| 7043477 |
Navigating media content via groups within a playlist |
| May-9-2006 |
Grouping and navigating media files within a playlist on a computer-readable medium. Invention software selects media files according to a grouping criterion to define a group from the media files. The... |
| 7043476 |
Method and apparatus for data mining to discover associations and covariances associated with data |
| May-9-2006 |
Data mining techniques are provided which are effective and efficient for discovering useful information from an amorphous collection or data set of records. For example, the present invention provides... |
| 7039860 |
Creating web pages category list prior to the list being served to a browser |
| May-2-2006 |
A method, system and computer program product for revising and publishing electronic documents. Two sets of electronic documents are generated and maintained on first and second computers. One set is stored... |
| 7039638 |
Distributed data clustering system and method |
| May-2-2006 |
A distributed data clustering system having an integrator and at least two computing units. Each computing unit is loaded with common global parameter values and a particular local data set. Each computing... |
| 7035851 |
Reorganization of database records using partition merging |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A method for reorganizing rows from a partitioned database table is disclosed. The partitioned database table includes a plurality of populated partitions. Rows are organized in each of the populated partitions... |
| 7031977 |
Efficiently storing indented threads in a threaded discussion application |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A hierarchical set of records has multiple hierarchical levels and depths. Each of the records has a tag that is unique within the hierarchical set of records. A method for retrieving a record includes... |
| 7031972 |
Algorithms for block-level code alignment of software binary files |
| Apr-18-2006 |
A file differencing and updating system is provided that includes a file differencing component and a file updating component. The file differencing component, or file differencing engine, generates a... |
| 7031965 |
Image retrieving and delivering system and image retrieving and delivering method |
| Apr-18-2006 |
In an image retrieving and delivering system and an image retrieving and delivering method, a feature descriptor is retrieved from a data base, in which each of a plurality of images including a moving... |
| 7024644 |
IC signal path resistance estimation method |
| Apr-4-2006 |
Diffusion effects during an IC fabrication process cause actual dimensions of adjacent conductors in an IC to vary from nominal dimensions specified by data defining the IC layout. A computer-aided design... |
| 7024458 |
System and method for managing mail and file |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A system and a method for managing mails and files are proposed, which are applied to a network environment e.g. Internet, allowing received mails or files to be classified and systematically stored in... |
| 7024401 |
Partition boundary determination using random sampling on very large databases |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A system and method utilizing random sampling for partition analysis on very large databases. The method utilizes a random sampling algorithm that provides results accurate to within a few percentage points... |
| 7020657 |
Scalable hardware scheduler time based calendar search algorithm |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Apparatus, program product and method that schedules movement of packets within network devices, such as network processors, includes a time based calendar in which a segmented hierarchical routine is... |
| 7020652 |
System and method for customizing content-access lists |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Systems and methods for customizing the presentation of a content-access list based on subscriber-specific information, such as historic viewing preferences and related information are described. An embodiment... |
| 7016904 |
Method and system for rapid insertion of various data streams into sorted tree structures |
| Mar-21-2006 |
The present invention provides the method and system that redistribute the nodes of a sorted tree to enable faster data insertion. Further, the tree typically contains a fixed number of levels, each comprising... |
| 7016891 |
System and method for performing context checks |
| Mar-21-2006 |
A system and method is described which provides for context checking of an operating environment. A context manager controls the execution of context checks requested by applications or processes. In one... |
| 7013323 |
System and method for developing and interpreting e-commerce metrics by utilizing a list of rules wherein each rule contain at least one of entity-specific criteria |
| Mar-14-2006 |
A system, method and computer program product for developing and interpreting e-commerce metrics is disclosed. The method involves collecting pages that are commonly transmitted over a computer network... |
| 7010527 |
Linguistically aware link analysis method and system |
| Mar-7-2006 |
A method and system for determining relevance rankings for pages identified in a search query is provided. In response to the search query, an information retrieval system identifies candidate pages/documents... |
| 7007239 |
Method and apparatus for accessing a contacts database and telephone services |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Sophisticated computer-enhanced mobile telephones require intuitive user interfaces in order to allow a user to take advantage of all the available features. The present invention discloses an intuitive... |
| 7007092 |
Connection management system and method |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A system and method for managing connections between a server and a plurality of clients at a network connection management device is provided. The method comprises maintaining at least one connection... |
| 7007022 |
Digital data searching apparatus and an image display apparatus |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A digital data searching apparatus is provided with a data storage for storing digital data and first and second attribute data representing conditions on which the respective digital data were created;... |
| 7007021 |
Data structure and method for pipeline heap-sorting |
| Feb-28-2006 |
An improved data structure is provided by modifying a public-domain data structure known as a "heap". When these improvements are applied, the resultant data structure is known as a "pile." This invention... |
| 7007015 |
Prioritized merging for full-text index on relational store |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A full-text search index system and method is generated by creating instances of a database index from an in-memory inverted list of keywords associated with a text identifier and the occurrences of the... |
| 7006979 |
Methods and systems for creating models for marketing campaigns |
| Feb-28-2006 |
Methods and systems for increasing efficiency of a marketing campaign are disclosed. The method uses a system including a database containing customer demographic data and includes the steps of building... |
| 7006671 |
Personal identification apparatus and method |
| Feb-28-2006 |
A personal identification apparatus includes a storage device which stores specific information of each of registered persons, an extraction device capable of extracting specific information of an object... |
| 7003725 |
Method and system for normalizing dirty text in a document |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method and system of normalizing dirty text in a document. The present invention creates a thesaurus that evolves over time as new document collections are analyzed. This thesaurus, which is used by... |
| 7003519 |
Method of thematic classification of documents, themetic classification module, and search engine incorporating such a module |
| Feb-21-2006 |
A method of thematically classifying documents, in particular for making up or updating thematic databases (42) for a search engine, includes the steps of selecting documents representative of each... |
| 7000236 |
System and method for using web based applications to manipulate data with manipulation functions |
| Feb-14-2006 |
Web based clients using embodiments of the disclosed invention may efficiently access stored manipulation functions in order to perform manipulation functions on data via Internet applications. The disclosed... |
| 6999968 |
Fast merge into large ordered sets |
| Feb-14-2006 |
A virtual merge of update data into a large ordered data set, such as an encyclopedia database. The ordered set is stored on a client, and includes original indices defined by a server, which also defines... |
| 6993522 |
System and method for resolving conflicts detected during a synchronization session |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system and method is described for resolving a conflict detected while synchronizing a first data object in a first store associated with a mobile device and a second data object in a second store associated... |
| 6993521 |
System and method for arranging digital certificates on a hardware token |
| Jan-31-2006 |
A system for arranging multiple certificates on a hardware token. A user may have several encryption certificates for different systems or uses. These can be stored on a single hardware token which is... |
| 6990631 |
Document management apparatus, related document extracting method, and document processing assist method |
| Jan-24-2006 |
In a document management apparatus and related document extracting method of the present invention, an operational history record of one of stored documents is generated every time an operation on the... |
| 6990552 |
Sorting method and apparatus using a CAM |
| Jan-24-2006 |
Method and apparatus using a Content Addressable Memory for sorting a plurality of data items is presented. The data items to be sorted are stored in the Content Addressable Memory. A plurality of bit-by-bit... |
| 6990488 |
Maintaining the currency of availability information for bundles of items |
| Jan-24-2006 |
A facility for determining availability status for item groups each containing one or more items is described. For each item whose availability status changes, for each item group containing the item,... |
| 6985926 |
Method and system for matching and consolidating addresses in a database |
| Jan-10-2006 |
An address consolidating system that has a name and address database where duplicate names and address are consolidated by matching name and address and e-mail address simultaneously. The address consolidating... |
| 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... |
| 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)... |
| 6980985 |
Distributed evalulation of directory queries using a topology cache |
| Dec-27-2005 |
A technique for performing query evaluation on distributed directories utilizes the creation of a "topology cache" defining the hierarchical relationship between the various directory servers (i.e., identifying... |
| 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... |
| 6978458 |
Distributing data items to corresponding buckets for use in parallel operations |
| Dec-20-2005 |
Techniques are provided for evenly distributing data items of a particular set of data to a plurality of buckets. The buckets of data items may then be assigned to processes to perform operations on the... |
| 6978271 |
Mechanism for continuable calls to partially traverse a dynamic general tree |
| Dec-20-2005 |
Mechanisms and methods for traversing trees are disclosed. A novel data structure for modeling a node that includes a unique node counter also is described. In certain embodiments of the inventions the... |
| 6976213 |
Method of automatically generating specifications and providing online services for same |
| Dec-13-2005 |
Method of automatically generating a construction specification that is immediately viewable and editable in real time, online. Construction project information can be automatically extracted from a CAD... |
| 6976021 |
Method, system, and computer program product for managing a re-usable resource with linked list groups |
| Dec-13-2005 |
A pool of integers is managed by dividing the pool of integers into groups and initializing, in memory, doubly linked lists related to the groups on an as needed basis in response to requests to allocate... |
| 6973454 |
Data processing method, computer readable recording medium, and data processing device |
| Dec-6-2005 |
The object of the present invention is to provide a data processing method, a computer readable recording medium, and a data processing device with which it is possible to compactly store and surely and... |
| 6973206 |
Method and system for quality based fingerprint matching |
| Dec-6-2005 |
A method including the steps of:) receiving (202) a search record; generating (206) at least one hierarchical cluster, each having a different minimum quality level; for each cluster, generating... |
| 6970882 |
Unified relational database model for data mining selected model scoring results, model training results where selection is based on metadata included in mining model control table |
| Nov-29-2005 |
Managing data mining activities in a data mining environment, including selecting a model scoring results table, wherein the selecting is carried out in dependence upon metadata included in a model scoring... |
| 6970859 |
Searching and sorting media clips having associated style and attributes |
| Nov-29-2005 |
A style identifier is associated with each of a plurality of media clips stored in a database, based on a subjective evaluation of various characteristics of each media clip by an expert. The style represented... |
| 6968339 |
System and method for selecting data to be corrected |
| Nov-22-2005 |
A pool of data elements is identified. A set of random data elements is selected from the pool. The data elements in the set are scored. Data elements may be scored based on attributes of the data such... |
| 6963881 |
Method and system for automated tracing of an agricultural product |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method and system of tracing an agricultural product relates to recording of at least one of planting information, growing information, harvesting information, chemical information, and weather information... |
| 6963867 |
Search query processing to provide category-ranked presentation of search results |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A search engine system displays the results of a multiple-category search according to levels of relevance of the categories to a user's search query. A query server receives a search query from a user... |
| 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... |
