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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7197621 | Fast search algorithm for data sorting in chained lists A data memory for storing elements, which data memory stores the data of the elements and at least a chained list which contains, for each stored element, at least its element address, its element number and a pointer to the address of the stored element having the ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197697 | Apparatus for retrieving information using reference reason of document The reference reason of a reference document is identified by analyzing a position where the reference document is cited in document data, a method by which the reference document is cited, a sentence in the document data, etc. Then, documents are retrieved and clas... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197497 | Method and apparatus for machine learning a document relevance function Provided is a method and computer program product for determining a document relevance function for estimating a relevance score of a document in a database with respect to a query. For each of a plurality of test queries, a respective set of result documents is col... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197470 | System and method for collection analysis of electronic discussion methods A system and method for collecting and analyzing electronic discussion messages to categorize the message communications and the identify trends and patterns in pre-determined markets. The system comprises an electronic data discussion system wherein electronic mess... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197741 | Interface for an enterprise resource planning program A method for interfacing with an enterprise resource planning system is provided. The method includes providing a file containing data to be loaded into the enterprise planning system (the “data file”). A file containing at least one parameter (the “parameter ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197488 | System and method of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem using an archetype problem structure Preferred embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods of facilitating and evaluating user thinking about an arbitrary problem. The system includes first logic to facilitate user specification of the problem to populate a problem statement structure. It ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194448 | Multi-layer surveying systems and methods with multi-layer incentives A system and method for collecting data includes receiving first identification information of a first user, receiving second identification information of a second user that is referred to the data collector by the first user, analyzing the second identification in... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193505 | Channel-to-channel compare A word recognizer for providing a channel-to-channel compare for an input digital signal divides channels of the input digital signal into equal-width input signal channel paths. One input signal channel path serves as a reference value for comparison with the other... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194527 | Media variations browser A system and method facilitating media browsing is provided. The invention includes a browsing component and a media display system that provides a focus media and related media. The focus media and the related media are associated based, at least in part, upon meta... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194466 | Object clustering using inter-layer links One aspect relates to clustering a group of objects of a first object type based on a relative importance using links extending between objects of the first object type and certain objects of the second object type. In one embodiment, the first object type is a Web ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194681 | Method for automatically assigning priorities to documents and messages Methods for prioritizing documents, such as email messages, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method first receives a document. The method assigns a measure of priority to the document, by employing a text classifier such as a Bayesian classifi... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191170 | Predicate indexing of data stored in a computer with application to indexing cached data The invention relates to a directory proxy caching system that is constructed based on a predicate, i.e., a query from a client. Broadly stated, the predicate is formed by the query (request) issued by the client. Once the data is found in the directory, then the da... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191166 | Method and system for comparing information contents The method and system disclosed herein provide for detecting duplicate information contents such as emails, before storing them in the system, in a fast and reliable way. A parameter that uniquely represents each information content may be determined, and the compar... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190480 | Method and apparatus for organizing scanned images A system is provided for scanning batch-type documents containing indicia on either a single side or on two sides of each document sheet. Misfeeds through a scanning device are identified by comparison of an anticipated number of pages with an actual number of scann... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7191212 | Server and web page information providing method for displaying web page information in multiple formats A user terminal sends registration target data regarding a web page to a server. The server receives the data and stores the data in a registration DB. The server reads out registration target data from the registration DB in response to a request from the user term... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188109 | Cool ICE utilization of digital certificates An apparatus for and method of processing a digital certificate by a legacy data base management system within its legacy security facility. The digital certificate is defined by accepted international standards and is presented to the legacy data base management sy... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188099 | Texture-based image database browsing and sorting method A texture-based image database browsing and sorting method computes the number of edge pixels of objects in static images, measures textures of the static images by numerating the number of edge pixels thereof and measures a texture of a query image by numerating th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188101 | System and method for retreiving database items with increased diversity A data processing method and system for retrieving a subset of k items from a database of n items (n≧k) firstly determines a limited set of bk items (b>1) in the database which have the greatest similarity to an input query t according to a given similarity functi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188310 | Automatic layout generation for photobooks A method and system for the automatic layout of a photobook page are disclosed. The method includes receiving a number of images for placement onto the photobook page, the photobook page having a first dimension and a second dimension wherein the first dimension is ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7188107 | System and method for classification of documents The invention provides a classification engine for classifying documents that makes use of functions included in a similarity search engine. The classification engine executes a classify command from a client that makes use of similarity search results, and rules fi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184844 | Central site architecture for remote service delivery There is provided a central site system for communicating with at least one remote site equipment monitor, the at least one remote site equipment monitor collecting operational data concerning remote site equipment. The central site system includes a data transfer s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185015 | System and method of monitoring and controlling application files A system and method for updating a system that controls applications requested for execution on a workstation. A workstation management module is configured to detect requested execution of an application. A workstation application server receives data associated wi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185029 | Method and apparatus for maintaining, and updating in-memory copies of the first and second pointers to reference the new versions of the first and second control structures that indicate available and allocated portions of usable space in the data file Method and apparatus for expanding usable space for an application data file. A control file is maintained with control structures that indicate available and allocated portions of usable space in the data file, along with quantities of available space in portions o... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185092 | Web site, information communication terminal, robot search engine response system, robot search engine registration method, and storage medium and program transmission apparatus therefor A web site 10 is provided in a communication network to enable the selective provision of appropriate information, by a site whereat only limited access is permitted, in consonance with the access right of the source of a request for information. compr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185012 | Method and apparatus for ranked join indices A method and apparatus for ranked join indices includes a solution providing performance guarantees for top-k join queries over two relations, when preprocessing to construct a ranked join index for a specific join condition is permitted. The concepts of ranking joi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185049 | Multimedia integration description scheme, method and system for MPEG-7 The invention provides a system and method for integrating multimedia descriptions in a way that allows humans, software components or devices to easily identify, represent, manage, retrieve, and categorize the multimedia content. In this manner, a user who may be i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185011 | Method and system for directory balancing A system and method for virtually eliminating a potential security risk inherent with the caching of network content. Random subdirectory names are generated for cache directories, while continuing to generate user-friendly file names. Security is achieved since mal... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7185065 | System and method for scoring electronic messages A system and method for collecting and analyzing electronic discussion messages to categorize the message communications and the identify trends and patterns in pre-determined markets. The system comprises an electronic data discussion system wherein electronic mess... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184160 | Spam fax filter A spam fax filter which has been configured in accordance with the present invention can include a fax transformation processor configured to transform rasterized fax images into non-rasterized representations of fax images. The spam fax filter further can include a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181447 | Methods and systems for conceptually organizing and presenting information Methods and systems for conceptually organizing and presenting information. A correlation of multiple users' responses to the organization and presentation of information is used to determine an optimal organization and presentation of the information. For one embod... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181481 | System and method for concurrently reorganizing logically related LOB table spaces A base table and related auxiliary table spaces are reorganized concurrently via a database utility. The database utility determines which auxiliary tables are related to the base table and automatically includes their respective auxiliary table in the same invocati... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181461 | System and method for real time statistics collection for use in the automatic management of a database system A computer program product provides accurate statistics in real time. These statistics can be used to determine if a table space in a database management system (DBMS) requires maintenance operations such as reorganization, back up, fresh access path statistics, and... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181444 | System and process for searching a network A system for searching a network for network based content related to a search query, such as multimedia and streaming media, includes an adapter for formatting the search query, a first database containing previous search results and a second database for storing c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177947 | Method and apparatus for DNS resolution A method and apparatus for resolving where to forward DNS (domain name service) requests for a user simultaneously logged into more than one service existing on a data communications network utilizes an active service list (ASL) to keep track of the services that th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177865 | Data synchronization method and system A method and system for synchronizing data between a network server and a mobile device is provided. In an embodiment, a plurality of object instances may be received from the network server, and at least one object instance may be selected. For each selected object... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177940 | Representing a service discovery stream as an N-ary tree A service discovery stream is represented as an N-ary tree that provides the capability to change, add, or remove an element with only one modification to the entire tree. The number of elements in a stream are counted and each element and the element's children are... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177863 | System and method for determining internal parameters of a data clustering program A system and associated method for tuning a data clustering program to a clustering task, determine at least one internal parameter of a data clustering program. The determination of one or more of the internal parameters of the data clustering program occurs before... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177045 | Process and system for mixed page imposition A process for formatting printable information orders selected data objects, document pages or images, to create a new document, where pages may be of uniform dimension and page orientation or varying in one or both of dimension and page orientation. Groups of pages... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177856 | Method for correlating data from external databases The present invention provides methods and systems by for identifying, from within a host operating environment, related data from two or more data sources, one or more of which data sources being an external data source to a host operating environment, and for asse... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177319 | Insertion sorter An insertion sorter circuit and method are provided which are particularly useful for sorting channel response values of a communication signal. The sorter circuit includes a series of sorter elements which each have a register. The circuit is configured to cascade ... | 02/13/2007 |
