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US-7,555,487 Image processing and identification system, method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for processing and identifying a first data file, the first data file having set of data...
US-7,555,486 Data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items based on category selection
A data storage and retrieval system with optimized categorization of information items using intelligent category selection, based on the information items that...
US-7,555,485 System and method for conducting an auction-based ranking of search results on a computer network
A method and system are disclosed for displaying a search result list in response to a search request from a searcher using a computer network. Ranks in the...
US-7,555,484 Load balancing based on cache content
A method, schema, and computer-readable medium provide various means for load balancing computing devices in a multi-server environment. The method, schema, and...
US-7,555,483 File management method and information processing device
An information processing device that reads out and records data from and on an information recording medium includes a file system controller. File system...
US-7,555,482 Automatic detection of abnormal data access activities
Methods and systems are provided for evaluating atypical user data access activities within the scope of an automatically generated file security policy in...
US-7,555,481 Method and apparatus for increasing transaction concurrency by early release of locks in groups
Activity Duration Locking (ADL) provides an efficient simple solution to manage a potentially large number of concurrently active lock groups. The ADL scheme...
US-7,555,480 Comparatively crawling web page data records relative to a template
The invention provides a method of interactively crawling data records on a web page. Users may select various data records of interest on a web page to generate...
US-7,555,479 System for treating saved queries as searchable documents in a document management system
A file management appliance ("FMA") is a device that utilizes multiple processes and queues to provide document capture and indexing services as part of a...
US-7,555,478 Search results presented as visually illustrative concepts
A system and method for providing search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed. Concepts relating to a query term are identified. The...
US-7,555,477 Paid content based on visually illustrative concepts
A system and method for providing paid content relating to search results in visually illustrative concept format is disclosed. Concepts relating to a query term...
US-7,555,476 Apparatus and methods for organizing and/or presenting data
In some embodiments, a method of displaying a plurality of search results from a search of at least one data source includes providing a distinct image for each...
US-7,555,475 Natural language based search engine for handling pronouns and methods of use therefor
There is provided a sentence module that handles pronouns in sentences. Each pronoun is replaced by one or more nouns. These replaced nouns are used to form...
US-7,555,474 Parallel random proxy usage for large scale web access
A system and method efficiently and anonymously retrieves large scale Web data through a restricted query interface. A number of proxy servers are utilized to...
US-7,555,473 Partial pre-aggregation in relational database queries
A partial pre-aggregation database operation improves processing efficiency of database queries by reducing the number of records input into a subsequent...
US-7,555,472 Identifying conceptual gaps in a knowledge base
A method and system for augmenting a corpus with documents on concepts not sufficiently covered within the corpus is provided. The augmentation system generates...
US-7,555,471 Data object visualization
A fact repository stores objects. Each object includes a collection of facts, where a fact comprises an attribute and a value. A set of objects from the fact...
US-7,555,470 Research data collection and analysis
The invention provides a method and system by which research data can be collected and analyzed during the course of the research testing, and the research...
US-7,555,469 Reconfigurable neural network systems and methods utilizing FPGAs having packet routers
Systems and methods are disclosed for forming reconfigurable neural networks with interconnected FPGAs each having a packet router. Neural network nodes are...
US-7,555,468 Neural network-based node mobility and network connectivty predictions for mobile ad hoc radio networks
A self managed ad hoc communications network nodes and node mobility management. Nodes include an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) that determines connection to...
US-7,555,467 System and method for reliable transfer of virtual stamps
The present application describes systems and methods for reliable transfer of information of value such as virtual postage stamps between a remote data center...
US-7,555,466 Dynamic pricing of items based on category with which the item is associated
A method comprises determining a first price of an item in a first group for sale utilizing a processor, offering the item in the first group for sale at the...
US-7,555,465 Service and method for providing a single point of access for multiple providers' video and audio content
A method that uses a computer network to provide a single point of access between a plurality of video & audio devices and a plurality of video & audio content...
US-7,555,464 Multiple DRM management
In one embodiment, a method for enabling a single assembly of content to be played on a plurality of player devices, each having at least one available digital...
US-7,555,463 System and method for selectively changing parameter settings based on lineage analysis of digital information
Software lineages arise through purchase and reproduction. Lineages are tracked by storing lineage-relevant information in variable regions of software instances...
US-7,555,462 Method and apparatus for incorporating scanned checks into financial applications
An improved method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for processing a check in an automatic teller machine in a data processing system. A check...
US-7,555,461 Method and system for connecting services to an automated transaction machine
A system for connecting transaction services to an ATM (10, 500) that includes a network (20). A user interface service (12) and a lookup service (22) are in...
US-7,555,460 Payment system and method using tokens
A method for collecting payment over a distributed digital computerized communication environment by a third party for services using digital tokens issued by a...
US-7,555,459 Automated loan processing system and method
A workflow engine for rendering instant credit decisions includes a workflow designer, a web site interface, a database, checklists created by the workflow...
US-7,555,458 Method of billing a purchase made over a computer network
A method of effecting a sale over a computer network in which it is determined whether a user passes fraud control before effecting a sale over a computer...
US-7,555,457 Aggregated trading system
A trading system is described herein for hosting a collection of one or more electronic exchanges. The collection of electronic exchanges may be made up of...
US-7,555,456 Method and system for providing electronic information for multi-market electronic trading
A method and system for providing electronic information for multi-market electronic trading. The method and system dramatically improve an infrastructure used...
US-7,555,455 Method and system for computer-implemented trading of new issue debt securities
A computer-implemented method and system for trading of debt securities (bonds), where multiple dealers participate and compete on a single platform (100)....
US-7,555,454 Deriving a probability distribution of a value of an asset at a future time
Data are received that represents current prices of options on a given asset. An estimate is derived from the data of a corresponding implied probability...
US-7,555,453 Reallocation
This invention relates to hedge fund indexing in general and methods and systems for constructing and maintaining investable hedge fund indices in particular.
US-7,555,452 Method based on multiple share combinations for optimizing the return of an investment portfolio
A method and a computer program for optimizing the return of an investment portfolio are disclosed. Pre-selected stocks are swapped in function of their...
US-7,555,451 Cash flow forecasting
A method and system for automatically estimating budget items based on past transactions and generating a cash flow forecast for one or more accounts. A budget...
US-7,555,450 Process for seeking authorization for present receipt of legal tender and associated system
A process and system for seeking authorization for present receipt of legal tender in a requested amount, including: receiving an input entered through a user...
US-7,555,449 System and method for updating stop loss orders
A method and system are disclosed for automatically updating individual conditions associated with a pending conditional financial transaction. As the price of a...
US-7,555,448 Online intelligent information comparison agent of multilingual electronic data sources over inter-connected...
A method and system for real-time online search processing over inter-connected computer networks, in which an offline database information is maintained for a...
US-7,555,447 System and method for identifying a product
A product that is uniquely identifiable according to a globally unique identifier (GUID)(100) includes a class identifier (CID)(110) that uniquely identifies at...
US-7,555,446 Needs-information architecting method, needs-information architecting device, and needs-information...
Products matching customer wishes are retrieved from among a large variety of merchandise. A topic net in which merchandise features from a customer's...
US-7,555,445 Network auction system and method
The present invention provides a computerized system and methods for conducting on-line auctions. One or more concurrent auctions for one or more lots of...
US-7,555,444 Dynamic time-of-purchasing-decision incentive system and method
A system and method that provides suppliers or sellers with a competitive opportunity to influence consumers at the precise moment a purchasing decision is being...
US-7,555,443 Method for financing ownership of a vehicle
The present invention relates to a method for financing ownership of a vehicle by a customer. A preferred method of the present invention includes financing the...
US-7,555,442 Estimating business targets
A method for generating business targets includes accessing data (300) corresponding to a number of customers. The data includes variables (310-330) associated...
US-7,555,441 Conceptualization of job candidate information
A variety of technologies are applied to conceptualization of job candidate information. For example, concepts can be extracted from a job candidate's resume via...
US-7,555,440 Immediate next task dispatch system and method
A task management system assigns a plurality of tasks to a plurality of workers. The assigned tasks are dispatched according to dispatch orders. The task...
US-7,555,439 Computerized medical underwriting of group life insurance using medical claims data
A method of underwriting group life insurance for a policy period includes collecting medical claims data for the group to be underwritten, where each medical...
US-7,555,438 Computerized medical modeling of group life insurance using medical claims data
A method of model development for use in underwriting group life insurance for a policy period includes collecting medical claims data for the group to be...
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