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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6397217 | Hierarchical caching techniques for efficient dynamic page generation A system for implementing a distributed electronic publishing environment with dynamic content. With this approach, the design of the page and content of the page remain separate, and yet automatic page generation may make use of caching techniques which ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393440 | Data structure for keeping track of objects remaining to be traced by concurrent garbage collector A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for performing operations among a reader thread and two or more writer threads. The method includes the following ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6385613 | Resource management using resource domains A method and apparatus for managing access to resources is provided. When a process requires access to a resource, the process requests a lock on the resource from a lock manager unit that resides on the same node as the process. If a resource object for ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6377948 | Directory access method A network system includes a directory server having a database for storing directory information, and at least one client connected to the directory server through a network. The client issues statements for defining a transaction. The directory server in... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6345268 | Method and system for resolving temporal descriptors of data records in a computer system A computer system for use in hospitals and the like to automate the referencing, locating, and retrieving of data records according to temporal descriptors. The temporal descriptors identify the date and time of creation of data records sought to be retri... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343290 | Geographic network management system A geographic network management system (GNMS) comprises a web server, a database server, and a map server. A user browser connected to the GNMS transmits a search criteria to the web server. The web server transmits the search criteria to the map server. ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6324538 | Automated on-line information service and directory, particularly for the world wide web A computer network and a database are used to provide a hardware-independent, dynamic information system in which the information content is entirely user-controlled. Requests are received from individual users of the computer network to electronically pu... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6321238 | Hybrid shared nothing/shared disk database system A database or some portion thereof is partitioned into ownership groups. Each ownership group is assigned one or more database servers as owners of the ownership group. The database servers that are assigned as owners of an ownership group are treated as ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6314420 | Collaborative/adaptive search engine A search engine system is provided for a portal site on the internet. The search engine system employs a regular search engine to make one-shot or demand searches for information entities which provide at least threshold matches to user queries. The searc... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6311187 | Propogating updates efficiently in hierarchically structured data under a push model One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that efficiently propagates changes in hierarchically organized data to remotely cached copies of the data. The system operates by receiving changes to the data located on the server, and applying ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6308171 | Method and system for automated data storage and retrieval An apparatus and method for linking a keyword phrase in a first record to a second record referenced by the keyword phrase including receiving the keyword phrase, identifying the second record and rendering the second record accessible and an apparatus an... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6308175 | Integrated collaborative/content-based filter structure employing selectively shared, content-based profile data to evaluate information entities in a massive information network An information processing system employs an integrated collaborative/content-based information filter structure to find network informons relevant to information desired by an individual user. The filter structure includes a three-level content-based filt... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6298350 | Method for automatic processing of information materials for customised use Inventions relating to the field of information technologies provide an appropriate account of "user's profile", i.e. user's information need, and supply a user with data about the content of the whole complex of processed information materials in a integ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6298348 | Consumer profiling system A consumer profiling system is presented in which consumer profiles are formed and updated based on their purchases. The consumer profiles contain both demographic data and product preferences. Purchase records are transmitted to the consumer profiling sy... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6295538 | Method and apparatus for creating metadata streams with embedded device information A method and apparatus in a data processing system for generating a metadata stream. A request is received to render an object. A determination is made as to whether a device hint associated with the object is present. The object is placed in the metadata... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6292797 | Method for determining actionable patterns in a database A user specifies a hierarchical action tree via user input device and user interface element. The action tree is arranged in a tree of file directories, with each node of the tree corresponding to a file directory (or path). The user then specifies classe... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6289343 | Apparatus and method for performing semantic concurrency control in dispatching client requests within a server in a client/server computer system An apparatus for dispatching client requests for execution by a server object in a heterogeneous object-oriented client/server computing environment, the apparatus has: a request-holding buffer having an input connected to a communications channel which c... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6289351 | Method and device for detecting presence or absence of validity in data needed to be updated In a data providing method and device thereof for providing data in a simple manner at a highly efficient transmission rate, first data of a configuration where information relating to a valid period of data is added to the data is made and provided, with... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6286004 | Distributed type of database system, consistency managing method for the same, and a computer-readable recording medium with a program for making a computer execute each step of the method stored therein A distributed type of database system according to the present invention comprises a communication line for transmitting, when a transaction is generated in any of a plurality of DB sites, a request message for requesting permission of updating from the D... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282543 | Database search and display method and database search system A push type information providing service on the Internet. When information arranged on a time axis and retrieved is output time to time, the information is output/displayed in sequence on the time axis along a scenario described with position information... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6279001 | Web service A system for serving web pages manages a plurality of web servers. The system provides an operator with features and tools to coordinate the operation of the multiple web servers. The system can manage traffic by directing web page requests to available w... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6278989 | Histogram construction using adaptive random sampling with cross-validation for database systems Using adaptive random sampling with cross-validation helps determine when enough data of a database has been sampled to construct histograms on one or more columns of one or more tables of the database within a desired or predetermined degree of accuracy.... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6279006 | Structured data management system and computer-readable recording medium storing structured data management program A structured data management system capable of easily changing the definition of a logical structure and controlling semantics described in data adapted to the defined structure as intended by persons who have defined the logical structure. A contents mod... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6275820 | System and method for integrating search results from heterogeneous information resources A system and method for relative ranking and contextual summarization of search hits from multiple distributed, heterogeneous information resources based upon the original content of each hit is disclosed. In particular, the system and method of the prese... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269357 | Information processing system, apparatus, method and recording medium for controlling same To shorten the time required to transfer image data from a first information processing apparatus (e.g., an electronic camera) to a second information processing apparatus (e.g., a personal computer) the first information processing apparatus reduces the ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6266659 | Skills database management system and method A computer-based on-line skills/resume management system, the system has: (a) a relational database having a plurality of fields wherein a portion of the fields are arranged in a hierarchical relationship; (b) database population mechanism for populating ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6266679 | Method and apparatus for hierarchical storage of data for efficient archiving and retrieval of data The present invention provides for a method and an apparatus for archiving and retrieving data. At least one top-level directory is created to store files. A file-location database is created to track stored files in the top level directory. Files from a ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6256636 | Object server for a digital library system A digital library is comprised of a library server and at least one object server. The library server stores tables describing the digital library. An object server stores objects referenced by the tables describing the digital library. An application is ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6256633 | Context-based and user-profile driven information retrieval A user is enabled to navigate through an electronic data base in a personalized manner. A context is created based on a profile of the user, the profile being at least partly formed in advance. Candidate data is selected from the data base under control o... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6253201 | Scalable solution for image retrieval The invention is a method and apparatus for determining similarity between images based upon a count of the number of similar characterizations of the images. To provide for efficiency in the comparison process, indexed lists of image identifiers are main... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6247014 | Method and apparatus for performing hash lookups using valid bit tables with pointers A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for hash lookups using valid bit tables with pointers. A key is compressed by hashing the key using a hash function. The hash key is used as a valid bit index into the valid bit table. A first pointer associ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243706 | System and method for managing the creation and production of computer generated works A system and method for managing the creation and production of computer generated works permits two or more users to create a work by a collaborative process. The work, or a component of a work, to be created and/or produced is organised into a project s... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6243698 | Extensible database retrieval and viewing architecture One embodiment of the invention includes an architecture for extending the data requesting and data viewing capabilities of a database system. Data from the database is requested and viewed using a plan. The plan defines the steps to perform to request an... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6240413 | Fine-grained consistency mechanism for optimistic concurrency control using lock groups A method and system for database concurrency control is provided that allows lock groups to contain columns of different tables and allows an individual column of a table to be in more than one lock group. While using optimistic concurrency control for mo... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6240417 | Integration of legacy database management systems with ODBC-compliant application programs A database integrator is provided to an application program that utilizes the ODBC interface so as to enable the application program to access the data in a legacy DBMS. The application program ("the client program") is located on a workstation, and the l... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6240427 | Method and apparatus for archiving and deleting large data sets The present invention provides for a method of archiving data files. A command to begin archiving is received. An archiving process is initiated in response to said command to begin archiving. An archiving write phase is implemented in response to said in... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6236999 | Duplicated naming service in a distributed processing system A clustered enterprise Java™ distributed processing system is provided. The distributed processing system includes a first and a second computer coupled to a communication medium. The first computer includes a Java™ virtual machine (JVM) and kernel so... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6237006 | Methods for graphically representing web sites and hierarchical node structures A visual Web site analysis program, implemented as a collection of software components, provides a variety of features for facilitating the analysis and management of web sites and Web site content. A mapping component scans a Web site over a network conn... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6236991 | Method and system for providing access for categorized information from online internet and intranet sources A system for collecting, categorizing and searching metadata about content provided on the internet and/or intranet for delivery in accordance with customized user profiles. The system collects internet information and categorizes same for provision at a ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6233588 | System for security access control in multiple regions A system for controlling access in multiple regions is provided in which each region comprises one or more sites having building areas to which access is controlled. The system includes multiple regional databases, where each regional database is associat... | 05/15/2001 |
