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6789075 Method and system for prioritized downloading of embedded web objects  
A method retrieves a web file and sorts one or more information element references according to a priority attribute associated with each reference. After ranking the information element references...
6785684 Apparatus and method for determining clustering factor in a database using block level sampling  
An apparatus and method perform block-level sampling on a database, process the data to generate one or more matrices, and process the one or more matrices to generate a clustering factor for a...
6785677 Method for execution of query to search strings of characters that match pattern with a target string utilizing bit vector  
The method of the present invention is useful in a computer system including at least one client. The program executes a method for matching a pattern string with a target string, where either...
6785669 Methods and apparatus for flexible indexing of text for use in similarity searches  
A method of performing a flexible similarity search is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of: (i) constructing an indexed representation of one or more documents to be used...
6778985 Implementing descending indexes with a descend function  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for implementing descending indexes in a database management system. A key value to be inserted within an index is decomposed into individual data bytes, such as...
6772166 SQL-based analytic algorithm for clustering  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing data mining applications in a relational database management system. An analytic algorithm for clustering is performed by the...
6772179 System and method for improving index performance through prefetching  
The present invention provides a prefetch system for use with a cache memory associated with a database employing indices. In one embodiment, the prefetch system includes a search subsystem...
6772141 Method and apparatus for organizing and using indexes utilizing a search decision table  
A search decision table comprises a plurality of references to indexes, such as full text indexes, where each index corresponds to one or more informational resources. The search decision table has...
6772149 System and method for identifying facts and legal discussion in court case law documents  
A computer-implemented method of gathering large quantities of training data from case law documents (especially suitable for use as input to a learning algorithm that is used in a subsequent...
6772165 Electronic document processing system and method for merging source documents on a node-by-node basis to generate a target document  
A target document ( 25 ) is generated by merging four source documents ( 2-5 ). There are three merge operations, an operation ( 10 ) for two source documents ( 2, 13 ), an operation ( 13 ) for an...
6768997 System and method for creating a search query using movable elements in a graphical user interface  
A system and method for creating a Boolean search query. The system includes a field determining object which determines searchable fields of a database. The fields may be arranged as selectable...
6766315 Method and apparatus for simultaneously accessing a plurality of dispersed databases  
A method and apparatus for intelligent Internet searching, the apparatus residing as a software application on a user's computer (the client). A single subject database of sources of directly and...
6763349 Dynamic taxonomy process for browsing and retrieving information in large heterogeneous data bases  
A process is disclosed for retrieving information in large heterogeneous data bases, wherein information retrieval through visual querying/browsing is supported by dynamic taxonomies; the process...
6763352 Incremental maintenance of summary tables with complex grouping expressions  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for the incremental maintenance of summary tables with complex grouping expressions where the change (insert/delete/update) of a single row of the...
6763344 Method of and system for dynamically controlling access to data records  
A system for controlling access to records stored in a database queries the database to obtain an initial result set of records. The method then applies access rules to the records of the initial...
6754545 Method for systematically assessing the quality of medical appliances that are in operation  
A method for systematically assessing the quality of medical appliances ( 11, 21, 31, 41 ) of a generic type that are in operation, in the case of which method data acquired during a regular...
6754660 Arrangement of information for display into a continuum ranging from closely related to distantly related to a reference piece of information  
A method of configuring information for display includes assigning continuum labels to pieces of information, or information units, accessible by a computer system. The continuum labels may be used...
6751624 Method and system for conducting a full text search on a client system by a server system  
A full text search involving an index of a string of characters on a client for use on a server. The client searches for data and file information to share and creates a character string containing...
6748379 Graphical representation of disorganized database records in an IMS database  
A method and system for displaying database record organization characteristics of IMS databases. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving information associated with a plurality of...
6745178 Internet based method for facilitating networking among persons with similar interests and for facilitating collaborative searching for information  
A method in a computer network for identifying users with similar interests is described. The method includes accepting a first query statement from a first user and storing a first item of...
6745186 Product and method for organizing and searching digital images  
A computer software product and a method of organizing and searching images. The digital images may be obtained from a plurality of hard copy prints that are digitally scanned. The digital image...
6738780 Autonomous citation indexing and literature browsing using citation context  
An autonomous citation indexing system which can be used as an assistant agent automates and enhances the task of finding publications in electronic form, including publications located on the...
6738769 Sorting multiple-typed data  
A sorting system and method that sorts records based on multiple fields by converting the fields to a common data type and sorting the common data type fields using a single sorting algorithm...
6738763 Information retrieval system having consistent search results across different operating systems and data base management systems  
An information retrieval system whereby identical search results can be derived irrespective of the kind of DBMS or OS. A keyword normalizing device normalizes a keyword transmitted from a client...
6738759 System and method for performing similarity searching using pointer optimization  
The present invention is a computer-implemented method for optimizing the detecting and scoring of similarities between documents in a source database and search criteria. It uses a set of...
6738768 System and method for efficient information capture  
Provided is a system and method for enabling a user to efficiently capture information from a data processing system user interface. A user performs information capture actions such as browsing...
6738758 Adaptive bucket indexing mechanism to effectively manage service activation requests  
A method for decomposing a service activation request (SAR) into sub-requests for specific network resources and classifying the SAR with an adaptive bucket value based on the dynamic performance...
6738767 System and method for discovering schematic structure in hypertext documents  
An underlying schema is discovered for an HTML document or a set of HTML documents, authored in various styles. Prior domain knowledge regarding punctuation, keywords, synonyms and HTML tags is...
6735550 Feature classification for time series data  
A processing system uses image processing technology to classify features in time series data. In atmospheric applications, the features can be used to detect outliers and/or failure modes in time...
6732108 Class file archives with reduced data volume  
A method for packaging program resources includes collecting a set of the program resources that comprises a plurality of object files, which contain data structures having entries that are...
6728792 Priority queue with arbitrary queuing criteria  
A method in a computing system ( 100 ) includes the steps of enqueuing items in a functional queue prioritized according to sort criteria ( 132 ), modifying the sort criteria ( 132 ) while the...
6728728 Unified binary model and methodology for knowledge representation and for data and information mining  
A knowledge tool, which includes a binary dataset for representing relationship patterns between objects and methods of its use. The use of the binary representation is based on an algorithm of...
6725214 Apparatus and method to support management of uniform resource locators and/or contents of database servers  
Methods and Systems for finding a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that points to a most updated authoritative source of information contained in database systems, including crawling websites to...
6725259 Ranking search results by reranking the results based on local inter-connectivity  
A search engine for searching a corpus improves the relevancy of the results by refining a standard relevancy score based on the interconnectivity of the initially returned set of documents. The...
6725228 System for managing and organizing stored electronic messages  
A computer-based system catalogs and retrieves electronic messages saved in a message store. The system automatically organizes each saved message into multiple folders based on the contents and...
6718326 Packet classification search device and method  
A packet classification search device and method are implemented which are capable of searching rules of packet classification having very long search bit width at high speed while using a CAM...
6714934 Method and system for creating vertical search engines  
A vortal is a specific type of search engine that provides information and resources related only to one (or a small number) specific topic. These sites typically contain focused information, such...
6710791 Portable information gathering apparatus and information management method  
A portable information gathering apparatus and information managing method in the same make it possible to capture information entered through an input/display tablet, image information entered...
6711588 File management method for file system  
Disclosed is a file management method for a file system that has a storage device to save data blocks and a main memory of computer, the storage device and the main memory being provided with a...
6708214 Hypermedia identifier input mode for a mobile communication device  
A mobile communication device operable to allow a user to access hypermedia content via a wireless link is configured to allow a user to more easily input hypermedia identifiers, such as Uniform...
6708169 Apparatus and method for generating a merged symbol file for verifying symbolic data  
An apparatus and method for cataloging symbolic data for use in performance analysis of computer programs is provided. The apparatus and method stores symbolic data for loaded modules during or...
6708184 Method and apparatus for producing and accessing composite data using a device having a distributed communication controller interface  
An apparatus and method for producing composite data by a server computer with a distributed communication controller interface involves deforming a template creating a mapping relationship between...
6704720 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER INPUT SEARCH CONDITIONS TO RETRIEVE INTEGRATED SUBSTANCES PHYSICAL PROPERTY DATA, AND RETRIEVE SYSTEMATICALLY CLOSE SUBSTANCES TO SPECIFIED RECORDS BASED UPON DETERMINED SYSTEMATIC DEGREES OF SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE SUBSTANCES, FROM PLURALITY OF TARGET DATABASES  
A system for retrieving information from a plurality of databases, even when the content of the databases is different. A target database-extracting device extracts databases containing data that...
6704730 Hash file system and method for use in a commonality factoring system  
A system and method for a computer file system that is based and organized upon hashes and/or strings of digits of certain, different, or changing lengths and which is capable of eliminating or...
6701314 System and method for cataloguing digital information for searching and retrieval  
The system and method for searching and retrieving information stored in heterogeneous information repositories. A portal server retrieves user requests through a computer network and looks up...
6697793 System, method and apparatus for generating phrases from a database  
A phrase generation is a method of generating sequences of terms, such as phrases, that may occur within a database of subsets containing sequences of terms, such as text. A database is provided...
6694335 Method, computer readable medium, and system for monitoring the state of a collection of resources  
A system and method for synchronizing changes among multiple copies of data is disclosed. The system and method allows the data to be synchronized without any copying or transferring of those...
6691097 Technique for detecting a shared temporal relationship of valid time data in a relational database management system  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for detecting shared temporal relationships in a relational database. In accordance with the present invention, an invocation of a shares operation...
6691149 System for distributing music data files between a server and a client and returning the music data files back to the previous locations  
A data communication system for distributing music data files between a server and a client removably connected to the server. The system transfers music data files and corresponding management...
6687746 System apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names on a wide area network  
Embodiments of the instant invention are directed to a domain management system, apparatus and method for hosting and assigning domain names. Embodiments of the domain management system comprise a...