A search and recommendation system employs the prefer ences and pro? les of individual
users and groups Within a community of users, as Well as information derived from (51) Int …

A data services layer is disclosed which maintains a dictionary of conceptual information
and physical information about the data. Machine-readable requests to access the data are …

US6763353B2 - Real time business process analysis method and apparatus - Google Patents
US6763353B2 - Real time business process analysis method and apparatus - Google Patents …

An improved method and system for comparing database data. Data comparison may be
performed either within a database or between two databases. Sets of cyclical redundancy …

(56) References Cited A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for incre mentally
maintaining a Summary table derived from a plu US PATENT DOCUMENTS rality of base …

(57) ABSTRACT A computer-implemented process for evaluating events fur nished to a real
time decision support system executing on a computer With respect to queries submitted by …

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates generally to information
processing environments, and more particularly to systems requiring management, storage …

(57) ABSTRACT A database System configures a Storage model in accordance with a
hierarchical tree-like Structure to enable fast and comprehensive data eXtraction functions …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for retrieving calculation results, wherein a first input or selection
causes a first calculation on a database to produce an intermediate result, and a second …

A computer that manages a master database synchronizes the master database and a slave
database by receiving a change made to the slave database, integrating the change to the …