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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7664758 | Integrated database system and method for accessing a plurality of databases An integrated database system comprises a plurality of database systems connected to one another through a network, each of the plurality of database systems managing its own stored data independently of the other database systems and accessing the stored data in ac... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7576544 | Electric quantity indicator for an electromotive vehicle An electric quantity indicator for an electromotive vehicle comprises an electric measuring wire parallel connected to a battery; a feedback circuit connected between a motor of the power supply load and the electric measuring wire; and a meter responsed to the quan... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7215131 | Segmented contactor A method of fabricating a large area, multi-element contactor. A segmented contactor is provided for testing semiconductor devices on a wafer that comprises a plurality of contactor units mounted to a substrate. The contactor units are formed, tested, and assembled ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7181454 | Asset locator A method and system for locating assets is disclosed that provides the capability for the gathering of information about assets contained in data repositories and the capturing of the gathered information in a database which can be used for the conducting of subsequ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7173443 | Semiconductor test system A mixed signal test system for testing a semiconductor device having both an analog function and a digital function achieves improved resolution and low cost. The test system is formed of a functional test unit for testing a digital function of a device under test (... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7113944 | Relevance maximizing, iteration minimizing, relevance-feedback, content-based image retrieval (CBIR). An implementation of a technology, described herein, for relevance-feedback, content-based facilitating accurate and efficient image retrieval minimizes the number of iterations for user feedback regarding the semantic relevance of exemplary images while maximizing ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7113957 | Row hash match scan join using summary contexts for a partitioned database system A method, computer system, and computer program are claimed for selecting rows from first and second tables each having rows containing values in columns. In at least the first table, the rows are divided into partitions at least one of which is populated by one or ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7099884 | System and method for data compression and decompression A data compressor is provided which performs substitution-based data encoding. The compressor identifies repetitive data of an input file and writes meta-data representative of the repetitive data to a first buffer using a triple structure. The triple structure incl... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7092952 | Method for grouping computer subscribers by common preferences to establish non-intimate relationships A method for grouping computer subscribers by common preferences to establish non-intimate relationships. The method of the present invention provides a subscriber access to a computerized database having stored non-intimate profile information from fellow subscribe... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085757 | Abstract data linking and joining interface A method, apparatus and article of manufacture provide a user interface allowing user selection and arrangement of result fields selected, in one embodiment, from a logical model. In one embodiment, the user interface is a graphical user interface and comprises inpu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076492 | General business report generation A system and method for generating a report by a reporting tool of the Systems Applications and Products (SAP) online financial software. An SAP-readable Aspect file is generated and transmitted to the SAP system where the Aspect file may be queried for generating t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7065515 | System and method for electronically managing composite documents A system and method for electronically managing composite documents including a repository of electronically stored individual documents, where a subset of the individual documents are associated with other individual documents to form composite documents. A search ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062509 | System and method for product data standardization A computer system is provided for generating standardized product data. The computer system includes a database which maintains data for a plurality of known products, each known product associated with a respective standardized product code. A processing facility, ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058666 | Automatic database monitoring system A system for automatically monitoring database jobs in simple or complex networking environments to ensure that they run successfully. Failed database jobs are examined, corrected if possible, and re-executed. Database administrators are immediately notified of reoc... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058661 | System and method for electronically managing discovery pleading information A system and method for electronically managing discovery pleading information in which a user having an instant discovery request can search a repository to access prior discovery requests and corresponding responses to aid in formulating a response to the instant ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054853 | Methods and system for efficient association traversals Methods and systems are provided for performing efficient association traversal operations in a Common Information Model (CIM) implemented environment. A CIM Object Manager creates and defines instance objects and corresponding association objects in a repository. T... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7047247 | Method for encoding and decoding objects with reference to a road network In methods for encoding and decoding objects with reference to a traffic route network, wherein the encoded information can also be decoded with the aid of databases that differ from a database used in the encoding, the objects are provided with relationships to at ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047236 | Method for automatic deduction of rules for matching content to categories Accordingly, the invention is a method for automatic deduction of rules for matching document content to a category within a strange taxonomy, which allows the document to be automatically classified into a proper category for storage in that strange taxonomy. The m... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043473 | Media tracking system and method A method for identifying a media file transmitted over a network includes creating a plurality of known media file identifiers, each for a respective one of a plurality of known media files, using an identifier generating algorithm, storing the known media file iden... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043506 | Utility-based archiving A system and associated methodology is provided that is adapted to infer what to do with an item, and more particularly whether to archive and/or keep active an item in a more active, easy-to-access store based upon a cost-benefit analysis. The cost-benefit analysis... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039653 | Computer-based method and system for guiding a purchaser to select an appliance and a venting arrangement suitable for the appliance Computer-based method and system for providing guidance to a purchaser for selecting an appliance that generally requires venting are provided. The guidance includes recommendations regarding a venting arrangement for the appliance. The method allows providing a dat... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035853 | Document management method and document management device Editing contents for the editing-object document selected from the plural documents that are inputted from the terminal devices connected to the network and that can be owned jointly via the network and corresponding message sentences for the editing contents are re... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035856 | System and method for tracking and routing shipped items A method and system for shipping items. A server is configured to send out requests for quotes to a number of regional shipping companies using a network. The server receives responses from the network and selects a route based on the responses. The route may includ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024407 | Word sense disambiguation Systems and methods for word sense disambiguation, including discerning one or more senses or occurrences, distinguishing between senses or occurrences, and determining a meaning for a sense or occurrence of a subject term. In a collection of documents containing te... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020658 | Data file management system and method for browsers A data file management system for web browsers includes a program configured to search data files upon an activation of an event. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020649 | System and method for incrementally maintaining non-distributive aggregate functions in a relational database A system for incrementally maintaining non-distributive aggregate functions in a relational database includes a data storage device in which a relational database is stored. A processor communicates with the data storage device and includes a database maintenance mo... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013308 | Knowledge storage and retrieval system and method A system and method for representing, storing and retrieving real-world knowledge on a computer or network of computers is disclosed. Knowledge is broken down into permanent atomic “facts” which can be stored in a standard relational database and processed very ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7007018 | Business vocabulary data storage using multiple inter-related hierarchies Techniques for responding to a request for data from a server operated by an entity or enterprise on a network include generating and storing a first concept in association with a first relationship of a first relationship type, which relates concepts in a first cat... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003533 | File management method, content recording/playback apparatus and content recording program A package management information recording section 131 creates and records on a recording medium 120 package management information for managing packages recorded on the recording medium 120. A content file recording section 132 records o... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6990477 | Method, system, and program for implementing scrollable cursors in a distributed database system Provided is a method, system, and program for accessing data in a distributed database environment. A client program receives multiple requests for data from a database object satisfying specified search predicates from an application program. Each request includes ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6990497 | Dynamic streaming media management The described subject matter provides for managing and streaming media content. A server/client component accesses a first playlist that is in a native data format. A translator component translates the first playlist into a canonical data format, forming a second p... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6990478 | Data management application programming interface for a parallel file system In a cluster of computing nodes having shared access to one or more volumes of data storage using a parallel file system, a method for managing the data storage includes initiating a session of a data management application on a first one of the nodes, while running... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6988100 | Method and system for extending the performance of a web crawler A proxy engine (108), in communication with a web crawler (100), extends the performance of the web crawler (100) by modifying hyperlink requests and creating synthetic hyperlink requests from data received from a web site (104). The prox... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983269 | Apparatus for indirect directory searches and method therefor A system and method for performing an indirect directory search is implemented. In the indirect search, entry attributes that reference other objects may selectively be searched. An attribute syntax for a distinguished name (DN) which is a reference is defined. If a... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980997 | System and method providing inlined stub A system and method is provided to facilitate communications between object systems. A caller is provided having optimized in-lined functionality when initiating a remote function call between managed and unmanaged object systems, for example. The in-lined functiona... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978281 | Versioned project data Systems, clients, servers, methods, and computer-readable media of varying scope are described that maintain versions of data related to projects. Included in the system is a visual interface, a source repository and a project database. The source repository maintai... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6976016 | Maximizing expected generalization for learning complex query concepts A method of learning user query concept for searching visual images encoded in computer readable storage media comprising: providing a multiplicity of sample images encoded in a computer readable medium; providing a multiplicity of sample expressions that correspond... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970890 | Method and apparatus for data recovery A method for recovering data in a storage device is provided in which information related to a first data structure is defined with a plurality of copies of a second data structure and the information related to the first data structure is rebuilt using the pluralit... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965904 | Query Service for electronic documents archived in a multi-dimensional storage space A method and computer program product for locating data in a system including a plurality of archive units, and answering a query directed to an archive unit. Locating includes broadcasting a query to all the archive units; identifying a set of the archive units tha... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6954756 | Method and system for detecting deviations in data tables A method and system for automatically detecting deviations in a data table comprising a multitude of records and a multitude of columns. A column of the data table is selected as a classification column and a classification tree is calculated with respect to the cla... | 10/11/2005 |
