TITLES TO 2700 SOFTWARE PATENTS
                            ISSUED IN 1992 and 1993

                                Greg Aharonian
                         Internet Patents News Service
                        P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178
                            [email protected]
                                 617-489-3727

    At the end of January, and beginning of February, the Patent Office will
be holding public hearings in San Jose and Washington on the "problem" of
software patents.  The hearings will focus on two aspects: the nature of
software patents (legal, economic and software theory), and the process of
awarding software patents (in particular, software prior art).  To help these
hearings be more emprical, I have prepared a list of 2700 software patents
issued in the past two years.  It should help people base their assertions in
the actual statistics of issued software patents (of which there are over
11,000 to date).

    What follows are the titles to over 2700 software patents issued in all
of 1992 and the first half of 1993.  The list is not all inclusive, since it
depends on what I consider to be a software patent.  The list does however
reflect the nature of software patenting in the United States, and does
include software patents from all categories of software for which patents
are being sought.  And given the Patent Office's classification scheme for
software, this was not a very easy list to compile.

    Despite the tremendous numbers of software patents being issued (with
respect to the small numbers of true software innovations each year), software
patenting as of yet is not a really big socioeconomic problem, though unless
the software community acts now, it will become a big problem.

    A series of diskettes with more detailed information on each software
patent listed below (full title, number, assignee, abstract, classification,
application date) are available at a cost of $595. Also provided are diskettes
with 9000 titles from my software prior art database, and version 1.0 of my
patents claim analysis program.  Proceeds go to my project of making the
Patent Office APS patent text files Internet accessible.

    For more information on the Internet Patent News Service, send  'help'
in the body of a message to   [email protected]   on the Internet.

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    Here are some observations based on examining these software patents:

    1) The most minor of software concepts can be patented.

Despite endless series of articles referencing all sorts of court cases and
judicial precedents, you can receive a software patent for the most minor of
software concepts, as long as the patent application is prepared properly.
For example, the Air Force received a patent for nothing more than the
difference between two versions of a public domain computer program.  IBM
received for a patent for putting a scrolling database field in a window.
Fourier transforms, spline interpolation, APL-to-Fortran translation,
graphics window clipping, and other ideas which have been written to death
in technical journals - how did they pass the prior art check?  Any software
concept is patentable. Any.


    2) Extremely broad software patents can be acquired.

While everyone knows about Compton's multimedia patents, and Action's workflow
patents, Digital Equipment Corporation recently received a patent which very
broadly claims all case-based reasoning technology, as did Ehud Shapiro for
all concurrent logic programming technology.  Most independent claims in
software patents are too broad, and should include the Jepson phrase "...the
improvement comprising...", if this style wasn't so discouraged.  Of course,
such broad claims are rarely defendable, so why allow them?

    3) Hardware and software patents are logically equivalent

There exists at least one VHDL tool in which I can specify an algorithm using
VHDL's conventional programming language style (VHDL is similar to Ada) and
execute the algorithm as I would any other algorithm (a software algorithm
then as worthy as any other to be patented), and/or I can then generate a
circuit diagram and logic cell component lists and have a integrated circuit
then produced by a foundry (a hardware device then as worthy as any other to
be patented).  Such a capability blurs and eliminates any distinctions
between hardware and software.  This will cause a new set of headaches for
the Patent Office.  Someone can take a software idea, patent it in a hardware
form (look at some of the neural net patents), and then challenge software
infringers in court using the doctrine of equivalence.

    4) Software patent litigation is not very active

Compared to other areas of technology, software patent litigation is not big
business.  I see many more, and bigger, cases dealing with biotechnology,
electronics, mechanical devices and chemistry, than I do with software.  This
is because most software patents are either easily work-aroundable or are
easily challengable for prior art (though Roger Billings is having more
success against Novell than I thought he would).  Also, despite all of the
talk about software patents, no one has ever prepared and distributed the
following list - the Patent Office, the patent bar associations, the Software
Patent Institute, etc. No one. (Of course one reason may be that looking at
this many software patents is somewhat mind-numbing :-)

    5) 25% of all software patents could not survive reexamination

I maintain the largest software prior art database in the country.  Based on
public software components and algorithms I have reviewed over the last ten
years, numbering in the tens of thousands, I could successfully challenge at
least 20% of most software patents being issued.  Another five percent are
faulty for not providing enough information to implement the software
concept being patented - if I can't create working source code from your
patent description, you shouldn't get a patent.

    6) Software patent examiners are being asked the impossible

A software patent examiner has on the average about two or three hours per
patent application to verify and/or conduct the software prior art search.
Even working in Boston, where I have access to some of the best technical
libraries in the world, along with my own large software prior art and
software patent databases, it takes me at least a few days to investigate
a software prior art problem.  If you figure a few weeks for most others,
including software patent examiners, one of the most important problems of
the software patenting process arises: software prior art searching.

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    I use 42 categories of software patents, listed below, though a few are
so big that I will probably split them up.  Some patents are listed in more
than one category to simplify your search for relevant patents.  Many of the
titles have been abridged without losing their meaning, to fit on one line.
Some titles start with '--'.  This indicates the assignee is IBM.  I do this
because IBM has 1/8 of all software patents, has made money off its software
patents, and it is interesting to see their software patenting strategy.


                       IMAGE PROCESSING
                       OPERATING SYSTEMS
                       NETWORKING and COMMUNICATIONS
                       PROCESS CONTROL and NUMERICAL CONTROL
                       GRAPHICS
                       GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES
                       DATABASE
                       WORD PROCESSING and DOCUMENT HANDLING
                       FINANCIAL
                       COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
                       ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and EXPERT SYSTEMS
                       ENGINEERING
                       CIRCUIT DESIGN / COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING
                       NEURAL NETWORKS
                       SECURITY AND ENCRYPTION
                       MULTIPROCESSING
                       PATTERN RECOGNITION
                       MEDICAL AND HEALTH
                       SIGNAL PROCESSING
                       SPEECH RECOGNITION and SYNTHESIS
                       COMPRESSION
                       NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
                       COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN
                       AUTOMOBILE
                       OFFICE AUTOMATION
                       GEOPHYSICAL
                       NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYSIS
                       CHARACTER RECOGNITION
                       PARALLEL PROCESSING
                       BIOLOGY
                       VISION
                       DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING
                       ALGORITHMS and DATA STRUCTURES
                       OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
                       ROBOTICS
                       FUZZY LOGIC
                       SIMULATION
                       EDUCATION
                       PHYSICS
                       CHEMISTRY
                       SPREADSHEETS
                       VIRTUAL REALITY


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                       IMAGE PROCESSING

Inspection control system and method
Reading a document and processing the image
Registering image data
Manipulable three-dimensional projection imaging method
Eliminating scattered .gamma.-rays and reconstructing image
Method and apparatus for image reproduction
--Pseudo-bar code control of image transmission
Adaptive coding and decoding of frames and fields of video
Transmitting encoded image data with quick image expansion and contraction
Phase corrected complex-difference processed magnetic resonance angiograms
Technique for representing sampled images
Generating image data representing integrated image
Image recognizer and method for recognizing image
Detecting the position of an object pattern in an image
Making image conversions with error diffusion
Motion vector detection and band compression apparatus
Calibrating an x-ray scanner from image of at least one calibration standard
Image processing for moire reduction and/or random dot generation
Correction of blooming artifacts in ionographic devices
Improved remote programming using display screen
Image skeletonization method
Extending dynamic range of stored image database
High quality film image correction and duplication method and system
Automated coin grading system
Fast inverse discrete cosine transform using optimized lookup tables
Method of and apparatus for eliminating false image
Image processing apparatus
--Image processing using a RAM and repeat read-modify-write operation
Determining segment types in figure represented by straight short vectors
Image forming apparatus with filing function which can store image data and
can efficiently perform document filing
System and method for spot color extraction
Color image data processing apparatus
Determining parallax between digital images
Image color correction system and method
Image enhancement system
Computation and processing of a 3-D image in conical projection
Pattern selection involving scaling-up circumscribed rectangles
Reproducing an original image using a set of standard originals
Image processing method for dodging with softened edge transitions
Determining the complexity of a page prior to a print attempt
Halftone compression with sharpness preservation
Apparatus for image reading or processing
Color imaging system
Surveying instrument
Optical imaging system for neurosurgery
Ultrasonic color doppler diagnostic apparatus
Temporal interpolation of images
Signal encoding and decoding system
Image processing method for the detection of the horizon
Scan-in polygonal extraction of video images
Method and apparatus for detecting and quantifying motion of a body part
Object reconstruction from x-ray holograms
Image transforming apparatus
Moving video image estimation system
Compression of video signals
Compensating for dirt or etched areas on a document platen
Mapping of corneal topography with display of pupil perimeter
Tracking an aimpoint with arbitrary subimages
Preprocessing of dot-matrix/ink-jet text for optical character recognition
Edge detection for an image processing system
Method of locating a target on a portion of anatomy
Ranking and extracting salient contours for target recognition
Forming energy subtraction images
Storing and communicating a transform definition which includes sample values
   representing an input/output relation of an image transformation
Recording apparatus
Image inspection methods and apparatus
Helical scanning with a stationary detector using rebinning and
   splicing to create detector vertex projection sets
Image reading with coordination between read value and original density
Magnetic resonance imaging system
Collating independent figure elements between images
Footwear visual image cataloging and sizing
One-dimensional coding method
Mixed text and image data processing
Image forming apparatus
Method of and apparatus for performing detail enhancement
Correcting contour of image
Collectively performing image rotation, scaling and digital halftone screening
Extracting feature from line pattern and line pattern recognition
Inspection method using unique templates and histogram analysis
Detection of defects lacking distinct edges
Method of an apparatus for compressing images data
Color editing with simple encoded images
Segmentation of stationary and vascular surfaces in magnetic resonance imaging
Reading identification code sheets using borders to determine scan angle
--Generating a gray-scale pattern
Method of and apparatus for reading image
Segmentation of text and graphics
Quantitation of nuclear protein
Surface generation method from boundaries of stereo images
Multimode computerized multicolor camera and method therefor
MRI using variable imaging parameter(s) within a single image sequence
Establishing threshold level in a binary mode document scanner
Image hand markup detection using morphological techniques
Public telephone network including a distributed imaging system
Volumetric and terrain imaging sonar
Locally switching gray dot types to reproduce images with gray level printing
Block-matching motion estimator for video coder
Fourth-order-product phase difference autofocus
Method of image display with scrolling capability
Apparatus for restoring original image from degraded image
Image processing giving ID labels to areas of connected black picture elements
System for recording an image having a facial image and ID information
Localization of functional activity in the human brain
Digital image generation
Image forming apparatus
System and method of foot shape imaging and overlay
Borderless mapping of texture images
Optical scanner threshold setting method and sheet
Detecting target movement
Examining components with data digitized into a large number of gray levels
Local hierarchical processing focus shift within an image
Segmenting the field of motion of an image and image encoding
Rxtracting data from documents for subsequent processing
Facsimile device with skew correction and text line direction detection
--Eliminating interlace motion artifacts in captured digital video data
Video imaging technique used in bagging assembly
Automatic detection of elliptical shapes
Dynamic pattern matcher using incomplete data
--Image editor zoom function
Method of and apparatus for compressing image data
Forming, with an overview image, a composite image from a mosaic of images
Identification and correction of document skew
Determining image points in object images
Contextual data enhancement
Method of creating and applying half tone screen patterns
Inspection method and apparatus
Color transformation from physical to psychological attribute using neural
   network
Document image processing system
Merging images
Automated image calibration
Electronic image modification
Focusing of magnetic resonance images
Electrical impedance tomography
Storing pixels
Image processing having apparatus for correcting the image processing
Method of processing radiographic image data for detecting a welding defect
Method of acquiring ultrasound images
Detecting the boundary of an object displayed in digital image
Determining the amount of skew of image, method for correcting the same
General method of pattern classification using the two domain theory
Linear pattern recognizing method
Determining register differences from a multi-color printed image
Segmentation of handwriting and machine printed text
Dynamic thresholding for documents using structural information
identifying and displaying particular features of an object
Determining an image point in an object mode
Scene boundary detecting apparatus
Detecting, classifying and quantifying defects in optical fiber end faces
Image processing system capable of editing images
--Image data processing of correlated images
Moving object detection apparatus and method
Collation of a streaked pattern at a high speed
Image processing system suitable for use for a facsimile
Image filtering system performing transform coding of image data other than
   boundary picture elements of adjoining blocks
Corner-based image matching
Storing image signals
Detecting motion vector
Methods and apparatus for defining contours in colored images
Automated method of classifying optical fiber flaws
Medical image processing system
Image processing apparatus using disease-based image processing conditions
Image communication method and apparatus
Electronic information retrieval for image information
Image display apparatus
System two reformat images for three-dimensional display using unique spatial
   encoding and non-planar bisectioning
Reducing patient translation artifacts in tomographic imaging
Compression coding device and expansion decoding device for a picture signal
Image processing system
3D interferometric SAR terrain mapping employing altitude measurement
Radiation imaging utilizing data reconstruction to provide transforms which
   accurately reflect wave propagation characteristics
Error tolerant 3*3 bit-map coding of binary data and method of decoding
Image reconstruction by use of discrete cosine and related transforms
Image processing system for generating, storing, and transmitting image
   datafiles associated with enciphered identification information
Coloring device for performing adaptive coloring of a monochromatic image
Determining surface characteristics using infrared imaging
Binary image processing for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codes
Reconstructing 2D and 3D images by 2D and 3D Fourier transforms in MRI systems
Geographical surveying using cameras in combination with flight computers
   to obtain images with overlaid geographical coordinates
Measuring temperature based on infrared light
Image data processing method for selective partial image storage
Image data output apparatus with display range designation means
Aligning images using pixels of closed contours
Solder joint location
Correcting setup parameter decision characteristics using a neural network
Image processing for mosaic or similar processing therefor
Coding and compressing color video signals
Image processing including improved gray scale compression
X-ray image display apparatus
Quantifying macrophage phagocytosis by computer image analysis
Multi-echo NMR imaging method
--Document image management in a case processing system
Black and white image reduction based upon averaging of neighboring blocks
Generating feature matrix by normalized out-class/in-class variation matrices
Digital image processing for enlarging original image with high fidelity
Interferometric synthetic aperture detection of sparse non-surface objects
Method and system for verifying a seal against a stored image
Recognizing concavities in an image system subject to character recognition
Priority processing of financial documents using video image capture
Data reduction in a video image data reduction system
Background suppression in an image data processing system
Chipping detection system and method
Radiation image processing, determination and image read-out apparatus
Motion vector detector employing image subregions and median values
Method of incorporating a scanned image into a page layout
--Adaptive quantization with the JPEG sequential mode
Feature detection and side scan sonar overlap navigation via image matching
Processing and reproducing images
Storage and retrieval of images from a grey image having artifically enhanced
   color regions
Detection of gaps in scanned image
Image communication and database system
Measuring an object by correlating displaced and simulated object images
Multiple resolution machine readable symbols
Using multiple predictor sets to compress image data having different portions
Compressing and extending image signals
Image processing method
Image data filing system with image data modification facility
Histogram/variance mechanism for detecting presence of an image edge
Computerized system for joining individual maps into a single map product
Determinating instantaneous / average blood flow rates from digital angiograms
Image reconstruction using interpolated image reconstructed data
Image coding utilizing separable transformations
Fractal-based image compression and interpolation
Detecting and quantifying motion of a body part
Image processing for painting a memory with plural colors
Document image filing system for furnishing additional managerial information
   for management of documents filed in the system
Identifying a pair of groups in an image having a minimum separation distance
Image processing method and apparatus therefor
Optically determining the acceptability of products
Identifying and quantifying oxides on rolled metal strip
Constrained optimum matched illumination-reception radar
Coherent correlation addition for increasing match information in scene
   matching navigation systems
Visual pattern image coding
Decomposing NMR images by chemical species
Estimation of local surface geometry from relative range images
Image processing system
Detection of parallel edges in image processing
Hybrid digital coding distinguishing motion pictures from still pictures
Edit control system for use in an image processing apparatus
Manipulating images in a video display
Image joining method and apparatus
Allocating core points of fingerprints
Image processing for synthesizing binarized image data
Suppresssing image artifacts in a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
--Computing the Radon transform of digital images
Image processing system for documentary data
Area discriminating system for an image processing system
Method of capture and analysis of digitized image data
Partitioned image processing system for an image device
Resolution transforming raster-based imaging system
(De)compressing signals using predicted and error images
Interactive graphical search and replace utility for computer-resident
   synthetic graphic image editor
Video-to-printing image resolution conversion
Word processor utilizing image inputting means
Image registration
Graphics image editor
Retrieving image data
Sharpening prestack depth migration images by removing residual moveout from
   common image point gathers before stacking
Computing tomographic scans
Prioritized image transmission system and method
Convolution filtering for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codes
High resolution image compression methods and apparatus
Processor for pattern data, measured process information and image information
Picture element encoding
Dynamically variable machine readable binary code and method for reading
Blurring an image background and producing a visual flowing effect
Object recognition system
Video bond lead locator
Obtaining 3D optical image formation from 2D radiation attenuation data
Rule-based technique to automatically determine the final scan gain in
   storage phosphor radiography
Medical image filing for registering images from many image output devices
Data compression/decompression method, device and resulting data structure
Generating gradation correction curve for correcting image gradation
Image processing method
Method of and apparatus for high speed editing of progressively encoded images
Generating a binary representation of an image
Adaptive transform coding of still images
Detecting the number of persons
Gray balance control system
Feature extracting method
Preparing picture masks and for digitizing line edges
Method of and apparatus for extracting image contour data
Recognizing apparatus
Tabular document reader service
Geometric pattern inspection employing intelligent imaged-pattern skrinking,
   expanding and processing to identify predetermined features and tolerances
--Locating the amount field on a document
Control apparatus of image filing system
Hybrid coding system for moving image
Compressing an image by approximating curves using a polynomial
Image recognition edge detection method and system
Automatic semiconductor package inspection method
Image information code processing system
Formation testing with digital image analysis
Digital image documentation system
Halftone rendering of a gray scale image using a blue noise mask
Endoscope image filing system
Enhancing the quality of both color and black and white images produced by
   inkjet and electrophotographic printers
Motion compensated interframe encoding system with adaptive quantization
Method to rotate a bitmap image 90 degrees
Adaptive neural network image processing system
Multiple screen frequency half-toning with one screen angle
Image transmission system
Method of and device for moving image contour recognition
Moving object detecting system
Processing a document by utilizing an image
Coding an image
High speed object location
Method of and device for processing image
Discriminating different kinds of image areas, using 2D orthogonal transforms
Cell image processing method and apparatus therefor
Extracting/combining change region in image corresponding to moving object
Method of obtaining optimum threshold values
Method of forming a 2D distribution image of ion concentration in a cell
Manipulating image data employing an intermediate format
Lossless compression and decompression of image data
Image compression using interlocking digitate geometric sub-areas
Pattern recognition utilizing area linking and region growth techniques
Candidate article recognition with assignation of reference points and
   respective relative weights
Image processing system having skew correcting means
Image data compression using a run prediction technique
Image coding method for extracting, segmenting and coding image contours
Processing linework with electronic image processor
Image processing for reducing visible roughness in contours
Reducing digital image noise
Judging the presence or absence of limited irradiation field
Extracting contour of a subject image from an original
Video image processing system
Information processing displaying multiple windows and distinguishing indicia
Computer image production system utilizing first and second networks for
   separately transferring control information and digital image data
Cancelling ghosts from NMR images
Ppreparing output data from input image data using patterns
Processing image signals at a point of interest based on image curvature
Compressing image signals
Reading a document and processing the image
Image processing method
Video image processing
--Finding fiducials on printed circuit boards to sub pixel accuracy
Extracting design and layout information from an integrated circuit
--Image-directed robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking
Editing area setting in an image forming apparatus
Fourier transforming 3D MR data in by using phase-correction in MRI
Image processing apparatus
Extracting edges and lines
Recording regenerating record info comprising title and image information
Reading a license plate
Recognizing an irradiation field, and method for judging the correctness or
   incorrectness of prospective contour points of an irradiation field
Transillumination for the diagnosis of breast tumors and other breast lesions
Distortion reduction in projection imaging by manipulating Fourier transform
--Method of orthogonal transform coding/decoding


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                       OPERATING SYSTEMS

Method for controlling execution of host computer application programs through
   a second computer by establishing relevant parameters having variable time
   of occurrence and context
Selecting printer drivers based on interpreters available on the printer
Selectively aborting operation or waiting to load required data based upon
   user response to non-availability of network load device
File characterization for computer operating and file management systems
Integration of data between typed data structures by mutual direct invocation
   between data managers corresponding to data types
Data saving system having counters as block content update identifiers
--Multiprocessor operating system for notifying only those cache managers who
   are holders of shared locks on a designated page by global lock manager
--System and method for shared latch serialization enhancement
--Operating system message queues with recoverable shared virtual storage
--CPU expansive gradation of I/O interruption subclass recognition
Automatic printer data stream language determination
Radix mapping with variable number of symbols in mapping period
Detection of pattern-sensitive faults in RAM by use of M-sequencers
--Linkage mechanism for program isolation
Computer system
Updating local copy of shared data in a collaborative system
Distributed computer network for tracking the access path of a user
--Managing an operating system definition of a dynamically modifiable I/O
configuration
--Scheduling input/output operations in multitasking systems
Performing group exclusion in hierarchical group structures
--Distributed data management mechanism for handling a data stream
Command file processing and authorization with variable access levels
--Remote procedure calls in heterogeneous systems
Garbage collection system for a symbolic digital processor
Networking computers having varying file architectures
--Dynamically expanding and rapidly accessing file directories
Software modules for testing computer hardware and software
Universal memory loader verifier
Partially running a sequence program for debugging
Synchronized journaling system
--Variable construct representation embedded in data stream which references
   definition for dynamically generating data
Automatically monitoring copiers from a remote location
Real-time adjustable-transform device driver for physical devices
Multiprocessors which communicate with each other through shared memory
--Loading a system reference diskette image from a system partition in a PC
--Alternate processor continuation of task of failed processor
--Generic initiators
Consistent timestamping in distributed computer databases
Automated concurrent data backup system
Flexible real-time, multi-tasking architecture for tool condition monitoring
System for transferring resident programs to virtual area and recalling for
   instant excution in memory limited DOS system using program control tables
Loading application programs into a memory card reader having a microprocessor
Calling interpreter language procedure from compiler language procedure
--Initial BIOS load for a personal computer system
Cross-domain call system in a capability based digital data processing system
Real-time system with multitasking supervisor for building access control
Critical task scheduling for real-time systems
Interprocessor communication for a fault-tolerant, mixed redundancy
   distributed information processing system
--Automated failure transmission of delivery message in a processing system
Memory address space determination using programmable limit registers with
   single-ended comparators
Multiple domain emulation with separate domain facilities which tests for
   emulated instruction exceptions before completion of operand fetch cycle
On-line reconstruction of a failed redundant array system
Job interrupt for electronic copying/printing machines
Monitoring the execution time of a computer program
Portable computer having an updatable table of starting addresses for
   accessing those stored programs having been previously executed
Reducing the effect processor blocking
Exclusive control system capable of simply locking each resource
File accessing system using code name to access selected conversion table for
   converting simplified file name into original file name
--Running applications concurrently/serially on different virtual machines
--Data processing for file status recovery includes providing a log file
   of atomic transactions that may span both volatile and non volatile memory
--Controlling cursor movements on certain computer workstations
--Maintaining data availability after failure included denying access
   to others while completing by one of the microprocessor systems an
   atomic transaction changing a portion of the multiple copies of data
Multimedia protocol interface for 64 kbit/s data flow
Dynamic change of computer system and subsystem time-of-day clocks
Link sorted memory
--Centralized and distributed wait depth limited concurrency control
--Redirecting information to alternate system console in response to the
   comparison of present and default system configuration in a PC
Dispatching only to a selected high-use-priority task a maximum allocated
   and given highest-use-priority real-pages when requested
--Computer system having mode independent addressing
--Exploiting communications bandwidth as for providing shared memory
--Making interconnected processors act like a single node in a multinode
   communication system
--Virtual chains for session initiation in a distributed computer network
Remote operating system having secure communication of encoded messages and
   automatic re-synchronization
Management of an application program loaded in a microcircuit medium
Application program memory management system
Virtual machine resetting store indicating that virtual machine processed
   interrupt without virtual machine control program intervention
Processor with hierarchical memory and using meta-instructions for software
   control of loading, unloading and execution of machine instructions stored
   in the cache
--Selectively reclaiming a portion of RAM in a personal computer system
Server impersonation of client processes in an object based operating system
Apparatus and method for providing decoupling of data exchange details for
   providing high performance communication between software processes
Buffered disk unit and method of transferring data therein
--Computer-controlled optimized pairing of disk units
Simulating block transfer with slave module incapable of block transfer by
   locking bus for multiple individual transfers
--Interrupt handling for a computer with logical devices and interrupt reset
Cache affinity scheduler
Providing backup process control
Method of controlling the reception of data
Error tracking in a multitasking environment
--Dynamically adaptive environment for computer programs
Deleting prioritized data stored in second memory after all the data has been
   successfully transferred to first memory
--Problem analysis of a node computer with assistance from a central site
Microprocessor information exchange with updating of messages by asynchronous
   processors using assigned and/or available buffers in dual port memory
--I/O buffers having the ability to change size to meet system requirements
Printer dynamic job recovery in an electronic reprographic printing system
Access control subsystem and method for distributed computer system using
   compound principals
Performing quality logic tests on data processing systems by sequentially
   loading test microinstruction programs and operating microinstruction
   programs into a single control store
--Enhanced data formats and machine operations for enabling error correction
Error detection method and apparatus for processor having main storage
Method of searching a queue in response to a search instruction
--Dynamically changing a system I/O configuration definition
System for dynamic selection of globally-determined optimal data path
Providing redundancy of a high speed pulse input I/O processor
Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units
Dynamically allocating main memory to facilitate swapping of terminate and
   stay resident communication program to increase available memory space
Controlling task operation of slave processor by switching access to shared
   memory banks by master processor
Programmable controller generating plural alternating clocks with each clock
   controlling different parts of instruction sequencing mechanism
--Translating a dynamic transfer control instruction address in a simulated
   CPU processor
Coordinating informational storage and retrieval
Automatic hard disk bad sector remapping
--Determining correctness and contents of control data structures in moving
   media data storage systems
Wireless facsimile computer system
Controlling devices through communication processors and pluralities of
   address-associated device controllers sharing each communication processor
Memory card system and access method for memory card
--Dynamic creation of data stream based upon system parameters and operator
   selections
Self-configuration of nodes in a distributed message-based operating system
Matching the software command language of a computer with the printer
   language of a printer
Effecting multiple error correction in a computer memory
File backup for producing a backup copy of a file updated during backup
Controlling power to device in a computer system
Method and system for allocating file area in memory area of IC card
--Multilevel locking system and method
Microprocessor inverse processor state usage
Controlling data transfer buffer
Performance evaluation of a large scale programmable machine capable of having
   a plurality of terminals attached thereto
System test apparatus for verifying operability
Real time status monitoring system
Page printer memory allocation
Efficient non-virtual main memory management
--Storing data in and retrieving data from non-main storage virtual data space
--Generic error recovery
Testing computer hardware and software
Synchronous communication between execution environments in a data processing
   system employing an object-oriented memory protection mechanism
Disk timing diagnostic
Updating software at remote locations
--Background memory test during system startup
Error transition mode for multi-processor system
Logical event notification method and apparatus
Computer system with emulation mechanism
Reference and change table storage system for virtual memory data processing
   system having a plurality of processors accessing common memory
Inhibiting an executable program in a disk operating system by replacing
   the program with an unexecutable program
Computer in which data home is changeable in any mode
Cooperatively executing programs by sequentially sending a requesting message
   to serially connected computers
Self documenting record of instrument activity and error messages stamped
   with date and time of occurrence
Prepaid card processing device
Method of handling errors in software
--Nonvolatile memory management in a data processing network
--Directory cache management in a distributed data processing system
Transferring arguments between object programs by switching
   address modes according to mode identifying flag
Data storage format for addressable or sequential memory data
Mode-selectable integrated disk drive for computer
Local area network device startup process
Control of asynchronous program interrupt events in a data processing system
--Interface for independently establishing a link and transmitting high level
   commands including logical addresses from dedicated microprocessor to
   shared intelligent memory
Servicing interrupts utilizing a pending bus
--Procedure call interface
Remapping defects in a storage system through the use of a tree structure
Remote bootstrapping a node over communication link by initially requesting
   remote storage access program which emulates local disk
Recognizing program constitution within a distributed processing system by
   collecting constitution messages generated by different processors
Document editing apparatus which activates application programs in response
   to document data input
Data transfer checking system
--Controlling access by first system to portion of main memory dedicated
   exclusively to second system to facilitate input/output processing
Computer memory management method using segmentation and protection techniques
Loading an operating system through a network
Collecting execution status data of structured program
Virtual network for personal computers
High performance memory imaging network for a real time process control system
--System for interconnecting applications across different networks
--Dispatching work requests in a data storage hierarchy
Method of checking test program in duplex processing apparatus
Licensing software on a network of computers
--Decreasing the memory requirements for BIOS in a personal computer system
--Inactivation of program exits of an application program while the system
   program is running
Generating an operating system by a static link-editor
Office automation with specific task assignment among workstations
Message storage security system
Arrangement for reserving and allocating a plurality of competing demands
   for an ordered bus communication network
Enacting failure of a 1:1 redundant pair of processors
System for recovering failure of online control program with another current
   online control program acting for failed online control program
--Computer with capability to automatically initialize in a first operating
   system of choice and reinitialize in a second operating system
Computer and reconfiliation method and apparatus
--Sequentially processing data in a cached data storage system
Method and system for outputting program change effect information to a user
--Automated process delay within a data processing system
Solid state disk drive emulation
Method of polling to determine service needs and the like
--Creating virtual disks from non-contiguous groups of logically contiguous
    addressable blocks of direct access storage devices
--Monitoring transient data structures in a computer system
--Intercommunicating between applications and a database manager
Computer network with shared memory using bit maps including flags to
   indicate reserved memory areas and task status
Object container transfer in an object based computer operating system
Method of using the memory in a information processing system of the
   virtual addressing type, and apparatus for performing the method
Interface register handshaking for controlling devices
--Simulating the I/O of a processing system
--Loading a system reference diskette image from a system partition in a PC
Manufacturing or service system allocating resources to associated demands
   by comparing time ordered arrays of data
Dynamic predictive keyboard
Search technique for identifying slaves devices connected to a serial bus
Context switching of devices
Virtual storage type computer system
--Allowing the transmission of electronic messages between enrolled and
   unenrolled users of computer systems
Object oriented control of real-time processing
Method of resetting sequence of access to extended memory disrupted by
  interrupt processing in 80286 compatible system using code segment register
Virtual memory paging apparatus with variable size in-page clusters
Computer command input unit giving priority to frequently selected commands
Executing programs within expanded memory of a MS or PC DOS computer system
Interprocessor communications includes second CPU designating memory locations
Method and system of hierarchical assistance
--Help provision in a data processing system
--First processor inserting hooks into software and sending unique
   identifications to output bus and second processor associating data frames
   and time with these unique identifications
Read channel optimization system
Application address display window mapper for a sharable MS-DOS processor
--Method of monitoring the bring up of all units in a multiple system from a
   remote unit including diagnostic testing
--Memory manager for hierarchical graphic structures
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS)
Mechanism for fail-over notification
Multi-transaction batch processing
Loading a program in an external storage device connected to one bus into a
   memory connected to a different bus
Printer control system
Optimizing data transmissions associated with addressable buffer devices
Detection and recovery from an NVM data integrity failure
System for performing dump analysis
I/O execution method for virtual machine system and system therefor
Translating data between memories
Testing apparatus
Private regions within a shared workspace
Address translating method for translating virtual address to real address
   with specified address register to allow bypass of translation steps
System for producing memory maps by interpreting a descriptor file which
   identifies and describes the data structures present in memory
Digital computer using data structure including external reference arrangement
Data redundancy and recovery protection
Virtual memory page table paging apparatus and method
Bus-based priority arbitration system with optimum code words
Generating and validating a digital message and application of such a device
Operations monitoring system
Generating a monitor program for monitoring text streams and executing actions
when pre-defined patterns are matched using an English to Awk translator
Virtual machine system having a plurality of real instruction processors
   and virtual machines, and a registration table
Graphically indicating routing and time relationships between process jobs
Performing system fault diagnosis
Automatic control of a discrete system with redundancy management and
   prioritized conflict resolution
--Interfacing computer application programs written in different languages to
    a software system
On-line system which mainly executes regular jobs including apparatus for
   efficiently executing both regular jobs and irregular jobs
Dispatch control of virtual machine
Locking mechanism for the prevention of race conditions
Transferring information from one memory area to another memory area
--Transaction processing facility within an operating system environment
--Virtual address range mapping in a virtual storage data processing system
Monitoring operating state of devices according to their degree of importance
Passing data parameters between a calling program and a called subroutine
   in a command analysis table of a computer stored data base system
Selectively loading bootable files to control apparatus based upon the
   corresponding bootable attributes
--Exchanging electronic calendars based on entries and classification among
   users of the system
Preemptive constraint control
Identifying likely failure points in a digital data processing system
Management of an electronic memory using predetermined homogeneous units
Fault tolerant computer backup system
Evaluating and predicting I/O performance using I/O workload snapshots
Real time, concurrent garbage collection system and method
Data processing emulation in a window with a coprocessor and I/O emulation
Virtual machine file control system which translates block numbers into
   virtual addresses then into real addresses for accessing main storage
--Managing a data cache using virtual external storage addresses
   as arguments
Round-robin protocol method for arbitrating access to a shared bus
   arbitration providing preference to lower priority units after bus access
   by a higher priority unit
--Methods of remapping a keyboard within a computer system
Method of operating a data processing system
Benchmarking the working set of window-based computer systems
Fault tolerant system employing majority voting
Real time fault tolerant transaction processing system
Arrangement for determining switch port status at an adjunct processor
Saving and restoring critical files on the disk memory of an
State controlled device driver for a real time computer control system


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                       NETWORKING and COMMUNICATIONS

Service name to network address translation in communications network
Monitoring the status of a local area network
--Efficiently simulating dynamic behavior of a data communications network
--Message queue processing among cooperative processors having significant
   speed differences
--Combining dissimilar computing networks into a single logical network
--Compensating mismatched transport protocols in a data communications network
Network control system and method
Communication system network that includes full duplex conference calling
--Process and apparatus for managing network event counters
Communication control system and communication control apparatus
Dynamic RF communication resource access by roving mobile units
--Locating a node containing a requested resource and for selectively
   verifying the presence of the resource at the node
System for providing personalized telephone calling features
Bridge apparatus
--Data transmission with link problem determination aid support for all ports
Method and apparatus for propagating a network profile
Control for copying machines with improved communication function for
centralized control unit
Dynamic routing system for a multinode communications network
Node unit and communications method for local area network
Interprocessor switching network
Searching for alternate path in communication network
Networking computers and/or computer networks and networking systems
ASCII to ASCII transfer using FAX protocol
--Message stripping protocol for a communication network
Setting up virtual connections in switching equipment by ATM
Efficient distributed data communications network backbone node location
Radio channel allocation based on location of mobile users
Fault finder expert system
Interconnecting local area networks
Automatic path map generation for simulcast transmission system
Private network with means for establishing virtual tie trunks between PBXS
   through ISDN public network
Interactive telephone operator terminal
--Distributed queue multiple access in a communication system
Facsimile apparatus
OSI data communication for dealing with abstract syntaxes which are and are
   not preliminarily negotiated
Interconnection system and method for heterogeneous networks
ISDN terminal equipment with circuit switching mode and packet switching mode
Structuring and managing human communications by explicitly defining
   the types of communications permitted between participants
Fault tolerant networking architecture
Interactive computer conferencing
Driving a service function unit of a multi-function telephone set
Automatic call distribution by matching required skills with agents skills
Arrangement for outbound telecommunications
Creating and assigning address codes in a cellular spread spectrum system
Franking machine
Exchanging data within a digital communications system
Computer network operating with multilevel hierarchical security with
   selectable common trust realms and corresponding security protocols
Network management method and system
Personal electronic directory
Control method and apparatus for computer network system
Displaying network communication configuration after searching the network
EDI translation system using plurality of communication processes and
   de-enveloping procedure corresponding to transmitted communication process
--Authenticating users of a communication system to each other
Communication terminal and control method with party identification features
Public telephone network including a distributed imaging system
Adaptive VCP control in integrated services networks
Restricting access within a wireless local area network
--Expert system method for performing window protocol-based data flow analysis
   within a data communication network
Access assignment in a DAMA communication system
Switching method having subscriber state management function
Multiple call control method in a multimedia conferencing system
Network management system with group naming
Delay-based congestion avoidance in computer networks
Integrated services platform for telephone communication system
Integrated group insurance information processing and reporting system based
   upon an enterprise-wide data structure
Communication protocol for digital telemetry system
Rormatting variable length data packets for a transmission network
Controlling call processing based upon load constraints
Route guidance system for providing a mobile station with optimum route data
   in response to guidance request together with base station data indicative
   of an identification of a base station
The billing of value-added communications call
Communication device for layered protocols
Paging system with local channel lists
Interactive telephone gaming system
Automatic discovery of network elements
Multi-optional processing, storing, transmitting and retrieving graphical and
   tabular data in a mobile transportation distributable and/or networkable
   communications and/or data processing system
Authenication of rekey messages in a communication system
Transparent signalling for remote terminals
Enhanced ISDN 800 service
Generalized telecommunications customer signaling arrangement
Switching system using identical switching nodes
Program transmission system and method
Cell messaging process for an in-vehicle traffic congestion information system
Call tagging user information in a telephonic environment
Packet switching system
Determining multiple interference in a mobile radio system
--Problem analysis of a node computer with assistance from a central site
High speed data compression and transmission for WANs  in LAN bridges
Association of LAN station addresses with a repeater port
Controlling a multi-point matrix switch
Self-healing bidirectional logical-ring network using crossconnects
Optimizer for a parameter-dependent network system
Information network
Network message security method and apparatus
Electronic mail system with means to transmit data to a plurality of
   recipients without user intervention
Transaction approval system
Method of establishing an inverse pilot-sequence for deinterleaving as used
in digital transmission
Determining transmission line for message transmission/reception in a network
Communicating price changes including printer and display
Registering a unit in a network, one part of which is from an open channel
Multiple access method
Matrix error correction for digital data
Host network communication with transparent connection devices
Adaptive routing of messages in parallel and distributed processor systems
Packet communication processing method
--Nested frame communication protocol
Transmitting a digital broadband signal in a tributary unit concatenation
   via a network of a synchronous digital multiplex hierarchy
Transferring messages between nodes in a network
Communications network dynamic addressing arrangement
Data channel scheduling discipline arrangement method
Multiple access protocol
Adaptive pathfinding neural network for a packet communication system
Transmit queue with loadsheding
Terminal device session management protocol
--Establish and enforce network cryptographic security policy with public keys
Telecommunication display system
Bandwidth seizing in integrated services network
Distributing messages through a mapping table which includes for each
   originating device a sequential list of corresponding destination devices
Processing / prioritizing alarms from devices on data communications networks
Communication system using a fault tolerant protocol
--Data transmission using a modified high level data link control protocol
Dynamic window sizing in a data network
Communications network arranged to transport connection oriented and
   connectionless methods
Exchange route decision system and method
--Secure and private communication in a triple-connected network
Communication system having a varied communication resource grant channel
   usage requirement
Synchronous network
Communication system to communication system communication system
Expert system for communications network
Ring transmission system
Transparent communication of control information through a switching network
Providing network service in a communication service
Station-to-station full duplex communication in a token ring LAN
Adaptive token release mechanism for ring networks
Service provision authentication protocol
Chaos router system
Tracking sequence numbers in packet data communication system
Inter-LAN connection apparatus and Inter-LAN connection method
Local area network device startup process
Key distribution communication system
Using redundant links in bridged networks
--Authentication protocols in communications networks
Remote bootstrapping a node over communication link by initially requesting
   remote storage access program which emulates local disk
Reduced time remote access method and system
Intercomputer communication control apparatus and method
Loading an operating system through a network
--System for interconnecting applications across different networks
Routing of network traffic using discrete traffic measurement data
Protocol selector and protocol selection method
Token associated data network communications protocol
Star local-area network system
Communication system
Reconfiguration method for high-speed mesh connected LAN
Session control in network which supports multiple transfer protocols
Dynamic graphical analysis of network data
Memory management system and method for network controller
Learning and filtering destination and source addresses in a LAN
Network transit prevention
Backup computer program for networks
--Interprocess communication queue location transparency
--Communications network data compression control system and method
Transmitting encoded data on unreliable networks
Synchronizing a wide area network without global synchronizing
High speed transport protocol with two windows
Method of managing traffic flows in a wideband integrated services digital
   network, and a network for implementing the method
Communication terminal apparatus, and communication method
Traffic flow control and call set-up in multi-hop broadband networks
Updating link state information in networks
Selective call signalling system
--Implementing to a packet switch protocol for a multinode data network
System for routing messages in a vertex symmetric network by using addresses
   formed from permutations of the transmission line indicees
System for circulating serially an electronic, non-interchangeable, unique,
   route package from sender to selected recipients
Access controller for local area network
Apparatus and protocol for local area network
The through-connection of multiplex signals via cross connectors
Data transmission optimizer including device-specific attribute elimination
Dual master implied token communication system
Network control system for dynamically switching a logical connection between
   an identified terminal device and an indicated processing unit
Duration limited statistical multiplexing in packet networks
Input/output system implementing several access paths for rerouting data
Packet switch communication network using packet having virtual channel
   identifier
Routing method and system
Providing an efficient and adaptive management of message routing in a
   multi-platform and apparatus communication system
Data transmission control processing system
Method and system for routing packets in a packet communication network
Communication architecture for high speed networking
Switching system reliability
Encoding an email address in a fax message and routing the fax message to a
   destination on a network
Assigning telecommunications channels in a cellular telephone system
Localization of defective stations in local area networks
Recognizing addresses of information packets
Local computer participating in mail delivery system abstracts from
   directory of all eligible mail recipients only served by local computer
Distributed computer network with network and resource status monitoring
--Self configuring terminal which polls loop network and generates a list
   of connected devices for use in selectively downloading control programs
--Node initiating XID exchanges over an activated link including an exchange
   of sets of binding signals between nodes for establishing sessions
Automated documentation system for a communication network
System in which workstations support the basic electronic data process
Secure system for activating personal computer software at remote locations
Wide area trunked channel busy override
--Patient care communication system
Real-time network routing
Realtime monitoring of network sessions in a LAN
Securing remote terminal and remote terminal program
Teleconferencing with bridge partitioning and other features
Symbol detection and error correction coding in a LAN
Transferring data through a network of intelligent control stations using
   decentralized control techniques
Efficient flexible special service call processing
Message routing system for shared communication media networks
Measuring inter-nodal transmission delays in a communications network
--System using independent attribute lists to show status of shared mail
   object among respective users
Distributed protocol for improving the survivability of telecommunications
   trunk networks
Routing system to interconnect LANs
Routing communications among computer networks
Communications system ingress and egress arrangement
Data communication process and apparatus for data transmission in blocks
Reliable broadcast of information in a wide area network
Communication network system having a plurality of different protocol LAN's
Master-slave-type control system with stand-by suspending control station
High speed transport protocol
Flow control of messages in a local area network
Network topology control method and apparatus
Interconnect network for printing press system forming a star network
Interchanging messages in real time between stations interconnected by a loop


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                       PROCESS CONTROL and NUMERICAL CONTROL

Numerical control device with rational B-spline interpolator
Embroidery data processing apparatus
Intelligence testing device
Weight driven kiln control
Data analysis for industrial process control systems
Control and supervisory system for power distribution equipment
Apparatus and methods for baggage reconciliation and location
Performing simultaneous control of control axes of a machine tool
Device for controlling the operation of machines, particularly textile
   machines, able to self-learn the operating cycle of these latter and to
   correct its own errors during this self-learning stage
System for implementing a PC computer configuration system for assembling and
   mounting of a complex product in situ
Network programmable logic controller system with ladder editor and parallel
and synchronous logic and I/O scanning
Packaging sequence determining method
On-line process control neural network using data pointers
Method for data transformation
Interactive control for can end systems
Numerical control system for irregular pocket milling
Control method in programmable controller
Process gas distribution system and method with supervisory control
Computer control system and method for sorting articles on a conveyor
Coordinate system correcting apparatus for machine tool
Reducing cross-coupled movement through the structural dynamics of a
   computer numerically controlled machine
Using fuzzy logic to determine the number of passengers entering and exiting
   an elevator car
Method for judging a color difference using rules fuzzy inference
Displaying a figure on a cathode ray tube of a numerical control system
Cash register transmitting cooking initiation instructions to a kitchen at
   suitable times for serving articles of a meal in a desired sequence
Optimization of process/property/compositional parameters
Means and method for non-contact bar code label verification
Core predictions for qualitative physics
Segmented asynchronous operation of an automated assembly line
Involute interpolation speed control system
Pattern inspection system for inspecting defect of land pattern for
   through-hole on printed board
Correcting error on involute interpolation
Identifying discrete data representative of an input sample stream
Automatic test generation for model-based real-time fault diagnostic systems
Compound control method for controlling a system
Electronic component mounting apparatus
On-line training neural network system for process control
Flexible real-time, multi-tasking architecture for tool condition monitoring
--Measurement of manufacturing technician efficiency
Failure diagnostics, wearout monitoring and predicting life expectancy of
   helicopter gearboxes and other rotating equipment
Automatic leak detection apparatus for process fluids from production and/or
   research plants, in particular energy plants
Automated evaluation of painted surface quality
Determining position and orientation of mechanical objects
Sorting and stacking reusable cartons
Analyzing panel misregistration in a panel manufacturing process and providing
   appropriate information for adjusting panel manufacturing processes
Monitoring synchronous blade vibration
Graphic display method for numerical controller
Control system for automated parametric test equipment
NC sentence creation system
Adaptable electric monitoring and identification system
Contour compensation method for numerically controlled machines
Externally extended type programmable controller
Dynamic assumption ordering for qualitative physics
Material consolidation modeling and control system
Automated management system for car frames and production method
Recording and diagnosing faults in an electronic reprographic printing system
Computer aided design system
Interactive plant monitoring system
System for flexibly sorting particles
Numerical control method for correcting machine tool path errors
Semi-automated insertion of conductors into harness connectors
Software controllable circuit for resolver excitation switching in a motion
   control system
Control apparatus for setting a recording format for a recording apparatus
Interpolation method in automatic programming
Method of forming a carved sign using an axially rotating carving tool
--Quality measure driven process control
Programmable controller with multiple priority level task processing
Problem state monitoring
Adjusting the shape of a running band-like or plate-like metal material
   in the width direction
Automatic determination of parameters for process control systems with unknown
   transfer behavior, in particular for control systems for spot welding
Refrigeration control and display
Control system with two level sensor system
--Engineering and manufacturing change control mechanism
Continuous monitoring of process variables of varying grades of products
   within a process control system
Fare card read-writer which overwrites oldest or invalid data
Automatic control system for IC engine fuel injection
Video imaging technique used in bagging assembly
Ellipse interpolation control method by an NC-device
System for checking tool breakages on a machining center
Intelligent machining workstation operating logic
Embroidery data preparing apparatus
Embroidery data preparing apparatus
Machine failure isolation using qualitative physics
--Automated visual analysis of electronic component leads prior to placement
Collecting data by a manufacturing process manager from a plurality of
   programmable logic controllers
Maintaining plant operation procedures
Determining the volume, form and weight of objects
Computerized fertilizer injection system
Cooperative operation system for numerical control apparatus
Program control for an industrial robot for automatic coating of workpieces
Multiple-material processing system start-up
Injection molding controller with controlled variable learning
Digitizing control apparatus
Monitoring and maintaining an optimum balance between the main phases of a
   multi-phase multiple local local electrical distribution system
Spindle control command method
Ultrasonic inspection and imaging instrument
Distributing print jobs among a network of image processors and print engines
Detecting, classifying and quantifying defects in optical fiber end faces
Printer dynamic job recovery in an electronic reprographic printing system
Substation load distribution monitor system
Collation of a streaked pattern at a high speed
Method of creating NC data for hole machining
Assembly line balancer
Method of and apparatus for generating control program
Analyzing a production line in a production system
Distributed multiple irrigation controller management system
Numerical control method
Fuzzy inference thermocontrol for injection molding machine with PID control
Automated method of classifying optical fiber flaws
Food preparation system and method
Automatic programming method
Determining control parameters of plants
Reactor core monitoring system and method
Paper machine controller for operating slices
Controlling the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs into a factory
Work positioning method and apparatus
Methods for set up and programming of machine and process controllers
Diagnostics system for use with a recording apparatus
Subscriber electric power load control system
Determining surface characteristics using infrared imaging
Automated selection of high traffic intensity algorithms for up-peak period
Programmable controller generating plural alternating clocks with each clock
   controlling different parts of instruction sequencing mechanism
On-line process control neural network using data pointers
Production line fault management
Optically determining the acceptability of products
Stroke end checking apparatus for machine tool of numerical control
Solder joint location
Method of setting NC data output format
Analytical development and verification of control-intensive systems
Remote downloading and uploading of motion control program information to
   and from a motion control I/O module in a programmable controller
Software engine having an adaptable driver for interpreting variable produced
   by a plurality of sensors
Method of and apparatus for measuring pattern profile
Hierarchical process control system and method
Method of forming automatic machine operation program
Optimization of multiple-fuel fired boilers using iterated linear programming
Determining the tool path in a plane zone operation
Part program execution for converting a part program to numerical control data
Providing a 3 state database for use with automatic optical inspection systems
Filling the valve quantity memory of a franking machine
Aircraft traffic alert and collision avoidance device
Rough machining NC data creation method
Car body assembling line control
Set-up optimization for flexible manufacturing systems
--Manufacturing process optimizations
NC data execution method
Numerical control method
Setting analysis condition for thermal analysis of a fluid inside an apparatus
Generating cutting passes of complex curved surface
Inspecting conductive pattern on printed board
Automated transformation of gray level of image
Numerical control system providing graphic machining simulation
Expert system and method for batch production scheduling and planning
Breakdown diagnosing method of production line
Adaptive release apply algorithm
Judging whether conditions are satisfied by using a network having a plurality
   of nodes representing the conditions
Optically determining the acceptability of products
Identifying and quantifying oxides on rolled metal strip
Inspecting conductive pattern on printed board
Test run control method
High performance memory imaging network for a real time process control system
Neural network supervisory process control system and method
Converting a programmable logic controller hardware configuration
   and corresponding control program for use on a first programmable logic
   controller to use on a second programmable logic controller
Modeling a factory with human operators and validating the model
Computerized numerical control method
Providing numerical control data for inspecting printed circuit boards
Performance control apparatus and method in a processing plant
Spacecraft attitude and velocity control system
Securing access to a ladder logic programming and monitoring system
Circuit board testing with controlled backdrive stress
Displaying segments of a ladder diagram which turn on an operator display
Nonferrous extrusion process control system
Self-learning memory unit for process controller and self-updating function
   generator
NC program drawing method
Video bond lead locator
User interactive expert machine controller
Remote diagnosis system of numerical control apparatus
Remotely controlling sensor processing algorithms to expert sensor diagnoses
Computer generated tool path interference check method
Remote terminal industrial control communication system
Producing NC programs using menu icons to define operations
Neural network / expert system process control system and method
Verifying microcircuit fabrication procedure
--Selective suspension and resumption of computer manufacturing processes
On-line plant operating procedure guidance system
Controlling a process using a trained parallel distributed processing network
Geometric pattern inspection employing intelligent imaged-pattern skrinking,
   expanding and processing to identify predetermined features and tolerances
Expert control system for real time management of automated factory equipment
Malfunction diagnosis method
Saving and performing industrial control commands
Selecting inputs for a PC in which a ladder program is simulated
Computerized system for display and storage of materials batching information
Paint-out shape display used in a numerical control apparatus
Process control using neural networks
Managing production line processes
Generating a tool course for a cutting tool
Determining a machining method in numerical control data generating apparatus
Involute interpolation error correction system
Simulating the process of a workpiece
Plant diagnostic method
Method of controlling machining speed on involute interpolation
High-speed machining method
Determining machining in numerical control information generating function
Evaluation method of flow analysis on molding of a molten material
Sequence controller
Numerical control apparatus
Profile revising method
Method of sequence control
Nonlinear multivariable control system
Automatic plant diagnosis system including a display selection system for
   selecting displays responsive to the diagnosis
Guaranteed data store in redundant controllers of a process control system
--Finding fiducials on printed circuit boards to sub pixel accuracy
Setting-up rolling mill roll gaps
Testing and inspection of products made on a production assembly line
Process control with guard band and fault limit
Determining level of bulk and control thereof
Correcting tool feed rate in numerical control system
Path planning with transition changes
Diagnostic system
Associating text in automatic diagnostic system to produce recommended
   actions automatically
Acquiring, calculating and displaying representations of test data sequences
Self-optimizing method and machine
Process control validation


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                               GRAPHICS

Multi-dimensional graphing in two-dimensional space
Color registration test pattern
Inside/out perspective format for situation awareness displays
Trimming B-spline descriptions of patches in a 3D graphics system
Translating a plurality of printer page description languages
Digital halftoning with selectively applied dot-to-dot error diffusion
Production of second-generation camera-original control tool photographies via
   photography of digitally-generated transparency of an original scene
Displaying the state of an artificial neural network
Schedule displaying device
Image color modification in a computer-aided design system
Pixel interpolation in perspective space
Method and apparatus for displaying translucent surface
--Method and apparatus for visualization of iso-valued surfaces
Method for displaying a portion of the body
Ideographic teletext transmissions
Reducing bit error rates in reading self-clocking glyph codes
Image color correction system and method
Video image creation system which proportionally mixes previously created
image pixel data with currently created data
Animation producing apparatus
Producing a specified format output image from an arbitrary format
   source image
Digital halftoning with correlated minimum visual modulation patterns
Visual display of the attitude of an aircraft for aiding piloting in space
Displaying graphical data received from a remote computer by a local computer
--Pre-drawing pick detection in a graphics display system
Generating a display utilizing objects in an object list
Preparing data representative of supplemental figure attached to basic
figure reproduced on output medium
Video image display for predicting color hardcopy image quality
Graphic image drawing device
Flight phase information display for aircraft passengers
Continuously scrolling large scale picture
Offline editing system
Color analysis based upon transformation to spherical coordinates
Graphic display method for numerical controller
Drawing lines in a graphics system
Displaying thick line and information unit and display system
Dynamic algorithm selection for volume rendering, isocontour and body
   extraction in a MIMD multiprocessor
Generating multi-level character
Dithering graphic images
Electronic apparatus for the laser imprinting of screen-process printing
   stencils and the like
Locally switching gray dot types to reproduce images with gray level printing
Color processing with neural networks
Dropout-free center point fill method for displaying characters
Control system for a fine pattern printing apparatus
Text information processing apparatus having printer
Multimedia protocol interface for 64 kbit/s data flow
Apparatus for and method of creating delivery route maps
Automatic generation of look-up tables for requested patterns and colors
Producing a visually improved image in a computer system
Radar simulation for use with a visual simulator
Efficiently allocating computer resource for real time image generation
Optimal discrete rendering of images
Arrangement for displaying on a display volumetric data
Antialiasing apparatus and method for computer printers
Producing perception of quality grayscale shading on digital displays
--Multi-processor graphics display for displaying hierarchical data structures
Painting on a computer
Producing a video display
Representing 3D color data in a 1D reference system
Recognizing overlapped graphics in each degree of overlapping thereof
Generating a texture mapped perspective view
Computerized color matching
Graphic display method
--Converting tracedata from processors executing in parallel to graphical form
Color separation in ink jet color graphics printing
Changing characters in an image
User definable font substitutions with equivalency indicators
Apparatus and methods for digital halftoning
Matching the software command language of a computer with the printer
   language of a printer
Telecommunication display system
Dithering of antialiased vectors
--Generating graphical output
Expediting the rendering of figures in a move-draw language
--Adaptively providing near Phong grade shading for patterns in a
   graphics display system
Fast and efficient search method for graphical data
--Boundary drawing and area filling logic for a display system
--Pipelined parallel rasterization
Storage and retrieval of images from a grey image having artifically enhanced
   color regions
Recording/reproducing mesh pattern data
Mapping character color attributes into grey pixel patterns
Mapping of color images to black-and-white textured images
Multiple resolution machine readable symbols
Electronic brush generation
Fixed point method of video display scaling
--Enhanced visualization using translucent contour surfaces
--Animation processor method and apparatus
Numerical control system providing graphic machining simulation
Computerized system for joining individual maps into a single map product
Slanting a font while inserting corrective pixels to improve print quality
Generating patterns based on outline data
Image processing for painting a memory with plural colors
Managing graphic images
--Generating a circular or elliptic arc on a digital display
Manipulatable orientation for a translatable graphic object
Bit mapped color cursor
Graphic data searching and storing method
Method of shaping a graphics image
Supporting a plurality of color maps in a display
Digital map generator and display system
Graphic data conversion method
Displaying color on an output device using dithering techniques
Dynamic graphical analysis of network data
Pixel rendering
Textile color design simulating apparatus
System for selectively extracting display data
Interactive graphical search and replace utility for computer-resident
   synthetic graphic image editor
Operating a real-time expert system in a graphical programming environment
Merged texts and graphics printing method
Obtaining output-adjusted color separations
Digital color representation
--Presenting compressed electronic day calendar data
--Cursor control of scrolling movements on certain computer workstations
--Specifying 3D reference points in 2D graphic displays
Graphics image editor
Simplified menu inputting for a pen plotter
Displaying radar data
NC program drawing method
Eliminating hidden faces for synthesis of a three dimensional wire image
Machine interface with cyclically displayed hierarchical menus and user
   selection of menu items by actuation of a single switch
Generating digital, angled halftone screens using pixel candidate lists and
   screen angle correction to prevent moire patterns
--Three dimensional graphic display with user defined vanishing point
Creating and displaying navigators for guiding to related image information
Rendering anti-aliased polygons
3D octree-encoded objects and device for the application of this method
Front-end system for a raster output scanner
Line rasterization technique for a non-gray scale, anti-aliasing
Moving target imaging synthetic aperture radar
Processing and displaying multivariate time series data
Generating a plurality of parameters of an object in a field of view
System for reading and displaying an edit-processed DNA pattern
Setting the contrast of a color video picture in a computer controlled
   photographic film analyzing system
Processing half tone images to improve efficiency of data compression
Optimum matched illumination waveform design process
--Memory manager for hierarchical graphic structures
--Computer-based, audio/visual creation and presentation system and method
Real time digital video animation using compressed pixel mappings
Forming a computer generated hologram
--Color mapping system and method
Graphics-assisted terminal administration arrangement
Method of drawing a cubic view
Full speed animation system for low-speed computers and method
Labelling polygons
Rendering of geometric volumes
Colorizing black and white documents
Computer-generated autostereography method and apparatus
--Virtual display adapter
Method of setting drawing parameters for an XY plotter
Graphics program adaptor
Interactive video control system for displaying user-selectable clips
Raster scanning engine driver which independently locates engine drive
   signal transistors within each cell area
Flattening three dimensional surfaces
Graphic reproduction method
Apparatus for converting character outline data into dot data
Displaying and integrating commercial advertisements with computer software
Color selection
Method and facility for dynamic video composition and viewing
Graphically indicating routing and time relationships between process jobs
Conversion of outline characters to bitmap characters
Printer controlling apparatus
Graphics workstation for creating graphics data structure which are stored
   retrieved and displayed by a graphics subsystem for competing programs
The computing and imaging of views of an object
Drawing wide lines in a raster graphics system
Data displaying apparatus with novel graphic position and ratio display means
Graphic file directory and spreadsheet
Smoothing method and apparatus for smoothing contour of character
Adaptive scaling for decoding periodic self-clocking glyph shape codes
High-speed image rendering method using look-ahead images
Color normalization process
Computer graphics hidden surface removal system
Graphically representing and manipulating data stored in databases
Hidden line and surface removal in a three dimensional display
hidden surface removal
Applying a shadowing operation to figures drawn for displaying on CRT-display
--Language bindings for graphics functions to enable one application program
   to be used in different processing environments
Elimination of contouring on displayed gray level images
Video image motion data generator for computer graphics
Graphics display data manipulation
Real-time rasterization for a column-oriented printing apparatus
Quick three-dimensional display


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                       GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES

Interface and application development based on a gene metaphor
Producing form display with blank fields and inputing data to the blank fields
--Incrementally changing window size on a display
Interactive video-audio-computer open architecture operation
--Simultaneous update and change in parent and child windows
Capturing information in drawing or writing
System for choosing between operation modes in a data processing system by
   interacting with a displayed multinodal hierarchal figure
Correlating user preferences with a T.V. program information database
Ideographical character signalling system
--Enabling a blind computer user to handle message boxes in a user interface
Form generating method and apparatus
Exercising diagnostic functionality in product extensions
Customizing a user interface in an integrated environment
--System for testing a performance of user interactive-commands using an
emulator-overlay for determining the progress of the user timing response
Data input interface for handicapped persons responsive to multiple push
   buttons for selecting data stored in binary tree
Script/binary-encoded-character processing with moving space insertion mode
Information search terminal and system
System for editing document containing audio information
Offline editing with user interface for controlling edit list generation
Method and apparatus for data acquisition
Multi-backspace key system for keyboard operation
Editing data by limiting current operations according to previous operations
Interactive automated mapping system
--Direct manipulation of icons via conversational linking
Interactive transit information system
--Cursor for LCD displays
Team trainer
Data-handling and display system capable of supporting multiple application
   programs and output devices
Encoding and decoding Chinese characters
Automatically selecting among a plurality of input modes
--Menu system for informing which past selections have caused disabled actions
Representing bordered areas of a generic form with records
Multimedia interface and method for computer system
Offline editing system
Sound editing system using visually displayed control line for altering
   specified characteristic of adjacent segment of stored waveform
Automatic determination of operator training level for displaying appropriate
   operator prompts
--Application independent (open) hypermedia enablement services
Sequential information controller
User interface system having programmable user interface elements
Diagnosis of malfunctions and set-up of a reproduction machine
Interactive intelligent interface
--Controlling cursor movements on certain computer workstations
Image hand markup detection using morphological techniques
Vector calculator apparatus for graphic waveform manipulation
--Combined keyboard and mouse entry
Inputting simplified form and/or original complex form of Chinese character
--Constructing selection cursors on dependent workstations
Intelligent scrolling
Telephone with user friendly interface and enhanced integrity features
Multipurpose computerized television
Cursor display control method and apparatus in a graphic display system
Display method in software development support system
Digital signal processing system employing icon displays
Multi-window control system
Cursor shift speed control system
Voice interactive computer system
Interactive multimedia presentation and communications system
Interactively manipulating mathematical equations
Intelligent machining workstation operating logic
Acquisition, storage and display of colored geographical maps
Symbol definition apparatus
--Virtual graphics display for presenting icons and windows to the blind user
Multi-optional processing, storing, transmitting and retrieving graphical and
   tabular data in a mobile transportation distributable and/or networkable
   communications and/or data processing system
Method of substituting fonts and displaying characters
Reproduction apparatus with improved operator interactive display for use in
   job set-up
Multi-screen setting condition display system
3D stereo integrated attitude director and horizontal situation indicator
An air traffic control system
--User interface customization apparatus
--Panel definition language for computer display
--Three dimensional directional pointer icon
--Help provision in a data processing system
3-tier menu system
Storing, transmitting and retrieving graphical and tabular data
Multi-dimensional analysis/display for large volume of record items
TCAS view display format with horizontal trend
Touch panel and method of controlling same
Dynamic adjustment of filter weights for digital tablets
Three-dimensional display apparatus
Computer assisted instructional delivery system and method
Electronic information retrieval for image information
Detector system for object movement in a game
Method of printing leaflets, catalogs or the like
Redundant system for interactively evaluating the capabilities of multiple
   test subjects to perform a task utilizing a computerized test system
Method of communicating with a language deficient patient
Improving a person's skill for playing an interactive video game
   requiring hand-eye coordination and operation of manual activation means
Real-time recognition of pointing information from video
User responsive transit system
Methods for set up and programming of machine and process controllers
Diagnostics system for use with a recording apparatus
Mouse driven remote communication system
Expert advice display processing system
Creating reminder messages/screens during execution and without ending
   current display process
Helicopter virtual image display system incorporating structural outlines
Configuring a graphic interface
Customized personal terminal device
Interactive display for use on an automatic guided vehicle
Orientational mouse computer input system
Medical ultrasound imaging system having a partitioned menu
Graphics cursor handler
Computer interface for the configuration of computer system and circuit boards
Manipulating outlines in improving digital typeface on raster output devices
Graphic display apparatus
Land navigation system displaying the position of a vehicle in real time
Controlling selection in a user interface employing a display
Icon aided run function display system
User extensible testing system
Displaying context sensitive help information on a display
--Visually assisted method for transfer of data within an application or from
   a source application to a receiving application
--Advanced user interface
Multilingual operator prompting system which compares language control file
   version numbers in document and mass memory for changing language files
Block diagram system and method for controlling electronic instruments with
simulated graphic display
Computer apparatus for brush styled writing
Displaying context sensitive help information on a display
Moving control points in displaying digital typeface on raster output devices
Assistance with development, selection and evaluation of ideas and concepts
Sound editing system using control line for altering specified characteristic
  of adjacent segment of the stored waveform
Data display method
Power management symbology display system
Information retrieval apparatus and interface for retrieval of mapping
   information utilizing hand-drawn retrieval requests
Determining the locations of the contents of bordered areas of a generic form
Interactive system for the mathematical representation of physical models
System for enhancing or replacing the process of dictating and transcribing
Multi-dimensional user interface
Techistoscope for teaching, particularly of reading and writing
User interface for a golf green and a golf putt modelling system
Generic form generation
Apparatus for drilling pronunciation
--visually comparing files in a data processing system
Window management apparatus for a document creating apparatus
Edit control system for use in an image processing apparatus
--Computer user interface with window title bar icons
--Computer user interface with window title bar mini-icons
--Help provision in a data processing system
Window system with independently replaceable window functionality
--Interactively creating action bar pull-down windows of a user interface
--Dynamically generating user messages utilizing error log data
User interface in which operation associated with input device may be switched
Generating dialogue-windows visually displayed on a computer screen
Object oriented framework for menu definition
Inputting radical-encoded chinese characters
Touch screen user interface with expanding touch locations for a reprographic
   machine
Measuring spectral features using a cursor control and a marker
Recording and replaying mouse commands by recording the commands and the
   identities of elements affected by the commands
--Automatically customizing the user interface of application programs
Concurrent display of data from two different processors each having different
   display font and user interface for controlling transfer of converted font
   data therebetween
System for encoding a collection of ideographic characters
Detecting cursors
Keyboard means displayed on the computer screen for directing entry of
   alphanumeric characters in a two-stroke mode
Operator introduction screen
Intelligent help system
Image-audio transformation system
Method of generating a cursor
--Exchanging electronic calendars based on entries and classification among
   users of the system
--System for testing human factors and performance of a system program
Touch dialogue user interface for reproduction machines
--Display system for representing an array of data values in a display field


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                               DATABASE

Knowledge base management system
Security instrument data system without property inapplicable nulls
--File lock management in a distributed data processing system
--Maintaining referential integrity within a relational database
Asynchronous operation in a database management system
Databases system for permitting concurrent indexing and reloading of data by
   simulating the reload process to determine final locations of the data
--Combining search criteria to form a single search and saving search results
   for additional searches in a document interchange system
Restructuring a database using a relational database scheme derived
   by selecting subscheme joins to avoid cycles
--Concurrent use during sequential batch applications using persistent cursors
Information search terminal and system
Networking computers having varying file architectures
--Dynamically expanding and rapidly accessing file directories
File server system having high-speed write execution
Intelligent computer integrated maintenance system and method
Method of managing storage medium
Method for performing transaction
Updating application databases used in a distributed transaction environment
--Accessing relational database without exiting an object-oriented environment
File compaction process for electronic printing systems
Classification of combinatorial data for the summarization and/or tabulation
Database system and matching method between databases
Encoding-format-desensitized methods for interchanging electronic document as
   appearances
Information management for appendage type additional information medium
On-line reconstruction of a failed redundant array system
Database search and record retrieval system which continuously displays
   category names during scrolling and selection of individually displayed
   search terms
Indexing and storing a large database with high data insertion frequency
--Remote storage management mechanism and method
Apparatus and method for updating transaction file
Naming database component files to avoid duplication of files
--File and record locking between nodes in distributed processing environment
High speed search and retrieval of data within text and record oriented files
--Attribute-based classification and retrieval system
Relational database management system and method for storing, retrieving and
   modifying directed graph data structures
Building a database and performing marketing based upon prior shopping history
Database retrieval system having a natural language interface
Testing system including removable storage means for transfer of test related
   data and means for issuing a certification upon successful test completion
Storing data subjected to dispersion processing
Method of managing space of peripheral storages
Protecting material on storage media and transferring material on storage
   media to various recipients
Mass storage array with efficient parity calculation
Implementing a class hierarchy of objects in a hierarchical file system
Buffered disk unit and method of transferring data therein
Archival document image processing and printing system
Database generation management method and system
--Computer-controlled optimized pairing of disk units
--Method of filing having a directed relationship through defining a stable
   relationship within the context of a folder document
--Reducing communications in distributed database transactions by serializing
Multi-dimensional analysis/display for large volume of record items
Computerized management system
--Concurrently applying redo records to backup database in a log sequence
   using single queue server per queue at a time
File block managing using next record header position data and delete history
   data from block header and record headers to locate requested record block
Hierarchical presearch type text search method and apparatus
Data integrity for compaction devices
Computer controlled optimized pairing of disk units
Coordinating informational storage and retrieval
Data storage apparatus and method
--Determining correctness and contents of control data structures in moving
   media data storage systems
--Persistent stream for processing time consuming and reusable queries in an
   object oriented database management system
List type storing and retrieving system
--Resumeable batch query for processing time consuming queries in an object
   oriented database management system
Up/down loading of databases
--Storing data in and retrieving data from non-main storage virtual data space
Automatically creating a second workspace operation record including history
   data and a unit ID based on a first workspace operation
Data base system which maintains project query list, desktop list and status
   of multiple ongoing research projects
--Nonsynchronous DASD control
Providing 3 state data base for use with automatic optical inspection systems
Data storage for providing redundant copies of data on different disk drives
Self documenting record of instrument activity and error messages stamped
   with date and time of occurrence
--Data availability in restartable data base system
Electronic text
Paint formula retrieval and management
Image communication and database system
--Directory cache management in a distributed data processing system
Intersystem data base sharing journal merge method
Data recording method
--Cache management method for shared, sequentially-accessed, data
Image data filing system with image data modification facility
Multilingual database system including sorting data using a master universal
   sort order for all languages
Information retrieval apparatus and interface for retrieval of mapping
   information utilizing hand-drawn retrieval requests
Information filing apparatus that stores and erases information based on
   frequency  of its use
Document image filing system for furnishing additional managerial information
   for management of documents filed in the system
--Sorting using approximate key distribution in a distributed system
Remapping defects in a storage system through the use of a tree structure
Electronic maintenance support work station
Data copying method for disk storage medium
Transaction inquiring method and apparatus
--Interchange object data base index which eliminates the need for private
   copies of interchange documents files by plurality of application programs
--Calculating disk-access footprints for use in selecting a storage method
Data recovery system and method of distributed transaction processing system
--Dispatching work requests in a data storage hierarchy
Machine translation utilizing previously translated documents
Processing data in medical information communication system
Providing recoverability in mass storage data base systems without audit
trail mechanisms
System for multiple access hard disk partitioning
Reliable database administration arrangemenmt
Mapping rules and objects from a stable storage database management system
   within a forward or backward chaining inference cycle
Monitoring changes in attribute values of object in object oriented database
--Compiled objective referential constraints in a relational database
--Selecting multiple versions of data in a reduced record units text editor
Automatically redistributing data records stored therein
--File-based redundant parity protection in a parallel computing system
--Intercommunicating between applications and a database manager
Searching database component files to retrieve information from modified files
--Concurrent modification of an index tree in a transaction processing system
Information storage and retrieval utilizing hashing techniques
--Joining two database relations on a common field in a parallel relational
   database field
Replacing data using single step process mode
Automated interactive record system
--Preservation of CRC integrity upon intentional data alteration
Information retrieval apparatus with separate retrieval conditions and
   updatable key registers
Concurrent processing controlling method and apparatus on B+ tree structure
--Modular data storage directories for large capacity data storage units
   where the index to the records in a sector is located in adjacent sector
Control apparatus of image filing system
Method of sorting data records
User extensible, language sensitive database system
Information management system
--Maintenance of file attributes in a distributed data processing system
System for managing a storage medium reducing physical space needed
--Method of changing data on disk
Computerized system for display and storage of materials batching information
Method of managing defective sensors in a disk-shaped information recording
medium and an apparatus for performing the same
--Aperiodic mapping using power-of-two stride access to interleaved devices
Data base system including memorandum information and method for managing
   memorandum information
Mass document storage and retreival system
--Unified working storage management
Recording area management system for writable type optical disk
Retrieving and updating data in a real-time data base system
--Method of reducing the amount of information included in topology database
   update messages in a data communication network
--Filing stapled documents with a stable relationship involving one or more
   applications programs
Figure retrieval method
--Use of morphological data to cross reference keywords used for retrieval
Model user application system for clinical data processing that tracks and
  monitors a simulated out-patient medical practice using a data base
Qualitative saving of digitized data
Apparatus for specifying a result relation in a relational database system
Passing data parameters between a calling program and a called subroutine
   in a command analysis table of a computer stored data base system
--Storage and retrieval system
Graphic file directory and spreadsheet
Real time event driven database management system
Computer file system
System for optimizing query processing in a relational database
--Preforming a sort operation in a relational database manager to pass results
   directly to a user without writing to disk
Mail deliverability by mail and database processing
Graphically representing and manipulating data stored in databases


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                       WORD PROCESSING and DOCUMENT HANDLING

Document generation using information engineering
Document processing system having integrated expert module
Method of storing information within a reproduction system
Electronic dictionary for outputting words in the opposite order in which they
   are searched
--Method of enabling the translation of machine readable information
Token editor architecture
Multiple integrated document assembly data processing system
--Combining search criteria to form a single search and saving search results
   for additional searches in a document interchange system
Document revising system for use with document reading and translating system
Remote signature rendering system & apparatus
Information processing system
--Forms processor with controlled remote revision
Electronic spelling machine having ordered candidate words
Control of spell checking device
Document processing method and system
Encoding-format-desensitized methods for interchanging electronic document as
   appearances
Document processing apparatus
Image-based document processing system providing lost image recovery
--Access of multiple documents based on document relationship classification
Word spelling and definition educational device
Computer aided text generation method and system
Intelligent electronic word processor with plural print wheels and tables used
   to identify displayed characters supported by designated print wheels
Data processing system and editing apparatus aided thereby
Data processing system and editing device aided thereby
Personal computer dictation with voice and text stored on same storage medium
Document processing apparatus
Knowledge based system for document authentication
Rxtracting data from documents for subsequent processing
Electronic printing system for multiple images with determination of the
   maximum number of reduced size images to be optimally printed on a sheet
   of detected size without interference
Electronic dictionary with correct and incorrect words
Identification and correction of document skew
Archival document image processing and printing system
Document processing apparatus having a ruled line print control function
Document image processing system
--Technique for contracting element marks in a structured documents
System for parsing multidimensional and multidirectional text into encoded
   units and storing each encoded unit as a separate data structure
Classifying text
--(De)compressing forms by means of very large symbol matching
Document management and production system
--Method of filing having a directed relationship through defining a stable
   relationship within the context of a folder document
Information processing apparatus
Editing documents
Dynamic thresholding for documents using structural information
Distributed text editing system with remote terminal transmits successive
   audit messages each identifying individual editing operation
Method of printing leaflets, catalogs or the like
Document decompressing system
Text processing apparatus using modification relation analysis
Document retrieval system
Hierarchical presearch type text search method and apparatus
Shipment system including processing of document images
Text editing device
Changing characters in an image
User definable font substitutions with equivalency indicators
Phonetically encoding chinese textual data for data processing entry
Understanding and manipulating minimally formatted text documents
Knowledge based system for document authentication
Word processing apparatus
--Vector relational characterical object
--Document image management in a case processing system
Method and system of specification processing
Document identification by characteristics matching
Checking correct use of units or chemical formulae in a text processing system
Litigation support system and method
Automatically outputting document having data dependent size
Method of incorporating a scanned image into a page layout
--Maintaining a time frame selective document history log in a data
   processing system
Multilingual operator prompting system which compares language control file
   version numbers in document and mass memory for changing language files
Searching and displaying selected data and for updating displayed data in
   a text editing system
Electronic text
Word processor with text layout display function
--Processing documents having amounts recorded thereon
Dictionary linked text base apparatus
Slanting a font while inserting corrective pixels to improve print quality
Determining the locations of the contents of bordered areas of a generic form
System for enhancing or replacing the process of dictating and transcribing
Document image filing system for furnishing additional managerial information
   for management of documents filed in the system
Document editing apparatus which activates application programs in response
   to document data input
--Associating annotation with electronically published material
Printing system with automatic statistical compilation and billing
Generic form generation
Isolating an area corresponding to a character or word
--Document distribution by reference to a first group and particular document
   to a second group of user in a data processing system
--Retaining access to deleted documents in a data processing system
Supporting of making formatted document
--Requesting a user to use a marker to associate a document with an action
--Interchange object data base index which eliminates the need for private
   copies of interchange documents files by plurality of application programs
Text processing apparatus including fixed and scrolled display information
--Memory management within a document history log in a data processing system
Window management apparatus for a document creating apparatus
Desktop publishing system and method of making up documents
--Automatic extraction of data from printed forms
--Deleting a marked portion of a structured document
Data processing system and editing apparatus aided thereby
Secure time-stamping of digital documents
Digital document time-stamping with catenate certificate
Dictionary searching system
Image processing system for documentary data
--Selecting multiple versions of data in a reduced record units text editor
--Limiting manipulation of documents within a multi-document relationship
Merged texts and graphics printing method
--Defining relationships among documents including logical relationships
Word processor utilizing image inputting means
System for registration of documents
--Generation of document history log reports in a data processing system
OCR for sequentially displaying document layout
Word processor for defining position, size, and form of a symbol and formula
Word processing device with an automatic address-input function
Text (word processor) having right end justified variable size display area
   for information related to input data
Information processing apparatus having a specified-area confirming function
Formatting document by using command codes regarding document structure
Tabular document reader service
--Locating the amount field on a document
--Technique for creating and expanding element marks in a structured document
Search improvements for electronic spelling machine
Apparatus for and method of reconstructing a document
Managing lengthy footnotes in a word processing environment
--Method of assigning retention and deletion criteria to electronic documents
   stored in an interactive information handling system
Word processor with selectable line-lengths which uses memory table for
   detecting characters not permitted at line-head or line-end
Processing a document by utilizing an image
Providing binding and capitalization in structured report generation
--Filing stapled documents with a stable relationship involving one or more
   applications programs
Method and means for managing citations in documents
Text processing apparatus with adjustment for right margin flush
Extracting a text region in a document image
Word processing apparatus
Forms generation
Word processor with column layout function
--Distributing related documents to identified end users
Reading a document and processing the image
Text modifier
Entry text display system
Word processing apparatus having image-format control functions
Phonetic multi-lingual word processor
--Copying a marked portion of a structured document
Character processing apparatus having a digit place alignment function


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                               FINANCIAL

Security instrument data system without property inapplicable nulls
Measuring the effectiveness of stimuli on decisions of shoppers
Quality control using multi-process performance analysis
Card payment system for service dispensing devices
Automated coin grading system
Electronic cash system
Recording and billing system
Centralized processing of accounting and payment functions
Remote delivery of retail banking services
Financial management system
Optimization of process/property/compositional parameters
Intelligent computer integrated maintenance system and method
Integrating lottery terminals into point of sale systems
Method of inventory management for footwear and last manufacture
--Discrete activity resourse allocation by cardinality constraint generation
--Producing softcopy book readers which are limited to reading only books
   published by a specific publisher
Interactive transit information system
Goal-oriented investment indexing, tracking and monitoring
Method for performing transaction
Generating personalized books while a purchaser waits
Business transaction and investment growth monitoring data processing
--Multilevel bill of material processing
Character and pattern recognition machine and method
Computer-based method and system for product development
Footwear visual image cataloging and sizing
Enhanced management of pension-backed credit
Credit card system including a central unit and a plurality of local units
   for conducting low-cost transactions
Method of operating offices of financial institutes
Insuring futures contracts against catastrophic loss
Centralized consumer cash value accumulation system for multiple merchants
Transaction control system including portable data terminal and mobile
   customer service station
Building a database and performing marketing based upon prior shopping history
Maintaining continuous total of refund amounts due a customer and for allowing
   customer designation of the amount of refund to be applied to a purchase
Multifunction interactive automatic bowling alley using a touch screen console
Processing of check batches in banking operations
System for display of prices and related method
Remotely crediting and billing usage of electronic entertainment machines
--Bill of material and project network processing
Improving manufacturing processes
Trading system for providing real time context sensitive trading messages
   based on conversation analysis
Courtesy amount read and transaction balancing system
Integrated services platform for telephone communication system
Requisitioning and distributing material in a manufacturing environment
Electronic income tax refund early payment system with means for creating of
   new deposit account for an electronically transferred refund from the IRS
Data processing system for hub and spoke financial services configuration
Accounting system
System for electronically recording and redeeming coupons
--Engineering and manufacturing change control mechanism
System for synthesizing travel cost information
Integrated group insurance information processing and reporting system based
   upon an enterprise-wide data structure
Interactive multimedia presentation and communications system
Payment or information transfer by money card with electronic memory
Storing and generating financial information employing user specified input
   and output formats
Totally integrated construction cost estimating, analysis, and reporting
The billing of value-added communications call
Interactive telephone gaming system
Predicting agent requirements in a force management system
Transparent signalling for remote terminals
Apparatus and method for managing crisis situations
Automated teller machine and method thereof
Vehicle route planning system
Automatic cash handling system offering optional printed record
Computer system and method for work management
Telephone access information service distribution system
Automatic ordering method and apparatus
Analyzing and generating optimal transportation schedules for vehicles such
   as trains and controlling the movement of vehicles in response thereto
Transaction approval system
Food preparation system and method
Patterned web cutting for operation manipulation of displayed nested templates
Communicating price changes including printer and display
Computerized management system
Credibility assessment based on feedback-elicited P3 responses of brain
Conducting and processing spot commodity transactions
Automatic ordering system for allowing a shop to tailor ordering needs
System to demonstrate and sell computer programs
Automated method for selecting personnel matched to job criteria
System for designing custom-made, formfitted clothing, such as bathing suits
Priority processing of financial documents using video image capture
Data base system which maintains project query list, desktop list and status
   of multiple ongoing research projects
Picking and placing a surface mounted device with the aid of machine vision
Collecting and disseminating available-load information for trucking industry
Billing system for computing software
Set-up optimization for flexible manufacturing systems
--Manufacturing process optimizations
Paint formula retrieval and management
Scenario optimization
Printing system with automatic statistical compilation and billing
Electronic publishing system
Automated tax deposit processing system
System for funding, analyzing and managing health care liabilities
Anonymous matching system
Stock and cash portfolio development system
Inventory control method and system
Goal-directed financial asset management system
POS system including use of expiration dates in commodity codes
Evaluating consumer choice through concept testing for the marketing and
   development of consumer products
Method and system for product restructuring
Automated bill-of-material generation
POS terminal group management device with memory for pre-storing different
   collection data ranges for each POS terminal
Carrier management method and system having auto-rate shopping
Automated ledger account maintenance system
Centralized consumer cash valve accumulation system for multiple merchants
Automated system for pricing and ordering manufactured parts
System for use in a temporary help business
Automated, interactive vending system for products which must be processed
Automated fund collection system including means to eliminate duplicate
   entries from a mailing list
Making staff schedules as function of available resources as well as employee
   skill level, availability and priority
Emergency call locating system
Environmental compliance system
System for storing history of use of programs including user credit data and
   having access by the proprietor
Automated system for providing liquidity to securities markets
Material requirements planning system
--Automated rework shop order scheduling system
Account settlement in an ATM
Prioritizing data in financial information system
Job scheduling system
Electronic checkbook with automatic reconciliation
Data collection, analysis and response system and method
Releasing value of an asset
Register setting arrangement for carrier management
Optimizing reactive power distribution in an industrial power network


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                       COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

--Assist program for operating a debug program with a user program
Optimizing computer code to provide more efficient execution on
   computers having cache memories
Controlling tool execution in a computer-aided software engineering system
Programming a task, having a plurality of processes, created by a
   plurality of different programmers, for operation by a computer
Establishing concurrent high level and low level processes in a diagram
   window through process explosion and implosion subsystems
Automatically generating application program
Calling interpreter language procedure from compiler language procedure
Program debugging support method and apparatus
Transforming machine language program into high-level language constructs
   by manipulating graphical program representations
Software development using expanding outline interface
Incremental compiler
Management interface for license management system
Software structuring system and method by data table translation
--Removing invariant branches from instruction loops of a computer program
Cost-based heuristic instruction scheduling
Instruction scheduling for a processor having multiple functional resources
Line-skip compiler for source-code development system
Local language translations of text portions of computer source code
Automatically designing a program structure
Adaptive window system for dynamically modeling information systems
Vectorized LR parsing of computer programs
Incremental linking in source code development systems
--Partitioning optimizations in an optimizing compiler
Display method in software development support system
Graphical display of compiler-generated intermediate database representation
Graphics system for automatic computer code generation
Object database deletion method for child objects when a child may be
   linked to multiple parent objects
Automatically generating software specifications
Assembler system for determining when to compile source code modules
Incremental compiler for source-code development system
System and apparatus for protecting computer software
Transforming user data in accordance with an algorithm defined by design data
   and for evaluating the transformed data against logical criteria
Incremental-scanning compiler for source-code development system
Various possible execution paths measurement and analysis system for
   evaluating before writing source codes the efficiency performance of
   software designs
Parallel processing development system with debugging device includes
   facilities for schematically displaying execution state of data driven
   type processor
Interprocedural slicing of computer programs using dependence graphs
Method and system of specification processing
Generating program code files
Testing computer hardware and software
System for numerical description of computer program logic
Methods and apparatus for software retrofitting
Billing system for computing software
Method of handling errors in software
Block diagram simulator using a library for generation of a computer program
Producing object programs based on interprocedural dataflow analysis of a
   source program
Dynamic information management system utilizing entity-relationship
   information model in which the attribute is independent of an entity
-- APL-to-Fortran translator
Method of checking test program in duplex processing apparatus
Improved code generation in reduced instruction set computers
Assembly language programming potential error detection scheme sensing
   apparent inconsistency with a previous operation
Automatically converting a data flow description of a source program directly
   into a function design chart
Method of debugging a computer program
Retrieving program specification and linking the specification by concept to
   retrieval request for reusing program parts
Comprehensive software protection system
--Automatic generation of executable computer code which commands another
   program to perform a task and operator modification of the generated
   executable computer code
--Tracing method for identifying program execution paths using a trace points
   bit map with one-to-one correspondence with embedded trace points
Minimizing hardware pipeline breaks using software scheduling techiques
   during compilation
System for selectively converting plurality of source data structures through
   corresponding source intermediate structures, and target intermediate
   structures into selected target structures
--Software error early detection and data capture
System for synthesizing plurality of source programs by combining syntax
   elements and conditions of the programs
Program processing for processing optionally post-stored programs
Integrating the logical and physical design of electronically linked objects
--Computer method for executing transformation rules
Software security system for maintaining integrity of compiled object code
   by restricting users ability to define compilers
Compiling a source program by analyzing a subscript of an array included
   in a loop processing of a computer
Representing scalar data dependencies for an optimizing compiler
--Compressed LR parsing table and method of compressing LR parsing tables
System means for synthesizing, generating and checking software for a computer
Implementing a program loop by comparing the loop decrement with the loop value
Computer for reducing lambda calculus expressions employing variable
   containing applicative language code
System which reads type and position of task element marks on a matrix of
   program tasks for automatically generating programs
--Interfacing computer application programs written in different languages to
    a software system
Data processing system implemented process and compiling technique for
   performing context-free parsing algorithm based on register vector grammar
--Inserting constructs into compiled code, defining scoping of common blocks
   and dynamically binding common blocks to task
Compiling method for determining programs to be executed parallelly by
   respective processors in a parallel computer which transfer data with a
   data identifier to other processors
Performing computer functions defined by a hierarchical programming language
--Language bindings for graphics functions to enable one application program
   to be used in different processing environments


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                       ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and EXPERT SYSTEMS

Expert system development utilizing a frame processing technique
Knowledge base management system
--Hybrid backtrack/lookahead searching for constraint-satisfaction problems
Organization of theory based systems
Parallel inferencing method and apparatus for rule-based expert systems
Document processing system having integrated expert module
Retrieving justifiably relevant cases from a case library
Inference method and system
Implementing a concurrent logic program
Rule invocation mechanism for inductive learning engine
Optimization techniques using genetic algorithms
Garbage collection system for a symbolic digital processor
VLSI hardware implemented rule-based expert system apparatus and method
Expert system for assisting in the design of a complex system
Core predictions for qualitative physics
Fault finder expert system
--Dynamic scheduling
Processing knowledge
Failure diagnostics, wearout monitoring and predicting life expectancy of
   helicopter gearboxes and other rotating equipment
Storing information about and associating slot behaviors of a slot in a
   frame-based semantic network
Adaptive knowledge inference method and system
Expert system including arrangement for acquiring redesign knowledge
Element checking system for use in forward inference system
Inference engine with conflict resolution based on resource availability
Rule base processing system and rule evaluation control method therein
Process status supervisory system
Dynamic assumption ordering for qualitative physics
--Attribute-based classification and retrieval system
Electric discharge machining control apparatus
--Expert system method for performing window protocol-based data flow analysis
   within a data communication network
Method of resolution for rule conflict in a knowledge based system
Inferential system and inferential method
Integrated multi-visual expert system maintenance advisor
Representing and solving numeric and symbolic problems
Control unit having an inference function
Problem state monitoring
Fuzzy-boolean multi-stage inference apparatus
Knowledge based system for document authentication
Rule generating and verifying apparatus for fuzzy control
AI-based adaptive vehicle control system
Totally integrated construction cost estimating, analysis, and reporting
Machine failure isolation using qualitative physics
Image processing having apparatus for correcting the image processing
Editing documents
Read-type procedural attachments in Rete-like pattern matching environment
Fast method for a bidirectional inference
Image processing system suitable for use for a facsimile
--Rolling back an expert system
Perceptual grouping by multiple hypothesis probabilistic data association
Paper machine controller for operating slices
Bucket-oriented route planning method, and navigation system
Inference rule determining method and inference device
Automatic ordering system for allowing a shop to tailor ordering needs
Learning methodology for improving traffic prediction accuracy of elevator
   systems using AI
--Performing consistency checks
Expert advice display processing system
System for switching a rule group
Expert system tester
Knowledge based system for document authentication
Exchange route decision system and method
Failure analysis system
Expert system for communications network
--Building a computer-based Rete pattern matching network
Expert system for performing beta-token partitioning in a Rete network
Parameter and rule creation and modification mechanism for use by a procedure
   for synthesis of logic circuit designs
Non-linear genetic process for use with plural co-evolving populations
Expert system and method for batch production scheduling and planning
--Processor allocation for a multiprocessor constraint satisfaction search
--Identifying predicate-argument structures in natural language text
Landmark recognition for autonomous mobile robots
Converting a programmable logic controller hardware configuration
   and corresponding control program for use on a first programmable logic
   controller to use on a second programmable logic controller
--Expert system debugger
Parallel processing qualitative reasoning system
Internal expert system to aid in servicing
Adaptive memory management system for garbage collection
Selective back-tracking in a hierarchical system containing a flag
   which indicates the validity of a choice-point
Mapping rules and objects from a stable storage database management system
   within a forward or backward chaining inference cycle
Diagnostic expert system organized according to Bayesian theory
Operating a real-time expert system in a graphical programming environment
Automated system to prioritize repair of plant equipment
Knowledge compilation / pattern reasoning system
System for processing data using logic language
--Performance improvement tool for rule based expert systems
Fault diagnostic system
Fault diagnosis expert system
Goal-directed financial asset management system
User interactive expert machine controller
Geometric inference engine
Remotely controlling sensor processing algorithms to expert sensor diagnoses
Creating, maintaining and using an expert system by recursively
    modifying calibration file and merging with standard file
Neural network / expert system process control system and method
--Inference engine for integrating backward and forward chaining reasoning
Expert control system for real time management of automated factory equipment
Diagnostic expert system
Automated troubleshooting using selective advice and a learning knowledge base
Automatic testing method for information processing devices
Technique for producing an expert system for system fault diagnosis
Modular blackboard based expert system
AI pattern-recognition-based noise reduction system for speech processing
Artificial intelligence processor
Rule inference and localization during synthesis of logic circuit designs
Rule based system for synthesizing a program suited for a target system
Massively parallel propositional reasoning
Self-optimizing method and machine


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                               ENGINEERING

Designing a distribution system for a building
Automatic lens focusing based on a Z-transformation polynomial
Control and supervisory system for power distribution equipment
Real time analysis of light water core neutronics
Management system for maintenance information of image forming apparatus
Defining pulse width modulation (PWM) waveform patterns to produce inverter
   outputs having a low harmonic content
Generating Fresnel mirrors suitable for use with image display systems
Instrumentation system for determining flow stagnation points
Cash register transmitting cooking initiation instructions to a kitchen
   at suitable times for serving articles of a meal in a desired sequence
Means and method for non-contact bar code label verification
Integrated enroute and approach guidance system for aircraft
Determining the airspeed of helicopters
Microprocessor-based antenna rotor controller
Exercise equipment information, communication and display system
Riding simulation system of motorcycle
Control system for preventing compressor damage in a refrigeration system
Track extension for use with ATCRBS surveillance procedures
Distributed weapon launch system
Surveying satellite apparatus
Autonomous lawn mower
Secure and programmable friendly target recognition system
Orientation stabilization by software simulated stabilized platform
Aircraft collision avoidance system for suppressing useless alarms
Airport control/management system
Direct entry air traffic control system for accident analysis and training
Apparatus and method for drill wear prediction
Testing system including removable storage means for transfer of test related
   data and means for issuing a certification upon successful test completion
Requisitioning and distributing material in a manufacturing environment
Radar simulation for use with a visual simulator
Refrigeration control and display
Navigation apparatus
Automatic control system for IC engine fuel injection
Electronic sewing machine
Totally integrated construction cost estimating, analysis, and reporting
Guidance system for automatic riveters
Tactical route planning method for use in simulated tactical environments
Passive ranging through Global Positioning System
Apparatus for controlling direction of underground excavator
--Automated visual analysis of electronic component leads prior to placement
Maintaining plant operation procedures
Reactor power measuring method
Automatic sewing machine capable of executing stitch back operation
Computerized fertilizer injection system
ISAR imaging radar system
Unauthorized utility use monitor apparatus and method
Method of processing radiographic image data for detecting a welding defect
Method of acquiring ultrasound images
Automatically identifying targets in sonar images
Monitoring and maintaining an optimum balance between the main phases of a
   multi-phase multiple local local electrical distribution system
An air traffic control system
Ultrasonic inspection and imaging instrument
Determining multiple interference in a mobile radio system
Substation load distribution monitor system
Computer control of the electron microscope sample stage
Thermal storage control logic for storage heaters
Space vehicle position determination by star acquisition and identification
--Motion constraints using particles
Distributed multiple irrigation controller management system
Data fusion process for an in-vehicle traffic congestion information system
Fuzzy inference thermocontrol for injection molding machine with PID control
Food preparation system and method
Patterned web cutting for operation manipulation of displayed nested templates
Vehicle route planning system
Reactor core monitoring system and method
Method of inspecting jointed portion
Controlling the release of jobs from a pool of pending jobs into a factory
3D interferometric SAR terrain mapping employing altitude measurement
Route exploration method of navigation apparatus
User responsive transit system
Subscriber electric power load control system
Learning methodology for improving traffic prediction accuracy of elevator
   systems using AI
Automated selection of high traffic intensity algorithms for up-peak period
Geographical surveying using cameras in combination with flight computers
   to obtain images with overlaid geographical coordinates
Vehicle location system having enhanced position location processing
Moving target discrimination from passive measurements
Helicopter virtual image display system incorporating structural outlines
Software engine having an adaptable driver for interpreting variable produced
   by a plurality of sensors
Interferometric synthetic aperture detection of sparse non-surface objects
Optimization of multiple-fuel fired boilers using iterated linear programming
Elevator management system time based security
Picking and placing a surface mounted device with the aid of machine vision
Feature detection and side scan sonar overlap navigation via image matching
Set-up optimization for flexible manufacturing systems
--Manufacturing process optimizations
Setting analysis condition for thermal analysis of a fluid inside an apparatus
Fabricating load-bearing composites free from microbuckling deformation
Paint formula retrieval and management
Allocating and assigning defensive weapons against attacking weapons
High efficiency pattern sequence controller for automatic test equipment
Deconvolution of frequency response of pipe structures to acoustic signals
Simulating the effect of alternative antenna patterns on the coverage and
   interference pattern of a mobile radio system
Power management symbology display system
Differential position determination  using satellites
--Computer-aided process for placement of CRT trim magnets
Electronic maintenance support work station
Identifying and quantifying oxides on rolled metal strip
Constrained optimum matched illumination-reception radar
Coherent correlation addition for increasing match information in scene
   matching navigation systems
Efficient batched-report gating technique
Evaluating relationship between the size of discontinuity indications from
   non-destructive examination of a turbine rotor, stress applied to the
   rotor and remaining life of the rotor
Controlling east/west motion of a geostationary satellite
Autonomous spacecraft navigation system
Multiple track reduction in an aircraft tracking system
Target aimpoint location
Process for judging a runway
Forming desired radiation pattern with array antenna
An aircraft navigation system having improved mission management


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               CIRCUIT DESIGN / COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING

Design rule test for testing if mask pattern satisfies design rule
--Optimized automated macro embedding for standard cell blocks
Arrangement method for logic cells in semiconductor IC device
Logic placement using positionally asymmetrical partitioning algorithm
Logic cell placement method for semiconductor integrated circuit
Methodology for deriving executable low-level structural descriptions and
   valid physical implementations of circuits and systems from high-level
   semantic specifications and descriptions thereof
Bitwise implementation mechanism for a circuit design synthesis procedure
Logic equation fault analyzer
System for simultaneous, interactive presentation of electronic circuit
   diagrams and simulation data
Data compression process
Automatic test generation for model-based real-time fault diagnostic systems
Producing a layout of element portions for a semiconductor integrated circuit
Scan path generation with flip-flop rearrangement according to geometry of
  logic circuit
Data structure for synthesis and transformation of logic circuit designs
Designing integrated circuit modules
--Automatic delay adjustment for static timing analysis
Extracting logic from transistor and resistor data representations of circuits
Computer-based method and system for product development
Optimizing automatic place and route layout for full scan circuits
Placement of circuit components in an integrated circuit
Arranging modules in an integrated circuit
--Pseudo-random patterns for functional verification of hardware designs
CAE system for automatic heat analysis of electronic equipment
Layout pattern verification system
Partitioning of connected circuit components before placement in
   one or more integrated circuits
Testing analogue circuits
Placement optimizing method and apparatus for designing semiconductor devices
Wiring-pattern-determination system
Crosstalk verification device
Setting capacitive constraints on synthesized logic circuits
Algorithm for identifying tests to perform for fault isolation
Automatic floorplan operation apparatus
Improving static path analysis of digital circuits
Method of logic gate reduction in a logic gate array
Partitioning PLA product terms into distinct logical groups
Adaptable topologies used in routing of ground and power networks on ICs
Algorithm for representing component connectivity
IC placement method using netlist and predetermined ordering constraints to
   produce a human readable IC schematic diagram
Pseudo-exhaustive self-test technique
Automated interconnect routing system
Placement optimization system aided by CAD
Distributed built-in test equipment system for digital avionics
Fault simulation method
Testing a network of components, in particular an electronic circuit
Artificial parameter homotopy methods for the DC operating point problem
Method of and apparatus for generating control program
Standard cell and standard-cell-type integrated circuit
Incorporating timing parameters in the synthesis of logic circuit designs
Schematic capture method having different model couplers for model types for
   changing the definition of the schematic based upon model type selection
CAD system for generating a schematic diagram of identifier sets connected
   by signal bundle means
CAD system placing functional blocks with a circuit constraint satisfied
Apparatus for generating a multiple tolerance, three state data base for
   use with automatic optical inspection systems
Analytical development and verification of control-intensive systems
Apparatus for and method of analyzing coupling characteristics
Failure analysis system
Method of manufacturing a reticule
Optimizing a physical organization of elements of an integrated circuit
   chip through the convergence of a redundancy function
Circuit simulation using parallel processors and matrix decomposition
Locating faults in electronic units
Performing fault isolation and failure analysis in link-connected systems
Simulating a logic system
Technique for routing conductive paths
High efficiency pattern sequence controller for automatic test equipment
Minimizing sum-of-product cases for circuit synthesis
Parameter and rule creation and modification mechanism for use by a procedure
   for synthesis of logic circuit designs
Logic design for creating circuit configuration by generating parse tree
   from hardware description language and optimizing text level redundancy
--Logic simulation using a hardware accelerator together with an automated
   error event isolation and trace facility
Optimizing element placement and deciding the optimal element placement
Selectively conditioning integrated circuit outputs for in-circuit test
Converting a programmable logic controller hardware configuration
   and corresponding control program for use on a first programmable logic
   controller to use on a second programmable logic controller
Diagram generator having reference table which included reproducing and
   name assigning units for expanding circuit from lower to higher level
Partitioning of boolean logic equations into physical logic devices
Automatic placement method for arranging logic cells
Placement of pipelining stages in multi-stage datapath elements
Allocation of resources in programmable logic devices
Semiconductor integrated circuit device
Computer-aided engineering
Circuit simulator
Dynamic circuit identifier
Designing integrated circuits
Verifying timing during simulation of digital circuits
Rule inference and localization during synthesis of logic circuit designs
Performing spike analysis in a logic simulator
Extracting design and layout information from an integrated circuit
Testing digital circuits
Simulation model generation from a data base of a combinatorial circuit
Computer simulator for electrical connectors
Compaction-processing mask pattern data of a semiconductor IC device


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                               NEURAL NETWORKS

Accelerated training apparatus for back propagation networks
Learning in a neural network
On-line process control neural network using data pointers
Displaying the state of an artificial neural network
--Neural network shell for application programs
Dynamically stable associative learning neural system with one fixed weight
Neural network with modification of neuron weights and reaction coefficient
Training system for neural networks and the like
Classification using a layered neural network for multiclass classification
Electrophotographic process control device using a neural network for
estimating states of the device
Classification using in a hierarchical neural network
Neural network for analysis of organic materials using spectral data
Interspike interval decoding neural network
Neural network training using evolutionary programming
Artificial neural device utilizing phase orientation in the complex number
domain to encode and decode stimulus response patterns
Automatically identifying targets in sonar images
Information processing apparatus
Predictive self-organizing neural network
Machine-based learning system
On-line training neural network system for process control
Method of architecting multiple neural network and system therefor
Color processing with neural networks
Computer neural network regulatory process control
Data processing system
Control device for controlling learning of a neural network
Neuron unit and neuron unit network
Control system with two level sensor system
Color transformation from physical to psychological attribute using neural
   network
Selecting characteristics data for a data processing system
Recurrent neural networks teaching system
Pattern recognition device using a neural network
Automatically identifying targets in sonar images
Adaptive network for automated first break picking of seismic refraction
   events and method of operating the same
Speech recognition using neural network and fuzzy logic
Analog pattern categorization having dual weighted connectivity between nodes
--Neural network model for reaching a goal state
Neural network with plural weight calculation methods
Coloring device for performing adaptive coloring of a monochromatic image
On-line process control neural network using data pointers
Adaptive pathfinding neural network for a packet communication system
Correcting setup parameter decision characteristics using a neural network
Customized personal terminal device
Generating feature matrix by normalized out-class/in-class variation matrices
Rapid category learning and recognition system
Radiation image processing, determination and image read-out apparatus
--Look ahead method for predictive dialing using a neural network
High order information processing method by means of a neural network
Multi-sensor explosive detection system using an artificial neural system
Self-repairing Trellis network
Adaptive network for in-band signal separation
Signal phase pattern sensitive neural network system and method
Learning system in a neuron computer
--Neural network shell for application programs
Neural network supervisory process control system and method
Pattern recogntion system
Genetic algorithm synthesis of neural networks
Neural network for predicting lightning
Speech recognition apparatus of speaker adaptation type
Rhythm pattern learning apparatus
Electronic musical instrument utilizing a neural network
Categorization automata employing neuronal group selection with memory
Neural mode, a network and a chaotic annealing optimization method
Self-organization of stable category recognition codes for analog devices
Recurrent neural network with variable size intermediate layer
Neural network with selective error reduction to increase learning speed
Neural network for performing beta-token partitioning in a Rete network
Neural-based autonomous robotic system
Neural network / expert system process control system and method
Neural network system for analyzing chromatographic peaks
Neural network with weight adjustment based on prior history of input signal
Controlling a process using a trained parallel distributed processing network
Neural network with semi-localized non-linear mapping of the input space
--Neural network model for reaching a goal state
Process control using neural networks
Time series data selection
Printing signal correction and printer control utilizing neural network
Adaptive neural network image processing system
Plural neural network having a successive approximation learning method
Neural network with normalized learning constant for fast stable learning
Waveform analysis using neural network techniques
Information processing system using neural network learning function


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                       SECURITY and ENCRYPTION

Identifying and authenticating data characterizing an individual
Configuring / performing 3-level password searching on distributed computers
Password protection of a computer
Method for delegating authorization from one entity to another through the use
   of session encryption keys
Securing and checking the integrity of the secured programs
Cryptographic method and apparatus
Controllin use of a data processing work station by a password
Secure system for activating personal computer software at remote locations
Protecting computer software from unauthorized execution using multiple keys
Cryptographic system and method
Encipher method and decipher method
Method of transferring a secret, by the exchange of two certificates between
   two microcomputers which establish reciprocal authorization
Nonlinear dynamic substitution devices and methods for block substitutions
Public key/signature cryptosystem with enhanced digital signature
   certification
Processing data by compression and permutation for microcircuit cards
Obtaining a securitized cleartext attestation
Decoding and displaying personalized ID stored on memory storage device
--Producing softcopy book readers which are limited to reading only books
   published by a specific publisher
Adaptive dictionary for a fingerprint recognizer
Secure user authentication from personal computer
Rekeying secure communication units by group
Allocating useful data to a specific originator
Controlling access to a secure system by verifying acceptability of proposed
   password by using hashing and group of unacceptable passwords
Computer network operating with multilevel hierarchical security with
   selectable common trust realms and corresponding security protocols
Public key cryptographic mechanism
High precision on-line signature dynamic verification system
--Generating public and private key pairs without using a passphrase
--Public key cryptosystem key management based on control vectors
Adaptive elevator security system
Restricting access within a wireless local area network
Generating a public key
Protecting software
Data encryption or decryption
Pseudo-random choice cipher and method
Remote operating system having secure communication of encoded messages and
   automatic re-synchronization
Authenication of rekey messages in a communication system
Unauthorized utility use monitor apparatus and method
System and apparatus for protecting computer software
Authenticated communications access service
Algorithm independent cryptographic key management
--Secure translation of usage-control values for cryptographic keys
Network message security method and apparatus
Executing an irregular permutation of data protected by encryption
Image processing system for generating, storing, and transmitting image
   datafiles associated with enciphered identification information
--Establish and enforce network cryptographic security policy with public keys
Computer system with file security function
Providing secure access to a limited access system
Cryptographic system based on information difference
Encryption and decryption of chained messages
--Secure and private communication in a triple-connected network
Public key exchange in a cryptographic system
Security system for software
Service provision authentication protocol
Multi-sensor explosive detection system using an artificial neural system
Generating random number for the encoded transmission of data
Public key cryptographic system using elliptic curves over rings
Cryptographic communication method and system
Public key cryptographic system and method
--Hybrid public key algorithm / data encryption algorithm key distribution
Authenticating messages
Allocating core points of fingerprints
Authenticating accreditations and for authenticating and signing messages
Secure time-stamping of digital documents
Digital document time-stamping with catenate certificate
International authorization system
Protecting integrity of computer data and software
Secret information service system and method
Password system utilizing two password types, the first being changeable
   after entry, the second being unchangeable until power is removed
Method and system for preventing unauthorized use of software
Random choice cipher system and method
Software security system for maintaining integrity of compiled object code
   by restricting users ability to define compilers
--Manipulating rights-to-execute with a software copy protection mechanism
Encipher method and decipher method
--Secure management of keys using control vectors with multi-path checking
Secure system for activating personal computer software at remote locations
Securing remote terminal and remote terminal program
A trainable security system and method for the same
Encryption with selective disclosure of protocol identifiers
Method and a system enabling software to be run securely
Using an encrypted key as a key identifier in a data packet in a network
Protection of software in memory against unauthorized use
--Cryptographic key version control facility


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                       MULTIPROCESSING

--Multiprocessor operating system for notifying only those cache managers
   who are holders of shared locks on designated page by global lock manager
--Data prefetching based on store information in multi-processor caches
Sharing memory in a multiprocessor system
Dynamic algorithm selection for volume rendering, isocontour and body
   extraction in a MIMD multiprocessor
Seismic migration of multiprocessor computer
Maintaining cache coherence in a multiprocessor computer system
--Multiprocessing system with enhanced shared storage
--Multi-processor graphics display for displaying hierarchical data structures
Multiprocessor computer system with process execution allocated by process
   managers in a ring configuration
System inhibiting message delivery to destination process until priority of
   process executing on destination processor is no higher than priority of
   sending process
Preventing bus contention problems between two processors
Controlling a highly parallel multiprocessor using an anarchy based scheduler
   for parallel execution thread scheduling
Organizing a process database having different types of data blocks by
   maintaining separate tables for generic routines and for block-type
   specific routines
--Partitioning of sorted lists for multiprocessors sort and merge
Adaptive routing of messages in parallel and distributed processor systems
Twin-threshold load-sharing system with each processor in a multiprocessor
   ring adjusting its own assigned task list based on workload threshold
Error transition mode for multi-processor system
Reference and change table storage system for virtual memory data processing
   system having a plurality of processors accessing common memory
Cooperatively executing programs by sequentially sending a requesting message
   to serially connected computers
--Interface for independently establishing a link and transmitting high level
   commands including logical addresses from dedicated microprocessor to
   shared intelligent memory
Data recovery system and method of distributed transaction processing system
--Implementing inter-processor interrupts using shared memory storage
Generating instruction sequences for controlling data flow processes
Concurrency simulation
--Increasing the operational availability of a system of computer programs
   operating in a distributed system of computers
Translation and execution of programs by automatic partitioning and data
   structure allocation
Executing a program in a heterogeneous multiple computer system
Providing cooperative processing between personal computers and a host computer
--System for recording at least one selected activity from a selected resource
   object within a distributed data processing system
Concurrent processing controlling method and apparatus on B+ tree structure
Controlling a process using a trained parallel distributed processing network
Controlled dynamic load balancing for a multiprocessor system
System bus for multiprocessor computer system
Multiple cooperating and concurrently operating processors using individually
dedicated memories
Apparatus for distributed data processing
Method of routing a plurality of messages in a multi-node computer network
User and application program transparent resource sharing multiple computer
   interface architecture with kernel process transfer of user requested
   services
Executing concurrent co-processor operations and handling related exceptions
--Dispatching tasks among multiple information processors
Shared resource managing method and system
--System concurrently running application programs and selectively routing
   device input to resource controller created virtual terminals and real
   physical devices
Distributed data processing utilizing distributed display format
Multiprocessor system with sequential prioritized common memory access
   preventing memory update access by all processors except main processor
Multiprocessing method and arrangement
Modular blackboard based expert system
Distributed data driven process
Interrupt handling in a multi-processor data processing system
Transferring data through a network of intelligent control stations using
   decentralized control techniques
Simulating the operation of programs in a distributed processing system
--Dynamic resource pool expansion and contraction in multiprocessing
--Distributed queue multiple access in a communication system


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                       PATTERN RECOGNITION

Parametric clutter elimination
Pattern recognition apparatus
Constellation matching system and method
Classification using in a hierarchical neural network
Pattern recognition data processing using an associative matching method
Device for the recognition of sequences in a multidimensional signal
Adaptive dictionary for a fingerprint recognizer
Track extension for use with ATCRBS surveillance procedures
Pattern processing system
Vector quantization method employing mirrored input vectors to search codebook
Hick's probabilistic data association method
Automatic categorization of applicants from resumes
Training module for estimating mixture Gaussian densities for speech-unit
   models in speech recognition systems
Adjusting the shape of a running band-like or plate-like metal material
   in the width direction
Pattern matching system for speech recognition system
Approximate entropy
General method of pattern classification using the two domain theory
Pattern recognition device using a neural network
Analog pattern categorization having dual weighted connectivity between nodes
Binary image processing for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codes
Face recognition system
Moving target discrimination from passive measurements
Pattern recognition system having inter-pattern spacing correction
--Optical recognition of chemical graphics
Feature detection and side scan sonar overlap navigation via image matching
Classifying feature data at a high speed
Pattern recogntion system
Allocating core points of fingerprints
Character discrimination using height-to-width ratio and vertical extraction
Categorization automata employing neuronal group selection with memory
Non-linear genetic algorithms for solving problems by finding a fit
   composition of functions
Brake lining temperature prediction system for a traction control system
Self-organization of stable category recognition codes for analog devices
Knowledge compilation / pattern reasoning system
Detecting line segments and patterns in an optically scanned document
Pattern recognition device
Electronic accident estimating system
Speech recognition having dynamic reference pattern adaptation
Model based pattern recognition
Abnormal pattern detecting apparatus
Detecting subpopulations in spectral analysis
Feature extracting method
Pattern recogntion apparatus and method
Pattern discrimination
Minutia data extraction in fingerprint identification
Method of fingerprint verification
AI pattern-recognition-based noise reduction system for speech processing
Pattern recognition utilizing area linking and region growth techniques
Combustion prediction and discrimination apparatus for an internal combustion
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                       MEDICAL and HEALTH

Automated determination and analysis of bone density and vertebral morphology
Phase corrected complex-difference processed magnetic resonance angiograms
Calibrating an x-ray scanner from image of at least one calibration standard
Classifying heartbeat waveforms
Method and apparatus for judging deformation of vertebral body
Method and apparatus for imaging the anatomy
Method for displaying a portion of the body
Computation and processing of a 3-D image in conical projection
Method and system for acquiring MR data in MRI
Displaying and analyzing nonlinear, dynamic brain signals
Generating optimal pulses for magnetic resonance imaging using spatial
   modulation of magnetization
Color imaging system
Diabetes therapy management system, apparatus and method
Telepathology diagnostic network
Predicting cardiac arrhythmia utilizing frequency informatiton derived
   from multiple segments of the late QRS and the ST portion
Optical imaging system for neurosurgery
Ultrasonic color doppler diagnostic apparatus
Identifying discrete data representative of an input sample stream
Mapping of corneal topography with display of pupil perimeter
Cancer detection using nuclear magnetic resonance
Investigating mammograms for masses and calcifications
Vascular impedance measurement instrument
Method of locating a target on a portion of anatomy
Sinography method and apparatus
Helical scanning with a stationary detector using rebinning and
   splicing to create detector vertex projection sets
Magnetic resonance imaging system
Neonatal cardiorespirograph using multi-variable display and memory
Testing and treating of visual dysfunctions
Adaptive NMR angiographic reprojection method
Segmentation of stationary and vascular surfaces in magnetic resonance imaging
Providing general calibration for near infrared instruments for measurement
   of blood glucose
Antiarrhythmia pacer using antiarrhythmia pacing and autonomic nerve
   stimulation therapy
Quantitation of nuclear protein
MRI using variable imaging parameter(s) within a single image sequence
Diagnosing vulnerability to lethal cardiac arrhythmias
Medical statistical analyzing method
Measurement of cardiac performance
Localization of functional activity in the human brain
Apparatus for measuring threshold sensitivity to a stimulus
Approximate entropy
Medical monitoring system with softkey control
Quantitatively analyzing bone calcium
Cone beam scanning trajectories for three-dimensional computerized tomography
   data acquisition where object is larger than the field of view
Diagnosing peripheral field defects and other peripheral retinal damage
--Virtual graphics display for presenting icons and windows to the blind user
Morphometric analysis of anatomical tomographic data
Focusing of magnetic resonance images
Electrical impedance tomography
Generating varying waveforms in arrhythmia control system
X-ray backscatter detection system
Radiogrpah display system with anatomical icon for selecting digitized
   stored images
Detecting optic neuropathy
Computer tomography system with translatable focal spot
Prediction of fracture risk using bone mineral density in structural analysis
Medical image processing system
Image processing apparatus using disease-based image processing conditions
Credibility assessment based on feedback-elicited P3 responses of brain
rRducing patient translation artifacts in tomographic imaging
Radiation imaging utilizing data reconstruction to provide transforms which
   accurately reflect wave propagation characteristics
Method of communicating with a language deficient patient
Improving a person's skill for playing an interactive video game
   requiring hand-eye coordination and operation of manual activation means
Method of analyzing 3D NMR spectrum
Reconstructing 2D and 3D images by 2D and 3D Fourier transforms in MRI system
Magnetic resonance imaging method
X-ray image display apparatus
Quantifying macrophage phagocytosis by computer image analysis
Multi-echo NMR imaging method
Medical ultrasound imaging system having a partitioned menu
Measuring pattern dimension
Prism architecture for CT scanner image reconstruction
Artifact suppression system for magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
Obtaining the topography of an object
Radiation image processing, determination and image read-out apparatus
Compensating magnetic field inhomogeneity artifact in MRI
Displaying coronary function
Decomposing NMR images by chemical species


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                       SIGNAL PROCESSING

Process for transmitting and receiving a signal
Spectrometric method free from variations of error factors
Identifying and selecting edit points in digital audio signals
Voiced/unvoiced estimation of an acoustic signal
Time scale modification of speech signals
Inverse beamforming sonar system and method
Automatically identifying targets in sonar images
Device for the recognition of sequences in a multidimensional signal
Quantification of the level of weather and sea noise during marine
   seismic surveys
Detecting and separating voices in a complex musical composition
Monitoring synchronous blade vibration
Sound editing system using visually displayed control line for altering
   specified characteristic of adjacent segment of stored waveform
Providing general calibration for near infrared instruments for measurement
   of blood glucose
Contour mapping of spectral diagnostics
Ultrasonic flowmeter
Volumetric and terrain imaging sonar
Digital signal processing system employing icon displays
Processing a waveform
Electrical impedance tomography
Generating varying waveforms in arrhythmia control system
High speed Fourier transform engine
SAR processor to handle large squint with high phase and geometric accuracy
Determining tonality for chord progression
Transient episode detector method and apparatus
Modified fast frequency acquisition via adaptive least squares algorithm
Pitch control in artifical speech
The determination of FIR filter coefficients in equalizers
Generating speech from digitally stored coarticulated speech segments
Sound editing system using control line for altering specified characteristic
  of adjacent segment of the stored waveform
Deconvolution of frequency response of pipe structures to acoustic signals
Signal prediction in a time-varying signal system
Encrypted communication between users with a secure mutual cipher key
Adaptive network for in-band signal separation
Adaptive digital filter responsive to the rate of change of an input signal
Fast median filter
Noise attenuation method
Stringed instrument emulator and method
Evaluation of velocities of acoustical energy of sedimentary rocks
Estimating the residual source of receiver coordinates from CMP gathers
Adjusting seismic data to tie to other data
Reducing noise effects in acoustic signals transmitted along a pipe structure
Estimating the location of a sensor relative to a seismic energy source
Sharpening prestack depth migration images by removing residual moveout from
   common image point gathers before stacking
Undersea data collection, analysis and display system
Converting a digital signal into another having a different sampler frequency
Software switch for digitized audio signals
Analyzing asymmetric clusters in spectral analysis
Analyzing a signal by wavelets
Finding defective active array modules using an FFT over phase states
Correcting spectral data for data due to the spectral measurement process
Optimum matched illumination waveform design process
Kalman filter-based optimizer and method and optimizing
Method of acoustic processing for acoustic image classification
Data processing system using a Kalman filter
Apparatus for detecting sonar signals embedded in noise
Filtering digital data by concatenating preprocesed overlapping groups of data
Marine seismic prospecting
Waveform analysis using neural network techniques
Extracting target range and Doppler information from a Doppler-spread signal
Fast Fourier Transform addressing
Two dimensional Fast Fourier Transform converter
Sensing nuclear magnetic resonance signals given arbitrary gradient shapes
Deriving phase of pseudo-random signal in global positioning system receiver


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                       SPEECH RECOGNITION and SYNTHESIS

Inspection control system and method
Method for recognizing N different word strings in a speech signal
Processing a speech signal with estimated pitch
Methods for speech quantization and error correction
Grammar-based checksum constraints for speech recognition
--Speech recognition using a speech coder outputting acoustic prototype ranks
Speech synthesis apparatus and method
Extracting a speech signal from a noisy speech signal
Method of speech recognition
Keyword recognition using template concantenation model
Voiced/unvoiced estimation of an acoustic signal
Time scale modification of speech signals
Real-time interactive conversational toy
Machine-based learning system
Providing sentence-final accents in synthesized American English speech
Voice recognition of proper names using text-derived recognition models
Speech recognition based on subsyllable spellings
Encoding method for syllables
Text-to-speech synthesizer with formant-rule/speech-parameter synthesis modes
Vector quantization method employing mirrored input vectors to search codebook
Large-vocabulary continuous speech prefiltering and processing system
Phoneme discrimination method
Distinguishing or counting spoken itemized expressions
Wordspotting for voice editing and indexing
Distinguishing between voiced and unvoiced speech elements
Speech coder having spectral interpolation and fast codebook search
--Grouping utterances of a phoneme into context-dependent categories
Training module for estimating mixture Gaussian densities for speech-unit
   models in speech recognition systems
Pattern matching system for speech recognition system
Voice interactive computer system
Language and speaker recognition
--Speaker-independent label coding apparatus
Automation of telephone operator assistance calls
Digital dictation system
Harmonic speech coding where a set of parameters for a continuous magnitude
   spectrum is determined by a speech analyzer
Speech recognition using neural network and fuzzy logic
Integrated voice messaging / voice response system
Automobile navigation system using real time spoken driving instructions
Method of speaker adaptive speech recognition
Temporal decorrelation method for robust speaker verification
Speaker recognition in a telephone switching system
Speech synthesis using perceptual linear prediction parameters
--Feneme-cased Markov models for words
Recognizing spoken words by feature extraction/comparison with reference words
Pitch control in artifical speech
Speech word recognizing apparatus using information indicative of the
   relative significance of speech features
Generating speech from digitally stored coarticulated speech segments
Utilizing formant frequencies in speech recognition
Speech recognition apparatus including speaker-independent dictionary
Reducing the search complexity in analysis-by-synthesis coding
Speech recognition apparatus of speaker adaptation type
Vocabulary partitioned speech recognition apparatus
Speech recognition system utilizing both a long-term strategic and short-term
   scoring operation in a transition network thereof
Speech recognition wherein decisions are made based on phonemes
Voice recognition method by analyzing syllables
Speech recognition having dynamic reference pattern adaptation
Recognizing alphanumeric strings spoken over a telephone network
Speech recognition
AI pattern-recognition-based noise reduction system for speech processing
Rejection method for speech recognition
Identification of voice patterns
The recognition of voice signal encoded as time encoded speech
Speech recognition method and apparatus
Facsimile-to-speech system
Continuous speech recognition apparatus
Phase synthesis for speech processing


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                               COMPRESSION

Adaptive spatio-temporal compression/decompression of video image signals
Transmitting encoded image data with quick image expansion and contraction
Huffman encode/decode system with simplified decoding for imaging systems
Image processing
Data compression method having a fixed ratio of compression for image data
Quantization method for use in image compression
Raster image lossless compression and decompression with dynamic color lookup
   and two dimensional area encoding
Halftone compression with sharpness preservation
Data compression process
Compression of video signals
--Data compression/coding method and device for implementing said method
Concatenated coding method and apparatus with errors and erasures decoding
(De)compressing video data using discrete cosine transform coding techniques
Method of and apparatus for compressing image data
--Method of decompressing compressed data
Data encoding and demodulation system
Storing pixels
--(De)compressing forms by means of very large symbol matching
--Minimum identical consecutive run length data units compression method by
   searching consecutive data pair comparison results stored in a string
High speed data compression and transmission for WANs  in LAN bridges
Compression and decompression of data using Lempel-Ziv based techniques
Document decompressing system
Compression coding device and expansion decoding device for a picture signal
Calculation of a decision result for a field/frame data compression method
Data integrity for compaction devices
Image data processing method for selective partial image storage
Coding and compressing color video signals
Coding method for increasing data compression efficiency in transmitting or
   storing picture signals
Technique for achieving the full coding gain of encoded digital signals
Fast data compressor with direct lookup table indexing into history buffer
Encoding, decoding and transmitting data in compressed form
Using multiple predictor sets to compress image data having different portions
Compressing and extending image signals
Data structure management tagging system
Data compression method and apparatus
Fractal-based image compression and interpolation
Reducing the search complexity in analysis-by-synthesis coding
--Arithmetic compression coding using interpolation for ambiguous symbols
Data compression/decompression method and apparatus
(De)compressing signals using predicted and error images
--Communications network data compression control system and method
--Presenting compressed electronic day calendar data
High resolution image compression methods and apparatus
Data compression/decompression method, device and resulting data structure
Adaptive transform coding of still images
Processing half tone images to improve efficiency of data compression
Compressing an image by approximating curves using a polynomial
Compressing digital data
Compressing and decompressing text files
Retrieving compressed data from a memory storing a look-up table
Lossless compression and decompression of image data
Image compression using interlocking digitate geometric sub-areas
Image data compression using a run prediction technique
Electronically compressing a transaction with a human signature
Compressing image signals


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                       NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Trimming B-spline descriptions of patches in a 3D graphics system
Fast inverse discrete cosine transform using optimized lookup tables
Optimization techniques using genetic algorithms
Fast calculation for carrying out a forward and an inverse transform
Optimization of process/property/compositional parameters
Method and apparatus for computing with terms having units
Orthogonal transformation arithmetic unit
Nonlinear dynamic substitution devices and methods for block substitutions
Correcting error on involute interpolation
--Dynamic scheduling
Device for rapidly solving a symmetric linear system on a supercomputer
Representing and solving numeric and symbolic problems
Computer controlled nonlinear optimization
(De)compressing video data using discrete cosine transform coding techniques
Interactively manipulating mathematical equations
Computing method of floating-point represented data
Encoding system according to the so-called RSA method
Optimization of multiple-fuel fired boilers using iterated linear programming
Non-linear genetic process for use with plural co-evolving populations
Scalar data processing method and apparatus
Automatically generating a simulation program for a physical phenomenon
   governed by a partial differential equation
Scenario optimization
Public key cryptographic system using elliptic curves over rings
Fast median filter
Spline interpolation method
Incremental computation of a linear function
Non-linear genetic algorithms for solving problems by finding a fit
   composition of functions
--Computing the Radon transform of digital images
Preconditioned comjugate gradient system
Inferring barometric pressure surrounding an internal combustion engine
Geometric vector quantization
Sensitivity velocity control
Decomposition of arbitrary polygons into trapezoids
Method of generating a numerical calculation program which simulates a
   physical phenomenon represented by a partial differential equation using
   discretization based upon a control volume finite differential method
Symbol state trellis maximum likelihood detection method
Pore pressure prediction method
Convolution filtering for decoding self-clocking glyph shape codes
Discrete cosine transform processing system
Processing and displaying multivariate time series data
Processor method of multiplying large numbers
Data processing device for use in statistic calculation
Method of demarcating one-dimensional distribution
Cross entropy deconvolver circuit adaptable to changing convolution functions
Computation of discrete Fourier transform using array parallel processors
Computation optimizer
Curve correlation
Blocked matrix multiplication for computers with hierarchical memory
Fast Fourier Transform addressing
Two dimensional Fast Fourier Transform converter


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                       COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

Designing a distribution system for a building
Designing cavity shape of mold
Expert system for assisting in the design of a complex system
--Point placement method for use in 3D automatic mesh generation
Three-dimensional non-contact shape sensing
Methods and systems for generating parametric designs
Automatic generation of a set of contiguous surface patches for a solid model
Segmenting internal structures in the interior region of a solid object
Curved surface designing method
Grinding wheel form defining device
Automated high-precision fabrication of objects of complex and unique geometry
Generating numerical control information for machining parts
Solid modeling method
Method of creating NC data for hole machining
Enhancing CAD/CAM operator entry of machining attributes and geometric shapes
Detecting internal structures contained in interior region of a solid object
Electronic template system and method
Part program execution for converting a part program to numerical control data
--Construction of Minkowski sums and derivatives morphological combinations of
   arbitrary polyhedra in CAD/CAM systems
--Shape decomposition system and method
Fabricating load-bearing composites free from microbuckling deformation
Recording/reproducing mesh pattern data
Generating cutting passes of complex curved surface
Composite range constraint propagation control
Method of making an implantable joint prosthesis
--Computer-aided process for placement of CRT trim magnets
Profile definition method
Optimizing element placement and deciding the optimal element placement
Spline interpolation method
--Producing building instructions for three dimensional assemblies
Material consolidation modeling and control system
Creating a 3D space curve by smoothly connecting a 3D sequence of points
Remote plotting of IC layout in a network CAD system
Method of draw forming analytically determined binder wrap blank shape
Automated high precision fabrication of objects of complex and unique geometry
Constructing structures
Automatic contour tracking method for CAD
Figure input system
Determining air-bridge post placement
Automated machining of objects of complex and unique geometry
Manipulating computer representation of objects of complex and unique geometry
Method and system for product restructuring
Feature based method of designing automotive panels
CAD/CAM apparatus
Forming a computer model from an intersection of a cutting surface
   with a bounded volume
Similar shape part program creation method
Design system for creating furniture layouts
--Conceptual design tool
Process and apparatus for designing a system made of components
Computer integrated floor plan system
Integrated manufacturing system
Part profile input method
Method of manufacturing guide jig for bent piping member
Production management system


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                               AUTOMOBILE

Vehicle tracking using global positioning system (GPS) satellites
Vehicle navigation apparatus
Method and apparatus for controlling high speed vehicles
Digital movement recording apparatus with reduced memory consumption
Simulating the dynamic performance of an exhaust gas catalyzer
Interactive diagnostic system for an automotive vehicle
Gain adjusting device for PID controller for controlling rotational speed of
   internal combustion engine
Vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus
Control system for unmanned automotive vehicle
Navigation system for automotive vehicle
Car mounted navigation system
Automated management system for car frames and production method
Automotive multiple memory selector apparatus with human interactive control
Detecting the misfire of an internal combustion engine
Automotive suspension system with enhanced response characteristics
Idling speed control system
Automatic vehicle driving and method of driving same on chassis dynamometer
AI-based adaptive vehicle control system
Route guidance system for providing a mobile station with optimum route data
   in response to guidance request together with base station data indicative
   of an identification of a base station
Vehicle route planning system
Method of and arrangement for representing travel guidance information
Automobile navigation system using real time spoken driving instructions
Automatic travelling apparatus and method
Bucket-oriented route planning method, and navigation system
Apparatus for displaying travel path
Route exploration method of navigation apparatus
Production line fault management
Vehicle location system having enhanced position location processing
In-vehicle traffic congestion information system
Interactive display for use on an automatic guided vehicle
Adjusting operating parameters of an internal combustion engine
Method of forming automatic machine operation program
Land navigation system displaying the position of a vehicle in real time
Air-fuel ratio control method for internal combustion engines
Engine load parameter-calculating system and engine control system
Detecting abnormality in an internal combustion engine
Controlling ignition timing to suppress engine knocking
Load sharing control for automobile
PO ptimizing plug firing time and providing diagnostic capability in an
   automotive ignition service
Car body assembling line control
Adaptive release apply algorithm
Inferring barometric pressure surrounding an internal combustion engine
Brake lining temperature prediction system for a traction control system
Method of draw forming analytically determined binder wrap blank shape
Controlling vehicle automatic transmission according to fuzzy set theory
Autonomous vehicle for automatically/autonomously running on route of travel
   and its method using fuzzy control
Feature based method of designing automotive panels
Autonomous vehicle using fuzzy control
Controlling lockup clutch in vehicle automatic transmission using fuzzy sets
Combustion prediction and discrimination apparatus for an internal combustion
   engine and control apparatus therefor
Control system for autonomous automotive vehicle or the like
Vehicle automatic transmission control system


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                          OFFICE AUTOMATION

Methods and systems for updating group mailing lists
Automated health benefit processing system
Reducing fraud in connection with employment, public license applications,
   social security, food stamps, welfare or other government benefits
Automated system for generating procurement lists
Data processing apparatus with schedule creation, prioritization, display and
   control functions
Automated voting system
Structuring and managing human communications by explicitly defining the types
   of communications permitted between participants
--System and method for business process automation
Structuring and managing human communications by explicitly defining
   the types of communications permitted between participants
Automatic call distribution by matching required skills with agents skills
Litigation support system and method
Parts supply instruction apparatus
Automatic categorization of applicants from resumes
--Method of scheduling meetings
The measurement of response time in attitude survey research
Electronic income tax refund early payment system with means for creating of
   new deposit account for an electronically transferred refund from the IRS
Accounting system
Facsimile device with skew correction and text line direction detection
Payment or information transfer by money card with electronic memory
Storing and generating financial information employing user specified input
   and output formats
The billing of value-added communications call
Automation of telephone operator assistance calls
Predicting agent requirements in a force management system
Apparatus and method for managing crisis situations
Enhanced ISDN 800 service
Computer system and method for work management
Machine incorporating an accounts verification system
Automation of telephone operator assistance calls
Telephone access information service distribution system
Automated answer evaluation and scoring system and method
Digital dictation system
Integrated voice messaging / voice response system
Automatic ordering method and apparatus
Sensor processor for high-speed mail-handling machine
Electronic mail system with means to transmit data to a plurality of
   recipients without user intervention
Curriculum planning and publishing method
Redundant system for interactively evaluating the capabilities of multiple
   test subjects to perform a task utilizing a computerized test system
Error tolerant 3*3 bit-map coding of binary data and method of decoding
Automatic ordering system for allowing a shop to tailor ordering needs
Shipment system including processing of document images
Digital dictation system with voice mail capability
Office automation with specific task assignment among workstations
Meeting management device
Mail deliverability by mail and database processing


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                               GEOPHYSICAL

Method of geophysical exploration
Method and apparatus for the active reduction of compression waves
Layer density determination using surface and deviated borehole gravity values
Determining properties of anisotropicelastic media
Quantification of the level of weather and sea noise during marine
   seismic surveys
Resistivity log from data recorded by an induction sonde in a borehole
Compensating for irregular spatial sampling of seismic wavefields
Methods for determining in situ shale strengths, elastic properties, pore
   pressures, formation stresses, and drilling fluid parameters
Data processing system using stream stores
Processing echo sounding data collected from boreholes in the earth
Seismic migration of multiprocessor computer
Methods for processing seismic data
Method and sonic tool apparatus for investigating properties of earth
   formations transversed by a borehole
Improved seismic prospecting
Using a rig reference sensor with a drill bit seismic source
Removing coherent noise from seismic data
Removal of amplitude aliasing effect from seismic data
Method of accurate fault location using common reflection point gathers
Optimizing the triggering of an array of marine seismic sources
Reduction of sideswipe noise from seismic data by null steering
Adaptive network for automated first break picking of seismic refraction
   events and method of operating the same
Processing seismic reflection data in order to improve seismic sections
Method of generating seismic wavelets using seismic range equation
Surface-consistent minimum-phase deconvolution
3-D mapping of salt domes
Determining dip and strike angles in borehole ultrasonic scanning tool data
Deriving statics corrections from common reflection point gathers
Method of structural traveltime tomography
Finding horizons in 3D seismic data
Enhancing seismic data
Automatic plotting and assistance interpretation of seismic cross-sections
   in particular using image analysis techniques
Vertical seismic profiling
Simultaneous collection of seismic data from shallow and deep targets
Bed continuity detection and analysis using crosswell seismic data
Evaluating a borehole formation based on a formation resistivity log
   generated by a wave propagation formation evaluation tool
Geophysical exploration by analyzing shear-wave polarization directions
Evaluation of velocities of acoustical energy of sedimentary rocks
Estimating the residual source of receiver coordinates from CMP gathers
Adjusting seismic data to tie to other data
Reducing noise effects in acoustic signals transmitted along a pipe structure
Geopressure analysis system
Estimating the location of a sensor relative to a seismic energy source
Determining inclination angle of a borehole while drilling
Pore pressure prediction method
Estimating the organic matter content of sedimentary rocks from data
   recorded in wells by well-logging probes
Method of locating underground mines fires
Marine seismic prospecting
Tomographic estimation of seismic transmission velocities from constant offset
   depth migrations
Determining source region of volcanic tremor
Analysis of nuclear data for determining characteristics of earth formations
   traversed by a borehole
Efficient method for storing seismic traces on disk
Method of improving the siesmic resolution of geologic structures
Identify well damage and downhole irregularities
Estimating the burial conditions of sedimentary material
Determining formation / borehole parameters via 2D tomographic reconstruction
   of formation slowness
Seismic raytracing
3D migration of irregular grids of 2D seismic data


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                       NATURAL LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

Detecting a target language equivalent of a predicate word in a source
   language word string in a machine translation system
Language analyzer for morphemically and syntactically analyzing natural
   languages by using block analysis and composite morphemes
Method for translating Chinese sentences
Translation system
Machine language translation which produces consistent translated words
Database retrieval system having a natural language interface
Device for designating a processing area for use in a translation machine
Electronic dictionary with correct and incorrect words
Electronic translator with multiple speed searching function
Classifying text
Natural language generation system for producing natural language instructions
Generating and/or updating cooccurrence relation dictionary
Text processing apparatus using modification relation analysis
Machine translation apparatus having a process function for proper nouns
   with acronyms
Written language parser system
Translating source language data into multiple target language data including
   means to prevent premature termination of processing
European language processing machine with a spelling correction function
--Identifying predicate-argument structures in natural language text
Methods for part-of-speech determination and usage
Machine translation utilizing previously translated documents
Translating words or phrases and information related to words or phrases
Machine translation for output of kana/kanji characters corresponding to input
Machine translation system
Dictionary searching system
Means for resolving ambiguities in text based upon character context
Input of target language equivalents and determination of attribute data
--Modeling words with multi-arc Markov models
Determining the semantic relatedness of lexical items in a text
Subject and word associating devices
Processing natural language text using autonomous punctuational structure
System for processing natural language including identifying grammatical
   rule and semantic concept of an undefined word
Natural language processing system
--Use of morphological data to cross reference keywords used for retrieval
Analyzing the semantics and syntax for a sentence or a phrase
Translation machine system with splitting and combining of sentences
Arabic language translating device with pronunciation capability
Machine translation system
Translating adverb phrases placed between two commas through a converter
   using tree-structured conversion rules
Machine translation system and method of translation
Translating a language having polite expressions
Parsing natural language by unifying lexical features of words
Registering new words by using linguistically comparable reference words


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                       CHARACTER RECOGNITION

Recognizing printed characters
Character recognition system for determining a class of similarity based on
   computer distance with a smallest value indicating close similarity
--Character recognition system the generalized Hough transformation
High efficiency input processing apparatus for alphabetic writings
Separating handwritten characters by line and word
Computer-based system and method for character recognition
Noise tolerant optical character recognition system
Character recognition method using optimally weighted correlation
Smoothing contour of character
Character recognition apparatus
Hand-written character recognition with personal dictionary preparation
Character processing system having editing function
Clustering system for optical character reader
Selecting characteristics data for a data processing system
Dot-matrix video enhancement for optical character recognition
Extracting feature quantities of a character
Segmentation of handwriting and machine printed text
Character segmentation of skewed text lines for optical character recognition
Recognizing concavities in an image system subject to character recognition
Character recognition method using statistically weighted correlation
Character reading system and method
Character recognition which divides a single character region into subregions
Recognizing handwritten characters using shape and context analysis
Character recognition method using correlation search
On-line character recognition apparatus
Utilizing multiple data fields for character recognition
Character recognition equipment
Isolating an area corresponding to a character or word
Repairing images for optical character recognition
--Automatic extraction of data from printed forms
Character discrimination using height-to-width ratio and vertical extraction
Character recognition system using massively parallel computer
Optical character recognition method and apparatus
Detecting line segments and patterns in an optically scanned document
OCR for sequentially displaying document layout
--Robust prototype establishment in an online handwriting recognition system
Optical character recognition apparatus and method using masks operations
Character recognition method and apparatus
Apparatus for converting handwritten characters onto finely shaped characters
of common size and pitch, aligned in an inferred direction
signature verification
Character recognition method
--Method and system for recognizing characters
Segmentation process for machine reading of handwritten information
Comparing test handwritten and reference signature using signature velocities
Optical character recognition


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                       PARALLEL PROCESSING

Routing technique for a hierarchical interprocessor-communication network
   between massively-parallel processors
Device for rapidly solving a symmetric linear system on a supercomputer
Massively-parallel computer system for generating paths in a binomial lattice
Arrangement for displaying on a display volumetric data
--Adaptive routing in a parallel computing system
Controlling a highly parallel multiprocessor using an anarchy based scheduler
   for parallel execution thread scheduling
Adaptive routing of messages in parallel and distributed processor systems
Transient episode detector method and apparatus
--Converting tracedata from processors executing in parallel to graphical form
Parallel processing development system with debugging device includes
   facilities for schematically displaying execution state of data driven
   type processor
Circuit simulation using parallel processors and matrix decomposition
--Pipelined parallel rasterization
Routing an incoming data stream to parallel processing stations
Parallelization compile method and system
Optimizing element placement and deciding the optimal element placement
Parallel processing qualitative reasoning system
Character recognition system using massively parallel computer
--File-based redundant parity protection in a parallel computing system
Translating source code for selective unrolling of loops in the source code
--Joining two database relations on a common field in a parallel relational
   database field
Computation of discrete Fourier transform using array parallel processors
Dynamically allocating processors in a massively parallel processing system
Object-oriented parallel processing system, including concept objects and
   instance objects for messages exchanging between objects
Massively parallel propositional reasoning
Compiling method for determining programs to be executed parallelly by
   respective processors in a parallel computer which transfer data with a
   data identifier to other processors


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                               BIOLOGY

Computer representation of nucleotide and protein sequences
Virus infection examination apparatus having automatic determination
   function and method therefor
Determining the biocurrent distribution of a living body when the exact number
   of field sources is not known
Correction of NMR data acquired by an echo-planar technique
Method of making an implantable joint prosthesis
Determining instantaneous and average blood flow rates from digital angiograms
Non-invasive tracking of cardiac vulnerability by analysis of T-wave alternans
Detecting suicidal predisposition
Detecting and quantifying motion of a body part
Measuring percentage of protein in whole grain samples
Economical, continuous and predictable greenhouse crop production
Computing tomographic scans
Interactive medication delivery system
Rule-based technique to automatically determine the final scan gain in
   storage phosphor radiography
Medical image filing for registering images from many image output devices
Differentiating a sample of biological cells
Automated learning tool selection for child development
Neural network system for analyzing chromatographic peaks
System for reading and displaying an edit-processed DNA pattern
Determining DNA sequences
Measuring multiple optical properties of biological specimens
Determining the ability of an individual to perform a task
--Patient care communication system
Cell image processing method and apparatus therefor
Model user application system for clinical data processing that tracks and
  monitors a simulated out-patient medical practice using a data base
Method of forming a 2D distribution image of ion concentration in a cell
Cancelling ghosts from NMR images
Time domain filtering for NMR phased array imaging
Interactive medication delivery system
Fourier transforming 3D MR data in by using phase-correction in MRI
Design of anti-peptides based on the amino acid sequence of a target peptide
Transillumination for the diagnosis of breast tumors and other breast lesions


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                               VISION

Computer vision system for position monitoring in three dimensions using
   non-coplanar light sources attached to a monitored object
Matching a variable 2D image of a known 3D object with a desired 2D image
Method of and apparatus for inspecting transparent object for defect
Pattern inspection system for inspecting defect of land pattern
Machine vision three dimensional profiling system
System for checking tool breakages on a machining center
Guidance system for automatic riveters
--Automated visual analysis of electronic component leads prior to placement
Determining the volume, form and weight of objects
Near real-time stereo vision system
Process and apparatus for estimating the movement of a moving object
Detecting motion of moving picture
Monitoring the dimensions and other aspects linewidth thickness and
   discoloration of specular patterns
Method of inspecting jointed portion
Perceptual grouping by multiple hypothesis probabilistic data association
Real-time recognition of pointing information from video
Confirmed boundary pattern matching
Optically determining the acceptability of products
Face recognition system
Picking and placing a surface mounted device with the aid of machine vision
Structured illumination autonomous machine vision system
Inspecting conductive pattern on printed board
Automated transformation of gray level of image
Landmark recognition for autonomous mobile robots
Inspecting conductive pattern on printed board
Detection of range discontinuities in stereoscopic imagery
Estimation of local surface geometry from relative range images
Apparatus for visual recognition


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                       DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING

Access control in a distributed computer system
--Distributed data management mechanism for handling a data stream
Segmented asynchronous operation of an automated assembly line
--Direct manipulation of icons via conversational linking
Updating application databases used in a distributed transaction environment
Joint information processing system comprising a plurality of terminal
   apparatuses guaranteeing identicalness of data processing results
Data processing system using stream stores
Communicating among processors having different speeds
Coordinating measurement activity upon a plurality of emulators
--File / record locking between nodes in a distributed processing environment
--Running applications concurrently/serially on different virtual machines
--Constructing selection cursors on dependent workstations
--Making interconnected processors act like a single node in a multinode
   communication system
--Virtual chains for session initiation in a distributed computer network
Server impersonation of client processes in an object based operating system
Apparatus and method for providing decoupling of data exchange details for
   providing high performance communication between software processes
Transparent signalling for remote terminals
Providing backup process control
Distributed built-in test equipment system for digital avionics
Telephone access information service distribution system
Microprocessor information exchange with updating of messages by asynchronous
   processors using assigned and/or available buffers in dual port memory
Distributing print jobs among a network of image processors and print engines
Assembly line balancer
Distributed text editing system with remote terminal transmits successive
   audit messages each identifying individual editing operation
Conducting and processing spot commodity transactions
Controlling task operation of slave processor by switching access to shared
   memory banks by master processor
Distributed fair arbitration system using separate grant and request lines
   for providing access to data communication bus
Recognizing program constitution within a distributed processing system by
   collecting constitution messages generated by different processors
--Processor allocation for a multiprocessor constraint satisfaction search
Judging whether conditions are satisfied by using a network having a plurality
   of nodes representing the conditions


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                       ALGORITHMS and DATA STRUCTURES

Text searching in application programs by selecting a character and scanning
   the text string to/from the selected character offset position
Testable implementations of finite state machines
Integration of data between typed data structures by mutual direct invocation
   between data managers corresponding to data types
Validating character strings
Apparatus and method for sorting a list of items
--Lexicographical encoding and decoding of state-dependent codes
Generalized Viterbi decoding algorithms
Sorting system using cascaded modules with levels of memory cells among which
   levels data are displaced along ordered path indicated by pointers
Prefix search tree partial key branching
Relational database management system and method for storing, retrieving and
   modifying directed graph data structures
--Key hashing in data processors
--Sorting of national language keys in a data processing system
Methods and apparatus for dynamic hashing
--Quasi-key search within a National Language Support data processing system
Linkable scan lists for a television receiver
High speed Fourier transform engine
--Providing error correction to symbol level codes
Fast and efficient search method for graphical data
Device for the indentification of messages
Graphic data searching and storing method
Character string retrieving system and method
Fixed delay tree search
--Monitoring transient data structures in a computer system
--Dynamic selection of recursively nested logical element data formats
--Face and edge trim method for an automatic mesh generation system
Data sorting method
--Probability adaptation for arithmetic coders
--Allowing searchers to access pointer-connected structures without locking
Manipulation of time-ordered lists and instructions therefor


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                       OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING

--Asynchronous staging of objects between computer systems in cooperative
processing systems
Integration of data between typed objects by mutual, direct invocation between
   object managers corresponding to object types
--Manipulating boundless data stream in an object oriented programming system
Implementing a class hierarchy of objects in a hierarchical file system
Object database deletion method for child objects when a child may be
   linked to multiple parent objects
--Persistent stream for processing time consuming and reusable queries in an
   object oriented database management system
--Resumeable batch query for processing time consuming queries in an object
   oriented database management system
--Recovery objects in an object oriented computing environment
Temporary object handling in an object based computer operating system
Monitoring attribute values changes of object in an object oriented database
--Nesting and processing mixed data objects within a data stream
Object container transfer in an object based computer operating system
Conditional object creating system having different object pointers for
   accessing a set of data structure objects
Object oriented control of real-time processing
Object oriented framework for menu definition
Object-oriented parallel processing system, including concept objects and
   instance objects for messages exchanging between objects
Method of controlling the execution of object oriented programs
Object management facility which includes a snapshot facility for providing
   data transfer between objects


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                               ROBOTICS

Control arbitration system for a mobile robot vehicle
Interference avoiding system of multi robot arms
Robot control method
Control method and apparatus for a robot having multi-rotating axes
Robot teaching/playback system
Control for a group of robots
Controlling a set of industrial robots for cooperative operation
Open circuit detection for a pulsed resolver position sensing system
Stopping an industrial robot
Programmable controller for industrial robots
Mirror image method for use in a robot
Method of controlling articulated robot
Robot control method
Controlling robot motion at and near singularities
Obstacle avoidance for redundant robots using configuration control
Control system for an industrial robot
Interactive system for the mathematical representation of physical models
Anti-collision and collision protection for multiple robot system
Control method for robots
Path planning method for mobile robots
--Image-directed robotic surgery including redundant consistency checking
Industrial robot system


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                               FUZZY LOGIC

Fuzzy template shape matching using a scoring function
Using fuzzy logic to determine the number of passengers entering and exiting
   an elevator car
Method for judging a color difference using rules fuzzy inference
Fuzzy temporal control method
Compound control method for controlling a system
Gain adjusting device for PID controller for controlling rotational speed of
   internal combustion engine
Programmable fuzzy logic circuits
Fuzzy system
Fuzzy-boolean multi-stage inference apparatus
Rule generating and verifying apparatus for fuzzy control
Apparatus for controlling direction of underground excavator
Fuzzy rule set synthesis from existing fuzzy rule sets
Fuzzy inference system having a dominant rule detection unit
Speech recognition using neural network and fuzzy logic
Fuzzy inference thermocontrol for injection molding machine with PID control
Inference rule determining method and inference device
Controlling vehicle automatic transmission according to fuzzy set theory
Autonomous vehicle for automatically/autonomously running on route of travel
   and its method using fuzzy control
Camera having fuzzy inference function
Autonomous vehicle using fuzzy control
Controlling lockup clutch in vehicle automatic transmission using fuzzy sets
Vehicle automatic transmission control system


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                               SIMULATION

--Efficiently simulating dynamic behavior of a data communications network
Lens design method and resulting aspheric lens
Simulating the dynamic performance of an exhaust gas catalyzer
Riding simulation system of motorcycle
Block diagram simulator using a library for generation of a computer program
Automatically generating a simulation program for a physical phenomenon
   governed by a partial differential equation
Modeling a factory with human operators and validating the model
Maintenance and operational simulators
3-D weather for digital radar land mass simulation
Concurrency simulation
Generating device for production system simulator
--Simulating the I/O of a processing system
Determining status of a processor using simulation guided by acquired data
Computer-simulation technique for numerical analysis of semiconductor devices
Simulating the process of a workpiece
Evaluation method of flow analysis on molding of a molten material


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                               EDUCATION

Electronic educational video system apparatus
Using a computer to generate and teach grammar lessons
Computerized figural response testing system and method
Computer assisted learning support system
Computer-controlled testing process for administering an examination
Direct entry air traffic control system for accident analysis and training
Computerized bridge game with storage of deals used for constructing players
Computer-based training system with student verification
Computer controlled racing game
System and method for teaching physical skills
Interactive instruction of a student
Automated answer evaluation and scoring system and method
Electronic puzzle game with unknown random time of play
Computer assisted instructional delivery system and method
Curriculum planning and publishing method
Redundant system for interactively evaluating the capabilities of multiple
   test subjects to perform a task utilizing a computerized test system
Automated learning tool selection for child development


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                               PHYSICS

Real time analysis of light water core neutronics
Lens design method and resulting aspheric lens
Method of measuring vector magnetic flux by performing curved surface
   interpolation with data obtained by plural squid type vector magnetic flux
   meters, and apparatus for carrying out the same
Magnetic field measurement including convolution steps in an interpolation
   operation to determine magnetic flux between points at which magnetic flux
   has been measured
Modelling the electron density of a crystal
Reactor power measuring method
Identifying and comparing lattice structures and determining lattice structure
   synthesis
Electro-acoustical system
Microburst precursor detector utilizing microwave radar
Correction for Compton scattering by analysis of energy spectra


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                               CHEMISTRY

Determining concentrations by means of atomic emission spectroscopy
Validation of calibration standards in an automatic chemical analyzer
Computer representation of nucleotide and protein sequences
Checking correct use of units or chemical formulae in a text processing system
--Optical recognition of chemical graphics
Setting analysis condition for thermal analysis of a fluid inside an apparatus
Detecting subpopulations in spectral analysis
Correcting spectral data for data due to the spectral measurement process


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                               SPREADSHEETS

Computer-aided decision making with a symbolic spreadsheet
Controlling spreadsheet cell editing by
   evaluating entered next cell attribute of current cell
Graphic file directory and spreadsheet


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                               VIRTUAL REALITY

Force feedback and textures simulating interface device

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