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Data Processing: Database And File Management Or Data Structures > Database Or File Accessing > Query Processing (i.e., Searching) > Pattern Matching Access Pattern Matching AccessPattern Matching Access patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/26/06 - 20060242145 - Method and apparatus for extraction The present invention pertains to the field of computer software. More specifically, the present invention relates to one or more of the definition, extraction, delivery, and hyper-linking of clips, for example web clips. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242144 - Medical image data processing system A system determines a most recent medical image study accessed or used by a healthcare worker and identifies the most up to date instance of a medical image study stored in a distributed environment with multiple DICOM storage nodes, for example. A medical image data acquisition and processing system, involves ... 10/26/06 - 20060242143 - System for processing medical image representative data from multiple clinical imaging devices A multi imaging modality reading system enables medical report generation to begin earlier in a workflow process by enabling automatic image correlation of images derived by one or multiple, imaging modalities allowing for comparison of pathology over time and between modalities. A user interface system for accessing multiple medical images ... 10/26/06 - 20060242142 - Systems and methods for performing schema matching with data dictionaries Systems and methods for performing schema matching of multiple data dictionaries. Lexical graphs are generated for two or more data dictionaries. The lexical graphs include terms with definitions and identified links between terms. A data processing device determines if matches occur between the generated lexical graphs and outputs the result ... 10/26/06 - 20060242141 - Abstracted metadata policy component and related architecture A method and architecture for reading and updating metadata. A policy component is arranged to receive a request to read or update metadata that may include metadata from a plurality of standards. Each metadata format potentially includes a field corresponding to the request. The policy component determines which fields to ... 10/19/06 - 20060235845 - Identifying patterns of symbols in sequences of symbols using a binary array representation of the sequence The present invention relates to computer-implemented methods for finding patterns in patterns in a set of k-sequences of symbols (where k≧2) and to a computer readable medium having instructions for controlling a computer system to perform the methods. Patterns of symbols common to each 2-tuple of sequences are identified. Each ... 10/19/06 - 20060235844 - Fundamental pattern discovery using the position indices of symbols in a sequence of symbols The present invention relates to computer-implemented methods for finding patterns in patterns in a set of k-sequences of symbols (where k>2) and to a computer readable medium having instructions for controlling a computer system to perform the methods. Patterns of symbols common to each 2-tuple of sequences are identified. Each ... 10/19/06 - 20060235843 - Method and system for semantic search and retrieval of electronic documents A system and method for semantic search for electronic documents stored on a computer readable media, and providing a search result in response to a query. The system includes a corpus including a plurality of electronic documents that are domain tagged at a document level and analyzed based on the ... 10/12/06 - 20060230039 - Online identity tracking Embodiments of the invention provide novel systems, software and methods for gathering information about online entities and for identifying, evaluating and scoring such entities. Merely by way of example, the trustworthiness of an online entity, such as a domain, can be evaluated based information known about other online entities (e.g., ... 10/12/06 - 20060230038 - Album art on devices with rules management A system and method for transferring album art from a client computer to a portable media device (PMD). A graphical user-interface allows a user to select a track for transfer to the PMD. A media player application (MPA) verifies that the PMD is capable and authorized to receive album art. ... 10/12/06 - 20060230037 - Information notification apparatus and information notification method To provide an information notification apparatus which includes: a rule management unit (103) which holds (a) an information notification rule generated based on the information (TPO information) concerning the preference of a specific user (mother), the rule defining that predetermined information (“Buy milk.”) should be notified to the user (mother) ... 10/05/06 - 20060224586 - System and method for improved spell checking A spell checking method presents a selectable list of similarly spelled words, when a misspelled word is selected by the user who wishes to find the correct spelling. One feature determines the “content” or “topic” of a document. Based on the content, the spell checker presents likely replacement words for ... 10/05/06 - 20060224585 - Method and system for managing and searching a supplier database structure What is disclosed is a method, software product and database structure for storing, searching and managing multi-dimensional, discrete supplier capabilities and characteristics. This method and system consists creating, searching and maintaining a database structure containing discrete definitions of supplier material specialties, industries they serve, product families they produce, detailed processes ... 10/05/06 - 20060224584 - Automatic linear text segmentation An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for automatically subdividing a document into conceptually cohesive segments. The method includes the following steps: subdividing the document into contiguous blocks of text; generating an abstract mathematical space based on the blocks of text, wherein each block of text has a ... 10/05/06 - 20060224583 - Systems and methods for analyzing a user's web history A user's prior searching and browsing activities are recorded for subsequent use. A user may examine the user's prior searching and browsing activities in a number of different ways, including indications of the user's prior activities related to advertisements. A set of search results may be modified in accordance with ... 10/05/06 - 20060224582 - User interface for facts query engine with snippets from information sources that include query terms and answer terms A method and a system for providing snippets of source documents of an answer to a fact query are disclosed. Snippets of source documents may be provided in response to a user request for the source documents from which the fact answer to a fact query was extracted. The snippets ... 09/28/06 - 20060218145 - System and method for identifying and removing potentially unwanted software A system and method for identifying and removing potentially unwanted software. A mechanism is provided that identifies suspect programs to a user and allows the user to prevent the suspect programs from running without actually deleting them. In one embodiment, scanner data identifying potentially unwanted software is displayed in a ... 09/28/06 - 20060218144 - Systems and methods for performing streaming checks on data format for udts The subject invention relates to systems and methods that perform consistency checks of user defined type (UDT) fragments utilizing a stream of data without wholesale copying of the data. Streaming consistency checks facilitate discovering invalid fragments as soon as possible such that the entire UDT fragment does not have to ... 09/28/06 - 20060218143 - Systems and methods for inferring uniform resource locator (url) normalization rules Different URLs that actually reference the same web page or other web resource are detected and that information is used to only download one instance of a web page or web resource from a web site. All web pages or web resources downloaded from a web server are compared to ... 09/21/06 - 20060212447 - System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list. A database stores accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains contact and billing information. In addition, each account contains at least one search ... 09/14/06 - 20060206482 - Imaging apparatus associated with an image database The invention concerns an image database comprising a plurality of tables each including fields concerning at least image acquisition conditions, and/or sample identification, the tables being connected to one another in accordance with selected relationships. Each image acquisition comprises a control for displacing the sample-holder, parameters of the filtering means ... 09/14/06 - 20060206481 - Question answering system, data search method, and computer program A question answering system includes a question-sentence analysis unit, a search unit, an answer-candidate extraction unit, a check-expression generation unit, a check-expression search unit and an answer-candidate correction unit. The question-sentence analysis unit extracts a keyword applied to a search process from an input question sentence. The search unit executes ... 09/14/06 - 20060206480 - Shared bookmarks based on user interest profiles A system and method for providing personalized, shared bookmarks that determines which bookmarks are to be shared with a given user based at least in part on an interest profile associated with that user. The interest file can be used to define important other users, for example based on attributes, ... 09/07/06 - 20060200465 - Method for searching a computer file in a file directory according to its file name The present invention provides a method for searching a file in a file directory according to a given file name of the file. The method includes the steps of: counting number k of characters of the file name; calculating number n of files in the file directory; executing a first ... 09/07/06 - 20060200464 - Method and system for generating a document summary A text document is segmented into word and sentence information when the document is first presented and indexed. A memory stream is generated for the document. The memory stream includes document title information, word offsets, sentence offsets, the alternate list, and the contents of the document. The memory stream is ... 09/07/06 - 20060200463 - Determining a presentation rule in response to detecting multiple users A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that, in an embodiment, detect a first user, detect a second user, determine a presentation rule based on the detection of the first and second user, and send the presentation rule to an application. The presentation rule instructs the application to modify data ... 08/31/06 - 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 ... 08/31/06 - 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 ... 08/31/06 - 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 ... 08/31/06 - 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 ... 08/24/06 - 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 ... 08/24/06 - 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 ... 08/24/06 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 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 ... 08/17/06 - 20060184523 - Search methods and associated systems Search methods and associated systems are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is directed toward search methods and associated systems. One aspect of the invention is directed toward a computer-implemented searching method that includes receiving an input having a format. The method further includes finding a pattern that matches the ... 08/10/06 - 20060179056 - Enhanced storage and retrieval of spatially associated information Numerous embodiments exemplarily described herein offer a solution to the problem of overcrowding of spatially associated information by providing geo-demographic tags as a means of targeting spatially associated information at persons who meet certain demographic characteristics. In this way, a user who walks past a busy street corner can configure ... 08/10/06 - 20060179055 - Wine categorization system and method A system and device is presented for wine categorization in a database that links vintages into a wine model, and nodes in the wine model into wine categories. Further links relate foods to nodes in the wine categories, thereby allowing user queries relating to foods to retrieve wine vintages that ... 08/10/06 - 20060179054 - Compilation of nested regular expressions A method for string matching includes accepting an input regular expression comprising one or more nested references to respective referenced regular expressions. The nested references in the input regular expression are replaced with the respective referenced regular expressions, so as to provide a modified regular expression that does not contain ... 08/10/06 - 20060179053 - Improving quality of web search results using a game A system combines individual estimates of the subjective appeal of web pages into a combined rating for each web page that can be used to rank web pages during a web search. In a gaming implementation, a web page recipient estimates the combined rating that other recipients of the web ... 08/10/06 - 20060179052 - Method and arrangement for searching for strings This invention relates to methods of searching for a final number of result strings (30-33) having a partial or an exact match with a query string (34) in a database (80) comprised of many long strings or a long string, said method includes the steps of partitioning the query string ... 08/03/06 - 20060173842 - Decision-theoretic methods for identifying relevant substructures of a hierarchical file structure to enhance the efficiency of document access, browsing, and storage A system and methodology is provided for improving directory operations within a system providing an electronic hierarchical directory of items. The system includes a component which analyzes probabilities and utilities associated with determining potential target directories for storing and accessing data, and a component for building a subset of the ... 08/03/06 - 20060173841 - Determining a route to destination based on partially completed route Techniques are provided for predicting a destination for a ground-based vehicle. Travel patterns are accessed and a series of locations of a ground-based vehicle are received. At least some of the received locations are related to at least one accessed travel pattern, and a destination of the ground-based vehicle is ... 08/03/06 - 20060173840 - Automatic resource translation A novel technique for translating a string displayable on a user interface element in a graphical user interface provides a reliable translation without the use of a dictionary. In an embodiment of the invention, an identification is obtained, wherein the identification identifies the user interface element on which the string ... 07/27/06 - 20060167874 - Game-powered search engine The subject invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates an interactive game-powered search engine that serve the purposes of both users who may be looking for information as well as game participants who may desire to earn some reward or level of enjoyment by playing the game. More ... 07/27/06 - 20060167873 - Editor for deriving regular expressions by example The present invention is directed to a method for deriving regular expressions by example, enabling users to author pattern matching and transformation logic without being regular expression experts. A user interface accepts an example string, tokenizes it, and enables designation of string recognition keys and classification of corresponding values. A ... 07/27/06 - 20060167872 - Automatic dynamic contextual data entry completion system A method, performed in a character entry system, for interrelating character strings so that incomplete input character strings can be completed by a selection of a presented character string involves computing contextual associations between multiple character strings based upon co-occurrence of character strings relative to each other in documents present ... 07/27/06 - 20060167871 - Method and system for blocking specific network resources A system and method for blocking access by a network device to specific network resources by comparing a specific resource identifier against entries in a blacklist and facilitating a connection accordingly. A request for a connection to a specific network resource identified by a specific identifier is received and compared ... 07/20/06 - 20060161544 - System and method for planning and generating queries for multi-dimensional analysis using domain models and data federation Data integration and data analysis using computing equipment, software as well as hardware, includes a system and method for integrating data from various data sources, structured and unstructured, without physically creating a data warehouse and automatically generating queries for analysis of the integrated data from a multitude of different views. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155702 - Method and apparatus for searching element and recording medium storing a program therefor Provided are a method and apparatus for easily and quickly searching for a specific element (or a node) in a document or a library complying with an XML format by using tree path information based on a predetermined syntax, and a recording medium having a program to implement the method. ... 07/13/06 - 20060155701 - Fast implementation of recursive diamond search A method for block matching includes performing a first search for a matching block in a frame using a search pattern centered at a first center point and determining a best point that produces a close match. If the best point does not produce a match satisfying a criterion, the ... 07/13/06 - 20060155700 - Method and apparatus for structuring documents based on layout, content and collection A method and apparatus is provided for converting a document in a first format essentially comprising a flat layout structure into a structured document in a hierarchical form in accordance with predetermined attributes identified from the input format. The process comprises fragmenting the input document into a plurality of document ... 07/13/06 - 20060155699 - System and method for proofing individual documents of variable information document runs using document quality measurements Text, images, and/or graphics of variable content documents should be organized and laid out by a template to provide effective and quality documents. The best such template depends upon the variable content interaction with the template for each individual document. To analyze the qualitative nature of the template in quantifiable ... 07/13/06 - 20060155698 - System and method for accessing rss feeds A technique for pushing RSS feeds onto a device allows access to feeds on devices, such as mobile phones, that are not web-enabled. In an embodiment, text messages may be sent to a mobile phone when new feed items are available. The text messages may contain relatively little information about ... 07/13/06 - 20060155697 - System and method for adaptive query identification and acceleration A data management system and method. The system is adapted to analyze a plurality of data queries and provide a metric with respect thereto. The system then orders the queries based on the metric to improve a performance parameter of the system or estimate an execution time with respect to ... 07/06/06 - 20060149733 - Address matching A method and system for providing address matching consistent with the invention includes comparing the address against a plurality of address records in a database, wherein the database comprises at least one of the following: a delivery point database (505) and an enhanced delivery point database (705). In addition, the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149732 - Library extracting device and method for automatically extracting libraries of an embedded operating system A library extracting device and method for extracting libraries of an embedded operating system. The embedded operating system has a plurality of binary files and a plurality of libraries. The library extracting device includes a first checking module for generating a required library list according to libraries required by the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149731 - System and method for deriving affinity relationships between objects A system and method are provided for deriving affinity relationships between objects. A plurality of objects may be stored in a database. When two or more of these objects interact, the system and method may create an entry in a database defining the interaction. A counter may be incremented each ... 07/06/06 - 20060149730 - Client authenticated web browser with access approval mechanism Computer-implemented method for controlling access by a plurality of users to websites. The method includes receiving a first request that includes a first uniform resource locator (URL) from a first user of the plurality of users, the first URL identifying a first webpage. The method further includes ascertaining whether the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149729 - Monitoring availability of applications A system and method for monitoring availability of applications. According to an embodiment of the invention, a method includes providing a set of monitoring instructions to an agent, with the set of monitoring instructions including a time stamp and the set of monitoring instructions regarding monitoring of the availability of ... 06/29/06 - 20060143176 - System and method for measuring image similarity based on semantic meaning A method includes deriving a plurality of semantic categories for representing important semantic cues in images, where each semantic category is modeled through a combination of perceptual features that define the semantics of that category and that discriminate that category from other categories; for each semantic category, forming a set ... 06/29/06 - 20060143175 - System and method for automatically classifying text A method is provided for automatically classifying text into categories. In operation, a plurality of tokens or features are manually or automatically associated with each category. A weight is then coupled to each feature, wherein the weight indicates a degree of association between the feature and the category. Next, a ... 06/29/06 - 20060143174 - Hypervideo: information retrieval using time-related multimedia Disclosed is a method and device for selecting documents such as Web pages or sites, for presentation to a user, in response to a user expression of interest, during the course of presentation to the user of a document, such as a video or audio selection, whose content varies with ... 06/29/06 - 20060143173 - Method, apparatus, and system for implementing vehicle identification A method, apparatus, and system are provided for implementing vehicle identification. Characteristic data is obtained from at least one sensing device, the characteristic data being reflective of at least one characteristic of a vehicle. The characteristic data is compared to a pattern in a pattern-recognition database, the pattern being associated ... 06/29/06 - 20060143172 - Mask processing device, mask processing method, program and mask Based on design data 151 and mask characteristic data 152 indicating at least the characteristics of a complementary stencil mask, generating alignment marks, designing membrane shapes, performing PUF division and boundary processing, complementarily dividing the mask, stitching, arranging complementary patterns, verifying pattern shapes, making corrections in the membrane, configuring the ... 06/22/06 - 20060136414 - Data mining system A method of signal processing of data using a computer by generating a symbolic map of the data using at least one wavelet transform, identifying target sequences in the symbolic map; and processing the data with reference to the target sequences to obtain waveform prognostic indicators ... 06/22/06 - 20060136413 - Program A CPU displays a watermark setting button on a display unit. When the watermark setting button is pressed, the CPU confirms whether there is mismatch between a character sequence and a font, which are selected in order to print a watermark, on the basis of a printer driver that is ... 06/15/06 - 20060129554 - Time series pattern extraction apparatus and method A time series pattern generation unit extracts a key concept corresponding to a text of each data element of a plurality of time series data by referring to an extraction rule memory, and generates a plurality of time series patterns. A colony generation unit unifies a plurality of data elements ... 06/15/06 - 20060129553 - System and method of processing text based entries A system and method are provided for identifying text information and making such information available for applications. The system includes an electronic device communicating text information and an application for performing a function. The system also includes memory storing known text formats and a processor for processing the text information. ... 06/08/06 - 20060123002 - Operating method for a computer and corresponding devices Two sequences (13, 15) of data sets (14, 16) having at least two dimensions and referring to an object (17) which changes over time are specified to a computer (1). Each data set (14, 16) in each sequence (13, 15) is assigned a measure of time which can be used ... 06/08/06 - 20060123001 - Systems and methods for selecting digital advertisements Described herein are methods and systems for choosing digital advertisements to send to a user's computer while protecting private information. When a user performs a search using a public site, the user's search information is stored in a database. The system builds a profile for the user based on the ... 06/01/06 - 20060117007 - Data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus includes: a reception section for receiving a signal containing video information of a program and guide information to be utilized for guidance concerning the program, the guide information being distinct from viewing restriction information which is defined by a standard; a determination section for determining whether ... 06/01/06 - 20060117006 - Methods and systems for screening input strings intended for use by web servers Methods and systems of screening input strings that are intended for use by a Web server are described. In the described embodiment, an attack pattern is determined that can be used to attack a Web server. A search pattern is defined that can be used to detect the attack pattern. ... 06/01/06 - 20060117005 - Just-in-time publishing via a publish/subscribe messaging system using a subscribe-event model A system, method and program product having at least one subscriber subscribing to topics from one or more data sources. The data sources available and the number of subscriptions for each data source are registered in a table in real time. Upon detecting either subscription activity by the subscribers or ... 06/01/06 - 20060117004 - System and method for contextually understanding and analyzing system use and misuse A system and method for contextually understanding and analyzing system use and misuse are described. In one preferred embodiment, one or more trigger events are detected and information related to the events is received. One or more exception rules are retrieved from exception rules tables within a database and the ... 05/25/06 - 20060112096 - Method of verifying metadata of a migrated file A method and system for maintaining integrity of metadata associated with a migrated file. Following migration of data from a source filesystem to a destination filesystem, a tool is automatically invoked to detect if there are any differences in metadata associated with the files and/or folders at each location. Each ... 05/18/06 - 20060106797 - System and method for temporal data mining A system, method, and apparatus for signal characterization, estimation, and prediction comprising an integrated search algorithm that cooperatively optimizes several data mining sub-tasks, the integrated search algorithm including a machine learning model, and the method comprising processing the data for data embedding, data embedding the processed data for searching for ... 05/18/06 - 20060106796 - Knowledge stores for interactive diagnostics Knowledge stores, interactive diagnostic services, and interactive diagnostic systems are presented. Symptoms associated with an observed problem are used to mine a knowledge store for questions. Interactive answers to the questions are used to dynamically mine the data store for potential causes and for corrective actions to the problem. ... 05/18/06 - 20060106795 - Computerized method and system for coding-based navigation Computerized methods and systems for professional evaluation and management coding of a patient visit based upon documentation are provided. Such methods and systems increase efficiency and enhance the quality of clinician documentation by permitting automatic coding as a byproduct of documentation and eliminating the necessity for an after-the-fact check of ... 05/11/06 - 20060101015 - Automated collation creation A collation creation process is provided to automatically establish collation support for sorted linguistic data. The sorted linguistic data is examined to determine if it matches an existing collation support. If not, a new collation support is created for the sorted linguistic data. The provider of the sorted linguistic data ... 05/11/06 - 20060101014 - System and method for minimally predictive feature identification A system and method for minimally predictive feature identification is disclosed. The method discloses: receiving an information collection including a set of features; generating a set of prediction values indicating a degree to which a first feature within the set of features predicts other features in the set; and identifying ... 05/04/06 - 20060095428 - Method and apparatus for displaying system management information, computer product for the same, and operation management system An apparatus for displaying system management information includes a combination storing unit that stores display pattern information that is obtained by combining, in subjective basis, system management information provided by a plurality of system management units; and a combination display unit that combines the system management information based on the ... 05/04/06 - 20060095427 - Memory leakage management Methods, systems, and media to enhance memory leakage management by identifying a suspect allocation pattern during execution of a task, which may be indicative of memory leakage and implementing measures to protect against memory leakage based upon the suspect allocation pattern, are disclosed. More specifically, embodiments may detect a suspect ... 04/20/06 - 20060085417 - Method and apparatus for data mining within communication session information using an entity relationship model Methods and apparatus are provided for analyzing user activity and for recording such user activity in an entity relationship model. A network is searched for materials associated with a user and content analysis techniques are performed on the associated materials to extract one or more characteristics from the associated materials ... 04/20/06 - 20060085416 - Information reading method and information reading device An information viewing apparatus (100) includes an information receiving apparatus (108) for selecting information as an object to be presented to the user from information provided from a prescribed information source (102, 104 and 106), a user profile storage apparatus (128) storing user profile information representing user's interest and preference, ... 04/13/06 - 20060080315 - Statistical natural language processing algorithm for use with massively parallel relational database management system A methodology and processing model utilize a unique set of data structures and processing algorithms, which are capable of being leveraged on a Massively Parallel Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) to provide fast, accurate, and scalable access to text data that is stored in these data structures. The methodology relies ... 04/06/06 - 20060074909 - Automated resume evaluation system In one preferred embodiment according to the present invention, an automated résumé evaluation system is provided which accepts résumés in an electronic file format, evaluates those résumés according to a predetermined set of rules, then provides correspondence based on the outcome of the predetermined rules, which is sent back to ... 04/06/06 - 20060074908 - Method and apparatus for efficient training of support vector machines The present invention provides a system and method for building fast and efficient support vector classifiers for large data classification problems which is useful for classifying pages from the World Wide Web and other problems with sparse matrices and large numbers of documents. The method takes advantage of the least ... 04/06/06 - 20060074907 - Presentation of search results based on document structure A system identifies a document relating to a search term, where the document includes a set of structural elements. The system determines a distribution of occurrences of the search term in the document, identifies one of the structural elements based on the distribution of occurrences of the search term in ... 03/30/06 - 20060069681 - Method and means for finding recorded data in a database A method and means for finding recorded data in a database are described. For this, a user of a mobile telephone with integrated digital camera can for example on the basis of a first digital image initiate over a mobile radio network a search for further images of other users ... 03/30/06 - 20060069680 - System and method for creating fixed-format document A method is disclosed for creating layouts of a rating plate and a label on which approval marks, rating information, or others are to be printed. The method is executed by using a delivery destination specifications storage unit that stores approval information corresponding to each delivery destination and each product-type, ... 03/30/06 - 20060069679 - System for creating associative records A system automatically produces records comprising an associative data structure specifying a relationship between two or more separate data structures in response to user entered selection criteria for individual separate data structures. A system for creating associative database records, includes a selection processor for selecting a first dataset in response ... 03/23/06 - 20060064417 - Data mining technique for enhancing library-space management A computer method for enhancing library-space management. The method includes the steps of providing a library-space-requirements database comprising a compendium of individual library-space-requirements history; providing a library-space-availability database comprising a compendium of at least one of library-space management solutions, library-space information, and library-space diagnostics; and, employing a data mining technique ... 03/23/06 - 20060064416 - Method and system for data reduction A “forward” delta data management technique uses a “sparse” index associated with a delta file to achieve both delta management efficiency and to eliminate read latency while accessing history data. The invention may be implemented advantageously in a data management system that provides real-time data services to data sources associated ... 03/23/06 - 20060064415 - Data mining platform for bioinformatics and other knowledge discovery The data mining platform comprises a plurality of system modules (500, 550), each formed from a plurality of components. Each module has an input data component (502, 552), a data analysis engine (504, 554) for processing the input data, an output data component (506, 556) for outputting the results of ... 03/16/06 - 20060059150 - Connecting to a set of phrases joining multiple schemas A system and method for connecting to a set of phrases joining multiple schemas is disclosed. A phrase identifying particular content corresponding to a particular schema is submitted by an affiliated data provider to a portal. The portal matches the phrase to a set identifying particular content corresponding to multiple ... 03/16/06 - 20060059149 - Generation of anonymized data records from productive application data A mechanism is described for the computer-aided generation of anonymized data records for the development and testing of application programs that are intended for use in a productive network (12). A method according to the invention comprises the provision of at least one productive database (14) containing data records to ... 03/16/06 - 20060059148 - Generation of anonymized data records for testing and developing applications A mechanism is described for the computer-aided generation of anonymized data records (44) for developing and testing application programs that are intended for use in a productive network. A method according to the invention comprises the provision of at least one productive database containing data records (40) that contain productive ... 03/16/06 - 20060059147 - System and method of adaptive personalization of search results for online dating services A system and method are directed towards automatically modifying an online dating service's search results based on adaptive personalizations from a user's activities. A user provides input to questions that seek information regarding the user. The invention employs the input to identify a list of candidates for a potential long-term ... 03/16/06 - 20060059146 - Method and system for tracing components of computer applications A method and a system for tracing components 202 in computer applications 203 are provided. A trace point has a unique identifier and a bit pattern. The level of filtering of trace points is carried out by providing filtering means 303, 402 using the bit pattern and including means for ... 03/16/06 - 20060059145 - System and method for analyzing medical data to determine diagnosis and treatment Described is a system and method for generating an action plan for diagnosis and treatment of a patient. In particular, a historical database is complied which includes a plurality of records. Each record includes a personal profile and diagnosis data for a person. A plurality of characterizations and corresponding weighting ... 03/09/06 - 20060053110 - Out-of-home advertising inventory ratings methods and systems Methods, systems and programs for estimating exposure to outdoor advertising are provided. In certain embodiments, exposure data is produced based on respondent data and traffic data. In certain embodiments, exposure data is produced based on outdoor inventory data and traffic data. ... 03/09/06 - 20060053109 - Relevant multimedia advertising targeted based upon search query A facility for processing a search query is described. The facility identifies one or more items that satisfy the query, at least one of which is a media sequence. For each identified media sequence, the facility identifies an advertising message based upon the contents of the query. In response to ... 03/02/06 - 20060047656 - Code, system, and method for retrieving text material from a library of documents Disclosed are a computer-readable code, system and method for retrieving one or more selected texts from a library of documents. The system processes a user-input search query representing the content of the text to be retrieved, and accesses a word index for the documents to identify those texts in the ... 03/02/06 - 20060047655 - Fast unsupervised clustering algorithm A method for clustering large datasets in which a number N of data instances with a number n fields is linearly weighted to an n-dimensional mesh with (for example) m grid points per dimension, a number of “intelligent agents” is placed randomly on the mesh. These agents move along the ... 03/02/06 - 20060047654 - Storage medium A novel storage medium is disclosed, along with methods for use and recording of such novel storage medium, as well as apparatus for using and recording such novel storage medium. The novel storage medium allows data stored on an original disk to be properly accessed. The same data stored in ... 03/02/06 - 20060047653 - Systems and methods for navigating to multiple destination types through a single search interface in a development environment Systems and methods are provided for navigating to multiple destination types from a single search interface element in an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Graphical User Interface (GUI). Exemplary destination types are files, lines of code, symbols, bookmarks, and tool windows. An algorithm can be used to automatically determine a likely ... 03/02/06 - 20060047652 - System and method for seamlessly comparing objects The present comparison technique operates on objects having the same type, similar types, or different types. Multiple comparison objects may be compared against one or more reference objects. The comparison objects may be obtained from a prior cmdlet in a pipeline of cmdlets operating in an object-based environment. The reference ... 02/23/06 - 20060041552 - Electronic information searching apparatus, method of searching electronic information and program for the same An electronic information searching apparatus improves search velocity by sharing the process with a plurality of personal computers at the time of searching the received mails. The electronic information searching apparatus of the present invention is the apparatus connected to the network to make communication wit the other information processing, ... 02/02/06 - 20060026157 - Methods, apparatus and computer programs for evaluating and using a resilient data representation Provided are methods, apparatus and computer programs for evaluating the resilience, to structural changes in a data source, of a representative label representing a data element within the data source. Also disclosed are applications using a resilient representative label. For example, a representative label may represent a particular data field ... 01/26/06 - 20060020597 - Use of image similarity in summarizing a collection of visual images Process-response statistical modeling of visual images can be used in determining similarity between visual images. Evaluation of the content of visual images—and, in particular, image similarity determinations—can be used in effecting a variety of interactions (e.g., searching, indexing, grouping, summarizing, annotating, keyframing) with a collection of visual images. ... 01/26/06 - 20060020596 - Content-management system for user behavior targeting A system including a plurality of web servers configured to serve base content and relevant content to a user system; a set of additional-content servers configured to serve the relevant content to the web servers if units in the user profile match units associated with the relevant content; a parsing ... 01/26/06 - 20060020595 - Methods and systems for multi-pattern searching Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for optimizing and reducing the memory requirements of state machine algorithms in pattern matching applications. Memory requirements of an Aho-Corasick algorithm are reduced in an intrusion detection system by representing the state table as three separate data structures. Memory requirements ... 01/26/06 - 20060020594 - Hierarchical drift detection of data sets The present leverages data hierarchies to provide a systematic means to determine data differences between equivalent data. This allows disparate data storage systems to efficiently determine divergent data locations by utilizing, for example, data signatures representative of varying degrees of data granularity. Comparative analysis can then be performed between the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015498 - Search engine One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a system and method for characterizing a user comprising obtaining a user's personal information, making inferences about personal characteristics, and one or more of the following: obtaining bookmarks from the user and calculating bookmark scores. Another aspect of the present disclosure ... 01/19/06 - 20060015497 - Content-based indexing or grouping of visual images, with particular use of image similarity to effect same Process-response statistical modeling of visual images can be used in determining similarity between visual images. Evaluation of the content of visual images—and, in particular, image similarity determinations—can be used in effecting a variety of interactions (e.g., searching, indexing, grouping, summarizing, annotating, keyframing) with a collection of visual images. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015496 - Process-response statistical modeling of a visual image for use in determining similarity between visual images Process-response statistical modeling of visual images can be used in determining similarity between visual images. Evaluation of the content of visual images—and, in particular, image similarity determinations—can be used in effecting a variety of interactions (e.g., indexing, grouping, summarizing, annotating, searching keyframing) with a collection of visual images. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015495 - Use of image similarity in image searching via a network of computational apparatus Process-response statistical modeling of visual images can be used in determining similarity between visual images. Evaluation of the content of visual images—and, in particular, image similarity determinations—can be used in effecting a variety of interactions (e.g., searching, indexing, grouping, summarizing, annotating, keyframing) with a collection of visual images. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015494 - Use of image similarity in selecting a representative visual image for a group of visual images Process-response statistical modeling of visual images can be used in determining similarity between visual images. Evaluation of the content of visual images—and, in particular, image similarity determinations—can be used in effecting a variety of interactions (e.g., searching, indexing, grouping, summarizing, annotating, keyframing) with a collection of visual images. ... 01/12/06 - 20060010129 - Recording medium in which document management program is stored, document management method, and document management apparatus The present invention provides a recording medium readable by a computer, the recording medium storing a document management program executable by the computer to perform a function for classifying and managing documents, the function including : storing classification scheme information representing a predetermined classification scheme; using, as a reference source ... 01/05/06 - 20060004753 - System and method for document analysis, processing and information extraction The present invention is directed to a method and computer system for representing a dataset comprising N documents by computing a diffusion geometry of the dataset comprising at least a plurality of diffusion coordinates. The present method and system stores a number of diffusion coordinates, wherein the number is linear ... 01/05/06 - 20060004752 - Method and system for determining the focus of a document A method and system for determining the focus of a document are provided. Candidate topics in the form of topic nodes in a hierarchy of topics are input into a focus determining algorithm. For each candidate topic node, a score is allocated to the topic of each level of the ... 01/05/06 - 20060004751 - Changer-type information recording apparatus A changer-type information recording apparatus includes: a disc holding unit for putting plural discs on trays; a receiving unit for receiving a distributed signal including program data that includes a program title; a recording control unit for selecting one of the plural discs held on the trays of the holding ... 01/05/06 - 20060004750 - Method and system for mapping between logical data and physical data The mapping system maps a physical table of a database to a logical table representing a logical view of the database that integrates standard columns and custom columns. The physical table includes a standard table with standard columns and a custom table with custom columns. The custom table may be ... 01/05/06 - 20060004749 - Method and system for managing execution of data driven workflows Methods, articles of manufacture and systems for managing execution of workflows. One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method for managing execution of a data driven multi-step workflow. The method includes receiving input data for a step of the workflow and performing the step of the workflow on the input data to ... 01/05/06 - 20060004748 - Search engine spam detection using external data Evaluating an electronic document in connection with a search. An external source provides data for use in evaluating an electronic document retrieved by a search engine. A first confidence level of the electronic document is determined based on the externally provided data. The first confidence level indicates a likelihood that ... 12/29/05 - 20050289142 - System and method for previewing relevance of streaming data System and methods are provided, which include a presentation device that presents one or more data streams of information to one or more users. Each of the data streams has one or more samples that are arranged a temporal order. A relevancy display has two or more relevance indications, and ... 12/29/05 - 20050289141 - Nonstandard text entry A computer-implemented method of providing text entry assistance data comprises receiving at a computer information indicative of predictive textual outcomes, generating dictionary data from the received information; and providing the dictionary data to a text entry device remote from the computer. The received information may relate to search requests made ... 12/22/05 - 20050283475 - Method and system for keyword detection using voice-recognition A method and system is provided to monitor speech and detect keywords or phrases in the speech, such as for example, monitored calls in a call center or speakers/presenters using teleprompters, or the like. Upon detection of the keywords of phrases, information associated with the keywords or phrases may be ... 12/15/05 - 20050278326 - System and methods for constructing personalized context-sensitive portal pages or views by analyzing patterns of users' information access activities The present invention relates to a system and methodology to assist users with data access activities and that includes such activities as routine web browsing and/or data access applications. A coalesced display or montage of aggregated information is provided that is focused from a plurality of sources to achieve substantially ... 12/15/05 - 20050278325 - Graph-based ranking algorithms for text processing The present invention provides a method of processing at least one natural language text using a graph. The method includes determining a plurality of text units based upon the natural language text, associating the plurality of text units with a plurality of graph nodes, and determining at least one connecting ... 12/15/05 - 20050278324 - Systems and methods for subspace clustering Unlike traditional clustering methods that focus on grouping objects with similar values on a set of dimensions, clustering by pattern similarity finds objects that exhibit a coherent pattern of rise and fall in subspaces. Pattern-based clustering extends the concept of traditional clustering and benefits a wide range of applications, including ... 12/01/05 - 20050267885 - Method for computing the minimum edit distance with fine granularity suitably quickly This invention related to a method for computing the minimum edit distance, measured as the number of insertions plus the number of deletions, between two sequences of data, which runs in an amount of time that is nearly proportional to the size of the input data under many circumstances. Utilizing ... 12/01/05 - 20050267884 - Monotonic independent stack apparatus and methods for efficiently solving search problems Search for relevant information pervades all aspects of our daily personal and commercial interactions. Many commercial applications in the varied fields of multimedia, vision, semantics, multi-sensory systems, amongst others, require modeling data as a complex formal structure in which required information is searched for. Efficiency of such searches is an ... 11/03/05 - 20050246336 - Method and device for creating semantic browsing options The invention concerns a device for creating semantic browsing options comprising a means to select an initial set of images from an input database comprising a plurality of images, each image being associated with a semantic information out of a semantic information space, a means to determine a semantic information ... 10/27/05 - 20050240582 - Processing data in a computerised system In a computerized system, a frequent pattern is provided from patterns of data. A first checksum is then assigned for the frequent pattern. Upon an occurrence of the frequent pattern in data, a second checksum is computed based on information regarding the first checksum and information regarding the occurrence of ... 10/13/05 - 20050228791 - Efficient queribility and manageability of an xml index with path subsetting A method and system are provided for determining whether a given path is an indexed path of XML documents stored in a database management system. A finite state machine is built using the path subsetting rules specified by a user. The finite state machine is traversed using the given path. ... 10/13/05 - 20050228790 - Coherent categorization scheme Programs and methods involve structuring categories coherently such that a single categorization scheme may be used to perform multiple business process steps. A method of responding to a received message includes analyzing content of a received message to select which of a plurality of predefined categories relates to the received ... 10/13/05 - 20050228789 - Identifying exceptional managed systems A method is provided for the identification of managed systems that are exceptional compared to comparable managed systems. The method involves selecting a set of managed systems wherein each managed system has a number of system configuration attributes and selecting a set of parameterizations relating to the managed systems. Patterns ... 10/06/05 - 20050223001 - System and method of monitoring and controlling application files A system and method for updating a system that controls files executed on a workstation. The workstation includes a workstation management module configured to detect the launch of an application. A workstation application server receives data associated with the application from the workstation. This data can include a hash value. ... 09/29/05 - 20050216460 - User preference information structure having multiple hierarchical structure and method for providing multimedia information using the same A user preference information structure having a multiple hierarchical structure in which an information is provided to a user according to a user preference in a multi-media environment having an information provider and an information user, that can include user use information by using information desired by the user; user ... 09/22/05 - 20050210027 - Methods and apparatus for data stream clustering for abnormality monitoring Techniques for monitoring abnormalities in a data stream are provided. A plurality of objects are received from the data stream and one or more clusters are created from these objects. At least a portion of the one or more clusters have statistical data of the respective cluster. It is determined ... 09/15/05 - 20050203902 - System and method for replaying a predefined path through the internet A system and method for replaying a predefined path through a set of web pages. The system and method comprises selecting in chronological order a saved request in a request history. The saved requests correspond to a set of user requests made at a web page from the set of ... 09/08/05 - 20050198028 - System, method and operator for increasing the active window size in a nak-based window protocol Peers in a Radio Link Protocol (RLP) communication channel negotiate the size of an inactive window in a receive queue. The window size may be a parameter included in the RLP_BLOB. The receive queue controller may accept the proposed size, or may return a different inactive window size. A sequence ... 09/01/05 - 20050192960 - Feature-pattern output apparatus, feature-pattern output method, and computer product A feature-pattern output apparatus, which has a database in which data formed of a plurality of items is classified as a plurality of classes, and outputs a combination of items forming a feature of each of the classes as a feature pattern of the class, includes a similar-data extracting unit ... 08/25/05 - 20050187932 - Expression extraction device, expression extraction method, and recording medium Provided is an expression extraction device for extracting evaluation expressions from text having descriptions on evaluations of a specific evaluation target, which includes a registered expression storage unit for registering an evaluation expression including a predetermined polarity as a registered expression, an expression extraction unit for extracting multiple evaluation expressions ... 08/18/05 - 20050182766 - Multi-language jump bar system and methods A multi-language jump bar system and methods for use in connection with a multi-language contact management computer software program. The jump bar system includes a plurality of user-selectable buttons which may be associated with alphanumeric characters from different languages through use of a character set in which each alphanumeric character ... 08/04/05 - 20050171948 - System and method for identifying critical features in an ordered scale space within a multi-dimensional feature space A system and method for identifying critical features in an ordered scale space within a multi-dimensional feature space is described. Features are extracted from a plurality of data collections. Each data collection is characterized by a collection of features semantically-related by a grammar. Each feature is normalized and frequencies of ... 07/28/05 - 20050165779 - System and methods for the automatic transmission of new, high affinity media A system and methods for the automatic transmission of new, high affinity media to a user are provided. In connection with a system that convergently merges perceptual and digital signal processing analysis of media entities for purposes of classifying the media entities, various means are provided to a user for ... 07/21/05 - 20050160093 - Generating statistics on text pattern matching predicates for access planning Statistics for a pattern matching predicate are generated using stored character statistics. A first structure stores, for each of a plurality of character positions, frequently occurring characters in that character position, and a count of the number of occurrences of that character. A second structure stores frequently occurring characters that ... 07/07/05 - 20050149521 - Method and apparatus to improve execution of a stored program In one embodiment, the invention provides a method comprising determining metadata encoded in instructions of a stored program; and executing the stored program based on the metadata. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144166 - Method for assisting in automated conversion of data and associated metadata An exemplary method for the automated, or semi-automated, conversion or reconciliation of metadata from one form into another, includes one or more of: a) identifying data elements and their associated metadata in electronic file(s); b) transforming this metadata into an intermediate metadata format for later use in production of new ... 06/30/05 - 20050144165 - Method and system for providing access to content associated with an event A content delivery system for delivering content received from one or more external sources to end users of the system via multiple communication paths. By way of non-limiting example, content such as a voice signal transmitted via a telephone network is received by a first server of the content delivery ... 06/23/05 - 20050138029 - Generalized index set splitting in software loops There is disclosed a method and system for determining the bounds of generated software loops, where the relationships between split points and loop bounds are not known, or only partly known, at compile time. A “sub-range tree” is built with a root node representing the original software loop. Each sub-node ... 06/16/05 - 20050131897 - Method and system for expertise mapping based on user activity in recommender systems The system and method analyzes activities of users in a recommender system to identify experts. Two types of experts may be identified: authoritative experts and hub experts. An authoritative expert is a user who creates items or documents in a given field that are acted upon by a large number ... 06/16/05 - 20050131896 - Learning and using generalized string patterns for information extraction The present invention relates to extracting information from an information source. During extraction, strings in the information source are accessed. These strings in the information source are matched with generalized extraction patterns that include words and wildcards. The wildcards denote that at least one word in an individual string can ... 06/09/05 - 20050125404 - System for improving the performance of information retrieval-type tasks by identifying the relations of constituents A system is utilized for determining a relationship between first and second textual inputs. The system identifies constituents in the first textual input, having predetermined characteristics indicative of usefulness in determining the relationship. The relationship is then determined based on the constituents identified. The constituents can be eliminated from the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125403 - System and apparatus for determining abnormalities in daily activity patterns One or more sensors for detecting daily activity patterns are provided in a person's home. A data processing apparatus includes databases for storing activity data from the sensors, a statistical analysis section, an abnormality determination section, an evaluation section and a notification section. The statistical analysis section performs statistical analyses ... 06/09/05 - 20050125402 - Processing an electronic document for information extraction The present invention relates generally to automatically processing electronic documents. In one aspect, features and/or properties of words are identified from a set of training documents to aid in extracting information from documents to be processed. The features and/or properties relate to text of the words, position of the words ... 06/02/05 - 20050120020 - System, method and apparatus for prediction using minimal affix patterns One embodiment generally pertains to a method of prediction. The method includes generating a set of affixes from a selected input sequence and comparing the set of affixes with a predictive set of affixes. The method also includes selecting an affix from the predictive set of affixes. The invention uses ... 06/02/05 - 20050120019 - Method and apparatus for the automatic identification of unsolicited e-mail messages (spam) Techniques for annotating email messages. In one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for annotating a query email message. According to the method, patterns associated with a database, comprising annotated email messages, which may typically be known unwelcome email messages (“SPAM), are accessed, as by use of a ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |