Abstract: A collaborative bargaining system receives expressions of interest from potential buyers of an item. The collaborative bargaining system receives bids from sellers of the item. Each bid consists of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items. A time limited exclusive opportunity is awarded to one seller of the item to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller.

Abstract: A collaborative bargaining system receives expressions of interest from potential buyers of an item. The collaborative bargaining system receives bids from sellers of the item. Each bid consists of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items. A time limited exclusive opportunity is awarded to one seller of the item to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller. Sales of the item are closed when the interest group commits to buy the minimum quantity of items.

Abstract: A collaborative bargaining system receives expressions of interest from potential buyers of an item. The collaborative bargaining system receives bids from sellers of the item. Each bid consists of a price per item based on a minimum quantity of items. A time limited exclusive opportunity is awarded to one seller of the item to obtain from the interest group a commitment to buy the minimum quantity of items at the price per item as bid by the one seller. Sales of the item are closed when the interest group commits to buy the minimum quantity of items.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a database search system comprising: a composite database search engine, comprising at least two database search tools wherein at least one is database search agent; a database search agent establishing and training module to automatically generate a database search agent according to analysis of a data file and to automatically modify content of said database search agent according to content of another database search agent; each database search agent comprising a series of search indices and their weight values; and user interface to allow user to actuate any of said database search tools to input evaluation of searched data files to be desired or not; wherein said database search agent establishing and training module modifies database search agent according to content of searched data files determined to be desired by user.

Abstract: A search engine applying concept-based keyword functions involves the application of a keyword function that was generated by computing a keyword and that corresponds to and that represents concepts of the keyword. Contents of the keyword function can be adjusted through constant training with clicking actions of a user. A search conducted in the search engine based on the keyword function can locate information related to synonyms of the keyword, words related to the keyword, etc., thereby permitting a comprehensive and accurate web page data search.

Abstract: A search engine applying concept-based keyword functions involves the application of a keyword function that was generated by computing a keyword and that corresponds to and that represents concepts of the keyword. Contents of the keyword function can be adjusted through constant training with clicking actions of a user. A search conducted in the search engine based on the keyword function can locate information related to synonyms of the keyword, words related to the keyword, etc., thereby permitting a comprehensive and accurate web page data search.

Abstract: The invented webpage advertisement mechanism comprises a database connecting module, a search condition input means, a database search module, an advertisement database, an advertisement search module and a display module. A search condition generator is provided to automatically generate search conditions for advertisements that are closely related to information of data files as results of another search, based on search conditions or search results of the other search. Advertisements with high relativity are displayed in web page showing results of data search at the same time to attract the attention of user who initiates the search.

Abstract: In a web page advertising method with a learning mechanism, a plurality of advertisement files are transformed to vector equations in advance. Content of a web page file that is being displayed is analyzed and transformed to a vector equation in real time. An advertisement search conditional set is determined according to the analyzed web page file. The advertisement files are subjected to a similarity analysis using vector computations so as to select at least one advertisement file that has a high correlation to the overall concept of the content of the web page. Adjustment and training with the advertisement file are conducted through analyzing actions of a user, thereby increasing considerably the click rate of the advertisement file and achieving full utilization of advertising resources. An advertising agent employing the web page advertising method purchases advertising spaces from a medium and bills advertisers on a pay-per-click basis.

Abstract: A database search engine, comprising: a search condition collector to collect data designated by a user; a search condition generator to o convert said collected data into database search conditions in particular formats; a database search device to search in particular databases data files satisfying said search conditions; and a search result display device to generate a webpage description file comprising descriptions of a search condition collector and said search results; wherein said search condition collector comprises: a database search data identifying device to automatically identify and collect said user-designated data; and a search frame description file to be included in said webpage description file.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a database search system comprising: a composite database search engine, comprising at least two database search tools wherein at least one is database search agent; a database search agent establishing and training module to automatically generate a database search agent according to analysis of a data file and to automatically modify content of said database search agent according to content of another database search agent; each database search agent comprising a series of search indices and their weight values; and user interface to allow user to actuate any of said database search tools to input evaluation of searched data files to be desired or not; wherein said database search agent establishing and training module modifies database search agent according to content of searched data files determined to be desired by user.

Abstract: In a method for data training, training is performed using multiple entries of data in a database of web pages, libraries, patent documents, etc., in combination with data selected or labeled by a user. The data training utilizes a scheme based principally on a machine learning algorithm but providing more efficient processing techniques. Thus, quick learning can be achieved with fewer feedbacks to save the user's time and to save computer computational resources, and data can be classified or filtered effectively.

Abstract: A portable database search agent processing system, comprising: a search agent memory to store a plurality of database search agents, wherein each database search agent is recorded with a group of search parameters, each search parameter comprising at least one search index and its corresponding weight value; a database search engine to search in a database for data files complying with search conditions including said search parameters of a database search agent in said search agent memory; a data file memory to store data files searched by said database search engine; a training module to display data files searched by said database search engine and to accept evaluations to respective searched data files provided by user; wherein said evaluation includes judgment on whether a searched data file is a desired data file; said training module being able to generate a modifying database search agent according to content of any said searched data file and user's evaluation thereto, wherein said modifying databas

Abstract: The database management system of this invention is used to manage a database of a plurality of data files and comprises: a data file access module to access particular data file to obtain content of said data file, to edit and to restore; an index analyzing module to analyze said content of said data file and generate a series of descriptive data stream comprising indices and weight values; an index establishing module to establish a series of descriptive parameters for said particular data file according to results of analysis of said index analyzing module; a data file searching module to search in said database data files with descriptive parameters similar to a series of searching descriptive parameters; and a user interface to allow users to input, edit and delete descriptive parameters for particular data file.

Abstract: The automatic candidate sequencing system of this invention comprises: a candidate memory to record at least a group of candidate; each candidate being defined by a plurality of descriptive attribute and parameter thereof; a user interface to allow user to edit descriptive attributes and their parameters, for particular candidate in said group of candidate and to input a result of experiment; a relativity calculation module to calculate value of relativity between each candidate and particular incident according to a filtering function comprising selected descriptive attributes and their weights; a relativity revision module to revise content of said filtering function according to said input of experiment result; and a sequencing module to determine sequence of said candidates according to relativity values calculated by said relativity calculation module.

Abstract: An automatic knowledge management system, includes a knowledge base management module; an automatic search engine to execute the searching instructions of users to search searchable information in a knowledge base; an information filter module to identify information resulting from searching of said automatic search engine, to exclude information that does not satisfy a group of filtering conditions and to store information or its addresses that satisfy said group of filtering conditions into said knowledge base memory; and a searching condition connection module to compare the search conditions as input by one user for one search and/or the corresponding filtering conditions, with the respective groups of search conditions and/or their corresponding filtering conditions previously stored, and to provide to said one user information files and/or addresses of information files resulting from previous searching operations corresponding to such search conditions and/or filtering conditions if the current and pri

Abstract: Conceptual article collector comprising a concept-character string look-up-table indexed by keywords for searching purpose, each keyword corresponding to a plurality of character strings and their respective searching conditions; a character string-article look-up-table indexed by character strings contained in said concept-character string look-up-table, each character string corresponding to a quantity of articles being processed; an article pre-search means to from time to time search a quantity of articles based on character strings in said concept-character string look-up-table and to store result of such search in said character string-article look-up-table; an article search means to search corresponding character strings in said concept-character string look-up-table according to keywords input by user, to search corresponding articles of the searched character string in said character string-article look-up-table, to calculate the relative intensity values of each searched article and the concept rep

Abstract: A dynamic database index and management system essentially involving a multiple of user-defined data attributes used to depict the nature and type of stored data. The user defines attributes, defines subordinate relationships between attributes and determines which attributes are assigned to which data lots. Attributes may then be used for retrieval of the data.

Abstract: An automatic knowledge management system comprising: a knowledge base management module to accessibly store knowledge information in particular file formats or related file addresses into an adjustable knowledge tree structure in its knowledge base memory means; an automatic search engine to execute the searching instructions of users periodically or non-periodically to search searchable information in a wide filed knowledge base according to certain search conditions and to store results of such search into its information buffer memory means; an information filter module to identify information resulted from the searching of the automatic search engine, to exclude information that does not satisfy a group of filtering conditions and to store information or its addresses that satisfy said group of filtering conditions into said knowledge base memory means; and a searching condition connection module to compare the search conditions as input by one user for one search and/or the corresponding filtering condit

Abstract: The process of dividing sentences into phrases is automated. The sentence is divided into sub-sentences using statistical analysis. Then, the sub-sentences are into phrases, using statistical analysis. For example, for each pair of adjacent words in the sentence a metric is calculated which represents a strength of disconnection between the adjacent words. The sentence is divided into sub-sentences at locations in the sentence where the metric exceeds a first threshold.

Abstract: A method and system for providing an advertisement for a product or service on a personal electronic document accessible over a data network. A carrier provides the product or service to a user. The carrier also provides a document design application to the user. A server in communication with the data network receives the personal electronic document from a first computer in communication with the data network. The personal electronic document is constructed using the document design application. The personal electronic document is associated with the user. The personal electronic document is stored as data on a storage medium in communication with the data network. Advertisement information provided by the carrier is inserted in the personal electronic document. A second computer in communication with the data network is provided access over the data network to the personal electronic document stored on the storage medium. The second computer is associated with a visitor of the personal electronic document.