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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6701014 | Method and apparatus for matching slides in video The present invention performs a method for matching slides to video comprising, generating keyframes from the video, extracting geometric keyframe features from the keyframes and geometric slide features from the slides, and matching the geometric slide ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6691309 | Long term archiving of digital information Digital data is preserved by archiving on a removable medium. In the long term, the save data bit stream must be correctly interpreted. For a computer program or system to be archived, the bit stream constituting the program must be archived and the code ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6671739 | Controlling network access by modifying packet headers at a local hub A method and structure for processing packets of information over a data processing system is disclosed. The packets have header information indicating a source and a destination of the packets. The method includes receiving a packet from a client, forwar... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6651049 | Interactive mining of most interesting rules A method and structure for identifying database association rules includes mining first database association rules, the first database association rules having ratings with respect to a plurality of metrics, selecting second database association rules fro... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6651048 | Interactive mining of most interesting rules with population constraints A method and structure for identifying database association rules includes mining first database association rules, the first database association rules having ratings with respect to a plurality of metrics and population constraints, selecting second dat... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6622252 | Data storage device having selectable performance modes for use in dual powered portable devices A portable computer includes a battery and a connection to an external power source, a two-speed data storage device being supplied power from one or more of the battery and the external power source, and a controller attached to the storage device. With ... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6606212 | Wideband readout of magneto-resistive heads for data storage A magnetic recording channel front-end for a magnetic storage system includes a magnetoresistive element, an interconnect and a readback amplifier. The interconnect, which has a characteristic impedance, couples the magnetoresistive element to the readbac... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6331919 | Write head impedance termination in magnetic recording A magnetic recording circuit includes a write driver output stage, a magnetic write head and an interconnect circuit. The write driver output stage has an output and an output impedance. The magnetic write head has an input and an input impedance. The int... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6282553 | Gaze-based secure keypad entry system A system for secure data entry, includes a virtual keypad having a plurality of keys, a mechanism for determining to which virtual key of the keypad a user is looking, and an actuator, operable by the user, for confirming key selection. Another system for... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6260038 | Clustering mixed attribute patterns A technique for clustering data points in a data set that is arranged as a matrix having n objects and m attributes. Each categorical attribute of the data set is converted to a 1-of-p representation of the categorical attribute. A converted data set A is... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6189005 | System and method for mining surprising temporal patterns A system and method for data mining is provided in which temporal patterns of itemsets in transactions having unexpected support values are identified. A surprising temporal pattern is an itemset whose support changes over time. The method may use a minim... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182070 | System and method for discovering predictive association rules A system and method for determining the significance of association rules which are mined from a dataset is provided. Predictive association rules may also be generated based on the significance of an association rule. The statistical significance of an a... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6003029 | Automatic subspace clustering of high dimensional data for data mining applications A method for finding clusters of units in high-dimensional data having the steps of determining dense units in selected subspaces within a data space of the high-dimensional data, determining each cluster of dense units that are connected to other dense u... | 12/14/1999 |
