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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7333963 | Cognitive memory and auto-associative neural network based search engine for computer and network located images and photographs Designs for cognitive memory systems storing input data, images, or patterns, and retrieving it without knowledge of where stored when cognitive memory is prompted by query pattern that is related to sought stored pattern. Retrieval system of cognitive memory uses a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7246102 | Method of improving the lookup performance of three-type knowledge base searches A decision tree, representing a knowledge base, is segmented into at least two decision tree portions. The lower portion includes the tree entry point and is stored in a memory element with a faster access time than the upper portion, which includes the terminating ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7194444 | Goal based flow of a control presentation system A system is disclosed that provides a goal based learning system utilizing a rule based expert training system to provide a cognitive educational experience. The system provides the user with a simulated environment that presents a business opportunity to understand... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7016858 | Integrated supplier secondary characteristic reporting method Within a method for monitoring for a business a secondary characteristic of a supplier which supplies the business, there is first provided a reporting database resident within a computer. The reporting database has a minimum of one field coded for a secondary chara... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6968301 | Method for analysis of biological systems A method of analyzing an evolution of a biological system comprising the steps of determining a series of variables upon which a state of the biological system depends, mapping the variables to an n-dimensional space, and wherein the evolution of the biological syst... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6865517 | Aggregation of sensory data for distributed decision-making A method, apparatus and computer product that enables a processor associated with a node in a computer system having various nodes, the nodes having sensors which provide data, and the nodes being connected by a communications facility acquiring local data from the ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6636843 | System and method for grating profile classification Grating profile data is classified using a cluster generator to generate a plurality of clusters of grating profile data points from a data space containing grating profile data points. The cluster generator associates profile shape data to each cluster, ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6236978 | System and method for dynamic profiling of users in one-to-one applications A system and method for generating a user profile for a user based on a static profile and a dynamic profile of the user. The static profile includes factual user information. The dynamic profile includes dynamic rules which correspond to transactional in... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6173275 | Representation and retrieval of images using context vectors derived from image information elements Image features are generated by performing wavelet transformations at sample points on images stored in electronic form. Multiple wavelet transformations at a point are combined to form an image feature vector. A prototypical set of feature vectors, or at... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6108648 | Optimizer with neural network estimator A computer operated apparatus estimates values needed by an optimizer in a database management system (DBMS). The DBMS has one or more tables for storing data, each table having zero or more columns of user-definable data types and zero or more associated... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6064968 | Systems, methods and computer program products for identifying unique and common legal requirements for a regulated activity among multiple legal jurisdictions Systems, methods and computer program products facilitate user compliance with laws that pertain to a regulated activity in each of a plurality of legal jurisdictions. A user selects, via a user interface in communication with a data processing system, a ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6044375 | Automatic extraction of metadata using a neural network A method of automatically extracting metadata from a document. The method of the invention provides a computer readable document that includes blocks comprised of words, an authority list that includes common uses of a set of words, and a neural network t... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6041182 | Automatic invocation of computational resources without user intervention A system is described for automatically invoking computational resources without intervention or request from a user of the system. In the system a query-free information retrieval system is described in which the exact technical documentation contained i... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5966533 | Method and system for dynamically synthesizing a computer program by differentially resolving atoms based on user context data A method and system for dynamically synthesizing a computer program based on user context data is provided. In accordance with the invention, a request is received to generate a computer program for an identified user. In response, an incomplete definitio... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5790761 | Method and apparatus for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer A process is set forth in which cancer of the colon is assessed in a patient. The probabilities of developing cancer involves the initial step of extracting a set of sample body fluids from the patient. Fluids can be evaluated to determine certain marker ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5761388 | Fuzzy thesaurus generator There is provided by the present invention a database of cases in which index-labeled case data is accumulated, an index appearance matrix generator for generating an index appearance matrix as a target according to a first index from the case data an ind... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5752061 | Arrangement of data processing system having plural arithmetic logic circuits A data processing apparatus is provided which includes an instruction decoder, an input circuit, an input selecting circuit, a plurality of arithmetic logic circuits, an output selecting circuit, and an output circuit. The input circuit receives input dat... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5701466 | Apparatus and method for end user queries An end user query technology is taught which is capable of automatically understanding the database model and guiding the user to scout for the desired information, thereby increasing productivity and ease of information access. The user is freed from the... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694590 | Apparatus and method for the detection of security violations in multilevel secure databases A tool for assisting an operator to detect security violations in a multilevel secure database. The database stores data classified at a plurality of security levels, where the different users of the database are cleared to different security levels and a... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5675710 | Method and apparatus for training a text classifier A method and apparatus for training a text classifier is disclosed. A supervised learning system and an annotation system are operated cooperatively to produce a classification vector which can be used to classify documents with respect to a defined class... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5613110 | Indexing method and apparatus facilitating a binary search of digital data An ordered index file is created for archived report data wherein each index file contains a series of 4-byte offsets into the report data. Each offset points to a field within a row of the report data from archival storage. Upon later retrieval from the ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5583966 | Fuzzy retrieval apparatus and method The present invention provides an apparatus and method in which it is possible to set information retrieval conditions wherein the user's intention in performing retrieval is reflected satisfactorily, and in which fuzzy retrieval can be performed in accor... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5584024 | Interactive database query system and method for prohibiting the selection of semantically incorrect query parameters A database query system includes a query assistant that permits the user to enter only queries that are both syntactically and semantically valid (and that can be processed by an SQL generator to produce semantically valid SQL). Through the use of dialog ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5550746 | Method and apparatus for storing and selectively retrieving product data by correlating customer selection criteria with optimum product designs based on embedded expert judgments A machine and method are provided for selecting product or service design, such as a social expression product. The machine and method each (i) stores a plurality of product or service designs and a plurality of descriptors for each of the plurality of pr... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5546578 | Data base retrieval system utilizing stored vicinity feature values A data base retrieval system includes a memory for storing vicinity feature values of data records as search (or retrieval) objects of the data records. The vicinity feature values indicate a correspondence between data characters of the data records whic... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5535382 | Document retrieval system involving ranking of documents in accordance with a degree to which the documents fulfill a retrieval condition corresponding to a user entry A document retrieval system retrieves one or a plurality of registered documents from a document database responsive to retrieval conditions designated by a user. The document retrieval system includes a query converter for converting the retrieval condit... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5504890 | System for data sharing among independently-operating information-gathering entities with individualized conflict resolution rules A system is provided for sharing data among cooperating but independently-operating data-gathering contributors. Each contributor maintains a database with information therein which pertains to monitored entities. The information is arranged in data field... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5487132 | End user query facility An end user query technology is taught which is capable of automatically understanding the database model and guiding the user to scout for the desired information, thereby increasing productivity and ease of information access. The user is freed from the... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5471677 | Data retrieval using user evaluation of data presented to construct interference rules and calculate range of inputs needed for desired output and to formulate retrieval queries A data retrieval apparatus capable of performing a high-speed data retrieval action in accordance with the subjective criteria of the user, e.g. human concepts of "convenient" and "proper", even if the amount of data stored in a database is large. The dat... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5450580 | Data base retrieval system utilizing stored vicinity feature valves A data base retrieval system includes a memory for storing vicinity feature values of data records as search (or retrieval) objects of the data records. The vicinity feature values indicate a correspondence between data characters of the data records whic... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5432928 | Updating objects stored in a permanent container while preserving logical contiguity A computer system and method for updating an object stored in a container. A container stored on a storage device includes a plurality of objects being ordered from a first object to a last object. One of the objects in the container is selected for updat... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5428777 | Automatic index for yearbooks with spell checking capabilities An automatic indexing generation program generates an index from the text of a yearbook. Index entries are delineated using predetermined characters, such as brackets. A proof list is generated from the text and the proof list is edited as desired. The ed... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5423032 | Method for extracting multi-word technical terms from text A method and apparatus for extracting multi-word technical terms from a text file in a computer system. Word strings are selected from the text that have at least two words, that have at most a specified maximum number of words, that include none of a spe... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5414797 | Clustering fuzzy expected value system A system provides a tool for computing the most typical fuzzy expected value of a membership function in a fuzzy set. The clustering fuzzy expected value system is used in a question answering system. CFEV is computed by the tool is based on grouping of i... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5404506 | Knowledge based information retrieval system An information retrieval system with good human-interface methods to give the system ease-of-use having two distinctive features with the first being visual interface and the second being natural language interpretation. The visual interface provides for ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5404510 | Database index design based upon request importance and the reuse and modification of similar existing indexes Design of indexes in a relational database management system is based on a workload analysis of all requests in a system. Each request is assigned a value of importance, and requests are broken into expressions, contexts and columns to facilitate identifi... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5400436 | Information retrieval system An information retrieval system retrieves stored information on the basis of incomplete or noisy retrieval key information within a realistic processing time. The information to be recalled is stored in neural network associative memory. Genetic algorithm... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5388259 | System for accessing a database with an iterated fuzzy query notified by retrieval response A method and system are disclosed for evaluating imprecise database queries. At the time the imprecise query is executed, a membership function, representing the imprecise criteria of the query, is applied to entries of the databases. Data items are then ... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5386556 | Natural language analyzing apparatus and method A natural language (NL) analyzing system is provided with the capability to analyze NL expressions and to resolve ambiguities and present them to the user for verification of correct interpretation. A conceptual model of the system, relevant to the applic... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5384894 | Fuzzy reasoning database question answering system A system provides question answering based on fuzzy logic. The proposed system provides the capability to assess if a database contains information pertinent to a subject of interest by evaluating each comment in the database via a fuzzy evaluator which a... | 01/24/1995 |
