Data processing: database and file management or data structures inventions 08/06

20060195415 - Method and device for the generation of a classification tree to unify the supervised and unsupervised approaches, corresponding computer package and storage means: A method and apparatus are provided for the generation of a classification tree as a function of a classification model and from a set of data to be classified, described by a set of attributes. The method includes a step for obtaining said classification model, itself comprising a step for...

20060195414 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20060195413 - Programmability for xml data store for documents: A programmability mode for interacting with data stores within a document allows real time interaction. Data for structuring information associated with a document, such as document metadata, is maintained in the data store where relationships between different pieces of data are maintained in a location distinct from the surface level...

20060195418 - Computer algorithms and methods for product safety: The invention comprises systems, methods and a computerized data management device for creating and using data relating to a medical or non-medical product or device to enhance the safety of the product or device. A vast amount of data regarding adverse events associated with a particular product or device is...

20060195419 - Device and method for supporting material name setting, and computer product: A material name and attribute information are extracted from design data, and a reference material name corresponding to the material name is searched for from a dictionary database. When a desired search result is obtained, the search result is output. When a desired reference material name is not obtained, candidates...

20060195417 - File system represented inside a database: The subject invention provides a system and/or a method that facilitates adapting at least two disparate file systems. A file system adapter can provide uniformity and/or seamless integration between a first file system and a second file system. The file system adapter can employ a file-backed item that is enriched...

20060195416 - Method and system for providing a learning optimizer for federated database systems: A method and system for method for accelerating execution of a query on a federated database system is disclosed. The federated database system is associated with an external data source, which is used by the query. The query is performed based upon a query execution plan. The method and system...

20060195425 - Composable query building api and query language: A system for constructing information search queries is provided. The system comprises a query language that has a predefined syntax and a constructor that creates a search object. The search object encapsulates a query constructed in the query language. Methods for using the system are also provided....

20060195431 - Document aspect system and method: A generic and expandable document aspect system and method for searching, browsing, presenting, and interacting with data assembled from document contents and related external data is provided. New varieties of document aspects are added to existing installations and can be accessed by users without requiring upgrades to server or clients,...

20060195424 - Generating business warehouse reports: Techniques for generating a report of a plurality of business warehouse system queries are described. Such techniques may identify one or more row types for each query. Thereafter, a template may be defined for each row type within a query that defines a format and a pattern for the row...

20060195426 - Information management apparatus, information management method, and information management program: A plurality of events are generated, each of which includes work information of a work having a work type and time information indicating at least when the work was done. The plurality of generated events is stored in an event storage device. The plurality of stored events is also arranged...

20060195433 - Information searching system and method thereof: In an information searching method, it is first determined if an input retrieval word is a sentence composed of a plurality of words. A functioning code is assigned to each word of the sentence according to its function in the sentence, and then the words are coded in basic words....

20060195422 - Method and system for collecting contact information from contact sources and tracking contact sources: A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication...

20060195432 - Method for searching entries in an on-line database: A web server including a searchable on-line searchable database is disclosed. The web server may be configured to receive a query from a user to search an on-line database, the query including at least a category and a keyword; retrieve a list of search results responsive to the search, the...

20060195429 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20060195427 - System and method for improving query response time in a relational database (rdb) system by managing the number of unique table aliases defined within an rdb-specific search expression: Described are a system and method for searching a relational database. An expression tree, representing a string-based search expression, has a logical node with a first child node and a second child node. Each child node represents a sub-expression of the search expression. The logical node represents a logical operator...

20060195423 - System and method for temporal data mining: A method, system, and apparatus for temporal data mining is disclosed. The method includes receiving as input a temporal data series comprising time-stamped events, and a threshold frequency. An aspect of this technology is the defining of appropriate frequency counts for non-overlapping and non-interleaved episodes. Two frequency measures and embodiments...

20060195421 - System and method of generating string-based search expressions using templates: Described are a system and method for generating a search expression for use in searching heterogeneous repositories. An application program receives user-supplied input. A template is selected based on a structure of the input. The input is scanned and tokenized. Each token is substituted into one or more locations within...

20060195420 - System and method of joining data obtained from horizontally and vertically partitioned heterogeneous data stores using string-based location transparent search expressions: Described are a system and method for accepting a string-based search expression, parsing the search expression into an expression tree, distributing the tree (or portion thereof) across heterogeneous repositories, and merging the results. The system is data-location transparent, encapsulates a federation model within query nodes and query trees. A client...

20060195428 - System, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item: The present invention provides provides a system, method and apparatus for electronically searching for an item by receiving a search request comprising a requested category and one or more requested attributes of the item and storing the search request in a search index based on the requested category and the...

20060195430 - Systems, methods, software for integration of case law, legal briefs, and litigation documents into law firm workflow: The present inventors recognized a need for improving conventional informational retrieval systems, particularly those intended for retrieval of legal information. Accordingly, they devised systems, methods, and software that facilitate online access to documents, such as non-opinion legal documents, in context of a legal workflow. An exemplary method of operation includes...

20060195437 - Materialized query table matching with query expansion: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for materialized query table matching are provided that include receiving a database query, retrieving a materialized query table (MQT) from data storage accessible to a database management system, selecting a join in the materialized query table between a table that is not invoked by...

20060195438 - Method and system for navigating and selecting media from large data sets: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of accessing a data set. The data set includes a set of data elements. The method collects the data elements of the data set. The method receives a lens item. The lens item provides a set of parameters for searching the data...

20060195434 - Multiple invocation style integration framework: A multiple invocation style framework. A system for accommodating multi-style application component invocation can include a command layer configured for association with one or more commands. The system also can include an invocation adapter layer having one or more different invocation adapters. Each of the different invocation adapters can include...

20060195436 - Phased migration of database software application: The present invention provides in-place, phased migration from one version of a database software application release version to another of a software release version. A method for phased migration of a database software application comprises developing a database software application in a plurality of phases of development, at least some...

20060195435 - System and method for providing query assistance: A system and method provide real time query assistance from a search engine to a user formulating a query. The system may include stored corpus information that provides a detailed description of a corpus, a user input detection component for incrementally detecting user input and a corpus search component for...

20060195443 - Information prioritisation system and method: The present invention relates to an information prioritisation system which is preferably implemented using at least one computer system. This prioritisation system may be adapted to execute the steps of initially receiving an input results set with this results set including a subset of at least one advertiser result. The...

20060195442 - Network promotional system and method: A search engine (1) capable of providing a listing of destinations (4) in response to searches for a user-inputted search term (6), said search engine (1) further providing at least one suggestions (10) listing derived from users previously inputted search terms (6) and/or destinations (4) selected, characterized in that at...

20060195440 - Ranking results using multiple nested ranking: A unique system and method that facilitates improving the ranking of items is provided. The system and method involve re-ranking decreasing subsets of high ranked items in separate stages. In particular, a basic ranking component can rank a set of items. A subset of the top or high ranking items...

20060195441 - System and method for delivering content to users on a network: Targeted content may be provided to a designated set of one or more interconnected resources. Programmatic operations are executed using resources that are private to the one or more interconnected devices. The operations, when executed, cause or result in (i) monitoring activities of one or more users of the designated...

20060195439 - System and method for determining initial relevance of a document with respect to a given category: A system and method are provided for determining document relevance determination to a selected category for a document contained within a linked network of documents. The network may be represented by a network map including nodes representing documents and edges representing links between the documents. The method may include identifying...

20060195446 - Match network construction: A Match Network Construction provides a mechanism for the transformation of event correlation rules, such as those written in the Effective Policy through Intelligent Correlation (EPIC) Rule Language, into programming constructs that implement the functionality described by the rule. The match network performs matching of rules to patterns by applying...

20060195447 - Method of browsing contents using metadata and electronic program guide system using the method: A method of browsing contents using metadata and an electronic program guide system using the method, the method including displaying a plurality of search options included in metadata of content currently activated and receiving a search option selected by a user; searching for contents having metadata similar to the metadata...

20060195445 - System and method for enabling search and retrieval operations to be performed for data items and records using data obtained from associated voice files: A method and system are provided for using the contents of voice files as a basis for enabling search and other selection operations for data items that are associated with those voice files. Voice files may be received having associations with other data items, such as images or records. A...

20060195444 - System and method for mining of temporal data: A method, system, and apparatus for temporal data mining is disclosed. The method includes receiving as input a temporal data series comprising events with start times and end times, a set of allowed dwelling times, and a threshold frequency. The method also includes finding all frequent principal episodes of a...

20060195448 - Application of resource-dependent policies to managed resources in a distributed computing system: An apparatus, program product and method enable program code that manages a managed resource, e.g., a high availability manager, to receive status information associated with an externally-managed resource such that the program code can properly apply an activation policy to the managed resource in a manner that is consistent with...

20060195449 - Discoverability and enumeration mechanisms in a hierarchically secure storage system: A system that generates a per user abstraction of a store from a connection point. Filtering a view set of a hierarchically secured containment hierarchy based on the access permissions of the principal is one of the novel features of the invention. The invention can offer a collection of primitives...

20060195450 - Persistent key-value repository with a pluggable architecture to abstract physical storage: A system and techniques are described for managing key-value pairs using an architecture that does not restrict its users to any specific platform or storage subsystem. According to one aspect of the invention, the repository is portable in that the architecture need not change based on the environment and platform...

20060195453 - Customization of process logic in a software system: The present invention facilitates customization of a process in a software system without modifying the process source code. The process can be customized by customizing a metadata description of the process, by handing the process agent a customized service identifier or by handling an event propagated by the process agent...

20060195451 - Strategies for ensuring that executable content conforms to predetermined patterns of behavior (\"inverse virus checking\"): Security provisions are described which determine whether or not executable content is likely to perform undesirable actions. The security provisions assess that an executable content item poses an acceptable risk when it conforms to an allow list of predetermined patterns of permissible behavior. The security provisions find exemplary use in...

20060195452 - System and method for operating files on a web page: A system for operating files on a web page is executed in one or more HTTP clients (14). The system includes: a web page opening module (160) for opening a web page from an HTTP server (15) connected to the clients and displaying a file list on the web page;...

20060195456 - Change notification query multiplexing: In order to efficiently handle change notification requests to a storage system based on a database data store and a database engine, the change notification requests are multiplexed. This can be done by issuing a query which refers, for information about what changes are being tracked, to a data structure....

20060195460 - Data model for object-relational data: A common data model (CDM) that is a data model common to multiple application-specific data models. The CDM supports both PIM (Personal Information Manager end-user application data and line-of-business (LOB) data. Similarly, an SDM-type (system definition model) application can specify its model on top of the CDM. The CDM enables...

20060195458 - Entity lookup system: In an electronic document such as a map, an entity lookup system associates primitive data with entity data though parallel or corresponding grids of a primitive quad-tree and an entity quad-tree. A key is assigned to grids in the primitive quad-tree in association to particular grids in the entity quad-tree....

20060195455 - Method and system for calculating performance metrics using backchannel messaging and information pattern matching: A client utilizes a backchannel messaging infrastructure and information matching logic to measure server performance characteristics at the client without requiring the server to correlate command responses to command requests. The backchannel messaging infrastructure facilitates the sending of messages between clients, and allows a client to send to the interested...

20060195461 - Method of operating crosslink data structure, crosslink database, and system and method of organizing and retrieving information: A system and a method for organizing and retrieving information are provided. The system is running on a computer system accessible for interactive communication with users. The computer system runs a crosslink database stored therein. The crosslink database includes a crosslink data structure comprising at least a connecting node and...

20060195459 - Schema grammar and compilation: The subject innovation provides a system and/or a method that facilitates developing schemas for a file storage system. A type definition component can provide a schema grammar, wherein a generator component can employ the schema grammar to build the schema for the file storage system. The schema grammar can describe...

20060195462 - System and method for enhanced media distribution: A method and a computer readable medium for searching for media items from a network of users using a media management application and an instant messenger platform and a system for handling searches such searches. In one aspect, the method comprises receiving from a user having a group of messenger...

20060195457 - System and method for regulating an extensibility point's access to a message: Prior to sending a message to an extensibility point, the message is wrapped with a wrapper object associated with the extensibility point. The wrapper object can be validated by the extensibility point when the extensibility point is ready to commence its operation on the message. Validation of the wrapper object...

20060195454 - Xml schema for binding data: An XML schema is provided allowing data to be stored in a separate location from the presentation surface of an application. By way of the schema, users of the application can establish links (or bindings) between the contents of the data and the presentation surface as part of an XML...

20060195464 - Dynamic data delivery: Dynamic data delivery is performed by a server system responsible for transmitting data over a network. The server automatically determines when to transmit the data and whether to compress the data. If the data is to be compressed, the server may also determine which of a plurality of compression algorithms...

20060195463 - Method and computer program product for dynamic weighting of an ontological data model: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system that facilitates navigation through a directed graph for selection-of sub-processes of a modified business process derived from a business process is provided. A bounding box is used for evaluating and selecting sequences of nodes representative of business sub-processes or services....

20060195467 - Creation and composition of sets of items: A data organization system comprises an interface component that receives input that relates to properties associated with a first item type. A set generator component filters a collection of items of the first item type as a function of select properties associated with the input and creates and stores a...

20060195465 - Document repository: A document repository module provides document management control and flexible indexing of electronic documents associated with a document repository. According to some of the embodiments, the document repository provides a central location to store or to access files related to one project or many projects that are accessible over a...

20060195466 - Information processing system, management device and management method: To provide an information processing device management method contrived to improve operability by managing respective information processing devices via a network while eliminating any constraint in place for handling the management. A management device receives a request from an administrator terminal via the network, notifies the information processing device of...

20060195469 - Method for creating entries in an on-line database in a user-defined category: A web server for creating entries in an on-line database in a user-defined category is disclosed. The web server may be configured to receive a request from a user to create an entry in the database; create an entry in the database; receive a category defined by the user for...

20060195468 - System and device for providing contents: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a content providing system, which is provided with a data acquisition unit configured to obtain data inputted and/or outputted through a user interface which is included in an information processing device, an interest estimation unit that generates interest information representing...

20060195470 - Automatic communication in warranty processing: Methods and systems for automated claim processing by a processing system. The processing system receives a claim request in a standard electronic exchange format containing claim data corresponding to the claim request and matches the claim data with at least one record in a data conversion table in order to...

20060195471 - Dynamic enterprise javabeans: An apparatus, program product and method utilize dynamic EJB's capable of being dynamically reconfigured in a runtime environment. An EJB may be dynamically instantiated in a runtime container during execution of an EJB application that uses the EJB. Moreover, a deployment descriptor associated with an EJB may be parameterized such...

20060195475 - Automatic digital image grouping using criteria based on image metadata and spatial information: An automatic digital image grouping system and method for automatically generating groupings of related images based on criteria that includes image metadata and spatial information. The system and method takes an unordered and unorganized set of digital images and organizes and groups related images into image subsets. The criteria for...

20060195473 - Dynamic component management: An auto-identification system is described that includes a plurality of distributed auto-id nodes that are operable to track physical objects as they move through an operation of an enterprise, such as, for example, a supply chain network or a sales network. The auto-id nodes are distributed across sites of the...

20060195478 - Method and apparatus for seeking a part of media contents included in multimedia contents: Provided are a method of providing media contents in a wired/wireless network environment and an apparatus using the same. The method includes: detecting a start point of media contents included in multimedia contents from the multimedia contents; and extracting a part of media contents based on the detected start point....

20060195483 - Method and device for adjusting user-dependent parameter values: A method and device for adjusting user-dependent parameter values in or on at least one automotive device in a motor vehicle and for saving the settings in at least one data memory inside the vehicle and/or outside the vehicle are provided. To improve the convenience of the known method with...

20060195472 - Method and system for aggregating contact information from multiple contact sources: A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication...

20060195474 - Method and system for locating contact information collected from contact sources: A method and system for aggregating contact information of contacts from multiple contact sources is provided. The aggregation system collects contact information for a user from various contact sources. The aggregation system stores the collected content information in a contact data store. The aggregation system may also store an indication...

20060195479 - Method for sharing and searching playlists: The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists....

20060195481 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20060195476 - Platform for data services across disparate application frameworks: Data management between a common data store and multiple applications of multiple disparate application frameworks. A data storage component is provided that facilitates the storage of data, which data includes structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. A common data platform interfaces to the data storage component to provide data services accessible...

20060195477 - Storage api for a common data platform: An application program interface (API) for a data platform. The API includes a generic data access component that exposes at least one of stores, sessions, transactions, and query services of the data platform, which data platform is associated with a data store. A data classes component of the API provides...

20060195482 - Temporal knowledgebase: Systems and methods are described to address the problem of maintaining only unique data values accessed through name-value tuple sets. A knowledgebase represents data in tuple sets where all the data across the tuples comprise unique instances for memory conservation and system performance purposes. The knowledgebase stores and maintains unique...

20060195480 - User interface for sharing and searching playlists: The present disclosure provides a user interface for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a user interface for searching for such public playlists....

20060195485 - Apparatus, a method and a computer program product for releasing a savepoint: An apparatus, a method and a computer program product for releasing a nested savepoint on a remote node of a database management system. The to-be-released savepoint is one of a series of savepoints represented by control blocks arranged in a linked list in the creation order of the savepoints they...

20060195486 - File management apparatus and method, program therefore, and recording medium: The present invention provides a file management apparatus for managing files, recorded on a recording medium, on the basis of an index file including management information about the files, the apparatus including: a management status information holding unit for holding management status information indicative of a management status of the...

20060195488 - Method, system, program and data structure for cleaning a database table: Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for performing a clean operation on an input table. The input table to clean is indicated in an input data table name. At least one rule definition is processed to clean the input table. Each rule definition indicates a find criteria,...

20060195489 - Method, system, program and data structure for cleaning a database table: Disclosed is a method, system, program, and data structure for performing a clean operation on an input table. The input table to clean is indicated in an input data table name. At least one rule definition is processed to clean the input table. Each rule definition indicates a find criteria,...

20060195484 - System and method for providing a dynamic user interface for workflow in hospitals: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for improved management of multiple applications and workflows using a workflow engine based dynamic worklist in a healthcare environment. In an embodiment, the system includes at least one data store, wherein the at least one data store includes departmental...

20060195487 - Systems and methods for managing the synchronization of replicated version-managed databases: A system and method for synchronizing a local replicated database with remote replicated databases. Generally, the system includes a local replicated database and a synchronization manager associated with the local replicated database. The synchronization manager may send changes made on the local replicated database to one or more remote replicated...

20060195490 - Context based access of files by file system to a client based on detection of related files opened by the client: A network has a file system configured for providing a selected version of a first file to a client, having requested the file, based on detecting that the client has opened a second file having an identified relationship with the first file. Files are identified as having a relationship based...

20060195492 - Method and apparatus for implementing an adaptive data warehouse: In one embodiment, a method an apparatus for managing a system comprising at least one operational data store and a data warehouse that is associated with at least some of the data in the operational data set, comprising automatically updating the schema of the data warehouse to reflect a change...

20060195493 - Method and system for remote data recovery: A method and system for generating a snapshot in a consistent state is disclosed. The system comprises a host computer, a primary data storage, a data protection unit, and a secondary data storage. The data protection unit monitors a state of an email application which is running on the host...

20060195491 - System and method of importing documents into a document management system: A system and method of importing a document into a document management system are presented. In an embodiment, the method comprises displaying at a scanning device a list of one or more available profiles, each of the profiles being associated with metadata; receiving input indicative of a selection of one...

20060190421 - Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, and program: The present information relates to an information processing apparatus and method, a recording medium, and a program which are capable of easily and continuously writing programs to a plurality of storage blocks which are controlled by different CPUs. A first CPU 11 of an image display apparatus 1 writes a...

20060190423 - Print data editing apparatus and print data editing program stored in a computer readable medium: The relationship between an object and a database item, such as a title item, family name item, address item, city name item, and birth day item are displayed with a link line which connects the object with a database item such that the relationship can be readily observed. The display...

20060190422 - System and method for dynamically creating records: A communication system that is capable of collecting information from one or more users of the communication system includes one or more data collection mechanisms that are operated by a first entity. The mechanisms operate to collect at least a portion of information from a user of a communication system...

20060190426 - Data management apparatus, data management method, and storage medium: A data management apparatus which includes: a removable storage device; a nonvolatile memory which saves a first conversion key; a first encrypting device which converts a datum to be saved in the storage device into an encrypted datum by the first conversion key; a first writing device which writes the...

20060190425 - Method for merging multiple ranked lists with bounded memory: Systems and methods for conducting attribute-based queries over a plurality of objects using bounded memory locations and minimizing costly input and output operations are provided. A plurality of attributes are associated with each object, and a plurality of data groups, one each for the identified attributes are created. The objects...

20060190424 - System and method for dynamically linking: A communication system that is capable of collecting information from one or more users of the communication system includes one or more memory modules. The memory modules are operable to store one or more scripts that each comprises one or more queries for information to a user. The system also...

20060190442 - Database visualization and searching: In providing visualization of entries of a database for browsing meta data types may be provided, and meta data of each type may be associated with each database entry. The meta data types may describe different properties of the respective database entries. Three meta data types may be selected and...

20060190433 - Distributed navigation business activities data: Business activity management of monitoring multiple instances of a business activity and navigating business activity data in a distributed system. A system includes a plurality of databases storing data relating to multiple instances of a monitored business activity. A user interface receives a request from a user for business activity...

20060190435 - Document retrieval using behavioral attributes: Described is a method for retrieving a user document using behavioral attributes associated with the user document. One or more relevant documents in a user library are determined in response to a text search of documents in the library. Each relevant document has a text relevance. A behavioral relevant is...

20060190436 - Dynamic client interaction for search: A system for guiding a search for information is presented. The system comprises a user interface that accepts a phrase and receives at least one suggestion based at least in part on the phrase. The system also includes a phrase suggestion engine that matches the phrase with the at least...

20060190445 - Indexing of digitized entities: The invention relates to indexing of digitized entities in a large and comparatively unstructured data collection, for instance the Internet, such that text-based searches with respect to the data collection can be ordered via a user client terminal. Index information is generated for each digitized entity, which contains distinctive features...

20060190431 - Large document browsing system: The present invention provides a system and method for controlling review of large documents. Purchasers who use computers to place orders may review a subset of selected items within the orders to ease review. The system may detect orders having items that exceed a specified threshold. The system may allow...

20060190443 - Method and apparatus for providing access to drawing information: A computer implemented system, method, and article of manufacture provide access to a drawing. A server computer has one or more server component applications. One or more drawing files are created by a first drawing application and stored on the server computer. A search server component application executes on the...

20060190437 - Method and apparatus for rating, displaying and accessing common computer and internet search results using colors and/or icons: A new and safe way to display, limit, and rate search results. New Methods and Apparatus for Rating, Displaying and Accessing common computer and Internet Search results using Colors. It is known that search results can be filled with both inappropriate and offensive materials. This invention provides for new means...

20060190427 - Method and apparatus for searching data in a peer to peer network: The invention provides a method and apparatus for more efficient searching peer to peer networks for data. Large peer to peer networks comprise millions of peer clients, or just briefly peers, having enormous amounts of data objects available. Searching all peers takes a lot of time, therefore a small group—private...

20060190444 - Method for displaying search results: A web server for displaying search results is disclosed. The web server may be configured to receive a search query over the public network from a user; produce a set of results responsive to the search including content associated with the search query; display the results to the user on...

20060190429 - Methods and systems providing desktop search capability to software application: Methods and apparatuses for providing an Internet (Web) search functionality to a target application. The Web functionality allows a target application to access and use the Web search functionality without modification of the target application. For one embodiment, information communicated between the target application and the operating system, or other...

20060190434 - Query rebinding for high-availability database systems: A method, system and article of manufacture for query processing and, more particularly, for managing execution of queries with respect to different data sources. The different data sources may be logically represented by one or more data abstraction models. One embodiment comprises receiving a first abstract query against physical data...

20060190441 - Search toolbar: A toolbar apparatus includes program code stored in computer readable memory. The program code is configured display a control panel listing a plurality of information sources. At least one of the information sources is accessed via a computer network, and at least one is not. The program code is further...

20060190432 - System and method for graphically distinguishing levels of a multidimensional database: In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for graphically distinguishing levels from a multidimensional database. Levels from a multidimensional database are distinguished, such as by associating two or more of database's levels with a plurality of different visual indicators....

20060190440 - Systems and methods for constructing and using models of memorability in computing and communications applications: One or more models of memorability are provided that facilitate various computer-based applications including those centering on the storage, retrieval, and processing of information, applications that remind people about items they risk not recalling or overlooking, and facilitating communications of reminders. In one application, the models are used to help...

20060190430 - Systems and methods for resource-adaptive workload management: Systems and methods are provided for resource adaptive workload management. In a method thereof, at least one execution objective is received for at least one of a plurality of queries under execution. A progress status of, and an amount of resource consumed by, each of the plurality of queries are...

20060190438 - Systems, methods, and software for retrieving information using multiple query languages: An exemplary method comprises receiving a description of query language; and automatically configuring a language converter based on the received description of the query language. The language converter, or translator, can be used to adapt a system to changing query languages....

20060190428 - User assistance: An apparatus, device, method, computer program product, and system that detects an operative coupling between a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the first and second electronic devices having a presence in a geographic locale, and obtains a user assistance corresponding to the operative coupling....

20060190439 - Web query classification: A query phrase may be automatically classified to one or more topics of interest (e.g., categories) to assist in routing the query phrase to one or more appropriate backend databases. A selectional preference query classification technique may be used to classify the query phrase based on a comparison between the...

20060190447 - Query spelling correction method and system: A method and system for providing to a user a set of alternative query suggestions is disclosed. The method, system and computer readable medium product in accordance with embodiments of the invention includes generating an index of all words in a corpus of documents available to the application, generating a...

20060190446 - Web search system and method thereof: A system and method thereof for web search. A server comprises a storage device and a first program module. The storage device stores word count records. Each word count record has information regarding occurrences of words in short passages which have been referenced by a user. The first program module...

20060190448 - Method, system, and computer program product for creating navigation views based on historical user behavior: The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for creating navigation views based on historical user behavior. The method comprises: tracking pages navigated by a user through a site to provide tracking data; generating a complete site view displaying all pages in the site; generating a reduced...

20060190450 - Audio fingerprinting system and method: An audio fingerprinting system and method. A server receives an audio fingerprint of a first audio piece, searches a database for the audio fingerprint, retrieves an audio profile vector associated with the audio fingerprint, updates user preference information based on the audio profile vector, and selects a second audio piece...

20060190451 - System and method for locating a document containing a selected number and displaying the number as it appears in the document: The disclosure describes a system and method for locating a number in a source document by presenting and manipulating data on private and public companies. A central database of financial information is established. A target entity is entered within the central database by a user, and financial information of the...

20060190449 - System and method for prior art cross citation: Method and apparatus are disclosed for managing intellectual property information including organizing intellectual property data in a data processing system according to patent files pending with a government patent office. Various methods and software are provided to manage the citation of information disclosure documents to the patent offices, including automatically...

20060190452 - Sort digits as number collation in server: Systems and methods that supply a sort order for strings with defined digit and non-digit tokens, via employing a normalization procedure that assigns numeric values to the digit based tokens, and that further leverages on existing database collations. As such, plugging a particular collation into the sort engine determines a...

20060190453 - System and method for detecting termination of an application instance using locks: A system and method for detecting termination of an application, such as a database instance, that uses locks is described. A holding child process is started from a parent process. The holding child process connects to a monitored application instance, acquires an exclusive lock on the monitored application instance and...

20060190455 - Method and system for assigning access control levels in providing access to networked content files: A method and system for assigning access control levels when granting access to resources includes a client node, a collection agent, and a policy engine. The client node requests access to a resource. The collection agent gathers information about the client node. The policy engine receives the gathered information and...

20060190454 - Network system, element thereof and network visualization method: On at least one of computers constituting a plurality of nodes on a network N, a management information file representing links between nodes is stored. The computer of each node stores, into a predetermined memory area on the network, digital information pieces generated on the computer. The computer sends the...

20060190456 - System and method for managing objects and resources with access rights embedded in nodes within a hierarchical tree structure: A system and method for controlling access to data within a hierarchically organized document, such as an XML document. Elements may have their access rights specified, for example as a variable in an XML tag. If not specified within an element of the document, access rights are inherited from its...

20060190459 - Method and apparatus for allowing a user to display a pre-defined number of search results on a web page: A web server for displaying search results is disclosed. The web server may be configured to present the user a search page for receiving a query from the user and search options regarding the query over the public network from a user; display results of the query to the user...

20060190457 - Method of increasing enterprise alliance and cooperation success: A method of increasing enterprise alliance or successful cooperation comprising collecting the basic information and the news information of several target units. According to the above basic information, the target units are classified into several classifications. An assessment is performed based on the above news information and the basic information,...

20060190458 - Sensor network management system: An attribute value of a matter accompanied by a sensor is transmissibly accessible in a sensor node system constituted by wireless terminal computers having the sensor, the wireless communication base stations and server computers. The wireless terminal computer reports at the time of wireless communication an identification number of a...

20060190461 - Apparatus, system, and method for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects. The apparatus includes a correlation module, a storage module, a query module, and a deletion module. The correlation module associates a set of predicate identifiers...

20060190466 - Customization of metadata describing objects in a computing environment: The present invention facilitates customization of metadata that describes objects in a software system without requiring modification of source code. A customization that describes a desired customization to metadata is received and the relevant metadata is identified. A delta value indicating the customization to the metadata is stored....

20060190462 - Global satellite databases and security systems: The objective of the current invention is to provide an advanced and effective means of security checks performed for airline travelers and other administrative functions as well. It makes use of satellites to host databases containing personal information about the citizens of the member countries. Anybody who needs to travel...

20060190464 - Information processing apparatus, method and program: If content having an attribute different from that of content usually used by a user is selected, the present invention allows proper content recommendation in accordance with the selection. When notified from a control block of a selected piece of music, a short-term preference vector generation block gets music vector...

20060190465 - Method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content: A method and apparatus for efficient indexed storage for unstructured content have been disclosed....

20060190460 - Method and mechanism of handling reporting transactions in database systems: Disclosed are improved methods, systems, and mediums for handling reporting transactions in database systems. In some embodiments, database snapshots are used to carry out reporting transactions on a failover node concurrently with execution of non-reporting transactions on a primary node....

20060190467 - Method, apparatus and recording medium for recording time information for digital data streams: A method and apparatus for recording time information for received digital data streams are provided. The method includes recording first time information and second time information on a recording medium. The first time information is part of management data for managing presentation data and the second time information is time...

20060190463 - Methods and systems for outputting data on a graphical user interface of a computer system: Methods and systems are provided for outputting data on a graphical user interface of a computer system. Consistent with one implementation, a method of outputting data on a graphical user interface is provided. The method comprises retrieving data descriptive of an object from a data repository, transferring the data as...

20060190470 - Download, storage, and retrieval device: A self-contained inventive device capable of downloading and storing data from a personal information manager. The inventive device further comprises a feature that allows the data to be uploaded to either the same personal information manager from which the data was downloaded or to an entirely different personal information manager,...

20060190469 - Serialization of file system item(s) and associated entity(ies): A system and method for serialization and/or de-serialization of file system item(s) and associated entity(ies)is provided. A file system “item” comprises a core class which can include property(ies). An item can be simple or compound (e.g., includes other item(s) embedded in it). Associated with an item can be entity(ies) such...

20060190468 - Techniques for improving memory access patterns in tree-based data index structures: A computer-implemented method is provided for performing key lookups. The method comprises accessing a header of a given one of a plurality of nodes in a tree-based data index structure. The given node comprises the header and a plurality of partitions. Each partition comprises at least one key. The header...

20060190471 - Auto-filing of watch results in ip management system: Method and apparatus are disclosed for managing intellectual property information including organizing intellectual property data in a data processing system according to activities related to intellectual property. Each activity is represented by an activity data structure containing at least some data pertinent to the activity. A second data processing system...

20060190476 - Database storage system and associated method: A system is provided for saving data to a structurally changed database. The system comprises an input processor for validating ancillary data; a stored procedure generator for automatically re-generating a stored procedure using the validated ancillary data and metadata. The system further comprises a code generator for automatically re-generating source...

20060190473 - End user defined event rules for erp applications: A method of creating alerts in a database system is disclosed. The method may include allowing the selection of at least one field or record to be monitored, determining the data in a database that affects the value of the selected field or record, storing a trigger related to the...

20060190474 - Extensible markup language schema for mathematical expressions: An extensible markup language-based schema for representing a mathematical expression in documents. The schema can include a single math tag indicative of text and operators of the mathematical expression. The schema can also include format attributes indicative of one of a plurality of formats to be applied to the mathematical...

20060190475 - Group polling for consumer review: Using a computer system comprising clients at which users interface to the computer system and at least one review server that maintains a collection of reviews, each associated with a presentation, a method of collecting the reviews including providing a first presentation to a first user via a first client...

20060190478 - Method and apparatus for object oriented storage and retrieval of data from a relational database: Systems and methods for accessing a relational database through an object-oriented querying interface are provided. A class of objects that are to be stored in the relational database are defined. One or more relational database tables are created and a mapping is produced that maps each data member of an...

20060190477 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20060190472 - System and method for improved exposure of database schema information: Systems and methods for improved exposure of database schema information are disclosed. Generally, a database driver may retrieve and provide database schema information according to one of two default methods or, also, a third override method. The first default method is to execute a query on the database. The second...

20060190481 - Classifier tuning based on data similarities: A probabilistic classifier is used to classify data items in a data stream. The probabilistic classifier is trained, and an initial classification threshold is set, using unique training and evaluation data sets (i.e., data sets that do not contain duplicate data items). Unique data sets are used for training and...

20060190479 - Computer-implemented methods and systems for accessing data in a computer system by a user: Methods and systems are provided for accessing, processing, and outputting data on a graphical output device for a user is provided. In one implementation, a method is provided that comprises presenting on the graphical output device a first portion of a data object in a window, wherein the data object...

20060190480 - Generation of names related to organization actions: A system for generating names related to organization actions performed with applications includes a communications interface and a processor. The communications interface receives data sent between an application and a server in response to a user interacting with the application. The processor processes the data to determine an organization action...

20060190482 - Method and system for resource management: The present invention manages resources in a computing device to facilitate the allocation of resources amongst competing clients operating on the device. A hierarchy of budgets is constructed to encode restrictions on the aggregated use of a resource allocated by a resource provider to one or more clients. A resource...

20060190486 - Configuring a computer application with preconfigured business content: Techniques are described that enable a user, such as a business analyst or a system administrator, to configure a computer application program that was developed by a commercial software developer for sale to many business enterprises. An automated process and tools enable preconfigured business content for an application program to...

20060190492 - Data processor and method for processing medical text: In a data processing system and an operating method therefor, a medical text is automatically read into an evaluation unit of the data processing system, medical terms (in particular in abbreviated form) are automatically searched for in the medical text using a rule set stored in the data processing system,...

20060190483 - Data registration/search support device using a keyword: A display unit (614) displays a keyword search/enter screen, a registering work screen, and the like. A search processing unit (616) accepts an entry of a keyword from a keyword search screen, and presents report information stored in a report DB (630) to a report preparing person. A registration processing...

20060190491 - Database access system and database access method: Provision of a database access method allowing an open environment such as a Web system to access a main database constituted by a hierarchical database. A system for accessing a hierarchical database, including a storage section for storing schema information related to the hierarchical database converted to tree-structured data, and...

20060190487 - Method and system for managing inventory for a migration using history data: The generation of an activity display for displaying history data for one or more migration values is provided. A history record that includes various modification attributes is generated each time the migration value is modified and stored as history data. One or more stored history records can be obtained from...

20060190494 - Method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product: A method and system for tracing the identity of an agricultural product comprises holding an agricultural product in a container. The container is associated with a tag. Harvesting data is obtained. The harvesting data is associated with the harvesting of an agricultural product. The harvesting data is stored as stored...

20060190485 - Method of notifying an invitee to an event of changes to the event in an electronic calendar system: The present invention provides a method for notifying at least one invitee of an initial event of changes to the initial event. The method comprises receiving the initial event comprising a plurality of initial event elements and receiving an updated event comprising a plurality of updated event elements, each updated...

20060190484 - System and method for client reassignment in blade server: When a first blade server that is servicing a client computer becomes congested, service is transferred to a second blade server potentially in a different blade center by freezing the first blade and client and then sending, to the second blade server, a pointer to the currently addressed location in...

20060190488 - System and method for determining information related to user interactions with an application: A system, method, and computer program product is disclosed for determining information related to user interactions with an application. The system comprises a collector, an analyzer, and a storage device. The collector inspects data sent from the application to a server in response to a user interacting with the application....

20060190489 - System and method for electronically processing document images: The system and method facilitate the control and management of information and actions related to the computerized scanning, categorization, processing, storage, and retrieval of paper documents and electronic document images for the purposes of creating electronic data; data entry; data capture; data classification and categorization; and document-, file-, and records-management....

20060190493 - System and method for identifying and categorizing messages extracted from archived message stores: A system and method for identifying messages in a message store is provided. At least part of metadata associated with and at least part of content contained in each of a plurality of messages in a message store are encoded by generating a metadata sequence and a content sequence for...

20060190490 - Systems, methods, and interfaces for aggregating and providing information regarding legal professionals: The present inventors devised systems, methods, interfaces, and software that can facilitate identification of law firms and/or legal professionals. One exemplary system receives queries from users regarding a legal topic and responds with a listing of attorneys or law firms that are associated with information ranking them based on their...

20060190496 - Data transmission device and method for controlling the same and image reading apparatus using the same: According to the present invention, a data transmission device that can transmit data to a destination contained in pre-stored destination information, the data transmission device comprises a determining section that, when the device is instructed to transmit data, determines whether or not destination information contained in the transmission instruction was...

20060190495 - System and method for purging messages in a legal information system: There is disclosed method and apparatus for storing and processing information in a data storage and processing system used by attorneys, and recording attorney-client communications and communications from a government agency respecting a legal matter. At least some of the attorney-client communications can be designated with a indication that allows...

20060190497 - Support for schema evolution in a multi-node peer-to-peer replication environment: A method, system and article of manufacture of replication are provided. A first replicate comprises a plurality of participants. The first replicate replicates one or more columns of a table. Replication data is transformed between a first local dictionary format and a first common dictionary format at a first participant...

20060190499 - Methods and systems for managing data: Systems and methods for managing data, such as metadata. In one exemplary method, metadata from files created by several different software applications are captured, and the captured metadata is searched. The type of information in metadata for one type of file differs from the type of information in metadata for...

20060190498 - Replication-only triggers: A method, system and article of manufacture provide a replication-only trigger in a database management system. The database management system has a source server and a target server. At least one replication-only trigger which is associated with a replication operation is registered. The replication-only trigger is associated with a stored...

20060190500 - Synchronization with derived metadata: A system and method for synchronizing a database comprising raw data and metadata derived from the raw data, but when the metadata has not yet been updated. The raw data and the metadata are first synchronized, with the raw data having been assigned a version number. After synchronization, any stale...

20060190501 - System supporting data repository compatibility: A system addresses backward compatibility between two databases by capturing the latest definition and structure of a referenced model database and providing the information for use in creating object information usable by a database management application of a first database for accessing data in a different second database and that...

20060190502 - Backing up at least one encrypted computer file: The present invention provides a method and system of backing up at least one encrypted computer file encrypted by an encryption filter driver running on an operating system of a computer system and restoring at least one encrypted computer file encrypted by an encryption filter driver running on an operating...

20060190506 - Ghosted synchronization: A system and method for synchronizing a database having metadata and raw data. Metadata may be fully synchronized between two systems, with copies stored on both systems. Raw data may be selectively synchronized, so that a client system need not store all of the raw data locally. When disconnected, the...

20060190503 - Online repair of a replicated table: A method, system and article of manufacture implementing the method repairs a table. A replication environment has a first replicate comprising a source table on a source server and a target table on a target server. The source server transmits replication data from the source server with repair data from...

20060190504 - Simulating multi-user activity while maintaining original linear request order for asynchronous transactional events: A method, system and article of manufacture maintain the original order of a sequence of transactions originating from a source database and being replicated to a target database. A lockable object is associated with each transaction of the sequence of transactions from the source database. Each transaction has one or...

20060190505 - System and method for using a file system to automatically backup a file as a generational file: An improved system and method for using a file system to automatically backup a file in persistent storage is provided. A storage aggregator may organize nonvolatile memory for use in aggregate to store backup copies of a file. A file system filter driver may receive a request from an application...

20060190508 - Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus: An information recording medium comprises a data recording area. A lead-in area and a volume space are allocated in the data recording area in advance. The volume space is constructed so as to allow a logical zone for recording at least a volume-file structure and an over-run protection area for...

20060190509 - Information recording medium, information recording method, information recording apparatus, information reproducing method and information reproducing apparatus: An information recording medium comprises a data recording area. A lead-in area and a volume space are allocated in the data recording area in advance. The volume space is constructed so as to allow a logical zone for recording at least a volume-file structure and an over-run protection area for...

20060190507 - Method of generating map update process data, map update method, and map update apparatus: A method of generating map update process data used for updating old map data including a great number of files to new map data includes the steps of using an old map file to be updated and a new map file to generate differential data; calculating a relative size of...

20060190510 - Write barrier for data storage integrity: A system that facilitates the storage of data using a write barrier. The system interfaces to a hardware component that stores data, and includes a write barrier component that dynamically employs instructions compatible with the hardware component to ensure data integrity during storage of the data. The write barrier component...

20060184499 - Data search system and method: According to some embodiments of the invention, a method of data management is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of sub-tables in a table of a relational database. Each sub-table has a predicate that indicates at least a partial description of information to be stored in the sub-table. The...

20060184501 - Information analysis apparatus, information analysis method, and information analysis program: There is provided an information analysis apparatus comprising first and second data mining portions. The first mining portion conducts data mining of a first data group and counts numbers of data obtained in process of the data mining of the first data group. The second mining portion conducts the data...

20060184504 - Method and apparatus for providing sponsorship for a directory: A method for providing sponsorship for a directory comprises permitting a search of the directory. The method further comprising displaying a search result on a page and incorporating a designated web page of a sponsor on the same page as the search result....

20060184505 - Method and system for compression of files for storage and operation on compressed files: A method and system for creating, reading and writing compressed files for use with a file access storage. The compressed data of a raw file are packed into a plurality of compressed units and stored as compressed files. One or more corresponding compressed units may be read and/or updated with...

20060184502 - Method for file level remote copy of a storage device: An object of remote copy can be specified in units of a file or a directory more detailed than in units of a volume. If a host computer issues a write request of a file to NASa, NASa references a source NAS of remote copy and a source directory of...

20060184497 - Network-information-processing system and information-processing method: As shown in FIG. 3, a network electronic conference system comprises: at least one notebook personal computer PC1 through PCi each having an input operation function to process arbitrary information; presentation apparatus 10 for displaying image based on information transferred from the notebook personal computer PC1; a creator (5) for...

20060184503 - Paid search engine bid management: A method and apparatus (information processing system) for overcoming deficiencies and inefficiencies in the current paid search engine keyword bidding market, by providing keyword bidders with information they need to better optimize their use of paid search engines. The system accumulates bid amounts for a plurality of target keywords at...

20060184498 - System and method for efficiently obtaining a summary from and locating data in a log file: Systems and methods for efficiently obtaining a summary from and locating data in a log file allow a user to efficiently obtain summary information and locate specific data records even in large log files. The system includes a configuration program, a log writing program, and a log reading program. The...

20060184500 - Using content analysis to detect spam web pages: Evaluating content includes receiving content, analyzing the content for web spam using a content-based identification technique, and classifying the content according to the analysis. An index of analyzed contents may be created. A system for evaluating content includes a storage device configured to store data and a processor configured to...

20060184507 - Dynamically configurable lists for including multiple content types: A dynamically configurable list management system that supports list elements of multiple content types is presented. Each list element is associated with an element type via an element type identifier. The element type identifier uniquely identifies the element type to the list management system. Each property associated with each element...

20060184506 - Method and apparatus for storing relationship data for accounts and contacts: A method of storing data related to a first entity in a relationship and a second entity in the relationship in a database is disclosed. The method may include entering a name description of the second entity in the relationship into a second converse relationship field of a relationship entity,...

20060184517 - Answers analytics: computing answers across discrete data: A method to derive new facts from a collection of discrete facts is provided. The discrete facts are stored in a data structure that organizes each discrete fact based on classification, value, unit, validity range, and subject. The discrete facts may be stored in an inverted index to allow efficient...

20060184510 - Apparatus, method, and program for executing protocol converting process: When a device searches a network, there is a case where the device is recognized as different devices as one searched by a protocol A and the other searched by a protocol B. In a proxy server 9300 for executing a protocol converting process in a network system, whether or...

20060184515 - Category searching: Performing a category search to identify categories of web sites that relate to a search term includes receiving at least one search term that then is compared with a hierarchy of category identifiers, and with terms related to one or more categories, to determine whether matches exist. A category identifier...

20060184512 - Content searching and configuration of search results: Content searching and configuration of search results are described. In an implementation, a method includes in response to a search query, selecting a keyword based on heuristic data which describes a plurality of previously performed searched. A search is performed utilizing the search query and the selected keyword to locate...

20060184509 - Database arrangement: A database contains data items with which various index terms 40 are associated. The database arrangement maintains information about relationships between the index terms, there being a relationship between any two index terms which are both associated with a data item in common. This allows a user to be provided...

20060184513 - Image retrieving apparatus, an image retrieving method, and a recording medium: An image recording apparatus for recording a plurality of original images taken on a recording medium, includes an asset recording unit for recording a new plurality of original images on a region of the recording medium on which information is not recorded yet in case the new plurality of original...

20060184514 - Large-scale metasearch engine: A large-scale metasearch engine is provided. The engine has three main components. A discovery component examines web page content to discover and identify search engines. A connection component connects the metasearch engine to each search engine that has been identified. A search result extraction component extracts useful information from each...

20060184508 - Methods and system for providing context sensitive information: A method and system are described for providing context sensitive data to a system user. The method includes the steps of identifying the user and querying databases to create a user context. Information is aggregated from the network databases and filtered using the user context. Providing the correct data needed...

20060184518 - Proactive caching in olap databases: The present invention leverages MOLAP performance for ROLAP objects (dimensions, partitions and aggregations) by building, in a background process, a MOLAP equivalent of that object. When the background processing completes, queries are switched from ROLAP queries to MOLAP queries. When changes occur to relevant relational objects (such as tables that...

20060184516 - Search engine: A search engine for retrieving documents from a database comprising a semantic document editor that is operable to allow a user to edit an existing document by creating one or more searchable compound word that contains information contextually relevant to the contents of the document. The editor is operable to...

20060184511 - Semantic network document container for use in attestation of management reports: A system that manages semantic network is a medium for objective framework and document repository. An integrated dashboard enables the user to maintain a semantic network as a repository for complex document storage and retrieval. The context of this semantic network offers a foundation for document attestation of complex management...

20060184519 - System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions: A method and system for storing and retrieving spatial data objects from a spatial database is discussed. The system stores multi-dimensional objects within the database by determining their position in a multi-tiered coordinate system. One each object has been assigned to a particular coordinate, the object is further assigned to...

20060184520 - Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, program, and storage medium: An image processing apparatus for recording and reproducing an image, comprises: a recording unit that records the image; a search unit that searches file data recorded in the recording unit when the apparatus is started; an operation unit that designates a predetermined operation to the apparatus; and a control unit...

20060184521 - Compressed document surrogates: Disclosed is a method and device for storing information about Web documents such as pages or sites in a manner which may be used in conjunction with inverted term lists to facilitate the retrieval of documents of interest from the Web. The method involves constructing compressed surrogates for documents, such...

20060184522 - Systems and methods for generating and processing evolutionary documents: An evolutionary document system comprises: a multi-function printer, a recognition module, an evolutionary document processing module, a list of document identifiers and corresponding actions, and an evolutionary document creation module. The MFP includes software and control routines for processing and creating evolutionary documents. The recognition module is operable on the...

20060184526 - Customer feedback acquisition and processing system: A customer feedback acquisition and processing system is disclosed. Customer feedback, which may optionally include voice signals, is captured and stored in a database. The database can be searched to develop a subset of records pertaining to an area of interest. A data mining tool can then be used on...

20060184524 - Method and system for automated data analysis, performance estimation and data model creation: A personal medical information storage and analysis system including a personal medical portal component in communication with a secure patient database and a patient with secure personal medical information stored in the secure patient database, and the secure patient database being a personal medical portal component in communication with the...

20060184525 - Method, system and computer program product for searching an electronic version of a paper: In one embodiment, on a first date, a computer system receives a watch list term that is specified by a user. The computer system receives an electronic version of a paper on a second date after the first date, and the computer system searches the electronic version for the watch...

20060184523 - Search methods and associated sys