| 6289350 |
System and method for structured news release generation and distribution |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A mechanism for the structured generation of a news release includes in one embodiment, (a) separately specifying the content of each of a plurality of predetermined sections of the news release; (b) storing,... |
| 6289337 |
Method and system for accessing information using keyword clustering and meta-information |
| Sep-11-2001 |
A system for accessing information stored in a distributed information database provides a community of intelligent software agents. Each agent can be built as an extension of a known viewer for a distributed... |
| 6285985 |
Advertising-subsidized and advertising-enabled software |
| Sep-4-2001 |
The present invention, generally speaking, provides a mechanism allowing a software developer to present advertisements through a software program. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention,... |
| 6282549 |
Indexing of media content on a network |
| Aug-28-2001 |
A method and apparatus for searching for multimedia files in a distributed database and for displaying results of the search based on the context and content of the multimedia files. |
| 6279013 |
Interactive newspaper |
| Aug-21-2001 |
A method and apparatus of profile guided printing of a paper document facilitates back channel interaction from a reader for contemporaneous upgrading of the profile in response to document content. The... |
| 6278992 |
Search engine using indexing method for storing and retrieving data |
| Aug-21-2001 |
A Search Engine utilizing a method and system for efficient storage and retrieval of data. The system comprises a record file, an index file, a duplicate segment file and access to a network of computers.... |
| 6278990 |
Sort system for text retrieval |
| Aug-21-2001 |
The present invention is a method for operating a computer system to retrieve information from a computer database. This method decomposes documents from the database into subdocuments and then inverts... |
| 6275850 |
Method and system for management of message attachments |
| Aug-14-2001 |
A method and system provide user management of electronic message transmissions between servers and client devices, particularly transmissions of files attached to electronic messages. The method and system... |
| 6275829 |
Representing a graphic image on a web page with a thumbnail-sized image |
| Aug-14-2001 |
An original (full size) image is automatically represented by a thumbnail (reduced size) image on a Web page. A user selects the original image that will be represented by the thumbnail image. The thumbnail... |
| 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... |
| 6266680 |
Method for electronically checking authenticity of document |
| Jul-24-2001 |
A method for electronically checking documents as to their authenticity is disclosed, in which an official seal is not put on the document, but the document itself shows to be notarized, and the authenticity... |
| 6263322 |
Integrated automotive service system and method |
| Jul-17-2001 |
An integrated automotive repair shop network is designed to greatly enhance the efficiency and quality of diagnostic and repair work performed in an automotive repair shop. The network employs a data entry... |
| 6262720 |
Electronic checklist system with checklist inhibiting |
| Jul-17-2001 |
An electronic checklist system (ECL) for a complex system and corresponding method for controlling the presentation of non-normal checklists based on signals generated by a crew alert system according... |
| 6256627 |
System and method for maintaining a knowledge base and evidence set |
| Jul-3-2001 |
The present invention relates to a system and method for maintaining a knowledge base and an evidence set derived from the knowledge base. The knowledge base has a relationship, which exists between a... |
| 6253217 |
Active properties for dynamic document management system configuration |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A document management system is provided which organizes, stores and retrieves documents according to properties attached to the documents. A property attachment mechanism allows a user to attach arbitrary... |
| 6253216 |
Method and apparatus for providing a personal page |
| Jun-26-2001 |
The apparatus of the invention includes a local computer network. Remote users may connect to the local computer network through a larger network, such as the Internet. The local computer network has at... |
| 6253198 |
Process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine |
| Jun-26-2001 |
A process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine is disclosed. It is a method to actively cause an updating of a specific Internet search engine database regarding a particular... |
| 6252988 |
Method and apparatus for character recognition using stop words |
| Jun-26-2001 |
An adaptive OCR technique for character classification and recognition without the input and use of ground truth derived from the image itself. A set of so-called stop words are employed for classifying... |
| 6249794 |
Providing descriptions of documents through document description files |
| Jun-19-2001 |
Document description files are used to encapsulate structural and meta information associated with a document stored on a computer-readable medium. Document description files are external to native application... |
| 6249786 |
Data-conversion method |
| Jun-19-2001 |
A method for conversion of data between two applications or software packages, respectively, using different data formats to each other is provided. As a central problem in todays data processing, the... |
| 6247013 |
Hyper text reading system |
| Jun-12-2001 |
A hyper text reading system which assures an advantage by protecting the right of a contents provider. A link source confirmation unit confirms a link source of an anchor included in a hyper text. The... |
| 6243501 |
Adaptive recognition of documents using layout attributes |
| Jun-5-2001 |
An attribute extracting module (256) extracts attributes from a document (50) input into the system. An attribute comparison module (270) compares extracted attributes with multiple classes (54) of documents.... |
| 6240429 |
Using attached properties to provide document services |
| May-29-2001 |
A document management system is provided which organizes, stores and retrieves documents according to properties attached to the documents. A property attachment mechanism allows a user to attach arbitrary... |
| 6236989 |
Network-based help architecture |
| May-22-2001 |
A method and system for implementing a network-based help architecture for software applications that reside on a host data processing system. A help database that is designed to support a software application... |
| 6233590 |
Server apparatus for distributed communications supporting multiple user/application environment |
| May-15-2001 |
A server system for distributed communications which supports a multiple user/application environment, comprising a user/application system for interfacing a multiple user/application environment; a input/decoding... |
| 6230144 |
Method and apparatus using an accounting bit for a SIMA network |
| May-8-2001 |
A cell format, an accounting device and a method for providing accounting information to a network for determining payment information between operators in the network. The cell format includes a data... |
| 6226785 |
Method and apparatus for storing and replaying creation history of multimedia software or other software content |
| May-1-2001 |
An authoring or other software tool is provided which allows users of the tool to review the creation and evolution of all or part of a content such as a multimedia title created using a tool incorporating... |
| 6219671 |
Technique for storing data information within a network |
| Apr-17-2001 |
A method for storing data information in a network having a plurality of network stations includes receiving, at a first of the plurality of network stations from a second of the plurality of network stations,... |
| 6212532 |
Text categorization toolkit |
| Apr-3-2001 |
A module information extraction system capable of extracting information from natural language documents. The system includes a plurality of interchangeable modules including a data preparation module... |
| 6209004 |
Method and system for generating and distributing document sets using a relational database |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A method and system use a processor, video display and relational database to format, define, generate, maintain, distribute and analyze sets of related documents. The process stores document-specific... |
| 6208988 |
Method for identifying themes associated with a search query using metadata and for organizing documents responsive to the search query in accordance with the themes |
| Mar-27-2001 |
A method of identifying at least one query theme associated with a search query, wherein the query theme corresponds to a subject, person or place associated with the search query. A document record archive... |
| 6205452 |
Method of reproducing variable graphics in a variable imaging system |
| Mar-20-2001 |
The present invention comprises an apparatus and method for reproducing master and variable information, including variable graphics information, on a display device, such as a computer network or a demand... |
| 6205443 |
Overlapping subdocuments in a vector space search process |
| Mar-20-2001 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for retrieving information from a database. Initially, the documents within the database are divided into mutually exclusive subdocuments that generally... |
| 6205342 |
User interface for text message creation |
| Mar-20-2001 |
Described are methods and apparatuses for composing text messages using wireless electronic devices, such as cellular telephones. Specifically, a word list including a set of pre-selected words and a set... |
| 6199073 |
Automatic archiving of documents during their transfer between a peripheral device and a processing device |
| Mar-6-2001 |
A system and method for processing documents is described. The system and method provide for executing a command as part of the execution of an application program, where execution of the command causes... |
| 6195665 |
Digital electrical computer apparatus, and methods for making and using the same, for template building, loading, and viewing |
| Feb-27-2001 |
A machine and methods for making and using the same, involve a digital electrical information processing system to make a template program for organizing subsequently input template data. A builder program... |
| 6192165 |
Apparatus and method for digital filing |
| Feb-20-2001 |
According to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, an apparatus and method for a digital filing system is disclosed. In this context, digital filing refers to the efficient management of... |
| 6185491 |
Networked vehicle controlling attached devices using JavaBeans.TM. |
| Feb-6-2001 |
A vehicle control computer system uses JavaBeans.TM. to implement device interfaces. A vehicle control center, having a processor and memory, provides user access to devices operating within the vehicle.... |
| 6182090 |
Method and apparatus for pointing to documents electronically using features extracted from a scanned icon representing a destination |
| Jan-30-2001 |
An example page taken from each document in a document database is processed by a page processor to yield an iconic representation for the example page. To form the iconic representation, the example page... |
| 6175864 |
Method and apparatus for storyboard scripting of application programs running on a computer system |
| Jan-16-2001 |
The present invention is a method and apparatus for storyboard scripting of instructions within a software application program. More specifically, the present invention provides for an organized storyboard... |
| 6175839 |
Filter interface for managing printer system information |
| Jan-16-2001 |
A filter interface allows a filter to send extracted attribute information extracted from the master document data to a server. The server then stores the received attribute information into an attribute... |
| 6173316 |
Wireless communication device with markup language based man-machine interface |
| Jan-9-2001 |
A system, method, and software product provide a wireless communications device with a markup language based man-machine interface. The man-machine interface provides a user interface for the various telecommunications... |
| 6163779 |
Method of saving a web page to a local hard drive to enable client-side browsing |
| Dec-19-2000 |
A method of copying a Web page presented for display on a browser of a Web client. The Web page comprises a base HTML document and a plurality of hypertext references, one or more of which may be associated... |
| 6151630 |
Non-redundant browsing of a sequencing of web pages |
| Nov-21-2000 |
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable programmed medium that facilitate browsing through an ordered sequence (108, 109) of World Wide Web pages (107) by automatically skipping over, or bypassing,... |
| 6148294 |
System and method for computer directory updating and presentation based on frequency of access |
| Nov-14-2000 |
A computer system 200 having a hierarchical file directory system in which a user's patterns of use are analyzed when the user calls a file access routine such that the system tracks 904 which directories... |
| 6144997 |
System and method for accessing and distributing electronic documents |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A system including any number workstations, file servers, printers and other fixed devices coupled in a network, and a number of portable devices carried by users and coupled to the network by infrared... |
| 6144975 |
Computer system for intelligent document management |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A computer system includes several inputs for receiving documents being transmitted via different media, and several outputs for transmitting outgoing documents via different media. An input component... |
| 6144971 |
System for comparing an agent activity with a work schedule |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A schedule adherence system for a plurality of agents having a device (30) for defining a daily work schedule for the agents, a device (30) for determining the actual activity of the agents and comparing... |
| 6141665 |
Model-based job supporting system and method thereof |
| Oct-31-2000 |
A job model with which an organization model representing an organization structure, a document model representing a document structure, and a work model representing a work procedure are correlated, is... |
| 6138121 |
Network management event storage and manipulation using relational database technology in a data warehouse |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A data schema and method for storing network management system event data to allow efficient retrieval of information and aggregation for use in tracking system trends and generating useful reports is... |
