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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7433916 | Server apparatus and control method therefor A server apparatus which accepts the transfer of image data from a user who can access the apparatus through a network, and can limit image data whose transfer is accepted with various conditions is disclosed. The server apparatus according to this invention determi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430552 | Computer based system and method of determining a satisfaction index of a text The invention relates to a computer based method and system for automatically determining in a document an object satisfaction score (44), choosing at least one of either a positive score or a negative score, comprising the steps of: subdividing the document ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7430708 | Portable terminal device A portable terminal device is provided which is capable of displaying URLs in a manner so as to be fitter for a use state when a bookmark function provided by browser being installed in the portable terminal device is used. A situation information acquiring unit acq... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7428530 | Dispersing search engine results by using page category information Systems and methods for dispersing search engine results by category. A search engine application queries a searchable index of document data associated with a plurality of electronic documents in response to a search request to identify one or more electronic docum... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7428529 | Term suggestion for multi-sense query Systems and methods for related term suggestion are described. In one aspect, term clusters are generated as a function of calculated similarity of term vectors. Each term vector having been generated from search results associated with a set of high frequency of oc... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425963 | Hierarchical image feature-based visualization A method of visualizing and retrieving data files includes displaying a plurality of images representing data files on a display device using a first distance metric between each data file. A portion of the images is redisplayed on the display device using a refined... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426510 | Binary data categorization engine and database A system, method and computer program product are provided for categorizing data. In use, features are extracted from binary data. Such extracted features are compared with a predetermined set of features. Based, at least in part, on the comparison, the binary data ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424467 | Architecture for an indexer with fixed width sort and variable width sort Disclosed is a technique for indexing data. A token is received. It is determined whether a data field associated with the token is a fixed width. When the data field is a fixed width, the token is designated as one for which fixed width sort is to be performed. Whe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424469 | System and method for blending the results of a classifier and a search engine A method to produce a list of documents retrieved from a search engine, ranked according to their relevance to search terms, includes interleaving the lists resulting from two searches. The first search is one that occurs over documents where the list is ranked usin... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424481 | Data management and processing system for large enterprise model and method therefor A computer system performs data processing using a data organizer which parses a primary set of data into predefined sets of data components according to one or more enterprise models. The sets of data components from the data organizer are respectively stored in mu... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421126 | Method and system for searching form features for form identification A method of and system for identifying a target form for increased efficiency in an automated data capture process is described. Forms are scanned and stored as digitized images. Regions are defined on the form relative to corresponding reference points between the ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421429 | Generate blog context ranking using track-back weight, context weight and, cumulative comment weight A mechanism of ranking weblog or “blog” items is provided. More particularly, the subject ranking mechanisms can facilitate ranking blog feeds and blog items contained therein thus focusing and intelligently delivering content (e.g., blog items) to users. The su... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421495 | System and method for monitoring network devices A method and system for monitoring hardware information associated with a network device in an enterprise system are provided. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring hardware information associated with a network device in an enterprise system includes retrievin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421430 | Method for processing real-time mobile transactions in a three-tier distributed database system A method that enables real-time processing of mobile based transactions in a three-tier database by employing pending operation/locks databases at each mirror in the three-tier database and generating a token for each proposed transaction that indicates the operatio... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421476 | Method for converting internet messages for publishing A method of converting internet messages is provided. A first message database is provided on a first computer which is coupled to the Internet and accessible by users thereof. Internet messages from an Internet discussion forum such as a standard e-mail users group... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415465 | Method for representing an interest priority of an object to a user based on personal histories or social context A method and apparatus assigns a quantative variable to each object (or set of objects) in a collection available to a user. The quantative variable is referred to as the Interest Priority Value (IPV). The IPV defines a range of states of the object, between ‘acce... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415474 | Programmable calculation engine A calculation engine processes user-definable formulas to generate calculation results. A calculation engine may use the following types of data structures: table, column, row, and field. A sub table may be embedded within a row. Operations may be performed at vario... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415461 | Apparatus and method for merging results of approximate matching operations A device and a method are provided. Approximate match operations are performed for each of a group of attributes for each of a group of tuples with respect to a query to create a respective ranking for each of the group of attributes. The rankings of the group of at... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412444 | Efficient indexing of hierarchical relational database records According to various embodiments, systems, and methods, a sorting construct (TREE_SORT) is generated to efficiently traverse hierarchical data structures in relational databases. A TREE_SORT construct is generated by transforming a value that represents the sequenti... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412449 | File object storage and retrieval using hashing techniques Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating hash slot subdirectories within a file system, identifying each hash slot subdirectory by a unique identifier, receiving a document, hashing a name of the document to generate a hash value, s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412442 | Augmenting search query results with behaviorally related items The results of search queries are augmented with behaviorally related items. Items that are behaviorally related to a particular search query may be identified by analyzing the item selection actions of users who submit the particular search query. For example, if a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409075 | Image processing apparatus and method, program, and recording medium In each of frames of specified image data, a covered background area or an uncovered background area is detected. In an image in the first frame, a user inputs the contour of an object in the covered background area. In an image in the last frame, the user inputs th... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403944 | Reduced comparison coordinate-value sorting process One objective of the present invention is to optimize a sorting process (20) that, by novel means (240), reduces the number of comparisons required to sort delivered items (10, 230) whether said items are physical tokens, electronic data or othe... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403901 | Error and load summary reporting in a health care solution environment A system, method and computer program are provided for generating error and summary reports for a data load. A plurality of records to be loaded in a database are received. The records may include medical records. A data management template corresponding to the reco... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399917 | Music content playback apparatus, music content playback method and storage medium A music content playback apparatus includes: a selection section that selects a piece of music content out of a plurality of pieces of music content; a recognition section that recognizes playback elapse state about a previous piece of music content played immediate... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401080 | Storage reports duplicate file detection Described is a storage reports duplicate file detector that operates by receiving file records during a first scan of file system metadata. The detector computes a hash based on attributes in the record, and maintains the hash value in association with information t... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401098 | System and method for the automated notification of compatibility between real-time network participants The present invention is a method and system for using predetermined preferences/characteristics to ascertain personal compatibility between network or chat room participants based upon profile information. When the system determines that these preferences are favor... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401079 | System and method for transcoding digital content A system and method for transcoding digital content (e.g. web content) by correctly employing one annotation for multiple digital contents. This can efficiently reduce the workloads required for the addition of annotation data during the transcoding process. A trans... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398234 | Method and system for organizing vendor information A plurality of accounts payable items (14) are communicated over communications links (24) to a global purchasing information repository (GPIR) (12) by account servers (19) and regional servers (18). A preparation application (1... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398271 | Using network traffic logs for search enhancement A method and apparatus for using network traffic logs for search enhancement is disclosed. According to one embodiment, network usage is tracked by generating log files. These log files among other things indicate the frequency web pages are referenced and modified.... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395257 | Automated method and system to calculate the surface distance between two geographical locations, and to filter a data set based on the calculation A method and apparatus for calculating the surface distance between two geographical locations are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, values are stored in a square look-up table for determining the square of a value. Also, values are stored... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7395497 | System and methods for processing large datasets In a storage area network (SAN) management application, large data sets tend to produce unwieldy results upon display attempts. A mechanism for gathering and organizing a large data set into an ordered set of output display entries which does not require main memory... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392250 | Discovering interestingness in faceted search Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to enhanced faceted search support for OLAP queries over unstructured text as well as structured dimensions by the dynamic and automatic discovery of dimensions that are determined to be most “interesting” to... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392246 | Method for implementing access control for queries to a content management system A method to generate an SQL sub-expression that implement access control rules stored in a library server. The SQL sub-expression is then merged with the SQL passed from an application program interface (API). The access control checking mechanism is implemented on ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392251 | Device and method for comparing digital text documents The invention relates to a method for comparing and analysing digital documents. The present invention is founded on the basic principle of searching for unambiguous roots in both documents. These roots are units which occur in both documents and in each case are un... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389447 | User interface for an event monitor A user interface for an event monitor that monitors a data stream receives an event message having at least one level of categorization, adds the event message to a log file, produces an alert status corresponding to a value of a component of the at least one level ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389290 | System and method for scoring new messages based on previous responses within a system for harvesting community knowledge A system and method for privacy-preserving knowledge management is disclosed. The method of the present invention discloses: generating a client computer profile from a set of data items on a client computer; generating a set of message response profiles from a corr... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386599 | Methods and apparatuses for searching both external public documents and internal private documents in response to single search request Methods and apparatuses for both public documents and private documents in response to a single search request are disclosed. Public documents are electronic documents that are made available to large groups of people in by the publisher of the document. An example ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383262 | Ranking database query results using probabilistic models from information retrieval A system and methods rank results of database queries. An automated approach for ranking database query results is disclosed that leverages data and workload statistics and associations. Ranking functions are based upon the principles of probabilistic models from In... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7383261 | Reference database and method for determining spectra using measurements from an LED color sensor, and method of generating a reference database To determine spectra, integrated multiple illuminant measurements from a non-fully illuminant populated color sensor may be converted into a fully populated spectral curve using a reference database. The reference database is partitioned into a plurality of clusters... | 06/03/2008 |
