| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| 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... |