a trading ad on a network includes steps of receiving a query, devising a query string from the query, sending the query string to a search engine of the network, searching via the... |
| 6963864 |
Human resources information internet accessible database |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A database of subscriber data includes employee data for a plurality of employees and is correlated to a plurality of employee attributes. A query from a specific subscriber includes at least one desired... |
| 6963847 |
System and method for managing ATP data in a distributed supply chain planning environment |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A fulfillment server (16) for managing ATP data in a distributed supply chain planning environment receives an ATP request (30) from one of multiple clients (12). The ATP request (30)... |
| 6961954 |
Automated segmentation, information extraction, summarization, and presentation of broadcast news |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A technique for automated analysis of multimedia, such as, for example, a news broadcast. A Broadcast News Editor and Broadcast News Navigator system analyze, select, condense, and then present news summaries.... |
| 6961751 |
Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing enhanced bookmarking features for a heterogeneous environment |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for identifying bookmark features either on a local browser or generated from a remote browser and sent to the local browser. Specifically, a method for... |
| 6961731 |
Apparatus and method for organizing and/or presenting data |
| Nov-1-2005 |
Apparatus and methods for organizing and/or presenting data includes displaying a graphical representation of categories for data elements, wherein the data elements appear within their respective categories.... |
| 6961723 |
System and method for determining relevancy of query responses in a distributed network search mechanism |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A system and method for selecting or ordering search results received from members of a distributing search network in response to a search request. Network nodes operating as consumer or requesting nodes... |
| 6961725 |
Method of a data range search with plural pre-set rules |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A search method for a range search with a plurality of pre-set rules constructs a rule mapping table by dividing data associated with the rules into a plurality of sub-keys and generating output tables... |
| 6961722 |
Automated electronic dictionary |
| Nov-1-2005 |
An electronic dictionary may be created by receiving a data request action for a word appearing in an electronic document, accessing information regarding the context of the word derived from within the... |
| 6961337 |
Interleaved processing system for processing frames within a network router |
| Nov-1-2005 |
A system and method for performing interleaved packet processing. A packet includes a source address bit pattern and a destination address bit pattern that are processed by a task processor in accordance... |
| 6959416 |
Method, system, program, and data structures for managing structured documents in a database |
| Oct-25-2005 |
Provided is a method, system, program and data structures for managing structured documents. Each structured document has at least one element in common and each element is capable of having one defined... |
| 6959339 |
Technique for handling a universal image format on the internet |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer-implemented universal image format solution. Data is accessed at a server computer from a client computer connected to the server computer... |
| 6959326 |
Method, system, and program for gathering indexable metadata on content at a data repository |
| Oct-25-2005 |
Disclosed is a method, system, and program for searching a data repository managed by a content provider to gather indexable metadata on content at addresses locations at the data repository. Settings... |
| 6959305 |
Unique identification of SQL cursor occurrences in a repetitive, nested environment |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A cursor query identifier is defined to uniquely identify cursors in a relational database system that supports nested routine invocation. The identifier includes a cursor nesting level value that corresponds... |
| 6959303 |
Efficient searching techniques |
| Oct-25-2005 |
The present invention describes techniques for performing searches in an efficient manner while minimizing the memory resources required to perform the searches. According to the techniques of the present... |
| 6959296 |
Systems and methods of choosing multi-component packages using an expert system |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A system and method for querying, selection and ordering complex multi-component item packages using a personal computer communicating over a global communications network. The system prompts the user... |
| 6959295 |
System and method for providing news updates |
| Oct-25-2005 |
A system and method for providing news relating to a specified subject to a subscriber, wherein a plurality of Web sites relating to a category to which the specified subject relates is selected, the relevancy... |
| 6957226 |
Searching multi-media databases using multi-media queries |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A system and method for generating responsibility vectors associated with multi-media files (e.g., audio and/or video files) is provided. The responsibility vectors are based upon responsibility of mixture... |
| 6957222 |
Optimizing an outer join operation using a bitmap index structure |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method, computer program and database system are disclosed for performing an outer join of at least a first table T1 and a second table T2. The join has join conditions. Each of the tables has an associated... |
| 6957212 |
Apparatus and methods for intelligently caching applications and data on a gateway |
| Oct-18-2005 |
An exemplary method for intelligently caching applications and data on a gateway comprises the steps of calculating a cache benefit index for a set of files, the cache benefit index measuring a total benefit... |
| 6954758 |
Building predictive models within interactive business analysis processes |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that dynamically builds predictive models. The system is used by business users who are unfamiliar with the art of data mining. A model-building mechanism... |
| 6954755 |
Task/domain segmentation in applying feedback to command control |
| Oct-11-2005 |
An apparatus for responding to a current user command associated with one of a plurality of task/domains includes: a digital storage device that stores cumulative feedback data gathered from multiple users... |
| 6954751 |
Accessing data stored at an intermediary from a service |
| Oct-11-2005 |
A method and apparatus for providing a network based operating system for mobile clients is disclosed. Services may be developed that can be used to support different client devices with different capabilities.... |
| 6954748 |
Remote data access and integration of distributed data sources through data schema and query abstraction |
| Oct-11-2005 |
The present invention generally is directed to a system, method and article of manufacture for accessing data independent of the particular manner in which the data is physically represented. In one embodiment,... |
| 6952701 |
Simultaneous array configuration and store assignment for a data storage system |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A technique for designing a data storage system in which a configuration for memory devices and assignments of data stores to the devices are developed. A data structure having a plurality of nodes is... |
| 6952692 |
Execution of requests in a parallel database system |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A database system is able to perform efficient execution of insert-select, join-delete, or join-update requests. The database system has plural access modules to manage access of respective portions of... |
| 6952691 |
Method and system for searching a multi-lingual database |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A system and method of searching a database in which documents of different languages are included. The system includes a synonym or keyword dictionary which is bi-directional and allows for translation... |
| 6951303 |
Combination electronic and paper ballot voting system |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A Combination Electronic and Paper Ballot Voting System with electronic vote capture capability for automatically recording, tallying, and storing votes. Election headquarters computer software (50)... |
| 6950833 |
Clustered filesystem |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A cluster of computer system nodes share direct read/write access to storage devices via a storage area network using a cluster filesystem. Version information about subsystems is acquired by a leader... |
| 6950827 |
Methods, apparatus and data structures for providing a uniform representation of various types of information |
| Sep-27-2005 |
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,... |
| 6950832 |
Method for dynamically allocating a device in an LPAR system |
| Sep-27-2005 |
When resources are reported missing within a system they are logged in a system error log. Specifically, resources that are missing because they have been reassigned from one logical partition (LPAR) within... |
| 6950823 |
Transparent edge-of-network data cache |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A system, apparatus and method are provided for the dynamic caching of data based on queries performed by a local application, where the system includes a remote server having a complete database, a local... |
| 6950818 |
System and method for implementing group policy |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A method and system for implementing policy by accumulating policies for a policy recipient from policy objects associated with a hierarchically organized structure of containers, such as directory containers... |
| 6950817 |
Implementing table queries in a machine with vectorial capabilities |
| Sep-27-2005 |
The invention relates to data warehousing systems (1) wherein a search engine (2) implemented by a decision application server (4) acts on a relational database (6) that contains... |
| 6947966 |
System and method for influencing dynamic community shared elements of audio, video, and text programming via a polling system |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A system and method for interactively affecting the course of a program or programming content. Viewer purchase electronic tokens which can be used to vote on the sequence of content in a broadcast whether... |
| 6947959 |
Digital media asset management system and process |
| Sep-20-2005 |
An application for managing digital assets regardless of type or format. The application allows assets to be check-in, either on an individual asset basis or on a group basis, and check-out. Information... |
| 6947958 |
System and method for documenting composite data products |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A process is provided for documenting the contents of at least one version of a plurality of data products stored in a database, at least one of the products being a composite product having at least a... |
| 6947939 |
System and methods to manage wide storage area network |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A system comprises a topology repository, a SAN manager, and a discovery list. The topology repository stores configuration data of a SAN. The SAN manager, coupled to the repository and discovery list,... |
| 6947936 |
Method for a topic hierarchy classification system |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method and system is provided for categorization of an item. A plurality of categories is organized in a hierarchy of categories with a plurality of categorizers corresponding to the plurality of categories.... |
| 6947931 |
Longest prefix match (LPM) algorithm implementation for a network processor |
| Sep-20-2005 |
Novel data structures, methods and apparatus for finding the longest prefix match search when searching tables with variable length patterns or prefixes. To find the exact match or the best matching prefix,... |
| 6947929 |
Systems, methods and computer program products to determine useful relationships and dimensions of a database |
| Sep-20-2005 |
Systems, methods, and computer products that efficiently determine useful dimensions associated with a database when employing OLAP processing techniques. The present invention enables a user to see at... |
| 6947927 |
Method and apparatus for exploiting statistics on query expressions for optimization |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method for evaluating a user query on a relational database having records stored therein, a workload made up of a set of queries that have been executed on the database, and a query optimizer that generates... |
| 6947923 |
Information generation and retrieval method based on standardized format of sentence structure and semantic structure and system using the same |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention relates to an information generation and retrieval apparatus based on a standardized format of sentence structure and semantic structure and a method thereof and a computer readable... |
| 6947926 |
Data processing method and apparatus and storage medium |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A data processing apparatus in which attachment of removable memory card is detected and it is determined whether or not binary data is stored in the memory card. If it is determined that binary data is... |
| 6947925 |
System and method for performing lookups across namespace domains using universal resource locators |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A system and method for performing a lookup in a second namespace, the lookup being performed from a first namespace, whereby a component performing the lookup is not required to be configured for performing... |
| 6947922 |
Recommender system and method for generating implicit ratings based on user interactions with handheld devices |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A recommender system employs implicit ratings generated from monitoring user interaction with an item, such as while listening to a music track on a MP3 player or reading an electronic book. A method for... |
| 6944828 |
System and method for retrieving and editing the data structure of an HTML UI Control |
| Sep-13-2005 |
The present invention provides a system and method for retrieving and editing the data structure of a HTML UI Control, such as a treeview. The system and method have the capability to synchronize the data... |
| 6944633 |
Performing a join in a partitioned database system |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method of performing a join includes identifying a join that identifies a first table and a second table. The first table includes a plurality of first table rows. Each of the plurality of first table... |
