34th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130218773 | AGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT HANDLING OF AGE VERIFICATION REQUESTS - The disclosure relates to an age verification system and method for settling age verification requests. An age verification request is made unavailable for a processing display unit and other display units when the processing unit processing the age verification request does not settle the age verification request and issues an instruction for a customer at the supplier system. The instruction from the display unit to the supplier system is configured to generate a message for the customer at the customer terminal relating to the consumer image or the document image. The age verification request is made available again for settling at the display units when an instruction from the supplier system is received. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218774 | AGE VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT HANDLING OF AGE VERIFICATION REQUESTS - The disclosure relates to an age verification system and method for settling age verification requests. An age verification request is made unavailable for a processing display unit and other display units during a time interval when the processing unit processing the age verification request does not settle the age verification request and issues an instruction for a customer at the supplier system. The instruction from the display unit to the supplier system is configured to generate a message for the customer at the customer terminal relating to the consumer image or the document image. The age verification request is made available again for settling at the display units when the time interval during which the age verification request was unavailable has expired. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218775 | METHOD AND SECURE DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A TRANSACTION - A method for determining the presence of a human being, comprising:
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20130218776 | MONEY ALLOCATION SYSTEM - At a high level, software | 2013-08-22 |
20130218777 | SERVICE FOR ACCOUNT WITH UNAVAILABLE FUNDS OR CREDIT USING A PASSCODE - In general terms, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and apparatuses for providing a service for account with unavailable funds or credit using a passcode for the account with unavailable funds or credit For example, in some embodiments, a method is provided that includes: (a) receiving transaction information associated with a transaction, where the transaction involves an account; (b) determining, based at least partially on the transaction information, that the account will exceed available funds or credit as a result of the transaction; (c) receiving a passcode for the account with unavailable funds or credit associated with the account; and (d) authorizing the transaction based at least partially on the receiving the passcode for the account with unavailable funds or credit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PAYMENT TRANSACTION RECEIPTS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems and methods for processing payment transaction receipts. When an authorization request message for a transaction of a consumer is received, it is determined whether an account associated with the consumer's portable consumer device is enrolled in an electronic receipt program. If the account is enrolled, an electronic receipt for the transaction is sent to the consumer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218779 | DUAL FACTOR DIGITAL CERTIFICATE SECURITY ALGORITHMS - Technologies are generally described for security algorithm methods in authorizing and using digital certificates to perform banking transactions. A customer can register and associate a personal identification number with a digital certificate. The personal identification number can be used by a client device to generate a certificate request. A request to perform a banking transaction along with a certificate request can be sent to a bank server, where, upon authorization of a valid certificate request, the banking operation can be performed. Using the digital certificate as one authentication factor and a customer login and password as a second authentication factor, banking transactions can be performed more reliably and securely. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218780 | System and Method for Digitally Monitoring Construction Project Progress - A method for tracking progress of a construction project comprising storing digital representations of construction drawings and storing information about material costs and amounts of labor needed to build each condition assembly in the drawing. Once the construction project begins, the method allows for a user to enter real time information about status of completion of work on each labor cost code for a selected area and the amount of labor and materials used to achieve that. The program then calculates the percentage of progress of work on each labor cost code, determines whether the labor cost code is on a projected budget and presents the results in color coded format on the drawing and/or on the list of labor cost codes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218781 | Alternator and Starter Tester with Warranty Code Functionality and Method - An alternator and starter tester system capable of generating a warranty claim code. The warranty claim code can contain information regarding a diagnostic test and the tested components. The alternator and starter tester system can also encode and transmit the warranty claim code to a supplier or a manufacturer to verify warranty credit. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218782 | EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF AN INTEGRATED SELF-CARE PORTAL FOR AN ENRICHED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE - This disclosure concerns an effective utilization of a self-care online portal containing enriched customer experience. Here the portal upon receiving a validated search string relevant to an issue faced and entered by the user through a web interface, displays the relevant information retrieved from the database by the server on the web interface thus enabling the user to resolve the issue by self-based on the retrieved relevant information. The user then gets rewarded for successful self-resolution of issue. Additionally, the user also gets an option of initiating one or more interaction channels comprising of but not restricted to a multimedia session or an audio conversation using a communicating device or a web enabled user discussion forums to further help in resolving the issue in a time effective optimized manner thereby creating an enriched customer experience. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218783 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME DATA CAPTURE AND USAGE FOR FAULT REPAIR - A method for troubleshooting and providing technical support using a real-time transmission of audio data and video data. The method can include receiving a signal associated with a problem of a piece of equipment, instrument or machinery; in response to receiving the signal, initiating a communication channel capable of transmitting troubleshooting information between a user at a local site of the piece of equipment, instrument, or machinery, and at least one service representative at a remote site; transmitting information between the service representative and the user relating to the equipment, instrument, or machinery for purposes of troubleshooting the problem; and uploading a video of troubleshooting for the user relating to the equipment, instrument, or machinery taken at the local site. Accordingly, the method can be used to transmit and capture real-time fault diagnosis, troubleshooting analysis, and repair of equipment, instruments, and appliances. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218784 | 4PL System and Method - System and method for returns management using a fourth-party logistics integrator | 2013-08-22 |
20130218785 | SELF ASSEMBLY OF PATENT APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a process and related product that is in the field of self assembly documents. More specifically, the present invention involves a self assembled patent application that can either be filed automatically after the assembly has occurred, or sent to a patent professional for review prior to filing. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218786 | Instant Patent Filing Subsystem - Systems, methods and computer program products for patent management functions are disclosed. In an aspect of the disclosure, an instant patent filing subsystem provides the management of patent seeds for use in a patent application(s) and/or provisional application(s). In another aspect of the disclosure, an instant patent filing subsystem may be used with (and/or may be included in) a crowdsourcing system. In yet another aspect of the disclosure, an instant patent filing subsystem enables a user to create a patent application(s), provisional application(s), and/or another type of patent-related document by the selection of at least some of the patent seeds and/or the selection of at least one of the collections of patent seeds. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218787 | System and Method to Facilitate and Support Electronic Communication of Request for Proposals - A method and apparatus effectuates bilateral commerce in ideas. An originator and user-driven on-line commercial network system is designed to facilitate idea submission, purchase, and licensing, and is easily adapted to business-to-business transfers of innovation as well as consumer-to-business transfers of innovation. The invention allows originators of ideas to communicate nondisclosing synopses of ideas globally to potential users, for users conveniently to search for relevant ideas and for users potentially to bind an originator to a limited duration license granting user the exclusive right to access and consider confidentially the originator's fully disclosed idea. The invention also allows users to communicate confidentially or nonconfidentially unsolved problems or needs globally to potential originators, for originators conveniently to search for relevant unsolved problems or needs, and for originators to submit and communicate confidentially proposed solutions to the soliciting user. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CREDIBILITY OF ONLINE CONTENT AND AUTHORITY OF USERS - A computer-implemented system and method for generating and publishing fact links, which can be provided in connection with assertions and other elements of a content item. The fact links can enable a forum in which a population of users can comment on the credibility or veracity of an assertion or other element of the content item. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218789 | Systematic Approach to Enforcing Contiguity Constraint in Trajectory-based Methods for Combinatorial Optimization - A computer implemented method for enforcing geographic contiguity of an optimization method for redistricting is described. The method includes randomly grouping a data set of objects into geographically contiguous districts, optimizing the objects by iteratively moving one or more objects between neighboring districts, wherein a relationship of objects is analyzed in each district to determine a minimal set of objects that will move together to maintain contiguity between districts, and generating one or more solutions for the data set. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218790 | Traceability, Corrective Action, and Certification Processes for Constructed Welding Material Packages - Systems and methods of testing and certifying a package for transport to a customer and use by a customer, and of correcting packaging failures due to transport and use in the field. A package such as, for example, a bulk composite constructed package for shipping welding material product, is tested according to a selected testing protocol. The test results are analyzed and packaging attributes of the package are transformed based on the analyzed test results if the tested package fails any aspect of the testing protocol. Packaging attributes that may be transformed include packaging component design, packaging markings, packaging handling instructions, packaging component manufacturing procedures, packaging component testing procedures, and packaging assembly procedures. Once the package passes all aspects of the testing protocol, customer certification documentation is generated. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218791 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A device management apparatus for managing a device includes a contract information acquiring unit configured to acquire contract information on the device; a status information acquiring unit configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the device; a checking unit configured to check whether the status of the device complies with a content of a contract based on the contract information and the status information; a generating unit configured to generate status history information in which a check result obtained by the checking unit is associated with the status information; and an output unit configured to output the status history information. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218792 | System and Method of Determining Relationship Information - A method includes classifying a relationship between a first group and each of one or more additional groups based on at least one of a number of communications during a time period and a frequency of the communications. The communications are between one or more members of the first group and one or more members of each of the one or more additional groups. The method includes generating social network data based on the relationship between the first group and each of the one or more additional groups. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218793 | Architecture, System, and Method for Immigration Compliance Auditing - A computer based system for immigration compliance auditing includes executable program instruction sets configured for: processing and analyzing immigration compliance verification documentation for a set of employees associated with an employer, where such documentation includes Form I-9s and related information; identifying statutory and technical/procedural Form I-9 compliance violations; mapping identified Form I-9 statutory compliance violations and technical/procedural compliance violations to categorical types of statutory compliance violations and technical/procedural compliance violations, respectively; automatically generating an immigration compliance violation liability estimate for the employer in a manner correlated with occurrences of categorical types of statutory compliance violations and occurrences technical/procedural compliance violations; generating an immigration compliance audit report; and possibly managing immigration compliance violation remediation procedures. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218794 | ONLINE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT PROFILE - A website, system and method is provided, wherein potential job candidates may create, post and maintain up-to-date employment profiles that include employment related information, such as education, job history, professional licenses and certifications, research activities, video, audio, multi-media presentations and other information that may be useful for employers in selecting candidates to fill specific jobs. Employment profiles are broken down into tabbed categories in a brag book format for ease of use and navigation, and the employment profiles are searchable by employers and job placement recruiters. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218795 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK CONGLOMERATE VIA A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK AND METHODS THEREOF - A computer-implemented method for creating a network conglomerate system is provided. In exemplary embodiments, the method may comprise, at a computing device having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, receiving a request to create a user account from an entity; performing a security check to verify the identity of the entity; allowing the entity to enter general information about the entity if the identity of the entity is verified; receiving and storing the general information in a database and requesting specific information from the entity based on the general information entered by the entity; receiving and storing the specific information in the database enabling the network conglomerate system by generating and displaying a virtual tree based on the general information and the specific information, the tree comprising a virtual branch associated with at least one of a department and a skill. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218796 | Securing User Information - The present disclosure provides for securing user information involved in e-commerce transactions without encrypting that information. The e-commerce platform system generates the order ID of the seller and the buyer and stores a relationship between the order ID and a buyer ID. The e-commerce platform system receives, from a logistics information system, information about where the buyer resides and an area code of that location. This can be accomplished over open communication between the e-commerce platform and the logistics information systems without using encryption. The e-commerce platform system then identifies a distribution center located in the area where the buyer resides. The user information is identifies through a connection between the e-commerce platform and the logistics information system. With this technique, the seller cannot obtain the user information of the buyer and the user information of the buyer cannot be leaked, thereby increasing security. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218797 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Entities Using Geographical and Social Mapping - Embodiment of the disclosed technology include systems and methods for identifying one or more entities associated with activities. In an example implementation, a method includes determining one or more geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations associated with the one or more activities; determining connections between one or more identities of a population and a plurality of related entities associated with the one or more identities; determining geographical information associated with related entities; weighting one or more metrics for each of the identities based on the geographical information associated with the related entities and the or more geographical regions proximate to the plurality of locations associated with the one or more activities; scoring the one or more weighted metrics; and providing, based on the scoring, an indication of a likelihood that the one or more identities of the population are associated with the one or more activities. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218798 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING FUNDRAISING - A fundraising system includes: a controller adapted to: associate a unique identifier with each of a plurality of a fundraiser participants; receive an accounting from a financial institution identifying a plurality of deposits made to a single financial account at the financial institution, wherein each deposit is associated with one of the unique identifiers; and provide a user interface adapted to identify the one or more deposits contributed by each fundraiser participant using the associated unique identifier. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218799 | Container Selection in a Materials Handling Facility - Described herein are systems and techniques for recommending custom containers in a materials handling facility dependent on physical characteristics of an item or group of items to be shipped and/or dependent upon estimated shipping costs. For example, the systems described herein may determine dimensions for forming a custom container within the materials handling facility that is capable of containing an item or group of items for shipment. The total cost to ship the item or group of items in the custom container or a standard container can also be determined and the container with the lowest total cost may be recommended for use in packaging the item or group of items for shipment. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218800 | CONSOLIDATION YIELD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A consolidation yield management system and method is provided in the present invention, which is applicable to a network system to implement a real-time consolidation. The consolidation yield management system includes at least one skirt server and a hub server. The skirt server chooses whether to build consol of its skirt Master Air Waybill or skirt Master Air Waybill to a hub Master Air Waybill of the hub server, and generates a hub Master Air Waybill number according to the hub Master Air Waybill, thus finishing the operation of building consol. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218801 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRANT MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING - An apparatus, method, and system for receiving an electronic submission of at least one grant proposal, determining whether to publish at least a portion of the grant proposal to a publicly-accessible space based on a plurality of indicators, and publishing at least the portion of the grant proposal to the publicly-accessible space if a first indicator and a second indicator of the plurality of indicators are in an authorized publication state. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218802 | METHOD FOR RANKING COMPANIES PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES IN A MARKETPLACE, AND USES OF THE METHOD IN AN ONLINE SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF SUCH COMPANIES - In a method for ranking companies providing goods and services in a marketplace, sources of information about the companies are identified and parametrisized according to the information given in the sources. For all parameters, scores are determined for each company and the aggregated scores of a company are applied for computing a rank value of the company. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218803 | Consolidated Ranked Lists Based on Lists of Individual Contributors - Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating one or more consolidated ranked lists of products or product groups based on inclusion of products on lists generated by individual contributors. One method includes steps of obtaining a plurality of individual lists, each individual list corresponding to one of a plurality of contributors, each individual list providing ratings or rankings of products by the corresponding contributor; and generating a consolidated list that provides rankings for the products or product groups listed on the individual lists based on the ratings or rankings of the products provided by each contributor. The consolidated rankings can be based, among other things, on a credibility score corresponding to each contributor, a product aging factor of each list item, the inclusion of a product on lists corresponding to different list types, and/or various named groupings of individual lists. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218804 | Method and System for Determining Option-Adjusted True Interest Cost of Municipal Debt Instruments - Methods and systems are disclosed for calculating borrowing cost of municipal debt instruments. In an embodiment, a method receives terms, yield curve and interest rate volatility data for a set of bonds and then specifies an evolution of interest rates for each of the bonds. The method receives an option value V for each of the bonds and determines proceeds P for each bond. The method obtains an Option-Adjusted True Interest Cost (OATIC) for the bonds by adding the option values V to the proceeds P and finding a single discount rate that equates a present value of respective debt service for the bonds to P+V. In another embodiment, a system specifies an evolution of interest rates and receives an option value V for municipal debt offerings. The system selects a bond based on expected costs of bonds, which are calculated using OATIC values and identifies a preferred bond. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218805 | OPPORTUNITY LIST ENGINE - A method includes receiving a selection of a particular client (or advisor) and determining likelihoods of the selected client (or clients associated with the selected advisor) purchasing products based on the one or more factors correlating previous purchasers of the products. The method includes generating a prioritized list of sales opportunities associated with the selected client (or selected advisor) based on the likelihoods. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218806 | METHOD AND SYSTEM RELATING TO SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES - In an embodiment, a method performed in the computing system comprises steps of (a) electronically receiving an identifier concerning an investor's ownership or management of at least one brokerage account or at least one security; (b) electronically validating by the computing system the investor by querying a record database using the identifier to obtain an information from at least one investment account associated with the investor; (c) electronically extracting by the computing system the information; (d) electronically populating by the computing system a profile for the investor with the extracted information and electronically storing the extracted information to a computer readable medium in a profile database, wherein the extracted information comprises at least the investor's positional information; (e) electronically providing by the computing system at least one capability to the investor, wherein the capability allows the investor to electronically perform one or more activities; and (f) electronically generating by the computing system a representation of a quantity of a security owned or managed by the investor from the investor's positional information without generating a personal information of the investor. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218807 | System and Method for Valuation and Risk Estimation of Mortgage Backed Securities - Systems and methods for investment production valuation and risk estimation for mortgage-backed security products are provided. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a system for investment product valuation and risk estimation, comprising a computer system for receiving information about a mortgage-backed security, an engine executed by the computer system and processing the information about the mortgage-backed security to disaggregate individual loan data, the engine simulating future prices scenarios of the mortgage-backed security using one or more computer models to generate valuation and risk estimation data for the mortgage-backed security, and a user interface generated by the system for presenting a report to a user which includes the future price scenarios of the mortgage-backed security. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING VALUE FROM A PORTFOLIO OF ASSETS - A system and methods for extracting value from a portfolio of assets, for example a patent portfolio, are described. By granting floating privileges described herein, a portfolio owner can extend an opportunity for obtaining an interest in selected assets from the portfolio to a client who lacks the resources to accumulate and maintain such a portfolio, in return for an annuity stream to the portfolio owner. The floating privilege can take many forms, depending on the needs of the client and the nature of the assets in the portfolio. The privilege is executed for a set of assets selected by the client and approved by the portfolio owner in accordance with a floating privilege agreement controlling the floating privilege | 2013-08-22 |
20130218809 | PROSPECTIVE CURRENCY UNITS - Methods and systems for calculating values for indexes based on breakout currencies are provided. A prospective breakout index may be formed before an entity breaks out of a monetary union. Other aspects relate to calculating an initial index value on a breakout date. An initial exchange rate of the breakout currency may be combined with a breakout value and/or a base value. In one embodiment, the breakout value is the reciprocal of the initial exchange rate. Therefore, in accordance with certain embodiments, the initial index value of the breakout index may be equal to the base value. Further aspects relate to calculating a second index value. A second exchange rate of the breakout currency may be utilized with the fixed base value and the breakout value to calculate the second index value of the breakout index. Further aspects relate to creating a prospective currency unit for a monetary union. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218810 | ESTABLISHING A DATA MANGEMENT FEE STRUCTURE BASED ON FINE GRAINED DATA ENTITIES - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for accessing data for a fee are provided. Fee schedules are defined for any arbitrary granularity of data, including for fields and data structures (e.g., tables in a database). Fees may be calculated based on the type of operation to be performed. Fees may also be calculated per operation and/or per data item involved in the operation. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218811 | METHOD OF PROVIDING HEATING TO A USER - A method of providing heat to a user, comprising an energy retailer offering a supply energy over a contract period at a given amount of energy per use period. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218812 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MEDICAL ANOMALIES USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A computer-implemented method is provided including receiving sensor data from a mobile device corresponding to a first user. A user state of the first user is predicted based on the sensor data. A request is transmitted to the first user to confirm the predicted user state, and a notification is transmitted regarding the predicted user state to a second user responsive to the first user's confirmation of the predicted user state or the first user's failure to respond to the request. A computing system for monitoring and reporting activity of a mobile device is also provided. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218813 | CLASSIFICATION RELIABILITY PREDICTION - A method, apparatus and product useful for classification reliability prediction. The method being a computer-implemented method performed by a processor, the method comprising: obtaining a prediction of a label for a dataset made by a classifier tool, wherein the classifier tool is aimed at predicting the label based on a classification model and in view of a set of features defining the dataset; obtaining a reliability prediction of a reliability label relating to the prediction of the classifier tool based on a reliability classifier tool, wherein the reliability classifier tool is aimed at predicting the reliability label based on a classification model and in view of a second set of features; and outputting to a user the label prediction and an associated reliability prediction. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218814 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES BASED ON FAIRNESS, THROUGHPUT, AND USER BEHAVIOR MEASUREMENT - A system and method for the dynamic allocation of resources based on fairness, throughput, and user behavior measurement. A resource allocation decision can be made based on an index value computed by a selection index function, A fairness coefficient and a throughput coefficient, which represents the significance of fairness and throughput can be computed utilizing a reinforcement learning algorithm and the degree of fairness and throughput coefficient can be varied while allocating resources. A user behavior coefficient with respect to a user can be computed to determine the degree of cooperativeness of the user with other users and the value of user behavior coefficient can be updated each time it interacts with the system. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218815 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION - A method and system for extracting feature utilizing an AHaH module (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian). A sparse input data stream can be presented to a synaptic matrix of a collection of AHaH nodes associated with the AHaH module. The AHaH module operates an AHaH plasticity rule via an evaluate phase and a feedback phase cycle. A bias input line can be modulated such that a bias weight do not receive a Hebbian portion of the weight update during the feedback phase in order to prevent occupation of a null state. The input space can be bifurcated when the AHaH nodes fall randomly into an attractor state. The output of the AHaH module that forms a stable bit pattern can then be provided as an input to a content-addressable memory for generating a maximally efficient binary label. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218816 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SENSOR DATA IN SENSOR NETWORK - In a sensor network, a sensor data processing apparatus generates a feature vector identifier table by classifying feature vector identifiers of a plurality of situation information determination reference data to be a reference of situation determination according to a sensor type index and a feature vector identifier set index of the plurality of situation information reference data. When the sensor data processing apparatus receives sensor data, the sensor data processing apparatus generates a feature vector identifier of the sensor data and extracts a sensor type index and a feature vector identifier set index of a feature vector identifier most similar to the feature vector identifier of sensor data with reference to a feature vector identifier table, and generates situation recognition information using the extracted sensor type index and feature vector identifier set index. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218817 | ACTIVE ACQUISITION OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION - A method for active learning using privileged information is disclosed. A processing device receives a set of labeled examples and a set of unlabeled examples. For each unlabeled example in the set of unlabeled examples, the processing device determines whether to query at least one of an oracle to obtain a label for the unlabeled example or a teacher to obtain privileged information about the unlabeled example. The processing device outputs a decision rule based on minimizing a number of queries to the oracle for a label and the teacher for privileged information. Minimizing the number of queries to the teacher and the oracle is based on a cost of querying the teacher or the oracle. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218818 | CROSS CHANNEL OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The inventive subject matter is generally directed to a cross channel optimization system, methods, and related software which provide for the conducting of experiments and/or optimization of digital content across a plurality of external content systems to user of the external content systems. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218819 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ESTIMATE REGION OF TISSUE ACTIVATION - A computer-implemented method for determining the volume of activation of neural tissue. In one embodiment, the method uses one or more parametric equations that define a volume of activation, wherein the parameters for the one or more parametric equations are given as a function of an input vector that includes stimulation parameters. After receiving input data that includes values for the stimulation parameters and defining the input vector using the input data, the input vector is applied to the function to obtain the parameters for the one or more parametric equations. The parametric equation is solved to obtain a calculated volume of activation. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218820 | Intelligent grouping system and method for mobile terminal contact directory - Disclosed is an intelligent grouping system and method thereof for a mobile terminal contact directory. The method may comprise connecting a client to a server in a wireless or wired manner to form an intelligent recognition system; synchronizing a contact directory of the client with the server; discovering, by the client, an event and extracting data information in the discovered event; analyzing, by the intelligent recognition system, the extracted data information, and automatically grouping the contact directory of the client according to the data information, the grouping information being synchronized between the client and the server through communication link; storing a contact directory grouping result in a database of the server; and displaying the grouping information on the client. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218821 | Round-trip engineering apparatus and methods for neural networks - Apparatus and methods for high-level neuromorphic network description (HLND) framework that may be configured to enable users to define neuromorphic network architectures using a unified and unambiguous representation that is both human-readable and machine-interpretable. The framework may be used to define nodes types, node-to-node connection types, instantiate node instances for different node types, and to generate instances of connection types between these nodes. To facilitate framework usage, the HLND format may provide the flexibility required by computational neuroscientists and, at the same time, provides a user-friendly interface for users with limited experience in modeling neurons. The HLND kernel may comprise an interface to Elementary Network Description (END) that is optimized for efficient representation of neuronal systems in hardware-independent manner and enables seamless translation of HLND model description into hardware instructions for execution by various processing modules. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218822 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-BASED DECAY OF KNOWLEDGE BASE RATINGS - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining a plurality of ratings associated with an element, where the plurality of ratings includes at least a first rating and a second rating. The method also includes applying a first weighting factor to the first rating and applying a second weighting factor to the second rating. The first weighting factor is different from the second weighting factor. Finally, the method includes determining a cumulative rating using the first weighting factor, the second weighting factor, and the plurality of ratings. The cumulative rating is associated with the element and the second weighting factor is arranged to discount the second rating. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218823 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSING FLIGHT DATA RECORDED DURING A FLIGHT OF AN AIRCRAFT - The present invention concerns a method for analysing a so-called first set of flight data, the values of which were recorded during a flight of an aircraft and in which at least one subset of flight data, comprising at least one of the flight data of the first set and/or at least one flight data item of a second set, provided that at least one of its data exceeds its nominal value, is defined by correlation of the value of at least one flight data item of the first set with the value of at least one of the flight data of the second set. A flight event is then able to be detected from the values of the flight data of a subset and the values of the flight data of one of the second sets of flight data and, if a flight event is not detected from a subset, a probability of pairing between at least one second set and this subset is associated with this subset, the first set is then updated by adding at least one new flight data item of at least one second set and/or by deleting at least one of its flight data, according to the pairing probability values, the first set of flight data thus updated is then once again recorded during a new flight, and the method is iterated as long as an expert cannot make a decision on this subset. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218824 | Action Prediction and Identification of User Behavior - User behavior modeling can include determining actions performed by various users. From the mined user actions, future actions can be predicted. Certain implementations include providing information and/or services based on the predicted future actions. Some implementations, include providing relevant information, services, and/or goods regarding the predicted future action. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218825 | AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGERING PREDICTIONS IN RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS BASED ON AN ACTIVITY-PROBABILITY THRESHOLD - A recommender system determines a probability threshold for an activity-prediction model, and uses the probability threshold to predict whether a user is performing a target activity. To determine the probability threshold, the system computes a set of activity probabilities based on contextual information for a set of historical activities, and based on an activity-prediction model for a target activity. The system then compares a set of probability thresholds with the set of activity probabilities to determine a prediction success rate for each probability threshold. The system computes a utility score for each probability threshold based on the prediction success rates and a utility function, and selects a probability threshold whose utility score is optimal amongst the utility scores of the set of thresholds and greater than or equal to a baseline utility score. The system then assigns the probability threshold to the activity-prediction model. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218826 | METHODS, COMPUTER-ACCESIBLE MEDIUM AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING DATA ANALYSIS AND REASONING ABOUT TOKEN/SINGULAR CAUSALITY - Exemplary embodiments of exemplary methods, procedures, computer-accessible medium and systems according to the present disclosure can be provided which can be used for determining token causality. For example, data which comprises token-level time course data and type-level causal relationships can be obtained. In addition, a determination can be made as to whether the type-level causal relationships are instantiated in the token-level time course data, and using a computing arrangement. Further, exemplary significance scores for the causal relationships can be determined based on the determination procedure. It is also possible to determine probabilities associated with the type-level causal relationships using the token-level time course data and a probabilistic temporal model and/or type-level time course data when at least one of the type-level causal relationships have indeterminate truth values. The exemplary determination of the probabilities can be performed using a prior causal information inference procedure. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218827 | SUMMARIZING A BODY OF MEDIA BY ASSEMBLING SELECTED SUMMARIES - Bodies of media may be summarized in various ways depending on numerous factors, thus resulting in summaries that are tailored to particular desires of consumers. An instruction may be received to provide a summary of at least a portion of the body of media. Software stored in memory may then be executed by a processor to determine one or more factors for providing the summary. The summary may be selected, based on the one or more factors, from a plurality of available summaries stored in memory. The plurality of available summaries corresponds to the at least a portion of the body of media. Finally, the selected summary may be provided to a consumer via an output device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218828 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERVAL CONTROL ELEMENT CHAIN ARCHITECTURE - The present disclosure generally relates to accessing data, and more particularly, to systems and methods for improving the efficiency and quality of real-time extracting, transforming, and/or loading data using customer information control system (CICS) interval control element (ICE) chain processing. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218829 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A document management system/method allowing coordinated synchronized modifications and secure, scalable, multi-level, and controlled access to Data Content and/or Documents (DCDS) over a computer network between multiple Content Owners and/or Reviewers (CORS) is disclosed. The system/method is configured to allow any number of CORS to share DCDS using a Content Collaboration Platform (CCP) while retaining complete DCDS integrity/retrieval control using a hierarchical Access Rights and Control List (ARCL) to prevent CORS from uncoordinated DCDS modification and prohibiting local maintenance of DCDS copies after the expiration of a CORS Data Access Session (DAS). Upon termination of a CORS DAS, the system synchronizes modifications to the DCDS and coordinates control information among various CORS to ensure proper return of the DCDS back to its original CORS owner and associated CORS storage location. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218830 | SHARING INFORMATION BETWEEN TENANTS OF A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE - In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for sharing information between tenants of a multi-tenant database, information is received on a connection between a first tenant of a multi-tenant database and a second tenant and the connection has information on a scope of data from the first tenant shared with the second tenant, data is allowed for a record of the first tenant to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection, information is received on a file related to the record of the first tenant, and data is allowed from the file to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218831 | MEMORY ALLOCATION TO STORE BROADCAST INFORMATION - Methods and systems for allocating memory of user terminals are disclosed. A user terminal may determine a weight for one or more categories, each category being associated with Internet information to be broadcast. The user terminal also may determine an available memory size of memory and may allocate memory to the one or more categories for storing the Internet information based on the weights and the available memory size. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218832 | Automated Collection and Aggregation of cross-platform and live event or in-person training records to support the conduct of clinical trials - The invention provides a system and method optimized for clinical trial training management. The inventive system and method collect training records across all training venues and platforms that are internal and external to any organization, provide a simple and efficient means to report on each and every training requirement and the satisfaction of training requirements for each clinical trial staff, and for each clinical trial site; and produce images of any and all certificates or records of attendance pertaining to satisfaction of any training requirement, thereby enabling clinical trial sponsor access to auditable records. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218833 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COPYING DATA - The present invention relates to a system and method for copying data between environments in an information management system such as the copying of business data between production and test environments in a database system. The system has a relations database with a set of relations created outside the runtime environment which are derived from a first database and which provide a link between database tables in the first database. The system also has a service generator which extracts and copies database tables at runtime to form a predetermined service or product. When the service generator receives a request to copy a product or service, this is done only if the data in the database tables comprising the product or service is the subject of one or more relation in the relations database. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218834 | DYNAMIC VVDS EXPANSION - A method for addressing an out-of-space condition for a VSAM Volume Data Set (VVDS) includes detecting an out-of-space condition in a VVDS on a volume. The method creates, in response to the out-of-space condition, a new VVDS on the volume without adding a record to the old VVDS (e.g., by bypassing “catalog services”). The new VVDS is assigned a temporary name. The method then copies records from the old VVDS to the new VVDS. The method may then rename the old VVDS to a temporary name and rename the new VVDS to the original name of the old VVDS. The old VVDS may then be deleted. Alternatively, instead of renaming the old VVDS to a temporary name, the old VVDS may be deleted. The new VVDS may then be renamed to the original name of the old VVDS. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also described. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218835 | Method and System for Storing, Categorizing and Distributing Information Concerning Relationships Between Data - A method and system for storing, categorizing and distributing information concerning relationships between data that involves the use of tags in place of traditional, mutually-exclusive file folders by querying any number of servers for information regarding a tag, associating the tag with data on an electronic device, and suggesting other tags that might be relevant as well. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218836 | Deep Linking From Task List Based on Intent - Task list linking may be provided. Upon receiving an input from a user, the input may be translated into at least one actionable item. The at least one actionable item may be linked to a data source and displayed to the user. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218837 | CLOUD DATA SYNCHRONIZATION WITH LOCAL DATA - A network device compares unique identifiers between files of a 1st dataset and a 2nd dataset. Based on the comparison, the network device determines a first set of files that includes the files of the 1st dataset that are not elements of the 2nd dataset, determines a 2nd set of files that includes the files of the 2nd dataset that are not elements of the 1st dataset, and determines a 3rd set of files that includes the files that are contained in both the 1st dataset and the 2nd dataset. The network device synchronizes the 2nd dataset with the 1st dataset based on a comparison of a temporal indicator associated with each file in the 3rd set of files to identify files contained in both the 1st dataset and the 2nd dataset having a same unique identifier but a different temporal indicator. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218838 | MOVEABLE STORAGE - A mobile storage system is disclosed that in one aspect identifies a geographical location change of a user, such as movement from a first geographical location to a second geographical location. In response, the mobile storage system may move the user's information to a storage device associated with the second geographical location so that the user's information may be accessed by the user more efficiently. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218839 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING REUSABLE STATE INFORMATION FOR SYNCHRONIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA - A system for synchronization whereby metadata repository maintains information regarding the history and status of data items in a data repository. Data items are associated with states and such states changes (e.g. increment) in response to changes to the data items. History statements associated with the same states describe the changes in a generic enough fashion that multiple data items may be associated with a single state (e.g. if multiple data items share a common history such as that they were all edited by a user on the same device). The history repository is synchronized with other history repositories so as to reflect the states of data items on multiple devices. The synchronized history stores are used during synchronization to identify and resolve data conflicts through ancestry of data item history. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218840 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING A POINT-IN-TIME SNAPSHOT OF AN EVENTUALLY-CONSISTENT DATA STORE - A method and system for building a point-in-time snapshot of an eventually-consistent data store. The data store includes key-value pairs stored on a plurality of storage nodes. In one embodiment, the data store is implemented as an Apache® Cassandra database running in the “cloud.” The data store includes a journaling mechanism that stores journals (i.e., inconsistent snapshots) of the data store on each node at various intervals. In Cassandra, these snapshots are sorted string tables that may be copied to a back-up storage location. A cluster of processing nodes may retrieve and resolve the inconsistent snapshots to generate a point-in-time snapshot of the data store corresponding to a lagging consistency point. In addition, the point-in-time snapshot may be updated as any new inconsistent snapshots are generated by the data store such that the lagging consistency point associated with the updated point-in-time snapshot is more recent. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218841 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING BUSINESS CONTINUITY SERVICES - Systems and methods for providing business continuity services after a disaster or other loss of data are provided. The system and methods include accessing, replicating, and storing customer data. In the event of a disaster or other loss of data, the stored data is used to create fully recovered systems. The systems and methods provide for a remote data center that offers protection against physical disasters. The systems and methods include providing a virtual recovered operating system environment identical to the source operating system environment in less than 8 hours after notification of a disaster. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218842 | STORING A VARIABLE NUMBER OF INSTANCES OF DATA OBJECTS - Described are systems and methods for storing a variable number of instances of data objects (e.g., 1, 2, 3, or up to N−1 instances, where N is the number of instances of the data object included in primary data) in secondary storage across a data storage network. In some examples, a system for storing a variable number of instances of data objects includes, one or more computing devices storing a set of data objects and multiple storage devices distinct from the one or more computing devices. Each of the multiple storage devices is configured to store at least a single instance of a data object. The system also includes a database configured to store information associated with the data objects. This information includes substantially unique identifiers for the data objects and, for each of the data objects, a number of instances of the data object stored on the multiple storage devices. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218843 | INTELLIGENT DATA ARCHIVING - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for archiving an active record in a database. An auxiliary table is created in the database. The auxiliary table can store metadata information about active records to be archived and deleted from the database. An active record to be deleted from the database is selected. Metadata information is stored in the auxiliary table for the selected active record. The selected active record is archived into a data storage device. The selected active record is deleted from the database, based on the update information in the auxiliary table, without comparing column data for the archived record in the data storage device and the active record in the database prior to deletion of the active record from the database. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218844 | SPECULATIVE THREAD EXECUTION AND ASYNCHRONOUS CONFLICT EVENTS - In an embodiment, asynchronous conflict events are received during a previous rollback period. Each of the asynchronous conflict events represent conflicts encountered by speculative execution of a first plurality of work units and may be received out-of-order. During a current rollback period, a first work unit is determined whose speculative execution raised one of the asynchronous conflict events, and the first work unit is older than all other of the first plurality of work units. A second plurality of work units are determined, whose ages are equal to or older than the first work unit, wherein each of the second plurality of work units are assigned to respective executing threads. Rollbacks of the second plurality of work units are performed. After the rollbacks of the second plurality of work units are performed, speculative executions of the second plurality of work units are initiated in age order, from oldest to youngest. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218845 | WEB-BASED COLLABORATION FOR EDITING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, include sending a first rich internet application over a data network from a web server to a first client device and to a second client device. The web server is adapted to allow multiple client devices to collaboratively access one or more electronic documents formatted for any one of multiple different applications, including the first rich internet application. A first electronic document, which includes multiple document elements, is sent from the web server to the first client device and to the second client device. A document update received from the first client device includes identifications of one or more of the document elements and a requested action with respect to the one or more identified document elements. The received document update is verified to determine whether the requested action complies with the document schema and whether the first client device is authorized to initiate the requested action. One or more updated document elements for the first electronic document is generated based at least in part on the verified document update and automatically sent to the second client device over the data network. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218846 | MANAGING ENTERPRISE DATA QUALITY USING COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE - An embodiment of the invention is directed to a method associated with a data processing system disposed to receive and process enterprise data. Responsive to receiving a specified data element, the method determines a data type to be used for the specified data element. The method selectively determines a confidence level of the specified data element, and selects a plurality of subject matter experts (SMEs), wherein the data type of the specified data element is used in selecting each SME. A request is dispatched to each of the SMEs to selectively revise and validate the specified data element. The specified data element is then updated in accordance with each revision provided by an SME in response to one of the requests. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218847 | FILE SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FILE SERVER APPARATUS - Provided is a file server apparatus | 2013-08-22 |
20130218848 | OPTIMIZING WIDE AREA NETWORK (WAN) TRAFFIC BY PROVIDING HOME SITE DEDUPLICATION INFORMATION TO A CACHE SITE - Methods, systems, and physical computer-readable storage medium are provided to optimize WAN traffic on cloud networking sites. In an embodiment, by way of example only, a method includes fetching deduplication information from a home site to build a repository comprising duplicate peer file sets, one or more of the duplicate peer file sets including one or more peer files, referring to the repository to determine whether a target file corresponds with a cache copy of a peer file of the one or more peer files included in the duplicate peer file sets, and creating a local copy of the peer file of the one or more peer files, if a determination is made that the target file corresponds with the cache copy of the peer file of the one or more peer files included in the duplicate peer file sets. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218849 | AUTOMATED DICTIONARY CREATION FOR SCIENTIFIC TERMS - Systems and methods for automated creation of a dictionary of scientific terms are described herein. Initially, input data is filtered to obtain a primary file having a plurality of term-ID pairs with each term-ID pair having a unique term ID and a scientific term. Further, a remove-term file is generated based on one or more term-ID pairs identified from the primary file such that the scientific terms of each term-ID pair corresponds to one of additional terms, frequent scientific terns, and undesirable terms. At least one term-ID pair from among the one or more term-ID pairs is altered to obtain a modified term-ID pair based on modification rules. The modified term-ID pair is added to an add-term file and a modified file is obtained based on the remove-term file and the add-term file. Duplicate term-ID pairs present in the modified file are removed to obtain the dictionary of scientific terms. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218850 | DYNAMIC REWRITE OF FILES WITHIN DEDUPLICATION SYSTEM - An original deduplication file system (DFS) file is partitioned into a first set of sections being sections including data affected by rewrite operations and a second set of sections being sections including data unaffected by rewrite operations. A new DFS file to be stored as part of a plurality of user files is created, the plurality of user files including the original DFS file and being accessible by a sequential DFS and a dynamic non-DFS, the dynamic non-DFS including a plurality of dynamic metadata files having entries pointing to corresponding sections of the original DFS files. The first set of sections of the original DFS file including data affected by rewrite operations is directly written into the new DFS file. The second set of sections from the original DFS file including data unaffected by rewrite operations is quoted into the new DFS file. The original DFS file is deleted. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218851 | STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A storage system is characterized in that the storage system includes duplication-determination-unit determining means for determining a duplication determination unit, which is a unit to be used in determining duplications of data, on the basis of a duplication generation rate computed for each of a plurality of data division units obtained as a result of division of data stored in a storage device, and duplication eliminating means for carrying out processing to eliminate duplications of the data stored in the storage device on the basis of the duplication determination unit determined by the duplication-determination-unit determining means. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218852 | PRE-AUDIT SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD - A pre-audit system, apparatus, and method is provided to perform a pre-audit of form data. Form data is received from a supplier prior to the form data being delivered to one or more purchasers. The form data is compared with rules or conditions set by the one or more purchasers. A response message is transmitted to the supplier, where the response message includes one or more results and one or more descriptions related to the one or more results. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218853 | Rule Modification in Decision Trees - A system, apparatus, and method are provided for modifying rules in-place atomically from the perspective of an active search process using the rules for packet classification. A rule may be modified in-place by updating a rule's definition to be an intersection of an original and new definition. The rule's definition may be further updated to the rule's new definition and a decision tree may used updated based on the rule's new definition. While a search processor searches for one or more rules that match keys generated from received packets the in-place rule modification prevents periods of incorrect rule matching of the keys thereby preventing packet loss and preserving throughput. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218854 | FILE IDENTIFICATION VIA UNIVERSAL FILE CODE - A unique, universal file code created for a file being created or saved for the first time has core elements that include an original device identifier; an original product identifier unique to a software product used to create or save the file; an original operating system identifier unique to an operating system used to create or save the file; an original user identifier unique to a user creating or saving the file; a checksum computed from a totality of a data content of the file; and a name of a checksum algorithm used to compute the checksum. The universal file code is added to file metadata or attributes for the new file and saved with the new file. Embodiments determine whether files are identical, related or not identical or related by comparing elements of their universal file codes. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA AND A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM AND A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - The invention relates to a method and a system for managing data and a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, which can be used, in particular, to simplify the data management on a remote storage system when accessing the storage system from a terminal. For this purpose, a method for managing data is proposed, wherein the data on a remote storage device are managed from a terminal, and wherein by an application installed on the terminal, when the data stored at a storage location on the remote storage device are accessed by the terminal, at least an identifier of the data and information about the storage location of the data are stored by the application and made available to a user when storing the optionally modified data, particularly when writing back the optionally modified data on the remote storage. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218856 | DATA SUMMARIZATION INTEGRATION - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing summarizations of data and transactions based on the status of the summarization and the data and transactions being summarized. According to one embodiment, a method for providing summarizations of data and transactions related to one or more applications can comprise initiating a first summarization of the data and transactions related to the one or more applications. The first summarization can be paused in response to a request to evaluate the data and transactions being summarized. Data and transactions available for summarization can be evaluated in response to and based on the request. The first summarization can be resumed upon a completion or a timeout of the evaluating of the data and transactions being summarized. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218857 | FILE SERVER FOR EXTRACTING AND DISPLAYING FILE LIST ON CLIENT, METHOD OF PROVIDING DISPLAY ON CLIENT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM EXECUTABLE ON FILE SERVER - A file server for displaying, on a client, files to be retrieved, a method of providing a display on the client, and a computer program product with program instructions executable on the file server. The number of files to be displayed and start point information related to the start point of a file list to be extracted is acquired from a client, and a file list is extracted from files stored as a partitioned data set in a storage device based on the number of files and start point information acquired. The numbers of preceding and succeeding files stored before and behind the extracted file list are calculated, the calculated numbers of the preceding and succeeding files and the extracted file list are sent to the client. The client displays the file list and the received numbers of remaining files before and behind the received file list, respectively. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218858 | AUTOMATIC FACE ANNOTATION OF IMAGES CONTAINED IN MEDIA CONTENT - Face-containing images within web pages are automatically annotated to identify the people having those faces. The annotation is based on faces detected in the images and named entities detected in text associated with the images. Each candidate named entity may be scored by the prominence of the named entity in the text relative to the other extracted named entities. Queries are sent to a search engine based on the extracted candidate named entities. Sample images are returned. Face similarity calculations may be computed based on the featured faces and sample faces detected in the search engine-returned sample images to associate a probability score between each featured face and each candidate named entity. A bipartite matching instance may be solved to arrive at a maximum likelihood assignment of named entities to featured faces. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218859 | PROCESSOR ENGINE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A processor engine for affecting a website's position on at least one Internet search engine's page ranking comprises at least one processor. The at least one processor is arranged to: load ( | 2013-08-22 |
20130218860 | NETWORKED SERVICES VIA INTERMEDIARIES - A networked intermediary provides source information together with enhancements to an end user to combine or enhance the user's networked experience. Embodiments relate to a networked intermediary for search engines and a networked electronic information provision system for products with statistical complexity. The latter has a screen support system which provides to end users a three part screen, including an alert screen part, a trading screen part and a statistical screen part. The alert screen part provides users with current and past alerts regarding one or more products. The trading screen part provides a trading screen to allow a user to view and interact with current trading positions of one or more products and the statistical screen part displays statistical parameters relating to one or more products. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218861 | Related Entities - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving a first search query from a user device; receiving search results for the first search query provided by a search engine, wherein each of the search results identifies a respective resource; determining from the search results that the first search query relates to a first entity of a first entity type; determining that one or more entities of a second entity type have a predetermined relationship with the first entity; and transmitting information identifying the one or more entities of the second type to the user device as part of a response to the first search query. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218862 | System and method for customizing analytics based on users media affiliation status - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to generate customized search results as well as metrics, such as aggregated sentiment, counts of targets or sources or citations, or aggregated gross impressions or exposure, of social media content items over a social network while discriminating between the perspectives of individuals from the media and individuals not from the media. This approach can be used to generate search results and/or metrics including only media perspectives, or excluding media perspectives. More specifically, while social media content items are retrieved from corpus based on certain search criteria, for the purpose of providing search results or providing aggregated metrics, the search criteria can include a media or non-media filter, which is applied to the authors posting social media content to exclude or include certain authors meeting media/non-media criteria. For the application of a non-media filter, content from media authors can be excluded, or ranked below content from non-media authors. Similarly, for a media filter, content from non-media authors can be excluded, or ranked below content from media authors. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218863 | ASSOCIATIVE SEARCH ENGINE - This invention relates to an advertisement machine which provides advertisements to a user searching for desired information within a data network. The machine receives, from a user, a search request including a search argument corresponding to the desired information and searches, based upon the received search argument, a first database having data network related information to generate search results. It also correlates the received search argument to a particular advertisement in a second database having advertisement related information. The search results together with the particular advertisement are provided by the machine to the user. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218864 | Real Estate Search Engine - Some embodiments provide a method that receives several attributes of a property and a price of the property. For each attribute in the several attributes of the property, the method performs a hedonic analysis to compute a value that correlates a portion of the price of the property to the attribute of the property. The method stores the computed values for later use in a search for the property. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218865 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING INTERNET USERS - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for generating reports enhancing an understanding of Internet users based on their generated content and actions taken by others in response to the generated content. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218866 | MULTIMODAL GRAPH MODELING AND COMPUTATION FOR SEARCH PROCESSES - Architecture that includes a multimodal graph modeling and computation system employed in a search framework. The framework utilizes entities to diversify and explore the results page. The multimodal graph modeling paradigm can include web modeling by way of a click graph, a web graph, a social graph, a geospatial graph, and an entity graph, for example. These graphs are then joined based on common properties such as links, clicks, and document entities. Computation can then be performed over the joined graphs to generate a related entity list and a related page list. These lists are then processed by a recommendation engine to provide recommendations to the user. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218867 | INTEGRATED EXCHANGE OF SEARCH RESULTS IN AN INTEGRATED SOFTWARE DEVELOPEMENT ENVIRONMENT - In a method for sharing computer-generated search results, in an integrated development environment (IDE), a first computer inserts, into a message, a portion of search results of a search of one or more files accessible via the IDE. The portion of the search results includes a user-selectable file name. The first computer inserts metadata into the message. The metadata includes an identifier of a version of the file. The first computer displays the message in a graphical window such that the search results are visible in the graphical window and the metadata is invisible in the graphical window. The first computer sends the message to a second computer. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218868 | SMART LINKING A FILE TO A PRODUCT - Linking a file with a product. A command to open a file with a file type is detected at a product browser associated with a user device. Available compatible products compatible with the file type and capable of opening the file are searched for, wherein the searching searches, at least in part, for a product that is a self-contained file resolvable by the product browser. A list of the available compatible products is presented at the user device via a user interface associated with the product browser. A selected product is executed via the product browser in response to a selection of the selected product from the list of the available compatible products. The file is opened via the selected product at the user device. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218869 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION FROM A CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for providing information relevant to an enterprise from a customer relationship management (CRM) system is disclosed. The method embodiment includes receiving by a server a message including a request for information relevant to an enterprise from a requesting user system associated with a user, where the message also includes enterprise-specific information. The method also includes identifying by the server records related to the enterprise and managed by a CRM system based on the enterprise-specific information. A relevance score is determined for each of the identified records based on relevance factors, and recommended records are selected based on the relevance scores of the recommended records. Information identifying the recommended records is included in a response message that is transmitted by the server to the requesting user system. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218870 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SEARCHING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile wireless communications device includes a display, and a memory configured to store a plurality of applications and corresponding application data for each application. The mobile wireless communications device also includes at least one input device, and a processor. The processor is configured to search the application data for a search term to thereby determine whether each application of the plurality thereof has search results associated therewith, and present applications having search results associated therewith on an application selection screen, without displaying the search results, on the display. The processor is further configured to receive selection of an application of the plurality thereof via the at least one input device, and execute the selected application to thereby present the search results on the display. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218871 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIVATE NETWORK USERS - Systems and methods are provided for content-based recommendations for private network users. A system identifies a topic of interest based on analyzing content with which a user interface associated with a private network has interactions. Interactions include the user interface creating content and/or the user interface indicating interest in content. The system identifies a source associated with the topic of interest based on analyzing content with which multiple user interfaces associated with the private network have multiple interactions. The source includes content associated with the topic of interest and/or a content creator associated with the topic of interest. The system outputs a recommendation for the user interface to access the source. | 2013-08-22 |
20130218872 | DYNAMIC FILTERS FOR DATA EXTRACTION PLAN - Methods for creating deep web mining plans from dynamic content filters are described. Dynamic content filters allow for the creation of deep web mining plans that are able to be used even when the structure of documents including web pages and PDF files changes or to apply the same filters to different variants of the pages generated in deep web mining. By basing the dynamic filters on ontological and semantic information many common changes in web page structure, terminology and format can be made without preventing the extraction of data from these pages in deep web mining. Dynamic content filters may be created by persons without expertise in the creation of deep web mining data extraction plans. | 2013-08-22 |