Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, request detector, inference engine, and system for consolidating data from distributed databases into a central database. The method comprises the steps of receiving access information comprising request information to the distributed databases, analyzing the received access information, and aggregating into the central database the data content of the distributed databases in dependence on the analyzed access information.

Abstract: Monitoring events triggered by a computer network. Each event being provided with attribute values allocated to a given set of attributes, and providing an event display, determining a primary attribute and a corresponding display label of the events selected from the given set of attributes presented with attribute values on a cross plot, providing a pattern algorithm to detect whether an arrived event is part of a given pattern, providing a mapping algorithm to map attribute values on the cross plot, allocating a second display label to the events indicating the attributes uncovered as part of the given pattern, plotting events arriving and including an attribute value allocated to a primary attribute into the cross plot, and plotting events arriving within the time period and detected by the pattern algorithm as part of the given pattern into the cross plot with the second display label indicating the given pattern.

Abstract: A method for completing an address, e.g., a mail address, an e-mail address, or a phone number. For that the method comprises the steps of detecting an incomplete user input of the address, deriving a completion offer to the incomplete user input in dependence on a derivable score, and offering the derived completion offer for completing the address. This allows to design more effective support systems, which help the user to find more quickly addresses that have not been entered in full. The derivable score approximates the probability of the address to be the one intended by a user. The derivable score can be influenced by several factors which can be given but as well as can be chosen or influenced by the user.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, request detector, inference engine, and system for consolidating data from distributed databases into a central database. The method comprises the steps of receiving access information comprising request information to the distributed databases, analyzing the received access information, and aggregating into the central database the data content of the distributed databases in dependence on the analyzed access information.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, request detector, inference engine, and system for consolidating data from distributed databases into a central database. The method comprises the steps of receiving access information comprising request information to the distributed databases, analyzing the received access information, and aggregating into the central database the data content of the distributed databases in dependence on the analyzed access information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of monitoring events in a computer network, said computer network triggering said events, each event being provided with attribute values allocated to a given set of attributes, which includes the steps of providing an event display with a cross plot having two coordinate axes, the x-axis presenting a time period and the y-axis presenting an attribute value range, determining a primary attribute and a corresponding display label of the events selected from the given set of attributes to be presented with its attribute values on the y-axis of the cross plot, providing a pattern algorithm to detect whether an arrived event is part of a given pattern on the basis of a comparison of the attributes allocated to the given pattern and of the attributes assigned to the arrived event, providing a mapping algorithm to map any attribute value of an attribute selected from the given set of attributes onto the y-axis of the cross plot, allocating a second display label to the even

Abstract: Monitoring events triggered by a computer network. Each event being provided with attribute values allocated to a given set of attributes, and providing an event display, determining a primary attribute and a corresponding display label of the events selected from the given set of attributes presented with attribute values on a cross plot, providing a pattern algorithm to detect whether an arrived event is part of a given pattern, providing a mapping algorithm to map attribute values on the cross plot, allocating a second display label to the events indicating the attributes uncovered as part of the given pattern, plotting events arriving and including an attribute value allocated to a primary attribute into the cross plot, and plotting events arriving within the time period and detected by the pattern algorithm as part of the given pattern into the cross plot with the second display label indicating the given pattern.

Abstract: Visual structuring of multivariable data sets provided in records which include fields, and are displayed in tabular form. A method comprising: defining a key field; sorting records by defined key field; finding equivalent field values in fields in records arranged adjacent to each other; defining a block for fields having equivalent field values; displaying one field value of fields of a block having equivalent field values and masking all other fields within the block having equivalent field values like the one field value. Facilitating monitoring or analysis of large multivariable data sets provided in records and displayed in tabular form it is proposed to define blocks of fields having equivalent field values and display only one field value of a block. The visual output is useful to identify patterns indicative of an attack. A service provider monitors records provided by a customer and notifies the customer of the attack.

Abstract: Methods are provided for selecting a question to be presented to a user of an electronic product catalog system (1) to assist identification of a suitable product from a set of potentially suitable products according to the user's needs. The question is selected from a group of questions stored in the system (1). The methods use product data, which defines features of products in the product set and product scores associated with respective products in the product set, and rule data which defines rules relating answers associated with the questions to product feature constraints.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, request detector, inference engine, and system for consolidating data from distributed databases into a central database. The method comprises the steps of receiving access information comprising request information to the distributed databases, analyzing the received access information, and aggregating into the central database the data content of the distributed databases in dependence on the analyzed access information.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and apparatus for visualizing multivariate data being provided with attributes. It further provides systems for displaying multivariate data. A method and a system allow identification of items of interests and to increase the amount of information to be displayed in respect to the attribute mapped to the brightness visualization dimension a method is proposed for visualization of multivariate data being provided with attributes comprising the steps of: mapping a multivariate data point to a glyph; calculating a brightness value for the glyph by mapping a continuous data dimension to the glyph; and displaying the glyph based on the calculated brightness value. By further interactively adjustment the interval of interest the mapping function for calculating the brightness value could be adapted interactively depending on user settings. Such methods are suitable for intrusion detections systems and online data analysis systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a system for improving the prioritization of task items of a user within task management systems as for instance in electronic calendar systems or workflow systems. The current invention suggests a computerized prioritization technology which evaluates a specification of an importance function associated with a task item and dynamically determines an importance value of the task item as a function of one or a multitude of context attributes. As the importance functions are reevaluated continuously based on the current values of the context attributes it is achieved that the priority values of task items are adapted dynamically and may change during their lifetime.

Abstract: Monitoring events triggered by a computer network. Each event being provided with attribute values allocated to a given set of attributes, and providing an event display, determining a primary attribute and a corresponding display label of the events selected from the given set of attributes presented with attribute values on a cross plot, providing a pattern algorithm to detect whether an arrived event is part of a given pattern, providing a mapping algorithm to map attribute values on the cross plot, allocating a second display label to the events indicating the attributes uncovered as part of the given pattern, plotting events arriving and including an attribute value allocated to a primary attribute into the cross plot, and plotting events arriving within the time period and detected by the pattern algorithm as part of the given pattern into the cross plot with the second display label indicating the given pattern.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for completing an address, e.g., a mail address, an e-mail address, or a phone number. For that the method comprises the steps of detecting an incomplete user input of the address, deriving a completion offer to the incomplete user input in dependence on a derivable score, and offering the derived completion offer for completing the address. This allows to design more effective support systems, which help the user to find more quickly addresses that have not been entered in full. The derivable score approximates the probability of the address to be the one intended by a user. The derivable score can be influenced by several factors which can be given but as well as can be chosen or influenced by the user.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for user annotating web pages. A data processing system (1), connectable to a user station (2), receives web page data retrieved from the Internet (3) in response to a user's request. The web page data is analyzed to select, by subject matter, at least one product class to which the subject matter relates from a plurality of product classes represented in a product classification database (10). For each product class, the database (10) stores a set of product data items indicative of attributes of products in that class. Annotations available for display are each associated with a display condition dependent on one or more product data items in the database (10). For each product class selected following analysis of the web page data, product data items are retrieved from the database (10) and used to evaluate the annotation display conditions. If display conditions are satisfied, annotation data indicative of the annotations is supplied to the user station (2) for display.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate customization of information presented by web sites for display to an Internet user based on his preferences. In a customization system connectable to web sites via the Internet, a user specification is stored in response to input of the Internet user. The user specification comprises data which indicates, for each of a plurality of predefined preference elements, each of which may have a plurality of predefined values corresponding to respective user preferences, a value corresponding to the user's preference. On establishment of a connection by the Internet user to any one of a plurality of web sites, at least some of the user specification data is supplied to the web site by the customization system. When the user establishes the connection to the web site, at least some of the prestored user specification data is supplied to the web site.

Abstract: Methods are provided for selecting a question to be presented to a user of an electronic product catalog system (1) to assist identification of a suitable product from a set of potentially suitable products according to the user's needs. The question is selected from a group of questions stored in the system (1). The methods use product data, which defines features of products in the product set and product scores associated with respective products in the product set, and rule data which defines rules relating answers associated with the questions to product feature constraints.