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6102969 Method and system using information written in a wrapper description language to execute query on a network  
This invention provides assistance to a user in accessing network attached information sources. In one aspect, the invention is a method for intelligently routing a user query to information...
6101503 Active markup--a system and method for navigating through text collections  
Concepts in documents selected are identified to a user. These concepts are represented by multiple words. A search engine is used to that accesses one or more selected documents from a plurality...
6101491 Method and apparatus for distributed indexing and retrieval  
Systems and methods consistent with the present invention access information from databases having stored indexes of completed information corresponding to the databases by receiving a query...
6101546 Method and system for providing data files that are partitioned by delivery time and data type  
A file is logically partitioned into data channels where each data channels holds a sequence of data of a particular data type. The data channels are logically partitioned into delivery times. The...
6094649 Keyword searches of structured databases  
Methods and systems are provided for supporting keyword searches of data items in a structured database, such as a relational database. Selected data items are retrieved using an SQL query or other...
6092064 On-line mining of quantitative association rules  
A computer method of online mining of quantitative association rules consisting of two stages, a preprocessing stage followed by an online rule generation stage. The required computational effort...
6081805 Pass-through architecture via hash techniques to remove duplicate query results  
A method and system for removing duplicate query results in a database system comprising a plurality of data sources. The method and system includes issuing a query from a user to a first data...
6078917 System for searching internet using automatic relevance feedback  
A method of retrieving documents from a document database is disclosed. A set of documents is retrieved according to a first search statement. A signature for a first retrieved document, and...
6078924 Method and apparatus for performing data collection, interpretation and analysis, in an information platform  
An information platform automates the collection of data, provides a method for organizing the library of information and provides analysis using multiple content-types, thereby providing a user...
6078866 Internet site searching and listing service based on monetary ranking of site listings  
A system of network site searching and listing employs a server which maintains a listings database containing site listings, provided by subscribers, each of which includes a title or description...
6078914 Natural language meta-search system and method  
A meta search system accepts natural language queries which are parsed to extract relevant content, this relevant content being formed into queries suitable for each of a selected number of search...
6078916 Method for organizing information  
A method of organizing information in which the search activity of a user is monitored and such activity is used to organize articles in a subsequent search. The invention operates by assigning...
6076087 Query evaluation on distributed semi-structured data  
The invention provides a system and method for evaluating a query on a distributed database across multiple sites. Database portion contained within each site is processed by a respective terminal....
6070158 Real-time document collection search engine with phrase indexing  
A collection search system is responsive to a user query against a collection of documents to provide a search report. The collection search system includes a collection index including first...
6067543 Object-oriented interface for an index  
A method for searching a plurality of index entries in an index of a database including parsing a query into one or more terms with an operator, generating a basic stream reader object to...
6067539 Intelligent information retrieval system  
A system for retrieving information related to a topic of interest, comprising: (a) a finder for finding a location of a computerized source of information, the information being divided into at...
6057834 Iconic subscription schedule controller for a graphic user interface  
Using a graphical user interface (GUI), users manipulate, organize, classify, and/or arrange web-page icons by having the icons be consolidated in schedule-control icons (SCI) containing regions....
6055536 Information processing apparatus and information processing method  
An information processing system stores information of various types, which is obtained in the real world, in connection with keys indicative of the attribute and feature of the information so that...
6052686 Database processing using schemas  
An apparatus and method for efficiently processing a database. A structure of the database is constructed into a schema which only includes those structures of the database that are known. Desired...
6035294 Wide access databases and database systems  
A self-evolving generic index for storing marketplace information for multiple types of items allows users to add new parameters, values and possibly new classifications for use in describing...
6032157 Retrieval method using image information  
For retrieving attribute information through image information which is not linked with the attribute information: displaying on a display screen the first image information corresponding with...
6032196 System for adding a new entry to a web page table upon receiving a web page including a link to another web page not having a corresponding entry in the web page table  
A table of web pages is maintained by requesting a web page, receiving the requested web page, and identifying an address, such as a URL, of the received web page. A locator, such as a fingerprint,...
6029192 System and method for locating resources on a network using resource evaluations derived from electronic messages  
Resources are located on a network by searching a database including resource evaluation information obtained from electronic messages. Electronic messages having information evaluating network...
6021409 Method for parsing, indexing and searching world-wide-web pages  
A system for indexing stored information includes a processor and memory. The processor parses the information into indexable words. Each word represents either a portion of the information or an...
6012053 Computer system with user-controlled relevance ranking of search results  
A computer system for performing searches on a collection of information includes a mechanism through which results from a search query are ranked according to user specified relevance factors to...
6006218 Methods and apparatus for retrieving and/or processing retrieved information as a function of a user's estimated knowledge  
Information retrieval methods and apparatus which involve: 1) the generation of estimates regarding the probability that items included in search results are already known to the user and 2) the...
6006225 Refining search queries by the suggestion of correlated terms from prior searches  
A search engine is disclosed which suggests related terms to the user to allow the user to refine a search. The related terms are generated using query term correlation data which reflects the...
6006217 Technique for providing enhanced relevance information for documents retrieved in a multi database search  
A computer implemented technique, system and method for providing enhanced search results for searches for documents on the Internet. In response to a search request form a user at a client...
6005565 Integrated search of electronic program guide, internet and other information resources  
A power search tool that enables a user to search an electronic program guide and other information resources with one search. A search tool window is displayed that enables a user to select filter...
5999929 World wide web link referral system and method for generating and providing related links for links identified in web pages  
A link referral system includes a classification arrangement for classifying Web pages that the system retrieves over the World Wide Web. In assigning a link in a Web page to a particular...
5995979 Apparatus and method for selecting records from a computer database by repeatedly displaying search terms from multiple list identifiers before either a list identifier or a search term is selected  
A method for managing the presentation of search terms on a computer terminal or other display device so that large computer databases can be searched efficiently. Multiple lists of search terms,...
5987446 Searching large collections of text using multiple search engines concurrently  
An information retrieval system is disclosed, wherein the system includes a plurality of text search engines based on substantially different computational searching techniques. By activating each...
5982369 Method for displaying on a screen of a computer system images representing search results  
Images representing search results are displayed on a screen of a computer system. The search results are responsive to a search in a database initiated by a user by entering a keyword or keywords...
5978799 Search engine including query database, user profile database, information templates and email facility  
A supra-search engine tool includes a distributed computer system and automatically structures and organizes information requests, then independently searches, requests and organizes the data from...
5974409 System and method for locating information in an on-line network  
The find system of the present invention operates as an extension of a computer's operating system and allows an end-user of an on-line network to enter a search request to locate offerings in...
5960422 System and method for optimized source selection in an information retrieval system  
In an information retrieval system, an automated system optimizes selection of sources in a distributed information system for query searching. A training set of documents is created for each...
5960429 Multiple reference hotlist for identifying frequently retrieved web pages  
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for locating web pages from a network server. A count of retrievals of a web page is accumulated and the accumulated count and an address for the web...
5940831 Hypermedia system and method of managing directories and directory data originating from a node link structure in a directory server  
A hypermedia system operating in a network environment comprises one server or more for storing node data and its link data; a client including the data display means, which shows node data...
5937163 Method and system at a host node for hierarchically organizing the links visited by a world wide web browser executing at the host node  
A host node is provided with an I/O port and a display monitor. The I/O port transmits packets to a specific one of the remotely accessible server nodes containing a request for information. In...
5933832 Retrieval system for frequently updated data distributed on network  
A retrieval system for performing database retrieval in response to a retrieval request includes a database preparing means for collecting corresponding data to prepare a database under at least a...
5924090 Method and apparatus for searching a database of records  
A method and search apparatus for searching a database of records organizes results of the search into a set of most relevant categories enabling a user to obtain with a few mouse clicks only those...
5920856 System for selecting multimedia databases over networks  
There is provided a network server which interfaces a client with selected database sites from a plurality of database sites. The network server comprises a meta-database (including both text...
5920859 Hypertext document retrieval system and method  
A search engine for retrieving documents pertinent to a query indexes documents in accordance with hyperlinks pointing to those documents. The indexer traverses the hypertext database and finds...
5913208 Identifying duplicate documents from search results without comparing document content  
A computer system has a document collection of one or more documents and one or more indexes that each include an inverted file with one or more terms. Each of the terms is associated with one or...
5913215 Browse by prompted keyword phrases with an improved method for obtaining an initial document set  
An apparatus and method for identifying one of a plurality of documents stored in a computer-readable medium are disclosed. The method includes the steps of prompting a computer-user to construct a...
5907838 Information search and collection method and system  
A method and apparatus in which category classes express information content categories that are defined based on object-oriented programming. The information items that are to be collected for...
5905862 Automatic web site registration with multiple search engines  
A method, apparatus, and storage medium for registering a first application with one or more task applications. According to one embodiment, a set of first application characterization data is...
5895470 System for categorizing documents in a linked collection of documents  
A system for extracting and analyzing information from a collection of linked documents at a locality to enable categorization of documents and prediction of documents relevant to a focus document....
5875446 System and method for hierarchically grouping and ranking a set of objects in a query context based on one or more relationships  
Topically relevant objects in an object database are first identified using any generally known methods to obtain a set of topically relevant objects (topically relevant set). Parents, and in...
5873080 Using multiple search engines to search multimedia data  
A query comprising of sub queries, each of which could be of different media types are used to search a collection of multimedia documents in a database. These sub queries are parsed according to...