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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6823338 | Method, mechanism and computer program product for processing sparse hierarchical ACL data in a relational database A method for securing and processing sparse access control list (ACL) data in a relational database used as a backing store for a hierarchical-based directory service. The sparse ACL data is secured in a plurality of tables. An owner table stores data objects with e... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6754666 | Efficient storage and access in a database management system The present invention provides for storage of data items with dissimilar structures in a single database table while minimizing the problems associated with prior approaches. In one aspect of the invention, a method of efficiently storing data items in a database ma... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6751613 | Multimedia data keyword management method and keyword data structure A multimedia data keyword management method and a keyword data structure which can be applied to a search system is disclosed. According to the present invention, the search system includes a data table having a plurality of multimedia objects mapped with one or mor... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6738754 | Apparatus and method for directing internet users to health care information A method of directing a patient to a source of health care information. The method comprises placing on a prescription sheet an address for the Internet web site, identifying an ailment of the patient and ascertaining an ICD or CPT code associated with the ailment. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6728695 | Method and apparatus for making predictions about entities represented in documents A method and apparatus is disclosed for making predictions about entities represented in documents and for information analysis of text documents or the like, from a large number of such documents. Predictive models are executed responsive to variables derived from ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6721764 | Copy on write file system consistency and block usage The present invention provides a method for keeping a file system in a consistent state and for creating read-only copies of a file system. Changes to the file system are tightly controlled. The file system progresses from one self-consistent state to another self-c... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6721722 | Cool ice data wizard calculation service An apparatus for and method of utilizing an internet terminal coupled to the world wide web to request calculations on an existing proprietary data base management system having a dialog-based request format. The user fills in and transmits an HTML form defining the... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718334 | Computer implemented document and image management system An improved document and image management system (“DIM system”) is provided for use by a digital computer in combination with a video display or other suitable output means to provide an system that operates, preferably, under the Microsoft Windows® shell envir... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6691112 | Method for indexing and managing a searchable community of non-HTML information A method for indexing and managing a searchable community of non-HTML information. The method utilizes an electronic search engine which indexes data files used by sites created by website generation software. The indexing process of the search engine ind... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687707 | Unique object identification in a network of computing systems Each network of data processing systems within a system of networks is assigned a unique network identifier when connected to the system. Each data processing system within a given network is assigned a unique host system identifier when the data processi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684208 | System and method for quantifying an extent to which a data mining algorithm captures useful information in input data A system and method for estimating the point of diminishing returns for additional information in data mining processing applications. The present invention provides a convenient method of estimating the extent to which a data mining algorithm captures us... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675161 | Managing changes to a directory of electronic documents A method and apparatus are provided for managing changes to a directory of electronic documents. A custom directory is created and stored based on the contents of a master directory. The master directory comprises a taxonomy of categories. A plurality of ... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6662180 | Method for searching in large databases of automatically recognized text A method for searching for a query word in a database of automatically recognized text generated, for example by an optical character recognition (OCR) system or a speech recognition (SR) system finds entries that most closely match the query word. The da... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6640224 | System and method for dynamic index-probe optimizations for high-dimensional similarity search A system and method for optimizing I/O to low-level index access during bulk-routing through a taxonomy to classify documents, e.g., Web pages, in the taxonomy. In a first optimization, bulk-routing is regarded as a generalized join operation in a relatio... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6633873 | Distributed data retrieval system including mechanism for predicting an amount of response data When a predetermined number of pieces of data are retrieved, a retrieving process is performed first on a local database 7 in a LAN 1, and a response counter 8 counts the number of pieces of response data accumulated in a response accumulation device 9. W... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6629096 | System and method for performing a mindflow process A system for performing a mindflow process includes a memory coupled to a processor. The memory stores a number of knowledge modules. Each knowledge module comprises a process having a number of subprocesses. The processor stores a knowledge item generate... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6625592 | System and method for hash scanning of shared memory interfaces A system, method, and data structure are delineated for use in data storage and retrieval. An array of records stored in shared memory contains data entries, and associated hash codes computed from a predetermined hash function. A search request, consisti... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6625590 | Command line interface for reducing user input in a network management device A command line interface for a network management platform includes a parser that parses and validates inputs entered at a command line, a command processor that, responsive to validation of a command, causes an operation specified by the command to be pe... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6615210 | Bit stream ternary match scheme The method for providing a "Don't Care" bit to improve the speed of information matching in a digital information processing system. After the match information is input, it will be divided into multiple sub-bit-streams and then input to a correspondent s... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6606630 | Data structure and method for tracking network topology in a fiber channel port driver A network topology data structure resides in a memory system and is representative of topology of a fiber-channel network. The data structure has at least one device record with pointers for linking device records into a device list, information about a d... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6594650 | File management system and its method and storage medium A document management system having enhanced operability so that a plurality of documents can be processed at a time by integrating a search operation, an image recording operation, and an index input operation. In the document management system of the pr... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591262 | Collaborative workload management incorporating work unit attributes in resource allocation A collaborative workload management system comprises a workload scheduler cooperable with a schedule to submit work units for processing on a computer system according to the schedule; and a workload manager adapted to monitor work units being submitted f... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6578053 | Document management system and document management method applied thereto A document management system records an operation history associated with an electronic document. When output of a document is instructed, it is determined whether an output history associated with the document exists in the recorded operation history. Wh... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6560614 | Nonintrusive update of files Updating a file which is currently open is accomplished by allowing current users to continue accessing the original file while redirecting new users to an updated version. When user activity permits, the updated version is substituted for the original fi... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6539376 | System and method for the automatic mining of new relationships An automatic mining system that identifies a set of relevant terms from a large text database of unstructured information, such as the World Wide Web with a high degree of confidence. The automatic mining system includes a software program that enables th... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6539378 | Method for creating an information closure model According to the invention, a method is provided for forming an information closure of a plurality of rows in a listing stack built by a wrapper program for accessing semistructured information. This method includes removing a first row from the listing s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6535883 | System and method for creating validation rules used to confirm input data A graphical user interface is provided for creating a set of validation rules. A form is represented in a tree structure with nodes representing fields to be filled out in the form. Rules are added to the fields using a dialog box and are represented as s... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6529902 | Method and system for off-line detection of textual topical changes and topic identification via likelihood based methods for improved language modeling A system (and method) for off-line detection of textual topical changes includes at least one central processing unit (CPU), at least one memory coupled to the at least one CPU, a network connectable to the at least one CPU, and a database, stored on the ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6519590 | System and method for performing a mindflow process using a mindflow document archive A system for retrieving documents includes a memory coupled to a processor. The memory stores a number of documents, each document comprising a number of first answers to a first group of questions and a number of second answers to a second group of quest... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6516318 | Management system and terminal apparatus to manage and control distribution and use of software and the like A management system for software data in a system in which software data that is transmitted from a management center through a predetermined transmitting system can be used at a terminal. The management center transmits the software data and regulation d... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6510430 | Diagnosis and interpretation methods and apparatus for a personal nutrition program The present invention relates to a method for developing an ingestible formula through a network that operates according to a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). A plurality of first statements inviting a plurality of first responses are received at a cli... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505202 | Apparatus and methods for finding information that satisfies a profile and producing output therefrom A system for evaluating information. The system defines a set of properties and one or more values for each property and then assigns property-value combinations to items of information and to profiles. Information is then evaluated by determining how the... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6480843 | Supporting web-query expansion efficiently using multi-granularity indexing and query processing A method and apparatus for efficient query expansion using reduced size indices and for progressive query processing. Queries are expanded conceptually, using semantically similar and syntactically related words to those specified by the user in the query... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6477546 | System and method for providing a transaction log Recording transactions using a chronological list superimposed on an indexed list. A transaction log of transaction entries is maintained as a chronological list superimposed on an indexed list. Preferably, each transaction entry includes a transaction de... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6466950 | UPDATE LOG MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND AN UPDATE LOG MANAGEMENT METHOD DECREASING THE DATA AMOUNT OF TRANSMITTING AND THE UPDATE LOG AMOUNT OF HOLDING BASED ON THE RESULT OF COMPARING THE AMOUNT OF THE UPDATE LOG WITH THE AMOUNT OF THE UPDATED DATA PLUS THE LOG APPLIED INFORMATION In the data sharing system which maintains the identical data among the all terminals, the update log of the updated data is deleted as early as possible. This way, the amount of data of the update logs to be recorded in a terminal can be made small. Inst... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6463432 | Apparatus for and method of retrieving images In order to retrieve images similar to a key image out of objective images, feature values of the key image and feature values of each objective image are obtained. On the basis of the feature values of the key image, weighting factors corresponding to ty... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453317 | Customer information storage and delivery system A system and corresponding method for storing and delivering customer information. The system and method include and involve a data storage system for storing customer information including contact information, network addressing information, and engineer... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6453315 | Meaning-based information organization and retrieval The present invention relies on the idea of a meaning-based search, allowing users to locate information that is close in meaning to the concepts they are searching. A semantic space is created by a lexicon of concepts and relations between concepts. A qu... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6449621 | Privacy data escrow system and method The privacy data escrow system (10) includes at least one data provider (12) having a plurality of privacy data records of a plurality of persons. Each privacy data record is associated with a unique person identifier of a person, and each of the at least... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6434544 | Stand-alone cartridge-style data aggregation server providing data aggregation for OLAP analyses An improved method of and apparatus for aggregating data elements in multidimensional databases (MDDB) realized in the form of a high-performance stand-alone (i.e. external) aggregation server which can be plugged-into conventional OLAP systems to achieve... | 08/13/2002 |
