| 6260033 |
Method for remediation based on knowledge and/or functionality |
| Jul-10-2001 |
The invention is a method for remediation comprising steps (a) through (g). Step (a) consists of compiling a collection of one or more topics where a topic is a set of facts, a set of values, or a combination... |
| 6256648 |
System and method for selecting and displaying hyperlinked information resources |
| Jul-3-2001 |
A set of seed resources S is received that is typically specified by a user. A set of discovered resources D is identified from a hyperlinked collection of resources C such that each resource in D is in... |
| 6256631 |
Automatic creation of hyperlinks |
| Jul-3-2001 |
Creating hyperlinks in a document is performed according to structural indicators within a set of documents. The documents are parsed for at least one structural indicator, preferably of a type of structural... |
| 6253254 |
Hyper media object management |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A method and apparatus that uses a hypermedia approach to managing distributed objects. A first embodiment of the present invention uses the World Wide Web hypermedia system. A user initializes browser... |
| 6253208 |
Information access |
| Jun-26-2001 |
An information access system is provided to create and maintain a rapidly accessible index to information extracted from information sources accessible over the Internet. The information access system... |
| 6253204 |
Restoring broken links utilizing a spider process |
| Jun-26-2001 |
Information links, such as hypertext links, found in network based documents, such as those found on the World Wide Web, sometimes break, i.e. fail to result in retrieval the desired document. Techniques... |
| 6253195 |
Optimized query tree |
| Jun-26-2001 |
Systems and methods for constructing and using filtering trees to compare events, data, or other instances of objects defined in an object-oriented schema against one or more query-based definitions. The... |
| 6250930 |
Multi-functional communication and aggregation platform |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A system and method for conducting opinion surveys using electronic mail (e-mail) as the transport mechanism is disclosed. A multimedia-enhanced e-mail message is created using an authoring tool in conjunction... |
| 6247021 |
Searchable bookmark sets as an internet advertising medium |
| Jun-12-2001 |
One or more searchable repositories of bookmark sets are stored in a computer system, each bookmark set can be downloaded to a client browser as a unit. Each bookmark set contains a set of Uniform Resource... |
| 6247020 |
Development system with application browser user interface |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A component-based, rapid application development (RAD) Java environment providing an improved user interface is described. The interface includes a single Application Browser or "AppBrowser" that is used... |
| 6243091 |
Global history view |
| Jun-5-2001 |
The history of browsing in a distributed database, such as the Internet, is presented in a global history window. Each document browsed is represented by a page icon selected as representative of content... |
| 6240422 |
Object to relational database mapping infrastructure in a customer care and billing system |
| May-29-2001 |
A system that uses an object to relational database mapping infrastructure to map C++ objects and their relationships to and from a relational database. The mapping is facilitated by mapping files which... |
| 6240412 |
Integration of link generation, cross-author user navigation, and reuse identification in authoring process |
| May-29-2001 |
A process for professional authoring of information about structured domains (i.e., not including fiction) by which authors, as an integral part of the authoring process, provide the data needed to (1)... |
| 6237060 |
Cache management techniques |
| May-22-2001 |
In general, a method and apparatus for managing available cache memory in a browser are disclosed. Any document stored in a cache memory not having associated with it a strong reference is subject to being... |
| 6233591 |
Dropping hyperlink onto document object |
| May-15-2001 |
A method of creating document hyperlinks that allow a user to jump to another object or page within the same document or in another document all together--either on a local storage device, or on a remote... |
| 6230168 |
Method for automatically constructing contexts in a hypertext collection |
| May-8-2001 |
A method of facilitating hypertext navigation within a collection of linked files includes gathering a set of linked files for inclusion within the collection and identifying a map of links among the files.... |
| 6230167 |
Method and apparatus for generating and displaying hotlinks in a panoramic three dimensional scene |
| May-8-2001 |
In a panoramic scene represented by a first environment map comprising a plurality of elements each associated with a color value representing color of the corresponding element, hotlink areas in the scene... |
| 6229541 |
Use of templates for cost-effective secure linking of video stream objects |
| May-8-2001 |
A video system comprises a screen. Interactive linking is provided based on a representative set of region-based templates. Each template can be associated with said screen. The template comprises a set... |
| 6229532 |
Method and apparatus for building a uniform resource locator menu in an Internet television system |
| May-8-2001 |
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for building a URL menu to access Internet web sites. The URL menu is stored in a set top box after accessing from a server. A URL is divided into... |
| 6226655 |
Method and apparatus for retrieving data from a network using linked location identifiers |
| May-1-2001 |
A computer implemented method and system for retrieving information through a browser connected to a network. A first file of information is received which includes a first mark-up language to identify... |
| 6226654 |
Web document based graphical user interface |
| May-1-2001 |
A Web document based GUI for use on a client computer that is networked with server computers. The GUI enables a user of the client computer to initiate specific operations that are performed on the client... |
| 6223215 |
Tracking a user's purchases on the internet by associating the user with an inbound source and a session identifier |
| Apr-24-2001 |
In one embodiment, a method for interactive network session tracking from inbound source to net sale includes storing a unique session ID (identifier) in an entry in a session database, and associating... |
| 6223188 |
Presentation of link information as an aid to hypermedia navigation |
| Apr-24-2001 |
A system for presenting hypermedia link information. A computer-implemented method for presenting hypermedia link information is described which relates to the user the characteristics of a data file pointed... |
| 6222534 |
Article posting apparatus, article relationship information managing apparatus, article posting system, and recording medium |
| Apr-24-2001 |
The system enables a user to dispose information such as an icon to identify the article that the user posts from the client computer, on the display screen thereof, for example, at the position closer... |
| 6219680 |
System and method for building a web site for use in E-commerce with user specific pricing |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A software tool is provided for use with a computer system for simplifying the creation of Web sites. The tool comprises a plurality of pre-stored templates, comprising HTML formatting code, text, fields... |
| 6219679 |
Enhanced user-interactive information content bookmarking |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A system and method for providing improved bookmarking of remotely provided user-interactive information such as WWW page content are provided. When a bookmark of a page is created, in addition to storing... |
| 6219048 |
Object selection using hit test tracks |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A method for labeling the pixels within a selected visual area of at least one image frame containing that visual area from a sequence of image frames stored in memory and operative to be displayed on... |
| 6216121 |
Web page generation with subtemplates displaying information from an electronic post office system |
| Apr-10-2001 |
Disclosed is a system for generating units of information from a database maintained in a server. The units of information may be messages and the database may be a post office system. The server receives... |
| 6212533 |
Hyper-media document management system having navigation mechanism |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A hyper-media document management system manages a virtual hyper-media document having data such as images, figures, texts, vocal sounds and animations. The hypermedia document management system has a... |
| 6211878 |
Method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A method and apparatus for interacting and selecting information on a video device employs a remote control unit which has a plurality of user interface devices. The user interface devices control information... |
| 6211877 |
Method for communicating between programming language controlled frames and CGI/HTML controlled frames within the same browser window |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A Web browser based application that allows communications between programming language driven frames and HTML or CGI/HTML driven frames within the same browser window. A Web browser computer on a network... |
| 6211874 |
Method for parallel selection of URL's |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A method of accessing files located in a computer system, by selecting a plurality of embedded links (such as hypertext links) from one or more pages displayed in a browser window, and processing the plurality... |
| 6211871 |
Named bookmark sets |
| Apr-3-2001 |
Access to the Internet is provided using a plurality of bookmark sets. A plurality of bookmark sets are stored in a computer system having a browser, each bookmark set including a respective set of Uniform... |
| 6209048 |
Peripheral with integrated HTTP server for remote access using URL's |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A peripheral control mechanism is described. The peripheral is operable with a network that provides access to interconnected, on-line documents. The access occurs in response to document requests. The... |
| 6209030 |
Method and apparatus for control of hard copying of document described in hypertext description language |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A system of copying a digital document easily maintains the security of the contents of the screen display of, for example, a Web page of the Internet displayed on, for example, a display unit. Tag information... |
| 6209006 |
Pop-up definitions with hyperlinked terms within a non-internet and non-specifically-designed-for-help program |
| Mar-27-2001 |
Hyperlinks within an application program interface enable selective, non-intrusive, recall of help functions, such as definitions of critical terms located within a textual or graphical interface panel.... |
| 6209005 |
Method and apparatus for generating and linking documents to contacts in an organizer |
| Mar-27-2001 |
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for attaching a letter to a contact in an organizer contact list. The method includes the operations of selecting a contact from the organizer contact list that is... |
| 6204862 |
Method and apparatus for broadcasting live events to another location and producing a computer simulation of the events at that location |
| Mar-20-2001 |
A live event may be broadcasted by producing a computer coded description of the sub-events that constitute the event. The coded description is stored in a centralized computer data base and the information... |
| 6202065 |
Information search and retrieval with geographical coordinates |
| Mar-13-2001 |
An information search and retrieval process using geographical coordinates. An index of coordinates is built for a plurality of text based references, resources or sites, each having a set of said coordinates.... |
| 6202061 |
Methods and apparatuses for creating a collection of media |
| Mar-13-2001 |
Methods and systems for creating a collection of digital media. In one example of a method, at least one search parameter is defined, and a search is performed using the search parameter to search through... |
| 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... |
| 6199077 |
Server-side web summary generation and presentation |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A portal server includes a software agent configured to do summary searches for subscribers based on Internet destinations provided by the subscribers, to retrieve information from such destinations based... |
| 6199076 |
Audio program player including a dynamic program selection controller |
| Mar-6-2001 |
An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter... |
| 6199071 |
Method and apparatus for archiving hypertext documents |
| Mar-6-2001 |
Apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed for archiving a hypertext document that contains a hyperlink definition. Archiving is the process of rendering a hypertext document for storage... |
| 6189018 |
Method and apparatus for implementing universal resource locator menus |
| Feb-13-2001 |
Disclosed is a method for generating universal resource locator links in a graphical user interface based HTML file. The method includes the operations of selecting one of a picture object and text contained... |
| 6184886 |
Apparatus and method for staging bookmarks |
| Feb-6-2001 |
According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus and method for intermediate storage of tentative bookmark information is disclosed. The bookmark staging mechanism of the present... |
| 6182129 |
Apparatus, methods and computer program products for managing sessions with host-based application using session vectors |
| Jan-30-2001 |
Access to a session between a remote computer and an application resident at a host computer connected to the remote computer is provided via a link object embedded in a Web page accessible at the remote... |
| 6182091 |
Method and apparatus for finding related documents in a collection of linked documents using a bibliographic coupling link analysis |
| Jan-30-2001 |
A method and apparatus for identifying related documents in a collection of linked documents. In the method the link structure of documents to other documents are analyzed. By analyzing only the link structure,... |
| 6182065 |
Method and system for weighting the search results of a database search engine |
| Jan-30-2001 |
A search engine searches a database containing a plurality of data entries wherein one or more of the data entries comprise a link to one or more others of the data entries. The search engine receives... |
| 6178430 |
Automated information technology standards management system |
| Jan-23-2001 |
An automated information technology standards management system for managing information standards that specify the procedures by which data is stored, manipulated, and retrieved within a computer system.... |
