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6647396 Classification based content management system  
A classification based content management system provides a content management system in which large amounts of content may be quickly and easily managed. More specifically, the classification...
6647385 Method of updating an addressee database in a mail sorting apparatus  
The present invention is directed, in a general aspect, to a method of updating an addressee database in an incoming mail sorting apparatus comprising the steps of: a) providing the addressee...
6643632 Data processing system and computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to process data  
The present invention discloses a data processing system in which system data is divided and stored in the plurality of output files. In the data processing system, a maximum capacity of data is...
6643647 Word string collating apparatus, word string collating method and address recognition apparatus  
In a word string collating method for collating an input word string and address data in an address dictionary when a word string using part of a plurality of words of a word string such as address...
6636853 Method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results  
A method and apparatus for representing and navigating search results from a database on a computer system. A graphical user interface is generated to receive user input including a data source to...
6633864 Method and apparatus for multi-threaded based search of documents  
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for searching for documents. A first thread is initiated, wherein the first thread provides an interface with a user to manipulate the results...
6633884 System and method for analyzing a database for on-line reorganization  
An improved method and system for analyzing a database for determining a recommended reorganization of a database. In one embodiment, the method involves receiving a list of database records to be...
6631522 Method and system for indexing, sorting, and displaying a video database  
A method and system is provided for indexing, sorting, and displaying a video database. Hardware and software components, and a novel encoding process are used to provide a searchable video and...
6622140 Method and apparatus for analyzing affect and emotion in text  
Disclosed is a computer-assisted method for classifying a text document according to emotion and affect. A score is assigned to each affect term in the document. An affect score is computed for the...
6615209 Detecting query-specific duplicate documents  
An improved duplicate detection technique that uses query-relevant information to limit the portion(s) of documents to be compared for similarity is described. Before comparing two documents for...
6611833 Methods for profiling and classifying tissue using a database that includes indices representative of a tissue population  
A sample of normal tissue specimens obtained from a subset of a population of subjects with shared characteristics is profiled in order to generate a plurality of structural indices that correspond...
6606708 Secure server architecture for Web based data management  
A double firewalled system is disclosed for protecting remote enterprise servers that provide communication services to telecommunication network customers from unauthorized third parties. A first...
6601067 Apparatus for sorting and merging data records  
A sort/merge processor which processes, with a single command, a heterogeneous collection of input files that require different processing options. Input data files are divided into groups each of...
6601043 Automated and independently accessible inventory information exchange system  
A method for exchanging information between providers and users of products and services in which an information management system is established that is computer based and has information...
6598039 Natural language interface for searching database  
A system and method for searching information from a database using a natural language. In one embodiment, the system analyzes a natural language search request and converts the search request into...
6594659 Method for creating a toll-free number audit tape  
A sorting method for use with a database having randomly hashed records stored therein. The records are sorted in accord with a predetermined parameter and the database exists on a storage medium....
6594678 Methods and apparatus for improving locality of reference through memory management  
Methods and apparatus for creating a mechanism for rearranging a plurality of objects in memory are disclosed. A frequency of accesses in memory of one or more fields associated with the plurality...
6594652 Electronic discussion system for exchanging information among users creating opinion indexes in accordance with content of each options  
An electronic discussion system including discussion terminals for writing and managing opinion information and clients for accessing the discussion terminals through a network. The electronic...
6578056 Efficient data transfer mechanism for synchronization of multi-media databases  
Disclosed is a system for performing online data queries. The system for performing online data queries is a distributed computer system with a plurality of server nodes each fully redundant and...
6578026 Method and system for conducting reverse index scans  
A method executed by a data processor for scanning a reverse range. The scan is conducted in an index for a table having an upper end and a lower end. The reverse range has a start key value for...
6578001 System and method of reducing unexpended warranty costs  
The present invention involves a system and method of reducing allocated vehicle warranty costs from a stored historical repair database of repairs wherein the database contains information related...
6574621 Survey analysis system and method  
A method and apparatus for analyzing a survey database, wherein a user can perform a wide variety of requests to the survey database without having to independently calculate a desired result. In...
6571225 Text categorizers based on regularizing adaptations of the problem of computing linear separators  
A method to automatically categorize messages or documents containing text. The method of solution fits in the general framework of supervised learning, in which a rule or rules for categorizing...
6571244 Run formation in large scale sorting using batched replacement selection  
A large-scale sorting process utilizes a batched replacement selection method to form runs of sorted data records. The batched replacement selection method involves reading multiple records from a...
6567806 System and method for implementing hash-based load-balancing query processing in a multiprocessor database system  
A database management system for executing database operations in parallel by a plurality of nodes and a query processing method are described. The database management system contains a decision...
6564209 Knowledge management tool for providing abstracts of information  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for providing an abstract for data. First, a request for information from a user is processed. Data relating to the user request is searched...
6560599 Method and apparatus for marking a hash table and using the marking for determining the distribution of records and for tuning  
A method, apparatus, software and data structure is disclosed for more efficient access times for linear operations in a hash table. A plurality of actual data records and a plurality of marker...
6556958 Fast clustering with sparse data  
Efficient data modeling utilizing sparse representation of a data set. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method such that a data set is first input. The data set has a plurality of records....
6556995 Method to provide global sign-on for ODBC-based database applications  
A method in a data processing system for managing multiple identities for a single user. In a preferred embodiment, a request for content from a database is received at a server. Responsive to a...
6557004 Method and apparatus for fast searching of hand-held contacts lists  
The present invention provides a quick searching method for filtering a contact list in a hand-held device. Under the method, upon receiving a search string from a user, a database object is opened...
6556988 Database management apparatus and query operation therefor, including processing plural database operation requests based on key range of hash code  
A database management system for executing database operations in parallel by a plurality of nodes and a query processing method for it are described. The database management system contains a...
6556987 Automatic text classification system  
An automatic text classification system is provided which extracts words and word sequences from a text or texts to be analyzed. The extracted words and word sequences are compared with training...
6556992 Method and system for rating patents and other intangible assets  
A statistical patent rating method and system is provided for independently assessing the relative breadth (“B”), defensibility (“D”) and commercial relevance (“R”) of individual patent...
6553382 Data management system for retrieving data based on hierarchized keywords associated with keyword names  
This invention provides a data management method and a data management system for automatically merging hierarchical keywords and attribute information into other hierarchical keywords and...
6553359 Data mining for association rules and sequential patterns within data of inhomogeneous type  
The invention relates to a computerized method for data mining for association rules and/or sequential patterns in a multitude of records. The invention is applicable to records that include a...
6549914 System and method for statistical file preload for factory installed software in a computer  
A method for statistical file preload of an image in a computer system is disclosed. The method includes statistically analyzing a bandwidth requirement of computer readable files to be downloaded...
6549901 Using transportable tablespaces for hosting data of multiple users  
Provided are mechanisms that may be used to support efficient exportation of user data stored in a database system. According to an aspect of the present invention, a database system is configured...
6546390 Method and apparatus for evaluating relevancy of messages to users  
A method and system for evaluating the relevancy of an incoming message to a plurality of users are disclosed. Similarity scores indicating similarities of the incoming message to features of a...
6542886 Sampling over joins for database systems  
A database server supports weighted and unweighted sampling of records or tuples in accordance with desired sampling semantics such as with replacement (WR), without replacement (WoR), or...
6542890 Realtime data sorting and reduction  
A method of filtering data includes creating a cell control block array so as to form a histogram, the histogram having a plurality of cell control blocks, and each of the plurality of cell control...
6535885 Multikeyed table implementable on a personal digital assistant  
A multikeyed table utilizing a number of primary and secondary keys is implementable on a personal digital assistant. The table includes one or more records with each record having a plurality of...
6532466 Information processing apparatus for managing data according to mode  
An information processing apparatus for managing data of a plurality of modes such as schedule and address book, includes a RAM which has a data contents area for storing the contents of data, and...
6532457 Look-ahead tree structure  
A method and system for storing and retrieving data using a radix-search tree is disclosed. The method encorporates: (a) storing a plurality of nodes, each of the nodes having node-attributes, in a...
6523030 Sort system for merging database entries  
The present invention is a method for operating a computer system to minimize the number of disk storage access operations used in creating an inverted database. This method divides a database into...
6523033 Apparatus and method for file locking for computer programs that use different size locks  
An apparatus and method provide a locking scheme that accommodates different size file locks. A first file lock command, referred to as an M bit file lock command, assumes a lock with a length of M...
6523044 Collecting, storing, and retrieving knowledge within an organization  
A method of collecting, storing, and retrieving knowledge includes the steps of collecting knowledge information from information-source terminals via a network, the knowledge information including...
6519545 Mathematical relation identification apparatus and method  
A mathematical relation between base variables (x 1, x 2, . . . , xp), when a set of input data d is composed of p base variables (x 1, x 2, . . . , xp), and a plurality of data sets d (i) of...
6519607 Image driven operating system  
A method of controlling a computing device, comprising the steps of: capturing an image; electronically comparing the captured image to at least one stored image having a command associated...
6519593 Efficient bundle sorting  
Many data sets to be sorted consist of a limited number of distinct keys. Sorting such data sets can be thought of as bundling together identical keys and having the bundles placed in order; we...
6516320 Tiered hashing for data access  
A memory for access by a program being executed by a programmable control device includes a data access structure stored in the memory, the data access structure including a first and a second...