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Number: 707/5
Name: Data processing: database and file management or data structures > Database or file accessing > Query processing (i.e., searching) > Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)
Description: Subject matter directed to methods of expanding or limiting access to and retrieval of data or files by techniques including fuzzy search, ranking or weighing, relevance, thesaurus, and concept retrieval.


Patents under this class:

Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
6675161 Managing changes to a directory of electronic documents Jan. 6, 2004
6675162 Method for scanning, analyzing and handling various kinds of digital information content Jan. 6, 2004
6675163 Full match (FM) search algorithm implementation for a network processor Jan. 6, 2004
6671670 System and method for pre-processing information used by an automated attendant Dec. 30, 2003
6671680 Data mining apparatus and storage medium storing therein data mining processing program Dec. 30, 2003
6671681 System and technique for suggesting alternate query expressions based on prior user selections and their query strings Dec. 30, 2003
6671682 Method and system for performing tasks on a computer network using user personas Dec. 30, 2003
6671683 Apparatus for retrieving similar documents and apparatus for extracting relevant keywords Dec. 30, 2003
6668251 Rendering discriminator members from an initial set of result data Dec. 23, 2003
6668278 Information retrieval system using an internet multiplexer to focus user selection Dec. 23, 2003
6665655 Implicit rating of retrieved information in an information search system Dec. 16, 2003
6665657 Method and system for cross browsing of various multimedia data sources in a searchable repository Dec. 16, 2003
6665659 Methods and apparatus for distributing and using metadata via the internet Dec. 16, 2003
6665665 Compressed document surrogates Dec. 16, 2003
6665666 System, method and program product for answering questions using a search engine Dec. 16, 2003
6665667 Method of and an apparatus for retrieving and delivering documents and a recording media on which a program for retrieving and delivering documents are stored Dec. 16, 2003
6665668 Document retrieval method and system and computer readable storage medium Dec. 16, 2003
6665681 System and method for generating a taxonomy from a plurality of documents Dec. 16, 2003
6665709 Method, apparatus, and system for secure data transport Dec. 16, 2003
6662152 Information retrieval apparatus and information retrieval method Dec. 9, 2003
6658412 Computer-based method and system for linking records in data files Dec. 2, 2003
6658428 Representation of technical content using object-oriented abstraction of meaning Dec. 2, 2003
6654738 Computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for a document retrieval service that retrieves documents with a retrieval service agent computer Nov. 25, 2003
6654739 Lightweight document clustering Nov. 25, 2003
6654740 Probabilistic information retrieval based on differential latent semantic space Nov. 25, 2003
6654742 Method and system for document collection final search result by arithmetical operations between search results sorted by multiple ranking metrics Nov. 25, 2003
6654751 Method and apparatus for a virus information patrol Nov. 25, 2003
6651056 Readership information delivery system for electronically distributed investment research Nov. 18, 2003
6651057 Method and apparatus for score normalization for information retrieval applications Nov. 18, 2003
6651058 System and method of automatic discovery of terms in a document that are relevant to a given target topic Nov. 18, 2003
6651067 Method and apparatus for creating a data set with pending results Nov. 18, 2003
6651071 User interface educational database system for monitoring proficiency, performance and evaluation of student Nov. 18, 2003
6647381 Method of defining and utilizing logical domains to partition and to reorganize physical domains Nov. 11, 2003
6647384 Method and apparatus for managing user profiles including identifying users based on matched query term Nov. 11, 2003
6643642 Hierarchical mapped database system for identifying searchable terms associated with data nodes Nov. 4, 2003
6643643 Method of searching or browsing multimedia data and data structure Nov. 4, 2003
6643644 Method and apparatus for retrieving accumulating and sorting table formatted data Nov. 4, 2003
6643649 Utility for cross platform database query Nov. 4, 2003
6643658 Hierarchical data network address resolution Nov. 4, 2003
6640219 Analyzing data files Oct. 28, 2003
6640221 System and method for configuring, sequencing and viewing joins in a query Oct. 28, 2003
6640224 System and method for dynamic index-probe optimizations for high-dimensional similarity search Oct. 28, 2003
6640225 Search method using an index file and an apparatus therefor Oct. 28, 2003
6640226 Ranking query optimization in analytic applications Oct. 28, 2003
6636848 Information search using knowledge agents Oct. 21, 2003
6636849 Data search employing metric spaces, multigrid indexes, and B-grid trees Oct. 21, 2003
6633867 System and method for providing a session query within the context of a dynamic search result set Oct. 14, 2003
6633885 System and method for web-based querying Oct. 14, 2003
6631365 Method and apparatus for analyzing the quality of the content of a database Oct. 7, 2003
6631367 Method and apparatus to search for information Oct. 7, 2003



 
 
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