11th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150074052 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF STATELESS DATA REPLICATION IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEM - In one exemplary embodiment, a method includes the step of executing, with at least one processor, a main database node server in a source-database node of a source-database cluster. The main database node server manages database server operations. The main database node server communicates a source-database cluster state and a specified server operation metadata to a data-shipping daemon. The specified server operation metadata, includes an information about server operation occurring on the source-database node. Another step includes executing a data-shipping daemon in the source-database node. The data-shipping daemon receives the specified server operation metadata and stores the specified server operation metadata in a digest log. The data log includes a file of the specified server operation metadata. The data-shipping daemon reads the digest log and communicate data referred to in the specified server operation metadata in the digest log to a destination database node in a destination database cluster. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074053 | Cross System Analytics for In Memory Data Warehouse - A cross system analytics system includes sets of in memory database tables stored on random access memory of the system. Each set of tables corresponds to data from a different source system to provide separation of data from each source system. A separate in memory database schema for each set of tables corresponds to each source system. A replication system is coupled to provide replication of data from the source systems into the sets of in memory database tables. An analytics engine executes cross system views of data in the sets of tables to provide a cross system central and consistent view for reporting and analyzing data for an organization having multiple systems with different database schemas. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074054 | VIRTUAL MACHINE CLONING - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems create a parent snapshot of the parent virtual disk in response to receiving a request to clone a parent virtual machine. A clone virtual machine is created with a clone redo log file and clone virtual disk. Copying of the parent virtual disk to the clone virtual disk is initiated. A first active link from the clone redo log file to the parent snapshot is created to provide the clone virtual machine access to the parent snapshot. In response to determining that the copying of the parent virtual disk to the clone virtual disk is complete, the first active link is removed and a second active link is created from the clone redo log file to the clone virtual disk or to a snapshot of the clone virtual disk. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074055 | Auto-Snapshot Manager Analysis Tool - The invention pertains to a method and information handling system (IHS) for analyzing snapshot operation data of one or more snapshot operations associated with at least one storage device and at least one host computer. An embodiment of a method of the present invention begins by locating the snapshot operation data. Next, configuration information is assembled from the snapshot operation data. Further, debug data associated with the one or more snapshot operations is stored. An analysis is performed including the snapshot operation data, the configuration information, and the stored debug data. Next, the method identifies one or more issues and one or more action plans for resolution based upon the analysis. Finally, the method provides a report to one or more users including the configuration information, the one or more identified issues, and the one or more action plans. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074056 | EXTENSIBLE CUSTOMIZATION MIGRATION VIA PLUGGABLE INTERFACE - A pluggable migration framework can interface with a plurality of repositories that store metadata related to one or more applications. A user can customize the applications to suit the user's business requirements. The user can develop and test the customized applications in a source environment, and the customized features can be stored as metadata in one or more of the plurality of repositories. When the customized application is ready to be used by others, it can be migrated to a target environment. The pluggable migration framework can include an orchestrator that enables the user to export metadata from the plurality of repositories in the source environment, and import the metadata to a plurality of repositories in the target environment, without requiring the user to re-implement the custom features. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074057 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE PRESERVATION OF MATERIALS RELATED TO DISCOVERY - A method and system for selective preservation of materials related to discovery is described herein. The method includes the step of receiving at a computing device a preservation notification based on a litigation event against an enterprise that warrants preservation of related documents. In response to the receipt of the preservation notification, the computing device can be placed in a preservation mode. As part of the preservation mode, materials from at least enterprise materials on the computing device that are to be preserved for discovery can be identified. In addition, the computing device may be a personal computing device of an associate of the enterprise. The method can also include the step of automatically creating back-up copies of the identified materials to comply with preservation requirements related to the litigation event. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074058 | CONTAINER-BASED PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM - A container-based processing method includes: when a container state needs to be backed up, determining that content of a first control group file in at least one control group file of the container is modified; acquiring, a file name of the first control group file corresponding to the first flag bit; searching for, according to a correspondence between the file name of the at least one control group file and a storage location of the at least one control group file, a storage location of the first control group file corresponding to the file name of the first control group file, and extracting modified content of the first control group file from the first control group file stored in the storage location of the first control group file; and backing up the file name of the first control group file and the modified content of the first control group file. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074059 | Undoing an Action in a Media Player - A method for automatically undoing an action in a music player application is provided. A method includes storing a first state in a media application. The first state may include at least one of: a list of one or more media items listed in a first order, and a first time position in a first media item of the one or more media items. An action changing the first state to a second state may be received. Next, a request to undo the action changing the first state to the second state may be received, and the first state may be restored based on the stored first state. The method may also include presenting a list of one or more prior actions and each prior action may change the media application to a corresponding state different from a preceding state. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074060 | FILE MANAGER INTEGRATION WITH VIRTUALIZATION IN AN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH AN ENHANCED STORAGE MANAGER, INCLUDING USER CONTROL AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINES - A storage manager that interoperates with a file manager application that integrates with virtualization substantially enables end-user control and storage management of virtual machines (VMs). The storage manager may manage information management operations relative to virtual machines based on and/or in response to messages and/or instructions received from the file manager application. The storage manager may further report results to the file manager application for presentation to the user. The file manager application, which may operate as a plug-in for a legacy file manager executing on a user's client computing device, may comprise: displaying the VMs associated with the user, including their respective properties; enabling viewing/browsing of information about storage management operations for a VM such as backups and/or archiving, including files associated with the VM and searching and filtering criteria; control features that enable the user to control existing VMs, such as shut down, restart/activate/power-on, suspend, and/or re-configure, and also perform storage management of a VM and/or its associated files, such as create snapshot, back up, archive, restore VM from secondary storage, restore and overwrite VM, restore file(s)/folder(s) to user's client computing device, restore file(s)/folder(s) to a production VM in primary storage, etc.; control features that enable the user to provision additional VMs, such as create a new VM, create a clone VM, configure a VM, etc. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074061 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A data management apparatus is provided. In the data management apparatus, a real-time database stores data collected from a power system; a power system data recording (PSDR) server reads and stores data stored in the real time database and creates policy data and a data file on the basis of the stored data and a PSDR history file storage unit backs up data processed by the PSDR server. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074062 | CAPTURING CHANGE DATA OF DEFERRED UPDATES - The capturing of change data of deferred updates begins with the receipt of an update request call for one or more changes to a database. A processing of the update request call is deferred until a commit point is issued, where call information associated with the update request call is determined, and the call information is stored and associated with the update request call. During a processing of the commit point, data information for the one or more changes to the database is determined. The data information for the one or more changes is combined with the stored call information associated with the update request call. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074063 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING DATA DIVERGENCE AND INCONSISTENCY ACROSS REPLICAS OF DATA WITHIN A SHARED-NOTHING DISTRIBUTED DATABASE - Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting data divergence or inconsistency across replicas of data maintained in replica nodes in a shared-nothing distributed computer database system. The replica nodes communicate with a coordinator node over a computer network. The method includes the steps of: (a) receiving an operation at the coordinator node; (b) transmitting the operation to the replica nodes to be executed by each replica node to generate an operation result and a hash representation of the operation or of the operation result; (c) receiving the operation result and the hash representation generated by each of the replica nodes; and (d) determining whether the operation resulted in data divergence or inconsistency by detecting when the hash representations received from the replica nodes are not all the same. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074064 | DEFRAGMENTATION-LESS DEDUPLICATION - For defragmentation-less deduplication using a processor device, holes are punched in a file in a data deduplication process for avoiding the use of defragmenting by allowing a file system to use the punched holes for reclaiming the free space for adding to a free space pool of the file system. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074065 | Data Access in a Storage Infrastructure - The present invention relates to a method for data access in a storage infrastructure. The storage infrastructure comprises a host system connected to at least a first storage system and a second storage system. The first storage system receives, from the host system, a write request for storing a data chunk, the write request is indicative of a first identifier of the data chunk. The first storage system calculates a hash value of the received data chunk using a hash function. The first storage system determines a first storage location in the first storage system of the data chunk and sends a write message including the hash value, the first identifier and the first storage location to the de-duplication module. The de-duplication module determines whether the hash value exists in the data structure. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074066 | DATABASE OPERATIONS ON A COLUMNAR TABLE DATABASE - A computer system includes at least one processor and at least one memory operably coupled to the at least one processor. The memory includes a memory pool and a database partitioned into multiple fragments. Each of the fragments is allocated a block of memory from the memory pool and the fragments store compressed data in a columnar table format. A database operation is applied in a compressed format to the compressed data in at least one of the fragments. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074067 | MANAGING REUSABLE ARTIFACTS USING PLACEHOLDERS - Arrangements described herein relate to managing reusable artifacts. Responsive to receiving a request to create a placeholder for a reusable artifact representing a reusable unit, the placeholder for an appropriate version of the reusable artifact is created within a container and a first parameter identifying the reusable artifact is assigned to an artifact property of the placeholder. The placeholder further includes a branch property configured to indicate a first null value or a second parameter identifying a branch of the reusable artifact corresponding to a particular variant of the reusable artifact, and a version property configured to indicate a second null value or a third parameter identifying a particular version of the reusable artifact. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074068 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL MAP - A digital map update system includes a digital map update server in communication with each one of a plurality of remote client devices for providing data indicative of a set of one or more digital map incremental updates thereto for use by the client devices in incrementally updating respective existing digital maps of the devices. The system comprises two or more digital map update repositories, each update repository comprising data indicative of a plurality of digital map incremental updates for use in incrementally updating a client device, and each being in respect of a different digital map incremental update profile. In use, the digital map update server provides a set of one or more digital map incremental updates from a given one of the update repositories to a remote client device for use by the device in incrementally updating an existing digital map of the device in accordance with the update profile of the given update repository. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074069 | ADVANCED DATA MODELS CONTAINING DECLARATIVE AND PROGRAMMATIC CONSTRAINTS - A database language is extended to define constraints on a data model (e.g., entity-relationship model) rather than the concrete database. The constraints can be declarative (e.g., constraints that are defined using expressions of the database language) or programmatic (e.g., constraints that are defined as a stored procedure implemented in a domain specific language). By storing the constraints at a higher level than the database level, the constraints can be performed without changing the persistency of the database. Also disclosed are techniques for handling of constraints on partially loaded entities. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONCILING TRANSACTIONAL AND NON-TRANSACTIONAL OPERATIONS IN KEY-VALUE STORES - Techniques are provided for detecting and resolving conflicts between native and transactional applications sharing a common database. As transactions are received at the database system, a timestamp is assigned to both the start and the commit time of a transaction, where the timestamps are synchronized with a logical clock in the database system. When the database system receives a native operation, the database system increments the time in the logical clock and assigns that updated time to the native operation. When the transaction is ready to commit, database system may determine conflicts between native and transactional operations. If the database system determines that a native operation conflicts with a transactional operation, database system will abort the transaction. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074071 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING TRANSACTIONAL UPDATES IN A KEY-VALUE STORE - A method and system for performing a transactional update of a plurality of values in a key-value store that includes a first writer starting a transaction, a second writer joining the transaction, the first writer and the second writer writing changes to the plurality of values in a temporary transaction area in a storage area, and after the first writer and the second writer complete writing the changes, moving the plurality of values from the temporary transaction area to a global area in the key-value store. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSUMING CONTENT VIA SNIPPETS - A method for consuming content via snippets is provided. In one embodiment, a search query for searching an attribute within a document is received by an electronic device. In another embodiment, a search query for searching an attribute in a number of documents is received by an electronic device. A number of search results matching the attribute are displayed in a number of snippets. An input to access the document from within a first snippet is received. Access is provided to the document from within the first snippet while displaying at least one snippet other than the first snippet. The size of the snippets may vary based on number of results included in each snippet. A system for substantially performing the method as described herein is also provided. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074073 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR EVENT-IDENTIFIED CONTENT EXCHANGE AND MANAGEMENT - An event-identified content apparatus, system and method. The invention comprises an application including an event creator, wherefrom a user creates a public, social, or private event associated with the user's account, a content associator, wherein content is associated with the created event, a plurality of channels, wherein the associated content is accessible to at least one other user based at least one permissions associated with a one of the plurality of channels with which the event is associated, and a search engine, whereby is provided a keyword search for the associated content by the at least one other user. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074074 | FACETED SEARCHING OF RESOURCES VIA A WEB APPLICATION - A computer implemented method for searching resources via an application in a user interface framework that initiates a first search request via a search engine interface and receives a search result and associated resource types in response to the first search request. The method further maps the associated resource types to at least one user interface control class of a plurality of user interface control classes resulting in at least one selected class group and dynamically maps the at least one selected class group to a corresponding instance of user interface controls. The method further renders the search result and the corresponding instance into a faceted user interface, receives an input via the corresponding instance rendered into the faceted user interface, filters the search result based on the input to generate a filtered search result, and renders the filtered search result into the faceted search interface. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074075 | Symbol Matrix Engine - A data visualization system comprising a database, a display system, and a processing system. The database contains a plurality of data fields each containing a plurality of data values. The processing system is in communication with the database system and the display system. The processing system generates display data for at least one displayed data fields of the plurality of data fields. The display data determines visual attributes for each displayed data field based on the data values of the data associated with each displayed data field. The processing system controls the display system to display the display data. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074076 | SEARCH METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - The present disclosure describes a search method, a search apparatus and a search system. The method includes: a data rewriting system that obtains, from a database, one or more search term candidates that are relevant to a present search term. The data rewriting system retrieves properties of the present search term and the one or more search term candidates, where the properties describe respective matching results of the present search term and the one or more search term candidates. Based on the matching results, the data rewriting system determines whether or not the present search term needs to be rewritten, and rewrites the present search term based on the matching results to provide a rewritten present search term if it is determined that the present search term needs to be rewritten. A search engine performs a search based on the rewritten present search term. The disclosed method, apparatus and system avoid the approach of conducting a search based on fixed rules after the present search term is rewritten, thus reducing the probability of having ambiguity in the search process and improving the degree of search accuracy. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074077 | SEARCH PREDICTION USING CONTEXT MODELING - A search engine tracks search queries from a user received at the search engine to generate a search query history. A prediction engine compares the search query history from the user with search query histories from other users on the search engine. A predicted search query for the user that the user is predicted to use to perform a next search in relation to other possible searches is generated in view of the comparison. Search query histories of the other users with greater similarities to the search query history of the user have a greater computation weight in generating the predicted search query than the search query histories of the other users with fewer similarities to the search query history of the user. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074078 | PROVIDING ENHANCED CONNECTION DATA FOR SHARED RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed to establishing a metadata repository that aggregates metadata for a plurality of data sources, inferring data source metadata at a metadata repository and to providing recommendations to data managers based on aggregated inputs. In one scenario, a computer system establishes a reference to one or more data sources, where each data source includes data elements. The computer system receives a data request for specified data elements stored on the data sources and accesses the established references to determine which data source the specified data elements are stored on. The computer system then retrieves at least one of the specified data elements from its determined data source and sends the retrieved data elements to a specified computer system, along with an indication of additional data elements that are relevant to the received data request, and a further indication of how those additional data elements are to be accessed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074079 | Longest Prefix Match Using Binary Search Tree - Longest Prefix Match (LPM) is implemented using a binary tree based search algorithm. Masked entries are stored in a plurality of binary search engines, wherein each of the binary search engines stores masked entries of a corresponding mask length. A search value is applied to each of the binary search engines in parallel. The search value is masked within each of the binary search engines, thereby creating a plurality of masked search values, each having a masked length equal to the mask length of the corresponding binary search engine. Each of the masked search values is compared with the masked entries of the corresponding binary search engine. An LPM result is selected from the binary search engine that detects a match, and has the longest corresponding mask length. Alternately, each binary search engine stores masked entries of N mask lengths, and N consecutive comparisons are performed to identify the LPM. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING CAPACITY OF SEARCH INDEX PARTITIONS - A search system can maintain a search index of metadata and text for objects in a repository, repositories or distributed across a network. The search index can be divided into partitions with a partition assigned a first capacity utilization threshold and a second capacity utilization threshold. If the capacity utilization of the partition is below the first threshold, the system can add, update and delete information in the partition. If the capacity utilization of the partition is above the first threshold, the system can update and delete information in the partition, but cannot add information for new objects to the partition. If the capacity utilization of the partition is above the second threshold, the system can enter a rebalancing mode in which it seeks to rebalance capacity utilization between partitions. The behavior of the system can change depending upon the size of a partition relative to its configurable thresholds. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074081 | ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL EXTENSIONS USING ANNOTATIONS - Embodiments extend the relational model and language of standard SQL, to recognize features of higher level entity-relationship models (ERMs). Annotation language is implemented in the data design language (DDL) to incorporate tables and entities Using DDL, annotations are typed structures of metadata. Annotations may be used for types, entities and elements. In the query language (QL), annotations may be added to the standard QL. A reflection program may use the metadata of the annotation language for reflection on the tables or entities. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074082 | Hybrid Database Table Stored as Both Row and Column Store - A hybrid database table is stored as both a row and a column store. One or more techniques may be employed alone or in combination to enhance performance of the hybrid table by regulating access to, and/or the size of, the processing-intensive column store data. For example during an insert operation, the column store data may be searched for a uniqueness violation only after certain filtering and/or boundary conditions have been considered. In another technique, a hybrid table manager may control movement of data to the column store based upon considerations such as frequency of access, or underlying business logic. In still another technique, querying of the hybrid table may result in a search of the column store data only after an initial search of row store data fails to return a result. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074083 | SQL ENHANCEMENTS SIMPLIFYING DATABASE QUERYING - Disclosed are techniques employed alone or in combination, to further enhance a database language and improve conciseness and comprehensiveness of query statements in application code. Embodiments may build upon an initial extension of database language to accommodate concepts of entity-relationship models (ERMs). That initial extension may include entities with structured types, and named associations. One technique modifies SQL to allow the SELECT command to specify element path expressions based upon a relationship (e.g. named associations between ERM elements). Another technique modifies SQL to introduce filter expressions suffixed to associations within path expressions, thus improving adherence to the principle of locality within query statements. Yet another technique allows a shorthand to “factor out” association path prefixes, thereby avoiding lengthy lists of path expressions in order to read several elements from the same nested structure or a same target entity behind a single association. Other techniques simplifying database querying are also disclosed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074084 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING QUERY PROCESSING IN A KEY-VALUE STORE - A method and system for processing a query on a key-value store, including receiving a query, determining a data path in a cube based on dimensions of the received query, traversing the data path using a data path iterator from a root to blocks in the key-value store, allocating a query slice, determining rows and columns in the query slice using the data path, reading the blocks traversed by the data path iterator from a storage area, merging each of the blocks into a result cell of the query slice, and outputting the query slice. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074085 | ASSOCIATIVE SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A computer system including a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a search component executable by the at least one processor is provided. The search component is configured to receive information descriptive of at least one search term; execute a first query against a plurality of documents that identifies at least one first document of the plurality of documents responsive to the at least one search term; identify one or more secondary terms associated with the at least one first document based on occurrence of the one or more secondary terms within the at least one first document; and provide a search result including at least one of the one or more secondary terms and one or more identifiers of one or more documents including the one or more secondary terms. The search result may also include one or more identifiers of bookmarked documents. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074086 | HEAT MAP OF SUGGESTED SEARCH QUERIES - A search query portion is received. A plurality of suggested search queries is identified based on the search query portion. Feature values are determined for each of the plurality of suggested search queries based on a feature display preference. A heat map of the suggested search queries is transmitted to a client computer system. The heat map contains a plurality of blocks visually representing the plurality of suggested search queries and the determined feature values. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074087 | System and Method for Retrieving Internet Pages Using Page Partitions - A system for and method for providing pages, more specifically a system includes a server configured to receive a query and an engine that is able to retrieve a set of pages by first retrieving a partition that contains them. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074088 | SHAPE-BASED SEARCH OF A COLLECTION OF CONTENT - Shape-based search of a collection of content associated with one or more images of inventory items (“inventory images”) is enabled at least in part by associating the collection of content and/or its associated inventory images with representative refinement shapes. Inventory items may be grouped into categories and at least one refinement shape may be created for each of the categories. A refinement-shape hierarchy may be created by arranging the refinement shapes into parent and child refinement shapes. Inventory images may be associated to at least one of the refinement shapes of the refinement-shape hierarchy based at least in part on similarities between the refinement shapes and shapes of the inventory items reflected in the inventory images. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074089 | User Interface Features to Manage a Large Number of Files and Their Application to Management of a Large Number of Test Scripts - Improved user interface features to manage a large number of files and their application to management of a large number of test scripts. Various features related to selection of files of interest, locating files matching (or not containing) search strings potentially of several lines, highlighting the occurrences of desired strings in the content of a file, finding and replacing strings of interest potentially of several lines, are disclosed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074090 | Historical Media Recommendation Service - A media recommendation system for recommending media content that is historically related to seed media content is provided. The recommended media content may be songs, television programs, movies, or a combination thereof, and the seed media content may be a song, television program, or movie. In an embodiment, the system receives information identifying a seed media content, obtains historical information for the seed media content, determines a time window for the seed media content based on the historical information, queries a media content database based on the time window to identify historically related songs associated with media content historically related to the seed media content, and receive a list comprising information identifying the historically related songs. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074091 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MAP SEARCH - Particular embodiments include a method comprising accessing location data representing a first location of a first user wherein the first location corresponds to geographic coordinates, retrieving image data defining a graphical map from a remote server based on the first location accessing a search query inputted by the first user, retrieving one or more second locations in response to the search query, where the one or more second locations correspond to geographic coordinates, and displaying a first view comprising a list of the one or more second locations overlaying at least a portion of the graphical map, wherein the graphical map includes indicators for the first location and at least one of the one or more second locations in accordance with their respective geographic coordinates. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074092 | Method of Ranking Place Names, System of Ranking Place Names, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Thereof - A method of ranking place names is disclosed. The method of ranking place names includes providing a plurality of place names, getting a plurality of searching result amounts of place names based on these place names, determining a relative degree between every two place names based on the searching result amounts of the place names, determining a starting place name of the place name ranking based on the relative degree between every two place names, calculating the intersection degree between these place names, and determining the ranking of these place names based on the searching result amounts of the place names, the relative degree between every two place names, the intersection degree between these place names, and the starting place name. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074093 | SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES CONTENT - There is provided a system that provides, in response to a search request including spectrum data obtained from a sensor, content associated with context information that is estimated from the spectrum data. The system includes a database including a plurality of context information and a plurality of stocked spectrum data that have been ranked for each of the plurality of context information, a comparison unit that calculates a score for the stocked spectrum data with respect to the obtained spectrum data, and an output unit that outputs content associated with the context information selected in descending order of the score and rank. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074094 | COMPARISON DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COMPARING TEST PATTERN FILES OF A WAFER TESTER - A comparison device for comparing test pattern files of a wafer tester includes a storage unit and a processing unit. The comparison device stores a first to-be-compared file and a second to-be-compared file into the storage unit. The processing unit reads the first to-be-compared file and the second to-be-compared file from the storage unit to process and executes comparison operation, so as to generate a comparison result. The comparison operation compares the words in a first section of the first to-be-compared file with the words in a second section of the second to-be-compared file in a one-to-one manner, wherein, if the first section ending point is not the end of the first to-be-compared file or the second section ending point is not the end of the second to-be-compared file, the processing unit resets the first section and the second section, and executes comparison operation again. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074095 | Analyzing and Answering Questions - A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a computer system, a question; identifying one or more first semantic elements in the question; selecting, from one or more electronic documents, a plurality of candidate responses to the question based on comparison of the one or more first semantic elements to second semantic elements; determining completeness scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the completeness scores indicates how completely a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses answers the question; determining relevance scores for the plurality of candidate responses, wherein each of the relevance scores indicates how relevant a corresponding candidate response from the plurality of candidate responses is to the question; and providing, by the computer system, at least a portion of the plurality of candidate responses based, at least in part, on the completeness scores and the relevance scores. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074096 | INTERFACES FOR ACCESSING AND MANAGING ENHANCED CONNECTION DATA FOR SHARED RESOURCES - Embodiments are directed to providing access to supplemental query data that is relevant to a data query. In one scenario, a computer system receives an input indicating that a data query is to be processed, where the input provides various search criteria. The computer system then generates the data query according to the search criteria in the received input. The computer system further sends the data query to a second computer system which is configured to process the data query and receives the results of the data query. The results indicate that additional data elements relevant to the search criteria have been identified. The computer system then displays an indication of various steps that are to be taken in order to access the identified additional data elements. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074097 | USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM - A user interface for searching records in a database is provided. Each record may contain information regarding one or more categories. The user interface may receive search criteria of one or more categories and provide search results comprising exact and/or inexact matching records. An inexact matching record may have a relevance value representing the relevance of the record to the search query, and inexact matching records may be displayed in an ordering based on the relevance values. The user interface may provide slider tools for receiving changes in a weight value or search criterion of an associated category. A new ordering of the inexact matching records may be displayed in real-time based on newly received weight values or search criterion. The user interface may also provide a mapping tool, a search-result selection function, and/or one or more drill down tools. The user interface may provide any tool or function alone or in any combination. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074098 | SUBSNIPPET HANDLING IN SEARCH RESULTS - Architecture that enables an optional display of a longer version of each subsnippet in response to user interactions such as clicking, hovering, or other suitable form of interaction. More specifically, options are provided to display additional text from a search result at the point where a subsnippet (a subsegment in a snippet that is delimited by ellipses) ends. Selecting suitable boundaries for both initial subsnippets and expanded subsnippets enables relevant information to be presented and increased readability. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074099 | ON-THE-FLY PATTERN RECOGNITION WITH CONFIGURABLE BOUNDS - Some embodiments of on-the-fly pattern recognition with configurable bounds have been presented. In one embodiment, a pattern matching engine is configured based on user input, which may include values of one or more user configurable bounds on searching. Then the configured pattern matching engine is used to search for a set of features in an incoming string. A set of scores is updated based on the presence of any of the features in the string while searching for the features. Each score may indicate a likelihood of the content of the string being in a category. The search is terminated if the end of the string is reached or if the user configurable bounds are met. After terminating the search, the scores are output. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING ADDRESS BOOK, AND SERVER - The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for obtaining an address book, and a server. The method includes: performing matching in the address book according to a name to be searched for and entered by a user, to obtain to-be-sorted names; and obtaining a sorting attribute of the to-be-sorted names, sorting the to-be-sorted names according to the sorting attribute, and generating a name list, where the sorting attribute includes a department attribute or a department contact frequency. According to the method and apparatus for obtaining an address book, and the server in embodiments of the present invention, names that match a name to be searched for are sorted according to a sorting attribute, so that a user can find a desired name quickly and obtain corresponding contact information or other information, which saves the user's search time and improves user experience. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074101 | SMART SEARCH REFINEMENT - An initial search request can be received. At least a portion of a set of initial search results can be presented in response to receiving the initial search request. The initial search results can include representations of searchable items that are responsive to the initial search request, where each of the searchable items can be a computer-readable data structure. A search refinement indicator can also be presented with the initial search results. User input can be received selecting the refinement indicator. In response, at least a portion of a set of refined search results can be presented. The refined search results can be a subset of the initial search results representing searchable items that meet requirements including a set of pre-defined smart refinement requirements of the refinement indicator. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074102 | GENERATION OF REFINEMENT TERMS FOR SEARCH QUERIES - A computer-implemented method is provided, which includes receiving from a user a first search query consisting of one or more first query terms, and receiving from the user an indication of a desired level of personalization of refinement options for the search query. Responsively to the search query, a set of one or more refinement terms is generated at least in part responsively to the indication. The set of refinement terms is presented to the user. Responsively to a selection of at least one of the refinement terms by the user, the selected at least one refinement term is added to the first search query to generate a second search query. Search results are presented to the user responsively to the second search query. Other embodiments are also described. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074103 | METADATA-DRIVEN AUDIT REPORTING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMICALLY CREATED DISPLAY NAMES - A system is provided that reports audit data. The system retrieves audit data that is stored in database tables, where the audit data includes a history of modifications to data, and where the audit data includes data values. The system further retrieves a display name that is stored in a lookup table, where the display name is associated with a data value of the data values within the lookup table. The system further displays the audit data within a user interface, where the display name is displayed within the user interface. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074104 | METHOD, SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING NONDETERMINISM OF NONDETERMINISTIC FINITE AUTOMATA - A method for selectively eliminating nondeterministic elements of NFA is disclosed. The method includes steps of: (a) determining a specific state calculated to have a highest arrival probability through a transition from a current state among all states in the NFA as a current highest probability state; (b) determining whether there exists at least one common transition between a first set of transitions including at least one transition moving the current highest probability state to a state i and a second set of transitions including at least one transition moving the current highest probability state to a state j in the NFA; and (c) excluding the at least one common transition between the first and the second sets of transitions and creating a state k which is arrived as a result of moving from the current highest probability state through the at least one common transition. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074105 | MOBILE APPLICATION DATA STORAGE ALLOCATION - In a method for allocating and storing application data for applications of mobile devices, one or more processors receive one or more portions of application data of an application selected by a user of a mobile computing device. The one or more processors determine where to store each of the one or more portions of application data based on predefined instructions. The one or more processors cause each of the one or more portions of application data to be stored based on the determination. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074106 | PROVIDING APPLICATION PROGRAM AND USER RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides example methods and devices of recommending application program and user recommendation information. Information of a use sequence of application programs used by a user at a terminal is determined. A correlation relationship of the application programs is determined according to the information of the use sequence. The correlation relationship of the application programs is uploaded to a server so that the server integrates the correlation relationship uploaded by each terminal to determine at least one third application program which is correlated with the first application program and sends recommendation information of correlated application program. Alternatively, at least one another user that is similar to the user is determined and recommendation information of similar user is provided. The present techniques improve an effectiveness of providing recommendation information. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074107 | Storing and serving images in memory boxes - Images and related data are served from an image server to a client device. A unique identifier and associated parameters for each image are converted into a binary string. Responsive to a request for images, a timestamp is set, and images are served with the respective binary strings. Updates are recorded by the image server with a respective time of each update. When the image server receives the next request for images, all the updates since the previously set timestamp are served, and a new timestamp is set. Other embodiments provide methods of laying out images based on time in a plurality of rows for display within a user interface. The next image in order by time is found by reference to the timestamps associated with each image. Then, the shortest row of the plurality of rows is determined, and the image is placed in the shortest row. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074108 | ENDING TUPLE PROCESSING IN A STREAM-BASED COMPUTING APPLICATION - A method includes receiving streaming data to be processed by a plurality of processing elements comprising one or more stream operators. Time metadata may be added to a parent tuple at a first stream operator. A first time metric may be determined for a first child tuple of the parent tuple at a second stream operator. The first time metric may be determined, at least in part, from the time metadata. The second stream operator may receive the first child tuple from the first stream operator. The method may include transmitting a second child tuple of the parent tuple from the second stream operator to a third stream operator if the time metric is inside a time limit. In addition, the method may include ending processing of the first child tuple if the time metric is outside of the time limit. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074109 | CREATION AND USE OF CLOSELY-MATCHED GROUPS TO AID IN INITIATING AND SUSTAINING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE - A method and system for sharing data between a plurality of users in an online group on a communications system includes receiving data from a plurality of users. The data includes personal characteristics about the users. The personal characteristics are analyzed to determine groups of personal characteristics. The users are clustered into closely matched groups based on the groups of personal characteristics. A plurality of activity information is generated about the users in each of the closely matched groups. The activity information may include a physical activity, a location, and a time of day. User may be allowed access to the activity information about other users in each of the closely matched groups, respectively. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074110 | PLATFORM SYSTEM FOR OBJECT TAGGING AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a platform system for object tagging and a method thereof. According to the platform system for object tagging of the present invention, since a user can add information in person, which he/she has about an individual object in contents provided by a website, into the contents of the website, as tag information, it is possible to enable an individual user to accurately, freely, and conveniently express information about an object in contents and to enable a plurality of users to actively create information and share more information by providing more users with information. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074111 | INFORMATION INTEGRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATION SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD, LOCAL APPARATUS AND SERVER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information integration control system includes a collector, a storage module and a generator. The collector collects infrastructure information concerning a social infrastructure, user information about a user who uses the social infrastructure, and management information of a manager who manages the social infrastructure and the user. The storage module stores the infrastructure information, the user information, and the management information which are collected. The generator generates control information for the social infrastructure based on the infrastructure information, the user information, and the management information which are stored in the storage module. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074112 | Multimedia Question Answering System and Method - An embodiment provides a multimedia question answering system and method. The system includes a question input unit, configured to receive a text question input by a user, a parsing unit, configured to acquire feature information and a semantic category of the text question, a category determining unit, configured to determine whether the semantic category exists in a preset multimedia database. The system further includes a similarity acquiring unit, configured to, when a determination result is yes, match the feature information with all text features corresponding to the semantic category in the database, so as to acquire a similarity between each text feature and the feature information. The system also includes a multimedia answer output unit, configured to acquire a corresponding text feature when the similarity is greater than a preset threshold, and output multimedia answer information corresponding to the text feature and prestored in the multimedia database. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074113 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - A first database file stores scene list data includes caption data of captions and time data indicative of time to display the captions. A second database file stores keywords. The keywords indicate character strings of the caption data of a program currently being viewed. When an order to display the keywords is input, a keyword list generator reads a plurality of keywords from the second database file and generates a keyword list for display. When an optional keyword is selected, the scene list generator generates scene selection items. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074114 | TAG MANAGEMENT DEVICE, TAG MANAGEMENT METHOD, TAG MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING SAID PROGRAM - A tag management device includes an acquisition unit, an evaluation unit and an output unit. The acquisition unit acquires a category of a target item. The evaluation unit extracts use information corresponding to the category of the target item from a storage unit that stores use information indicating use of a tag already assigned to an item, and evaluates a tag assignable to the target item based on the use information. The output unit outputs an evaluation result by the evaluation unit to a terminal of an offerer of the target item. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074115 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE OF DATA - A file generation system for storage of structured data onto a distributed database includes an intermediate data generation module to generate a set of intermediate key-value pairs for each of one or more records in at least one subset of the structured data. A key-value pair includes a key and a value corresponding to the key, where the key is a unique identifier of the value. A file generation system further includes an intermediate data sorting module to sort the set of intermediate key-value pairs to generate a plurality of output files. Each of the plurality of output files includes at least one key-value pair. Further, the file generation system includes a file storing module to store the plurality of output files in the distributed database, where the plurality of output files are representative of the structured data. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074116 | INDEXING ATTACHABLE APPLICATIONS FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS - Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for indexing attachable applications for computing systems. In one example, a method of attaching an application to a computing system includes identifying an application attach triggering event for the computing system. The method further includes, identifying a storage location for the application based on the application attach triggering event and an application index, and attaching at least one storage volume to the computing system corresponding to the storage location. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074117 | SEMANTIC DISCOVERY AND MAPPING BETWEEN DATA SOURCES - An apparatus and method are described for the discovery of semantics, relationships and mappings between data in different software applications, databases, files, reports, messages, or systems. In one aspect, semantics and relationships and mappings are identified between a first and a second data source. A binding condition is discovered between portions of data in the first and the second data source. The binding condition is used to discover correlations between portions of data in the first and the second data source. The binding condition and the correlations are used to discover a transformation function between portions of data in the first and the second data source. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074118 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR MANAGING AND INCENTIVIZING DATA ENTRY - Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for managing and incentivizing data entry are described. A data management system may include a plurality of user profiles associated with system users capable of entering data entry records into the data management system. The data entry records may be scored to indicate a correlation between the data entry record and at least one data entry goal, such as timeliness, completeness and/or accuracy. The scores may be used to encourage, motivate or otherwise incentivize system users to enter data entry records that conform to the goals of the data management system. The scores may be ranked and made accessible by system users, for example, so that each user may be compared among his peers. In addition, the scores may be used as part of a reward/penalty system administered, for example, by an operator of the data management system. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074119 | Name Variant Extraction from Individual Handle Identifiers - A method and apparatus for name variant extraction from individual handle identifiers uses a sequential extraction process to construct contextual information. Last name data, first/middle name data, initials, nicknames, and vanity names, along with numerical information indicating dates, may all be captured in extracting information about an individual associated with a particular handle. When multiple possible interpretations result from the analysis, those interpretations are ranked using optimality rules. The resulting data may be used to look up additional information in a consumer database in order to structure a targeted marketing message to the individual associated with the handle. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074120 | Interactive Expert System for Recommending Chemicals and Method - An interactive expert system and method is disclosed for providing ranked specific chemical product recommendations based upon general application properties information selected by a user and specific application requirements provided by a user. The interactive expert system and method assists users in the selection of chemical products based upon required, optional, or excluded chemical product characteristics and application requirements for the desired chemical product that are provided by the users. The interactive expert system and method preferably uses a ranking system that intelligently ranks the results of searching based upon the desired chemical product characteristics and the specific application requirements to order the search results. It optionally is capable of provide the user with one or more similar chemicals for any selected one of the recommended chemicals. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074121 | SEMANTICS GRAPHS FOR ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Building a semantics graph for an enterprise communication network can include calculating a distance metric between a first signifier and a second signifier associated with an enterprise communication network, wherein the distance metric includes a plurality of relationships defined based on a frequency of co-occurrences of the first signifier and the second signifier, and building a semantics graph for the enterprise communication network using the calculated distance metric. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074122 | SOCIAL RECOMMENDATION ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - At least one computer processor obtains access to a relationship network and a network of a different kind than the relationship network. The at least one computer processor also obtains a user query and carries out a multiple heterogeneous networks search on the relationship network and the network of the different kind than the relationship network, by executing on the at least one computer processor a multiple heterogeneous network search module, to obtain a ranked output list responsive to the user query. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074123 | VIDEO REMIXING SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for selecting content for a media remix, comprising: obtaining information about a base media content to be used as a basis for the media remix in a media remix service; retrieving one or more supplementary media content from one or more network domains or multimedia content databases on the basis of said information, said supplementary media content being at least partly similar and/or relevant to the base media content; and generating a media remix on the basis of said base media content and said one or more supplementary media content. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074124 | AUTOMATED DISCOVERY USING TEXTUAL ANALYSIS - An example method includes receiving text from a plurality of documents, segmenting text received text of the plurality of documents, calculating a frequency statistic for each segment of each document, determining segments of potential interest of each document based on calculated frequency statistic, calculating distances between each document of the plurality of documents based on a text metric, and storing segments of potential interest of each document and the distances in a search database. The method may further include receiving a search query and performing a search of information contained in the search database, partitioning documents of search results using the distances, for each partition, determining labels of segments of potential interest for documents of that particular partition, the labels being determined based on a plurality of frequency statistics, and providing determined labels of segments of potential interest for documents of each partition. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074125 | MANAGING CONTENT AVAILABLE FOR CONTENT PREDICTION - A computer identifies at least one common content element used by each of at least two users from at least one communication by each of the at least two users. Responsive to one of the at least two users constructing content for a potential communication to the other of the at least two users, the computer accesses the at least one common content element for use by at least one content prediction service enabled for presenting one or more possible content elements comprising the at least one common content element for user selection during construction of the content for the potential communication. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074126 | SELECTIVELY FILTERING APPLICATIONS FROM AN APPLICATION VOLUME - Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for attaching an application to a computing system. In one example, a method of attaching at least one application to the computing system includes identifying an application attach triggering event, and identifying at least one application based on the application attach triggering event. The method further includes attaching an application volume to the computing system that contains the at least one application, and filtering one or more applications from the application volume that are not the at least one application | 2015-03-12 |
20150074127 | Creating Visualizations from Data in Electronic Documents - Creating visualizations from human readable data in electronic documents is provided. One or more facts may be parsed from an electronic document by a computing device. The one or more facts may consist of a human readable sentence. A search may then be performed for an icon based on the one or more facts. The computing device may then generate a data visualization, such as an infographic, which includes the one or more facts and the icon. The generated data visualization may then be displayed in the electronic document. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074128 | FLEXIBLE METADATA COMPOSITION - Various embodiments provide an ability to abstract type resolution between multiple type systems. At least one type can be described in one or more programmatically accessible file(s). In some embodiments, an application using a different type system can programmatically access and resolve a type of the at least one type system without knowledge of a location of where a description of the type resides. Alternately or additionally, type descriptions contained in the one or more programmatically accessible file(s) can be analyzed and restructured into one or more new programmatically accessible file(s) based, at least in part, upon the type descriptions. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074129 | AUGMENTING MEDIA PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION AND INDEX FOR METADATA IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A method is provided in one example and includes receiving common format media including timed metadata associated with a timed metadata event. The method further includes extracting timed metadata information from the timed metadata, and generating a manifest corresponding to the common format media including the timed metadata information. The timed metadata information includes an indicator of a start time and an indicator of a duration of the timed metadata event. The method further includes generating a common format asset including the manifest. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING DATA DIMENSIONALITY - A method of reducing a dimensionality of a dataset is disclosed. The method comprises: calculating an interpolation matrix based on a Laplacian eigenbasis matrix of a sparse representation of the dataset; applying multidimensional scaling (MDS) to a transformation matrix of the interpolation matrix, thereby providing a reduced dataset; and storing the reduced dataset is a computer readable medium. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074131 | LEVERAGING SOCIAL TRENDS TO IDENTIFY RELEVANT CONTENT - Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the leveraging of social trends to identify relevant content. According to various embodiments, social media information may be used to identify a trending topic that is a recent topic of frequent discussion on a social network. Keywords associated with the trending topic may be used to identify media content related to the trending topic. In particular embodiments, trending topics or related content may be selected based on geographic location or an individual user's social network. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074132 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INMATE SEARCHING - A method, computer system, and computer readable medium for processing and accessing prison inmate data, including extracting from a plurality of sources, using a computer, attributes information about individuals that have a criminal case; storing and organizing the extracted attributes information in a database; matching, using a computer, the extracted attributes information with attributes data on a plurality of government websites; determining whether an individual is currently in prison based on the matching; providing a real-time location of the individual based on the determining; and tracking the real-time location of the individual currently in prison for a duration of a prison term of the individual. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A UNIFIED DATABASE FROM DATA SETS - A method for generating a unified database includes receiving a structured set of data, where each set is made up of records having fields, aggregating values within a first field of the records, automatically applying a set of rules to the first field values to determine correlations among the first field values, calculating a confidence level regarding a label for the first field, providing the label to the first field, storing the first field values in the first field in the unified database, and receiving more information to increase the confidence level. A system for generating a clinical database and a method for using the database are also described. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074134 | BOOLEAN TERM CONVERSION FOR NULL-TOLERANT DISJUNCTIVE PREDICATES - System, method, and computer program product to modify a received query, the received query including a first predicate specifying a comparison operator and a second predicate specifying an IS NULL operator, by replacing the comparison operator of the first predicate with an extended comparison operator, and removing the IS NULL operator from the received query, the extended comparison operator configured to support searching of NULL values in a database management system (DBMS), wherein the extended comparison operator is configured to return rows having column data matching a value predefined to represent NULL values. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074135 | BOOLEAN TERM CONVERSION FOR NULL-TOLERANT DISJUNCTIVE PREDICATES - System, method, and computer program product to modify a received query, the received query including a first predicate specifying a comparison operator and a second predicate specifying an IS NULL operator, by replacing the comparison operator of the first predicate with an extended comparison operator, and removing the IS NULL operator from the received query, the extended comparison operator configured to support searching of NULL values in a database management system (DBMS), wherein the extended comparison operator is configured to return rows having column data matching a value predefined to represent NULL values. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074136 | CORE DATA SERVICES EXTENSIBILITY FOR ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODELS - Embodiments extend the relational model and query language to recognize features of tables and higher level entity-relationship models (ERMs). Extension language is implemented in the data design language (DDL) to incorporate tables, entities (and views) having custom-defined/semantic structure, rather than being limited to primitive types (e.g. flat tables as in standard SQL). The extension language includes an indication that a query is to include all active elements for each table extension or entity extension that is active. The extension language can be chained to extend a table or entity that has been extended. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074137 | HEAT MAP OF SUGGESTED SEARCH QUERIES - A search query portion is received. A plurality of suggested search queries is identified based on the search query portion. Feature values are determined for each of the plurality of suggested search queries based on a feature display preference. A heat map of the suggested search queries is transmitted to a client computer system. The heat map contains a plurality of blocks visually representing the plurality of suggested search queries and the determined feature values. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074138 | SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING VERTICAL SERVICE CONNECTION - A search system for providing a vertical service connection includes a search word completing unit configured to determine, upon receiving a search word from a user terminal, at least one auto-complete search word corresponding to a currently input search word; a search word matching unit configured to match the at least one auto-complete search word with a vertical service; a display unit configured to cause the display of the at least one auto-complete search word and a vertical service icon; and a vertical service searching unit configured to provide, upon receiving a selection signal indicating selection of the vertical service icon, results of searching content included in the matched vertical service for the at least one auto-complete search word. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074139 | Database Language Extended to Accommodate Entity-Relationship Models - Embodiments extend the relational model and language of standard SQL, to recognize features of higher level entity-relationship models (ERMs). SQL extensions implemented in the data design language (DDL) incorporate Entities (and Views) having custom-defined/semantic structure, rather than being limited to primitive types (e.g. flat tables as in standard SQL). Entities are defined similar to structured types with an underlying persistency, but with a uniquely identifying leading key. In DDL, these entities are combined with associations in the data model. The associations of the extended SQL reflect relationships between entities in the ERM. Associations are specified by adding an element to a source entity, with an association type pointing to a target entity. This may be complemented by providing optional information (e.g., cardinality, keys, filter conditions), up to a complete JOIN condition. In the query language (QL), JOINs may be replaced by the use of simple path expressions. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074140 | SQL EXTENDED WITH TRANSIENT FIELDS FOR CALCULATION EXPRESSIONS IN ENHANCED DATA MODELS - A database language (e.g. SQL) is extended to define a transient field whose value is derived from data stored in a database. The value of the transient field is calculated by the database engine for consumption as needed by the application layer, for example as part of a particular data model. The value of the transient field may not be materialized as a persistent field in the underlying database table, or may be selectively materialized based upon a heuristic or hint. Certain embodiments may implement the transient field as a basic elaboration on standard SQL utilizing an identifier. Some embodiments may implement the transient field as an entity where SQL has been extended to accommodate concepts of a higher-level Entity Relationship Model (ERM). The use of constants and/or floating values (e.g. a current time) in connection with transient fields, is also disclosed. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074141 | MACRO PROGRAMMING FOR RESOURCES - A system and a method are disclosed for generating, storing, retrieving, and utilizing a search macro or shortcut link to a resource, such as a web site that provides access to an information database. The system may load a page into an application from the resource. The resource may have a Uniform Resource Identifier, and the page may have a search field that causes the application to generate a message when activated. The system may read the Uniform Resource Identifier insert a placeholder into the search field, and activate the search field, which causes the application to generate a message. The system may read the message and parse the message to isolate a search string containing the placeholder. The system may store the search string in a data structure, and may also store the Uniform Resource Identifier and associate it with the search string in the data structure. The system may further retrieve the search string, replace the placeholder with a search term, and generate a message as a function of the search string and the search term. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074142 | Method and Apparatus for Expanding Storage Space - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for expanding a storage space, and relate to the field of communications technologies. A first terminal sends a first instruction message to a second terminal, where the first instruction message carries an instruction of obtaining information of a storage space of the second terminal; the first terminal receives a first instruction response message sent by the second terminal, where the first instruction response message carries the information of the storage space of the second terminal; the first terminal sets a virtual folder in a storage space of the first terminal, and stores, in the virtual folder, the information of the storage space of the second terminal carried in the first instruction response message. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074143 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM WITH PLUGGABLE QUERY PROCESSING - As part of a query-processing technique, in response to receiving queries for information stored in a distributed storage system and associated query-processing information identifying sets of predefined operations to perform on one or more databases in the distributed storage system, the distributed storage system accesses sets of predefined operations. Then, for the sets of predefined operations on the one or more databases, the distributed storage system uses one or more adaptors for multiple storage subsystems in the distributed storage system and one or more indexes corresponding to collections of information in the one or more databases. Moreover, the distributed storage system executes the sets of predefined operations on the multiple storage subsystems to obtain results for the queries. The sets of predefined operations may be defined by different users, so that the distributed storage system can be adapted to these users' needs. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074144 | Method, Device, and System for Discovering Machine to Machine Service - A method, a device, and a system are provided. The method includes: receiving, by a first device, a second device registration request sent by a second device, where the second device registration request carries description information of the second device; creating, by the first device, a first resource, and storing the description information of the second device; returning a response indicative of a registration success of the second device to the second device, so that the second device sends a machine to machine (M2M) service registration request to the second device; receiving, by the first device, the M2M service registration request, where the M2M service registration request carries description information of an M2M service supported by the second device; creating, by the first device, a second resource corresponding to the first resource, and storing the description information of the M2M service supported by the second device. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074145 | Smart Commenting - A system facilitates the efficient and consistent preparation of comments to documents prepared by others by comparing each such document against phrases and their associated comments stored in one or more local, remote, or removable databases. The system can also facilitate the efficient communication of comments to a given document by organizing such comments in a format suitable for transmission to the intended recipients. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074146 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING DYNAMIC RELATIONS AMONG ENTITIES - Method, system, and programs for detecting dynamic relationship and discovering dynamic events. Data from a first data source is first received. At least one dynamic relation candidate is identified and each dynamic relation candidate involves multiple entities. The at least one dynamic relation candidate is identified based on temporal properties with respect to the entities exhibited in the data from the first data source. Dynamic relations are then extracted by corroborating the temporal properties of the entities involved in the at least one dynamic relation candidate with that of the same entities exhibited in data from a second data source. Then, a dynamic event that gives rise to the dynamic relations among different entities is detected. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074147 | Method and Apparatus for Aligning Multiple Taxonomies - A document taxonomy alignment system and method, relying on document glosses and utilizing a soft ontology expansion. An all-new hierarchical leaf node can be created expressly for the purpose of better aligning the plurality of document taxonomies in question. A small but valuable subset of the nodes created by soft ontology expansion turn out to capture some otherwise unmappable taxonomy nodes, and thereby have the effect of classifying the documents better than would any pre-existing node in any one of those taxonomies. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074148 | Systems and Methods for Managing Social Networks Based Upon Predetermined Objectives - Relationship management systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention are configured to provide systematic ways for a user to measure, and manage relationships in the user's social network. One embodiment of the invention includes a relationship management server system, and a database. In addition, the relationship management server system is configured to store a user account associated with a user in the database, store information concerning contacts associated with the user in the database, store event information associated with the user and at least one of the stored contacts in the database, store at least one objective in the database, score at least one relationship between the user and a contact based upon stored event information associated with the user and the contact to create a scored relationship graph, and generate a recommendation concerning an action based upon the stored objective and the scored relationship graph. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074149 | METADATA AUTOMATED SYSTEM - A method can include: providing a schema definition language defining trait observations linked to an entity and the trait observations grouped together in a module with metadata; generating physical tables for the module and the entity having a link therebetween based on at least one of the trait observations; and populating the physical tables with data in accordance with the metadata. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074150 | DATA MANAGEMENT VIA ACTIVE AND INACTIVE TABLE SPACE CONTAINERS - Aspects distribute database data to table space containers as a function of active and inactive node designations. Different groups of active and inactive logical nodes are created in response to integrating a relational database on one or more physical servers. Database node groups are created by marking the active nodes as available for use in data storage and distribution, and the inactive nodes as unavailable. Table space is created for the relational database by defining containers for each of the active and inactive nodes. | 2015-03-12 |
20150074151 | PROCESSING DATASETS WITH A DBMS ENGINE - A system and method to process a dataset with a database management system (DBMS) engine. The method includes splitting bulk data into a plurality of chunks. The method also includes converting the chunks to a plurality of row groups. The row groups are a dataset external to a DBMS comprising the DBMS engine. The method further includes creating an empty DBMS table within the DBMS. Additionally, the method includes attaching the dataset external to the DBMS to the empty DBMS table. The method also includes executing a MapReduce job on a cluster of compute nodes, using the dataset external to the DBMS as input. | 2015-03-12 |