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US-5,870,771 Computerized system for selecting, adjusting, and previewing framing product combinations for artwork and other...
A computerized system having means for displaying a digital image of an object such as an object of artwork supplied by the user, analyzing the color composition...
US-5,870,770 Document research system and method for displaying citing documents
A method for displaying on a computer screen information concerning the interrelationships of documents. A first document is retrieved over a network and...
US-5,870,769 Internet access system and method with active link status indicators
An Internet access system and method includes active link status indicators that give a user control over when a document is loaded into a cache. The system and...
US-5,870,768 Expert system and method employing hierarchical knowledge base, and interactive multimedia/hypermedia applications
An expert system and processing method employing a three level hierarchical knowledge base that has a plurality of nodes coupled together. An uppermost level...
US-5,870,767 Method and system for rendering hyper-link information in a printable medium from a graphical user interface
A method and system for rendering in a printable medium hyper-link information contained in a document displayed within a graphical user interface within a data...
US-5,870,766 Efficient imposition of arbitrary postscript files without preprocessing by defining a virtual device that...
In a method of imposing selected pages defined in a sequence of page descriptions included in a PostScript.RTM. file, the selected pages are interpreted by an...
US-5,870,765 Database synchronizer
A database synchronizer facilitates computing systems which have client-side and server-side applications that share data in similar database structures, but...
US-5,870,764 Method of managing a data structure for concurrent serial and parallel revision of a work
A data structure and associated data management methods for highly flexible storage of data for a wide variety of application programs. Data is stored as a...
US-5,870,763 Database computer system with application recovery and dependency handling read cache
This invention concerns a database computer system and method for making applications recoverable from system crashes. The application state (i.e., address...
US-5,870,762 Error detection and recovery of database files
An improved method for encoding, error detection and restoration of corrupted database files comprises generating a unique record code in each record of a record...
US-5,870,761 Parallel queue propagation
A method and system are provided for duplicating at a destination site changes made to data at a source site. According to the method a plurality of streams are...
US-5,870,760 Dequeuing using queue batch numbers
A method and system are provided for processing records from a set of records, where records are repeatedly being added to the set of records, and where each...
US-5,870,759 System for synchronizing data between computers using a before-image of data
A database synchronizer facilitates computing systems which have client-side and server-side applications that share data in similar database structures, but...
US-5,870,758 Method and apparatus for providing isolation levels in a database system
A method and system for providing isolation levels in a database system is provided. A serializable isolation level is provided by causing all statements in a...
US-5,870,757 Single transaction technique for a journaling file system of a computer operating system
A single transaction technique for a journaling file system of a computer operating system in which a single file system transaction is opened for accumulating a...
US-5,870,756 Interchangeable storage medium containing program for processing data files thereupon to match a data file...
The following items are recorded on an interchangeable storage medium used for input/output in a computer system: (1) a data file specified by a file name, (2) a...
US-5,870,755 Method and apparatus for capturing and presenting digital data in a synthetic interview
A method of creating a database for facilitating a synthetic interview begins with the step of generating questions. The questions and responses to the questions...
US-5,870,754 Video retrieval of MPEG compressed sequences using DC and motion signatures
Signatures from MPEG or Motion JPEG encoded video clips are extracted based on the luminance, chrominance, and motion vector values. The signatures are stored in...
US-5,870,753 Method and apparatus for enabling a persistent metastate for objects in an object oriented environment
A method and apparatus for enabling the maintenance of multiple metastates for a persistent object without increasing the size of the object reference. An object...
US-5,870,752 Incremental maintenance of an approximate histogram in a database system
Techniques for maintaining an approximate histogram of a relation in a database, in the presence of updates to the relation. The histogram includes a number of...
US-5,870,751 Database arranged as a semantic network
A semantic network is described in which data is stored in data storage areas at nodes of the network, there being a root node from which all other nodes depend,...
US-5,870,750 Information retrieval system for retrieving a record of data including a keyword
A division code is added to both ends of a group of pieces of data registered in an item of a data record L and between each pair of adjacent data, so that a...
US-5,870,749 Automatic translation between CMIP PDUs and custom data structures
A method for translating attribute data carried in Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP) Protocol Data Units (PDUs) to/from custom designed data...
US-5,870,748 Method and apparatus for deriving an optimized confidence rule
A method is disclosed for determining the correlation among data sets having a numerical attribute and a 0-1 attribute. First, a numerical attribute is divided...
US-5,870,747 Generalized key indexes
Generalized key indexes enable a first table of a relational database to be indexed using an index key and index conditions, wherein either or both of the index...
US-5,870,746 System and method for segmenting a database based upon data attributes
A system and method for allowing a user to segment and partition a database based upon attributes associated with the data in the database. Also, a system and...
US-5,870,745 Automated system and method for processing and tracking requests and responses required for repetitive tasks
A system and method for automatically processing and tracking the processing of requests are described. Instructions for processing requests of interest are...
US-5,870,744 Virtual people networking
A virtual people networking allows multiple people working for the same organizational organization with similar interests to automatically interface with each...
US-5,870,743 Method and apparatus for parallelizing operations that create a table
A method and apparatus for parallelizing operations that change a database is provided. A coordinator process receives a statement that requires data to be...
US-5,870,742 Method and apparatus for enabling persistent attributes in an object oriented environment
A method and apparatus for saving and restoring persistent objects in a distributed object-oriented programming environment. This invention maintains persistent...
US-5,870,741 Information management device
An information management device is provided which is capable of performing a flexible search of input information, without the need to attach user-specified...
US-5,870,740 System and method for improving the ranking of information retrieval results for short queries
A method and system for retrieving information in response to a query by a user. The method includes the steps of receiving a signal s having a value ...
US-5,870,739 Hybrid query apparatus and method
A method and apparatus disclosed may be implemented in a digital computer to query a set of arbitrarily structured records. Arbitrarily structured records are...
US-5,870,737 Dynamic prioritized replacement of language
A computer system responds to a user query by providing a screen which displays a response that is influenced by prior expressed preferences of the user. The...
US-5,870,735 Method and system for generating a decision-tree classifier in parallel in a multi-processor system
A method and system are disclosed for generating a decision-tree classifier in parallel in a multi-processor system, from a training set of records. The method...
US-5,870,734 Three-dimensional file system using a virtual node architecture
A file system uses a virtual node architecture to create a three-dimensional directory. A virtual node is created for each file and directory. Selected directory...
US-5,870,733 Automated system and method for providing access data concerning an item of business property
An automated system (10) for providing access data (42) concerning an item of business property includes a master database (34) containing master data (36)...
US-5,870,732 Inventory method for logical volumes in an automated storage library
In an automated virtual storage and retrieval library, a method for creating a new inventory of physical media volumes (cartridges) and of related logical...
US-5,870,731 Adaptive problem solving method and system
A computerized learning machine for implementing adaptive problem solving includes an information processing device, a storage device, an output device and an...
US-5,870,730 Decision making method
When an intention is decided by a computer, the conclusion part of a rule is expressed by using an intention level such as an auxiliary verb of intention and an...
US-5,870,729 Self-organizing neural network for pattern classification
A neural network includes a plurality of input nodes for receiving the respective elements of the input vector. A copy of all of the elements of the input vector...
US-5,870,728 Learning procedure for multi-level neural network
A reiterative learning procedure with training and test processes for a binary supervised neural network includes at least an error signal generator for...
US-5,870,727 Rule-based system for the provision of complex navigational logic
In a client/server environment, a rule-based system for the provision of complex navigational logic in an application comprises a Navigation Analysis Vehicle...
US-5,870,726 Protected software rental using smart cards
System comprising a central processing unit and a dedicated unit. Said dedicated unit receives a communication protection module which controls a sequence...
US-5,870,725 High volume financial image media creation and display system and method
An apparatus and method for high volume, and high speed, financial image creation and manipulation. Images of cleared checks are captured and combined with MICR...
US-5,870,724 Targeting advertising in a home retail banking delivery service
A practical system and method for the remote distribution of financial services (e.g., home banking and bill-paying) involves distributing portable terminals to...
US-5,870,723 Tokenless biometric transaction authorization method and system
A method and system for tokenless authorization of commercial transactions between a buyer and a seller using a computer system. A transaction is proposed by a...
US-5,870,722 Apparatus and method for batch processing of wireless financial transactions
Disclosed are methods for providing electronic settlement of authorized financial transactions via a wireless transmission system. A conventional financial...
US-5,870,721 System and method for real time loan approval
A method and apparatus for closed loop, automatic processing a loan, including completion of the application, underwriting, and transferring funds, includes use...
US-5,870,720 Method for implementing a restructuring exchange of an excessive undivided debt
A method for restructuring an excessive underlying mortgage in excess of its current market value so that the value of the restructured underlying mortgage and...
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