| 6957216 |
Method and apparatus for finding nearest logical record in a hash table |
| Oct-18-2005 |
A method, apparatus, software and data structure is disclosed for more efficient access times for linear operations in a hash table, including finding the nearest logical record. A plurality of actual... |
| 6952695 |
Spontaneous adverse events reporting |
| Oct-4-2005 |
A method of dynamically managing and improving the reliability, accuracy and quality of collected information comprising presenting the user with a hierarchically structured set of predefined terms, receiving... |
| 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... |
| 6950820 |
Maintaining consistency of a global resource in a distributed peer process environment |
| Sep-27-2005 |
In a distributed peer-to-peer data processing system, consistency and access to a global resource maintained on one of the nodes is provided through the use of global incarnation numbers, local incarnation... |
| 6950553 |
Method and system for searching form features for form identification |
| Sep-27-2005 |
The invention is a method of and system for identifying a target form for increased efficiency in an automated data capture process. Forms are scanned and stored as digitized images. Regions are defined... |
| 6947937 |
Data selection system and method therefor |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A method of sorting large quantities of data is implemented on a computer based system. The method comprises defining a plurality of sort statements, determining the relevance of each of the sort statements... |
| 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.... |
| 6947935 |
Training, inference and user interface for guiding the caching of media content on local stores |
| Sep-20-2005 |
The present invention is related to a system and method of caching data employing probabilistic predictive techniques. The system and method has particular application to multimedia systems for providing... |
| 6947934 |
Aggregate predicates and search in a database management system |
| Sep-20-2005 |
A technique for executing a statement in a computer to manipulate data in a data store connected to the computer. Initially, a statement having an aggregate predicate is received. Then, when evaluating... |
| 6944610 |
System and method for searching heterogeneous electronic directories |
| Sep-13-2005 |
The present invention comprises a computerized system and method for searching heterogeneous electronic directories. An embodiment of the system includes a database, containing data necessary to perform... |
| 6944609 |
Search results using editor feedback |
| Sep-13-2005 |
A method for producing a results list for a search query includes producing a first results list of entries from a search algorithm, the first results list corresponding to a term in the search query,... |
| 6941316 |
System and method for object persistence in a database store |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A new persistence format for storing objects of a user defined type in a database store enables information about the structure of the type to be communicated to the store. This information enables a number... |
| 6941314 |
User selectable editing protocol for fast flexible search engine |
| Sep-6-2005 |
A method of editing a sorted tree data structure includes selecting a minimum number of entries and a maximum number of entries in each vertex of the sorted tree data structure. If inserting an entry into... |
| 6941304 |
Method and apparatus for performing enterprise email management |
| Sep-6-2005 |
The enterprise email system processes incoming email using a set of configurable rules that examine each message for a specific attribute state condition and invoke a configurable action when the attribute... |
| 6938034 |
System and method for comparing and representing similarity between documents using a drag and drop GUI within a dynamically generated list of document identifiers |
| Aug-30-2005 |
The present invention relates to the field of data processing, and particularly to a software system and associated method for use with a search engine. The engine searches data maintained in systems that... |
| 6938032 |
Presentation builder |
| Aug-30-2005 |
The invention comprises a system for easily searching multiple multislide POWERPOINT™ presentations, selecting slides from each presentation, and combining them to form a new presentation. The user... |
| 6934710 |
Generating coherent global identifiers for efficient data identification |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A method and system thereof for identifying records are described. Records on a node are distinguished from other records on the node by assigning each record a unique local identifier. When a record is... |
| 6934705 |
Data sorting method and navigation method and system using the sorting method |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A computer-implemented data sorting method for sorting data at high speed with small memory capacity. The sorting method sorts an array of data where sorted data is constituted by a combination of a plurality... |
| 6931416 |
Ephemeral list for object-action navigation |
| Aug-16-2005 |
An Ephemeral List navigation panel provided in conjunction with an Object-Action navigation tool which is a temporary "parking space" for objects encountered within other portions or modules of the Object-Action... |
| 6931399 |
Method and apparatus for providing personalized relevant information |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A method and apparatus for providing to a user personalized information from an database comprising contributor content records and contributor profile records, based upon a comparison of the user's search... |
| 6931396 |
Biological data processing |
| Aug-16-2005 |
A multi-database query system which queries a plurality of databases and servers, including an input which receives queries in a structured form and a translation server which translates at least a part... |
| 6928438 |
Culturally correct ordering of keyed records |
| Aug-9-2005 |
The invention relates to culturally sensitive sorting of records. The invention provides a method and a computer system for sorting a set of keyed records based on a preferred locale specification having... |
| 6928425 |
System for propagating enrichment between documents |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A system provides a plurality of controls for enriching the content of a meta-document. A meta-document includes document content and personalities that describe enrichment themes. The system is adapted... |
| 6928407 |
System and method for the automatic discovery of salient segments in speech transcripts |
| Aug-9-2005 |
A system and associated method automatically discover salient segments in a speech transcript and focus on the segmentation of an audio/video source into topically cohesive segments based on Automatic... |
| 6922693 |
Method and system for copy protection of images displayed on a computer monitor |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A method for preventing copying a proprietary digital image data that is rendered within a window displayed on a computer monitor, including providing screen pixel data for rendering on a computer monitor,... |
| 6920468 |
Event occurrence detection method and apparatus |
| Jul-19-2005 |
One step of a method of detecting when a certain number of events occur within a time frame causes a database having several event records to include a first event record in response to a first event occurring.... |
| 6915289 |
Using an index to access a subject multi-dimensional database |
| Jul-5-2005 |
A technique for accessing a subject multi-dimensional database stored on a data store connected to the computer. An index is created for the subject multi-dimensional database, wherein the index includes... |
| 6912527 |
Data classifying apparatus and material recognizing apparatus |
| Jun-28-2005 |
In the present invention, model data groups each comprised of a plurality of items of model data are classified according to predetermined item and are thereby classified into classes each having a smaller... |
| 6910038 |
Methods for efficient host processing of data files selected for recording to an optical disc media |
| Jun-21-2005 |
Methods for the processing of data files to be recorded on an optical disc are provided. In one example, a method includes the operations of examining a set of files selected to be recorded on an optical... |
| 6910037 |
Method and apparatus for providing search results in response to an information search request |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A system and method is disclosed for taking the results of a search (i.e., electronic documents) using the TFIDF of terms contained in those search result documents to quantify how related the search result... |
| 6907435 |
Converting numeric values to strings for optimized database storage |
| Jun-14-2005 |
The present invention provides a conversion method for converting numeric multi-dimensional database dimension members to textual representations. The conversion is specifically designed to enable the... |
| 6907427 |
Information retrieval with non-negative matrix factorization |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A method of indexing a database of documents, by providing a vocabulary of n terms, indexing the database in the form of a non-negative n×m index matrix V, wherein each of its m columns represents... |
| 6907422 |
Method and system for access and display of data from large data sets |
| Jun-14-2005 |
A method and system for accessing and display of data records from large data sets. The method includes defining a plurality of boundaries to logically partition the large data set into a plurality of... |
| 6907141 |
Image data sorting device and image data sorting method |
| Jun-14-2005 |
The image data sorting device is configured with a characteristic value extraction unit that extracts from an image data piece a characteristic value of the image data piece; a relation evaluation unit... |
| 6901412 |
Tracking system, method and computer program product for document processing |
| May-31-2005 |
An integrated computer system architecture for tracking of job data in a document processing environment including an infrastructure built on processes, hardware, software and interfaces designed to monitor... |
| 6895552 |
Method and an apparatus for visual summarization of documents |
| May-17-2005 |
A system and a method for visually summarizing a document comprising a display, a processor coupled to the display, and a memory coupled to the processor. Stored in the memory is a routine, which when... |
| 6892199 |
Saving burst data by using semi-merge sorting module |
| May-10-2005 |
Systems, methods and computer program products for storing data from multiple clients in a database include a Multi-thread Shared Memory message Queue Buffer (MSMQB) that includes multiple First-In First-Out... |
| 6877004 |
Method of relating information systems |
| Apr-5-2005 |
The first information system outputs request data, opinion data, personnel goal data, and policy evaluation data and transmits the data to the second information system, which receives the data and stores... |
| 6877003 |
Efficient collation element structure for handling large numbers of characters |
| Apr-5-2005 |
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for facilitating use of a collation element that supports a large number of characters. The system operates by receiving the collation element... |
| 6874003 |
Recording and/or reproducing apparatus, portable recording and reproducing apparatus, data transfer system, data transfer method, and data recording and reproducing method |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording and/or reproducing data to and/or from a recording medium having a data area in which data are stored and a management data area in which management... |
| 6873986 |
Method and system for mapping strings for comparison |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method and system for mapping a number of characters in a string, wherein the string comprises a combination of characters representing indexed expressions and a combination of characters representing... |
| 6873985 |
Lightweight subject indexing for e-mail collections |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A light weight subject indexing system including a candidate headword identification system for identifying candidate words in the subject line of a document which are not listed in a user modified common... |
| 6873982 |
Ordering of database search results based on user feedback |
| Mar-29-2005 |
An apparatus, program product, and method rely on user interaction in the ordering search results returned by a search engine. Each of a plurality of records in a database is associated with a user feedback... |
| 6871202 |
Method and apparatus for ranking web page search results |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method and apparatus for ranking a plurality of pages identified during a search of a linked database includes forming a linear combination of two or more matrices, and using the coefficients of the... |
| 6871201 |
Method for building space-splitting decision tree |
| Mar-22-2005 |
A method is provided for data classification that achieves improved interpretability and accuracy while preserving the efficiency and scalability of univariate decision trees. To build a compact decision... |
| 6868528 |
Systems and methods for creating and displaying a user interface for displaying hierarchical data |
| Mar-15-2005 |
A graphical user interface for displaying hierarchical data, such as extensible markup language (XML) data, in hypertext markup language (HTML) format in a convenient and efficient manner. For data having... |
| 6865715 |
Statistical method for extracting, and displaying keywords in forum/message board documents |
| Mar-8-2005 |
A group of documents in a forum/message board are stored as a document group database in a predetermined server computer. A document group analysis device analyzes a group of documents contained in each... |
| 6862586 |
Searching databases that identifying group documents forming high-dimensional torus geometric k-means clustering, ranking, summarizing based on vector triplets |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A method and structure for performing a database search includes searching a database using a query (searching producing result items), and ranking the result items based on one or more of a frequency... |
| 6862559 |
Methods and apparatuses for measuring diversity in combinatorial structures |
| Mar-1-2005 |
A method for computing a diversity measure H(m) for combinatorial structures involves identifying all M possible substructures having m elements from among the n elements of the combinatorial structure.... |
| 6859910 |
Methods and systems for transactional tunneling |
| Feb-22-2005 |
Methods and systems for executing an electronic transaction are provided, including parsing pages of a web server that execute a transaction to separate static from transactional content, identifying and... |
