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7353220 Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for dynamic assignment retrieval  
Memory-efficient techniques are disclosed for the dynamic retrieval of assignments concerning, for example, the transportation of goods or information between discrete transportation states (such...
7353235 Content filtering, ordering by relevance, and caching  
There is disclosed a technique for organizing a plurality of content items. In an embodiment, the technique comprises assigning to each content item a content item array or bit string, wherein each...
7353219 Determining validity ranges of query plans based on suboptimality  
“Determining Validity Ranges of Query Plans Based on Suboptimality” A method for approximating a validity range for a domain of cardinalities of input to an optimal query plan is provided. Such...
7353223 Directed graph for distribution of time-constrained data  
In synchronizing data across a database, time-dependent and time-constrained data may be synchronized, using grouping value(s) that may themselves be time-dependent. When a time constraint...
7349894 Method and apparatus for dynamic information connection search engine  
A method and apparatus are provided for a dynamic information connection engine. User actions are detected on at least one client system. In response, a determination is made whether the user is...
7349897 Structured indexes on results of function applications over data  
Indexed views or materialized views are used as a secondary index on a base table with multi-valued attributes. This provides for using the index to search in the nested data. Moreover, indexing is...
7349900 Unified high-performance database connectivity system and method  
The present invention utilizes a comprehensive object oriented software architecture that is flexibly extendible to accommodate numerous features and activities associated database connectivity...
7350187 System and methods for automatically creating lists  
A system automatically creates a list from items in existing lists. The system receives one or more example items corresponding to the list and assigns weights to the items in the existing lists...
7349912 Runtime modification of entries in an identity system  
The present invention is directed to technology for modifying groups or other types of entries after those entries have been created. In one embodiment, the invention includes modifying group...
7346472 Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals  
A method and system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal are disclosed. An abstract of at least one reference signal is generated and stored in a reference database. An abstract of a...
7346490 Method and system for describing and identifying concepts in natural language text for information retrieval and processing  
A method for information retrieval that matches occurrences of concepts in natural language text documents against descriptions of concepts in user queries. Said method, implemented in a computer...
7346612 Method and apparatus for optimizing queries in a logically partitioned computer system  
A database query optimizer for a computer system having dynamically configurable logical partitions generates an optimized query strategy which is dependent on a logical partition configuration....
7346602 Avoiding creation of database statistics  
The invention relates to a method for providing access paths to data within a database, in particular using REBIND for DB2, wherein real time database statistics are determined using a database...
7346609 Streaming XPath algorithm for XPath value index key generation  
A method generates hierarchical path index keys for single and multiple indexes with one scan of a document. Each data node of the document is scanned and matches to query nodes are identified. A...
7346625 Methods and apparatus for performing structural joins for answering containment queries  
Techniques are provided for performing structural joins for answering containment queries. Such inventive techniques may be used to perform efficient structural joins of two interval lists which...
7346601 Efficient evaluation of queries with mining predicates  
A method for evaluating a user query on a database having a mining model that classifies records contained in the database into classes when the query comprises at least one mining predicate that...
7346608 Method and apparatus for query and analysis  
A data handling method combines search capabilities with analytical functionality. The invention provides advantages when dealing with structured documents (such as electronic catalogs, XML...
7346603 System and method for processing event predicates  
Described is a method comprising initializing a first set of bits corresponding to a first plurality of predicate indices to a first value, and initializing a second set of bits corresponding to a...
7343366 Group-By result size estimation  
A method and system for accurately estimating a result size of a Group-By operation in a relational database. The estimate utilizes the probability of union of the columns involved in the...
7343371 Queries-and-responses processing method, queries-and-responses processing program, queries-and-responses processing program recording medium, and queries-and-responses processing apparatus  
A query-and-response processing method for analyzing the intention of a query provided by a user reduces search result information to an amount manageable for the user, sorts out the result...
7343367 Optimizing a database query that returns a predetermined number of rows using a generated optimized access plan  
An apparatus and method to optimize a query access plan in a computer database system. In preferred embodiments, the query optimizer determines the query can be optimized and generates for the...
7343368 Propagation of filter expressions across multi-layered systems  
A method in a data processing system for propagation of filter expressions across multi-layered systems. If a selection criteria expression in a data request received by a first data processing...
7340487 Delayed deletion of extended attributes  
Methods, systems, and products for delayed deletion of extended attributes associated with a file in a file system are provided. Embodiments include identifying a file to delete, moving an extended...
7340448 Method, apparatus, and computer program product for implementing enhanced query governor functions  
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced query governor functions. Query execution includes first checking for a timeout value for a query. Responsive...
7340456 System, apparatus and method for using and managing digital information  
A system, apparatus and method for using, identifying, interacting and managing digital information in a useful and convenient manner. When a digital representation of information is loaded, an...
7340403 Method, system, and computer-readable medium for generating a diverse set of travel options  
A method for generating a diverse list of N travel options Rts from a larger list of travel options Ts, is described. The method includes generating a prioritized ordered list of requirements Rs...
7340402 Generating a diverse set of travel options  
An airline travel planning system is described. The system includes a server computer executing a server process including a search process to search for set of pricing solutions in accordance with...
7337167 Estimating a number of rows returned by a recursive query  
A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, estimate a number of rows that a recursive query will retrieve from a table by recursively probing an index associated...
7337163 Multidimensional database query splitting  
A multi-dimensional database query to be sent to a data source may be split into multiple smaller queries by a mid-tier solution and sent individually to the data source(s) for calculation and...
7337164 Fast search with very large result set  
Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for executing a query on a subset of data, for example, to facilitate a fast search with a very large result set. In one...
7337177 Method and apparatus for information transformation and exchange in a relational database environment  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for transforming hierarchical information into a rowset and for transforming a rowset into hierarchical information. In transforming hierarchical information,...
7333988 Method for constructing and caching a chain of file identifiers and enabling inheritance of resource properties in file systems  
The techniques of the present invention involve constructing and caching a chain of FIDs that represent the directory path to a system resource. Typically a lookupname( ) service returns a handle...
7333966 Systems, methods, and software for hyperlinking names  
Hyperlinking or associating documents to other documents based on the names of people in the documents has become more desirable. Although there is an automated system for installing such...
7333979 Image processing apparatus having web server function  
An image processing apparatus, a method of creating a Web page, an image processing system, an information processing apparatus, and an information processing system are disclosed. The image...
7333115 Image processing apparatus and method thereof  
An image processing apparatus which can reduce overlapping access, does not need a crossbar, can be easily designed, and can reduce an interconnect cost and an interconnect delay and a method of...
7333996 Management of contract data  
A system and method for managing contract data. A contract dataset is received by a decentralized execution system (DES) from a procurement contract management system (PCMS). The contract dataset...
7333974 Queuing model for a plurality of servers  
The current invention provides a system and method for queuing and distributing requests to one or more query servers. The system contains a first tier queue associated with a server based...
7330848 Method and apparatus for generating statistics on query expressions for optimization  
A method and apparatus for creating a statistical representation of a query result that can be performed without executing the underlying query. For a binary-join query, a scan is performed on one...
7330845 System, method and program product for providing navigational information for facilitating navigation and user socialization at web sites  
User socialization with and social visualization of web sites is provided with a mapping data structure representing two or more categories. Each of the categories is divided into subcategories of...
7328204 Process and system for sparse vector and matrix representation of document indexing and retrieval  
A new data structure and algorithms which offer at least equal performance in common sparse matrix tasks, and improved performance in many. This is applied to a word-document index to produce fast...
7327905 Apparatus, method, and program for editing images  
When a photo album is generated of an event such as wedding, images to be inserted in image insertion areas in a template can be selected easily. A professional photographer photographs the bride...
7328210 Attribute rule enforcer for a directory  
An attribute rule enforcer for evaluating the attributes of a call to add, modify, or delete information in a directory, such as a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory. The...
7328206 Extensions for adding and removing calculated members in a multidimensional database  
Systems, clients, servers, methods, and computer-readable media of varying scope are described in which, two extensions for a multidimensional database query language extensions,...
7328208 Method and system for improving a text search  
A method and system for improving text searching is disclosed. The method and system provides a network of document relationship and utilizes the network of document relationships to identify the...
7325201 System and method for manipulating content in a hierarchical data-driven search and navigation system  
A data-driven, hierarchical information search and navigation system and method enable search and navigation of sets of materials by certain common attributes that characterize the materials. A...
7324985 Methods and systems for database statement execution plan optimization  
The methods and systems for database statement execution plan optimization exploit bind variable data available on the network to build and optimize an execution plan for the statement. A system...
7325005 System and method for category discovery  
A system and method for category discovery is disclosed. The method discloses: receiving an information collection including a set of strings; identifying positively predictive pairs of strings;...
7325006 System and method for category organization  
A system and method for category organization is disclosed. The method discloses: receiving an information collection including a set of strings; identifying positively predictive pairs of strings;...
7321889 Authoring and managing personalized searchable link collections  
A computer implemented method, and a carrier medium carrying computer code to implement the method to generate a customized “link collection” of topics and items attached to the topics related...
7321892 Identifying alternative spellings of search strings by analyzing self-corrective searching behaviors of users  
A computer-implemented process identifies useful alternative spellings of search strings submitted to a search engine. The process takes into consideration spelling changes made by users, as...