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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472131 | Method and apparatus for constructing a compact similarity structure and for using the same in analyzing document relevance A computer-readable medium comprises data structure for providing information about levels of similarity between pairs of N documents. The data structure comprises a plurality of entries of similarity values representing levels of similarity for a plurality of pairs... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7464096 | Method and apparatus for information mining and filtering A method and system for computer-assisted analysis of information from a data source employs operators including search terms and filters. A visual representation of a network of operators is generated, the operators being user selectable and linked to form the netw... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7426509 | Method and apparatus for document filtering using ensemble filters A technique for representing an information need and employing one or more filters to select documents that satisfy the represented information need, including a technique of creating filters that involves (a) dividing a set of documents into one or more subsets suc... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7398269 | Method and apparatus for document filtering using ensemble filters A technique for representing an information need and employing one or more filters to select documents that satisfy the represented information need, including a technique of creating filters that involves (a) dividing a set of documents into one or more subsets suc... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7359851 | Method of identifying the language of a textual passage using short word and/or n-gram comparisons A method and system identifying the language of a textual passage is disclosed. The method and system includes parsing the textual passage into n-grams and assigning an initial weight to each n-gram, and adjusting the weight initially assigned to a word or n-gram pa... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356187 | Method and apparatus for adjusting the model threshold of a support vector machine for text classification and filtering An information need can be modeled by a binary classifier such as support vector machine (SVM). SVMs can exhibit very conservative precision oriented behavior when modeling information needs. This conservative behavior can be overcome by adjusting the position of th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356604 | Method and apparatus for comparing scores in a vector space retrieval process The delivery ratio of r (which is a fraction between 0 and 1) partitions a stream of documents into a section of top scoring r-fraction of documents and the remainder. This way a set of successively bigger delivery ratios, r1, r2, r3... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7228192 | Method for manufacturing an item According to a first aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for manufacturing an item. The method comprises the steps of creating a build schedule; creating a first portion of the item for manufacture; causing the first portion of the item to pass in ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7206772 | Method of operating a plant and a control system for controlling the same A novel apparatus and method for controlling a system with multiple observable variables is disclosed. The apparatus and method disclosed use elements of the bottom-up and top-down strategies of artificial intelligence to provide a control system that is able to lea... | 04/17/2007 |
| 6934571 | Integrated physiologic sensor system An embodiment of the present invention comprises a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) mask that incorporates a series of physiologic sensors. These physiologic sensors are mounted on the interior of the SCBA mask in such a way as to contact the facial skin of... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6920775 | Panel crimping machine having a gap adjustment mechanism The present invention is a crimping machine capable of forming an improved building panel that includes notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine imparts a unique design of notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine incorporates two sets of male and f... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915308 | Method and apparatus for information mining and filtering The present invention combines a data processing structure with a graphical user interface (GUI) to create an information analysis tool wherein multiple functions are combined in a network to extract information from multiple data sources. The functional network is ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6876998 | Method for cross-linguistic document retrieval The present mechanism provides a method and apparatus for retrieving documents that are stored in a language other than the language that is used to formulate a search query. This invention decomposes the query into terms and then translates each of the terms into t... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6837312 | Corer-grinder A novel corer and grinder apparatus suitable for interplanetary travel and extraplanetary operation is disclosed. The corer grinder composes a claw element attached to a shaft coupled to a motor. A second motor compresses a spring forcing against a hammer unit that ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6820452 | Panel crimping machine having a gap adjustment mechanism The present invention is a crimping machine capable of forming an improved building panel that includes notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine imparts a unique design of notched inclined side walls. The crimping machine incorporates two sets of male and f... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6820079 | Method and apparatus for retrieving text using document signatures A method and apparatus for retrieving similar or identical textual passages among different documents is disclosed. Normal discourse structures along with textual content attributes are used to encode a known passage with “marker sequences” that give a character... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6728701 | Method and apparatus for database retrieval utilizing vector optimization A technique for optimizing the number of terms in a profile used for information extraction. This optimization is performed by estimating the number of terms which will substantively affect the information extraction process. That is, the technique estimates the poi... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6722087 | Building panel and panel crimping machine The present invention is an improved building panel having increased strength and rigidity, thereby reducing present design constraints imposed upon buildings constructed of interconnected panels. The building panel includes notched inclined side walls extending fro... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6721734 | Method and apparatus for information management using fuzzy typing A technique for analyzing affect in which ambiguity in both emotion and natural language is explicitly represented and processed through fuzzy logic. In particular, textual information is processed to i) isolate a vocabulary of words belonging to an emotion, ii) rep... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6546305 | Method and apparatus for jewelry design The present invention utilizes a computer program to size and orient one or more feature items on a jewelry design having a feature path. Typically feature paths are necklines, wristbands, broaches or rings. A feature item is a gemstone, set of gemstones ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6523030 | Sort system for merging database entries The present invention is a method for operating a computer system to minimize the number of disk storage access operations used in creating an inverted database. This method divides a database into several smaller subdatabases. The documents of the subdat... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6505198 | Sort system for text retrieval 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 the database. Also, a query for retrieving documents ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6499203 | Panel seaming device The present invention is a panel seaming device that can seam both curved and straight panels. The panel seaming device accomplishes this task by incorporating a unique mechanical drive configuration that includes two gear box driven by a single motor and... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6463434 | Method and apparatus for profile score threshold setting and updating A novel approach for filtering documents involves the use of delivery ratio threshold setting technique to set an initial profile score threshold and the use of beta-gamma regulation for dynamic threshold updating. A group of documents is scored pursuant ... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6446066 | Method and apparatus using run length encoding to evaluate a database The present invention provides a method and apparatus for generating a database search result. The creation of the search result is achieved by representing the subdocument lists of an inverted database with encoded bit strings. The encoded bit strings ar... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6418455 | System for modifying a database using a transaction log The present invention is a computer system for modifying a database which comprises a computer that modifies records stored in a database. In the process for modifying records in the database, addresses to memory locations in a disk storage unit are acces... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6397536 | Method and apparatus for connecting a building panel to a foundation The present invention is a method and apparatus for improving the connection between a building panel and a foundation. The improved connection is made possible by a unique form assembly that includes a trough assembly and a novel means for adequately sup... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5233487 | Functional measurement of data head misregistration The present invention demonstrates a rotating media storage system which quickly measures and accurately compensates for thermal and mechanical errors in the position of the data detector with respect to the written data. This is accomplished by measuring... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5189296 | Optical receiver having a low capacitance integrated photodetector The present invention relates to an interconnected array of photodetector cells in which each cell of the photodetector array contains a photodetector for detecting light pulses and a photodetector for switching on the photodetector cell. Each cell has a ... | 02/23/1993 |
