09th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130054595 | Automated File Name Generation - Described herein are methods for determining a type and unique features of a document. The methods generally include generating at least one document hypothesis corresponding to the type of the document. For each document hypothesis, the document type is verified. A best type hypothesis is selected. A document name is formed based on the best type hypothesis and one or more unique features of the document. Such steps are generally included in automatically or programmatically naming of documents. A unique or semi-unique name is given, one that reproduces some of the document's contents, attributes and/or characteristics. Each document is provided with a name that can be easily understood and that is related to the content of the document. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054596 | MACHINE DATA WEB - Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity logs, configuration files, messages, database records) and represents the evidence of particular events that have taken place and been recorded in raw data format. In one embodiment, machine data is turned into a machine data web by organizing machine data into events and then linking events together. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054597 | CONSTRUCTING AN ASSOCIATION DATA STRUCTURE TO VISUALIZE ASSOCIATION AMONG CO-OCCURRING TERMS - Extended associations are determined based on binary associations. The extended associations are associations among three or more terms in input data, and the binary associations are between terms in the input data. An association data structure having a plurality of entries is constructed, where at least a particular one of the plurality of entries includes visual elements representing terms that are associated according to the binary associations and the extended associations, and where the association data structure provides a visualization of an association pattern among co-occurring terms in the input data | 2013-02-28 |
20130054598 | ENTITY RESOLUTION BASED ON RELATIONSHIPS TO A COMMON ENTITY - Techniques are disclosed for resolving entities based on relationships to a common entity. In one embodiment, two entities are compared to determine that an entity resolution threshold is not satisfied. One or more entities commonly related to the two entities are determined. The two entities are determined to satisfy the entity resolution threshold on the basis of the one or more commonly-related entities. The two entities are then resolved into a single entity. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054599 | Dynamically Generated List Index - Dynamically generated lists are provided. Data elements may be sorted in a list according to a value. An index may be dynamically generated to divide the data elements into one or more index groupings, the index groupings containing an equal or nearly-equal number of data elements. The index may comprise index grouping entry points allowing for navigation to each of the one or more index groupings. If a list is modified, for example a data element is added, removed, or otherwise modified, the index may be automatically regenerated to preserve equal distribution of data elements across the index groupings. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING APPLICATION CONNECTIVITY IN A CLUSTERED DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - A clustered database environment (e.g. Oracle Real Application Cluster (RAC)) includes multiple database instances that appear as one server. An application server (e.g. WebLogic Server (WLS)) can use a data source (e.g. an Oracle GridLink data source) and connection pools to connect with the clustered database. In accordance with an embodiment, a data source configuration allows for specification of a preferred affinity policy, such as a data affinity, temporal affinity, and/or session or session-based affinity policy. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes a number of features that improve application connectivity in the clustered database environment, including a select-only case for application continuity, wherein an application-independent infrastructure, e.g. implemented within a Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver, enables recovery of work from an application perspective and masks system communications, hardware failures and hangs. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054601 | MANAGING AND CLASSIFYING ASSETS IN AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT USING TAGS - Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for managing and classifying assets in an information technology (“IT”) environment using a tag-based approach. The disclosed tag-based classification techniques can be implemented through a graphical user interface. Embodiments of the disclosed tag-based classification techniques can be used to allow a user to easily and quickly select and perform actions on groups of one or more assets (e.g., monitor policies, perform upgrades, etc.). For example, the tag-based classification techniques can automatically classify assets into “tag sets” (or “tagged sets”) based on node properties or user-selected criteria or conditions (e.g., criteria or conditions that are established in a user-created tagging profile or rule). The tagged assets can then be further filtered to identify even deeper relationships between the assets. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054602 | CHARACTERISTIC POINT DETECTION SYSTEM, CHARACTERISTIC POINT DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The characteristic point detection system of this invention includes: a staying area detection unit | 2013-02-28 |
20130054603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING KNOWN SPECIMENS AND MEDIA USING SPECTRAL PROPERTIES AND IDENTIFYING UNKNOWN SPECIMENS AND MEDIA - Method and apparatus for determining a metric for use in predicting properties of an unknown specimen belonging to a group of reference specimen electrical devices comprises application of a network analyzer for collecting impedance spectra for the reference specimens and determining centroids and thresholds for the group of reference specimens so that an unknown specimen may be confidently classified as a member of the reference group using the metric. If a trait is stored with the reference group of electrical device specimens, then, the trait may be predictably associated with the unknown specimen along with any traits identified with the unknown specimen associated with the reference group. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION CLUSTERING BASED ON PREDICTIVE SOCIAL GRAPHS - An approach is provided for providing information clustering based on predictive social graphs. An information clustering platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more social graphs associated with one or more users to cause, at least in part, a prediction of one or more future states of the one or more social graphs. The information clustering platform further causes, at least in part, a clustering of one or more data items associated with at least one information space based, at least in part, on the one or more social graphs, the one or more future states, or a combination thereof. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054605 | DATA MAPPING ACCELERATION - A data mapping acceleration system may include a syntactic profile module to generate a syntactic profile of a data source to be mapped. A semantic classification module may generate a semantic classification of the data source. A similarity module may evaluate the syntactic profile and semantic classification to determine an overall similarity between attributes of data from the data source for mapping the data source. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054606 | SPATIAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SOFTWARE AND METHOD - A system, software and method which enable the analysis of a spatial database. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054607 | Method and System for Preparing Digital Information for Long-Term Preservation - A system and method are provided for creating or extending a preservation-ready digital document. This document is represented so as to be durably intelligible and reliably trustworthy. It includes within itself standardized metadata, provenance information, and reliable links to chosen documents within a world-wide network of digital repositories. These links and the documents' own identifier(s) are chosen to uniquely, unambiguously, and forever identify what they refer to. This system provides a robustly durable method of preserving an unbounded number of digital objects for as long as their representing bit-strings are kept in existence and findable by now-conventional digital library technology, as first described in [Gladney 2000] and publications by the same author. The overall system herein described provides this service without requiring that pre-existing software be modified, and without requiring that any information object that it is intended to protect be modified from what its declared authors, editors, and producers created and provided as input for this preservation packaging service. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054608 | Computer-Implemented Systems And Methods For Processing A Multi-Dimensional Data Structure - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for processing a multi-dimensional data structure. For example, systems and methods are provided for processing the multi-dimensional data structure and allowing cell selection rules related to the multi-dimensional data structure to be resolved efficiently, so that computational cost associated with processing the multi-dimensional data structure can be saved. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054609 | Accessing Anchors in Voice Site Content - A method, an apparatus and an article of manufacture for accessing a specific location in voice site audio content. The method includes indexing, in a voice site index, a specific location in the voice site that contains the audio content, mapping the audio content with information regarding the location and adding the mapped content to the index of the voice site, using the index to determine content and location of an input query in the voice site, automatically marking the specific location in the voice site that contains the determined content and location of the input query, and automatically transferring to the marked location in the voice site. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054610 | Sharing Parts of a Document Using Search Framework - Embodiments are configured to provide sharing of business logic items. A document may contain business logic items, for example, sets, members, or measures. Some business logic items may be created by a publisher who wants to make the business logic available to other users so that others can access the business logic. Embodiments provide for using an integrated server platform search component to automatically retrieve business logic items which exist in one or more documents stored in a document library. This may allow for a publisher to provide business logic to other users without having to rely on the other users to retrieve the business logic from a specific document, and without requiring the other users to know of the existence of the business logic. Restrictions may be placed so that a publisher can control what specific pieces of business logic may be made available. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PARTITIONED DATA FOR SECURING CONTENT - An apparatus to process partitioned data includes a storage unit to store a first data portion of a data file; a communication unit to receive a second data portion of the data file from a device in response to an authentication between the apparatus and the device; and a recovery processing unit to obtain the data file, by merging the first data portion and the second data portion of the data file using partition information. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054612 | Universal Document Similarity - Described herein are methods for finding substantially similar/different sources (files and documents), and estimating similarity or difference between given sources. Similarity and difference may be found across a variety of formats. Sources may be in one or more languages such that similarity and difference may be found across any number and types of languages. A variety of characteristics may be used to arrive at an overall measure of similarity or difference including determining or identifying syntactic roles, semantic roles and semantic classes in reference to sources. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054613 | AUTOMATIC SORT AND PROPAGATION ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Techniques for automatic sort and propagation of information relating to electronic documents are presented. With regard to an electronic document, such as an incoming message, an enhanced information management component (EIMC) can analyze the document to identify a file folder associated with a subject to which the document relates. Based on interaction with or tagging of the document in a first user interface (UI) and predefined user preferences, the EIMC can propagate information relating to the subject and/or document to a second UI. The EIMC can archive the document in the identified file folder automatically or in response to as little as one UI control manipulation. The EIMC can analyze audio or video content to facilitate tagging and archiving of such content using the first UI and propagation of information relating to such content and/or related subject to a second UI. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054614 | Presenting Intelligent Tagging Suggestions For A Photograph - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for presenting intelligent tagging suggestions for a photograph are provided. Embodiments include identifying, by a tagging module, contextual information indicating circumstances in which the photograph was taken; based on the contextual information, selecting, by the tagging module, candidate profiles from a plurality of friend profiles associated with a profile of a user; and suggesting, by the tagging module to the user, the selected candidate profiles as potential friends to tag in the photograph. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054615 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATIC HIGH-VALUE LISTING FEEDS FOR ONLINE COMPUTER USERS - A system and method for providing automatic high-value listing feeds for online computer users is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes obtaining publisher information corresponding to a plurality of publisher content items from a plurality of publisher sites; obtaining merchant information including value information corresponding to the plurality of publisher content items; using a processor, the publisher information, and the merchant information to generate a set of high-value feeds for transfer to the plurality of publisher sites, the set of high-value feeds each being ranked corresponding to a quality score computed for each listing item of each high-value feed; and transferring the set of high-value feeds to corresponding publisher sites of the plurality of publisher sites. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054616 | System and Method for Finding Mood-Dependent Top Selling/Rated Lists - A system and method for determining a rank aggregation from a series of partial preferences is presented. A distribution is learned over preferences from partial preferences with sparse support. A computer receives a plurality of partial preferences selected from two or more preference lists. Weights are assigned to each of said plurality of partial preferences, resulting in multiple ranked lists. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054617 | Linking Browser Content to Social Network Data - Abstract Social networks contain a wealth of personal data when a user is accepted as a trusted contact by a second user. This data can be used to mine server accessed internet content to highlight information related to a user's trusted contacts. Here an application extracts information from server accessed content, correlates it to information taken from social networking and alerts the user to information in the content related to their trusted contacts. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054618 | DYNAMIC PROFILE SLICE - Systems and methods are provided for maintaining a dynamic profile slice of a user profile of a user. In one embodiment, a real-time user-generated context of the user is monitored over time to accumulate keywords in the dynamic profile slice of the user that are representative of dynamic interests of the user. Weights are assigned to the keywords in the dynamic profile slice using a time and/or location weighting function. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054619 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING APPLICATION PROTOCOL - In an embodiment, the method of identifying an application protocol includes classifying a data packet to be detected into an individual traffic flow, searching for keywords in a valid payload of the traffic flow based upon a keyword database of identifiable application protocols, and determining a keyword weight vector of the traffic flow. The weight of a keyword is related to a location of the keyword in a valid payload of a traffic flow. Similarities between the keyword weight vector of the traffic flow and feature keyword weight vectors of the identifiable application protocols are determined; and an application protocol corresponding to a feature keyword weight vector with the highest similarity to the keyword weight vector of the traffic flow as the application protocol of the traffic flow is determined if a condition is satisfied. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054620 | System and Method for Candidate Sorting and Clustering - A system for organizing a plurality of candidates based on the relative similarity of a first candidate with respect to the remaining plurality of candidates is disclosed. The system includes a controller in communication with a storage device configured to receive and accessibly store a generated plurality of candidate images. The controller operable to analyze each of the plurality of candidate images to determined a numeric thumbnail based on a number of identified features in each of a plurality of grid elements of an array and a sum total number of all identified features in the array, calculate a similarity score between one of the plurality of determined numeric thumbnails and each of the remaining plurality of determined numeric thumbnails; and generate a logical group image order as a function of the highest similarity score between the one of the plurality of determined numeric thumbnails and each of the remaining plurality of determined numeric thumbnails. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054621 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ONTOLOGY CANDIDATE SELECTION, COMPARISON, AND ALIGNMENT - A system for ontology candidate selection and comparison including a microprocessor and an ontology candidate selection component executing on the microprocessor and configured to compare at least a portion of a plurality of ontology candidates based on a candidate selection rule, and based on said comparison, select from the plurality of ontology candidates a pair of ontologies. The system further includes an ontology similarity component coupled to the ontology candidate selection component and configured to generate a similarity outcome related to the pair of ontologies based on a similarity rule and evaluate at least one of: the candidate selection rule or the similarity rule based on the similarity outcome. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054622 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SCORING DOCUMENTS BASED ON ATTRIBUTES OBTAINED FROM A DIGITAL DOCUMENT BY EYE-TRACKING DATA ANALYSIS - In one exemplary embodiment, a set of attributes derived from an element of a first digital document is obtained. The element is identified from eye-tracking data of a user viewing the digital document. A search query of a database comprising at least one query term is received. A set of documents in the database is identified according to the search query. An attribute score is determined for each document. The set of documents are sorted according to the attribute score. Optionally, a commonality between the query term and at least one member of the set of attributes may be determined. The search query may be generated by the user. The database may be a hypermedia database. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054623 | Methods of Tagging an Image with a Database Keyword - A computer-implemented method for tagging a database keyword to a data set or image file having the steps: initiating an act; recording a data set on an electronic device; transmitting the data set to a server; scanning the data set; scanning the database for database information that matches the data set; associating the database information that matches the data set with the matching data set; transmitting a database keyword associated with the database information to the electronic device; tagging the database keyword to a data set file; and imbedding the database keyword into an image file associated with the data set. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054624 | METHOD OF PARSING OPTIONAL BLOCK DATA - A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and on which instructions are stored for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes initially verifying a presence of parameters passed to a parameter database and that a selected group of the parameters are greater than or equal to zero, parsing optional block data to validate the optional block data, determine a length thereof and a number of optional blocks contained therein and proceeding with one of a secondary info-parsing and a secondary data-parsing operation with respect to the optional block data in accordance with content of the parameters passed to the parameter database. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054625 | AUTOMATED INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND TRACEABILITY FOR EVIDENCE GENERATION - Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for automated information discovery and traceability for evidence generation. An aspect provides for accessing a mapping of a plurality of connected nodes stored in a memory device, said mapping being discovered via a network scan based on a seed set, said plurality of connected nodes storing a plurality of archived healthcare records; accessing content stored in a memory device and ingested from said plurality of connected nodes; and determining a longitudinal healthcare record from the mapping and the content ingested from said plurality of connected nodes. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054626 | Seed Data Automation - According to one embodiment of the present invention, the automated loading seed data for testing in a product integration environment includes receiving input data associated with a test session. The input data may be received in a first format that includes at least one object. A processor may be used to automatically convert the input data into a second format that includes the metadata data string. The metadata data string may then be loaded into a database. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054627 | Systems And Methods For Providing A Data Glossary Management System - Provided is a computer system for translating business information and associating the translated business information with user-defined business terms in a processor executable data management system. The computer system comprises a computer readable storage media for providing a data store and a data management system for execution on one or more data processors for storing information relating to a plurality of user-generated business terms in accordance with a schema. The data management system also includes a user interface engine configured to provide a plurality of user interfaces. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054628 | Data Fusion Using Behavioral Factors - A first data set associated with a first group of users is accessed. The first data set includes demographic data, online behavior data, and additional user data associated with the users in the first group. A second data set associated with a second group of users is accessed. The second data set includes demographic data and online behavior data but not additional user data associated with the users in the second group. One or more sets of matched users are determined based on the demographic data and online behavior data included in the first data set and the demographic data and online behavior data included in the second data set. Each set includes a user from the first group matched with a user from the second group. Based on the one or more sets of matched users, an augmented second data set that includes additional user data associated with the users in the second group is generated. One or more reports are generated based on the augmented second data set. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054629 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROVIDING PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - There are provided an information providing device, an information providing processing program, and an information providing method which can efficiently recommend information related to a shooting spot matching a user's preference. The information providing device is configured to search for image data based on object information specified by a user with respect to a frame, and an arrangement of the object information. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054630 | PRE-GENERATION OF STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL) FROM APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) DEFINED QUERY SYSTEMS - A method is provided for receiving source code that includes an application programming interface (API) defined query written to communicate with an API. The API is configured to provide access to an object relational model (ORM) for converting, during execution of the source code, the API defined query into a dynamic structured query language (SQL) query comprising SQL statements. The method also includes generating a static SQL query that includes SQL statements. The static SQL query is generated in response to the ORM and to the API, by a computer, prior to the source code being executed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054631 | ADDING SOCIAL NETWORK DATA TO SEARCH SUGGESTIONS - Methods, computer systems and computer-readable media for adding social network data to search suggestions are provided. At least a portion of a search query is received, and a set of suggested search queries is determined for the at least a portion of the search query. A first suggested search query in the set of suggested search queries is determined to be associated with a person or entity. A social data store is accessed; the social data store includes social network data. It is determined that the person or entity is associated with a set of social network data in the social data store, and the set of social network data in association with the first suggested search query is provided to a search engine page. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054632 | Caching Input Suggestions - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for caching input suggestions are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first textual input in an input field from a user; sending the first textual input to a server before a user submits a request for results based on the first textual input; receiving a set of input suggestions from the server; storing the set of input suggestions in a local cache; displaying a first subset of input suggestions from the set of input suggestions to the user; receiving additional textual input from the user after the first textual input is sent to the server; analyzing the stored set of input suggestions to identify a new subset of input suggestions based on the additional textual input; and displaying the new subset of input suggestions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054633 | REMOTE COMPARISON OF A MAINTENANCE CONFIGURATION WITH AN ALLOWABLE CONFIGURATION - Various embodiments of systems and methods for remote comparison of a maintenance configuration with an allowable configuration are described herein. According to the technique, an operator of an asset sends an as-maintained configuration of the asset to a third party. The third party receives or has in store the as-allowed configuration of the same asset. The third party performs a configuration check of the as-maintained with the as-allowed configuration and provides results. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054634 | Cloud-To-Cloud Peering - A method includes receiving an input at a first cloud from a first device associated with a first user. The input indicates that an item stored in the first cloud is accessible to a second device associated with a second user via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The first cloud is associated with the first user and the second cloud is associated with the second user. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054635 | PROCURING COMMUNICATION SESSION RECORDS - A device may receive a session retrieval command corresponding to session metadata provided to a user via a user interface. The session retrieval command may include a request for session data corresponding to a communication session. The device may identify a first session service device, corresponding to the communication session, based on the session retrieval command, where the first session service device is to provide a first session service to communication sessions. The device may communicate with the first session service device to obtain a first set of session data corresponding to the communication session, generate a communication session record based on the first set of session data, and provide the communication session record to the user via the user interface. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054636 | Document Journaling - A method, device and system for acquiring information related to annotations and the content of a document. Annotations are isolated from document content and are associated with portions of the content of the document. Annotations and content are used as a basis for a semantic search of a corpus of other documents. From the corpus, related information is extracted and presented or made available along side of or with the original content and annotations of the document. Each version of a document is stored and made accessible. Any of the versions of a document, with or without a current set of annotations, may be distributed to others for further review and annotation. Annotations are protected and associated with a level of privilege or rights. Annotations are trackable over time and location and are associated with a particular annotator. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054637 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CALCULATING A SIZE OF AN ENTITY - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for calculating a size of an entity. These mechanisms and methods for calculating a size of an entity can enable optimized data analysis, improved system resource knowledge, increased efficiency, etc. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054638 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING TOPIC BASED ON OPINION AND SOCIAL-INFLUENCER FOR EACH TOPIC AND METHOD THEREOF - A system capable of detecting and tracking a topic based on an opinion and a social influencer for each topic and a method thereof are provided. The system that detects and tracks the topic based on the opinion and the social influencer for each topic includes: a topic opinion analysis apparatus configured to extract an opinion for each topic from content on the Internet to generate a topic-opinion database (DB), and to extract a social influencer among social members ranked based on behavior characteristics to generate a topic-social influencer DB; a knowledge DB configured to store the topic-opinion DB and the topic-social influencer DB; and a topic detecting and tracking apparatus configured to detect an opinion on a designated topic requested to be searched based on the knowledge DB, search the social influencer of the designated topic, and collect and analyze content provided or generated by the searched social influencer. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054639 | GLOBALLY UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION OF DIRECTORY SERVER CHANGELOG RECORDS - Techniques for providing a consolidated view of directory changes across different directory servers. In one set of embodiments, a changelog record can be received from a directory server, where the directory server is associated with a proprietary changelog format, and where the changelog record is formatted according to the proprietary changelog format. The received changelog record can then be translated into a virtualized changelog record that is formatted according to a standard changelog format, and the virtualized changelog record can be sent to a consuming client. In a further set of embodiments, a “changelog cookie” can be generated for a virtualized changelog record prior to sending the record to a client. In various embodiments, the changelog cookie can act as a globally unique identifier—i.e., an identifier that distinguishes the virtualized changelog record from other virtualized changelog records. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054640 | CONSIDERING DOCUMENT ENDORSEMENTS WHEN PROCESSING QUERIES - User accounts in a social networking application are divided into highly-connected accounts and regular accounts. A mapping of the highly-connected accounts to their friends, and a mapping of accounts to documents endorsed by the users associated with the accounts are stored on index servers of a search engine. When a query is received by a front-end server of the search engine, the front-end server determines if an account associated with the query is a highly-connected account. If it is, only an identifier of the account is sent to the index servers with the query. If it is not, however, then identifiers of all of the accounts that are friends with the account are sent with the query. The index servers then determine the documents that are endorsed by the friends of the account, and consider the determined documents when selecting documents that are responsive to the query. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054641 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATA - A method for searching data suitable for an electronic device is provided. A server is linked according to an input account, in which a plurality of user accounts and a plurality of marked results uploaded respectively by the user accounts are stored in the server. A searching string entered by the user is received through a browser. And searching in the server is performed so as to know whether or not the server contains the marked results with the above-mentioned searching string. The marked result and the corresponding user account are listed out when anyone of the marked results stored in the server contains the searching string. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054642 | DYNAMIC DATA MANAGEMENT - An interface for users to gain access and manipulate unstructured data is provided. In response to receiving a user query associated with a first database format, a system can request unstructured data associated with a second database format from a second database. The unstructured data can include a set of data groups where each data group has a set of values. Each value can be associated with a different tag. To generate a structured database, some embodiments can determine the number of data groups and the number of unique tags across the data groups and populate the table with data from the unstructured data. Subsequently, the system can apply the user query to the table to obtain a query result and transmit the query result to the user device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054643 | Method and Apparatus for Document Matching - Documents written using a markup language such as XML may be decomposed into Path and Parent Associated Node (PPAN) elements, each of which is a linear data structure that includes the content of a node, the parent-child relationship of the node, and the path level of the node. A number of PPAN elements may be grouped together to form A PPAN chain. A PPAN matching process uses the PPAN elements/PPAN chain to search for structured documents that match the PPAN chain. The PPAN matching process is able to perform query and match at the same time to accelerate the PPAN matching process, and also enables complex services to be represented by generic structured documents. Optionally, the PPAN matching process may support wildcard requests so that services may be discovered without prior knowledge of the services. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054644 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING SPECIAL DAY AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus has a storage section in which an expression pattern table and a special day data table are registered, a plurality of expression patterns being stored in the expression pattern table, the expression pattern expressing a periodical special day using a first character variable expressing a name of the special day and a second character variable expressing a day, a plurality of generic names of the special day being stored in the special day data table, a communication section for transmitting and receiving document data, an analysis section for performing a morpheme analysis and a syntax analysis to the document data transmitted or received by the communication section, and a search section for performing a first search and a second search to the document data based on analysis results of the analysis section. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054645 | CONTENT IDENTIFICATION USING FINGERPRINT MATCHING - Systems and methods of identifying media content, such as video content, that employ fingerprint matching at the level of video frames. The presently disclosed systems and methods of identifying media content can extract one or more fingerprints from a plurality of video frames included in query video content, and, for each of the plurality of video frames from the query video content, perform frame-level fingerprint matching of the extracted fingerprints against fingerprints extracted from video frames included in a plurality of reference video content. Using the results of such frame-level fingerprint matching, the presently disclosed systems and methods of identifying media content can identify the query content in relation to an overall sequence of video frames from at least one of the plurality of reference content, and/or in relation to respective video frames included in a sequence of video frames from the reference content. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054646 | WORK OPTIMIZATION - A work optimization module identifies a tag associated with a first task, where the first task is associated with a first user. The work optimization module compares the tag to a plurality of tags associated with a plurality of entries in a database, where each entry in the database corresponds to a task and comprises one or more tags describing the task. If the tag matches one of the plurality of tags, the work optimization module detects a duplication of the first task and a second task corresponding to one of the plurality of entries in the database, wherein the second task is associated with a second user. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a database configured to manage latitude/longitude information and a geohash as positional information about search objects; a generation block configured to generate a search reference point geohash indicative of a grid including a search reference point specified by latitude/longitude information; a setting block configured to set a primary search range at least including the grid represented by the generated search reference point geohash by use of a geohash and a secondary search range formed by a grid with the search reference point at the center thereof by use of latitude/longitude information; and a search block configured to search the primary search range for the search object and the secondary search range for the search object by referencing the database. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054648 | Determining Accessibility of Database Objects With Multiple Parents - The technology performs database access control in a manner that decreases computational cost of the database access control with an object type definition of a database object that permit multiple parent objects. The system determines whether to grant a user access to a database object via a first set of access control paths that do not rely on whether the user has permission to access a minimum number of parent objects of the database object. Responsive to a determination not to grant the user access via the first set of access control paths, the system determines whether to grant the user access to the database object via a second set of access control paths that determine whether the user has permission to access the minimum number of parent objects of the database object. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054649 | GENERATION OF MACHINE CODE FOR A DATABASE STATEMENT BY SPECIALIZATION OF INTERPRETER CODE - After receipt of an instruction (e.g. a database statement), one or more computers specialize an interpreter with the received instruction as constant, to obtain a specialized interpreter that is stored in memory and/or disk. The specialized interpreter is then invoked to execute the received instruction. Depending on the embodiment, the interpreter being specialized may additionally be received and used in binary form without specialization. Specifically, in some embodiments, an identical interpreter is received in two forms: in a binary language specific to the one or more computers and also in a language that is acceptable to a specializer, such as a source language or an intermediate language. The interpreter in the binary language is invoked by default unless a predetermined condition for specialization is met. When the predetermined condition is met, the interpreter in the specializer-acceptable language is specialized by the specializer, and then the specialized interpreter is invoked. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054650 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF COLUMNS TO BE OBFUSCATED IN DATABASE SCHEMAS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for automatic obfuscation of sensitive data in a database schema are described herein. The technique uses static detection of sensitive data by application type, static detection by column name, and data profiling by examining a sample of the tables data from the database schema. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054651 | KNOWLEDGE-ASSISTED APPROACH TO DYNAMICALLY CREATE DATA SOURCES FOR VARIABLE-DATA MARKETING CAMPAIGNS - A computer-implemented method and system for creating data sources for a variable data publishing (VDP) marketing campaign pattern. The method and system can be utilized to generate data source from external sources, such as Encyclopedic knowledge-bases, when desired data is not locally available. A user can specify a conceptual identity, and the method and system automatically map the conceptual identity to an appropriate database, generate semantic queries, and query the database to develop the data source for use in the campaign. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054652 | METHOD FOR EXPLORING A CATALOG OF DIGITAL INFORMATION CONTENTS - A method for exploring a catalog of digital information contents through a user apparatus is provided with a display screen, in which the catalog of digital information contents is structured according to at least two hierarchical tree structures, each including a respective hierarchy of nodes, each node corresponding to a respective category of digital information contents. The method includes: selecting a first sub-hierarchy of nodes of a first one of the at least two hierarchical tree structures, the first sub-hierarchy of nodes being built beginning from a selected category of the first hierarchical structure by selecting at least one among a first number of categories at immediately higher hierarchical levels in comparison to the selected category and a second number of categories at immediately lower hierarchical levels in comparison to the selected category; selecting a second sub-hierarchy of nodes of a second one of said at least two hierarchical tree structures, the second sub-hierarchy of nodes being built beginning from a destination category of the second hierarchical structure, the destination category being in relationship with the selected category, by selecting at least one among a first number of categories at immediately higher hierarchical levels in comparison to the destination category and a second number of categories at immediately lower hierarchical levels in comparison to the destination category; displaying on the screen icons representative of the categories of the first and of the second sub-hierarchy and respective relationships between the categories; and exploring the categories of the first and of the second sub-hierarchy reacting to commands imparted by the user through said user apparatus. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054653 | METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING ETCHING PROFILE DATABASE - A method of constructing a database for etching profile is disclosed. First, a standard etching group including a standard etching structure and a deviated etching group including a deviated etching structure are provided. Second, a remote sensing (RS) step is carried out to collect a standard RS data belonging to the standard etching group and a deviated RS data belonging to the deviated etching group. Then, the RS data is analyzed to infer feature parameters of the etching groups. Next, a deviated physical parameter is verified. Later, the correlation between the feature parameters and the deviated physical parameter is calculated to construct an etching profile database including the standard RS data and the deviated RS data. The etching profile database may facilitate the prediction of an unknown etching profile. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054654 | GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING DATA AND TRACKING AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD-RELATED PROPERTIES BY TYPE AND USE - There is disclosed a computer-implemented GIS and method for collecting data and identifying, registering and tracking agricultural and food-related properties by type and use. Agricultural and food-related properties are identified by cross-referencing the real estate database with various agricultural group databases maintained by one or more agricultural producer groups or organizations. The real estate database and the various agricultural group databases are merged to produce a GIS of agricultural and food-related properties identified by type and use, with accurate location and boundaries and all relevant ownership and contact information. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROJECT INFORMATION - A method and system are provided for the transfer and/or aggregation of data and, in particular, integrating data used in managing a professional services practice. The invention preferably transfers and/or aggregates data relating to the identity of clients and matters for whom professional services are being rendered with data relating to the work which data may be maintained in inconsistent, proprietary formats, comprising one or more of the following types of information: accounting; budgeting; docketing; time and billing: work product; word processing; records; project management; and/or other information relating to the professional services. The system of the present invention preferably comprises data storage and data processing means adapted to use the data in substantially portable and/or application-independent format, and/or and transfer or aggregate data between common, and/or proprietary data formats. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054656 | Useful, Practical, and Market-Ready Handheld Library for Students - An electronic handheld library is disclosed that fully replaces hard copy textbooks and references, audio-visual materials, and successor instructional materials, and receives, stores, and displays other digital data in electronic form. In a single fully integrated design the handheld library meets all six of the specific requirements for a successful launch, development, and operation, specifically focusing on the real requirement; providing excellent presentation quality; possessing inherent high resistance to accidental damage; possessing inherent high theft resistance; providing protection of the source, data, user, and handheld library itself from malicious or accidental events; and providing affordability equal to or better than the objects replaced. Compared to what it replaces, it provides significant advantages for institutional financial management and for students' health. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054657 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROJECT INFORMATION - A method and system are provided for the transfer and/or aggregation of data and, in particular, integrating data used in managing a professional services practice. The invention preferably transfers and/or aggregates data relating to the identity of client and matters for whom professional services are being rendered with data relating to the work which data may be maintained in inconsistent, proprietary formats, comprising one or more of the following types of information: accounting; budgeting; docketing; time and billing; work product; word processing; records; project management; and/or other information relating to the professional services. The system of the present invention preferably comprises data storage and data processing means adapted to use the data in substantially portable and/or application-independent format, and/or and transfer or aggregate data between common, and/or proprietary data formats. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054658 | VIRTUAL FILE DIRECTORY SERVICES FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Establishing virtual file directory services by receiving a notification from a first device in a first zone is that the first device is sharing a resource. Information about the shared resource is stored in an index. The stored information indicates that the resource is available from the device. As the device enters a second zone the stored information is transmitted to the second zone from the first zone. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054659 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TECHNIQUE FOR OPTIMIZATION - The disclosed method includes: generating a problem for a quantifier elimination (QE) method from a cost function representing a relationship between a parameter set and a cost; executing, by a module that executes a processing for the QE method by term substitution, a processing for the problem, to obtain a first processing result; when the first processing result includes a first partial problem for which the term substitution is impossible, executing, by a module that execute a numerical analysis processing, a processing to minimize the cost for the first partial problem, to obtain a second processing result; when the first processing result includes a logical expression as a solution of a second partial problem for which the term substitution has been completed, generating data to identify a minimum cost value from the logical expression; and generating a minimum cost for the problem from at least the second processing result. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054660 | APPROXIMATE ORDER STATISTICS OF REAL NUMBERS IN GENERIC DATA - A method, system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed towards calculating approximate order statistics on a collection of real numbers. In one embodiment, the collection of real numbers is processed to create a digest comprising hierarchy of buckets. Each bucket is assigned a real number N having P digits of precision and ordinality O. The hierarchy is defined by grouping buckets into levels, where each level contains all buckets of a given ordinality. Each individual bucket in the hierarchy defines a range of numbers—all numbers that, after being truncated to that bucket's P digits of precision, are equal to that bucket's N. Each bucket additionally maintains a count of how many numbers have fallen within that bucket's range. Approximate order statistics may then be calculated by traversing the hierarchy and performing an operation on some or all of the ranges and counts associated with each bucket. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054661 | BLOCK FLOATING POINT COMPRESSION WITH EXPONENT DIFFERENCE AND MANTISSA CODING - A method and apparatus for compressing signal samples uses block floating point representations where the number of bits per mantissa is determined by the maximum magnitude sample in the group. The compressor defines groups of signal samples having a fixed number of samples per group. The maximum magnitude sample in the group determines an exponent value corresponding to the number of bits for representing the maximum sample value. The exponent values are encoded to form exponent tokens. Exponent differences between consecutive exponent values may be encoded individually or jointly. The samples in the group are mapped to corresponding mantissas, each mantissa having a number of bits based on the exponent value. Removing LSBs depending on the exponent value produces mantissas having fewer bits. Feedback control monitors the compressed bit rate and/or a quality metric. This abstract does not limit the scope of the invention as described in the claims. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054662 | METHODS OF USING GENERALIZED ORDER DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION OF INPUT VARIABLES TO FORECAST TRENDS - Disclosed are methods and apparatuses to generate a forecast based on generalized differentiation or integration, including but not limited to non-integer or variable order differentiation or integration. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054663 | Determining Coefficients For Digital Low Pass Filter Given Cutoff And Boost Values For Corresponding Analog Version - Methods and apparatus are provided for determining coefficients for a digital low pass filter, given cutoff and boost values for a corresponding analog version of the digital low pass filter. Coefficients are determined for a digital low pass filter by obtaining cutoff and boost values for a corresponding analog version of the digital low pass filter; and determining the coefficients for the digital low pass filter based on the obtained cutoff and boost values. The coefficients can be determined, for example, by generating a transfer function, H(s), for the corresponding analog version using the obtained cutoff and boost values: transforming the transfer function, H(s), to a frequency domain characterization, H(z), using one or more bilinear transforms to obtain a plurality of coefficients for an infinite impulse response (IIR) filter; generating the IIR filter using the plurality of coefficients for the IIR filter; and applying an impulse to the IIR filter to obtain the one or more coefficients for the digital low pass filter. In another variation, the coefficients are pre-computed and obtained from a look-up table. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054664 | Systems and Methods for Anti-Causal Noise Predictive Filtering in a Data Channel - Various embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for data processing. As an example, a data processing circuit is disclosed that includes a data detector circuit. The data detector circuit includes an anti-causal noise predictive filter circuit and a data detection circuit. In some cases, the anti-causal noise predictive filter circuit is operable to apply noise predictive filtering to a detector input to yield a filtered output, and the data detection circuit is operable to apply a data detection algorithm to the filtered output derived from the anti-causal noise predictive filter circuit. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054665 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING EXPONENTIATION IN A PARALLEL PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT - An automated method of performing exponentiation is disclosed. A plurality of tables holding factors for obtaining results of Exponentiations are provided. The plurality of tables are loaded into computer memory. Each factor is the result of a second exponentiation of a constant and an exponent. The exponent is related to a memory address corresponding to the factor. A plurality of memory addresses are identified for performing the first exponentiation by breaking up the first exponentiation into equations, the results of which are factors of the first Exponentiation. The exponents of the equations are related to the memory addresses corresponding to the factors held in the tables. A plurality of lookups into the computer memory are performed to retrieve the factors held in the tables corresponding to the respective memory addresses. The retrieved factors are multiplied together to obtain the result of the first exponentiation. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054666 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE DURATION OF A FUTURE TIME INTERVAL - A method for predicting a value for a length of a future time interval in which a physical variable changes is described, in which at least one measured value for the length of a past time interval and an instantaneously measured value for a length of an instantaneous time interval are taken into account, m values for lengths of past time intervals being added. A first value precedes the instantaneously measured value by k−1, and an mth value precedes the instantaneously measured value by k−m. The m added values are divided by a value for a length of a past time interval which precedes the instantaneously measured value by k. A ratio of the mentioned values is formed. For determining the value to be predicted, an average error is initially added to the instantaneously measured value, forming a sum. The formed ratio is subsequently applied to this sum. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054667 | PREPARING CONTENT PACKAGES - Preparing a content package by determining a requesting user profile based on the requesting user identity. This includes calculating an inclusion value for a content file based on at least one factor. The factor may be a social networking factor. The social networking factor is based on a profile attribute linking the requesting user identity to at least one friend user identity and a content rating attribute linking the content file to the friend profile. Other factors are a content aging factor based on a content age value and a request length factor based on a content length value. The calculated inclusion value is compared to an inclusion condition. If the calculated inclusion value satisfies the inclusion condition, incorporating the content file into the content package. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054668 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING SPIN MODE-BASED DYNAMIC UPDATING OF APPLICATION SERVERS IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating spin mode-based dynamic updating of application servers. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes upgrading a first set of application servers of a plurality of application servers at one or more computing devices, holding a first set of requests received at the first set of application servers from being processed while the first set of application servers is being upgraded, and upgrading a second set of application servers of the plurality of application servers upon completion of the first set of application servers. The method may further include holding a second set of requests received at the second set of application servers from being processed while the second set of application servers is being upgraded, and resuming processing of the first set of requests at the upgraded first set of application servers. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054669 | Calling Functions Within A Deterministic Calling Convention - Different target functions at a target computing platform having limited resources are invoked by a single generic function call from a calling computing platform having substantial resources. A target function can be called in a consistent and efficient manner, so that custom code can be avoided at the target computing platform for each target function. The generic function call can have parameters which identify a memory location at which a target function is stored, and one or more parameters to be passed to the target function in a format (e.g., length, endianness, enumerated data type, structured record type, float or integer type) which the target function uses, so that further conversion at the target computing platform is avoided. Parameters can also identify a thread and processor on which the function should run. The target computing platform loads and executes the target function using the registers in a deterministic way. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054670 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING MEDICAL PHYSICS CALCULATION - A method of calculating radiation fluence and energy deposition distributions on a networked virtual computational cluster is presented. With this method, complex Monte Carlo simulations that require expansive equipment, personnel, and financial resources can be done efficiently and inexpensively by hospitals and clinics requiring radiation therapy dose calculations. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054671 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING NAME-RESOLUTION OVERHEAD IN A CACHING NETWORK INTERMEDIARY DEVICE - The present invention describes a system, method, and article of manufacture for resolving names received in network protocol requests by a network intermediary device coupled between a client network and a server network. A deferred trust model caching engine in the network intermediary device includes a transactor module configured to efficiently process a protocol request with a sequence of determinant criteria, although the sequence can occur in different orders. The deferred trust model caching engine includes a cacheability evaluator component configured to determine whether the protocol request is for a resource that the protocol permits to be cached by the network intermediate device, and a supplier trust evaluator component configured to compare information about the client's network protocol request and a cached object representation to determine if the object is trustworthy or not. The cached object representation associates an object with a supplier identity and a supplier trust property. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054672 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUALIZING A TOOLBAR - Contextualization services deliver a contextualized toolbar for display on a page. A client agent may contextualize content a page being loaded or displayed to identify and send contextual data to the contextualization service of the server. The page may be designed, configured or constructed for placement of a toolbar on the page, such as a footer bar on the page. The contextualization service may use the contextual data to select a campaign from a plurality of campaigns to deliver a contextual toolbar for the page. Based on the selected campaign, the contextualization service may send a toolbar or configuration for a toolbar to the agent for display on the page. Instead of having a toolbar predetermined or fixed prior to the display of the page, the present solution dynamically contextualizes a toolbar at the point of loading or displaying the page and the contextualization is based on the content of the page being loaded/displayed. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054673 | CONTENT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A device includes a communication unit including at least one of a wireless communication module and a wired communication module. The device also includes a controller configured to access, based on communications received through the communication unit, a plurality of identifiers which each mark a manipulation of content performed by an electronic device. The plurality of identifiers mark manipulations of the content performed by different electronic devices. The controller also is configured to facilitate output, on an output unit, of a representation of the plurality of identifiers. The output unit is separate from the different electronic devices that performed the manipulations of the content marked by the plurality of identifiers. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054674 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CONTROL OF MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS - A system is provided including a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that causes a mobile device to store client states indicating statuses of mobile device functional components. Each client state corresponds to a functional component. A client digest of the client state is stored. A server digest corresponding to a server state and the client digest is received from a server. The server state indicates a status of a mobile device functional component. The server digest is compared with the client digest. A state request is transmitted to the server responsive to a determination of a difference between the server digest and client digest. The server state is received from the server. The functional component is enabled or disabled as indicated by the server state. The server state and digest are stored as the client state and digest respectively. Methods for control of mobile device functional components are also provided. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054675 | REMOTE BROWSING SESSION MANAGEMENT - A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote persistent browsing context at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote persistent browsing context instance at a network computing provider. The network computing provider provides processing results corresponding to processed representations of requested content to the client computing device. The persistent browsing context may be maintained at the network computing provider subsequent to the user ending his interaction with the browser application at the client device. A client computing device may subsequently request access to the persistent browsing context maintained at the network computing and storage device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054676 | COMPUTER NETWORK BASED HAZARDOUS CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM AND SERVER - A hazardous condition monitoring system is provided. The hazardous condition monitoring system includes a server module, an interface adapting module, and a hazard processing module communicating with terminal devices. The server module includes a network interface unit and a processing unit. The interface adapting module communicates with the server module through the network interface unit through a computer network. The processing unit derives the output information from a second type signal received from the interface adapting module, and produces the second type signal including input information for the hazard processing module. The interface adaptor transforms a first type signal and the second type signal into the signal of the other type, and transmits the transformed signals to the server module and the hazard processing module, respectively. The disclosure further provides a server for monitoring hazardous conditions. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054677 | System and Method for Latency Monitoring - A method for monitoring remote access connection latency between a client device and a server device comprises using a virtual channel between the client device and the server device to determine a value for the latency in a network connection therebetween. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054678 | DATA COLLECTION FORM AUTHORING SYSTEM WITH REMOTE CLIENT DATA COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for authoring data collection devices, deploying data collection devices for the collection of data, retrieving data collection devices and collected data, and/or managing collected data and relationships between data collectors and data providers. Client data is collected from a client remotely via any network-enabled input device and retrieved by a service provider prior to an encounter between the client and the service provider. Client data is collected preferably through deployment of client data collection forms authored by service providers by means of a form creation system in which specialty specific data containers stored in one or more libraries are arranged via a drag-and-drop interface to establish a form. Client data can be configured for passage to third party data storage and/or processing systems. Clients can be referred to other service providers with data being pre-populated into the other service providers' data collection forms. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054679 | SHARING REMOTE SESSIONS OF A USER INTERFACE AND/OR GRAPHICS OF A COMPUTER - Methods, systems, and techniques for sharing a remoted user interface are described. Example embodiments provide a Remote Session Sharing Protocol (“RSSP”) for sharing a remoted user interface and/or graphics of a same computer system operating system or application. Use of the RSSP enables server computing systems to optimize the utilization of frame buffers and state information when multiple clients connect to the same remote session (e.g., connect to the same user interface of an application or operating system) at substantially the same time. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054680 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING LOG INFORMATION FROM A PLURALITY OF SERVERS - A server apparatus is provided for collecting log information from a plurality of servers that execute a series of processes in response to a first request from a client apparatus. The server apparatus receives, from a first server that is included in the plurality of servers and has executed a first process of the series of processes, a second request for executing a second process of the series of processes, where the first request includes first log information that is outputted from the first server when the first process is executed by the first server. The server apparatus executes the second process while outputting second log information indicating an execution history of the second process, and controls writing of the first and second log information into a predetermined storage area provided in association with the client apparatus. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROJECT INFORMATION - A method and system are provided for the transfer and/or aggregation of data and, in particular integrating data used in managing a professional services practice. The invention preferably transfers and/or aggregates data relating to the identity of clients and matters for whom professional services are being rendered with data relating to the work which data may be maintained in inconsistent, proprietary formats, comprising one or more of the following types of information: accounting; budgeting; docketing; time and billing; work product; word processing; records; project management; and/or other information relating to the professional services. The system of the present invention preferably comprises data storage and data processing means adapted to use the data in substantially portable and/or application-independent format, and/or and transfer or aggregate data between common, and/or proprietary data formats. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054682 | PLATFORM FOR DEPLOYMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF MODULES TO ENDPOINTS - Systems and methods facilitate the deployment of software modules from a file server to agents on endpoints. Agents can contact a heartbeat server to receive information about a latest manifest file that identifies the software modules that should be installed on the endpoint. Agents can then determine from the manifest information whether new files need to be downloaded and automatically download them. A scripting engine can be used to allow run-time installation of modules without causing significant downtime of the endpoint. The scripting engine can utilize the agent to report back status and data from the software modules to allow modules to be used with a mobile device management platform. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING BROADCAST CONTENT IN A CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system, method and device for media content storage and delivery. A server has a receiver in communication with a processor. The receiver receives a request message. The request message includes media data indicating requested media content and a consumer device identifier corresponding to a consumer device. The processor determines whether the consumer device identifier corresponds to a registered consumer device. If the processor determines that the consumer device identifier corresponds to the registered consumer device, then the processor determines whether the request message is one of a storage request message and a content request message. If the request message is the storage request message, then the processor is further configured to determine whether the requested media content is available for storage. If the request message is the content request message, then the processor initiates delivery of the requested media content to the consumer device. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CALLBACK CLOUD - A system for providing a callback cloud, comprising an application server operated by a callback cloud service provider, a media server, a session management server, an interaction manager, and an intent analysis engine. The application server receives registrations from callback providers unaffiliated with the callback service provider. The application server is adapted to receive callback requests from users, comprising a specific callback provider from whom a callback is requested, when a requested callback should be made, and allowable media types. The application server directs the callback request to the interaction manager, and the interaction manager sends data elements pertaining to the request to the intent analysis engine and receives therefrom data elements pertaining to the callback request determined based on an analysis of the requester's intent. The interaction manager directs the session management server to initiate a callback, and the session management server provides signaling to the media server to conduct the callback. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054685 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus connected to a Web server and including a Web browser for displaying an operation screen provided by the Web server and a processing unit that, when requested to execute image processing by the Web server based on access from the Web browser, executes the requested image processing, where it is determined, depending on a destination of access by the Web browser, whether or not to supply information about the image processing apparatus to the destination of access, and if it is determined that the information about the image processing apparatus should be supplied, the information about the image processing apparatus is supplied to the destination of access made by the Web browser. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054686 | Content enhancement utility - The invention relates to a new methodology for modifying the appearance of an existing work without modifying the source code of the existing work even by a viewer or listener who did not create the existing work. This capability enables viewers to annotate or communicate information about existing works in ways that were not possible before. For example a webpage from a restaurant (an existing work) could be annotated with notes describing which entre was my favorite and then this new view of the restaurant's webpage could be shared with a friend; my friend would then see the webpage including notes identifying my favorite entre on their client device. This capability provides an entirely new dimension to collaboration and training across computer networks and across the internet. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054687 | ONLINE COMMUNITIES - A method for creating a virtual hub for a community of users with common interests to interact in over a network, comprises determining multiple topical interests from a set of input sources queried over the network, computing a measure representing a prominence for respective ones of the multiple topical interests, providing a topical interest with a prominence value which exceeds a predetermined threshold for prominence, determining multiple interested parties for the topical interest using a measure of interest for users with respect to the topical interest, and instantiating a hub on the network for the topical interest for the multiple interested parties. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054688 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT SYNDICATION SERVICE - A method for providing content syndication to subscribers. The method includes receiving one or more content items from a plurality of information sources. One or more tags are assigned to the one or more content items, the one or more tags indicating a taxonomy of the one or more content items. One or more keywords associated with the one or more content items and a media type of the one or more content items are identified. The one or more content items are indexed with the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type. The method further includes retrieving the one or more content items based on the one or more tags, the one or more keywords, and the media type. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054689 | REDEEMABLE CONTENT SPECIFIC TO GROUPS - Information regarding a user may be indicative of membership in a group. Such information may be maintained for every user associated with a particular system or title. In instances, redeemable content may be offered exclusively to a group. Requests for such content may therefore be received and evaluated to determine whether the requesting user is a member of the particular group. The determination includes an evaluation of information associated with the requesting user. In some instances, the information associated with the requesting user is a user identifier that is indicative of the group membership, and the user identifier may be included in the request. If the user is indeed determined to be a member of the group, access to the redeemable content is granted. Alternatively, if the user is not determined to be a member of the group, access to the redeemable content is denied. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054690 | Systems and Methods for Managing Personal Information - A method for managing a user's personal information, comprises the steps of, managing one or more electronic user profiles; selecting one of the user profiles; joining a virtual room having one or more members; using the selected profile to communicate with the members of the virtual room; and communicating with one or more of the members. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054691 | FLEXIBLE RULE BASED MULTI-PROTOCOL PEER-TO-PEER CACHING - Flexible rule based multi-protocol peer-to-peer caching in a wireless environment. A request is received from a requestor for a file from one of a plurality of peer-to-peer networks. The peer-to-peer network the request is directed to is determined in response to receiving the request. Using a generic rule structure, the file that is requested from the peer-to-peer network is identified. The generic rule structure is compatible with all of the plurality of peer-to-peer networks. If the file is stored in a cache it is retrieved from the cache and is transmitted to the requestor. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054692 | Organizing and Tracking Belongings Using Social Graph Information - A system and machine-implemented method is provided for creating a new association of a belonging with a user within a social graph of belongings including receiving an input of a belonging from a first user of one or more users, generating a belonging profile associated with the belonging, associating the belonging profile with the first user within a social graph of belongings, generating a post and transmitting the post to be displayed to one or more contacts of the first user on a remote social networking site. Furthermore, a system and machine-implemented method is provided for retrieving and modifying a post including receiving a request to modify the post associated with a belonging, the post being displayed at a remote social networking site, retrieving the post from the remote social networking site, detecting one or more modifications of the at least one post and generating a modified post. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054693 | Systems and Methods for Automated Recommendations for Social Media - A system for automated recommendations for social media activities, said system comprises: page data extraction module adapted to extract pre-defined page data parameters in relation to pre-defined reference parameters; reference module adapted to provide reference parameters in relation to each of said pre-defined page data; comparing and correlation module adapted to compare and correlate each of said extracted page data parameters with each of said corresponding reference parameters to obtain a corresponding comparative and correlative score for each of said parameters; and recommendation module adapted to recommend action points based on each of said comparative and correlative scores for each of said parameters. | 2013-02-28 |
20130054694 | TERMINAL, SERVER, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING PRESENCE INFORMATION - An IMS includes a terminal and an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) server, and may perform a method for transmitting and receiving presence information via the IMS core unit, a registering unit, a presence information transmitting unit, a friend list unit and a presence information control unit. The IMS core unit processes an IMS protocol. The registering unit registers terminal information to the IMS server. The presence information transmitting unit transmits presence information to the IMS server. The friend list unit manages a friend list of the various terminals. The presence information control unit designates at least one friend in the friend list and requests presence information of the designated friend. | 2013-02-28 |