| 6546387 |
Computer network information management system and method using intelligent software agents |
| Apr-8-2003 |
The present invention provides a system for managing information on a computer network having a server by gathering summary data from the information provider node indicative of event changes at the information... |
| 6542546 |
Adaptable compressed bitstream transcoder |
| Apr-1-2003 |
A multi-media delivery system for delivering a compressed bitstream through a network to a user device includes a transcoder and a manager. The transcoder is configured to operate on the bit stream using... |
| 6523048 |
Computer system and method for abstracting and accessing a chronologically-arranged collection of information |
| Feb-18-2003 |
A computer system and method concurrently present multiple development threads represented by a collection of chronologically-arranged information. An abstraction stack is used to access a body of knowledge... |
| 6519602 |
System and method for the automatic construction of generalization-specialization hierarchy of terms from a database of terms and associated meanings |
| Feb-11-2003 |
A computer program product is provided as an automatic mining system to build a generalization hierarchy of terms from a database of terms and associated meanings, using for example the Least General Generalization... |
| 6507410 |
Method for non-linear document conversion and printing |
| Jan-14-2003 |
A document creation system and method in which electronic information intended for reproduction and including at least one hyperlink is accessed. The accesses information is formatted into a contiguous... |
| 6502112 |
Method in a computing system for comparing XMI-based XML documents for identical contents |
| Dec-31-2002 |
A method is provided by a computer system processing XMI-based XML documents. The method compares two such XMI-based XML documents for identical content. The method begins with the step of parsing each... |
| 6496842 |
Navigating heirarchically organized information |
| Dec-17-2002 |
Hierarchies are navigated easily through a user interface that is continuous in its presentation of node information and may be implemented using a small display space. |
| 6496198 |
Color editing system |
| Dec-17-2002 |
A system to render a color image using a binarized image representing the color image and a hierarchical tree structure representing the color image, the hierarchical tree structure including nodes representing... |
| 6490320 |
Adaptable bitstream video delivery system |
| Dec-3-2002 |
In an apparatus for transcoding a compressed video, a generator simulates constraints of a network and constraints of a user device. A classifier is coupled to receive an input compressed video and the... |
| 6484190 |
Subset search tree integrated graphical interface |
| Nov-19-2002 |
An efficient and intuitive means, method and apparatus for displaying and searching information organized in a hierarchical manner. The presented method for displaying and searching information utilizes... |
| 6477528 |
File management system, electronic filing system, hierarchical structure display method of file, computer readable recording medium recording program in which function thereof is executable |
| Nov-5-2002 |
A file management system in a computer having a file system, which manages by a hierarchical management system, comprises file retrieval condition specifying means to specify file retrieval condition,... |
| 6460033 |
Browsing methods, articles and apparatus |
| Oct-1-2002 |
A plurality of items are browsed using a non-unary tree which relates the plurality of items and a browsing sequence. A signal is outputted to display content associated with a current item in the browsing... |
| 6449627 |
Volume management method and system for a compilation of content |
| Sep-10-2002 |
A web-based system, method and program product are provided for adding content to a content object stored (e.g., a custom compilation or prepublished work) in a data repository as a group of hierarchically... |
| 6415298 |
Effective dated tree control in a component based-object oriented convergent customer care and billing system |
| Jul-2-2002 |
A system that provides a graphical user interface showing relationships between effective dated objects in an object oriented system and showing modifications to the objects over time. The interface displays... |
| 6411949 |
Customizing database information for presentation with media selections |
| Jun-25-2002 |
Enhanced content data is supplied in association with a media selection. The enhanced content data is customized responsive to a user profile. The uncustomized enhanced content is stored as a data structure... |
| 6405216 |
Internet-based application program interface (API) documentation interface |
| Jun-11-2002 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for customizing a document interface for display on a computer monitor. In accordance with the present invention, a documentation file is retrieved. Next,... |
| 6393441 |
System and method for printing ordered sections having different file formats |
| May-21-2002 |
Ordered binder document sections having different file formats stored within a binder file. The binder file maintains the order of binder document sections and the native file format of each section. The... |
| 6380947 |
Method and apparatus for displaying and tree scrolling a hierarchical data structure |
| Apr-30-2002 |
Methods and apparatus to display and scroll hierarchical data. A plurality of parent nodes can be displayed within a first display area, with each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent nodes... |
| 6377956 |
Automatically configuring product manual by binding document objects in logical structure to proper versions of component documents in a document database |
| Apr-23-2002 |
A system for automatically assembling product manuals based on a product model, a delivery model and a formal configuration specification includes a structure instantiator for instantiating a product manual... |
| 6370553 |
Atomic and molecular documents |
| Apr-9-2002 |
A molecular document comprised of atomic documents located in a document management system is provided. The molecular document is generated within the environment of a document management system which... |
| 6345279 |
Methods and apparatus for adapting multimedia content for client devices |
| Feb-5-2002 |
A method of adapting multimedia content to a client device, wherein the multimedia content includes one or more items and the client device has capabilities and resources associated therewith, is provided.... |
| 6279005 |
Method and apparatus for generating paths in an open hierarchical data structure |
| Aug-21-2001 |
An apparatus and method of a computer software program for generating a series of connected nodes that form a path in an open hierarchical data structure is disclosed. The paths in the open hierarchical... |
| 6269380 |
Property based mechanism for flexibility supporting front-end and back-end components having different communication protocols |
| Jul-31-2001 |
In a computer system having a number of applications and storage repositories using protocols which are different from each other, a document management system is interposed into a content and/or property... |
| 6269356 |
Computer system program for creating new ideas and solving problems |
| Jul-31-2001 |
A computerized idea generator and problem solver that can receive English language sentences describing a problem to be solved and generate solutions by analogy. The computer uses words in the problem... |
| 6266670 |
User level accessing of low-level computer system operations. |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A mechanism is provided which allows a user to enhance the functionalities of system operations in a computer system that were traditionally encapsulated within the computer system, and outside the control... |
| 6243723 |
Document classification apparatus |
| Jun-5-2001 |
The objective of the present invention is to provide a document classification apparatus, which utilizes extracted keywords from the bodies of documents to classify the documents. The document classification... |
| 6233581 |
Method for processing and accessing data objects, particularly documents, and system therefor |
| May-15-2001 |
A method for processing and accessing data objects including a step (II) of gathering collected data objects (D) into groups of objects (DP1, DP2, DPM) associated with respective geographical areas (P1,... |
| 6219668 |
Method for a paperless office management system using a set table and name-day-message document data |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A computer operating method using a distribution program from which application programs may be retrieved and executed, includes setting up a database including at least one table of persons' names, a... |
| 6209036 |
Management of and access to information and other material via the world wide web in an LDAP environment |
| Mar-27-2001 |
Provided is a method and apparatus for improved access to material via the World Wide Web Internet service. Web page URLs are stored as attribute-values of directory objects and Web page hyperlinks to... |
| 6199098 |
Method and apparatus for providing an expandable, hierarchical index in a hypertextual, client-server environment |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A method and apparatus are provided for navigating through electronically stored information using an expandable, hierarchical index or TOC, in a hypertextual client-server network environment such as... |
| 6185550 |
Method and apparatus for classifying documents within a class hierarchy creating term vector, term file and relevance ranking |
| Feb-6-2001 |
A method for classifying a document based on content within a class hierarchy. The class hierarchy comprises a plurality of category nodes stored within a tree data structure. Each of the plurality of... |
| 6134552 |
Knowledge provider with logical hyperlinks |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A system and method is described for the efficient management and storage of documents in a multi-user environment by implementing a three-tiered content model for storage and a context resolution mechanism... |
| 6128617 |
Data display software with actions and links integrated with information |
| Oct-3-2000 |
A hierarchical graphical listing or chart rendered on a display includes multiple nodes that are at different hierarchical levels and may include connecting branches that represent hierarchical links.... |
| 6112203 |
Method for ranking documents in a hyperlinked environment using connectivity and selective content analysis |
| Aug-29-2000 |
In a computerized method, a set of documents is ranked according to their content and their connectivity by using topic distillation. The documents include links that connect the documents to each other,... |
| 6111579 |
Data processor controlled display system with a tree hierarchy of elements view having virtual nodes |
| Aug-29-2000 |
A data processing controlled display system for the interactive display and control of a hierarchical tree of objects. The tree comprises a plurality of selectable objects arranged in a hierarchy, each... |
| 6105044 |
Data processing system and method for generating a representation for and random access rendering of electronic documents |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A data processing system and method for generating a representation of an electronic document, for indexing the electronic document, for navigating the electronic document using its representation and... |
| 6101512 |
Data processing system and method for generating a representation for and random access rendering of electronic documents |
| Aug-8-2000 |
A data processing system and method for generating a representation of an electronic document, for indexing the electronic document, for navigating the electronic document using its representation and... |
| 6101511 |
Data processing system and method for generating a representation for and random access rendering of electronic documents |
| Aug-8-2000 |
A data processing system and method for generating a representation of an electronic document, for indexing the electronic document, for navigating the electronic document using its representation and... |
| 6098072 |
Source code files in a file directory system having multiple hierarchies representing contextual views |
| Aug-1-2000 |
The invention provides a technique for managing multiple contextual views of source code files. In a file system, different tasks demand that source code files be grouped in different hierarchical directories.... |
| 6097382 |
Method and apparatus for building an application interface |
| Aug-1-2000 |
Embodiments of the invention comprise a design tool for designing an application interface. The design tool includes a graphical user interface (GUI) that visually represents a hierarchy of data and the... |
| 6088702 |
Group publishing system |
| Jul-11-2000 |
The present invention is a Group Publishing System (GPS) for permitting coordinated publishing, assembly and administration of texts by an unlimited number of authors or editors, each of whom may perform... |
| 6085031 |
Method and system for segmenting an audio object according to a specified profile into a folder structure |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A method and apparatus for automatically decomposing an audio object into a relational structure develops a hierarchically arranged folder. A user defines a characteristic of interest and the system locates... |
| 6070185 |
Technique for obtaining information and services over a communication network |
| May-30-2000 |
In a communications arrangement, a computer user accesses a server system to seek customer service over the World Wide Web (WWW). The server system assigns a customer service agent (CSA) to communicate... |
| 6052692 |
Method and system for managing image related events without compromising image processing |
| Apr-18-2000 |
A system and method for managing an image related event is disclosed. In one aspect, the method and system remove an image file on a digital imaging device. The image file is capable of including incompletely... |
| 6052525 |
Method of error handling in a framework |
| Apr-18-2000 |
The present invention relates to a method of developing a software system using Object Oriented Technology. The present invention addresses the problem of providing a technical foundation for the development... |
| 6041303 |
Method of assisting the conducting of a research project |
| Mar-21-2000 |
A method of assisting the carrying out of a research process is implemented with the aid of specialized computer software. The software defines a sequence of predetermined research process steps. In a... |
| 6038567 |
Method and system for propagating object properties in a desktop publishing program |
| Mar-14-2000 |
A desktop publishing software program configured to propagate object content-defining and format-defining object properties so that user-defined object properties automatically propagate to other objects... |
| 6035330 |
World wide web navigational mapping system and method |
| Mar-7-2000 |
An Internet navigational mapping system and method provides a user, browsing through various informational resources provided at various World Wide Web site locations supported by the Internet, with a... |
| 6023715 |
Method and apparatus for creating and organizing a document from a plurality of local or external documents represented as objects in a hierarchical tree |
| Feb-8-2000 |
An authoring tool allows users to create complex documents from a base division model, the model includes a plurality of pointers allowing the divisions to be interconnected to one another dynamically... |
| 6016494 |
Expanding web documents by merging with linked documents |
| Jan-18-2000 |
A method of accessing electronic information, by loading an original document onto a data processing system, selecting a link embedded in the original document (wherein the link is associated with a linked... |
