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7505922 Method and apparatus for utilizing a unique transaction code to update a magazine subscription over the internet  
The present invention disclosed herein comprises a method for completing an electronic commerce transaction over a global communication network initiated between a vendor and a potential consumer....
7502787 Database system facilitating textual searching  
A computer-implemented method for searching for a desired item includes, in response to user input specifying an alphanumeric string associated with a desired item, searching a database that...
7502786 Visual method and apparatus for enhancing search result navigation  
A visual method for enhancing search result navigation, comprising: obtaining a first search result from a search engine; clustering the first search result to get clustering information;...
7502730 Method and apparatus for federated understanding  
A method and apparatus are provided for resolving user input that crosses different application domains to identify a discourse item such as a command or entity. To resolve the input, a discourse...
7502780 Information storage and retrieval  
An information retrieval apparatus for searching a set of information items. The apparatus comprises a mapping processor, a graphical user interface, a user control and a search processor. The...
7502788 Method for retrieving constant values using regular expressions  
Disclosed is a method of retrieving constant values. The method comprises compiling key-value pairs into a unified regular expression, evaluating the unified regular expression against a...
7500260 Motion video indexing mechanism for athlete recruiting architecture  
An athlete recruiting architecture is disclosed. The athlete recruiting system allows a recruiting entity, such as a school, to search for and find athletes that satisfy recruiting entity-specified...
7499910 Detecting and processing cache hits for queries with aggregates  
Techniques to improve query caching performance by efficiently selecting queries stored in a cache for evaluation and increasing the cache hit rate by allowing for inexact matches. A list of...
7499921 Streaming mechanism for efficient searching of a tree relative to a location in the tree  
A system and method for processing documents, comprises steps of: receiving a query comprising search criteria and wherein the criteria comprise a set of constraints that specify forward or...
7499914 Search system using search subdomain and hints to subdomains in search query statements and sponsored results on a subdomain-by-subdomain basis  
A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the...
7496556 UPIKM database system with integrated XML interface  
A UPIKM database system with an integrated XML interface is disclosed. The system is more efficient and returns search requests more rapidly in light of the database structure and interaction. This...
7496693 Wireless enabled speech recognition (SR) portable device including a programmable user trained SR profile for transmission to external SR enabled PC  
A method of interacting with a speech recognition (SR)-enabled personal computer (PC) is provided in which a user SR profile is transferred from a wireless-enabled device to the SR-enabled PC....
7496501 System and method for identifying base noun phrases  
A system and method identify base noun phrases (baseNP) in a linguistic input. A part-of-speech tagger identifies N-best part-of-speech tag sequences corresponding to the linguistic input. A baseNP...
7496569 Database access statement parser  
A method and apparatus for providing uniform infrastructure for accessing relational databases are described. A database access statement issued by a software application is received and parsed to...
7496562 Music data selection apparatus, music data selection method, and information recording medium on which music data selection program is computer-readably recorded  
An on-vehicle electronics device comprises a data determination portion which determines music data matching with a keyword and generates a reproduction list to be used on performing keyword...
7496571 Method for performing information-preserving DTD schema embeddings  
Method for performing information-preserving DTD schema embeddings between a source schema when matching a source schema and a target schema. The preservation is realized by a matching process...
7496568 Efficient multifaceted search in information retrieval systems  
A method for querying multifaceted information. An inverted index is constructed to include unique indexed tokens associated with posting lists of one or more documents. An indexed token is either...
7493308 Searching documents using a dimensional database  
A software facility for selecting documents is disclosed. The facility maintains a dimensional model of a group of documents. The dimensional model reflects values for a number of differentiated...
7493319 Computer automated discovery of interestingness in faceted search  
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to enhanced faceted search support for OLAP queries over unstructured text as well as structured dimensions by the dynamic and automatic...
7493349 Method and system for performing a backup by querying a backup infrastructure  
One aspect of the invention is a method for backing up data. An example of the method includes querying a backup infrastructure to ascertain backup capabilities of the backup infrastructure. This...
7493311 Information server and pluggable data sources  
An information server may function as a centralized query broker that accepts queries from query clients, dispatches queries to potentially disparate data sources, and returns query results to...
7493340 Image retrieval based on relevance feedback  
An improved image retrieval process based on relevance feedback uses a hierarchical (per-feature) approach in comparing images. Multiple query vectors are generated for an initial image by...
7493310 Data visualization within an integrated asset data system for a process plant  
A process plant data collection and viewing system uses a common or integrated navigational tree structure and one or more common display formats to enable a user to view, in a similar and...
7493325 Method for matching user descriptions of technical problem manifestations with system-level problem descriptions  
A computer implemented method of matching user descriptions of technical problem manifestations with system problem descriptions in which system-level symptoms for computer-related problems which...
7493322 System and method for computing a measure of similarity between documents  
A measure of similarity between two documents is computed. In computing the measure of similarity, a first list of rated keywords extracted from the first document and a second list of rated...
7490108 Data consolidation  
A data consolidator is arranged to receive and process input data comprising: import data of a first type; and delta import data for transforming data of the first type, and provide output data...
7490078 Stream data processing system and method for avoiding duplication of data process  
Provided is a stream data processing system and method for avoiding duplication of data process. The system including: an evaluation result storing unit for updating and storing a query condition...
7490087 System for document management and information processing  
An apparatus, including a memory device which stores information regarding a job opening, position, assignment, contract, or project, and information regarding a job search request or inquiry, a...
7490088 Apparatus, system, and method for preserving connection/position data integrity during file server serialization reinitialization  
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for preserving connection/position data integrity during reinitialization of serialization information in a file server. The apparatus includes a...
7490076 Method for searching across instant message systems and interconnecting server  
A method for searching across instant message systems and an interconnecting server are disclosed. The method includes the steps of searching in a SIMPLE IM system by a WV-IMPS user, and searching...
7490086 Apparatus and method for providing job searching services recruitment services and/or recruitment-related services  
An apparatus, including a memory device which stores information regarding a job opening, position, assignment, contract, or project, and information regarding a job search request or inquiry, a...
7487150 Method for matching pattern-based data  
A pattern-based data matching method matches pattern-based data. The data matching method generates a regular expression pattern for input datasets and describes similarity measures between the...
7487145 Method and system for autocompletion using ranked results  
A set of ordered predicted completion strings are presented to a user as the user enters text in a text entry box (e.g., a browser or a toolbar). The predicted completion strings can be in the form...
7487142 Methods and apparatus for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data sources  
Improved descriptive query techniques are provided. More particularly, techniques are provided for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data providers grouped into provider kinds with...
7487174 Method for storing text annotations with associated type information in a structured data store  
A text annotation structured storage method stores text annotations with associated type information in a structured data store. The present system persists or stores annotations in a structured...
7487146 System and method of searching for providing dynamic search results with temporary visual display  
The invention is directed to a system and method of searching a focal object for related objects. The invention may extract clues or information from the focal object and search the information to...
7487138 System and method for chunk-based indexing of file system content  
A system and method for chunk-based indexing of file system content. In one embodiment, the system may include a storage device configured to store data and a file system configured to manage...
7487141 Skipping pattern for an inverted index  
Indexing documents is accomplished by generating an inverted index for a collection of one or more documents, each document including one or more index terms. The inverted index includes an...
7487110 Automotive information communication exchange system, method, and program product  
A system, method, and program product are provided for communicating information between automotive trading partners engaged in an automotive transaction. The system, method, and program product...
7486958 System and method for maintaining an online point-of-interest directory  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for collecting and maintaining an up-to-date database of points of interests, whereby agents of the points of interests, such as owners or...
7487139 Method and system for filtering a table  
A method for filtering a table may include creating a filter in response to a user selecting data in a first table. The method may also include applying the filter to at least one other table in...
7483880 User interface for database display  
A computer system may include a display and a user interface selection device. The computer system may display a first set of data associated with a first index of a data store in a first frame,...
7483921 Information retrieval apparatus  
An apparatus including: a preference word obtainment unit that, when a search condition is input, obtains related words associated with keywords included in the search condition by a predetermined...
7483875 Single system for managing multi-platform data retrieval  
A method of interacting with one or more data sources storing information and a system for performing the method thereof. The method receives a user request to interact with data source...
7483890 Method, computer program product, and system of optimized data translation from relational data storage to hierarchical structure  
A tagging tree that defines a hierarchical output data structure and relational database query operations that retrieve the data to be included in each hierarchical section is accepted and...
7483889 Instance-based authorization utilizing query augmentation  
In one embodiment, a method for persistent data authorization includes receiving a query at a management device and identifying authorization constraints at the management device utilizing an...
7480652 Determining relevance of a document to a query based on spans of query terms  
A relevance system determines the relevance of a query term to a document based on spans within the document that contain the query term. The relevance system aggregates the relevance of the query...
7480657 Caching information for multiple service applications  
A method for storing information includes receiving a command for a selected one of a plurality of services, and forwarding the command to a data source corresponding to the selected service. The...
7480645 Method for estimating the relevance of a document with respect to a concept  
The method of estimating the relevance of a document with respect to a concept comprises calculating ( 32 ) a relevance function of the concept with respect to said document on the basis of a known...
7478085 Ability for developers to easily find or extend well known locations on a system  
A method and data structure for creating and accessing folders stored in well known locations. The data structure and method utilizes a set of APIs to create and manage well known folders on a...