A system and method for designing and operating an electronic store (1) permit a merchant to organize and advertise descriptions of product inventory over the Internet, (2) permit Web page information to be extracted on-demand from a product inventory database, and (3) permit Web pages to be automatically customized to fit shopping behaviors of individual consumers. A graphical store design user interface of a Web browser displays a hierarchical representation of products and, product groups of an electronic store. A user manipulates icons of the Web browser store design user interface to cause a Web server to modify relationships between products and product groups stored in a product information database. A store designer creates HTML template files, embeds database and customize references within the template files, and assigns template files to groups or products of the electronic store. The Web server receives requests to access Web pages from consumers using standard Web browsers. The Web server opens a template file related to the requested Web page, creates hyperlinks and other information content by executing database references embedded within the template file, and merges the hyperlinks and content with the template file to generate an HTML Web page to send to the Web browser. The Web server automatically creates additional hyperlinks to any Web pages or products preferred by the consumer by executing customize instructions associated with customize references in a template file. To determine whether any products or Web pages are preferred by a consumer, the Web server examines a traffic analysis database and extracts the consumer's history of accesses to Web pages and orders of products. For each Web page the consumer has accessed, the Web server uses preferred page rules to determine whether the page was accessed with sufficient frequency to generate a hyperlink to the page. For each product the consumer ordered, the Web server uses preferred product rules to determine whether the product was ordered with sufficient frequency to generate a hyperlink to a page offering the product.
A mediate software tool for access to a SQL database is applicable to a server for expanding the capacity of a SQL engine so as to service more people simultaneously. The mediate software tool comprises an access module and a SQL instruction dispatching/receiving module. The access module is arranged for building a plurality of SQL instruction accesses on a net between the server and a plurality of client computers, in which the built SQL instruction accesses are usable for transmitting/receiving a SQL instruction and the processed result thereof. The SQL instruction dispatching/receiving module is arranged for dispatching the SQL instructions in the SQL instruction accesses to the SQL engine for processing and for receiving the processed result and transmitting the same to the access module.
A system for querying a database. Query strings comprising queries from application program are loaded from a text file into a query lookups table. The application then utilizes a database interface query function to access the queries in the lookups table. The query function uses the query name provided by the application to locate the corresponding query string in the lookups table. The query function then performs parameter substitution on the query string and sends the query to the database. The query results are then retrieved, formatted, and sent to the querying application. The present invention allows an application program to access data stored on databases organized by various database management systems which employ different query formats. Although the databases organize the data differently, the same content may be extracted by the present system. Changes to the database queries take place outside the application code in a simple text file that is loaded by the querying application.
A system for generating an Open Library Architecture Delay and Power Calculation Module. The system includes a user interface for generating and submitting requests that specify configurations and types of memories for which Open Library Architecture Delay and Power Calculation Modules are needed. A server is configured to received the requests and produce Open Library Architecture Delay and Power Calculation Modules in response thereto.
A method includes defining collaborative information spaces (CISs) on a corporate intranet using semantic definitions that reflect how people work together. A classification scheme allows network spaces (e.g., intranet spaces) to be defined, e.g., defining resources and/or information associated with tasks and people. The classification scheme may also be used to define standard collaborative entities that should be supported within an enterprise. The CIS(s) and/or collaborative entities may have associated privacy levels to control access to information and resources of the CIS. The classification scheme allows a user, or group of users, to define public and private information spaces. For example, a user may define public information on a web-page that defines the users skills and assigned tasks. The user may have another set of private information that is accessible only to other members of others having a common task.
System and methods for printer suggested training using fuzzy logic analysis. A printer tracks printer usage relative to the features of the printer and the type of print jobs performed. Using a fuzzy logic protocol, the printer then selects an appropriate training package based upon the tracked usage. A message is then generated sent to a network administrator, or other user, suggesting the selected training package.
