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| 20100063976 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING DATA CONCERNING AT LEAST ONE USER ENABLING SAID USER TO BE CONTACTED SUBSEQUENTLY - A method is provided for accessing, via a communication network, data stored in a storage module and concerning at least one user, in particular an identifier enabling the user to be contacted subsequently. The method includes: a) transmitting elements characterizing a user of at least one probe terminal and determined based on traces of communications of the probe terminal with at least one server of the network; b) determining, based on the characterizing elements, a determined profile characteristic pertaining to the user; c) storing the determined profile characteristic in the storing module; d) creating a list of users including, associated with each of the users, at least one identifier for which the profile characteristic stored at step c) corresponds to at least one profile characteristic defined in a request transmitted by a requesting user terminal; and e) transmitting to the requesting user terminal the list created at step d). | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063977 | ACCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE DATABASES USING ANATOMICAL SHAPE INFORMATION - The invention relates to a system ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063978 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSERTING/EXTRACTING NONBLIND WATERMARK USING FEATURES OF DIGITAL MEDIA DATA - An apparatus and method for inserting/extracting a nonblind watermark using features of digital media data are provided. The apparatus and method inserts a watermark adaptively using watermark-related information determined by analyzing the characteristics of digital media data, also extracts features of the digital media data, automatically searches original media data corresponding to the features, and simultaneously and efficiently extracts a watermark using watermark-related information. Therefore, When the watermark is extracted, the original media data can be searched automatically. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063979 | MANUAL SEARCH METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus and for searching a manual in an image display device are provided. In the method, a menu call command for setting a function of an image display device is inputted at the request of a user. Menu items for the function setting are displayed. One of the items is selected, and a predetermined key is inputted for a manual call command for the item. A manual page of the selected item is displayed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100063980 | SEARCHING AN ELECTRONIC FILING SYSTEM USING A HANDWRITTEN SEARCH QUERY AND A TEXT SEARCH QUERY - A method of providing an electronic filing system which is searchable using a handwritten search query, the method including the steps of: obtaining the handwritten search query using an input device; performing a search of at least one database based on a comparison between the handwritten search query and handwritten annotations made on interactive pages stored in the at least one database; and, providing the results of the search to a user and facilitating access to at least one interactive page identified in the results of the search. An apparatus is also disclosed. Preferably, the interactive page is provided to the user in the form of printed paper, and the handwritten annotations are user handwriting, symbols, drawings, indicia or the like. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070522 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING AN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROFILE FOR A MEDIA PRESENTATION - A system, computer readable media, GUI, and apparatus are provided that are configured to generate and display an intellectual property rights profile for a media presentation. Information to be included in an intellectual property rights profile may be entered into a provided data entry template by, for example, a user or administrator of the media presentation. Uploaded documents may be added to an intellectual property rights profile and later accessed by a subsequent user. In some cases, a status, for example, complete or incomplete, may be determined for an intellectual property rights profile and an action may be initiated based on the status. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070523 | APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A VISUAL-RELEVANCE-RANK SUBSEQUENT SEARCH - A method analyzes the visual content of media such as videos for collecting together visually-similar appearances in their constituent images (e.g. same scenes, same objects, faces of the same people.) As a result, the most relevant and salient (of clearest and largest presence) visual appearances depicted in the videos are presented to the user, both for the sake of summarizing the video content for the users to “see before they watch” (that is, judge by the depicted video content in a filmstrip-like summary whether they want to mouse-click on the video and actually spend time watching it), as well as for allowing to users to further refine their video search result set according to the most relevant and salient video content returned (e.g. largest screen-time faces). | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070524 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARSING DOMAIN PROFILE IN SOFTWARE COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE - An apparatus and method for parsing a domain profile in SCA are provided. The apparatus includes an open profile interface and an XML parser. The open profile interface receives a domain profile name with a DOM tree generation request from a framework, transfers the received domain profile name according to the DOM tree generation request, generates a search query corresponding to a request of information in a DOM tree for the domain profile, directly extracts corresponding information from the DOM tree using the generated search query, and provides the extracted information to the framework. The XML parser receives the domain profile name from the open profile interface and generates a DOM tree of a corresponding domain profile. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100070525 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR LOGGING INTO A COMMUNICATION CLIENT - According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method, system and apparatus for logging into a communication client. The method comprises receiving a registration request from a first communication client, the first communication client being registered in association with a device group. The method further comprises, responsive to a determination that there does exist a second communication client registered in association with the device group, provisioning the first communication client and the second communication client according to the registration request. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100076993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY DISPLAYING A LIST BY DETERMINING A QUANTITY OF DATA TO SEND BASED ON THE LIST SIZE AND THE DISPLAY CONTROL SIZE - A system and method for remotely displaying a plurality of data items is disclosed. The system determines a total quantity of displayable data items and optionally receives an indication of a display control size from a remote client. The server stores a threshold value indicating a relationship between a quantity of data items and a size of a display control. The server compares the quantity of data items and the received indication of the display control size. If the comparison exceeds the threshold value, the server sends a subset of the items to the remote client for display, and sends additional items as requested by the remote client. If the comparison is less than the threshold value, the server sends each of the items to the remote client for display. The server repeats this comparison for changes in the quantity of data items or the size of the display control. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100076994 | Using Mobile Communication Facility Device Data Within a Monetization Platform - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for using a monetization platform to receive, analyze, select, aggregate, and deliver data relating to mobile communication facilities' devices characteristics, to store this data in a mobile communication facilities characteristics database, and use this data, in part, to select content that is relevant to a content request received from a publisher, and appropriate for delivery to the mobile communication facility of the user whose behavior prompted the request. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100082661 | Linking Search Queries to Rich Media Themes - Methods, systems and computer-readable media for providing a rich media themed search results webpage are provided. A search query entered by a user into an internet search engine is analyzed based on one or both of the search query terms and user data communicated to a theme configuration module to determine an appropriate rich media theme. A rich media theme is then selected and combined with a search results display, returned by the search engine, to compose a search results webpage. The rich media theme content is displayed in an ambient manner such that the search results display remains visible to the user. The rich media theme content provides, among other things, relevant images, videos, audio, advertisements, and interactive features that enhance the value of the search results webpage. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082662 | Information Retrieval System User Interface - A user interface for an information retrieval system is described. In an embodiment an output region for showing retrieved documents is displayed on an interactive surface. One or more movable user interface items, such as digital buttons or tangible objects, may be positioned in an active region. Each movable user interface item has a stored query associated with it and for example, the queries may be words or images. In an embodiment a user interface controller apparatus identifies any movable user interface items in the active region and identifies a spatial relationship between those items and the output region. In an embodiment, a query is accessed for each of the user interface items in the active region and those queries and the information about the spatial relationship are used to retrieve documents from a document database. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082663 | Method and System for Identifying Equivalent Digital Media Assets - Improved management of digital media assets within an on-line media repository are disclosed. In one embodiment, the management includes methods and systems for identifying distinct digital media assets that are equivalent to one another. In one implementation, a plurality of digital media assets described and/or stored in a media storage device (e.g., database) can be automatically examined to determine whether any of them match one another or match a new digital media asset. Those digital media assets that are considered equivalent can be treated as such by an on-line store so as to facilitate customer interaction. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082664 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING A TREE STRUCTURE - A method, apparatus, and computer readable article of manufacture for tracing, on the basis of a key, an index created using a tree structure to access data. The method includes: searching the tree structure to reach a target node that can be associated with the key without acquiring a lock on the root node and on an internal node; setting the target node as a current node when the target node is a leaf node; moving the search to a node at a lower layer when the target node is an internal node by tracing an edge in the tree structure to reach a leaf node and setting the leaf node as the current node; and associating the key with the leaf node specified as the current node by acquiring a lock on the leaf node specified as the current node, thereby accessing the data. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082665 | FILE SEARCH APPARATUS, PRINTER AND FILE SEARCH METHOD - When a process of searching for assets stored in a memory card is selected, a controller of a printer sets searching icons associated with previously set searching-keywords as current searching icons (S | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100082666 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR GENERATING XML EXPRESSED MANAGEMENT TRANSACTIONS - New XML management transaction requests including XPath expressions are used, for example, to forward configuration changes on to a data network device. The generation and use of these new requests helps reduce the costs associated with designing or upgrading data network devices. These new requests may be generated in a novel command line interface that has been augmented to give a user access to more configuration functions. Complex management transactions may be executed substantially simultaneously by a central management module using the new requests and their associated XPath expressions. In addition to configuration changes, the new requests may be used to obtain the current configuration of data network devices. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088334 | HIERARCHY MANAGER FOR MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture is configured to define a structured view of data in a computer system. A relational database management system (RDBMS) stores information in the computer system. As part of a process and framework, a series of business rules and process workflows that manage data (that is hierarchical in nature) that resides in one or more RDBMS tables are maintained. User input is accepted that defines a hierarchical structure that is projected onto the data. The hierarchical structure is stored as metadata in the RDBMS. The hierarchical structure is utilized to graphically visualize, manage, and manipulate the data. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100094896 | PROGRAM RETRIEVAL SUPPORT DEVICE AND ITS METHOD - The program retrieval support device includes the following units. A program-information-accumulation unit ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094897 | UNIFIED FORMAT FOR DIGITAL CONTENT METADATA - A method and system to provide a unified format for digital content metadata are described. The system may include a module to obtain source data associated with media content; a module to identify, based on the source data, the media content; an extractor to obtain metadata associated the identified content; and a converter to format the obtained metadata according to the popular music format. The popular music format is a tree field format, where the fields are to store the title of the album, the title of the track, and the name of the artist. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100094898 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - In this invention, when images, in image files managed according to photographing dates, which match a search condition are to be displayed, the images matching the search condition are sequentially displayed such that the positions or distribution of the image files, of all image files, which match the search condition can be checked. For this reason, when the search condition is changed by operating upper and lower keys provided on the back face of a digital camera, a search is made for images matching the condition after the change. Indicators indicating the relative positions of the images matching the search condition in the list of image files arranged in the order of photographing dates are displayed. When the left and right keys are operated, one of images matching the search condition is displayed in the image display area. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100100560 | LEARNING ANATOMY DEPENDENT VIEWING PARAMETERS ON MEDICAL VIEWING WORKSTATIONS - The invention relates to a data processing apparatus and a method for providing visualisation parameters controlling the display of a medical image ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100100561 | BENEFITS MANAGEMENT FOR ENTERPRISE-LEVEL HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a human resource management platform that includes applications targeted to solve a variety of human resource and benefits administration management problems. Applications of the human resource management platform include business applications such as benefits administration that may provide a single solution for facilitating employee benefits management and organizational efficiencies through automation of benefit management functions, measurement of benefit provider effectiveness, and the like. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100106737 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING NEXT COMMANDS WHEN USING A SOFTWARE APPLICATION - One embodiment of the invention sets forth a mechanism for recommended commands to a designer of a graphics design application. Each time a command is executed within the graphics design application, a resource module receives command use information associated with the executed command. In response, the resource module generates and transmits one or more recommendation lists to the designer, where each recommendation list includes a list of recommended commands that may be executed by the designer next. The resource module generates the recommendation lists based on frequency information associated with the recommended commands stored within a local frequency store. The frequency information is received by the resource module from a central server that processes command use information associated with different designers in the community to produce the frequency information. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106738 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING REPRESENTATION FOR PRO BONO OPPORTUNITIES - The disclosure describes systems and methods for providing representation to pro se litigants or other pro bono opportunities. The system includes a central database of current pro bono opportunity information. Information to populate the database may be automatically retrieved from individual electronic sources, such as individual court dockets and court records' databases. Information may also be manually entered by attorneys, courts, legal aid societies, bar associations, law schools, legal clinics, law firms or from other sources. Through the interfaces provided by the system, an attorney may accept representation of a pro bono opportunity by directly communicating that to the system administrator. This may take the form of an electronic message, a click on a icon on a web page, or some other communication. In any case, this communication is sufficient to obligate the attorney to represent the pro bono opportunity, allowing representation to begin immediately upon such communication. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106739 | AUTHENTICATED DATABASE SYSTEM - This invention is a generically constructed and authenticated relational database, the main aim of which is to manage data, records and logistics information and the tracing of said data and typically applied to a variety of workflow processes in e.g., but not restricted to, science and industry. To this end information is entered through notebooks or through instruments into a database that can be either a single user system or a full system. A single user system has limited functionality and can be connected to only a single full system at a time, whereas a full system is able to communicate with a plurality of single user systems, databases and other full systems according to the present innovation. This system authenticates data and can be used for reverse tracing to for instance lab animals in biomedical research, and forward tracing to for instance the retail part of the food value chain from the animal of origin or from ingredients like feed or other components added to the chain. Central is the generic architecture of the system, allowing creation and linking into the existing data categories new data categories and data tables without the need to modify the system or the computer program. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100106740 | Search device, search method, and computer-readable medium that stores search program - Search devices, methods, and programs store information that pertains to a search object in association with a first character string and a second character string that are used to search for the search object. When a search for the search object is performed, the devices, methods, and programs read from the first storage portion the first character string and the second character string for the search object and store the read first character string and the read second character string. The devices, methods, and programs receive the input of a character string for searching for the search object. When the character string is input by the input portion, the devices, methods, and programs search the second storage portion for and present one of the first character string and the second character string that begin with a character string that matches the input character string. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100114934 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method in a communication device, of retrieving a playlist of the most played music within a certain user defined geographical area is provided. The playlist may be retrieved from a database. The communication device and the database may be adapted to communicate with each other. The method may include sending a request for retrieving a playlist. The request may be sent to the database. Also, the method may include receiving the requested playlist from the database. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114935 | POPULATING A MULTI-RELATIONAL ENTERPRISE SOCIAL NETWORK WITH DISPARATE SOURCE DATA - Some aspects include association of fields of a data source with one or more entity identities, one or more relation identities, and one or more attributes corresponding, respectively, to entity identities, relation identities and facet attributes defined in metadata of an enterprise social network, and reception of data from the data source. Also included is a determination, based on the data and the associated fields of the data source, of one or more source entities, one or more source entity identities associated with each of the one or more source entities, one or more source relations, one or more source relation identities associated with each of the one or more source relations, and one or more source facets associated with one or more source entities or source relations. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114936 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PUBLICATION DATES FOR SEARCH RESULTS - A system and method for displaying publication information for search results. User input is received to perform a search of a communications network. Search results are generated in response to the user input. A content date is determined for content included in each of the search results. The search results and the content date associated with each of the search results is displayed. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT CUSTOMIZATION BASED ON USER'S PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL MAP OF PROFILE - A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to enable a user to explore his/her problems and/or linkages associated with them in a series of steps and presents a set of content (also known as a user experience) each comprising one or more content items to the user. A psycho-spiritual map is constructed for the user to explore, wherein each node in the map represents a problem, a sub-problem/factor/issue, and an emotion related to it. The map can be dynamically managed and expanded along a path of the user's exploration by a personal “agent” that understands the user's specific needs and interests. Based on such in-depth personal knowledge and understanding, the agent is capable of identifying, retrieving, customizing, and presenting a set of content to the user that specifically and continuously addresses his/her problem. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114938 | SEARCH RESULTS FOR A TOPIC THAT INCLUDE A LIST OF MESSAGING USERS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY SEARCHED ON THAT TOPIC - Embodiments are directed towards integrating searching functionality with chat capability wherein the chat selections are selected and displayed based on a user's search query. In response to a searcher performing a search query, an analysis is automatically performed to identify others in a community that has recently performed searches employing same and/or similar search query terms. A list of the others identified may filtered based on, for example, demographics, time, location, and/or a variety of other user preferences. A chat (or other messaging) session may be initiated by either user to enable searchers to communicate and refine and/or improve their search queries. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114939 | SOFTWARE TEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH FACILITATED REUSE OF TEST COMPONENTS - A system and appertaining method is provided for identifying a software test component for reuse in a system whose attributes are stored in a repository, based on the attributes of a component that is in the process of being developed or has been developed. A checking algorithm looks to a repository for a new software test component to see if a similar one exists by comparing various attributes of the new component to attributes of a stored component. If a match is found, the developer is notified and thus uses the stored component instead of the new one. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114940 | SELF-ORGANIZING MANAGED RESOURCES - Techniques for self-organizing managed resources are provided. A search that defines characteristics of a source resource is automatically constructed. The search is processed to obtain one or more target resources that are similar to the source resource. The source resource and the one or more target resources form a dynamic managed group that is used to monitor and manage the target resources and the source resource as a logical group. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114941 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR AN IMPROVED ENTERPRISE SPATIAL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method, system, and program for providing access to spatial data. A request for data is received. Enterprise and third party data are integrated. The integrated data is processed. Spatially referenced results are generated using the processed data. The spatially referenced results are returned in response to the request. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PERSONALIZED SCHEDULE BASED ON CALENDARING ENTRIES - In a method for providing a personalized schedule based on calendaring entries, a request is sent to retrieve data for a calendaring entry using a connector and the connector has instructions to permit access to data for a calendaring module and the data for the calendaring module being stored on at least one of local storage of a first remote computer system and storage at a second remote computer system, data is received for the calendaring entry, one or more descriptors are determined from data for the calendaring entry, a database is queried with a query request using at least one of the one or more descriptors, a query result is received for the query request, and the query result is associated with the calendaring entry in a personalized schedule. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114943 | Method, Device and System for Combination of Resource and Admission Control - A method, a device and a system for combination of resource admission control are provided. The system includes the policy determination combination device and multiple bearer and transmission devices. The combination device combines functions and interfaces of two or multiple kinds of arbitrary policy determination devices in systems of different standards, and has multiple interfaces to be connected with the bearer and transmission devices, and selects the corresponding interface working protocol according to the type of bearer and transmission device. Multiple bearer and transmission devices are connected with the policy determination combination device by different interfaces. By setting policy determination combination device, the combination of policy determination devices is realized with a few changes to the current network. When there are multiple types of bearer and transmission devices in a management domain, the number of the policy determination devices can be efficiently reduced, and the cost of setting up the network and maintenance can be reduced. Also, it is propitious to collaborate and combine different standards and to improve speed of industrialization. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100121870 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING COMPLEX LANGUAGE TEXT, SUCH AS JAPANESE TEXT, ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method to search for items characterized by Japanese text using a mobile device. The search system receives keyed user input and converts the input into a set of search terms. After generating search terms, the system searches Japanese text fields for matching items accessible by the mobile device. One or more natural starting points in the text fields are identified for each matching item. Starting points may include, for example, the beginning of a text field and the locations of punctuation or changes in character set in the text field. After determining starting points, the system determines the distance between the matching text and a starting point. The system then provides an ordered set of search results based on the calculated distance and potentially other factors, such as the alignment of the match and the type of item. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121871 | INFORMATION UPDATING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION UPDATING METHOD - Information updating system and information updating method for transmitting updated information of information about a mobile terminal apparatus and/or user to a receiving-side terminal apparatus to enable the information of a calling-side terminal apparatus to be automatically updated. A calling-side terminal apparatus | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121872 | PERSONALLY CONTROLLED STORAGE AND TESTING OF PERSONAL GENOMIC INFORMATION - An electronic system, method, and service is disclosed for storing subjects' genomic and medical information on portable storage devices to be used for private disease diagnosis and for subject-controlled participation in research queries. Using a computer with network access, subjects conduct private disease diagnosis and disease forecasting by downloading genetic queries and running the queries against private genomic data stored on the portable storage device. When participating in a subject-controlled research program, subjects are provided the capability of joining a peer-to-peer network and the choice to decide whether to participate in queries submitted by researchers over the network to subject network members. When subject network members decide to participate in a submitted query, they download the query, run the query against their private data, and anonymously submit the results back to the network. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CORRELATION BETWEEN CLINICAL EVENTS - The present application relates to improving healthcare practices in clinical facilities. In a facility that utilizes electronic patient charts ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121874 | SEARCH BASED SPECIFICATION FOR DATA SYNCHRONIZATION - Systems and methods for a search based specification for data synchronization are described. In some embodiments, a method to synchronize information of a client device from a server includes, at a client, receiving a communication from a server to synchronize information between the client device and the server, wherein the information is selected from all application data on the server by a search mechanism in accordance with one or more one or more search criteria, and the information is arranged in an order prior to transmission from the server; and performing operations to synchronize application data on the client in accordance with at least portions of the information received from the server. Other embodiments are also described. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a content associated information acquiring unit that acquires content associated information on a content associated with content data that is data for the content; a content related information acquiring unit that allows a predetermined searching unit to search information not associated with the content data for information on the content, as content associated information acquired by the content associated information acquiring unit is a search condition, and acquires information retrieved as a result of the search from the searching unit as content related information; a display control unit that displays content associated information acquired by the content associated information acquiring unit and content related information acquired by the content related information acquiring unit on a display unit; and a keyword registration unit that registers at least a part of the content associated information displayed on the display unit as a keyword for searching a recommended content in accordance with an instruction by a user. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121876 | INFORMATION ENTRY MECHANISM FOR SMALL KEYPADS - Presentation of results of a predictive analysis of text is delayed until entry of the text by a user is paused by a particular amount of time. The results are available for selection by the user for another particular amount of time. After the other particular amount of time is expired, the results are no longer available to for selection. If a particular result is selected, the selected result either replaces or supplements the entered text. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121877 | Systems and Methods for Retrieving Data - This invention relates to a computer-based method and system for facilitating the retrieval, classification, and distribution of information. In one embodiment, a method for providing information comprises providing a plurality of entities, each having an entity type, providing a plurality of relationships among the entities, each relationship having a relationship type and direction, and constructing an entity-relationship network comprising the entities and relationships. The method further includes receiving a plurality of information items, facilitating the association of the information items with at least one corresponding entity, receiving a request for information items associated with a selected one of the entities, determining a subset of the entities based on the selected entity, the relationships, the relationship types and the relationship directions, and providing the information items associated with the subset of the entities. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100121878 | ARCHITECTURE FOR CREATING, ORGANIZING, EDITING, MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY OF LOCATIONALLY-SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO A USER - Disclosed herein is a dynamic content design, delivery and distribution software architecture that enables a centrally located designer, using a graphical interface, to create, edit, manage, and organize a matrix of trigger points that are plotted on a computerized map of geographical space. Each of these trigger points may be tagged with content, which is then relayed to a dynamic client device that is remotely located. The client device then displays the content to a remote user in a manner predetermined by the centrally located designer, the content varying based on feedback provided by the client device. The system and methods disclosed enable a centrally located designer to assume the role of an automated tour designer. As such, designers can compile a variety of different tours, each aimed at users with particular preferences. The architecture further offers a means to publish tour scripts for public consumption. The system is sufficiently flexible for use in any instance in which a user requires dynamic content, which is displayed contingent on any number of conditions. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100125598 | ARCHITECTURE FOR SUPPORTING SPARSE VOLUMES - An architecture, including a file-level protocol, for supporting sparse volumes on a storage system is provided. The file-level protocol provides coherency checking for use in retrieving data stored on a backing store remote from a storage system. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100131544 | INTERACTIVE DATABASE - A computerised method of compiling a legal document between two or more parties, the method comprising:
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| 20100131545 | Distribution Data Items Within Geographically Distributed Databases - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to distribution data items within geographically distributed databases. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131546 | SEARCH AND EXPLORATION USING ANALYTICS REFERENCE MODEL - Searching and exploration using a data-driven analytics model. The analytics model includes an analytical modeling component that defines analytical relationships between model variables using a number of analytical relations. In response to a search request, the output variable(s) of the solve operation are identified. The output variable(s) may have even been identified based on the search request. The analytical relations of the model may then be used to solve for the identified output variable(s). The resulting value(s) for the now solved-for output variable(s) may then be used to formulate the response to the search request. The nature of the response may vary depending on the scope of the application that embodied the search request capability. The results of the search request may be used for further exploration of the model by, for example, submitting follow-up search requests, resulting in follow-up solve operations. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131547 | DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INCLUDING CUSTOMIZABLE METADATA MODEL FOR ASSET CATALOGING AND PERMISSIONING OF DIGITAL ASSETS, SUCH AS FOR USE WITH DIGITAL IMAGES AND SONGS - A method, system, and metadata model is provided that allows for the organization of electronic assets, such as songs, videos, documents, images, etc. Virtual libraries are created based on virtual copies of assets created based on metadata, thereby avoiding copying of the actual assets. The metadata model also facilitates searching for assets from the virtual libraries and the implementation of permissioning schemes. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTENT PLAYLIST USING METADATA - Provided is a method of generating a content playlist. The method includes: selecting an item of content included in a first content playlist, selecting a metadata item, which is a search base, from one or more items of metadata associated with the selected item of content, searching for one or more contents having a metadata item value equal to or similar to a metadata item value of the selected metadata item, and generating a second content playlist using the searched for one or more contents. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131549 | MULTI-PROCESS INTERACTIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A multi-process interactive system is described. The system includes numerous processes running on a processing device. The processes include separable program execution contexts of application programs, such that each application program comprises at least one process. The system translates events of each process into data capsules. A data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the content of the data capsule. The system transfers the data messages into pools or repositories. Each process operates as a recognizing process, where the recognizing process recognizes in the pools data capsules comprising content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and/or an identification of the recognizing process. The recognizing process retrieves recognized data capsules from the pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131550 | DATA SEARCH DEVICE, DATA SEARCH SYSTEM, DATA SEARCH METHOD AND DATA SEARCH PROGRAM - A range search of data is implemented, being a data search method to achieve a constant degree and a logarithmic hop count. A data search device that is located on a network and searches for data shared with another device, includes a dividing unit that divides a logical identifier range based on a logical identifier between own logical identifier and a logical identifier of a successor if a division condition of the logical identifier range requested to search for is met; and a search request transferring unit that transfers a search request including the logical identifier range acquired by the dividing means to a same or different device that meets a forwarding destination condition of the search request. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION - In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method and system of designating and/or protecting confidential information in an original document includes receiving a file containing the original document through a computer-network interface. The original document contains confidential information, and the original document may be stored in one or more structured databases configured in one or more memories. A user interface is provided between the processor and the user associated with the original document. The user identifies at least a portion of the information considered to be confidential through the user interface. The processor may identify each occurrence of the confidential information contained in the original document, and may selectively generate one or more redacted or confidential files in which each occurrence of confidential information in the original document is obscured or redacted. The user may select to not have any confidential information redacted. The redacted files may be stored in one or more structured databases such that the redacted files are available for selective retrieval by the original user and/or a different user. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100131552 | METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR RESTRICTING INPUT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A DATABASE - Disclosed is a method, processing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium for restricting input in association with a database. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of restricting input in association with a database, including searching a database for information that includes inputted data; and restricting input of subsequent data that is not included in the information in the database that includes the inputted data, wherein the inputted data includes at least one grapheme. According to the present invention, input of incorrect information that is probable to be inputted is restricted when the information is inputted through an input interface of a terminal, and the restriction is applied to Korean characters, English letters, special characters, numerals and the like, whereby input of correct information is induced from all aspects of characters. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100138441 | METHOD FOR STORING TELEPHONE NUMBER BY AUTOMATICALLY ANALYZING MESSAGE AND MOBILE TERMINAL EXECUTING THE METHOD - According to the present invention, a method for storing a phone number, which automatically compares a search keyword extracted from an address book stored in a mobile communication terminal with content of a received message and informs a user of phone number change or new phone number saving, includes (S | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138442 | DATABASE ACCESS USING PARTITIONED DATA AREAS - To provide an information processing apparatus, a database system, an information processing method, and a program which ensure efficient database accesses by partitioning. The apparatus includes a partition generating unit ( | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138443 | User-Powered Recommendation System - Recommendation systems are widely used in Internet applications. In current recommendation systems, users only play a passive role and have limited control over the recommendation generation process. As a result, there is often considerable mismatch between the recommendations made by these systems and the actual user interests, which are fine-grained and constantly evolving. With a user-powered distributed recommendation architecture, individual users can flexibly define fine-grained communities of interest in a declarative fashion and obtain recommendations accurately tailored to their interests by aggregating opinions of users in such communities. By combining a progressive sampling technique with data perturbation methods, the recommendation system is both scalable and privacy-preserving. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138444 | FEDERATED CHALLENGE CREDIT SYSTEM - Systems and methods for reducing the number of challenge messages that are sent in response to an incoming message in situations where the incoming message is likely not unsolicited. The systems and methods include evaluating the behavior of a sender with regard to one or more federated messaging services and determining if the sender is approved or unapproved. If the sender is approved, the incoming message is deliver to a recipient's inbox without issuing a challenge message. Unapproved senders are required to respond to a challenge message. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145977 | PRIORITIZATION OF SEARCH REQUESTS USING SEARCH TEMPLATES - A method, a computer system, and a computer program product that prioritizes search requests to a database directory by assigning the search requests to one or more templates. Attributes of the search requests, such as an IP address, the portion of the database to which the search is constrained, one or more return attributes, the scope of the search, and/or search filters used, are compared with values of those attributes of the templates. The template whose values of the attributes match the values of the attributes in the search request is selected. This template has a template identifier that is associated with a transaction name of a work unit enclave. The search request is then associated with the work unit enclave and the operating system of the computer system will execute the search request in accordance with the performance goals and priority of the service class into which the work unit enclave is assigned. Process steps include creating a search template if none exist, and configuring a database server to assign a transaction name to search requests based on attributes and their values of the search request and then associating that transaction name with a transaction name of the work unit enclave. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145978 | TECHNIQUES TO PROVIDE UNIFIED LOGGING SERVICES - Techniques to provide unified logging services are described. An apparatus may comprise a memory to store a diagnostic manager component. A processor may be coupled to the memory, the processor operative to execute instructions for the diagnostic manager component. The diagnostic manager component may be operative to receive diagnostic messages for a diagnostic activity spanning multiple threads within a process, multiple processes or multiple devices, annotate the diagnostic messages with context information to form annotated diagnostic messages, and store the annotated diagnostic messages in a diagnostic log data file. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145979 | GEOSPATIAL DATA INTERACTION - A method, system and medium for accepting geospatial data queries through an interface allowing dynamic predicates are disclosed. The geospatial data queries are translated into one or more intermediate formats, and then the intermediate format is provided to one or more geospatial data servers. Each of the one or more geospatial data servers will receive the appropriate language and syntax for which it was designed. Each of the one or more geospatial data servers will simultaneously process the request and, when processing is complete, render an appropriate result from that geospatial data server and application to an end user. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145980 | IMAGING DEVICE - There is provided an imaging device including a first processor for, when a group and a data position in a group are specified for data divided to one or plurality of groups, transmitting data of the specified data position through a first signal line; and a second processor including a first display for displaying a group element for selecting each group by a number determined based on number of groups, a second display for displaying, when the group element displayed is selected, data element for selecting each data by a number determined based on number of data belonging to the group of the selected group element, and a data transmission requesting unit for, when the data element is selected, specifying a group to which the data of the selected data element belongs and the data position in the group, and requesting data transmission to the first processor. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145981 | Gamete donor selection based on genetic calculations - Gamete donor selection includes receiving a specification including a phenotype of interest, receiving a genotype of a recipient and a plurality of genotypes of a respective plurality of donors, determining statistical information pertaining to the phenotype of interest based at least in part on different pairings of the genotype of the recipient and a genotype of a donor in the plurality of donors, and identifying a preferred donor among the plurality of donors, based at least in part on the statistical information determined. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145982 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a display device; a storage unit configured to store a plurality of image data having information corresponding to a search key; a search key specifying unit configured to specify a search key used for image search; a search unit configured to search and extract image data having information relating to the search key specified by the search key specifying unit from the storage unit; and a display control unit configured to control the image corresponding to image data extracted by the search unit to be displayed on the position corresponding to the degree of association as to the search key on the display screen of the display device. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145983 | HOMOLOGY SEARCHING METHOD - An apparatus for controlling devices for searching homology of queries in a base sequence in parallel, includes: a memory for storing a base sequence and an appearing frequency of each of first strings each having a fixed length appearing in the base sequence; and a processor for executing a process including: obtaining queries for searching homology in the base sequence; retrieving each of second strings each having a longer fixed length then that of first strings and partially appearing in each of the queries; determining an approximate appearing frequency of each of the second string on the basis of the appearing frequency of the first strings; evaluating for each of the query sequences a load of task for searching homology; and allocating each task for searching homology for each of the queries among the devices on the basis of the result of evaluation of the load of the each task. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145984 | Association And Extraction Of Content Artifacts From A Graphical Representation Of Electronic Content - A computer implemented method and system is provided for associating and extracting content artifacts from a graphical representation of electronic content. A multi-dimensional virtual lattice comprising one or more grid layers is created. The nodes of the multi-dimensional virtual lattice represent metadata acquired from predefined content criteria. Electronic content comprising content artifacts acquired from multiple content sources is graphically represented within the multi-dimensional virtual lattice using the grid layers. Each of the content artifacts from the electronic content attaches to one or more nodes of the multi-dimensional virtual lattice. A user provides search criteria comprising keywords. The content artifacts attached to nodes of the multi-dimensional virtual lattice whose metadata matches with the keywords are extracted and displayed to the user. The graphical representation of electronic content in the multi-dimensional virtual lattice is used to associate, extract, composite, project, and organize the content artifacts acquired from the content sources. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145985 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A document management device ( | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100145986 | Querying Data and an Associated Ontology in a Database Management System - A method, apparatus, and computer program for querying data and an associated ontology in a database. An ontology is associated with data in database. Responsive to receiving a query from a requestor, relational data in the database is identified using the query to form identified relational data. Ontological knowledge in the ontology is identified using the identified relational data and the ontology. A result is returned to the requestor. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100153429 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR OPTIMIZING PROCESSING OF QUERIES FEATURING MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM EQUALITY CONDITIONS IN A PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for optimized processing of queries that feature maximum or minimum equality conditions are provided. A table on which the query is applied is scanned a single time. Rows of the table distributed to respective processing modules are scanned by the processing modules. Each processing module maintains identification of any rows distributed to the respective processing module that have attribute values that equal the maximum or minimum attribute value locally identified by the processing module. Subsequently, a global aggregation mechanism is invoked to compute the query result without requiring an additional rescan of the table. Further, the disclosed mechanisms may be extended to compute top N queries featuring maximum or minimum equality conditions. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153430 | Method of and Apparatus for Extraction and Analysis of Macro Operations within Query Language Statement - A method receives a query containing at least a statement, and analyzes the statement to determine a query structure of elements forming the statement. The text of the statement is formatted to reflect the query structure. The formatted text is replaced with an equivalent tree of logical blocs representing the statement in a higher level. The representation of one or more of the logical blocks is shortened. A data flow tree of macro operation nodes is generated based on the logical blocks for presentation to a user. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153431 | ALERT TRIGGERED STATISTICS COLLECTIONS - In an example embodiment, a method is illustrated as including defining a rule for executing a structured query language (SQL) statement, the rule including a resource threshold. A violation of the rule may be detected during an execution of the SQL statement. Further, SQL execution data is logged in a log table as a result of the rule being violated, the SQL execution data including a statistics collection recommendation. An estimated cost of gathering statistics indicated by the statistics collection recommendation is compared to an estimated resource savings and a data dictionary storing statistics on data objects associated with the SQL statement is updated as a function of the comparing. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153432 | OBJECT BASED MODELING FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION QUERY GENERATION - This disclosure relates to computer implemented methods, systems, and software for querying data associated with a service-oriented enterprise software application. A query request is received, for data associated with a service-oriented enterprise software application. A business information view object can be identified based on the query request. Using a query embodied in the business information view object, business objects can be queried that are decoupled from the enterprise software application. In another instance, a business object associated with a service-oriented enterprise software application can be identified and metadata extracted, relating to the identified business object. Business information view objects can be automatically generated based on the business object and the extracted metadata. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153433 | MULTIPLATFORM COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA JOURNAL WITH MAPPING - A plurality of media files may be maintained in a data store, where each of the plurality of media files is associated with at least one indication comprising at least one of a geographic indication and a time indication. At least one indication may be identified, wherein the at least one indication is one of a geographic indication and a time indication. A query may be sent to the data store, wherein the query includes the identified at least one indication and at least one media file may be retrieved from the data store according to the query. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153434 | SUPPORT 3-SCREEN USER EXPERIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF A SERVICES MARKETPLACE - The present invention is directed to sharing access to end user information in a multi-screen environment for the purpose of enhancing application functionality and end user experience including advertising functionality and experience. The invention includes storing end user information obtained from a first screen environment in an end user context database (ECD), and accessing the end user information in the ECD for use in a second screen environment. The multi-screen environments include a television, a network access device, such as a personal computer configured to provide access to the Internet, a telephone and other mobile and home devices such as PDAs. The first screen environment is different from the second screen environment. Use of an application associated with any of the first and second screen environments by an end user generates an event with end user information, and includes publishing the event to the ECD and forwarding or making the event information usable by, or accessible to, other applications serving the end user, including advertising applications. The invention further controls access to the ECD by other applications serving the end user, including advertising applications. The end user information includes information about the end user's context, desires or preferences. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153435 | Opening Document Stored at Multiple Database Replicas - A document stored at each of a number of database replicas communicatively connected with a current database replica is desired to be opened. The current database replica is initially opened. The current database replica stores an indicator for the document denoting the database replicas at which the document is stored. A probable time to retrieve the document from each database replica is retrieved from the current database replica. For each database replica, a real-time analysis of network parameters in relation to the database replica is performed based on the probable time retrieved. This analysis yields an updated probable time to retrieve the document from the database replica. The document is thus retrieved from the database replica having the lowest updated probable time. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153436 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING DATA - A method and system for searching data is provided. An index of a search engine is accessed. Distribution data is extracted from the index of the search engine. A value index is generated from the distribution data. A search request is received from a client. A query is generated based on the search request and the value index. The query is forwarded to the search engine for execution. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153437 | DATA STORING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF INFORMATIONAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A data storing system and data processing method of the informational household appliance are provided. The system includes: one or plurality of home database server of informational household appliance which connected with each other, one or plurality of household gateway server, and one or plurality of data managing server of informational household appliance. The data processing method includes: the data processing method of the informational household appliance on-lining, off-lining and status data updating thereof, and the current status of informational household appliance in real-time reflects to the data managing server of informational household appliance through the household gateway server by this data processing method. The data of the informational household appliance can be stored separately from the informational household appliance, and the data of the informational household appliance can be unitedly managed by the system and method. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153438 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE DOCUMENT - A method and apparatus for allowing a computer to search a hierarchical structure document by creating a list in which a true flag indicating that conditions of a predicate of a search formula are satisfied or a false flag indicating that the conditions of the predicate of the search formula are not satisfied is set to a predicate node of the document data based on the search formula, and scanning the list to search for data designated by the search formula from the document data. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153439 | Utilities for Deriving Values and Information From Within an Interlocking Trees Data Store - A method for accessing a KStore including at least one K path having at least one subcomponent node and at least one root node includes providing a utility routine and accessing the KStore using the utility routine. The accessing may include traversing the at least one K path. The at least one K path includes a further node and bidirectional links between the at least one subcomponent node and the further node. The method includes traversing between the at least one subcomponent node and the further node by way of the bidirectional links. The further node can be a beginning of thought node, an end of thought node, root node, or a subcomponent node. A location may be determined within the KStore. The K Store may be queried. Searches for information within the KStore may be performed. The KStore may be traversed to constrain and focus the KStore. The KStore may be updated. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153440 | SYSTEM WITH USER DIRECTED ENRICHMENT - A system for enriching document content using enrichment themes includes a directed search service and an import-export service. The directed search service allows users to author documents while querying information providers using the directed searches that are inserted as part of the authored documents. The import-export service enables meta-document exchanges between systems that provide document enrichment by binding imported meta-documents to identical or similar information providers. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153441 | Single access point for filing of converted electronic forms to multiple processing entities - Methods for efficiently publishing electronic versions of traditionally paper-based government forms and utilizing the electronic forms for web-based transactional services are disclosed. Standard paper-based government forms are automatically converted to XML format, including data fields for entry of information by customers. Multiple electronic forms are accessible to the customer at a single access point, such as a web site. At the web site, the customer selects a form for filing with any of a plurality of government agencies. When presented to the customer, the selected form is presented with some of its data fields being pre-populated according to information retrieved from a database and specific to that customer. The customer completes the form, and a back-end system integrated with the web site handles the completed form, determines the appropriate government agency for filing the form, and transmits it as a transaction to the determined government agency. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100153442 | HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEDIUM STORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER - To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100161645 | Change management - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with artifact type neutral change management are described. One example method includes maintaining an access table for each artifact in a collaborative software environment that records a most recent access of an artifact on a per user basis. An artifact type registration table is also maintained that maps each artifact type to the access table that records access information for artifacts of the given type and to a data store that stores artifacts of that type. For a given user, artifact pair, queries on the type registration table, access table, and data store are generated to return the last modification time for the artifact and the user's last access time for the artifact. This information is used to determine a change status of the artifact for the given user. This common framework can be used for artifacts of any type that are registered in the type registration table. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161646 | CRITERIA BUILDER FOR QUERY BUILDER - Systems and methods are provided that programmatically provide a user interface for forming a query, comprising. A query builder displays a first row of query criteria, a second row of query criteria, the second row being logically connected to the first row by a first Boolean connector, and a third row of query criteria, the third row being logically connected to the second row by a second Boolean connector. In response to a user drag-and-drop operation, the query builder nests the third row of query criteria in the second row of query criteria. Thus, a drag-and-drop operation obviates the need for cumbersome groups of parentheses when defining the order of operation of the query. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161647 | SMART CACHE COMPONENT FOR DEMAND CHAIN MANAGEMENT - Demand Chain Management (DCM) refers to a suite of analytical applications for retail business, that provides retailers with the tools they need for product demand forecasting, planning and replenishment. The reliable development and user-friendly interface of DCM applications ensures improved customer satisfaction, increased sales, improved inventory turns and significant return on investment. The present subject matter provides a self-contained reusable smart cache component for DCM development and interface. The smart cache component gives a DCM developer the ability to automatically have a configurable amount of information temporarily stored in readily available memory on an application server. The information can be retrieved in a high speed fashion without the need for additional calls to the original location of the information. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161648 | FLEXIBLE MULTI-TENANT SUPPORT OF METADATA EXTENSION - A system may include reception, from a client, of a request for access to an instance of an object model, identification of extension metadata associated with the object model and associated with the client in a metadata repository, identification of client-independent metadata of the object model in the metadata repository, merging of the client-independent metadata and the extension metadata associated with the client to create a merged object model, and access of the instance based on the merged object model. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161649 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT - There is disclosed a system and method for optimising database access plans. Specifically, modifications made to a database are monitored and compared to a set of criteria. If a modification satisfies a criterion, the access plans relating to the modification are updated. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161650 | Performing Predicate-Based Data Compression - Techniques for performing predicate-based data compression are provided. The techniques include specifying a predicate, wherein the predicate is specified by a user, and using the predicate to filter data compression, wherein using the predicate to filter data compression comprises compressing one or more subsets of data that satisfy the predicate. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161651 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Queries Using Oriented Query Paths - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to specify a set of database tables defining vertices and database joins defining oriented edges to form a graph. The oriented edges specify directionality characterizing dependent relationships between database tables. A query path in the graph is identified. The graph is split into a set of directed acyclic graphs. Each directed acyclic graph has a single root vertex that does not form a path to itself through oriented edges. Selected oriented edges are removed from each directed acyclic graph to form a tree corresponding to each directed acyclic graph. The tree is a sub-graph of a directed acyclic graph without loops and one list of joins relates any two database tables in the tree. A database query is generated for each tree. The database query is applied to database tables to form query results. The query results are displayed. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161652 | RAPID ITERATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSIFIERS - A classifier development process seamlessly and intelligently integrates different forms of human feedback on instances and features into the data preparation, learning and evaluation stages. A query utility based active learning approach is applicable to different types of editorial feedback. A bi-clustering based technique may be used to further speed up the active learning process. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161653 | Academic StudyTool Utilizing E-Book Technology - A software interface to increase the efficiency for reading, abstracting of information and locating material within an electron publication, pursuant to which author content and/or researcher content may be quickly searched, accessed and stored on an academic tool utilizing e-book technology. Topic mapping tools may be further used to enhance searching to link and cross reference terminology. For example, such tools are described in ISO/IEC 13250:2000 and more recently extended into XML format in XTM specifications. W3C® standards, such as DAML+OIL and topic map standards as well as functionally similar standards may also be utilized. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161654 | Integrating and Enhancing Searching of Media Content and Biometric Databases - Metadata for a content signal is searched by transforming the content signal into different hash formats, each being used to retrieve identifying information from corresponding databases. The identifying information enables retrieval of metadata from metadata databases. These systems and methods enable devices to access a wide array of dynamic metadata from disparate sources through queries that are derived from intrinsic content attributes. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161655 | SYSTEM FOR STRING MATCHING BASED ON SEGMENTATION METHOD AND METHOD THEREOF - A device of searching a text string based on segmentation according to the present invention includes: a keyword input unit that receives a keyword; a segmentation unit that receives the keyword and constantly splits the received keyword into a search unit having one or more characters; and a search unit that extracts a generation position of each search unit in a search target file by searching each search unit of the keyword from the search target file and calculates similarity as the inputted keyword by using the extracted generation position. According to the present invention, a dictionary does not need to be previously organized at the time of creating an index database and a creation speed of the index database is increased and false extraction is minimized, thereby accurately searching a text string. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100161656 | MULTIPLE STEP IDENTIFICATION OF RECORDINGS - Multiple information is extracted from an unknown recording and information associated therewith. Associated information includes the filename, if the recording is a computer file in, e.g., MP3 format, or table of contents (TOC) data, if the recording is on a removable medium, such as a compact disc. At least one and preferably several algorithmically determined fingerprints are extracted from the recording using one or more fingerprint extraction methods. The information extracted is compared with corresponding information in a database maintained for reference recordings. Identification starts with the most accurate and efficient method available, e.g., using a hash ID, a unique ID or text. Fingerprint matching is used to confirm other matches and validation is performed by comparing the duration of the unknown and a possibly matching reference recording. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100169357 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Automatically Obtaining Custom Interface Elements When Changing UI Themes by Querying a Remote Repository - A method including forming a query to specifically request at least one user interface element not resident upon a device, transmitting the query to a remote repository comprising a plurality of user interface element definitions, dynamically retrieving response data from the remote repository in response to the query, and applying the response data to a user interface of the device. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169358 | Method for Facilitating the Search of Video Content - A method for facilitating the search of video content, comprising the steps of submitting a video content clip for specific time duration of video content; extracting a fingerprint associated with the video clip by a fingerprint extractor; selecting database entries matching the specific time of video content from a fingerprint archive database; delivering the database entries matching the specific time of video content to a search module; reconstructing the searched database entries into continuous fingerprint streams by the search module, in which the searched database entries from the same location and channel are grouped together, and the fingerprint data sections are stripped out of the entries and concatenated according to the segment ID and time-stamps contained within each entry; searching for a match with the fingerprint associated with the video clip by a matcher from the continuous fingerprint streams to find a match; and combining a matching result with additional information obtained from the archive entries to form a search report. The method according to the present invention can extract fingerprint information from video content for the purpose of archiving without the huge storage capacity required, can collect statistics and extract additional information from the archived video information automatically based on the user entered searching video clip information, and can search through video fingerprint data for identifying historical recording and collect statistics and extract additional information of video content easily at low hardware cost. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169359 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Information Extraction of Textual Documents - A method and system for extraction of text from a set of text document(s). A data repository stores a plurality of variables that represent document segments and associated rhetorical relations. A user interacts with a computer to define query input that specifies at least one rhetorical relation of interest. The query input specified by the user is processed to query the variables stored in the data repository to identify zero or more document segments that are associated with a rhetorical relation that matches the at least one rhetorical relation of interest specified by the query input. Information corresponding to the zero or more matching document segments is returned to the user. In the preferred embodiment, the rhetorical relations represented by the user supplied query input as well as the variables stored in the data repository include a set of RST relations whose meaning is dictated by nuclearity of the associated text. Such RST relations can include a plurality of mononuclear RST relations each having a nucleus and a satellite and a plurality of multinuclear RST relations each having a plurality of nucleus. The rhetorical relations represented by the user supplied query input as well as the variables stored in the data repository can also include a set of Speech Act relations whose meaning extends beyond the situational semantics of the associated text. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING OF TOP-K QUERIES FROM SAMPLES - A method and apparatus for processing top-k queries are disclosed. For example, the method receives a top-k query with a value for a number of samples and a value of a confidence parameter. The method samples in accordance to the number of samples, and determines a top-k weight of a sample top-k set. The method bounds the top-k weight in an interval having an upper bound and a lower bound such that the top-k weight is in the interval with a probability equal to one minus the value of the confidence parameter, and provides a response to the top-k query in accordance with the upper and lower bounds. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169361 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DATA DICTIONARY - There is provided a method and system generate a data dictionary for searching data items stored in an information resource. In one embodiment, the system generates a list of synonyms for keywords entered in search queries to the system. A keyword and synonym form a token pair. Token pairs are evaluated according to a bidirectional divergence value calculated for distributions of search results, wherein the searches are based on the token pairs. Token pairs are then selected based on the divergence value. The selected token pairs are compiled into a data dictionary. In one embodiment, the data dictionary is a synonym dictionary used for user search query expansion to find matching items. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169362 | PALETTE FOR ACCESSING DOCUMENT HISTORY - A palette for accessing document history. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising rendering on a display a palette within a window of a software, the rendering by executing a software application by a processor, obtaining information pertaining to the software without prompting a user to enter the information pertaining to software, the obtaining responsive to selecting a first icon, and storing the information pertaining to the software. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING AND DISPLAYING ADDITIVE CONTENT IN A WEB BROWSER - A method and apparatus is provided for use with a web browser for managing and displaying additive content relating to web sites. For example, users can associate user generated content with third party web pages and to customize the visibility of this content based on multiple modes of authentication. Users may also manage personal profiles and contact lists over multiple social networks. Users can even monetize their popularity by hosting advertisements and being paid based on their respective level of viewer ship. Various other features are also available for use by users that will enhance their web browsing and social networking experience and provide the users with increased control of their personal profiles. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169364 | Metadata Enhanced Browser - A social networking browser can display contextually relevant content to a user while the user navigates the Internet. The contextually relevant content is selected based on a determination of the topic of the displayed page, and can include contact-centric information about connections in the user's social graph. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169365 | Research collaboration system and method with data-driven search capability - A research collaboration system and method with a data-driven search capability is provided that facilitates collaboration among researchers and/or others interested in research. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTING WEB CONTENT - A system for augmenting data from a source data file with data from a reference database to generate an augmented data file and tracking the augmented data file is provided. The system includes a reference database including at least one reference datum. A handler component is configured to retrieve a source data file including the structured datum. A locator component is configured to locate the structured datum in the source data file; an analyzer component configured to associate the identified structured datum to one reference datum to create an association according to an analyzing strategy. A generating component is configured to generate a hyperlink based upon the association and embeds the generated hyperlink and an identification code in the source file to create and track an augmented data file. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169367 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SELECTING A WORD TO BE DEFINED IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING AN ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY - A method and device for selecting a word to be defined in a mobile communication terminal having an electronic dictionary function. The method includes selecting a word in a displayed text document in response to a first input, displaying the selected word in a search window, searching for the displayed word in response to a request to search for the displayed word, displaying information resulting from the search, and terminating display of the information and displaying the text document. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169368 | SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR REMOTELY ENABLING FEATURES - A method and apparatus enables a feature among a plurality of features in an application loaded on a client, with the client located remotely from a server. The server receives a data profile request from the client. In response to the data profile request, a data profile is sent from the server to the client, the data profile including a profile key to identify the client, an application identification to identify the application, and a feature selector. The application uses the feature selector to enable the feature among the plurality of features. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100174733 | Encoding method and apparatus and decoding method and apparatus - The disclosed embodiments relate to a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus. In some aspects, a decoding method comprises receiving multimedia data which comprises a file type area including information regarding a format of a file, a media area including a video data area and a audio data area, a media information area including a video track area and a audio track area respectively corresponding to the video data area and the audio data area, a file information area including identification information and position information regarding media data in the media area, and a menu description area including description data for displaying a menu, the menu providing an interface between a user and media data in the media area; displaying the menu using the description data; and decoding media data extracted from the media area based on the menu, wherein the media information area further comprises a media meta area which includes creation information regarding a plurality of media contents included in the media area and is on a same level as the video track area and the audio track area, the creation information comprising information regarding at least one of a title, an artist, a clip description, a user comment, and a file date of each of the media contents, and the media area, the media information area and the menu description area are incorporated into a single file. The disclosed embodiments include a multimedia data encoding/decoding method and apparatus can construct a multi media data file including a plurality of video/audio contents and description data for a menu between a user and media data. Thus, a time taken to process and transmit the multimedia data can be reduced. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174734 | ASYNCHRONOUS DATABASE UPDATES BETWEEN COLLABORATIVE APPLICATIONS AND SEARCH UTILITIES - Tools and techniques for asynchronous database updates between client applications and search utilities are provided. These tools may receive indications of updates occurring within a workspace in which two or more users are collaborating. Updates to the collaborative workspace may be committed to a collaboration database maintained internally by a collaboration application. The tools may generate request to commit these updates to a search utility, so that the updates are searchable. The search utility maintains a search database that is decoupled from and operates independently of the collaboration database. The tools may increment a notification counter associated with the collaborative workspace, with the notification counter tracking how many requests to commit updates are pending. Finally, the tools may send the request to commit the update to the search database asynchronously with respect to the collaboration database. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174735 | Predictive Content Delivery - A system and method for predictive retrieval of content is described. Prior to selection and delivery of content to a mobile device by a personal computer, content is predictively retrieved from storage at the computing device. By predictively retrieving content, the content is available for immediate computing device to mobile device transfer. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174736 | Systems and Methods to Evaluate Search Qualities - Systems and methods are provided to evaluate a search engine using search results retrieved from a plurality of different search engines. For example, a controller can randomly distribute a set of pre-formulated queries to a plurality of computers to query the search engines at random times to obtain search results and combine the search results to evaluate the completeness of a query result provided by a particular search engine. The controller may simulate the random queries from users using a set of computers and may reduce the burden on the search engines by spreading out the query activities over a period of time, such as a month. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174737 | System and Method for Communications - A system and method for providing a connection to an entity from a request made to a general database, the system having a central contact database controlling center and a list or database of word sequences purchased by entities; wherein the list or database has an associated contact information and connection is made based on word sequence purchased by a particular entity. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174738 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENERGY BALANCE CONTROL - System and method for controlling an energy balance of an individual by offsetting at least part of the energy absorbed when consuming a food product by expending a suitable amount of energy in exercise activity. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174739 | System and Method for Wikifying Content for Knowledge Navigation and Discovery - Systems, methods and computer program products for navigating concepts found in data produced by intellectuals in a knowledge discovery process are disclosed. The present invention utilizes data sources and facilities for enabling community-based contributions for identifying associations between concepts disclosed by intellectuals. The present invention's approach results in having concepts mapped to authors and tools for linking related concepts with groups of intellectuals and/or contributors. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING PACKETS IN THE NETWORK - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for packet transmission in the network. When the network device receives data packets from the first user, the network device extracts and saves the data encapsulated in the data packets and then forwards the packets according to the destination addresses of the data packets. When it receives the request from a second user for the data mentioned above, it encapsulates the saved data in data packets and sends the data packets to the second user. With the present invention deployed, the uploaded data packets are saved on network devices and can be directly transmitted to users requesting them. In this way, the present invention avoids repeated traffic upload, reduces upload traffic in the network, decreases network bandwidth occupied by traffic, and thus improves the overall network performance. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174741 | Bit string search apparatus, search method, and program - Provided is a search method which is appropriate for handling a don't-care bit. A coupled node tree comprises a root node and a node pair, the node pair being a branch node and leaf node, or a pair of branch nodes, or a pair of leaf nodes located in adjacent storage areas. The branch node includes a discrimination bit position of a search key for the bit string search, which key is encoded so as to distinguish between don't-care bits and significant bits, and position information indicating a position of a primary node, which is one node of a node pair of a link target. A leaf node includes an index key which is a bit string in the status of either being or not being encoded. A search that takes in account the don't-care bit is performed by repeatedly linking in sequence to one of the nodes of a node pair that is the link target in accordance with the bit value of the search key at the discrimination bit position of a branch node until a leaf node is reached, and by tracing back up the path to the leaf node as necessary. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174742 | Bit string search apparatus, search method, and program - To provide a method that lessens the reduction in efficiency of processing using a coupled node tree even if the scale of the coupled node tree grows large. Is stored a termination node, whose discrimination bit position has a value smaller than 0, in a search path stack that holds the search history while successively storing therein branch nodes that have been traversed in the search path. The coupled node indicator of the stored branch node is converted to a value wherein a 1 is added if the link target is node | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174743 | Information Processing Apparatus and Method - Storage stores therein groups of words in association with individual ones objects of search, each of the groups indicating a character of a corresponding one of the objects, the objects of search being classified redundantly into plural items, the storage storing therein, for each of the items, at least one group of words. Controller mixedly displays, on a display and with reference to the storage, tags indicative of groups of words for the individual items, the controller displaying the tags in different display styles unique to the individual items, an image of each of the tags being variable stepwise in accordance with a predetermined condition. User can select a desired tag from among the displayed tags. Search section searches for an object of search meeting a search condition identified on the basis of the one or more words indicated by the tag selected by the user. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174744 | SEARCH METHODS - Search methods. A string is first received. The string is divided to generate at least one string fragment set, comprising of at least a first and a second fragments. A record conforming to the string fragment set is searched for and retrieved. A first data block of the record may include or begin with the first fragment, and a second block may include or begin with the second fragment. The first block may include or begin with the second fragment, and the second block may include or begin with the first fragment. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100179961 | ELECTRONIC ASSISTANT - The present invention relates to an electronic assistant. In one embodiment, a system for processing data on a computing device includes at least one extractor for extracting data from an email to produce extracted data, a user model for generating a high-level model of an email environment on the computing device, based on the extracted data, and at least one predictor for generating a prediction related to the email, based on the extracted data and on the high-level model. In another embodiment, a system for scheduling an event includes an extractor for extracting constraints from a request for the event, a user model for receiving and storing scheduling preferences from a user, and a predictor coupled to the extractor and to the user model, for generating a candidate schedule for the event in accordance with the constraints and the scheduling preferences. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179962 | Methods and Systems for Intelligent Form-Filling and Electronic Document Generation - Methods and systems are disclosed for intelligent form-filling and electronic document generation. One method may include generating a decision tree representing questions which facilitates the completion of a form having one or more data fields. The method may comprise: inputting the questions into a computing device, wherein the questions relate to data to be filled into the one or more data fields of the form; arranging an order of the questions in the computing device based on possible answers given; and using the computing device to automatically generate the decision tree based on the questions, the possible answers, and the order of the questions. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100179963 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOLOGIC DATA IDENTIFICATION, GEODETIC CLASSIFICATION, AND ORGANIZATION - A method of geodetic information acquisition and a computer program product having computer code for performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a file having multiple records, where the records contain spatially referenced data. The records are classified into header records and data records. Each data record is divided into fields. Patterns of fields consistent with sets of the data records are identified. The records are associated with a format based on the patterns of fields. At least some of the spatially referenced data is extracted from the records according to the format. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100185647 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING PATTERN MATCHING RESULTS OF A PARALLEL PATTERN SEARCH ENGINE - Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a system that includes a device that includes one or more pattern-recognition processors for searching a data stream. The pattern-recognition cluster may include various search pattern matching matrices and mask modules which may be utilized to perform various searching functions. Additionally, a buffer may be utilized to individually store the various results from pattern matching matrices and mask modules for subsequent retrieval. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185648 | ENABLING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON A WEB PAGE - Techniques for enabling voice access to information residing on the World Wide Web are provided. The techniques include receiving a query from a user, wherein the query comprises a voice-based request to access information residing on the World Wide Web, identifying one or more websites corresponding to the query, fetching the information from a website, wherein fetching the information comprises executing a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request, organizing the information into a voice-based response and delivering the response to the user. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185649 | SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR QUERIES - A system described herein includes analyzer component that analyzes queries submitted by users and corresponding URLs selected by the users, wherein the queries include a first query and a second query, and wherein the analyzer component determines that the first query and the second query are substantially similar queries. The system additionally includes a correlator component that, responsive to the analyzer component determining that the first query and the second query are substantially similar, generates correlation data that indicates that the first and second queries are substantially similar. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185650 | INDEXING AND SEARCHING DYNAMICALLY CHANGING SEARCH CORPORA - Tools and techniques for indexing and searching dynamically changing search corpora are provided. These tools may receive requests to upload documents over a network to an online document repository, and present a user interface to facilitate the upload. The user interface may include devices that are responsive to user activation to grant permission to at least one other user to search for content contained within the documents. Through the user interface, these tools may receive selections from the user related to granting the permission, with the documents being associated with share parameters that incorporate the user selections. Finally, the tools may receive identifications of the documents to be uploaded | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185651 | RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION FROM AN UNSTRUCTURED ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT COLLECTION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an unstructured electronic document collection. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving a machine-readable search query from a user and responding to the search query with instructions for presenting the user with a structured presentation of instances relevant to the search query. A visual presentation of the structured presentation denotes associations between the instances and values that characterize attributes of the instances by virtue of an arrangement of identifiers of the instances and the values. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185652 | Multi-Dimensional Resource Fallback - A method, system, and article of manufacture are provided for locating a resource in a data structure hierarchy. Data is stored in a hierarchy, such as an objected oriented hierarchy. For each encountered resource that requires data from the hierarchy, identifier and level information is extracted for that resource. A set of resource fallback rules are followed to traverse the hierarchy and to locate a corresponding data item for the subject resource in the hierarchy. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185653 | POPULATING A STRUCTURED PRESENTATION WITH NEW VALUES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new value that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding the new value to the preexisting structured presentation to form a new structured presentation, and outputting instructions for visually presenting the new structured presentation. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185654 | ADDING NEW INSTANCES TO A STRUCTURED PRESENTATION - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. In one aspect, a machine-implemented method includes the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new instance that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding an identifier of the new instance to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, and outputting instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185655 | Re-Download Management of Previously Acquired Digital Media Assets - Improved techniques that enable users to download digital media assets are disclosed. According to one aspect, digital media assets that a user has acquired from a remote media repository can be authorized for download multiple times. This, for example, allows a user to subsequently re-downloaded digital media assets that the user previously acquired. In one embodiment, digital media assets that a user previously downloaded to a user client device from a remote media repository can be made available to the user for subsequent re-download. Advantageously, a remote media repository can, in effect, provide users with a remote backup for previously acquired digital media assets. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185656 | PERSONAL DATA MANAGER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Methods and systems for facilitating the propagation of personal data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Personal Data Propagation Environment (“PDP environment”), which facilitates the propagation of personal data items between secure personal data stores and various consumers of the personal data items. In one embodiment, the PDP environment includes a personal data manager and a personal data subscriber. The personal data manager manages personal data items on a secure data store associated with a user computing device. The personal data manager provides access to personal data items stored on the secure data store in accordance with a personal data subscription associated with the personal data subscriber. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185657 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATABASE FOR RECORDED LOCATION DATA SET AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for searching a database for at least a recorded location data set includes: (a) deciding at least one facility availability condition; (b) searching the database for at least a specific recorded location data set matching the facility availability condition; and (c) displaying the specific recorded location data set found in the database that matches the facility availability condition. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185658 | MDR FEDERATION FACILITY FOR CMDBf - This disclosure relates generally to the field of federated configuration management databases (CMDBs). To claim compliance with the CMDBf Standard (“the Standard”), a CMDB implementation must provide working and interoperable implementations of the interfaces defined in the Standard. To make a working implementation, certain non-obvious features are required that are not addressed by the Standard. Among these requirements are: registering management data repositories (MDRs) so that they can be federated; managing/maintaining the list of federated MDRs; querying an MDR for its Data Model; using such MDR Data Models to define mappings of one or more attributes from the MDR data model to one or more attributes of one or more of the CMDB's data models; identifying attributes and defining rules to be used when reconciliation is performed; and managing as well as storing data representative of those mappings. This disclosure addresses these and other deficiencies. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185659 | SUPERVISED SEMANTIC INDEXING AND ITS EXTENSIONS - A system and method for determining a similarity between a document and a query includes providing a frequently used dictionary and an infrequently used dictionary in storage memory. For each word or gram in the infrequently used dictionary, n words or grams are correlated from the frequently used dictionary based on a first score. Features for a vector of the infrequently used words or grams are replaced with features from a vector of the correlated words or grams from the frequently used dictionary when the features from a vector of the correlated words or grams meet a threshold value. A similarity score is determined between weight vectors of a query and one or more documents in a corpus by employing the features from the vector of the correlated words or grams that met the threshold value. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185660 | DETERMINING SUITABILITY OF ENTITY TO PROVIDE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES BASED ON FACTORS OF ACQUISITION CONTEXT - A method, system and computer program product for determining the suitability of an entity to provide products or services. Category and measurement data is received concerning the entity where each category is assigned a value based on the acquisition context. If the value assigned to a category exceeds a threshold, then the measurement data for that category is used in evaluating the entity. This measurement data is weighted according to the acquisition context. A binary value is generated for each weighted measurement value that exceeds a threshold. These binary values are summed and weighted according to the confidence that the source of the data is correct. Further, the past performance and reputation of the entity is used in applying a weight to the summed binary values to generate a suitability value. If the suitability value exceeds a threshold, then it is deemed suitable to conduct business with the entity. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185661 | Method and System for Negative Keyword Recommendations - Effectiveness of search terms is determined. The search terms are classified to include effective search terms and ineffective search terms. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective search terms is created. The ineffective search terms that conflict with the effective search terms are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185662 | Method of and apparatus for playing, rating, and downloading songs from internet radio - A method comprising: playing songs on Internet radio; rating the songs; occasionally connecting to a network; gathering the songs that are higher rated; downloading the songs that are higher rated to a portable device; disconnecting the portable device from the network; and playing the songs that are higher rated on the portable device. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185663 | Providing Regional Content by Matching Geographical Properties - A method and a system provide regional content to users by associating data files with geographical properties and matching the geographical property of a data file with the geographical property of the user. The system extracts geographical information from a data file, and associates the data file with a source geographical property corresponding to the extracted geographical information according to a geographical information database. Upon obtaining a user geographical property of a user, the system provides the data file to the user if the source geographical property matches the user geographical property. The method and the system may be implemented using a geographical name lexicon or a geographical name suffix lexicon. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPENDING BLOGS - The present disclosure provides a system and method for preparing compended biogs, In at least one embodiment, a method of posting blog content to a compended blog comprises establishing a compended blog having a selected keyword, obtaining a blog content, processing the blog content to identify at least one blog content keyword contained within the blog content, comparing the identified blog content keyword to the selected keyword to determine whether a match exists based upon at least one predetermined criterion, and posting the blog content the compended blog if the comparison reveals a match based upon meeting or exceeding the predetermined criterion. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100185665 | Office-Based Notification Messaging System - Users of an office-based computer system are prompted to check in upon system login. An office notification message is created that includes a recipient group and an expiration. The notification message is sent only to checked-in members of the recipient group. After the notification message expires, it is deleted from the recipients' mailboxes. A reply message may be created by a notification message recipient and sent to the recipients of the original notification message. The reply message inherits the expiration of the original notification message and is deleted upon expiration. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100191761 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING TASKS OVER A COMPUTERIZED NETWORK - The subject matter discloses a method of handling a computerized task, comprising receiving data related to the computerized task generating a programmable application using the data related to the computerized task. The programmable application may be a script or an executable. The computerized task may be upload or download of files, or a search query. A response is sent to the user's device or personal account. The subject matter also discloses a system for handling a computerized task, comprising a receiving device for receiving data related to the computerized task; a code generator for generating a programmable application used for performing the computerized task; and a processing element for determining a computerized application related to the computerized task. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191762 | CLIENT AGENTS FOR OBTAINING ATTRIBUTES FROM UNAVAILABLE CLIENTS - Creating an agency relationship among clients of a computer system with respect to personal privileged, or otherwise sensitive permissions and/or attributes, is described. The technique enables a querying client to obtain permission and/or attributes from a queried client, even if the queried client is unavailable. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191763 | Request-Based Knowledge Acquisition - One implementation provides a method for acquiring knowledge from multiple knowledge bases in a knowledge repository. The method includes identifying first and second knowledge bases within the knowledge repository by analyzing a search request received from a client system. The first knowledge base contains knowledge of a first type and the second knowledge base contains knowledge of a second type. The method further includes generating instructions that, when executed, cause first and second requests to be sent to the knowledge repository in sequential fashion to acquire knowledge from the first and second knowledge bases, such that the second request is sent after the first request, and such that the second request includes knowledge of the first type from the first knowledge base acquired in response to the first request. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191764 | IN-MEMORY DATA OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to database applications in which the identification of entries is structured in a custom way using templates. The means for identification is used as a vehicle for submitted queries to and obtaining responses from the database such that the query and response process is significantly faster than applications presently in use. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100198858 | System and Methods for Linking Multiple Events Involving Firearms and Gang Related Activities - Methods for linking multiple events involving firearms submit event information data and firearms information data to a system that includes a database for multiple firearms events and generate a query map that correlates data in the system database with a preselected geographical grid based upon one or more preselected matching criteria to one or more data entries for a selected event. The map is used to generate a request for a possible link analysis which may be initiated by a firearms examiner and is then performed to determine if there is a link. The event information data can include a case number, a geographical location data entry, a date entry, a crime type, a weapon involved and a suspect information data field based upon input from an investigating officer while the firearms information data can include a weapon data entry and a bullet data entry based upon input from a person with firearms examiner training. The methodology can be used to prioritize multiple requests for a possible link analysis based upon information obtained in one or more query responses and the query response can display at least some of its information in a query map that correlates data in the system database with a preselected geographical grid. One or more gang database modules allow users to execute searches of a gang database and plot incidents on a geographic grid with each incident being represented by a unique icon related to a class of crime or type of incident. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198859 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING DUPLICATION OF EFFORT IN DRAFTING DOCUMENTS - A system and method is provided for avoiding duplication of effort in drafting documents and, in particular, to a system and method for avoiding duplication of effort in preparing patent related submissions. The method is implemented on a computer infrastructure comprises storing disclosure information related to non-public proprietary innovation and receiving terms associated with an innovation. The method further comprises matching the terms with the stored disclosure information and providing an alert to a user that certain of the terms overlap with the stored disclosure information. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198860 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTENT DELIVERY - The present invention provides a system and method for providing a presentation to a user. The system comprises a framework arranged to provide a time based primary media element and at least one secondary media element to the user, wherein the at least one secondary media element is arranged to be presented to the user when a predetermined time is reached during presentation of the primary media element. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198861 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING MEASURMENT DATA FOR WEBSITE STATISTICS - A method and a system for processing measurement data for website statistics are provided. The measurement data is processed in parallel bucket writers and stored in buckets. Upon receiving a report request the buckets are processed in parallel bucket queriers to obtain report data. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198862 | HANDLING CROWD REQUESTS FOR LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS - A system and method are provided for processing a request for crowd data for a large geographic area. In one embodiment, a central system, which includes one or more servers, operates to obtain current locations for users of mobile devices and form crowds of three or more users based on the current locations of the users. In order to provide access to crowd data for crowds for a large geographic area, the central system receives a request for crowd data from a requesting device, establishes a bounding region for the request, and identifies one or more starting points within the bounding region for the request. Crowds are identified, crowd data for the crowds is generated, and the crowd data is returned to the requesting device in an iterative manner for a series of two or more outwardly radiating, concentric geographic regions centered at the one or more starting points. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198863 | CAREER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, CAREER AUTHENTICATION METHOD USING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN TO EXECUTE CAREER AUTHENTICATION METHOD - The present invention relates to a career authentication system, a career authentication method using the same, and a recording medium. The career authentication system includes at least one corporation server that performs career verification for an experienced man according to a career verification request from the experienced man and outputs a result; and a public authentication center server that receives career verification data of the career verified experienced man from the at least one corporation server through a communication network in real time and stores the career verification data, performs career examination on the basis of the career verification data of the experienced man and digitizes and stores an approved career, and outputs the stored approved career information of the experienced man at the time of a career information request for the experienced man from the outside. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198864 | METHOD FOR ORGANIZING LARGE NUMBERS OF DOCUMENTS - A computer product including a data structure for organizing of a plurality of documents, and capable of being utilized by a processor for manipulating data of the data structure and capable of displaying selected data on a display unit. The data structure includes a plurality of directionally interlinked nodes, each node being associated with one or more documents having a header and body text. All the documents are associated with a given node and have identical normalized body text. All documents that have identical normalized body text are associated with the same node. One or more of the nodes is associated with more than one document. For any node that is a descendent of another node, the normalized body text of each document associated with the node is inclusive of the normalized body text of a document that is associated with the other node. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198865 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING, MANAGING, AND PREVENTING LOCATION INFERENCE IN ADVERTISING OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - A method and apparatus for preventing inference of at least one unique identifier associated with a subscriber in an advertising communication network. The method comprises providing targeting criteria from an advertising server to a matching database; providing the at least one unique identifier from a subscriber database to the match database; identifying a subscriber intersection at the match database, the subscriber intersection related to the at least one unique identifier and the targeting criteria; and selectively removing the at least one unique identifier associated with the subscriber intersection from the match database, such that the at least one unique identifier is no longer accessible by the advertising server from the match database. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198866 | DYNAMIC LINKING IN SHAREPOINT (TM) - Provided is a data management system, computer-readable medium and method including extensions to SHAREPOINT™. The system includes a computer processor operatively associated with a computer memory and one or more I/O device, in which the processor and memory are configured to operate one or more SHAREPOINT™ process. The method includes using a sequencing mechanism to allow users to navigate items stored within SHAREPOINT™. The sequencing mechanism further includes the steps of allowing a user to select a specific content type to create a link to, and allowing the user to select a specific list and or folder in which to look for items. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198867 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING MEDIUM - The invention enables users to virtually attach information to situations in the real world, and also enables users to quickly and easily find out desired information. An IR sensor receives an IR signal transmitted from an IR beacon, and supplies the received signal to a sub-notebook PC. A CCD video camera takes in a visual ID from an object, and supplies the inputted visual ID to the sub-notebook PC. A user inputs, through a microphone, a voice to be attached to situations in the real world. The sub-notebook PC transmits position data, object data and voice data, which have been supplied to it, to a server through a communication unit. The transmitted data is received by the server via a wireless LAN. The server stores the received voice data in a database in correspondence to the position data and the object data. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION TRANSFORMATION AND EXCHANGE IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - A method and apparatus is disclosed for transforming hierarchical information into a rowset and for transforming a rowset into hierarchical information. In transforming hierarchical information, such as an XML data file, into a rowset, a parser parses the XML data file to form an active store. A query processor, after receiving a query including a number of metaproperties, processes data from the XML active store to form a rowset. The rowset can be processed further using a query language, such as the Structured Query Language (SQL). After processing, the rowset can be converted back into an XML data file using an XML formatter. An overflow feature facilitates the addition of text data to the rowset. A fusion feature facilitates defining a relationship between different data items in the rowset such that they can be merged into a single data element as the rowset is converted into an XML data file. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100205203 | Systems and methods for video analysis - Embodiments of systems and methods for video analysis are given. A method for providing a video analysis includes four steps. A target is identified by a computing device and is displayed from a video through a display of the computing device. A query related to the identified target is received via a user input to the computing device. A search result is generated based on the video. The search result includes information related to the identified target. The search result is then displayed through the display of the computing device. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205204 | HOMOLOGY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, HOMOLOGY RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, AND HOMOLOGY RETRIEVAL METHOD - A homology retrieval can be performed with higher accuracy than conventional technologies when comparing a query sequence with a target sequence, and retrieving a similar location in the target sequence. The sequence information of a query sequence and a genomic-scale target sequence is acquired, the acquired information is compressingly converted into a compressed query sequence and a compressed target sequence in each of which a homopolymer region including two or more consecutive identical bases is replaced with a single base of the bases, the two sequences are compared, and a refining search is performed for a compressed target partial sequence that matches the compressed query sequence in the compressed target sequence. For the refined compressed candidate sequence and the query sequence, based on the information on the number of consecutive identical bases in the each of the sequences before compression, the number of consecutive bases is compared between the two compressed sequences for each corresponding base, and the degree of similarity indicating homology of the candidate sequence with the query sequence is computed from a degree of match or a degree of mismatch in the number of consecutive bases. By ranking and selecting an arbitrary number of candidate sequences having relatively high homology with the query sequence from this degree of similarity, it is possible to avoid the influence of the number of consecutive identical bases in a homopolymer region, thereby performing a homology retrieval accurately. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205205 | COMPUTING PLATFORM BASED ON A HIERARCHY OF NESTED DATA STRUCTURES - Embodiments of the invention may provide a computing platform, a business rules engine, a method, a system, and a user interface for building a computing platform, where each is based on a hierarchy of nested data structures and an application programming interface defining functions. The functions comprise at least one function for nesting one or more data structures within the contents of an enclosing data structures such that nesting the one or more data structures within the contents of the enclosing data structures results in a hierarchy of nested data structures; at least one function for removing one or more data structures from the contents of the enclosing data structures; at least one function for retrieving one or more data structures from the contents of the enclosing data structures; and at least one function for modifying the contents of one or more data structures. Each of the functions may receive a data structures as a parameter. The functions for retrieving and removing receive a pattern as the parameter, the pattern having a head concept and nested concepts. The functions match the contents of the data structures against the pattern in a recursive manner, wherein the matching is first by the head concept and then by the zero or more nested concepts. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205206 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA ON A THIN CLIENT - A thin-client user interface includes a user interface and an application server. The user interface is executed on a client device, such as a personal computer having a display. The user interface includes a client application for displaying data. The application server is coupled with the user interface and with a remote database via an electronic data network and is configured to receive a request for data from the user interface, to generate a query request based on the request for data, to access the database and submit the query request to the database, to receive results from the database in response to the query request, and transmit a portion of the results to the user interface. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205207 | USER INTERFACE AND GEO-PARSING DATA STRUCTURE - A method to allocate memory, in response to application requests, for a compact data structure having location data and a trailer section is provided. The trailer section of the compact data structure is checked to determine an offset for listings and indices representing the location data. Upon determining the offset, the listings and indices are loaded into memory and responses to the application requests are generated by utilizing the listings and indices stored in the memory. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100205208 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE - A system and method are disclosed for locating, collecting, collating, analyzing, and reporting on summarized data that is generated from regulatory compliance matter data. Data is collected and compiled from multiple sources, including government databases, web pages, and regulatory documents. These collected data are consolidated and reconciled. A single topic record is created for a person, company, or product. Duplication and redundancy within the information are reduced. Corrections in data format are made for inconsistencies that exist between different information sources. Broad and/or narrow searches are enabled with the retrieval of information and/or relevant documents. The integrated data and associated analyses can be presented in reports that can be made accessible through a LAN, a WAN, a desktop, and/or a web interface. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIT LEVEL MILITARY ADMINISTRATION - The present invention provides a system for providing administrative support for a military unit. The invention includes a server-side database containing information about the military unit and a client-side browser application that provides a secure network connection to the database. Unit members can access the application to retrieve and edit the administrative information, wherein unit members can access administrative information specific to their respective responsibilities. These areas may include personnel, security, training and operations, logistics, communications and Information Systems, and chaplain services. Unit administrative information also includes information for a family support group for family members of personnel assigned to the military unit. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211591 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING STRINGS SIMULTANEOUSLY - An exemplary string processing method for specific byte string processing with word-related instructions includes: loading a plurality of first predetermined strings; comparing a specific string with the loaded first predetermined strings simultaneously, thereby generating a plurality of comparison results corresponding to the specific string; and generating a string processing result according to the comparison results. A string processing apparatus uses the string processing method. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211592 | EMAIL RESPONSE TIME EXPECTATION SYSTEM - An email client adapted to include an expected response time field in an email being sent is described. The email client also adapted to display the expected response time field of a received email that includes an expected response time field. An email including an expected response time is also described. An email server is described that can process the an email including an expected response time is also described. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211593 | System, Method and Software for Providing Persistent Business Entity Identification and Linking Business Entity Information in an Integrated Data Repository - The present invention provides a system, method and software for linking persistent and unique business identifiers, associated with business entities, for associating corresponding business records without a loss of historical records, regardless of subsequent changes, updates, and mergers. In the various embodiments, a first business record, of the plurality of business records, is associated with a first business identifier; and a second business record, which does not match the first record, is associated with a second business identifier. Subsequently, when the first business identifier and the second business identifier are determined to correspond to a singular business entity, the first business identifier and the second business identifier are linked, and respective associations of the first business record and the second business record with the linked first business identifier and second business identifier are maintained, with corresponding source references, and collectively utilized in subsequent search and match determinations. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211594 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR SENSOR SIGNAL DATA ANALYSIS - A method and system for sensor signal data analysis are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes acquiring sensor signal data from a plurality of sensors. Signal processing is performed on the sensor signal data to extract one or more features of the sensor signal data. The features are signal extracts that are distinguishable among and reproducible along the sensor signal data. With at least one of the features, a plurality of information attributes is associated, and information evaluation is performed on the plurality of information attributes. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211595 | Information search system, information processing apparatus and method, and information search apparatus and method - The present invention relates to an information search system, an information processing apparatus and method, and information search apparatus and method. A PC extracts, from the mail document transmitted/received by a user, words corresponding to the user's interests and records the interest data. In steps S | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211596 | SYSTEMS FOR REPLACING THE DEFAULT CURSOR IMAGE DISPLAYED ON A CLIENT COMPUTER OR TERMINAL - Provided herein are, among other things, systems for transmitting and displaying a custom-designed digital or cursor image on at least one screen or video monitor or display of a remote or client computer or an electronic terminal. The systems may override or replace the default cursor image on the client computer or terminal. The systems may get or receive a cursor display request instruction or electronic request through a network. The systems may choose or select the appropriate custom-designed digital or cursor image from a database or repository based on the URI or network domain address of the network content or website being viewed on the client computer or terminal. The systems may then transmits the cursor information and cursor image to the requesting terminal to be displayed on the remote screen. The systems may keep track of all transmission records and store such records or data in a database. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211597 | ACCESS REQUEST MANAGEMENT - A method for managing an request on a communication resource for a user terminal. In the method for an access request access request settings that comprise a user-specific set of one or more selection criteria for determining applicability of a communication resource for the re-quested access are determined. Communication resources are queried from a group of access nodes; and the determined access request settings are in selecting the communication resource for the access. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211598 | SHARING A SINGLE INSTANCE OF A USER DEFINED TYPE - Methods, systems and apparatus for implementing behavior of a user defined type (UDT) in a database by providing a data table with multiple rows and generating a UDT table having only a single row. An instance of a UDT is created and stored in the single row of the UDT table. A query having a Cartesian product is implemented to join the UDT table and data table for invoking behavior of the UDT and generating a resultant data table without increasing cardinality thereof. The single instance of the UDT may be shared amongst several users of the database as a result of all required persisted objects of the UDT residing within only a single row of the UDT table. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100211599 | File Transfer System, Device And Method - A file transfer system including: a file sender, a file receiver, an Instant Messaging (IM) server, a file relay policy server and a file relay server. Also disclosed are the internal structures of the above file relay policy server and IM server and a file transfer method. If the file receiver has not logged in the IM system, it is possible that the file sender sends a file to the file relay policy server, the file relay policy server forwards the file to an appropriate file relay server, and the file relay server transfers the file to a mobile terminal as the file receiver according to a file transfer protocol of the file relay server itself, thereby facilitating the file transfer for the mobile subscriber and enhancing the mobile subscriber's experience in using the mobile IM service. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100217771 | RESOURCE ACCESS FILTERING SYSTEM AND DATABASE STRUCTURE FOR USE THEREWITH - A database structure ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217772 | COMMODITIES FRAMEWORK - Various embodiments are directed to methods and systems for presenting an interface to a user. For example, a computer may receive a request for content originating from a browser application executing on a client machine in electronic communication with the at least one server. The request may identify a first commodity and a first event associated with the commodity and may comprise a Universal Resource Locator (URL) identifying the first commodity. The computer may parse a commodity descriptor file to identify a first service associated with the first commodity and the first event. The commodity descriptor file may comprise definitions of a plurality of commodities and wherein the plurality of commodities comprises the first commodity. In addition, the computer may generate a service call requesting the first service, and execute the at least one service associated with the first commodity and the first event. The at least one service may query the data source to retrieve data describing the commodity and construct a model of the commodity according to the data. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217773 | METHOD FOR WEB-BASED EXPLORATION OF NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a method of data drilling is presented. A network database is deployed in a network, such as the Internet, for broad-based user access. Network information is stored in the network database and is organized in layers. A graphical user interface with data objects is presented to an end user. Selecting a data object generates a query performed by a server. Each query produces more details on an initially selected data object. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217774 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER RESPONSE TO WIRELESS MESSAGES - A system and method for determining user response to wireless messages, comprising means for generating a wireless message including first content to be transmitted, means for adding second content to the message, the second content including a link to third content and means for transmitting the message to the user, wherein, in response to activation of the link, information regarding link activation is arranged to be recorded in a storage means. The link may be a URL or a telephone number of a redirection server that deals with redirection to the third content as well as logging of user responses. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100217775 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES METADATA FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED SEARCH FUNCTION - An apparatus and method for reproducing a storage medium that stores metadata are provided for an enhanced search function using various search keywords of audio-visual (AV) data. The apparatus includes: a search unit for searching for scenes matching a search keyword by conducting an enhanced search function on the AV data with reference to metadata which contains information regarding at least one search keyword for each of the scenes of the AV data; and a reproducing unit for reproducing the AV data corresponding to at least one scene found by the search unit. The metadata may include information regarding an entry point and/or duration, angles, etc. of each scene. Hence, the enhanced search can be conducted using various search keywords. Further, search results can be reproduced according to diverse scenarios, and the enhanced search function can be provided for movie titles that support multiple angles or multiple paths. Moreover, metadata can be created in multiple languages, thereby enabling the enhanced search function to support multiple languages. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100223276 | Automated Generation of Metadata for Mining Image and Text Data - A tangible computer readable medium encoded with instructions for automatically generating metadata, wherein said execution of said instructions by one or more processors causes said “one or more processors” to perform the steps comprising: a. creating at least one feature vector for each document in a dataset; b. extracting said one feature vector; c. recording said feature vector as a digital object; and d. augmenting metadata using said digital object to reduce the volume of said dataset, said augmenting capable of allowing a user to perform a search on said dataset. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223277 | Substrate Processing System and Operation Inspecting Method - There is provided a substrate processing system that can automatically inspect the operation of various kinds of parts of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus without increasing the load of a main controller in the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. In the substrate processing system of the present invention, inspection data of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223278 | GENERATING ONLINE ADVERTISMENTS BASED UPON AVAILABLE DYNAMIC CONTENT RELEVANT DOMAIN NAMES - Methods of the present inventions allow for generating online advertisements offering dynamic content relevant domain names for registration. An exemplary method may comprise the steps of requesting at least one available domain name (which may be based upon content on a website), receiving the domain name(s), incorporating the domain name(s) into an online advertisement, and displaying the online advertisement on the website. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING AD TAGGED WORDS - There is disclosed a computer-implemented method operable on a mobile communication device for linking words to advertising resource links. In an embodiment, the method comprises: scanning a list or a body of text in order to identify a tagged keyword; linking at least one corresponding advertising resource link to each identified tagged keyword; and visually distinguishing a tagged keyword upon the at least one advertising resource link becoming accessible to the mobile communication device. In another embodiment, the method further comprises providing as an advertising resource link one or more of an advertising website, an email address, an SMS text address, a telephone number, or a purchase option screen corresponding to the identified tagged keyword. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223280 | MEASURING CONTEXTUAL SIMILARITY - A contextual similarity measurement system computes a similarity model for a reference document using a prediction by partial match method. The system further computes a similarity measure between a compared document and the reference document using the similarity for the reference document. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223281 | FINDING RELATIVES IN A DATABASE - Determining relative relationship includes receiving recombinable deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information of a first user and recombinable DNA information of a second user, determining, based at least in part on the recombinable DNA information of the first user and recombinable DNA information of the second user, a predicted degree of relationship between the first user and the second user, and in the event that the expected degree of relationship between the first user and the second user at least meets the threshold, notifying at least the first user about a relative relationship with the second user. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223282 | Database and a Method for Obtaining the Address of a Quality of Service and Charging Control Entity In an Ims Network using Such a Database - A database ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223283 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING QUERY - An apparatus for processing a query in a plurality of heterogeneous sensor networks includes a query queue, a query combining and converting unit, a query command manager, and a data combiner. The query queue receives a plurality of queries from a user interface and stores them and the query combining and converting unit combines or converts the queries according to the heterogeneous sensor networks. The query command manager transmits the combined or converted queries to a corresponding sensor network from among the heterogeneous sensor networks, and the data combiner transmits a result according to the data received from the heterogeneous sensor networks to a user interface. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPORTING, PUBLISHING, BROWSING AND INSTALLING ON-DEMAND APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT - A computer implemented method of developing computer applications, the method comprising providing to multiple users access, over a network, to information on a data center, with a subgroup of the users having access to a sub-portion of the information that is different from the sub-portion accessible by the remaining tenants of the subgroup; and communicating with the data center over the network employing a computer system associated with a user of the sub-group to establish application functionality with the sub-portion that may be accessed, over the network, by additional parties authorized by the user. Also disclosed is a machine-readable medium and a data center, both of which facilitate carrying-out the steps of the method. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223285 | CRITICAL TEST RESULT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A critical test results management system and method for capturing test data from a test results providing program and delivering messages to interested recipients. The system and method generating alerts, escalating the alerts to message receiving devices, and tracking the status of the alerts. The recipient of an alert can access the system to obtain the contents of the alert, acknowledge receipt of the alert, and record notes related to the alert. The invention tracks when alerts were sent and if they have been acknowledged. If the alerts are not acknowledge prior expiration of a predetermined time period, further alerts are escalated to the recipient, to different receiving devices, or to different recipients. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223286 | WEB SERVER DOCUMENT LIBRARY - Document libraries that facilitate content contribution to and management of a website. In general, a document library comprises a database, a special “document library” file system folder and the documents in that folder (or within subfolders of that folder). The database maintains properties of documents in the document library file system folder, and is used to dynamically update views of the document library file system folder and views of properties of the documents. Each document folder is a folder in which content of a specified type may be read and saved. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100223287 | Techniques and System to Deploy Policies Intelligently - In an information management system, relevant policies are deployed to targets while policies which are not relevant are not. By deploying relevant policies, this reduces the amount of space requirements at the target to store the policies and the amount of data that needs to be sent to the target. Also, execution speed at the target may increase since the target does not need to evaluate policies that are not relevant. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100228764 | Offline Validation of Data in a Database System for Foreign Key Constraints - An aspect of the present invention performs offline validation of data in database system for foreign key constraints. In an embodiment, a foreign key constraint defined for a database system is identified and an SQL script designed to verify whether data values stored in a foreign key column of a detail table is present in a primary key column of a master table (corresponding to the identified foreign key constraint), is generated. The SQL script is executed to determine whether the data stored in the database system satisfies the identified foreign key constraint. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228765 | QUERYING DATABASE CLIENTS UTILIZING EMAIL MESSAGES - Methods for accessing a database utilizing an email service adapter utilizing a computer are presented including: causing the computer to receive an email message from a user at an email server, the email server configured to respond to the email service adapter; processing the email message by the email service adapter, where the email message includes at least a database query; processing the database query with the database; and returning a result email message to the user via the email server, the result email message including at least a database response. In some embodiments, methods further include: when the email message is received by the email server, determining whether the email message is intended for accessing the database; if the email message is not intended for accessing the database, and processing the email message by the email server. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228766 | QUEUE MESSAGE RETRIEVAL BY SELECTION CRITERIA - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to message queuing and provide a method, system and computer program product for message queue retrieval by selection criteria. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for message queue retrieval by selection criteria can include receiving from a requesting application a message retrieval request for a message in a message queue storing different messages and determining from the message retrieval request both a template defining fields in the messages, and also selection criteria operable upon content stored in at least one of the fields in the messages. The method also can include applying the selection criteria to the messages in the message queue to select a message or subset of the messages in the message queue, and transmitting the message or subset to the requesting application. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228767 | DETERMINING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS IN A DATABASE - A system comprising a database containing information concerning uniquely identified individuals. The database further contains a list of attributes describing the individuals. A server compares the list of attributes of a first individual to another list of attributes for a second individual. The server further provides one or more metrics indicating a degree of match of the first individual to the second individual. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228768 | Information Providing Server, Information Providing System, Information Providing Method and Program - An information providing server of present invention including a state information acquiring unit for acquiring state information related to a state of a user using a client terminal detected at the client terminal connected through a communication network, a database for accumulating data of a content to be used by the user, a selection unit for selecting a part of the data accumulated in the database based on the state information, and a transmission unit for transmitting the data selected by the selection unit to the client terminal. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228769 | METHODS AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ENABLING DATA RECORDS TO BE LOCATED - In large medical facilities such as hospitals or group practices run by physicians individual patients are often examined and treated by a number of specialists in succession. In view of this it is important, in spite of great differences in the workflows of the individual medical facilities, to coordinate the work of said specialists by way of an operator control device having a uniform user interface. According to at least one embodiment of the invention, methods and a program product for enabling data records to be located are provided for that purpose. By way of the methods and/or the program product, in at least one embodiment a basic page and at least one content page are provided, wherein by use of the basic page at least one display field for presenting information extracted from a data record can be generated on a screen display and wherein by use of the content page, information extracted from a data record can be displayed in a display field. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228770 | GENEALOGY CONTEXT PRESERVATION - Preserving context and providing suggestions for genealogy searching. A method includes storing in a storage medium previous user interaction with a genealogical research system from a previous genealogical research session. Initiation of a new genealogical research session is detected. In response to the new research session and based on the previous user interaction with the research system, the system provides suggestions for continuing genealogical research. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228771 | QUERY RESULT ITERATION - Systems and methods for processing an index are described. A pulse in an inverted index refers to a group of items that do not occur in any other pulse in the index. When processing a query against an inverted index in which pulses are present, the query is processed against a single pulse. The end of the pulse is determined based on the characteristics of the pulse and the linked list nodes that comprise the postings lists from which the index was generated. In some embodiments, index updates are applied to the query result obtained from a single pulse to provide an efficient and up to date query result. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100228772 | Method and apparatus for performing an information search and retrieval by submitting an electronic form over e-mail - Invention provides a method and apparatus for an e-mail based interface to function as a single common access point for requesting, receiving, publishing, accessing and sharing various data from multiple, remote information systems. The invention becomes akin to a human relay operator in the loop which is transparent to the user. By relaying the e-mail chain, the invention performs multiple functions based on the originating request, and reply as a human would. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100235376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-DEMAND CONTENT MAPPING - An approach is provided for mapping content, such as audio files, to associated metadata about the content. The approach includes initiating a search for local metadata associated with particular content. It is determined whether the local metadata is insufficient. A request for metadata associated with the particular content is generated, if the local metadata is insufficient. The request is sent to a metadata service to obtain result data including metadata for the particular content. A search of the result data from the metadata service is initiated based on a description of the particular content to obtain most relevant metadata of the result data. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235377 | Memory Object Sharing for Just In Time Compiled Data - Just in time compiled code and other data within a runtime environment may be shared between multiple applications by identifying common data objects and allowing two or more applications to access the data objects. While at least one application is accessing the objects, the objects may remain in memory. When all applications have stopped accessing an object, the object may be removed from memory. One embodiment may use a server process to manage various operations to facilitate sharing between various applications, such as identifying objects that may be removed from memory and adding newly created data to a database of sharable data. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235378 | MEDICAL ASSESSMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is directed to a medical assessment support system. In one embodiment, a user inputs a query that identifies an adverse event that a patient has experienced and the ailments (diseases, disorders, symptoms, conditions etc.) that the patient has experienced. In response, the system causes one or more database searches to be performed to identify one or more possible causes of the adverse event for a patient with the identified ailments. In another embodiment, the user inputs a combination of one or more drugs that a patient has taken and one or more ailments that the patient has experienced. The system operates to determine if there is an adverse event associated with the specified combination and reports any such adverse event to the user. The system retains a copy of any such report for comparison to later searches so as to avoid reporting the same possible adverse event multiple times. The system conducts any such search on a predetermined schedule or can do so at the request of the user. In another embodiment, the system integrates adverse event-drug-ailment associations with electronic medical record (EMR) systems to identify, to health care providers or users, patients who may be potentially at risk for those adverse events. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235379 | Web-based multimedia annotation system - A system that allows multimedia elements to be annotated by other multimedia and non-multimedia elements in a web based format. The multimedia elements can be video, audio, documents of different formats and any other format that may be delivered through the interne or private intranets. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235380 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus, a data processing method, and a data processing program for use in a data processing system is provided, the system including the data processing apparatus which includes an RDBMS storing information shared among a plurality of organizations and a business application execution apparatus which is employed when either one of the organizations uses the information stored in the RDBMS of the data processing apparatus and which is communicably connected to the data processing apparatus. An inherent item table managed by the data processing apparatus is kept unchanged even if an organization is added. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT BASED ON USER GEOLOCATION - An approach is provided for mapping content, such as audio files, to associated metadata about the content. The approach includes initiating a search for local metadata associated with particular content. It is determined whether the local metadata is insufficient. A request for metadata associated with the particular content is generated, if the local metadata is insufficient. The request is sent to a metadata service to obtain result data including metadata for the particular content. A search of the result data from the metadata service is initiated based on a description of the particular content to obtain most relevant metadata of the result data. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235382 | IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM - An identification and authorization system is provided that utilizes a national ID database and a number of application-specific databases. The national ID database contains unique individual ID numbers linked to unique biometric codes. The application-specific databases contain an applicable portion of the same unique individual ID numbers that are contained in the national ID database. To complete a transaction, a credential such as an ID card is scanned and a biometric scan of the individual is completed. The transaction information and the individual ID number is sent to the appropriate application-specific database. Verification of identity is completed at the national ID database, which compares the biometric code of the biometric scan with the biometric code linked to the unique individual ID number. A response from the application-specific database and a response from the national ID database is sent to the scanning location. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235383 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND DATA MIGRATION-COMPATIBLE SEARCH SYSTEM - To reduce consumption of the data capacity of a data migration-source storage by information necessary for accessing entity data that has been migrated to the other storage, compared to that of the conventional system. Provided is a storage system including a first storage that is a migration-destination storage having stored therein entity data and first index information associated with the entity data, and a second storage that is a migration-source storage having stored therein link information for accessing the entity data and second index information associated with the link information, wherein the second index information includes the same hash value as a hash value included in the first index information. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235384 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing system which utilizes apparatus data recorded in a database in conformity with a data definition which can be updated as needed, comprises a storage unit configured to store a data definition history in which a data definition version is associated with a period for which a data definition in the data definition version is used, a data definition library configured to register a data definition version and a data definition in the data definition version in association with each other, an extractor configured to extract, from the database, apparatus data which meets an extraction condition including an extraction period designated via a user interface, and a converter configured to convert an expression of the apparatus data extracted by the extractor into an expression conforming to a data definition designated via the user interface. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235385 | SEMI-STRUCTURED DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STRUCTURED DATA RETRIEVAL DEVICE - A retrieval device, from semi-structured data formed by item elements and value elements, creates aggregated structure information from the semi-structured data by aggregating the plurality of child item elements having the same name and directly connected to parent item elements having the same name, into one child item element. The device receives a retrieval request with an output condition and a constraint condition specified on the aggregate structure information. The device determines whether or not a plurality of query are created according to the retrieval request by checking a branch point at the common item elements between the output condition and the constraint condition in the aggregated structured information. And the device outputs a re-aggregate structure information corresponded to the query showing the branch point which is not expressed in the aggregate structure information to the display device. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235386 | MULTI-USER FILE SYSTEM FOR MULTI-ROOM DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING - Content is provided for viewing by a plurality of media devices. The content is stored on the using a file system that includes metadata regarding the content and the users. The metadata is organized according to programs and user metadata. The metadata is used to manage provisioning of the at lest one media file by a plurality of users. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100235387 | Method and Apparatus for Resolving Domain Names of Persistent Web Resources - A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing persistent storage of Web resources. Uniform Resource Locators (“URLs”) that identify Web resources are augmented to include a time stamp. A web browser and a web server are disclosed that accommodate a time stamp parameter and allow a user to refer to any Web address with a precise target date. The disclosed Web browser can optionally include a mechanism to facilitate the specification of the desired date and time, or the user can manually append the time stamp to the URL indicated in the “Location” window of the browser. The persistent Web servers (i) receive URLs containing a time stamp, (ii) extract the time stamp, (iii) retrieve the correct Web page from the archive, and (iv) return the requested page to the client. The persistent Web servers include a persistent archive for storing all of the versions of Web resources that will be persistently available to Web users. A persistent domain name server (PDNS) allows a user to refer to historical Web resources. The persistent domain name server (PDNS) utilizes the dated URL to determine where the historical information of a given company is located following a domain name change for the requested time period and translates the request to a new machine containing the historical information of the company. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100241650 | IMAGE-BASED INDEXING IN A NETWORK-BASED MARKETPLACE - A method and system to index and search item listings in a network-based publication system, such as a network-based marketplace. For example, a listing query may be received from a user, the listing query including a query image. The query image may then be processed to generate a plurality of index sets. Each index set of the plurality of index sets may correspond to a respective portion of the query image and may comprise a set of index values. Each index value of the set of index values may be indicative of an image attribute, such as light intensity, for a respective sub-portion of the corresponding portion of the query image. At least one result image from a database of listing images may be identified by comparing the plurality of index sets for the query image to pre-compiled index sets in an index database. Each pre-compiled index set may be associated with at least one listing image which, in turn, may be associated with an item listing on a network-based marketplace. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241651 | PROCESSING OF FILES FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A file is received by for online storage and processing. Prior to storing, the file is bifurcated into content data and metadata for separate processing. The content data from uploaded files can be converted from a native format to a common format, and stored in a data store. The metadata from uploaded files can be stored in a database. When a request for the file is received, the file can be reassembled in the native format by converting the data content back to the native format and appending the metadata. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING PASSWORD-PROTECTED INFORMATION ACROSS AN ARBITRARY SET OF NETWORKS - Network information is stored for different services in different private databases. Users of a particular service may search, through documented APIs, web interfaces, or other means, that service's database for social network information, typically providing account credentials to authenticate themselves in order to gain search results. This invention enables users store their various network credentials in a third party service. Users of this third party service may submit queries to the service containing some identifying information about an individual, organization, or group; or identifying information about a product or service; or similarly stored private data. The third party service searches for identifying information that may be stored across that user's various networks through public and private APIs, by simulating a normal browser-based search, or by other means, typically assuming the identity of the searching user on each service. Prior to search, the third party service scans the user's computing device, indexes the results and uses the information to return results with the highest-degree of accuracy. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241653 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to automatically enrich the contents of presentation, MFP includes a display control portion for outputting presentation data for display, a specifying instruction accepting portion for accepting an instruction for specifying part of the presentation data, a related information search portion for searching for related information related to a specified part specified by the specifying instruction, a conversion portion for converting the presentation data into transmission data that allows extraction of related information related to the specified part, and a transmission portion for transmitting the transmission data. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241654 | VIRTUALIZED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM OPTIMIZATIONS - Virtual storage arrays consolidate branch data storage at data centers connected via wide area networks. Virtual storage arrays appear to storage clients as local data storage; however, virtual storage arrays actually store data at the data center. Virtual storage arrays overcome bandwidth and latency limitations of the wide area network by predicting and prefetching storage blocks, which are then cached at the branch location. Virtual storage arrays leverage an understanding of the semantics and structure of high-level data structures associated with storage blocks to predict which storage blocks are likely to be requested by a storage client. Virtual storage arrays may use proximity-based, heuristic-based, and access time-based prefetching to predict high-level data structure entities that are likely to be accessed by the storage client. Virtual storage arrays then identify and prefetch storage blocks corresponding with the predicted high-level data structure entities. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241655 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SENSING DATA OF SENSOR NODE FOR PROACTIVE DATA FILTERING IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - An apparatus for and a method of transmitting sensing data of a sensor node for proactive data filtering in a wireless sensor network are provided. In the apparatus and method, a request query of sensing data and timer parameters are received, local sensing data sensed in the sensor node in response to the received request query are detected, a driving time of a timer applying the timer parameters based on the request query is set, and the local sensing data are transmitted when the local sensing data do not overlap sensing data of a neighboring sensor node within a wireless reception range of the sensor node by overhearing the sensing data of the neighboring sensor node during the set driving time of the timer. Thus, since a data transferring path is selected considering the remaining energy of the node, the energy exhaustion of the node is distributed, thereby improve the lifespan of the network. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241656 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A file system transfer designation section for transferring the file system matching with file system transfer rules from the first volume of the first storage apparatus to the second volume of the second storage apparatus based on the first file system transfer rules, a file system storage information manager for updating storage information of the file system in accordance with transfer of the file system by the file system transfer designation section, and transmitting the updated file system storage information, and a search information manager for updating search information for searching the files based on a file search request from the client apparatus using the file system storage information sent by the file system storage information manager are provided. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241657 | PRESENTATION GENERATOR - A presentation generator may access one or more data sources structured into data fields. The user may create or modify a template by inserting one or more tags corresponding to data fields in the template. The template may also have one or more processing instructions for indicating the data sources and how the data sources should be queried. The processing instructions may also indicate how the data is to be grouped across various slides, pages, sections, etc. The generator may build the presentation based on the template, its tags, and its processing instructions. The resulting presentation may be accessed by a user-friendly application, such as a word processor, slide program, spreadsheet, report viewer, or other application. The user may update part or all of the presentation using information on the queries and data sources embedded in the presentation itself. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241658 | System and method for accessing electronic data via an image search engine - The present invention provides a system and method for accessing electronic data through entry of images as queries in search engine. The system uses various image capturing devices and communication devices to capture images and enter them into image database. Image recognition techniques encode images in a computer readable format. The processed image is then entered for comparison into at least one database populated with images and associated information. Once the newly captured image is matched with an image in the database, the information linked with that image is returned to the user. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100250579 | RECALLING SPAM EMAIL OR VIRUSES FROM INBOXES - A method for operating an apparatus to recall email which has already passed through a spam filter to user mailboxes. An apparatus stores a highly efficient database for a brief period of time after an email is received, filtered, and transmitted to an email server. Message id, recipient, connecting IP address and other spam attributes are stored in a searchable format. After receiving updated spam attributes, a spam filter apparatus under software control queries the database for messages that were not detected as spam before transmittal to the email clients and servers, and sends spam recall messages. Improved email clients and servers adapted by software instructions, move or modify email user mailboxes upon receipt of the spam recall. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250580 | SEARCHING DOCUMENTS USING A DYNAMICALLY DEFINED IGNORE STRING - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for searching a plurality of documents using a dynamically defined ignore string. The ignore string may be specified by a user. An overlay index may be generated over the plurality of documents. The overlay index may include a posting list for each term in the ignore string. Each posting list may specify the documents of the plurality of documents in which the respective term occurs outside of the ignore string. The overlay index may also include a posting list that specifies all occurrences of the ignore string in the plurality of documents. Once generated, a user may search the plurality of documents while occurrences of the ignore string in the plurality of documents are ignored in text-based searches. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGES BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - In one aspect, the system and method provides a modified image in response to a request for a street level image at a particular location, wherein the previously captured image is modified to illustrate the current conditions at the requested location. By way of example only, the system and method may use local weather, time of day, traffic or other information to update street level images. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250582 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR SEARCHING AND RETRIEVING FACT-CENTRIC DOCUMENTS - One exemplary system receives a user query containing at least one fact and normalizes that query into a query footprint. Within the information-retrieval system, each document has a pre-computed document footprint. The document footprint can take into account the facts and/or anchor terms and their relationships to other facts, anchor terms and/or general terms within the document. The query footprint relates to each document footprint and any document footprint that is within a similarity threshold is selected. Finally, a signal associated with the documents associated with the selected document footprints is transmitted to the user. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250583 | Social Network Query and Response System to Locate Subject Matter Expertise - A method for identifying a person who possesses the expertise in a specific subject matter, wherein the method comprises receiving a query and criteria from a first user and, transmitting a request to a server. Upon receiving the request, the server selects a second user from the first user's contacts based on the request. Similarly, the server selects a third user from the second user's contacts, wherein the third user is not in the first user's contacts. After the users are selected, the server transmits the request to the second user and the third user's terminal. If the second user and the third user do not respond to the request, the server selects a fourth user from the third user's contacts, wherein the fourth user is not in the first user and the second user's contacts. This process is performed by the server until an “expert” responds to the request. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A DATABASE SYSTEM - A method and a telecommunication database system for facilitating modifications in the database and the handling of data queries. The database comprises an original dataset with data entries containing original data for different objects, and at least one auxiliary dataset with data entries containing updated data for at least some of the objects. A dataset tag is included in the data entries in either dataset indicating which dataset each entry belongs to. When a querying logic makes a query for data in a wanted data entry, the wanted data entry is obtained from a dataset determined based on the dataset tag in the data entry. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250585 | CONTEXT BASED VIDEO FINDER - Embodiments of the invention relate to a method for video retrieval by providing a first audio video file, determining a first identifier of a first piece of music in the first audio video file, looking up for the first identifier first meta data in a music database, in which said first meta data are associated with said first identifier, providing second meta data of a second piece of music from the music database. The second piece of music is included in a second audio video file. Further the method is conducted by determining a similarity measure by comparing the first and second meta data, and providing the second audio video file or an identifier thereof depending on the similarity measure. Further embodiments relate to a server, a user device and a system and a computer program product for video retrieval. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250586 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A CONCEPT-OBJECT DATABASE - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to acquiring information from the worldwide web, organizing information acquired from the worldwide web, and using the acquired and organized information to facilitate web-page searching, web-page browsing, and other worldwide-web-based activities. In one embodiment of the present invention, a database of concept objects is created from an initial set of semantic objects and from hyperlink information obtained from web pages by one or more web crawlers. The initial set of semantic objects is processed using hyperlink based objects created by the web crawler. The processed semantic objects are then associated with additional hyperlink-based objects to create a concept-object database. In certain embodiments of the present invention, the concept-object database can be further refined and supplemented in an automated fashion by additional web crawling, subsequent association of hyperlink-based objects with concept objects, and creation of new concept objects as well as by user input to, and editing of, the concept-object database. The concept-object database may be employed, in various embodiments of the present invention, to facilitate web browsing, web-page searching, and other worldwide-web-base activities. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100250587 | Method for Operating a Portable Mobile Internet Media Recorder - This invention relates to a method for operating a portable mobile Internet media recorder. Such media recorder comprises an energy supply unit, a control unit, a user interface comprising a display and at least one user key, a wireless Internet communication link, a media player with a digital media data memory, and a media data output. Such mobile Internet media recorder is usually used in a mobile Internet-based data communication system comprising at least a monitoring station for a number of media sources. The essential aspects of the method are as follows:
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| 20100250588 | IMAGE SEARCHING SYSTEM AND IMAGE SEARCHING METHOD - In an image searching system, a camera | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100262616 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING VISUAL SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - An approach is provided for modifying the image content of returned images resulting from a search query. The portions of each image that is unrelated to the search query is omitted or other wise obscured so as to reduce the amount of image data in the search results. Additionally, related advertising, hyperlinks, or other object can be combined with the image data to enhance the information returned to the user. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100262617 | Database index key update method and program - A method of database update processing for updating efficiently database index keys, when new database index keys are supplied to replace index keys already in the database, generates a delta data between the new and old data comprising insert and delete keys by delete processing from a coupled node tree holding the index keys in the old data using index keys of new data as delete keys, and generates new data by delete and insert processing from and into a coupled node tree holding index keys in old data as index keys using the delete keys and insert keys of the delta data. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268727 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING AND UTILIZING FLIGHT AVAILABILITY DATA - A system and method operable to cache and retrieve flight availability data. System components are a cache database for storing flight availability data, an airline cache control for configuring the cache database for a plurality of airlines, a subscriber cache control for configuring the cache database for a plurality of subscribers, and a cache query utility for interacting with the cache database. Additional system components are a data display utility for displaying flight availability data stored in the cache database, a success rate utility for tracking statistics associated with use of the cache database, and a dual mode processing utility that allows access to flight availability data from either the cache database or a real-time response. The system is provided as an intermediary between the subscribers and a plurality of airline servers. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268728 | SUBJECT-BASED VITALITY - Embodiments are directed towards managing pushed vitality updates of recent user-generated content (UGC). A vitality service is arranged to receive pushed vitality updates that each include a resource identifier and at least one other type of vitality information referring to recent UGC on a network device. The vitality service is configured to manage the pushed vitality updates according to recency and to receive query requests for vitality information. In response to a query request, the vitality service searches for vitality updates and provides to another network device recent vitality information based on the query request. The recent vitality information includes at least one or more resource identifiers and one or more other types of vitality information so that the other network device can access the full UGC for display. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268729 | MULTIMEDIA SYNTHETIC DATA GENERATING APPARATUS - A technique for drawing or managing multimedia data by desired groups. In a built-in memory of a cellular phone terminal, thirteen picked-up image data are stored. In tag information of each of the thirteen picked-up image data, information on date and time is recorded when an image of the data is picked up. When a user specifies the range of image pickup date and time, eight picked-up image data that match the specified range of image pickup date and time are selected and synthetic image data is generated from these eight picked-up image data. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268730 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD - Provided are an electronic device, a control program, a recording medium, and a control method that enable a user to efficiently learn a word to be learned. If search processing for searching for detailed information of a headword based on a received input is performed while an image is being displayed, the electronic device causes the headword corresponding to the detailed information searched for by the search processing and image information identifying the image being displayed to be stored in an associated manner. When the image identified by the image information is displayed, the electronic device causes the headword associated with the image information to be further displayed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268731 | TOUCHPOINT CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM - A system for touchpoint content action customization at a current touchpoint to achieve a business objective includes a user touchpoint data capture unit and a content action optimization engine. The content action optimization engine is configured to select a plurality of candidate content actions for the current touchpoint based on content action metadata, to determine an observed percentage of success for an observed user behavior for each of the plurality of candidate content actions based on the user group to which the user belongs, and to determine a customized content action of the plurality of candidate content actions to implement at the current touchpoint to achieve the business objective that has the highest observed percentage of success. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268732 | PRINTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In image processing that performs an image search, user convenience is improved. An image processing apparatus includes a condition designation window display unit that displays a condition designation window which includes condition designation regions by stages for designating search conditions for features of image contents in a plurality of search stages in series relations with one another, and a plurality of tags that designate display states of the condition designation regions by stages as tags corresponding to the plurality of search stages; a search condition setting unit that sets the search conditions in the plurality of search stages in accordance with the designations through the condition designation window; and an image search unit that sequentially performs an image search for the plurality of search stages by using the set search conditions. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100268733 | PRINTING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - In image processing that performs an image search, user convenience is improved. An image processing apparatus includes a permitted time setting unit that sets a permitted necessary time for image search, a search condition setting unit that sets the number of search stages in series relations with each other and search conditions in the respective search stages on the basis of the permitted necessary time, and an image search unit that sequentially performs image search for the search stages by using the set search conditions. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100274794 | System and method for representing information - A preferred method and system for dynamically and/or statically identifying, manipulating, registering, representing and comparing information are disclosed. In a preferred method, systems representing several elements and/or corresponding concepts, associate according to Associative Protocols such as CIRN, enabling networks to effectively represent information. In addition, this disclosure further teaches several additional methodologies for implementing said networks to perform at least one of a: conceptual relations between several data corpuses, contextual relations between several data corpuses, irrelevance removal, search, and trans-grammatical matching. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A COMPOSITE DATABASE - Methods and systems are provided that may be used to selectively implement and/or search a composite database comprising a flat file and a relational database based on the query. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274796 | INTELLIGENT CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION AGENTS - A system is disclosed that integrates with conferencing platforms and provides real-time information by having intelligent agents running on a networked server that is integrated with the conferencing platform. The intelligent agents may be customized or adapted “on the fly” or be preprogrammed by a user or caller to examine real-time data feeds or actively search websites and other information sources. The agents then report any relevant information or content to the system for injection or broadcast into the conference. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274797 | Method and System for Multi-Input Hierarchical Content Navigation - The present invention provides a method and user interface to navigate a hierarchical content catalog comprised of categories, sub-categories and individual content items. Components of the invention are the specific combination of user input capabilities; the combination of display elements; their defined spatial relationship to each other; their individual graphical appearance; and the methodology of how user input actions modify the displayed content within certain display elements. The main benefit of the present invention is its intuitive user interface, enabling the integration of multiple user inputs in order to present context sensitive content choices for selection. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274798 | Program recording medium, computer, and culture state analyzing method - In one aspect of an embodiment, a computer determines an identity of the cells with a cell shape data, and also determines a correspondence relationship of identification data between a plurality of cell analyzing tables at a different observing times. Also, the computer, based on the correspondence relationship of the identification data, records a plurality of cell analyzing tables at the different observing times in a storage medium by making into a database which can be searched in a direction of a time axis for each of the cells having commonality. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274799 | METHOD FOR PERMITTING AND BLOCKING USE OF INTERNET BY DETECTING PLURAL TERMINALS ON NETWORK - The present invention is related to a technology for grasping the number of a plurality of terminals of a client using a Cookie in a private network in which plural terminals are shared by redirecting a session which is to be connected to a Web by analyzing a TCP/IP packet, detecting the accurate number of a plurality of terminals of a client using an Internet, and making the accurate number as a DB, and selectively permitting or blocking a connection to Internet according to TCP/IP by using the Cookie pool information of a DB type and JOB when the users configuring and using a private network connect to the Internet at the same time. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274800 | Method And Apparatus For Determining A List Of Members For A Push To Talk Communications Service - A method and apparatus for determining a list of members for a Group Push to Talk Session in a communications network. A Search Proxy function receives, from a requesting network node, a search request message. The search request message comprises at least one of an instruction to limit the maximum time for a search operation to take, an instruction to send search results in segmented blocks, an instruction to send search results in a predetermined format; and an instruction to perform a search according to a predetermined pattern. The Search Proxy function then performs a search for members with which to populate the list and sends the search results to a receiving node. In most cases, the receiving node is the requesting node. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274801 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a use history search process module configured to transmit a use history search message including model type information of a communication apparatus with which communication has been executed by a second communication process module in a communication method different from a communication method by a first communication process module, and the model type information of the electronic apparatus, to a server, a search result reception module configured to receive from the server a search result related to the use history search message, and an output module configured to output a message recommending communication with the communication apparatus by the first communication module, on the basis of the search result. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274802 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a method including acquiring content distribution information with respect to a criterion denoted by an attribute of metadata supplied to the content, determining as an option, of a plurality of options, a candidate of a search condition to be added as a query related to the attribute, based on the distribution information, displaying a screen including the attribute and the option, and retrieving content from the candidate displayed in the displaying step based on an attribute value corresponding to an option of the plurality of options selected by a user. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274803 | Document Preparation Support Apparatus, Document Preparation Support Method, and Document Preparation Support Program - A document preparation support apparatus outputs a knowhow and a response example for each critical passage of a document. The document preparation support apparatus includes a storage unit. The storage unit includes: first corresponding information that stores a knowhow in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage; and second corresponding information that stores a response example in association with a search key for extracting a critical passage. The document preparation support apparatus also includes a control unit. The control unit receives a document; extracts a critical passage from the received document using a prescribed search key from among the search keys; searches the first corresponding information and the second corresponding information using the search key used for the extraction to obtain a knowhow and a response example; and outputs the obtained knowhow and response example in association with the critical passage. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100274804 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVOKING FUNCTIONALITIES USING CONTEXTUAL RELATIONS - A method for obtaining contextually related instances. The method comprises providing a map of a plurality of contextual relations between a plurality of instance types and a plurality of functionalities. Each one of the functionalities is associated with one of the mapped contextual relations and configured for providing one or more instances of a respective type. The method further comprises receiving a contextual linkage between a known instance and a requested instance, identifying a match between the contextual linkage and a segment of the map, and obtaining the requested instance by using the known instance along with a group of which is selected from the functionalities; each member of the group is associated with a contextual relation in the segment. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100281045 | Methods and systems for representing, using and displaying time-varying information on the semantic web - Methods and systems for providing start and stop properties to Semantic Web structured resources and statements are disclosed. The start and stop properties can specify a lifetime during which a resource or statement can be valid. A call or query to one or more resources can return statement data including the start and stop properties for the resources and/or statements. Dates can be specified with the call or query such that the returned resources and statements have lifetimes including the specified dates. Screen images of the data can display subject and object nodes and predicate arcs for the selected dates. A sequence of screen images can display a timeline of nodes and arcs by adding or hiding nodes and arcs to correspond with the start and stop properties of the statements. Tools are provided for the user to navigate through the sequence. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281046 | Method and web server of processing a dynamic picture for searching purpose - A method of processing dynamic pictures for searching purposes allows a user using a web server or PC to extract multiple still pictures from a dynamic picture. A user can input text information for at least one still picture. The text information can be used as search information so that a specific section of the dynamic picture can be found during a search for the dynamic picture. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281047 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING DROP DOWN LIST BOXES - A method and system for displaying a drop down list box. The method and system may include associating a history record with a drop down list box. The method and system may also include associating a filter box with the drop down list box. the method and system may also include associating a unique identifier with each choice in the drop down list box. The method and system may also include associating a hierarchical structure containing more detailed information about choices in the drop down list box with the drop down list box. Finally, the method and system may include displaying the choices in the drop down list box to a user as a function of at least one of the associated history record, filter box, unique identifier, or hierarchical structure. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281048 | ROADSIDE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A roadside device ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281049 | EXPLORING ATTACHED AND UNATTACHED CONTENT DATABASES - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for searching for and extracting data from databases of content management applications. User input is received to connect to a database or database snapshot of an application, and a connection is established. When the database is not part of a current live instance of the application, an emulation is performed such that the database is treated like it is attached to the current live instance of the application. The user is able to browse and/or search for content, including documents, in the database or database snapshot without having to explore individual site collection structure and user interfaces of individual sites. A site collection user interface (UI), a site selector UI, and/or a list selector UI, for example, provide data entry fields for entering search requirements. Unattached databases can be managed using commands, such as using an object model or command line. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100281050 | Range Definition Method and System - A range-conversion method and system includes receiving data records. Each data record includes one or more data fields and a field value associated with each data field. One or more data fields are identified as a range-based data field. A plurality of text-based range descriptors are defined, such that each text-based range descriptor is associated with a range of field values for one of the range-based data fields. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100287179 | Expanding Concept Types In Conceptual Graphs - In one embodiment, searching documents includes generating a query conceptual graph for a search query. The query conceptual graph has graph terms representing concept types. A set of conceptually similar terms is identified for each graph term, and the set is mapped to the concept type represented by the graph term. Documents are searched in accordance with the set of conceptually similar terms. In another embodiment, selecting a document includes determining documents that satisfy a search query expressed as a query conceptual graph. A document conceptual graph that has graph terms representing concept types is generated for each document. A set of conceptually similar terms is identified for each graph term, where the set is mapped to the concept type represented by the graph term. A document is selected if terms of the sets associated with the document match terms associated with the query conceptual graph. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287180 | Apparatus and Method for Issuing Certificate with User's Consent - Provided is an apparatus and method for issuing a certificate by receiving in real-time a user's consent in an online or offline environment. The apparatus includes: a database unit storing and managing a list of certificates requiring a user's consent and personal information containing the identity and a contact point of the user of the certificates; a determiner, when issuance of a certificate is requested, receiving identity information of an applicant and determining whether the certificate requested by the applicant is listed in the certificate list stored in the database unit; and a consent inquiry unit, when the requested certificate is listed in the certificate list, transmitting the identity information of the applicant and the name of the certificate to a contact point of the user of the certificate, which is stored in the database unit, and inquiring whether the user consents to the certificate issuance. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287181 | Method for Searching Content by a Soap Operation - Provided is a method for searching contents using a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) operation. The method includes adding a request element field type in order to request various content searches through a comparison operation in a SOAP query operation, and transmitting a request message of the SOAP query operation to which the request element field type is added to a content service server. The method adds an operator associated with a comparison operation to a corresponding query request field which requests the search result of various contents to a SOAP query operation, thereby enabling to perform a content search by a complex operation expression. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287182 | Method and System for Adjudicating Text Against a Defined Policy - A computerized method of adjudicating text against a policy includes receiving one or more system policies, creating a system datastructure for each received system policy, receiving an input message comprising a text to be adjudicated, selecting a system policy from the one or more received system policies based on the input message, and processing the text to be adjudicated and the system datastructure corresponding to the selected system policy to determine if a prohibited word is present in the text to be adjudicated. The one or more system policies include one or more prohibited words and a first hit value corresponding to each prohibited word. The system datastructure includes a plurality of linked lists corresponding the letters of the alphabet and a head linked list operable to store one or more found prohibited words. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287183 | SHARING AND COLLABORATION OF SEARCH FINDINGS - Sharing of search histories is facilitated with a computer based system and method that allow a searcher to share search results generated without prior authentication of an identity with a search engine. Sharing and collaboration are further facilitated by allowing search history items to be shared with a minimum of additional searcher input. Context for the search history items is provided by associating a search query with an accessed document link without requiring separate tagging of the link by the searcher. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287184 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURABLE DEFAULTS FOR XML DATA - A data tree is generated in memory by parsing a first XML file. Default setting requests and validation requests are read from a second XML file. Default data values for nodes in the data tree are generated by executing default data generation code from locations specified in the default setting requests and recorded in the data tree. The content of data stored in nodes of the data tree is then validated by executing validation code from locations specified in the validation requests. The data tree is then searched by getting a nodepath, parsing the nodepath into a plurality of path pieces, searching the data tree based on each of the path pieces, and returning one or more nodes of the data tree based on the search that satisfy the path pieces. A data value of one or more nodes or child nodes may be specified to narrow the search. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287185 | GENERATION OF LOGICAL DATABASE SCHEMA REPRESENTATION BASED ON SYMBOLIC BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE QUERY - A system to query a database based on a logical schema of the database and an abstraction of the logical database schema, the abstraction including a plurality of objects and one or more properties associating one or more of the plurality of objects to one or more others of the plurality of objects. The system includes reception of a query including a first plurality of objects of the abstraction, a first one or more properties associating one of the first plurality of objects with another one of the plurality of objects, and two or more instances of a first one of the first plurality of objects. A dynamic representation of the logical database schema is modified to include an alias of the first one of the plurality of objects, the query is modified to include the alias, one or more functional dependencies of the abstraction to be enforced are determined based on the modified query, the modified dynamic representation of the logical database schema is edited based on the determined one or more functional dependencies, and a database query is generated based on the modified query and the edited dynamic representation. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287186 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING QUERY RESPONSES - A method and computing program for providing a user computing platform with a response to a query, the response comprising indications to one or more Universal Resource Identifier optionally with instructions on how to get the relevant information from there, and how to format the response. Thus a user computing platform receives information directly from a content provider, whose rights are not infringed by the query engine. If payment or other limitations are imposed by the content provider or by the user, they are handled between the user and the content provider, without intervention by the query engine. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287187 | Method for query based on layout information - The present invention discloses a method for query based on layout information, including: setting up a query condition containing layout information; and querying an electronic document based on the query condition containing the layout information. The present invention also discloses a device corresponding to the method. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287188 | Method and system for publishing a document, method and system for verifying a citation, and method and system for managing a project - A system for publishing a document in a selected format may include a user interface configured to provide a plurality of presentation features to a user, a schema selection module configured to receive a schema for generating markup language content, wherein the schema includes a plurality of elements, a schema mapping module configured to map the plurality of presentation features to the plurality of elements, wherein a presentation feature maps to an element, a conversion module configured to generate tags for marking the markup language content based on the mapping, a document preparation system configured to receive input content from a user via an input module, a content generation module configured to generate markup language content from the input content using the generated tags and the presentation features, and a publication engine configured to generate the document in the selected format from the generated markup language content. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287189 | ACCELERATION OF TAG PLACEMENT USING CUSTOM HARDWARE - A hardware device is configured to accelerate the process of determining the location of a query sequence (a tag) within a sequence library (such as a reference genome) using one or more comparison units having inputs for receiving the query sequence and a subsequence of the sequence library (a k-mer) and an output for reporting results where each comparison unit is capable of searching the tag in the sense and the antisense orientation against the sequence library in the sense and antisense orientation. Methods and systems are also provided. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287190 | System and Method for Rapid Assessment of Lab Value Distributions - System and methods for rapid assessment of lab value distributions are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a data storage device and a server. The data storage device may be configured to store a database comprising one or more records, wherein the records are identified by one or more test codes. The server may receive a medical code, search the database to obtain a first group of records associated with individuals having the medical code, wherein each record of the first group of records is identified by a test code, search the database to obtain a second group of records associated with a control population, wherein each record of the second group of records is identified by the test code, and generate an output comprising a distribution graph on a shared scale from the first and second group of records. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287191 | TRACKING AND RETRIEVAL OF KEYWORDS USED TO ACCESS USER RESOURCES ON A PER-USER BASIS - The information about where a request for a resource originated can provide useful feedback to the individual or organization that published the resource. When this information includes the keywords input to a search engine, through which the resource is then accessed, these keywords can be provided to the user that published the resource. The user can receive a notification, such as an electronic mail message, indicating the keywords and search engine used to access the resource. A database of such accesses and related keyword information can be stored on a per-user basis. This database can provide feedback indicating how the resources of the user are being located through search engines. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287192 | MANAGING COPIES OF DATA - A method in a computer system for retrieving data from one of multiple copies of the data is provided, referred to as the data management system. The data management system receives a request identifying at least one data object to be accessed. Then, the data management system queries a metabase to locate data copies that contain the identified at least one data object, wherein the data copies are created from similar source data, and wherein for each data copy the metabase contains an indication of the availability of the copy relative to other copies. Next, the data management system determines one of the located data copies to use to access the identified at least one data object, wherein the determination is made based on the indicated availability contained in the metabase for each of the located data copies. Then, the data management system accesses the identified at least one data object using the determined one of the located data copies. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287193 | Bit string search apparatus, search method, and program - An index key is a key string formed of three or more keys whose tail-end key is unique, and a search key string for a bit string search has a unique key as its tail-end key. A branch node includes a search key sequence number expressing the position information of a key in the search key string to be used in the bit string comparison during the bit string search and the discrimination bit position for that key. Search for index keys is performed by extracting from the search key string the key with the search key sequence number in the branch node and repeatedly linking to one of the nodes of a node pair of the link target in response to the bit value at the discrimination bit position of that key until the leaf node corresponding to that index key is reached. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287194 | PRESENCE-AT-HOME INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM - A presence-at-home information acquisition system is provided with an identifier table update means and a presence-at-home information distribution control means. When a user inputs permission to acquire presence-at-home information on the user, an identifier table update means stores a first identifier for identifying the user and a second identifier designated by a request for acquisition of the presence-at-home information in an identifier table storage means, with both identifiers associated with each other. The presence-at-home information distribution control means judges whether or not the second identifier is stored in the identifier table storage means. When judging that the second identifier is stored, the presence-at-home information distribution control means acquires the presence-at-home information on the user specified by the first identifier associated with the second identifier from the presence-at-home information storage means. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287195 | METHOD OF SEARCHING IN A COLLECTION OF DATA ITEMS - A method of searching in a collection of data items stored in association with data representative of locations includes obtaining data representative of co-ordinates defining a location. Data representative of a direction are obtained. A system ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287196 | AUTOMATED FORENSIC DOCUMENT SIGNATURES - Methods and systems are provided for a proactive approach for computer forensic investigations. The invention allows organizations anticipating the need for forensic analysis to prepare in advance. Forensic signatures are created including a digital fingerprint and other information associated with a file. In one aspect, informational signatures are created, which may assist in determining what information is included in a file. In another aspect, the digital fingerprint may represent contents of the file and is resistant to minor modification of the file. In another aspect, fingerprints can be compared in parallel on different computers. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287197 | CHARACTERISTIC TAGGING - Embodiments are provided to enable a user to easily and conveniently assign, share, and/or locate characteristic and other information associated with others. In an embodiment, a user can assign, share, and use one or more characterizing tags. A user can use the one or more characterizing tags to characterize a person of interest and/or a relationship or association between the user and the person of interest. A user can also perform searches using one or more characterizing tags to locate others who may be associated with the one or more characterizing tags. Users can also view user profiles including any characterizing tags and/or communicate with others based in part on a characterizing tag. The various embodiments provide a forum for social tagging, allowing a user to apply and use one or more characterizing tags that are associated with a person of interest. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287198 | Flexible Request and Response Communications Interfaces - Methods and systems for database storage allowing subscriber entities to create specialized interfaces for storing different classes of information based on subscribed-defined categories and parameters, allowing for efficient search and retrieval of the information by users using the subscriber-defined categories and parameters. A method for processing a search request comprises receiving from a user a set of search terms, retrieving from a database a set of records satisfying the search terms, sending the search terms to one or more suppliers as indicated by supplier links associated with the records, receiving a set of results from the one or more suppliers, and sending the set of results to the user. A method for information storage comprises sending an interface to a supplier over a network, receiving from the supplier a supplier-defined category, a set of supplier-defined parameters associated with the category, and a supplier link, and adding a record comprising the category, the supplier link, and the set of parameters to a database, thereby allowing the database to be searched for the supplier as a provider according to the category and the parameters, and allowing the supplier to be queried via the supplier link for results according to the category and the parameters. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100293183 | CONVERGED PERSONAL AREA NETWORK SERVICE METHOD AND SYSTEM - A converged personal area network service system uses information provided by personal network elements (PNEs) to generate an event report file to store along with a data file to commemorate an event. When the data file is created, such as taking a picture, an event recording device sends requests to PNEs, sensors and other devices within the network to provide information corresponding to a timestamp based on the event. The information, if available, is sent to the event recording device, where it is aggregated. The event recording device generates an event report file that includes fields storing the information pertaining to the data file. The event report file is stored along with the data file for retrieval or use at a later time. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293184 | IDENTIFICATION OF RELATED BID PHRASES AND CATEGORIES USING CO-BIDDING INFORMATION - The present invention provides a method and system for determining related bid terms. The method and system includes accessing a term database to determine a plurality of term pairs, the term pairs being paired terms bidded together in a term bidding operating environment. In the method and system, for each of the plurality of term pairs, the method and system includes determining similarity values for each of the term pairs. The method and system further includes generating a similarity matrix using the determined similarity values. And, the method and system includes generating an output result based on a co-bidded relationship between at least one of the terms and advertising information. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A WEB PAGE BASED ON SEARCH TERM POPULARITY DATA - Methods and systems for displaying popular internet searches on a webpage are provided. Popularity data is received which includes a plurality of search terms, and each of the search terms has an associated popularity index. A determination is made as to whether any of the search terms is an approved term by referencing the search terms against a list of approved terms. If any of the search terms is an approved term, then that search term's corresponding entry in the list of approved terms is updated with that search term's associated popularity index. The search terms that are not approved terms define a set of unclassified search terms. The unclassified search terms are classified by updating the list of approved terms to include the unclassified search terms and their associated popularity indices. The most popular search terms in the list of approved search terms is determined based upon the popularity index. A webpage is generated including images associated with each of the most popular search terms. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293186 | SEARCH DEVICE, SEARCH METHOD, SEARCH PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A search apparatus includes an input unit that receives an input of search-object information indicative of facilities to be searched for; a designating unit that designates, among combinations of facilities indicated by the search-object information, a combination of the facilities that are located on the same premises; a generating unit that, using location information concerning the facilities constituting the combination designated by the designating unit, generates search result information; and an output unit that outputs the search result information generated by the generating unit. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BROADCAST MEDIA TAGGING - The present invention is related to tagging broadcast media, in particular for use in mobile terminals. Metadata related to broadcast video and audio data is transmitted simultaneously within the broadcast packet stream in short intervals in order to allow an exact recognition and immediate recording of single short media objects. These objects may then be sorted based on machine readable category information and used to provide a user specific program. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293188 | METHOD FOR REDUCING THE WORKLOAD OF SERVERS, CORRESPONDING TERMINAL, DEVICE AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE PRODUCT - A method is provided for generating a query request to be transmitted to at least one receiving entity in a communication network. The method includes: receiving a developed and previously formulated query request; selecting a synthetic form adapted to the developed query request from a set of pre-established synthetic forms; and constructing a synthetic query request from the selected synthetic form, wherein the synthetic query request is to be transmitted to the receiving entity. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293189 | Verification of Portable Consumer Devices - Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, systems, and computer program products pertaining to obtaining, providing, and using dynamic card verification values for portable consumer devices, such as credit cards and debit cards. An exemplary method comprises receiving, at a server, a request for a device verification value for a portable consumer device associated with a user; obtaining, at the server, a datum indicative of a device verification value for a portable consumer device; and sending, from the server, the datum to at least one of a phone number or network address of a personal communication device associated with the user. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293190 | PLAYING AND EDITING LINKED AND ANNOTATED AUDIOVISUAL WORKS - In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining metadata that relates to a video program and that defines, for one or more specified time points in the video program, one or more web services to be invoked at those time points; generating and displaying, on a computer, a video window that is configured to play the video program; during playing the video program on a computer, detecting that the video program is playing at one of the time points and determining an identifier of a particular web service associated with that one of the time points; in response to the detecting, causing the computer to invoke the particular web service. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293191 | SELECTION OF ACCESS CONDITIONS FOR PORTABLE TOKENS - The invention relates to a portable token (SC) comprising a capability query mechanism (CQM). The capability query mechanism (CQM) is set to inform entities (PC, MW) willing to communicate with the portable token (SC) of at least a subset of the command(s) (C) available in the portable token (SC). The portable token (SC) is arranged to set a flag when the capability query mechanism (CQM) is invoked. When a command (C) is called, the portable token (SC) enforces first access conditions (AC | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293192 | Method and Computer Means for Choosing Spectacle Lenses Adapted to a Frame - A method and a computer system and its components for providing spectacles adapted to a future wearer. The method comprises the steps of: inputting in a computer system a first set of data (F | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100293193 | DOCUMENT GEOSPATIAL SHAPE TAGGING, SEARCHING, ARCHIVING, AND RETRIEVAL SOFTWARE - Disclosed is a document geospatial tagging, searching, archiving, and retrieval software system. The software system includes a tool that tags electronic documents with a geospatial tag. The geospatial tag indicates the shape and the geospatial points, in order, that define the location and extent of the geospatial location associated with an electronic document. Each point in the geospatial tag may be comprised of an X coordinate value, a Y coordinate value, an elevation/height value, and a date and time value. Electronic documents may be tagged manually by the user, automatically by the software application creating the document, or via a tagging search engine that searches files for geospatial location data and then tags each file with the results of the search. Once the electronic documents have been geospatially tagged, a search engine may search a network, either an intranet or the Internet, in order to locate electronic documents associated with a user desired geospatial location. After electronic documents associated with a desired geospatial location have been found and retrieved, the electronic documents may be stored on an archival storage system for future use. The documents may also be moved to a different electronic storage device/location for easy access by the user. The documents may also be sorted according to different aspects of the geospatial tag linked to each document. Different types of sorts are possible using the geospatial data contained in the geospatial tag, including: sorting by size of the geospatial area, sorting by elevation/height values, date and time values, and the type of shape of the geospatial area. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100299345 | Method for Serving Search Content by a Soap Operation - Provided is a method for servicing queried contents using a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) operation. The method includes transmitting a request message of a SOAP query operation to which a request element field type is added in order to request various content searches through a complex operation, and extracting a query result expression value corresponding to a table field designated in the request field type element, and adding the extracted query expression value to a query result element to transmit the added value by a response message of the SOAP operation, when the request message includes the request element field type designating a query request result value. The method sorts and/or groups the query results of contents according to the extraction order of queried contents by adding operators associated with an arithmetic operation and/or a comparison operation to a query request field of a SOAP query operation upon query request of contents, thereby servicing the more various accurate query results of contents. Accordingly, the method services the more various accurate query results of contents on the basis of users preference information to users, thereby increasing convenience for users. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299346 | DOCUMENT DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAM AND DOCUMENT DIAGNOSIS METHOD - A document diagnostic program is provided for reducing a check operation checking whether or not a described term is appropriately used with regard to a document whose description content is sectioned by identifiers. The reading means | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299347 | DATABASE APPLICATION NAVIGATION - A database server application program is provided that is configured to provide a programmable interface into a database application by way of database services uniform resource locators (URLs). A database services URL utilized by the database application can be updated programmatically by program code executing within or under control of the database server application program. A macro action for use in conjunction with a database server application that provides functionality for displaying a database object, such as a form or report, in-place in a Web browser is also disclosed. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299348 | SEARCH INTERFACE FOR FINDING DATA ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM A DATABASE SYSTEM - A computer implemented approach which identifies secondary entities associated with a (primary) entity selected by a user, and enables the user to find entity instances of interest by performing a search based on the attributes of the user selected primary entity and one or more of the identified secondary entities. In an embodiment, the secondary entities are identified based on a schema defining the entity types in a database system. The search may be used to retrieve (and provide to the user) only the entity instances matching the conditions specified based on the attributes of the primary entity and the secondary entities. The user interface may accordingly be simplified. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299349 | Reducing Latency in Returning Online Search Results - An embodiment of the invention is directed to reducing search-response latency. The closest intermediate server can be located between a client computing device and a search engine. A search query is sent to the intermediate server in a first packet of a transport protocol handshake. A plurality of packets are received from the intermediate server. The plurality of packets are used to open a window associated with a transport protocol. A response related to the search query is received by the client. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299350 | CLICK-THROUGH PREDICTION FOR NEWS QUERIES - Described is estimating whether an online search query is a news-related query, and if so, outputting news-related results in association with other search results returned in response to the query. The query is processed into features, including by accessing corpora that corresponds to relatively current events, e.g., recently crawled from news and blog articles. A corpus of static reference data, such as an online encyclopedia, may be used to help determine whether the query is less likely to be about current events. Features include frequency-related data and context-related data corresponding to frequency and context information maintained in the corpora. Additional features may be obtained by processing text of the query itself, e.g., “query-only” features. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299351 | METRICS LIBRARY - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a metrics library system (MLS) for creating and storing complex search queries in a searchable repository. Embodiments of the present invention provide an MLS comprising a user interface for entering a user login, a defined metric query store, a metric definition interface, at least two disparate data stores, a query execution function, a metric library interface, and a user interface for directing data retrieved by the query execution function to a location specified by the user. In some embodiments, the MLS further provides a metrics usage history. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299352 | NAVIGATION OF CONTACT INFORMATION REPRESENTED AS PAGES CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF CONTACT IDENTIFIERS - A system and method for obtaining a unique contact identifier for use by a user device in sending a communication message over a communications network to a target device addressable on the communications network through the unique contact identifier. The system and method comprise a parameter module for receiving at least one search parameter submitted by the user; a search module for submitting a search request including the search parameter for use in searching a storage containing stored contact information including the unique contact identifier, the stored contact information including multiple contact identifiers, and for receiving a search response including a plurality of contact identifiers of the multiple contact identifiers matching the at least one search parameter; a presentation module for presenting to a user interface of the user device a contact information set including the plurality of contact identifiers; and a selection module configured for identifying all respective contact identifiers present in a user selected subset of the contact information set, and for providing the user selected subset including the identified contact identifiers to the user interface for use in selecting the unique contact identifier there from; wherein the selected unique contact identifier is used by the user device for generating the communication message for sending over the communications network to the target device addressed by the unique contact identifier. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299353 | Moving Image Data Checking System, Moving Image Database Creating Method, and Registering System and Program for Registering Moving Image Data in Moving Image Database - [Problems] To provide a checking system which allows effective inspection of browsable moving image data in a browsable state on a site on a network. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299354 | DETERMINING DEVICE AND DETERMINING METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROCESSING TO BE PERFORMED BASED ON ACQUIRED DATA - The present invention provides a technique for determining processing to be performed at high speed. When processing to be performed is determined through multiple condition judgments and branches, a comparison target extraction circuit extracts from acquired data multiple pieces of determination data used for the condition judgments and branches and connects the pieces to generate comparison target data. A first database and a second database store reference data generated by connecting a possible value of each of multiple pieces of determination data and also store a processing content to be performed, in which the reference data and the processing content are related to each other. A binary search circuit collectively conducts multiple condition judgments and branches by searching the first database for comparison target data and outputs a processing content to be performed. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299355 | IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image search apparatus extracts a symmetric partial image based on acquired pairs of feature points, and divides the partial image at a symmetry axis of the partial image to decide two partial areas, as a first area and a second area based on the tendency of image features in the partial image. In determining the similarity between the query image and a comparison destination image, a coordinate transformation coefficient for a coordinate transformation process is set based on pairs of feature points extracted from the partial area decided as the first area of the two images, the coordinate transformation process using the coordinate transformation coefficient is applied to the pairs of feature points extracted from areas including areas other than the first area of the two images, and coordinates of the pairs of feature points after the coordinate transformation process are compared. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299356 | TYPE SYSTEM FOR BUILDING EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - A platform (referred to herein as Extensible Application Platform, or XAP) for developing extensible business applications. In one set of embodiments, XAP can include an Extensible Markup Language (XML) based application model that is designed to support a high degree of application extensibility. For example, the XAP application model can support declarative definition of application semantics, separation of application data and metadata, and a flexible type system that allows constraints and calculations (e.g., XQuery constraints and calculations) for a data object instance (e.g., an XML document) to change over time. In certain embodiments, the XAP application model can be implemented via a server-side database/application engine that is configured to interoperate with a spreadsheet-like, client-side user interface. Using the spreadsheet-like UI, a non-programmer can build, customize, and run an application workflow that operates on top of a shared database like a traditional business application. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299357 | Object tree walking - Information is processed by receiving from a requesting node a request to access a content management related service. The content management related service is performed at a second node in the opposite direction as the requesting node; the request is associated with an object tree. The object tree is walked to obtain information associated with the object tree. A set of one or more service context rules associated with the content management related service is determined. The object tree is processed using the set of service context rules and the results of the processed object tree are made available to the content management related service so that the content management related service is able to properly operate at the second node. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299358 | Method and System for Dynamically Processing Ambiguous, Reduced Text Search Queries and Highlighting Results Thereof - A method and system are provided of processing a search query entered by a user of a device having a text input interface with overloaded keys. The search query is directed at identifying an item from a set of items. Each of the items has a name including one or more words. The system receives from the user an ambiguous search query directed at identifying a desired item. The search query comprises a prefix substring of at least one word in the name of the desired item. The system dynamically identifies a group of one or more items from the set of items having one or more words in the names thereof matching the search query as the user enters each character of the search query. The system also orders the one or more items of the group in accordance with given criteria. The names of the one or more items of the identified group are output to be displayed on the device operated by the user as ordered with the characters of the one or more words in the names corresponding to the prefix substring of the search query being highlighted. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100299359 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INVOKING USI - In the field of communication technology, a method for invoking a Universal Service Interface (USI) and a USI system are provided. The schemes provide a user with a short-lived user ID for the application to interact with the USI system. The short-lived ID has a corresponding relation with the long-lived user ID and can be found according to the long-lived user ID regardless of whether the user is online or offline. The method and device can effectively ensure the security of USI invocation, and ensure that the application can initiate the USI service request even when the user is in an offline state. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100306230 | PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A personal information management system is characterized in describing a telephone number while reading out a coordinate position on an application sheet on which a coded coordinate position on the sheet is printed, transmitting by a mobile phone a handwriting image read out by a digital pen to a database managing server, analyzing by the database managing server image data received by a wireless communication terminal device, extracting the telephone number allocated to the wireless communication terminal device, and, in accordance with the extracted telephone number, detecting personal information associated with the telephone number from a telephone number/address associating type database. With this, in letter mailing service, etc., an opportunity for the exposure of personal information is shortened, so that the possibility of the leakage of personal information is reduced, repetitive descriptions of the same content are avoided, and troublesome work can be eased. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306231 | COLLABORATIVE SEARCH TOOLS - Described herein are technologies pertaining to search in general, and collaborative searching in particular. Graphical items are generated that are representative of searches. The graphical items include graphical indicia that indicate which search results were included in other, related searches. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306232 | MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM PROVIDING DATABASE OF SHARED TEXT COMMENT DATA INDEXED TO VIDEO SOURCE DATA AND RELATED METHODS - A multimedia system may include a plurality of text comment input devices configured to permit a plurality of commentators to generate shared text comment data based upon viewing video data from a video source. The system may further include a media processor cooperating with the plurality of text comment input devices and configured to process the video source data and shared text comment data, and generate therefrom a database comprising shared text comment data indexed in time with the video source data so that the database is searchable by text keywords to locate corresponding portions of the video source data. The media processor may be further configured to combine the video source data and the shared text comment data into a media data stream. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306233 | SEARCH AND REPLAY OF EXPERIENCES BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS - Users are enabled to record and retrieve their experiences temporally and based on geographic locations. Experiences such as meetings, conferences, emails, other forms of communications are indexed along a timeline and associated with geographic locations. A user interface provides replay of experiences with links to associated documents, recordings, etc. employing a user friendly map feature. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306234 | CACHE SYNCHRONIZATION - Methods, systems, and media are provided for synchronizing information across multiple environments of a synchronization system. A search query is received into a frontend infrastructure of a first synchronization environment. The frontend infrastructure checks a local cache manager to see if results already exist for the search query. If existing results are not found, then one or more backend search engines of the first synchronization environment are utilized for the search query. The search results from the backend search engines are saved into the local cache manager of the first synchronization environment. A cache sync notification is created to identify the contents and location of the actual saved results. The cache sync notification is saved in a cache synchronization service located within the first synchronization environment, and broadcast to all other synchronization environments within the synchronization system. The actual results can be retrieved from any other synchronization environment. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306235 | Real-Time Detection of Emerging Web Search Queries - A current query model is constructed representing a first histogram of a first set of counts corresponding to a first set of search queries and a current time interval. One or more historical query models are constructed, each uniquely representing a different second histogram of a different second set of counts corresponding to a different second set of search queries and a different historical time interval. A third search query is received. A first generation probability is calculated for the third search query with respect to the current query model. One or more second generation probabilities are calculated for the third search query with respect to the historical query models. A ratio is calculated based on the first generation probability and the second generation probabilities. The third search query is identified as corresponding to an emerging event if the ratio satisfies a predetermined threshold requirement. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306236 | Data Policy Management System and Method for Managing Data - A method for managing data includes identifying nodes of an archiving file system executing on one or more computers that have been updated, acquiring time ordered node state change events within the archiving file system, storing the node state change events, and reading the stored node state change events. The method further includes acquiring current information contained within the nodes that has been updated, updating data contained within a database system executing on the one or more computers to reflect the acquired information, querying the database system, and enforcing data policies upon the archiving file system based on the results of the query. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306237 | HIDING SEARCH BOX BASED ON SEARCH PROVIDER SETTINGS - The display of a search box within a toolbar is controlled based on the search provider settings of search box native to an application or operating system, such as a search box natively provider by a web browser. The search box is maintained within the toolbar when the search provider for the native search box differs from the toolbar search provider. The search box may be removed or “hidden” from the toolbar when the search provider for the native search box is the same as the toolbar search provider. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306238 | PARALLEL SEGMENTED INDEX SUPPORTING INCREMENTAL DOCUMENT AND TERM INDEXING - Techniques are disclosed for generating an index that supports both incremental document indexing and incremental term indexing. Documents and search terms may be received for which an index is to be generated. From this information, an index may be generated, partitioned in a first dimension by documents to create master segments and in a second dimension by search terms to create slave segments. A request to update the index to include a new document or a new search term may be received. The new document or new search term may be added to the index without modifying the entire index. Further, document identifiers may be synchronized across all segments. Synchronization refers to maintaining consistency of document identifiers across segments, despite renumbering of document identifiers during certain operations such as merging segments. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306239 | ASSOCIATING WORKS WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS - Multiple attempts can be made to match received information associated with a work and one of multiple identifiers stored in a database. Each of the identifiers in the database is uniquely associated with one of a plurality of specific works. A first search can be made to determine if an identifier in the received information includes an identifier that matches one of identifiers stored in the database. If the identifier in the received information does not match any of the identifiers in the database, a second matching attempt can be made to determine if the received attributes match attributes of a work associated with one of the identifiers in the database. Based on the results of the matching, various actions can be taken to associate or assign one of the unique identifiers with the work related to the received information. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306240 | INSTANCE SPACE BASED MANAGEMENT PACK INFRASTRUCTURE - Techniques are described herein for using a management pack to define a structure of management packs. A management pack is business logic expressed in terms of an extensible language, such as extensible markup language (XML). Instances of entities that are described by a management pack are stored in an instance space that is defined by the management pack. An entity can be a computer, software program, employee, customer, management pack, management pack element, or anything else in the system that an administrator may wish to describe. A management pack that defines the structure of management packs is referred to as a “management pack management pack” (MPMP). Accordingly, management packs (including MPMPs) having a structure that is defined by a MPMP are stored in an instance space that is defined by the MPMP. The instance space that is defined by the MPMP is materialized in a database. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306241 | INTELLIGENT FEED SYSTEM FOR CREATING A REPRESENTATION OF A WEB PAGE FOR A SEARCH ENGINE - The invention provides a method of providing information over a network, including transmitting a representation of a web page or a link to the search engine for the search engine database, receiving at least one tracking signal indicative of use at the client location of at least some of the web pages in the list, and transmitting a second list of web pages to the search engine, the second list being a subset of web pages, the subset being selected based on the tracking signals. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306242 | Methods and Systems for Annotation of Digital Informatin - Methods and system for performing annotation of digital information are provided. One method includes searching for items of interest using a search engine. Once the URIs associated with the item of interest are identified, a plurality of attributes are provided that may be associated with each URI. A user may provide the values for the attributes or the system may suggest values for the attributes based on information associated with each URI. Once the attributes and values are assigned, the annotated URI along with the attributes and values is stored. Another method provides for sharing of the annotated information. A user may communicate annotated information to an external storage system for sharing with other users having access to the external storage system. Another method provides for automatic updates of the annotation entries by periodically fetching the digital information associated with each URI and updating the values associated with each attribute. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SHORTCUT KEYS AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for displaying shortcut keys, comprising: a storage unit; a first display unit; a second display unit; and a CPU (central processing unit) comprising: a detecting module configured for detecting whether there is an running application, and displaying the running application on the first display unit; a shortcut key acquiring module configured for acquiring a setting information of shortcut keys and storing the acquired setting information of the shortcut keys in the storage unit if there is an running application; and a display module configured for displaying the acquired setting information of the shortcut keys on the second display unit. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306244 | Method of the Combination of Patent Applicants or Patent Inventors in a Patent Analysis - A method of the combination of patent applicants or patent inventors in a patent analysis comprises following steps: (a) creating a name database, which comprises a plurality of applicants' or inventors' name sheets and each of the name sheets includes different names of one applicant or one inventor; wherein each of the name sheets has a corresponding sheet title; (b) creating a thematic patent database of specific technical theme through patent searching among the patent literatures of all the countries in the world; (c) searching in the thematic patent database by using said sheet title as the search field, and matching applicants' or inventors' names in said thematic patent database with names in said name sheet, then marking the matched patents; and (d) combining names of applicants or inventors in said marked patents. The use of this method can improve the combination efficiency of patent applicants or patent inventors greatly. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306245 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system is provided with setting screen displaying means for displaying a setting screen for setting information related to a plurality of search condition parameters; parameter obtaining means for collectively obtaining the information related to the plurality of search condition parameters based on a single input operation that is made via an input portion; and information searching means for searching for preferred information based on the information related to the plurality of search condition parameters obtained by the parameter obtaining means. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306246 | Method and System for Managing User Information in Instant Messaging Systems - The present disclosure discloses a method for managing user information in an instant messaging system in order to address the problems of increasing system workload, increasing network overhead and deteriorated system performance in existing technologies due to frequent access of user information management server or servers when user information is searched. According to a disclosed method, an access server obtains and stores information of contacts of a logged-in user; the access server notifies user information of the logged-in user to other access servers; the access servers that receive the notification store the user information of the logged-in user upon determining that contact(s) is/are found locally therein; and when the access server needs to obtain the information of the contacts of the user, the access server performs a search either locally or in other access servers. Furthermore, a communication system is also provided. The disclosed method and system are believed to result in greatly reduced frequency of searching user information in the user information management servers, reduced workload of the user information management servers, improved performance of searching user information and reduced network overhead of the system. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306247 | Apparatus, Method and System for Accessing Digital Rights Management Information - Digital rights management (DRM) and content distribution systems need to reference unique works of autorship to facilitate distribution, access control, and usage tracking and reporting of the works. The apparatus, method, and system disclosed herein is a DRM and content distribution system that uses the digital object identifier (DOI) as a unique identifier for the works of authorship that are the subject of transactions within the system and that travel with the instantiations of the works of authorship. A method of accessing a digital work from a computer is disclosed. The method associates at least one usage right with the digital work to create a protected digital work. The usage rights include displaying the digital work, copying the digital work, fowarding the digital work to another computer, or printing the digital work. The method selects a unique identifier such as a DOI for the digital work and stores the protected digital work and the unique identifier in a directory such as a library of digital works of autorship or a portion of a peer-to-peer network. The method issues a query from the computer to the directory to generate a result set that includes the unique identifier. The method uses the unique identifier to retrieve the protected digital work from the directory. Furthermore, a method is taught to employ multiple resolution capabilities for the super-distribution of DOI referenced content via E-mail and otherwise. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306248 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for expanding a document set as a search data source in the field of business related search. The present invention provides a method of expanding a seed document in a seed document set. The method includes identifying one or more entity words of the seed document; identifying one or more topic words identifying one or more topic words related to the based entity word in the seed document where the entity word is located; forming an entity word-topic word pair from each identified topic word and the entity word on the basis of which each topic word is identified; and obtaining one or more expanded documents through web by taking the entity word and topic word in the each entity word-topic word pair as key words at the same time. A system for executing the above method is also provided. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306249 | SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of computer-implemented methods and systems are described, including: in a computer network system, providing a user page region viewable by a user; providing to the user, in the user page region, indicators of each of three categories, the categories consisting essentially of: (i) what the user has, (ii) what the user wants, and (c) what the user has thought or is thinking; wherein the user page region accepts a post by the user; after the post by the user, displaying the post in a group page region, viewable by a set of one of more persons other than the user, the set of persons being separated from the user at locations on a network; before the displaying, requiring the user to select one of the three categories to be associated with the post; and displaying the category selected by the user, with the post, in the group page region. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306250 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION - A data processing apparatus includes plural transmission units that transmits transmission data to one or more users, a storage part that stores a destination group table therein, the destination group table including a data structure in which data of one or more of the plural transmission units are associated with user data of the one or more users, a reception part that receives selection data indicating selection of the one or more users, receives designation data indicating designation of one or more of the plural transmission units, and extracts the user data from the storage part according to the selection data and the designation data, and a transmission request part that requests transmission of the transmission data to at least one of the plural transmission units according to the user data extracted by the reception part. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306251 | System and Related Method for Digital Attitude Mapping - A system and related method for the electronic processing of text onto a two-dimensional coordinate system to analyze the attitudinal mindset associated with the text. The system provides a report of the results of the analysis. The system and related method may also be employed to generate text based on a desired attitudinal mindset to impart. The system includes a computer system embodying functions that enable a user to analyze the text. The system includes one or more functions to parse attitudinal words and functional words and associate two-dimensional coordinates with the attitudinal words. The system further includes one or more functions for mapping the associated two-dimensional coordinates to show the geographic locations of each attitudinal word of the text in relation to each other attitudinal word of the text. The system delaminates attitudinal words into attitudinal equivalence and category and enables the generation of a report of the mindset associated with the analyzed text. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100312781 | SERVICE GROUPING AND ALLOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A service grouping and allocation method and system. The method includes retrieving, by a computing system, a list of candidate services. The computing system retrieves service identification techniques data associated with the candidate services and identifies process elements associated with first candidate services of the candidate services. The first candidate services comprise a process decomposition service identification technique. It is determined if the computing system comprises first mapping data indicating relationships between the process elements and associated functional areas. The computing system generates and stores results data associated with the relationships. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312782 | PRESENTING SEARCH RESULTS ACCORDING TO QUERY DOMAINS - A query may be applied against search engines that respectively return a set of search results relating to various items discovered in the searched data sets. However, presenting numerous and varied search results may be difficult on mobile devices with small displays and limited computational resources. Instead, search results may be associated with search domains representing various information types (e.g., contacts, public figures, places, projects, movies, music, and books) and presented by grouping search results with associated query domains, e.g., in a tabbed user interface. The query may be received through an input device associated with a particular input domain, and may be transitioned to the query domain of a particular search engine (e.g., by recognizing phonemes of a voice query using an acoustic model; matching phonemes with query terms according to a pronunciation model; and generating a recognition result according to a vocabulary of an n-gram language model.) | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312787 | Control of Search Scope - Dynamic user control of a scope of search while the search is on-going and without terminating the search. A method comprising: enabling user definition of a search object; starting a first search with a first scope for the search object; and while the first search is in progress, dynamically changing the search scope from the first search scope to a second search scope without terminating the first search. A graphical user interface comprising: a first screen portion for enabling a search; and a further screen portion for enabling dynamic user definition of a scope of the on-going search without terminating the search. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312788 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND PROCESSING - A computer-implemented system ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312791 | PARTIAL REVOCATION LIST - A partial revocation list and a system and method for using the partial revocation list for tracking the authenticity of replacement cartridges in a manufactured device to inhibit cloning of the cartridges is provided. A revocation pool is maintained by a manufacturer who chooses a partial revocation list from the revocation pool to store in the memory of the cartridge. The device stores its own revocation list, informs the manufacturer of cartridges which have been used and checks when a new device is installed to ensure a cloned replacement is not being used. The partial revocation list distributes enough revocation information to devices to statistically impair the cartridge yield of a cloning operation. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100312792 | INFORMATION ANALYZING DEVICE, INFORMATION ANALYZING METHOD, INFORMATION ANALYZING PROGRAM, AND SEARCH SYSTEM - Provided are a related expression generation section that accepts an evaluation object expression, an linguistic expression to be evaluated, as input and generates a linguistic expression related to the evaluation object expression as a related expression; and a credibility calculation section that acquires the evaluation object expression and the related expression from a plurality of electronic documents along with time information and calculates credibility concerning the meaning of the evaluation object expression at a specific point in time by comparing the number of times that the acquired evaluation object expression appears and the number of times that the acquired related expression appears at the same time point. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100318552 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A USER - A media presenter or e-book synchronizing with a server or central unit, where the server or central unit is adapted to perform multiple searches and provide the results in predetermined folders, and where, upon synchronization, the media presenter provides the received search results in corresponding folders therein. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318553 | PRODUCT FIX-EFFECTIVENESS TRACKING AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for tracking the effectiveness of a modification that has been installed into a product in response to an issued modification notice. A product removal database having removal data stored therein that are associated with one or more products is periodically accessed at a user-specified periodicity. One or more user-selected fix-effectiveness algorithms are executed to determine if at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches one or more user-specified keywords that correlate to the modification. If it is determined that at least a portion of the periodically accessed removal data matches the one or more user-specified keywords, then an alert is transmitted to a preset destination. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318554 | CONTENT MESH SEARCHING - Described is a technology by which private content maintained behind a firewall (e.g., in a “mesh”) may be searched, browsed, and accessed via an index that exists outside of the firewall. Searching of the index may include checking permissions of a user against permissions associated with metadata in the index, e.g., per watch folder into which file content is added. When content is selected, e.g., by clicking on a search result, a request is made. An application polls for such requests, and when detected, pushes a copy of the content through the firewall to the requester. The search may be performed over more than one index, with aggregated search results returned. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318555 | INDEXING AND SEARCHING OF ELECTRONIC MESSAGE TRANSMISSION THREAD SETS - A method includes describing the thread configurations of a volume of well-ordered electronic message transmissions (EMT) and utilizing the thread configuration data to conduct selective searches of the EMT volume. An apparatus includes a thread processor and a query manager. The thread processor analyzes the EMT threads and records the thread configuration data. The query manager utilizes the thread configuration data to conduct selective searches of the EMT volume. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318556 | Exporting and Importing Business Objects Based on Metadata - A metadata file can be automatically generated based on a database instance and a user defined maximum depth. The relationships between data objects that constitute a business object may be visualized in a tree. The maximum depth limits the number of levels in the tree to traverse. A metadata file describes the structure of a business object and relationships between sets of data objects that constitute the business object. The structure defined in the metadata file can be used to export instances of the business object from the database. The exported business object instances can be imported to another database. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318557 | Radius Based Building Material Search System - A method and system for conducting building material searches is disclosed. The system may include a radius-based search of local manufacturers through a comprehensive database of product and manufacturer information. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318558 | VISUAL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RDF CREATION, MANIPULATION, AGGREGATION, APPLICATION AND SEARCH - The present invention provides a system and method whereby unsophisticated users can create manipulate and use semantic ontologies for storing, searching and retrieving information over the Internet by forming RDF statements using visual identifiers for predicates. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318559 | Information Value-Driven Near Real-Time Decision Support - Information-based decision support may be provided by a query handler configured to receive a query which is applicable against different combinations of a plurality of remote databases and a corresponding plurality of replica databases including at least some replicated data of respective ones of the remote databases, wherein each replica database is synchronized with a corresponding remote database at a plurality of synchronization times and the different combinations include future versions of the replica databases defined by corresponding synchronization times. A query plan generator may be configured to determine information values associated with at least a subset of the different combinations, based on a query value associated with the query and on a diminishment of the query value caused by a corresponding combination, and further configured to generate, based on the information values, a query plan including at least one combination of the different combinations for executing the query therewith. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318560 | SEARCH PROCESSOR AND SEARCH PROCESSING METHOD - A search processor for performing search processes by comparing data registered in a database with a search key includes a search database in which data to be searched for is registered and that outputs the registered data according to an input address. The processor further includes a search segment database in which address segment information and bit segment information are registered. It outputs the registered information, the address segment information indicating address segmentation in the search database and the bit segment information indicating bit-position segmentation in the search database. A search address used in the search database is generated based on the address segment information. The bit position of data registered at that search address is then converted based on the bit segment information, and the converted data is compared with the search key so as to output comparison results. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318561 | Method and System to Search Objects in Published Literature for Information Discovery Tasks - The present invention relates to the identification, extraction, linking, storage and provisioning of data that constitute the captioned components of published or “print ready” literature for computerized information discovery activities including search, browse and data mining. These components, or objects, include the tabular presentation of data (“tables”) and graphics such as “figures”, “images” and “illustrations” typically used to supplement the textual narrative of the publication. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318562 | EFFICIENT DATABASE LOOKUP OPERATIONS - A system, apparatus, method, and computer-readable media are provided for efficient database lookup operations. According to method, procedural checks for generating a response to a database query are converted into a set of database operations. The database operations are performed the first time a query of the database is received to generate a set of possible results for the query. The set of possible results for the query are then stored. A specific answer to the query is generated from the set of possible results. Future database queries are responded to by generating an answer to the query from the stored set of possible results. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318563 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENTS - A terminal, server and method for identifying contents are discussed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a method for controlling content in a content identifying system, including receiving content related information regarding a content from a terminal; generating function information for calculating a content ID based on the content related information; transmitting the function information to the terminal; receiving a content ID generated based on the function information from the terminal; comparing the received content ID with stored content ID information; and performing at least one operation based on the comparison result. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100325139 | Service Provider Management Console - A service provider management system may consolidate multiple functions and multiple service providers for those functions using a user interface system with a common schema. Each service provider may comply with a function specific schema, and some service providers may include extensions to the schema. The user interface system may present a list of service providers. When a specific service provider is selected, a list of available tasks along with current data about the service provider may be presented. The service provider management may integrate with local databases for populating information used by a service provider. One embodiment may be used to manage services across a network of computer devices, such as managing multiple computing devices and multiple users within a local area network. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325140 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF PARALLEL SEARCHING - A system for and method of parallel searching is presented. According to an embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method, comprising receiving, at a network device, an indication of an electronic media selection from a user, identifying a search input in metadata associated with the electronic media selection, searching one or more electronic data sources based at least in part on the identified search input, and providing one or more search results via a network to one or more devices accessible to the user, wherein the one or more search results are capable of being delivered during delivery of the electronic media selection to the user. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325141 | Virtual Screening of Chemical Spaces - The present invention relates to the screening of molecules, for example for candidates for the development of new drugs. In more detail, the invention relates to a method for searching molecules among a number of molecules to be screened that are similar to a given set of query molecules. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325142 | Software and Metadata Structures for Distributed And Interactive Database Architecture For Parallel And Asynchronous Data Processing Of Complex Data And For Real-Time Query Processing - The various embodiments of the invention provide software and metadata structures for a data processing system and method, for applications such as marketing campaign management, speech recognition and signal processing. An exemplary system embodiment includes a first data repository adapted to store a plurality of entity and attribute data; a second data repository adapted to store a plurality of entity linkage data; a metadata data repository adapted to store a plurality of metadata modules, with a first metadata module having a plurality of selectable parameters, received through a control interface, and having a plurality of metadata linkages to a first subset of metadata modules; and a multidimensional data structure. The control interface may modify the plurality of selectable parameters in response to received control information. A plurality of processing nodes are adapted to use the plurality of selectable parameters to assemble a first plurality of data from the first and second data repositories and from input data, to reduce the first plurality of data to form a second plurality of data, and to aggregate and dimension the second plurality of data for storage in the multidimensional data structure. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325143 | AUTOMATICALLY LINKING GEOGRAPHIC TERMS TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION - Identified in the textual data of a web page ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325144 | SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR INTERACTIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ASSESSMENT - Data collection and assessment systems and processes for delivering a personalized experience to a user by gathering information from the user through a dynamic interface, performing detailed analyses based on the data collected, identifying the most probable user-specific outcome(s), and providing relevant feedback and analyses based on the most probable user-specific outcome identified. Embodiments of the described system and process also comprehensively track and store user data, thereby enabling the highest levels of user status supervision, client relations and efficiency. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325145 | SEARCH WORD CANDIDATE OUTPUTTING APPARATUS, SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH WORD CANDIDATE OUTPUTTING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH SEARCH WORD CANDIDATE OUTPUTTING PROGRAM IS RECORDED, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH DATA STRUCTURE IS RECORDED - A search word candidate outputting apparatus includes: a keyword database storing a pair of word/phrase-attribute information composed of a word/phrase inputted as a keyword, and attribute information indicating an attribute of a word/phrase as a keyword, a next word predictive candidate database configured to store a pair of attribute information-sentence composed of the attribute information, and a sentence expected to be inputted together with the word/phrase for which the attribute is indicated by the attribute information, a next word predictive candidate extraction device that, based on a pair of word/phrase-attribute information, extracts attribute information corresponding to a word/phrase from the keyword type database, and based on a pair of attribute information-sentence, extracts a sentence which constitutes a pair of attribute information-sentence together with the attribute information, from the next word predictive candidate database, and a display configured to display the inputted word/phrase and the extracted sentence, as a candidate. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325146 | Enabling identification of online identities between different messaging services - A method and system for populating identities in a message service involves registering a user of a first messaging service with a second messaging service. User identities for users other than the registered user may be identified. These user identities may be associated with the first messaging service and may be stored in a list associated with the registered user. It is determined if each identified user identity has a matching user identity associated with the second messaging service. If so, a database associated with the second messaging service is populated with the matching user identities. Determining whether a matching user identity exists may be performed, for example, by making character strings comparisons between user identities or using a database that stores a mapping of first messaging service user identities to second messaging service user identities. The mapping database may be generated as corresponding user identities are discovered. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325147 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus performs a first search for first information that contains a first character input through an operation, and performs a second search for second information that contains both of the first character and a second character when the second character is input after the first search is started. Before the searches are performed, either a first search mode or a second search mode is selected: in the first search mode, a search is started for the first information independently of an input of the second character after the input of the first character; and in the second search mode, a determination is made whether or not there is an input of the second character after the input of the first character, and a search is started for the first information when there is no input of the second character is selected. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325148 | System and Method for Generation of Attribute Driven Temporal Clustering - System and methods for rapid generation of attribute driven temporal clustering are provided. In one embodiment, the system includes a data storage device and a server. The data storage device may be configured to store a database comprising a plurality of records. The system may also include a server in data communication with the data storage device. The server may be suitably programmed to receive a first attribute and a second attribute, search a database stored on a data storage device to obtain a first group of records associated with the first attribute, search the first group of records to obtain a second group of records associated with the second attribute, determine a temporal relationship between a first index date of a first attribute and a second index date of the second attribute, and generate an output comprising a graphical representation of the temporal relationship. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325149 | System and Method for Auditing Software Usage - A system for auditing the use of software on a computing device comprises a data collection server. In response to a communication link being available between the data collection server and the computing device, the data collection server is configured to: (1) receive from the computing device, via the communication link, data including (a) a software identifier identifying the software, (b) a device identifier identifying the computing device, and (c) an event identifier identifying a usage event performed by the software; (2) access a database storing previously received software identifiers, device identifiers, and event identifiers; and (3) update the database to include the received data. A method for auditing the use of software on a computing device is also disclosed. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325150 | System and Method for Tracking Application Usage - A system for tracking the use of an application on a computing device comprises a data collection server. In response to a communication link being available between the data collection server and the computing device, the data collection server is configured to: (1) receive from the computing device, via the communication link, data including (a) an application identifier identifying the application, (b) a device identifier identifying the computing device, and (c) an instrumentation call identifier identifying an instrumentation call performed by the application; (2) access a database storing previously received application identifiers, device identifiers, and instrumentation call identifiers; and (3) update the database to include the received data. A method for tracking the use of an application on a computing device is also disclosed. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325151 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING IN A MEMORY-EFFICIENT MANNER FOR AT LEAST ONE QUERY DATA ELEMENT - In a method and an apparatus ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325152 | ADDRESS MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An address matching system that maintains a central database of valid addresses has been designed. According to the invention, address matching requests are received by the system from a plurality of remote users located at respective machines (“clients”). Those requests are processed at the central system, and the results are returned to the client that made the request. In addition, novel techniques are implemented for improving the likelihood of obtaining one or more matches from a request. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100332513 | CACHE AND INDEX REFRESHING STRATEGIES FOR VARIABLY DYNAMIC ITEMS AND ACCESSES - Many computing scenarios involve an item cache or index, comprising items corresponding to source items that may change without notice, rendering the item in the item cache or index stale. It may not be possible to guarantee the freshness of the items, but it may be desirable to reduce staleness in an efficient manner. Therefore, the refreshing of items may be prioritized by first predicting the query frequency of respective item representing the rate at which an item is retrieved from the item cache (e.g., by monitoring queries for the item), predicting an update frequency representing the rate at which the source item is updated by the source item host (e.g., by classifying the source item type), and computing a refresh utility representing the improvement in cache freshness achieved by refreshing the item. Respective items may then be prioritized for refreshing according to the computed refresh utilities. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332514 | DECISION LOGIC COMPARISON AND REVIEW - Techniques are described for logically comparing strategies. In one aspect the strategies can be compared by receiving a request to compare a first strategy to a second strategy, the first strategy graphically represented by a first set of linked nodes, the second strategy graphically represented by a second set of linked nodes, each set of linked nodes linking a root node to at least one action node; identifying a subset of linked nodes from at least one of the first set of linked nodes and the second set of linked nodes based on an equivalence of a first subset of the first set of linked nodes to a second subset of the second set of linked nodes; and, providing a visual depiction of the identified subset of the linked nodes to a user, the visual depiction corresponding to the equivalence of the first subset to the second subset. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332515 | SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION USING PAGE ANCHORS - A web content search request including a search term is received at a searching/indexing device. A web search is performed based upon the search term. A markup language (ML) document returned via the web search including the search term is parsed. A location of the search term within the ML document is identified. A hypertext link to the identified location of the search term within the ML document is configured. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332516 | LINKING INNER AND OUTER MPLS LABELS - A method of linking inner and outer MPLS labels to provide enhanced security is disclosed. The method of linking inner and outer MPLS labels to provide enhanced security includes provisioning both an outer label database with reference keys. The outer label database entry provides a key that must be used in conjunction with the inner label database lookup to realize appropriate actions. As the provided key is not publically accessible an additional increment of security is provided. The method of linking inner and outer MPLS labels to provide enhance security is particularly useful blocking malicious packets from being sent into a remote VLAN or VFI. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332517 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO PLAYING AUDIO FILE THEREIN - An electronic device includes an audio playing module, an audio file analyzing module, an image fetching module and a display. The audio playing module is used for playing an audio file. The audio file analyzing module is capable of analyzing a tag corresponding to the audio file to obtain a keyword associated with the audio file. The image fetching module is capable of acquiring an image corresponding to the audio file according to the keyword. The display is capable of displaying the image when the audio file is being played by the audio playing module. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332518 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GROUPING AND DISPLAYING MESSAGES - Provided are an apparatus and method of grouping and displaying messages. The apparatus verifies a grouping condition corresponding to messages, generates group message boxes obtained by grouping the messages based on the grouping condition, and displays the group message boxes. The group message boxes are connected with a reference axis, and the reference axis is used to arrange the group message boxes according to the grouping condition. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332519 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing apparatus includes: a search request means for requesting another information processing apparatus to search metadata of a high-picture quality content corresponding to a content having higher picture quality than the content; a metadata acquisition means for acquiring the metadata supplied from another information processing apparatus as a search result in response to the request by the search request means; an association means for associating information indicating a providing source of the high-picture quality content included in the metadata acquired by the metadata acquisition means with metadata of the content; a high-picture quality content acquisition means for acquiring the high-picture quality content from the providing source indicated by the information associated with the metadata of the content by the association means when the content is processed; and a high-picture quality content reproduction means for reproducing the high-picture quality content acquired by the high-picture quality content acquisition means. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332520 | Systems, Methods, and Interfaces for Extending Legal Search Results - The present invention makes legal research more efficient by selecting clusters in response to the behavior of a user (e.g., a legal professional such as a paralegal, lawyer, or judge). The clusters, which are formed prior to the user accessing a legal document (and thus, providing user behavior to a system), are identified to the based upon a set of metadata associated with the legal document. At least two clusters are identified and a signal associated therewith is transmitted to the user. Each cluster is associated with a unique legal topic. Further, each cluster may comprise primary and/or secondary authority. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332521 | More efficient search algorithm (Mesa) using prioritized search sequencing - A more efficient search algorithm introduces a variety of new tools and strategies to more efficiently search and retrieve desired records from an electronic database. Among these are a strategy that utilizes the frequency of occurrence or similar statistical calculation relating to one or more search fields, search terms or attributes of database records to execute multiple search queries in a more efficient search sequence. In addition, a database is structured to allow for the determination of the frequency of occurrence or similar statistical calculation of any search field, search term, or search attribute, for an entire database and for any subset of a database. The invention finds potential application in any database search application, but is particularly useful in delivering directory assistance services. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332522 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MOBILE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND DELIVERY - Systems, methods, apparatus, computer program code, and means for delivering information are provided which include transmitting a notification of a learning path to at least one of a plurality of users, each of the users operating a mobile device, the notification including a text message associated with the learning path, receiving, from the at least one of a plurality of users, a first message in response to the notification, identifying, based on the first message, a status of the user, and identifying, based on the first message and the status of said user, a response to the first message. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332523 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHOTON MAP QUERYING - In one aspect, photon queries are answered using systems and methods of traversal of collections of photon queries through an acceleration structure, to identify photons meeting a specification of a given query. Such systems and methods can be extended to satisfying similarity queries in an n-dimensional parameter space. Queries can be associated with code (or pointers to code) that are run to achieve closure of that query. Queries can cause further queries to be emitted. Arbitrary data can be passed from one query to another; for example, parameters defined internally to the code modules themselves (e.g., the parameters do not need to have a definition or meaning to the systems or within the methods). | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332524 | Name Searching Apparatus - In a destination search function, a narrow search function for displaying the number of hits and next candidates, when an index having data on the number of hits and the next candidate characters is held and a narrow search is speeded up referring to the index during a search. Only about a narrow search result in which the hit numbers is large such that a search time is elongated when referring to numbers, indexes in which the number of hits and next candidate characters as the narrow search result are computed are previously stored. At the time of performing the narrow search, when the number of hits is small and the numbers and the next candidates are not registered, the numbers is counted. When the number of hits and the next candidate characters are registered in the index, the narrow search results are computed by using its registration result. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332525 | PARAMETERIZATION OF KEYWORDS FOR AUTOMATED ENTRIES - A server-side parameterization of a client-generated free-form string for reducing the number of server calls, the keywords within the string detailing information about an item evaluated by the server to produce recommendation data and automatically generated data about the item to the client. The client device receives input from a user. In turn, the client device generates a free-form string from the input. The server receives the free-form string of keywords. The server processes the free-form string and returns a parameterization of the keywords within the free-form string back to the client device. The parameterization of the string by the server can include matching condition keywords, matching manufacturer keywords, matching model keywords, applying category recommendations, applying user-specific recommendations, applying server-specific recommendations, applying attribute recommendations, auto-generating titles, and auto-generating descriptions. The parameterization of the keywords provides information on how to list the item on the online marketplace or advertising website. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332526 | Method(s) For Updating Database Object Metadata - Two computers are respectively programmed to generate descriptions of database objects (such as tables) in a first database, and compare the generated descriptions to corresponding schema objects in a second database. Objects in the second database are changed to conform to the first database if differences are found during comparison. The just-described differences in objects may arise due to changes being made to a software program that uses data contained in the objects. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED METADATA - A method and apparatus for providing community based metadata is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of detecting an object in a frame of media program, transmitting first data comprising the frame of the media program having the detected object to display device for presentation to a user, receiving second data comprising user entered metadata associated with the identified object, tracking the object across proximate frames of the media program, associating the entered metadata with the object in at least one of the proximate frames of the media program, and storing the associated entered metadata. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20100332528 | STORAGE OF DIGITAL DATA - A device for locating a DES key value that corresponds to a packet identification (PID) contained at a variable possible location which comprises part only of a 32-bit packet header. A table stored in memory contains for each DES key: (i) a packet header having 32 bits with a PID of either 12, 9 or 8 bits contained at a defined location and with zero values elsewhere, and (ii) a mask value also having 32 bits with ones contained at the said defined location of the PID and zeros elsewhere. The table is divided into regions for respective packet format types. An incoming packet header at an input is combined with a first one of the mask values from the table to provide a combined value that consists of the value held in the input packet header at the defined location and zeros elsewhere. This combined value is compared with the corresponding packet header stored in the table. When they are not equal, the combining and comparison is repeated for the next row of the table. When they are equal, the corresponding DES key value is read from the table and provided as an output. The system can cope with variable PID formats within the packet header without alteration to the hardware but merely with re-programming of the table contents. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110004611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT-BASED ACCESS TO PRESENCE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT-BASED TO PRESENCE INFORMATION - A method and system for providing content-based access to presence information for an entity are described. The method, which may be implemented in a server, includes maintaining a plurality of state definitions for entities, each state definition including an expression of conditions to be met in data of presence information for an entity. The method further includes receiving presence information for an entity, evaluating in a computer-based application, the presence information for the entity with respect to the state definitions to determine if a state definition evaluates to true against the presence information, and providing results of a state definition. The results may be provided as a subscription to a state definition or in reply to a query request for a state definition. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004612 | DATABASE MAPPING OF MODELS FOR REPORTING TOOLS IN MODEL DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for mapping models to relational databases for reporting tools. In an embodiment of the invention, a model mapping method for models of a model driven development (MDD) environment can include initializing a database table and selecting a data source storing a modeling framework representation of a model. A first query can be executed against an application programming interface (API) of the data source supporting a modeling framework query language to retrieve selected elements of the model. Likewise, a second query can be executed against the API of the data source to retrieve selected attributes of the selected elements of the model. Finally, rows of the database table can be populated with the retrieved selected elements of the model and corresponding columns of the database table can be populated with the retrieved selected attributes of the selected elements of the model. Consequently, a report can be generated for the model based upon the rows and columns of the database table. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004613 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR HANDLING INTELLIGENT MEDIA FILES - A method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed which provide availability to a media file with the media file including media data and access to associated instructions regarding the disposition of the media file in response to one or more inputs. The method, apparatus and computer program product may also receive information as an input and then automatically alter at least one aspect of the media file. The at least one aspect of the media file may be automatically altered based upon the input and as directed by the instructions associated with the media file that define the disposition of the media file. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004614 | Auto-Retrieving To Avoid Data Binding - Machine-enabled methods of, and devices and systems for, workflow instance execution, particularly document storing and retrieving based on at least one of: a document type, a document source activity identifier, an activity type, and document metadata. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004615 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING DEVICE INFORMATION IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) - A system for and method of distributing device information in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is presented. The system and method may include storing at least one of public identification information and device identification information associated with an end-user device. The system and method may also include receiving, from an application system, a query for device information associated with the end-user device via a network. The system and method may further include retrieving, from a device database, the device information based on the query. The system and method may yet further include outputting, to the application system, the retrieved device information. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004616 | BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION PROGRAM, BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND BASE SEQUENCE DETERMINATION METHOD - It is intended to provide a base sequence determination program, a base sequence determination device, and a base sequence determination method capable of constructing the whole genome sequence from an enormous amount of short base sequences of approximately several tens-base-long without referring to existing base sequences. In the invention, base sequences of two kinds of parent lineages carrying a genetic mutation and base sequences of a plurality of descending progenies of the generation after segregation are each analyzed, and segregation at a polymorphic site is referred to as an index of connection of the base sequences, and fragments of the base sequences are connected while verifying the validity of the segregation. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004617 | INFORMATION INTEGRATING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A processing system that implements physical integration, virtual integration, and stream integration by defining meta-information correlating a physical model on an information source side and a logical model on a user-side and by selectively executing push-type information integration of returning to the user-side, an integration result according to information input from the information source side and pull-type information integration of returning to the user-side, an integration result according a query from the user-side. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004618 | Recognizing Domain Specific Entities in Search Queries - Disclosed is a computer implemented system and method of discerning an entity class from a query. A query is received and broken into query fragments comprised of terms. The terms of the query fragments are compared to terms belonging to one or more bag of words models with matches removed. The bag of words models to which the terms removed from the query fragments belong are remembered. The remaining n terms of the query fragments are processed to obtain query phrases containing 1-n grams from the query fragments. Each query phrase is submitted to a search engine. A sampling of snippets from the search results are extracted. Non stop words from the snippets are stemmed. A similarity score is computed for the stemmed snippet words with respect to each entity class bag of words model. Snippet entity classes are selected based on the bag of words models having the highest similarity score with the stemmed snippet words. The similarity scores of the selected snippet entity classes are consolidated to obtain a candidate list of entity classes to which the query phrase belongs based on the summed similarity scores for the snippet entity classes. The entity classes that exceed a predetermined threshold are selected as the entity classes to which the query phrase belongs. The remembered bag of words models to which the terms removed from the query fragments belong are used to choose the context sensitive entity classes to which the query phrase belongs. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004619 | DYNAMIC REPORTING TOOL FOR CONFERENCING CUSTOMERS - A dynamic reporting tool presents conferencing data to customers in a useful and flexible manner. Customers may customize standard reports using dynamic, comprehensive search criteria. Customers may also create custom ad hoc reports as needed. Furthermore, customers may access unbilled usage data and conduct searches on the unbilled usage data. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004620 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARING AND UTILIZING ACTIVITY INFORMATION AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A method of aggregating and using medical device data from a plurality of remote institutions. The system and method electronically receives at a central computer system a plurality of established medical device data, each of the plurality of established medical device data being received from a respective medication delivery system, each of the respective medication delivery systems having a respective plurality of medical devices within the respective remote institution, such as medication delivery pumps, associated therewith and utilized therein. The system and method electronically combines and stores the plurality of established medical device data from each of the plurality of remote institutions within a memory, and electronically provides a remote client computer access to at least one of a central reporting application adapted for providing summary information to the remote client computer about the medical device data, and/or other applications. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110004621 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTEGRATING PARAMETERIZED INFORMATION REQUEST INTO A SYSTEM FOR FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK - Techniques used in a system for collaborative work which gives collaborators unskilled in data processing technologies access to a variety of information resources to provide the collaborators with information resources which are obtained in response to parameterized information requests such as queries. The techniques use records in database tables to represent a class of parameterized information requests. Information for instances of the class includes queries that may be used in the instances and default values for bind parameters in the queries. Values for the bind parameters may also be specified for classes of user interfaces that employ the information sources returned by the parameterized information requests and for instances of the user interface. A user may also use specify values for bind parameters in his or her instance of the user interface. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110010380 | Pet health management system - A pet health management system allows a pet owner to transmit image data of a pet to a care service provider so that the care service provider is enabled to preliminarily assess the pet's health conditions by observing the image data. Furthermore, the pet health management system allows the care service provider to deliver advice as feedback to the pet owner. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010381 | IDENTIFYING CONTACTS - The present disclosure may include receiving a query from a computing device at a server having a database, the query identifying a desired attribute. The present disclosure may also include searching the database to identify contact information for at least one individual having the attribute corresponding to the query. The attribute may include at least one of skills, expertise, product, organization, geography and language The contact information may be transmitted to the computing device via an electronic message identifying the contact information. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010382 | Contact Center Interfaces - A contact center interface is provided by co-operation between a search engine and a contact center. A search query entered by a user into the search engine is passed to the contact center and the contact center determines from the search terms an appropriate skillset to deal with that user query, returning to the search engine a link enabling the user to initiate a direct communications session to a live agent or queue having that skillset expertise, thereby bypassing interactive voice response sessions which are normally required to ascertain the nature of a query. By providing multiple search options to the user, the user is empowered to select the best skillset, and the accuracy of future searches can be improved. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010383 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINING OVER-THE-AIR AND OVER-THE-WIRE DEVICE MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems streamline remote device management by eliminating the need to download device configuration data when no configuration changes have been made since the last device management session. A device may record data enabling it to determine whether configurations have changed since a last session with a device management server. Device management servers may record configurations of devices. While initiating a device management session, a device can inform the device management server whether an intervening configuration change has occurred. If no intervening configuration changes have occurred, the device management server can forgo obtaining the device's configuration data, saving communication time and bandwidth. If an intervening configuration change has occurred, the remote device may inform the server of the URI of the changed configuration item, enabling the server to request download of just the changed item. Alternatively, the remote device may provide changed configuration data to the device management server. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010384 | MULTI-COMMUNITY CONTENT SHARING IN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - An online social networking system ( | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010385 | Method and apparatus for displaying search results while preparing a media plan - A method and apparatus for displaying search results while generating a media campaign from information about available units stored in a central database, including a set of media formats for the available units and associated ancillary information. Selective criteria is entered at a remote computer coupled to the central computer database via a network and web server for a search of the information stored in the database, and a search is generated based upon the selective criteria. Results of the search are displayed at the remote computer, the results constituting matching media format information and associated ancillary information the results displayed according to the associated ancillary information, which preferably constitutes time periods for which the corresponding formats are available. The search results are preferably displayed in a timeline, preferably organized in daily or weekly views. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION - Content delivery system that aggregates and delivers text, audio and video and other content to an end-user from a library of past and current content. A user can actively provide information to the system without utilizing multiple steps or the system can guide content creation from a content originator. A single or limited action content request from a user to the content originator simultaneously collects various information from the user without additional user action. The system collects implicit and explicit content from the source where a content originator can indicate content that should appear a delivery system which originates on other delivery systems. The system automatically reads content and assigns it to a specific category and allows the content originator to further edit said content. Content is delivered to a user through implicit and explicit triggers and excludes content or makes available content depending on user history and other variables. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010387 | ASSOCIATED CONTENT SYSTEM - Methods for creation of a content association system in which a client application communicates to a distributed hash table network an association between one piece of content in a client's library and one other piece of content in the client's library are described. The client creates a hash for a first file in the library and a reference to a second file in the library. The client stores the reference to the second file in the distributed hash table at a node corresponding to the hash. To discover files associated with a file in a peer's library, the peer creates a hash for a file in its library and retrieves references to other files from the distributed hash table. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110010388 | SELECTION-BASED ITEM TAGGING - Item selections along with user inputs are leveraged to provide users with automated item tagging. Further user interaction with additional windows and other interfacing techniques are not required to tag the item. In one example, a user selects items and begins typing a tag which is automatically associated with the selected items without further user action. Tagging suggestions can also be supplied based on a user's selection, be dynamically supplied based on a user's input action, and/or be formulated automatically based on user data and/or tags and the like associated with selections by an external source. Machine learning can also be utilized to facilitate in tag determination. This increases the value of the tagged items by providing greater item access flexibility and allowing multiple associations (or tags) with each item. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110016143 | METHOD FOR PROTECTING A PROPRIETARY FILE - A file containing proprietary content can be protected against unauthorized duplication via file sharing between remote computers connected to an Internet swapping service. To this end, the content to be protected is searched on the Internet, at least the hash ID of each data record offered as a search hit is stored, this hash ID is linked to substitute content data, and queries of remote computers for the file to be protected are responded to by offering the modified data record. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016144 | Crop Production, Planning, Management, Tracking and Reporting System and Method - The present invention industrially relates to a system and method for production, planning, tracking, and reporting of a crop or other agricultural product. More particularly, the present invention industrially relates to crop production, planning, tracking, and reporting by coupling an identification to a crop while simultaneously collecting data throughout the crop growth process. The coupled identification relates the crop to the collected data. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016145 | Enhancing ENUM Security - A method of providing telecommunication services includes generating a fictitious contact information univocally associated with a telephone number assigned to a subscriber; and storing the fictitious contact information in a database, like an ENUM database. Responsive to a request, received from a requester, of a contact information corresponding to the telephone number and adapted to allow contacting over the Internet the subscriber assignee of the telephone number, the method includes having the database providing the fictitious contact information; and conditioning a resolution of the fictitious contact information for the provisioning of the contact information to the satisfaction of at least one security rule adapted to assess properties of at least one among the requester and the request. In a case that the request from the requester satisfies the at least one security rule, the method resolves the fictitious contact information and provides the requester with the contact information. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016146 | Method for supporting the formation of car pools - To allow drivers of different vehicles to make contact with one another, a user terminal is provided in the vehicle, which accesses a server having a connected database. By way of this database, contact with another user who is also entered in the database, might be using the same travel route, and is therefore noticed by the user, can be established by inputting a vehicle license plate as a user ID. When a travel destination is input into a navigation device, the travel route calculated is entered in the database, and the server automatically undertakes a comparison with travel routes of other users who are contained in the database, and establishes contact between the users who have correlating user data sets. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016147 | Method and apparatus for identifying redeployed distributed generator components - A method and apparatus for identifying a redeployment of a distributed generator component, at least a portion of the method being performed by a controller comprising at least one processor. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a first identification (ID) for a first component of a distributed generator (DG) and a second ID for a second component of the DG; generating an association between the first identifier and the second identifier, wherein the association identifies a relationship between the first and the second components; and comparing the association to a plurality of documented associations to determine whether the association has changed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INPUTTING TRANSIENT DATA INTO A PERSISTENT WORLD - A computer implemented method for inputting transient data into a persistent world is provided. The method includes capturing sensor data from a sensor. The method further includes detecting a condition, wherein the detection is based at least in part on the match of a detection criteria from a database of a plurality of detection criteria to the captured sensor data. The method includes interpreting the detected condition, wherein the interpretation is based at least in part on the match of an interpretation criteria from a database of a plurality of interpretation criteria to the detected condition. And, the method includes registering the interpretation of the detected condition with a virtual object in a simulation. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110016149 | CONTENT USING METHOD, CONTENT USING APPARATUS, CONTENT RECORDING METHOD, CONTENT RECORDING APPARATUS, CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, CONTENT RECEIVING METHOD, CONTENT RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND CONTENT DATA FORMAT - A method of using contents includes the steps of setting public time information and private time information, the public time information being associated with each content and defined universally for use by a large number of unspecified users, the private time being associated with the content and defined for use by a small number of particular persons, and searching for a content according to the public time information and/or the private time information and using the content detected in the searching. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110022618 | STANDARDIZED DATABASE CONNECTIVITY SUPPORT FOR AN EVENT PROCESSING SERVER IN AN EMBEDDED CONTEXT - Techniques for facilitating communication between one or more client applications and an event processing server. In one set of embodiments, a framework is provided that enables a client application to communicate with an event processing server via a standard database connectivity API, such as Java Database Connectivity (JDBC). | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022619 | System For Docketing Court Receipts - A system is described for docketing court receipts. The system may receive court receipts from a court and scan the court receipts for docket information that may be used to create docket entries and events. The system may associate the court receipts with preexisting case dockets. The system may retrieve and store case documents referenced in the court receipts from an online server. The system may apply applicable court rules to information retrieved from the court receipts to generate events. The docket entries and events created by the system may be used to generate and/or update case dockets efficiently and accurately. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022620 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSOCIATING AND PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES WHICH SHARE ATRRIBUTES - Systems and methods are provided for associating and providing media content of different types which share attributes. When an audio asset is selected for playback, visual media content, which includes the audio asset, may be identified and associated with the audio asset. The realted visual media content may be displayed during playback of the audio asset to provide a compelling visual component during audio asset playback. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022621 | DYNAMICALLY NAMING COMMUNITIES WITHIN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS - An online social networking system can be used to create a new online community in a social network. The product comprises code for carrying out a method that begins with receiving a search query for searching online communities within the online social network from a user. The search query is used to search in a database of pre-existing online communities. The user is provided with the option of creating a new online community based on the search query, and a new online community based on the search query that includes the user as a member is created. Content for the new online community is searched for and located, and code for, when executed, displaying the located content to the new online community generated. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022622 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFINING SIMILAR CASE SEARCH - The invention relates to search for cases in a database. According to the proposed method and apparatus, similarity matching is performed between an input case and a set of cases in an initial search to receive similar cases by—using a given matching criterion. Then statistics on image and non-image-based features associated with the similar cases are calculated and presented to the user with the similar cases. In a search refinement the similar cases are refined by additional features that are determined by the user based on the statistics. The search refinement can be iterative depending on the user's need. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A POSITION ON A SEARCH RESULT LIST GENERATED BY A COMPUTER NETWORK SEARCH ENGINE - A system and method for enabling information providers using a computer network such as the Internet to influence a position for a search listing within a search result list generated by an Internet search engine. The system and method of the present invention provides a database having accounts for the network information providers. Each account contains at least one search listing having at least three components: a description, a search term comprising one or more keywords, and a bid amount. The network information provider may add, delete, or modify a search listing after logging into his or her account via an authentication process. The network information provider influences the position for a search listing through a continuous online competitive bidding process. The bidding process occurs when the network information provider enters a new bid amount, which is preferably a money amount, for a search listing. The system then compares this bid amount with all other bid amounts for the same search term, and generates a rank value for all search listings having that search term. The rank value generated by the bidding process determines where the network information providers listing will appear on the search results list page that is generated in response to a query of the search term by a searcher located at a client computer on the computer network. A higher bid by a network information provider will result in a higher rank value and a more advantageous placement. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022624 | DATA STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM FOR IP ADDRESS LOOKUP AND IP ADDRESS LOOKUP SYSTEM - A tree data structure for storing strings of searchable data divided into substrings has at least one first type node that has a substring associated with it and at least one second type node that does not having a substring associated with it. A second type node is directly linked to a first type node by a fail transition. A first type node is directly linked to a second type node by a match transition. An IP address lookup system has memory for storing a tree data structure and a controller for storing and loading an incoming IP address. The system has a finite state machine having three stages including a first stage for loading the IP address and performing a length calculation, a second stage for searching the data structure to find a match, and a third stage for determine the next-hop address index. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARING AND UTILIZING ACTIVITY INFORMATION AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A method of aggregating and using medical device data from a plurality of remote institutions. The system and method electronically receives at a central computer system a plurality of established medical device data, each of the plurality of established medical device data being received from a respective medication delivery system, each of the respective medication delivery systems having a respective plurality of medical devices within the respective remote institution, such as medication delivery pumps, associated therewith and utilized therein. The system and method electronically combines and stores the plurality of established medical device data from each of the plurality of remote institutions within a memory, and electronically provides a remote client computer access to at least one of a central reporting application adapted for providing summary information to the remote client computer about the medical device data, and/or other applications. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022626 | HOSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICES - Aspects describe an apparatus, method and system for constructing an application in an industrial automation system. An identification component can receive at least one requirement of the application. Based upon the at least one requirement, the identification component can select at least one service that satisfies the at least one requirement. The at least one service can be associated with at least one operational requirement. The identification component can match at least one host to the at least one service by matching the at least one operational requirement with at least one capability of the at least one service. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION OF METADATA - A computer implemented method for functional integration of metadata for a plurality of databases, includes: creating a single set of classes and instances for the classes for metadata of at least one relational data schema and at least one non-relational data schema for the plurality of databases; defining semantic relationships between the instances based on the structural information in the relational data schema and the non-relational data schema for the plurality of databases; associating the semantic relationships with a property class; creating a single set of triples for the semantic relationships between the instances; storing the single set of triples in a file; and using the set of triples stored in the file to navigate between the plurality of databases to formulate a response to a query. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022628 | Matching Merchant Names from Transaction Data - A computer system processes a merchant name from transaction data to determine a matched merchant name. The computer system retrieves a retrieved merchant name from transaction data, obtains a processed merchant name from the retrieved merchant name, and matches the processed merchant name to one of a collection of standard merchant names, where the retrieved merchant name may be a name variation of a standard merchant name. At least one character of the retrieved merchant name may be altered to obtain the processed merchant name. For example, characters may be deleted from the accessed merchant name or characters may be ignored from a portion of the retrieved merchant name. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110022629 | DATA ACCESS - A method of accessing and manipulating Resource Description Framework (RDF) data stores using a spreadsheet application user interface. Data store queries can be performed on the data store by submitting queries inside cells and written in SPARQL. The record sets resulting from SPARQL queries are stored with the cells which contained the original query so that cells can be multi-valued. Cell referencing allows the data in multi-value cells to be accessed. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110029552 | METHOD OF GENERATING ARTISTIC TEMPLATE DESIGNS - A computer implemented method for automatically generating an artist coordinated image display based upon a user's favorite image or images. A plurality of digital image templates are stored in a computer accessible memory each having programmed characteristics associated therewith that are designed by an artist with one window being a primary window. The characteristics of the template can be programmed and stored, including number, location, shape, color, etc, of windows in the digital template. Color and texture characteristics of a body of the template can be selected to resemble, for example, a frame, which will eventually hold the printed images of the template for display. The windows of the template have stored image attribute requirements associated therewith that are designed by the artist are correlated to match image attributes of at least one user selected image. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029553 | SYSTEM FOR COORDINATING USER IMAGES IN AN ARTISTIC DESIGN - A computer system coupled to a digital image database with images having image attributes. The image attributes are automatically evaluated in order to find a compatible digital template from a digital template database. The templates each include a plurality of windows for displaying the digital images and each of the template include template attributes to automatically select a template whose attributes are compatible with at least one of the image attribute. The data base of digital images is also automatically searched for additional images having an attribute compatible with the template attributes and with the first one of the image attributes. A display screen coupled to the computer system displays the selected template and at least one other image. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029554 | METHOD AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED STREAM DATA PROCESSING USING PLURAL OF COMPUTERS - In executing query distributed processing in a computer system having a plurality of computers, a query and a sliding window are inherited between different computers. If a tuple having a new principal key value is detected when a query is to be executed, a relevant individual query and a relevant sliding window are inherited between computers, and further a sliding window of a relevant common query is inherited between computers. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029555 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT IDENTIFICATION - A method, a system and an apparatus for content identification are disclosed according to the embodiments of the present invention. The method for content identification includes the following steps: electing an algorithm for extracting fingerprint according to a content type and a purpose of managing the content by a service entity, and extracting a content fingerprint; and acquiring a content attribute of a registered content according to the content fingerprint. With the embodiments of the present invention, the CIM entity selects a most appropriate identification method for accurately identifying the content according to different content types, and registers the content submitted by the registration entity. After the service entity acquires the content attribute of the registered content, the service entity manages the content of the service entity according to the content attribute. Moreover, the service entity does not need to connect to the CIM entity every time for the content verification, thereby reducing the burden of the CIM entity. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029556 | COMPLEX SYMBOL EVALUATION FOR PROGRAMMABLE INTELLIGENT SEARCH MEMORY - Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed in the Programmable Intelligent Search Memory (PRISM) action(s) associated with the matched rule(s) are taken. Content search rules comprise of regular expressions which are converted to finite state automata and then programmed in PRISM for evaluating content with the search rules. The PRISM memory provides features for complex regular expression symbols like range detection, complement control, bit masking and the like and enables complex symbols and compact regular expression representation. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029557 | TECHNIQUES FOR PARTITION PRUNING - Techniques are described for performing partition pruning in situations where previous database servers could not. Specifically, techniques are provided for (1) performing partition pruning based on predicates that involve non-prefix subsets of composite partitioning keys, (2) performing partition pruning when a global index access path is used to execute a query, and (3) performing partition pruning when predicates on partitioning columns are OR-ed together. More generally, techniques are described for partition pruning based on a non-contiguous set of not-pruned partitions. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029558 | DYNAMIC SERVICE GENERATION IN IMS NETWORK - A service generation system in a communications network and a method for responding to a service request are provided. The system includes a processor ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110035400 | ADVERTISING MEDIUM DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - It is also an object of the present invention to provide objective advertisement plan(s). The target specifying information storage means | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035401 | Method for Providing an Attribute Bounded Network of Computers - An attribute bounded network of computers is created. Computers in the distributed computer network are identified by specific attributes (e.g., a geographically bounded region) and a server is used to distribute processing assignments (e.g., addresses of electronic documents to be indexed) based upon the identified attributes. A peer-to-peer computer network is also provided based upon geographically bounded regions, the peer-to-peer computer network can be used to share electronic documents. A virtual community can be created within a peer-to-peer computer network by identifying peer computer connections based upon associated attributes (e.g., a geographically bounded region). The attribute bounded network of computers provides indexes having fresher data by allowing spidering of electronic documents more often than can be done by a central server indexing site. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035402 | RELATED URLS FOR TASK-ORIENTED QUERY RESULTS - Methods, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for identifying and presenting rich related sites for task-oriented search queries. Upon receipt of a search query input by a user, one or more query logs are analyzed to determine if the search query is a related to a task being performed by the user. If the query is determined to be a task-oriented search query, search results are identified, as is one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) related to a particular search result. The related URL is presented to the user in association with the particular search result. Additional controls, e.g., search tools that facilitate querying of those URLs determined to be relevant to a particular search result, may also be provided to aid the user in performing the task at hand. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035403 | 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. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035404 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DESIGN, SELECTION AND/OR CUSTOMIZATION OF LIGHTING EFFECTS OR LIGHTING SHOWS - Methods and apparatus for facilitating a process of designing, selecting, and/or customizing lighting effects or lighting shows. A library of indexed (tagged) predefined lighting effects or shows is searched by a search engine, based upon information provided by a user/designer, to identify a set of effects or shows having attributes that are in some way related to the information provided by the user. The user is then presented with search results, i.e., a manageable subset of intelligently chosen lighting effects or shows, which may be ranked in terms of relevance, any one or more of which may be readily selected by the user. The user may select one or more effects or shows from the search results “as is” for execution by a lighting system, may combine one or more effects or shows from the search results, or may modify one or more effects or shows from the search results to refine some aspect of the effect(s)/show(s) in accordance with user preferences. In one exemplary implementation, the library of lighting effects/shows and/or the search engine may be hosted by a web site and accessible via the Internet. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA CLASS UPDATE - A method for updating data includes, in a processor, receiving a data field update associated with an existing data object of a data class, modifying a data field of an updater data object of the data class based upon the data field update, traversing the updater data object to identify the modified data field, and modifying a data field of the existing data object based upon the identified data field of the updater data object. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035406 | User Interface for Presenting Search Results for Multiple Regions of a Visual Query - A visual query such as a photograph, screen shot, scanned image, or video frame is submitted to a visual query search system from a client system. The search system processes the visual query by sending it to a plurality of parallel search systems, each implementing a distinct visual query search process. A plurality of results is received from the parallel search systems. Utilizing the search results, an interactive results document is created and sent to the client system. The interactive results document has at least one visual identifier for a sub-portion of the visual query with a selectable link to at least one search result for that sub-portion. The visual identifier may be a bounding box around the respective sub-portion, or a semi-transparent label over the respective sub-portion. Optionally, the bounding box or label is color coded by type of result. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035407 | System and Method for Gathering and Standardizing Customer Purchase Information for Target Marketing - The present invention relates to storing and manipulating customer purchasing information, particularly purchasing information by credit cards, debit cards, checks, and the like. A hierarchical organizational structure is created comprising a plurality of categories and sub-categories. The customer purchase information may then be retrieved according to user created links to generate customer preference information. The customer preference information may be stored in a customer account, thereby allowing targeted offers to be made to customers. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110040780 | AUDIO PROCESSING - The presently claimed invention relates generally to processing streaming audio signals. One claim recites a method including: using a programmed electronic processor, analyzing a streaming audio signal to obtain identifying information therefrom; providing the identifying information to a remotely located database, the database including a plurality of records that associate identifying information with pointers; receiving from the database a pointer corresponding to the provided identifying information; using the pointer to establish communication with a remote website including information associated with the audio signal; and providing an audible tone to a user in association with at least one of the foregoing. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040781 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND DISPLAYING NETWORK DEVICE INFORMATION - In one particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a network management system. The network monitoring system includes at least one device definition file, a simple network management protocol enabled communications interface, and a data access interface. The definition file includes query instructions associated with portions of MIBs associated with a network device. The simple network management protocol enabled communications interface may access the network device using the query instructions and may receive response data from the network device. The data access interface may be configured to provide external access to the response data and configure thresholds. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040782 | Context Sensitive Searching Front End - A context sensitive searching front-end is disclosed for use in a deposition or trial proceeding wherein a computer aided transcription terminal provides real-time transcribed text down-line to attorney terminals. The terminals may thereafter use the transcribed text and any other text currently being displayed to formulate searches with little or no typing interaction required. Other text which may be used as a basis for searching includes communications from other attorney terminals, from artificial intelligence objection messages, and personal notes. Searching may be conducted on natural language or boolean front-ends which provide virtually instant feed-back as to the value of a search formulation before and after any “searching” actually occurs. Graphing of search results, including individual search word contribution, is provided for modification and selection of the documents to be reviewed. Library selection for searching is provided by analyzing the context from which the search originated, and from the actual words selected for searching. A database structure is also disclosed for providing backward referencing into the actual locations of search words without having to search the text files. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040783 | LIST DISPLAY METHOD AND LIST DISPLAY OF LARGE AMOUNT OF CONTENTS - To provide AV equipment capable of outputting a large amount of contents, in which the entire image (total number or the like) of the large amount of contents that can be outputted can be intuitively grasped. Further, to provide AV equipment having a means for easily retrieving contents whose output the user requests from the large amount of contents. AV equipment capable of intuitively grasping the entire image of a large amount of contents that can be outputted and for displaying a GUI capable of determining and inputting contents to be outputted in one screen is provided. Further, AV equipment having a means for narrowing down contents to be GUI-displayed by a selecting means (keyword selection or the like) using the attribute information of contents, an image selecting means (cursor selection or the like) using GUI-display, or the like is provided. Furthermore, AV equipment for changing information (title, recording date, or the like) on contents to be displayed on a screen depending on the number of narrowed-down contents is provided. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040784 | COMPUTER DEVICE FOR THE TIME-BASED MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - Device for managing digital documents, comprising a memory ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110040785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO MONITOR AND MANAGE PERFORMANCE OF APPLIANCES - A system and method providing home and small business owners to monitor and manage one or more appliances. This enables a use to understand in detail their electrical consumption, to make informed decisions based on factual data about energy-saving upgrades to their current systems/appliances, and to provide Internet-based surveillance and control of systems for prevention of freezing, breakdown, or possible fire-related losses, including possible loss-of-life. The system and method includes through the use of Internet based computer software and databases, a hardware interface with electrical circuit panel(s) or fuse boxes in communication with the software and databases and optional wireless outlet monitoring units in communication with the software and databases. The databases being formed and created by the system and method for determining performance of appliances. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110047173 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING MATCHING CONTENT - A computer-implemented method for managing data in a system for automating responses to system messages is disclosed. The method compiles one or more source files into a database, which includes one or more pattern definitions. Matches and non-matches between one or more pattern definitions and one or more system messages are identified and reported in an output file. The method retrieves only the matches from the output file based on one or more predetermined criteria and generates a printed list of the retrieved matches. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047174 | Identifying events - Events may be identified by storing information in response to activating an event stamp function. As a result of activating the event function, the information collected may immediately be compared to event information in a database. Alternatively, the information collected may later be compared to event information in a database. One or more candidates for the event of interest may be automatically or manually retrieved, and the user may decide whether a candidate event of the one or more candidates correspond to the event of interest. Alternatively, a purchase of an item related to the event may be automatically made in response to activating the event stamp. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047175 | Querying Target Databases Using Reference Database Records - Input data queries directed at a plurality of target databases and originating from any of a plurality of sources are first converted to validated canonical forms, which are then used to query the target databases. Specifically, upon receiving an input data query, a relatively accurate reference database is selected based on the type of the input data. This reference is then queried for the input data with the intent of finding an exact matching record or a near-matching record that can be considered an exact match and thereby validating the input data. Otherwise, the requesting source is instructed to provide a new query. Once having a validated record, it is converted to a canonical form, which is then used to query the target databases intended to be searched. In a further embodiment, multiple reference databases are queried to determine a canonical form of the data or to determine multiple canonical forms of the data. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047176 | CENTRALIZED DATA MAPPING FOR SITE-SPECIFIC DATA EXTRACTION - Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for tuning extraction scripts to extract particular summary data from site systems. Categories of summary data are determined based on the summary data desired to be retrieved. Site-specific codes that correspond to the categories are received and are mapped to standard codes to provide a common nomenclature. Extraction scripts are tuned and are executed by a site system to query for summary data. The extraction scripts identify the site-specific codes associated with the summary data to be retrieved. Summary data is received in response to the execution of the extraction scripts, and the data is formatted for presentation. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047177 | ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer investigation system and method that conducts electronic discovery of desired files across a live network in a forensically sound manner. The investigation entails an examining machine electronically identifying, collecting, and preserving evidence from target machines that is responsive to a set of investigation criteria. The set of investigation criteria is associated with an investigation subject that is identified by a global unique identifier (GUID). As the investigation subject is applied to the various files, the responsive files are stamped with the GUID and preserved in a container file referred to as a logical evidence file (LEF). The GUID allows the results of an investigation to be easily and reliably traced to the particular investigation subject that was applied. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047178 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING AND QUESTION-ANSWERING - A method of searching for answers to a query in a question-answering search system based on Resource Description Framework (RDF) triples is provided. A plurality of sentences constituting texts are converted into a set of RDF triples, and a query sentence is converted into a SPARQL including query triples. Triples matching with the query triples are searched for among the set of RDF triples stored in a triple repository, sentences having those triples are arranged in order of the larger number of matching triples, and the arranged sentences are provided as a search result. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047179 | Third Party Location Query for Wireless Networks - A location query service is disclosed. The service provides requestors with a location of a device. The service receives a location query from a requestor, retrieves location information associated with the network user, and returns the location information to the requestor. Before returning the location information to the requestor, the service is configured, in some embodiments, to authenticate that the requestor is authorized by the network user to receive the network user's location information. Methods for providing a location query service also are disclosed. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110047180 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING AND TRANSFERRING INFORMATION IN A STORAGE NETWORK - Systems and methods for data classification to facilitate and improve data management within an enterprise are described. The disclosed systems and methods evaluate and define data management operations based on data characteristics rather than data location, among other things. Also provided are methods for generating a data structure of metadata that describes system data and storage operations. This data structure may be consulted to determine changes in system data rather than scanning the data files themselves. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110055242 | System and Method for Managing Directories for a Database System Having an In-Memory Database - A method and system for automatically and transparently managing a directory in a database system to preferentially use of objects in an in-memory database instead of copies of the objects in disk-based databases, in order to speed up application response times. The methods and systems selectively add or update LDAP entries to leverage advantage of the database objects in the in-memory database, so that the LDAP entries point to the in-memory database instead of disk-based databases. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING TOP N PAIRS IN A MAP-REDUCE SETUP - According to an example embodiment, a special purpose computing apparatus includes, but is not limited to, one or more processors programmed with instructions to, based at least in part, on one or more signals representative of a plurality of splits defined by a map process that implements a signature function, compute a density value for at least one of the plurality of splits, where the density value is representative of an expected contribution of the at least one split to a top N key/value pairs of a data set, the data set comprising the key/value pairs. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055244 | ADAPTIVE MAPPING OF SEARCH RESULTS - Systems and methods are provided for processing user search request information and for updating the presentation of a map based on the processed search request information. User search information may be associated with one or more locations shown by the map. Each location associated with the user search information may be highlighted on the map. As the user refines the user search information, the map may be automatically updated such that only the locations associated with the refined user search information may be highlighted. A textual list of location names associated with highlighted locations may be concurrently displayed with the map. When a user selects one of the names in the list, the highlighted location associated with that name may be visually distinguished from the other highlighted locations. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055245 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCH CODE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - An information retrieval system using a search code is provided. Embodiments of the present invention may include a processor component configured to perform the operations of a system application, the system application configured to generate one or more data records including campaign information, the system application further configured to store multiple search codes and the one or more data records in memory and associate each of the one or more data records with one or more of the multiple search codes, each of the one or more data records representing one or more campaigns. The campaign may be, for example, content, sales, a marketing activity, a discount offering, an advertisement campaign, or any other type of promotion that is generally directly at users of offline or online media. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055246 | NAVIGATION AND VISUALIZATION OF RELATIONAL DATABASE - Navigation and visualization of a relational database may include determination of metadata indicating a structure of the relational database, generation of one or more structured query language queries based on the metadata to retrieve, from the relational database, facet values of each of a plurality of facets of the relational database, determination of a display order of the plurality of facets based on the facet values, and generation of an interface to display of the facet values of the plurality of facets in the determined display order. Also included may be generation of one or more structured query language queries based on the metadata to retrieve aggregated values of a measure for each of the facet values of each of the plurality of facets from the relational database, and generation of the interface to display each of the aggregated values in association with a corresponding facet value in the determined display order. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055247 | PROVIDER-SPECIFIC BRANDING OF GENERIC MOBILE REAL ESTATE SEARCH APPLICATION - In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving an application download request, the request including an entity indicator associated with an entity from a plurality of entities, sending the application to a wireless device and sending a set of formatting information based at least in part on the entity indicator. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055248 | SEARCH ENGINE BASED DOMAIN NAME CONTROL VALIDATION - Methods of the present inventions allow for validating domain name control. An example embodiment of a search engine based domain name control validation method may comprise the steps of submitting a business name to a search engine, receiving a search result webpage having a plurality of links (that each include a domain name), selecting the most relevant link, extracting the domain name from the most relevant link, and generating a record indicating that the extracted domain name is related to and/or controlled by the business. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055249 | SOCIAL WEBSITE ACCOUNT AUTHENTICATION VIA SEARCH ENGINE BASED DOMAIN NAME CONTROL VALIDATION - Methods of the present inventions allow for social website account authentication. An example embodiment of a domain name control based social website account authentication method may comprise the steps of receiving a request to verify the authenticity a social website account (the request may comprise a business name and a business email address comprising a first domain name), submitting the business name to a search engine, receiving a search result webpage having a plurality of links (that each include a domain name), selecting the most relevant link, extracting a second domain name from the most relevant link, determining whether the first domain name matches the second domain name, and—if so—certifying the authenticity of the social website account. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055250 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND SHARING DATASET SEGMENTATION SCHEMES - A computer-implemented method for generating and sharing dataset segment schemes of a multidimensional dataset at a client device is disclosed. The client device displays a first filter definition template and an attribute list. Upon detecting a user selection of a first attribute, the client device displays the first attribute and one or more candidate filter conditions in the first filter definition template. Upon detecting a user selection of a first filter condition in the first filter definition template, the client device submits a segment scheme generation request to the server system and receives from the server system a first segment identifier; and displays a first segment link at the client device, the first segment link including the first segment identifier. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055251 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CALL MANAGEMENT FOR DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES - A communication assistance system includes a first database having a plurality of listings, each listings has at least one contact name and a corresponding contact number. A means is provided for receiving communications from a user among a plurality of users desiring to access the listings. An operator terminal displays a search screen among a plurality of search screens, each of which maintain at least a partially different arrangement of content and search windows for receiving search terms to search for listings contained in the first database, where the displayed search screen is determined based on criteria contained in a search request from the user. The operator terminal is further configured to receive the communication from the user and retrieve a listing from the first database using the displayed search screen. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055252 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA CLEANSING - There is provided a method that includes (a) receiving an input postal address, (b) comparing the input postal address to a standard, (c) providing a single best postal address corresponding to the input postal address based on the comparing, (d) matching the single best postal address to a business in a business information database, (e) obtaining a business address for the business from the business information database, and (f) correcting the single best postal address, based on the business address, to yield a corrected postal address. There is also provided a system that performs the method, and a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that cause the machine to perform the method. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055253 | Apparatus and methods for integrated management of spatial/geographic contents - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for integrated management of spatial/geographic contents that detects spatial information from contents including spatial semantics and integrates and manages the contents in various types. The apparatus for integrated management of spatial/geographic contents includes: a storage unit that divides and stores a plurality of contents according to types of contents and stores identifiers and representative spatial information of each of the plurality of contents; an extracting unit that extracts input search information and the representative spatial information from the contents; and a managing unit that detects identifiers corresponding to the representative spatial information extracted from the search information in the extracting unit from the storage unit and detects the contents corresponding to the detected identifiers from the storage unit. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055254 | OBJECT CUSTOMIZATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An Object Customization and Management (OCM) system is configured to identify an object for creating a website based on a business objective. The OCM system includes a customizing module configured to determine qualitative attribute categories for a plurality of objects operable to be used in websites. The module assigns the plurality of objects to the qualitative attribute categories. The OCM system also includes a data management module configured to receive a request for one of the plurality of objects to be used to achieve the business objective. This module also matches the business objective with one of the qualitative attribute categories, and selects an object in the matched qualitative attribute category for the request. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055255 | METHOD FOR DOWNLOADING A DATA SET TO AN OUTPUT DEVICE - A method for downloading a data set from a network application to an output device, comprising the steps of initiating the network application; uploading search and discovery parameters to the network application to identify and locate the output device, the parameters being selected from geographical locating information, identifying information, prior access and usage information, and combinations thereof; identifying and locating the output device via an algorithm and a database in the network application; and downloading the data set to the output device. The network application preferably is distinct from the output device. The data set may be, for example, a file, an image, a video recording, an audio recording, other digital format file, or a written document. The output device may be, for example, a printer, document display device, laptop computer, mainframe computer, mobile device, video projector, or any other computerized device. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055256 | MULTIPLE WEB-BASED CONTENT CATEGORY SEARCHING IN MOBILE SEARCH APPLICATION - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for multiple web-based content category searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility; transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility; generating speech-to-text results for the captured speech utilizing the speech recognition facility; and transmitting the text results and a plurality of formatting rules specifying how search text may be used to form a query for a search capability on the mobile communications facility, wherein each formatting rule is associated with a category of content to be searched. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055257 | Selection Of Rows And Values From Indexes With Updates - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for selection of rows and values from indexes with updates. In general, rows of an index may be associated with validity flags that indicate whether a row has been updated with an update inserted in a delta index; one scheme for value identifiers may be used for an index and another scheme for one or more delta indexes where all of the indexes are, to at least some extent, compressed according to dictionary-based compression; and multiple delta indexes may be used in alternation such that one delta index may accept updates while another is being updated. The delta indexes may also have validity flags and all updates, such as modifications of values, deletion of records, and inserting of new records may be handled as updates accepted by one or more delta indexes. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055258 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE PAGE-BY-PAGE PROVISION OF AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT AS A COMPUTER GRAPHIC - Method for providing at least one page of a virtual electronic document as a computer graphic, having the following steps: selection of at least one content data element for a virtual electronic document; determination of formatting data; calculation, for the content data element, of a page identification value and of an element position value on the page; storage of an association between content data element, page identification value and element position value in a database; evaluation of a request for a page of the virtual electronic document; determination, by accessing the database, of at least one contact data element and element position value of the content data element which correspond to the page identification value of the requested page; calculation of a computer graphic on the basis of the formatting data, the content data element determined for the requested page and the associated element position value; provision of the computer graphic as a page of the virtual electronic document for the purpose of display, and also an apparatus, an arrangement and a computer program product therefor. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110055259 | INTELLIGENT AUGMENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENT - Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods (and corresponding systems and computer program products) that augment visual elements in documents with rich media content and provide the rich media content based on user interaction with the augmented visual elements in the documents. The disclosed embodiments analyze a document for qualified visual elements. The disclosed embodiments determine keywords associated with the visual element, generate an association of the visual element and the keywords, and embed the association in a corresponding augmented document. When a user reviews the augmented document in a client system and moves a pointer over the augmented visual element, a piece of rich media content related to the keywords are transmitted to the client system to be displayed as an overlay in close proximity to the visual element where the mouse-over occurred. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110060753 | METHODS FOR EFFECTIVE PROCESSING OF TIME SERIES - A method of effectively representing and processing data sets with time series is disclosed. The method may comprise representing time series as a virtual part of data in a data store layer of a user system, thereby allowing processing of time-series related queries in said data store layer of said user system. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060754 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ORGANIZING USER PROVIDED INFORMATION WITH META-INFORMATION - The present invention is directed to a method for organizing user provided information in a mobile terminal device with meta-information to allow retrieval of the user provided information, and a device configured to perform the method. The user provided information is obtained by any user operation against the mobile terminal device and context information is obtained associated with the User provided information. The meta-information is obtained from the context information and assigned to the user provided information. The meta-information is employed for retrieval of the User provided information by matching request information with the meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information employs calendar information for obtaining meta-information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize user provided audio information. Further, the method for organizing user provided information is adapted to organize User provided audio information by embedding meta-information into the User provided audio information. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060755 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY AND INTERACTIVELY PROCESSING DATA SETS - A method and an apparatus for selectively and interactively processing data sets is proposed. A first data set is gathered and a second data set is gathered. A first feature is selected interactively from the first data set. After the selection, the first feature is brought in correspondence with a second feature in the second data set during an identification step. The first feature, the second feature and combinations thereof can be visualized. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060756 | Method and System To Generate and Deliver Auto-Assembled Presentations Based On Queries Of Multimedia Collections - A media query system interprets one or more requests for at least one of media or templates in a framework template based on a user query input, executes one or more search queries based on the one or more requests for media or templates to locate and download candidates comprised of at least one of candidate media elements or candidate template elements, and evaluates the candidates for each of the one or more search queries to select winning media candidates comprised of selected candidate media elements and candidate template elements. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060757 | OPTIMIZED METHOD OF LOCATING COMPLETE AGGREGATION OF PATIENT HEALTH RECORDS IN A GLOBAL DOMAIN - A method, apparatus and article of manufacture are provided to optimize the time and effort required to locate all data on a given entity that may span multiple data nodes in a distributed environment. For example, embodiments of the invention may be used to locate nodes within the distributed environment that store electronic healthcare records. A poll request from a first node to a second node may include electronic records existence data indicating data nodes known to have, or not have, records related to a given individual. This information is used to minimize the number of nodes that need to be polled to arrive at the complete aggregation of patient records that exist within a given set of nodes. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060758 | MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for confirming that a medication administration device has been programmed with the correct medication administration parameters. A medical database carrier is used compare medication delivery parameters entered into a medication administration device to institutionally established guidelines or more widely accepted protocols to ensure that the medication is delivered in accordance to those guidelines. The medical database carrier may also be configured to communicate information regarding medication delivery and other patient information between a control system in communication with the care-giving facility's other information systems and a patient specific asset such as an infusion pump. The medical database carrier may be a smartcard, a PDA such as a Palm™ Pilot, laptop computer, pager, mobile phone, or other device capable of storing, processing and communicating information. The system may use either wired or wireless connections to communicate information between the components of the system. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110066631 | METHOD OF DETECTING CHARACTER STRING PATTERN AT HIGH SPEED USING LAYERED SHIFT TABLES - A character string pattern matching method for detecting the presence of at least one of N (N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) patterns in specific text shifts a detection location across text by a maximum shift length using single-byte character-based layered SHIFT tables, thereby increasing a pattern matching speed as compared with the prior art pattern matching algorithms. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066632 | MOLECULAR LEVEL SIMILARITY SEARCH AND COMPUTER AIDED DRUG DISCOVERY PROCESS - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for searching chemical compounds referenced in chemical literature. References to chemical compounds in the documents may be transformed to corresponding references using a standard notation for representing chemical compounds. Criteria specifying desired molecular characteristics may be received. A regular expression may be generated based on the received criteria. The chemical documents may be searched using the regular expression. Based on the search, a chemical document may be determined that references a chemical compound satisfying the received criteria. Further, the regular expression may be generated based on the received criteria and a received mutation rule. Based on the generated regular expression and the chemical documents, one or more chemical compounds may be discovered that satisfy both the received criteria and the received mutation rule, but that is are not referenced in the chemical documents. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066633 | SHUFFLING PLAYBACK CONTENT BASED ON MULTIPLE CRITERIA - Each of one or more songs in a song list is analyzed to determine whether the song satisfies a set of criteria at its current location. For each of the one or more songs that satisfies the set of criteria, the song is kept at its current location in the song list. For each of the one or more songs that does not satisfy the set of criteria, an attempt is made to select (e.g., randomly) another song in an unprocessed portion of the song list that satisfies the set of criteria. If a selected song satisfies the set of criteria then the song and the selected song are swapped. However, if greater than a threshold number of attempts to select a song that satisfies the set of criteria are made, then the song is kept at its current location in the song list | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066634 | SENDING A COMMUNICATIONS HEADER WITH VOICE RECORDING TO SEND METADATA FOR USE IN SPEECH RECOGNITION, FORMATTING, AND SEARCH IN MOBILE SEARCH APPLICATION - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for sending a communications header with the voice recording to send metadata for use in speech recognition, formatting, and search in searching for web content on a mobile communication facility comprising capturing speech presented by a user using a resident capture facility on the mobile communication facility; transmitting a communications header to a speech recognition facility from the mobile communication facility through a wireless communications facility, wherein the communications header includes at least one of device name, network type, audio source, display parameters for the wireless communications facility, geographic location, and phone number information; transmitting at least a portion of the captured speech as data through the wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility; generating speech-to-text results utilizing the speech recognition facility based at least in part on the information relating to the captured speech and the communications header; and transmitting text from the speech-to-text results along with URL usage information configured to enable a user to conduct a search on the mobile communication facility. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066635 | MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM IS RECORDED - Image observation reports and medical images are displayed correlated to each other. A second keyword group is obtained, by detecting phrases that match keywords of a first keyword group that represent organs or pathologies from within image observation reports. The organs or pathologies represented by the first keyword group are automatically detected from within medical images, and a third keyword group that includes keywords corresponding to the detected organs or pathologies is obtained. Common keywords that match among keywords within the second and third keyword groups are obtained. Link data that correlates the organs or pathologies corresponding to the common keywords are generated for each common keyword. The common keywords and indicia that represent the organs or pathologies corresponding to the common keywords are displayed correlated to each other. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING USER GENERATED SLIDE OBJECTS OVER A NETWORK - In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to an address match in connection with a request for a target structured document, identifying one or more slide objects associated with the target structured document, the one or more slide objects defining a set of anchor point definitions in the target structured document; identifying one or more anchor points corresponding to the one or more slide objects in a document object model (DOM) representation of the target structured document based on the set of anchor point definitions; accessing content corresponding to the one or more slide objects; and rendering the target structured document and the content of the one or more slide objects proximal to the identified anchor points. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066637 | FAST SIGNATURE SCAN - Systems and methods for scanning signatures in a string field. In one implementation, the invention provides a method for signature scanning. The method includes processing one or more signatures into one or more formats that include one or more fingerprints and one or more follow-on search data structures for each fixed-size signature or signature substring such that the number of fingerprints for each fixed-size signature or signature substring is equal to a step size for a signature scanning operation and the particular fixed-size signature or signature substring is identifiable at any location within any string fields to be scanned, receiving a particular string field, identifying any signatures included in the particular string field including scanning for the fingerprints for each scan step size and searching for the follow-on search data structures at the locations where one or more fingerprints are found, and outputting any identified signatures. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066638 | Bit strings search apparatus, search method, and program - Using a tree configuration wherein node groups of four or more nodes composed of combinations of branch nodes, leaf nodes or empty nodes are linked into a tree form, a bit string search by a search key string is enabled by repeatedly linking to one of the nodes of a node group to which a primary node belongs in response to the bit values of keys of the search key string at the discrimination bit position included in the branch node. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066639 | LOCAL SEARCH METHOD FOR HANDSET - The invention provides a local search method for a handset, comprising the following steps: step a, loading a handset to a local browser and a local database, and prompting the user to input a retrieval word; step b, displaying a search result and listing a function list based on the retrieval word input by the user. The local search method for a handset provided by the present invention obtains all the function titles related to the keywords by searching the local database using the local browser and displays them in a display list of the browser. The user may choose to perform a corresponding function directly, so it greatly facilitates the user. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066640 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING COMBINED TEXT INFORMATION - Provided is a combined text information processing method including: at a combined text information processing system, registering a member by receiving member information containing a member ID and a phone number for message transmission on the member ID; at a user, sending combined text information to the combined text information processing system through a network; at a receiver section of the combined text information processing system, receiving the combined text information; performing analysis to extract, when the first text information is searched from an information search database, search information corresponding to the second text information from the search information database and extract, when the first text information is searched from a member ID database, the phone number corresponding to the member ID from the ID information database; and at a transmission section of the combined text information processing system, transmitting the search information to the user or the message to a person corresponding to the member ID according to information extracted through the analysis. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110066641 | HANDLING ENUM QUERIES IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for handling an Enum query in a communication network. An Enum server receives an Enum query sent from an Enum client. The Enum server determines that the query requires the Enum server to contact a remote node, such as a Number Portability database, in order to respond to the query. In addition to sending a remote node query to the remote node, the Enum server estimates a response time for replying to the Enum client. The estimated response time is estimated based on latency statistics relating to the remote node and stored at the Enum server. The Enum server sends a message containing the estimated response time to the Enum client. By sending an estimated response time to the Enum client, it allows the Enum client to delay retransmitting the Enum query to the Enum server in the event that the Enum client has not received a response before the Enum query retransmission timer times out. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110072034 | PRIVACY-SENSITIVE COOPERATIVE LOCATION NAMING - A location database may be configured to store a set of subjective, arbitrary, and/or ephemeral names assigned to a location by various users. When a user of a device arrives at a particular location, the device may retrieve and present to the user the set of names assigned to the location. Moreover, the names may be associated with a privacy designation, which may permit an author of a location name to indicate whether the name of a location should be shared with the public or restricted to access by the user (or to a specified group of users, etc.) Other access criteria may also be specified, e.g., read-only access to a name for the public and read/write access to a particular group of users. Within the set of names of a location, particular names may be designated as authoritative, and may be presented to users with emphasis. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072035 | KNOWLEDGE-BASED METHOD FOR USING SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE CONTENT IN VARIABLE DATA APPLICATIONS - A method and system automatically obtain user page data from at least one social networking site, using at least one computerized device and automatically monitor the social networking site using the computerized device to detect an event. Upon the detection of an event, the method and system automatically identify a variable information document from a repository based on the topical content of the event using the computerized device. The method and system automatically select data from the user page data that matches the topical content of the event using the computerized device; automatically generate a variable data print instance by combining the images and text from the user page with the variable information document using the computerized device; and automatically output the variable data print instance to a user of the social networking site using the computerized device. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072036 | PAGE-BASED CONTENT STORAGE SYSTEM - A page-based content storage system may be provided by a method of managing content which includes generating, from a plurality of electronic files containing displayable content, a plurality of viewpages, where each viewpage contains one or more portions of the displayable content and each viewpage is displayable in a single-page view. The method further includes assembling the viewpages into a journal to provide a page-based storage structure configured to enable individual, selective management of the viewpages based on properties associated with the one or more portions of the displayable content. The method further includes visually presenting the viewpages as single-page views accessible via a page-based user interface of a computing system. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072037 | INTELLIGENT MEDIA CAPTURE, ORGANIZATION, SEARCH AND WORKFLOW - A media capture system employing a method for capturing a media stream and embedding time-based links into the resulting output for the purpose of associating the media information with other artifacts and thereby having the capability of searching for one or more pieces of information, retrieving that information, and displaying segments of the media content based on the search criteria specified by the user. The queried information may be text descriptions, pointer titles, thermal reading levels, motion periods and/or motion levels, object types, as well as other interesting information. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072038 | WEB SITE WITH CONTENT BASED ON REFERRING LINK INFORMATION - Custom content for a website is communicated to a user computer responsive to receiving a request at a hosting computer from the user computer to access the website. If the request contains keywords from a previous search request initiated at the user computer, it is determined whether the keywords set forth in the request match an entry in a database associating certain sets of keywords to specific content for display on a user computer. If so, the specific content is communicated to the user computer responsive to the match. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072039 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FOR PROVIDING AN IDENTITY AND AGE-APPROPRIATE VERIFICATION REGISTRY - Systems, methods and software applications for providing an identity and age-appropriate verification registry. A system for providing an identity and age-sensitive information registry includes various modules. In one implementation, system may include a registration module configured to allow parents and their children to register an account with the registry; and a request processing module configured to enable third parties to query the registry to see if any individual is registered and has authority or consent to access age-sensitive content, products or services or share data that could become publicly available by the third party. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072040 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - It is an object of the present invention to search for image data with an intuitive operation to which active elements are added. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072041 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING LOCATION OF MEDIA INI A STORAGE SYSTEM - A system and method for operating a storage library. The system comprises a management server, a media agent connected to the management server, a library connected to the media agent and a database connected to the management server. The management server controls the media agent to monitor for the addition or removal of a piece of media in the library. When the media agent determines that the piece of media has been added to the library or removed from the library, the media agent causes the library to read a media label stored as data on the piece of media, the media label including an identifier identifying the piece of media. When a backup or restore is performed, the system checks the media label to ensure that the correct media is being used. Inventory procedures are disclosed. Media labels are stored in a database along with an indication of the corresponding slot where the media is stored, a time when the label was put on the medium, and a confidence parameter indicating how confident the system is that the particular medium is stored in the respective slot. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072042 | Method and System for Recovering Missing Information at a Computing Device Using a Distributed Virtual File System - A method of recovering information missing from a virtual file system is implemented at a computing device that is communicatively connected to one or more storage devices. Upon receipt of a request for a file associated with an instance of the virtual file system, the computing device retrieves a set of blocks associated with the file from one of the storage devices and identifies one or more of the set of blocks as missing blocks after failing to retrieve the missing blocks from the storage devices. For each missing block, the computing device retrieves one or more parity blocks from one of the storage devices and computes the missing block by applying a predefined recovery scheme to the retrieved parity blocks. Finally, the computing device reconstructs the requested file using the computed missing blocks and other blocks associated with the requested file. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072043 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED PERSONAL INFORMATION MANAGER METHOD AND SYSTEM - A computer system for managing personal information. The computer system includes a dedicated computer configured to receive and store personal information transmitted by a user computer to monitor the use of the dedicated computer by a monitored individual to obtain an activity or inactivity status, and to automatically and electronically transmit an inactivity notification to the monitored individual based on the occurrence of an inactivity status to obtain a response to the inactivity notification. The computer system also includes a mortality tracking computer configured to receive mortality information based on a mortality database having one or more records and to search the mortality database records for a unique identifier of the monitored individual to obtain a mortality search result based on a lack of response to the inactivity notification. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110072044 | ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS APPLICATION PROVISIONING - A method for controlling access to content on a network, the method comprising the steps of associating access credentials with content to be published for download receiving a content download request from a mobile device, the content download request including access information, matching the received access information with the published content access credentials to permit access to the published content and allowing the permitted content to be downloaded by the mobile device. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110078169 | Electronic Blueprint Evaluation System For Approving Blueprints - A method (and system) for electronically approving a blueprint file on a centralized repository. The centralized repository receives or retrieves a blueprint file and extracts from one or more libraries, one or more applicable rules. Each rule is comprised of at least one function and of at least one parameter. An order for evaluating the one or more applicable rules is determined based on a hierarchical score associated with each applicable rule. The one or more applicable rules are evaluated in the determined order and each applicable rule is evaluated using data from the blueprint file. Based on the evaluated one or more applicable rules, the centralized repository determines a recommendation for the blueprint file comprising at least one of rejection, approval, and conditional approval. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078170 | Routing a Teleportation Request Based on Compatibility with User Contexts - A teleportation proxy and teleportation proxy service which monitors the usage of a networked computer or terminal to determine contextual metadata for a user reflecting current usage of the networked computer or terminal. A search engine then searches metadata of virtual universe locations in accordance with at least a portion of said contextual metadata and candidate matches are compared against the contextual metadata to determine suggested teleportation destinations in a virtual universe. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078171 | MARKETING PROJECT FILTER SEARCH TOOLS - Systems and methods are provided to enable filtered searches of marketing-related data by extracting marketing project information, including marketing activities, promotions, and campaigns information from an existing marketing system database and restructuring the extracted information in a hierarchical series of selectable nodes. In an embodiment, some of the nodes may be grouped into time, accounts, products, agreements, or marketing plan tabs. In an embodiment, once one or more nodes are selected and a search is activated, the results may be presented in a list or Gantt chart. In an embodiment, the Gantt chart may be supplemented with additional information including additional date ranges, key performance indicators (KPIs), and/or trade spends. In an embodiment, this additional information may vary according to a user role and the nodes selected. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078172 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIO ASSET STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for providing audio asset information using an audio asset information storage system are provided. The storage system includes a data store containing video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset. The storage system receives a number of requests to identify the known audio asset and stores an indication of each request within the data store. The storage system provides at least a portion of audio asset information associated with the known audio asset to user equipment. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078173 | Social Network User Interface - A method to easily, quickly and visually identify experts, relevant tags, information associated with the experts, important topics, and emerging trends without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. The present invention provides a novel user interface that connects general queries, users, tags, and information sources together. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078174 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING RECORDINGS USING CROSS-PLATFORM DATA SOURCES - Systems and methods are provided for scheduling media asset actions (e.g., media asset reminders, media asset recordings, etc.) on media assets, based on a user's list of favored artists (e.g., actor/actress, band, celebrity, etc.). A system that obtains a list of artists that are favored by a user is provided. Information is obtained from a website, where the obtained information indicates that one of the artists in the list is scheduled to perform during a particular time. Based on the obtained information, a media asset action is scheduled for the identified media asset. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078175 | Auditing Search Requests in a Relationship Analysis System - A method comprises receiving one or more search requests from one or more users, each search request comprising a request for relationship information that is determined using email data, and each search request including at least one of a first name, a last name, and a company name of a target individual. The method further comprises storing search information associated with the one or more search requests. The search infatuation comprises a plurality of fields including a user identification associated with each of the one or more users, a name of the one or more users, a type of search request received, a name of the target individual, an email address associated with the target individual, and a time at which the search request is received. The method may further comprise generating an audit report based at least in part on the stored search information, wherein the audit report comprises at least one of the plurality of fields. The method further comprises storing the audit report. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078176 | IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a string-accepting section that accepts a string; a first retrieval section that retrieves a first characteristic to be used for image search from a database storing sensitivity words and nouns in association with characteristics using a combination of a sensitivity word and a noun extracted from the string; and a search section that searches for an image using the first characteristic. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078177 | Database and Method for Evaluating Data Therefrom - A computer system for use in determining the minimum and/or maximum value of a specified subsequence of a sequence of values is disclosed. The computer system comprises a database that is configured to store a sequence of values, to identify a minimum and/or maximum value of the sequence of values, and to define at least a first subsequence of values and a second subsequence of values immediately following the first subsequence of values, wherein the boundary between the first and second subsequences is located at the position of either the minimum or maximum value of the sequence. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078178 | View Server and Method for Providing Specific Data of Objects and/or Object Types - A central data server provides data of objects and/or object types. The data are configured as metadata which characterise content available at a site arranged outside a memory of the data server. The data have a validity range and/or a solution space. The contents are uniform within the validity range and/or solution space and are valid for all participants. The data server supplies meta-information in response to a query. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078179 | ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY AND RECORDING MEDIUM TO RECORD DICTIONARY INFORMATION DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic dictionary including: a dictionary storage unit to store dictionary information in which headwords and explanation information are correlated, respectively; an input unit; a CPU to retrieve a headword corresponding to the search string inputted by the input unit from the dictionary storage unit, display the headword in a headword list, read, from the dictionary storage unit, explanation information of a headword selected from the list, and display the explanation information; and a keyword registration unit to register an inputted keyword correlated with the headword whose explanation information is displayed, wherein the CPU retrieves a headword correlated with a keyword corresponding to the search string from the keyword registration unit when the search string is inputted by the input unit in a state where the keyword correlated with the headword is registered in the keyword registration unit, and adds the headword to the headword list to display the headword. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078180 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN INFORMATION ACQUISITION - An information acquiring terminal apparatus that acquires information through a line that charges on basis of a given charge system based on at least one of a communication distance and a communication time, includes: an acquisition subject attribute setting portion that sets an attribute of information to acquire depending on input by a user; an acquisition condition setting portion that sets an acquisition condition including a condition on a maximum charge amount at information acquisition depending on input by the user; an acquisition subject determining portion that based on a communication condition in a case of acquiring each acquisition candidate information matching an attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting portion, determines the acquisition candidate information satisfying the acquisition condition to be acquisition subject information; and an acquiring portion that acquires the acquisition subject information through the line. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078181 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device includes: an entry search information storage unit to store entry flag information indicating a type of an entered frame and entry search information having entry control information as control information of the entered frame, a flag generating unit to generate frame flag information indicating a type of a frame received by the communication device based on frame control information of the received frame, a search key generating unit to generate search key information having all or part of the frame flag information and of the frame control information of the received frame, and a search control unit to control the entry search information storage unit, compare the frame flag information of the search key information to the entry flag information of the entry search information, and search the entry search information having a corresponding comparison result by the frame control information of the search key information. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110082874 | Multi-party conversation analyzer & logger - The multi-party conversation analyzer of the present invention allows users to search a database of recorded phone calls to find calls which fit user-defined criteria for “suspicious calls”. Such criteria may include indications that a call included a 3-way call event, presence of an unauthorized voiced during the call, presence of the voice of an individual known to engage in identity theft, etc. A segment of speech within a call may be graphically selected and a search for calls with similar voices rapidly initiated. Searches across the database for specified voices are speeded by first searching for calls which contain speech from cohort speakers with similar voice characteristics. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC PAYLOAD GENERATION ON SHARED SITES - A computer-based system and method for generating a user-requested resource including, in embodiments, a web server farm to communicate with a network and a content source, a parse facilitator to parse a URL received through the network from a browser of a user computer, and a payload determinator to use at least the received URL to identify and retrieve one or more controls from the content source. The system and method may also include a payload constructor to retrieve components uniquely associated with the retrieved one or more controls and assemble a user page using the retrieved components, where the payload constructor is used for any unique received URL, and for assembling one or more user pages associated with any unique URL. The system and method may further include a launch facilitator to forward the assembled user page to the browser of the user computer through the network. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082876 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN THE PREPARATION OF A PATENT APPLICATION - A computer system capable of providing assistance in the preparation of a patent application is provided. The computer system includes a database group. The database group includes a case database for storing a case file. The case database includes a drawing data storage for storing at least one drawing of an embodiment of an invention that is the subject of a patent application and that corresponds to the case file. The at least one drawing includes at least one component reference numeral. The case database further includes a component description data storage for storing component-descriptive text of at least one component of the embodiment that corresponds to the case file, the at least one component corresponding to the at least one component reference numeral included in the at least one drawing stored in the drawing data storage. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082877 | CONTENT BASED AUDIO COPY DETECTION - A method for performing audio copy detection, comprising, providing a query audio data, the query audio data having a succession of frames and also providing a plurality of test audio data units, each test audio data unit including a succession of frames. For each test audio data unit the method generates a test fingerprint set. The generation of the test fingerprint test including computing similarity measurements between at least one frame of the test audio data and a plurality of frames of the query audio data. A test audio data unit is then selected as a match for the query audio data at least in part on the basis of the fingerprint sets. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110082878 | DOCUMENT SEARCH SYSTEM - With respect to retrieving documents of interest using a search system, it is made possible to provide a document search system for retrieving documents of interest efficiently and intuitively. Along with a display of a list of search results, new query candidates as well as the hit counts returned with those queries are presented. Specifically, there is provided: a related word dictionary in which related words of search keywords are gathered; a related word query generation processing part configured to extract from the related word dictionary a related word of a search keyword contained in a first query that has been entered, and to generate a second query, which is a new query, using the related word; a search execution part configured to calculate an increase/decrease between the hit count for search results returned with the first query and the hit count for search results returned with the second query; and a search result display processing part configured to simultaneously display on a display part: the first query; the search results returned with the first query; the hit count for the search results; the second query; the hit count for the search results returned with the second query; and the increase/decrease. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110087687 | POSITION SENSITIVE TYPE-AHEAD MATCHING FOR RESOURCE NAVIGATION - A type-ahead navigation feature typically allows users to navigate to a first resource whose name begins with an inputted character or a sequence of input characters typed in quick succession. The type-ahead navigation feature may not be useful when the resource name comprises multiple parts or where a first set of characters in the resource name is irrelevant in locating a requisite resource name. Functionality can be implemented to initiate the type-ahead navigation feature against any character position in the resource name. By providing the users with an ability to specify a part of the resource name or a character position within the resource name against which the type-ahead navigation feature should be initiated, resource navigation efficiency can be improved. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087688 | System and method for creation and management of location information - A system and method for creation and management of user location policies and data. Generally described, the system provides for automated tools and personal tools that can alleviate the onerous and expensive task of updating location data and location based policies. The automated tools can use existing information within company databases to create and manage standard user locations. The personal tools can allow the user to personally create manage their own locations through a graphical user interface. The automated and personal tools can utilize global positioning system information to track the current location of the user. The information can be used to determine physical locations to a certain degree. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087689 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A BUSINESS REPOSITORY - Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for providing a business rule repository in a memory. An exemplary method includes displaying, on a display device, a graphical user interface (GUI) for creating a business rule, and receiving, in a computer, via the GUI user input relating to an input variable of the business rule, and user input relating to an action required by the business rule based on the input variable. The method further includes generating, by the computer, a text document associated with the business rule based on the input, and storing the text document associated with the business rule in the business rule repository. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087690 | CLOUD BASED FILE STORAGE SERVICE - A server receives from a user's computer a request to store a file and a file hash value. The server determines whether a file with the same hash value is stored on the server. If so, the server grants access to the server's file copy. If not, the server requests the user to upload the file and stores it. The server grants access to the copy by sending the user a pointer to the copy's storage location and associating the user with the pointer in a database. The server can challenge the user's right to access the copy by requesting a file password or a portion of the file stored on the user's computer. The server can limit access to the server's copy to users who successfully respond to the challenge. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087691 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SEARCH FOR END-USER FUNCTIONS - A mobile device and method for supporting an easy, quick, and exact search for end-user functions by allowing a user to directly input a search word related to a desired end-user function are provided. The mobile device offers a search environment and receives a search word including at least one of letters and numerals from an input unit through the environment. Then the mobile device performs a search based on at least one of a synonym, an acronym and a category of function names by finding at least one of the synonym, acronym and category containing the search word. Thereafter, the mobile device outputs at least one of the function names as search results on a display unit. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087692 | APPLICATION WHITELISTING IN A CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for obtaining and executing application programs for use on a cloud-based computing device are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, by a computing device, a request to obtain an application for execution on the computing device. The example method further includes sending, from the computing device to a first server, the request to obtain the application. The example method also includes receiving, by the computing device from the first server, the application. The example method still further includes sending, by the computing device to one or more cloud-based sources, a request for one or more metrics associated with the application and receiving, by the computing device from the one or more cloud-based sources, the one or more metrics. The example method yet further includes determining, by the computing device, whether to execute the application based on the one or more metrics. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087693 | Methods and Systems for Social Networking Based on Nucleic Acid Sequences - The invention relates to methods and systems for social networking based on profile characteristics (e.g., including phenotypic information) and/or genetic sequence information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087694 | Determining Search Query Statistical Data For An Advertising Campaign Based On User-Selected Criteria - Techniques for determining search query information for an advertising campaign and communicating the search query information to a sponsor of the advertising campaign are described. The techniques include receiving, from a sponsor of the advertisement, a request for search query information relating to the advertisement having been presented by a search service, identifying previously executed search queries submitted by users of the search service, wherein search results of the identified search queries have been presented with the advertisement to one or more users of the search service, compiling search query information, the search query information including ad performance data associated with the advertisement for the identified search queries, and providing the sponsor with the compiled search query information. A user interface may be generated to receive user input of selection criteria and provide an interface to search query information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087695 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A TRUNCATED POSTAL CODE SMART ADDRESS PARSER - The apparatus, methods and systems for a truncated postal code smart address parser (hereinafter, “SAP”) described herein implement a text parser whereby users may enter a text string, such as manually via an input field. The SAP processes the input address string to extract address elements for storage, display, reporting, and/or use in a wide variety of back-end applications. In various embodiments and implementations, the SAP may facilitate: separation and identification of address components regardless of the order in which they are supplied in the input address string; supplementation of missing address information; correction and/or recognition of misspelled terms, abbreviations, alternate names, and/or the like variants of address elements; recognition of unique addresses based on minimal but sufficient input identifiers; postal code identification and truncation; and/or the like | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087696 | SCALABLE SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING AND ACCESSING METADATA OVER MULTIPLE SERVERS - In an aggregated file system, metadata is partitioned into multiple metadata volumes. On receipt of a file processing request, a file switch examines its mount entry cache to identify a target metadata volume that hosts the metadata of the requested file. The identification begins with mount entries at a root volume and continues recursively by examining a portion of the absolute pathname of the file until the target metadata volume is identified. Finally, the file switch forwards the request to a metadata server managing the target metadata volume. Since the identification process is carried out completely within the file switch, there is no need for multiple expensive network accesses to different metadata servers. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087697 | DATABASE SYSTEM, METHOD OF MANAGING DATABASE, DATABASE,STRUCTURE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed is a database system capable of effectively updating data in a database at a high speed. The database system includes: a storage unit that stores a database including an entity data group and at least one identifier table having only a plurality of fixed-length data; and a data processing unit that receives a query and performs data processing on the database on the basis of the received query. The identifier table has a plurality of data identifiers that uniquely indicates the plurality of entity data as the fixed-length data. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110087698 | SEARCH EXPRESSION CREATING SYSTEM, SEARCH EXPRESSION CREATING METHOD, SEARCH EXPRESSION CREATING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To provide a search expression creating system enabling the creating of a search expression by showing an example even if the interpretation by a structure analysis means used for showing an example is different from that by a structure analysis means used for search, and the generation of a search expression for a plurality of structure analysis means which perform different interpretations. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110093489 | DYNAMIC TAGGING - A method for dynamic tagging includes receiving input of a name of at least one tag into an information object implemented by an application that is executed by a computer system that is in communication with at least one tag repository external to the application; querying the at least one tag repository for the tag with the application executed by the computer system; and responsive to receiving at least one match from the at least one tag repository, incorporating the content into the information object with the application. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093490 | Event Processing with XML Query Based on Reusable XML Query Template - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for event processing with a query based on a reusable XML query template. A particular method includes receiving a plurality of events from a source and generating a plurality of event objects based on the plurality of events. A query represented by an XML file based on a reusable XML query template is executed with respect to the plurality of event objects to produce a plurality of result objects. Each result object is produced based on an application of at least one operator of the query. A plurality of results is generated based on the plurality of result objects, and the plurality of results is transmitted to a sink. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093491 | PARTITIONED QUERY EXECUTION IN EVENT PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for partitioned query execution in event processing systems. A particular method includes receiving a plurality of events via an input stream. The plurality of events is partitioned into one or more groups, and a query application module is instantiated for each of the one or more groups based on a compiled query application plan. Each particular query application module for a particular group is configured to apply a query to events of the particular group to generate partial results. The method includes merging the partial results of each of the query application modules to generate merged output results and providing the output results to an output stream. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093492 | System and Method for Indexing, Searching, Identifying, and Editing Multimedia Files - A method and system are provided for tagging, indexing, searching, retrieving, manipulating, and editing video images on a wide area network such as the Internet. A first set of methods is provided for enabling users to add bookmarks to multimedia files, such as movies, and audio files, such as music. The multimedia bookmark facilitates the searching of portions or segments of multimedia files, particularly when used in conjunction with a search engine. Additional methods are provided that reformat a video image for use on a variety of devices that have a wide range of resolutions by selecting some material (in the case of smaller resolutions) or more material (in the case of larger resolutions) from the same multimedia file. Still more methods are provided for interrogating images that contain textual information (in graphical form) so that the text may be copied to a tag or bookmark that can itself be indexed and searched to facilitate later retrieval via a search engine. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093493 | BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SITE CATEGORIES - An approach relating to providing a user an ability to place sites into multiple categories and providing applications an ability to query a configuration for members of the categories. The approach not only may provide a user an ability to easily create, deploy, modify and monitor a multi-site enterprise hundreds and thousands of remote building management system site controllers and allow the user to establish each site within the context of a single enterprise group, but it may also incorporate where the site controllers can be identified, sorted or managed within multiple categorical groupings. For example, categorical groupings may facilitate managing the configurations at the sites, applying an operational setting by selecting a logical category, applying common operating parameters to multiple sites, and so forth. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DYNAMICALLY BROWSE DATA ITEMS - A method and system to receive a query, from over a network, and identify a first plurality of data items based on the query. The first plurality of data items including a second plurality of data items. Next, the system computes a quantity of the first plurality of data items by counting the first plurality of data items and compares the quantity of the first plurality of data items with a determined threshold to identify the quantity of the first plurality of data items as being greater than the determined threshold. Next, the system presents a user interface, over the network, to the computer system, the user interface includes the second plurality of data items, and further includes at least one user interface element responsive to the identification of the quantity of the first plurality of data items as greater than the determined threshold. The at least one user interface element is selectable to browse the first plurality of data items. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND RETRIEVING DATA FROM STORAGE - A system and method are provided which avoid the storage of multiple objects for a single entry in memory, in particular where the entry needs to be stored at least once anyway, a reusable data structure can be implemented which allows both easy and efficient use/reuse of Patricia tree components that are already in use. The data structure can be an integer built from a combination (e.g. concatenation) of a location where the corresponding string has been stored in memory, an offset for finding the word within the string, and a length for extracting all characters from the string that make up the word. Another data component can also be added, which can encode any other feature associated with the word such as a bias level for sorting multiple search results. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093496 | DETERMINING WHETHER AN INPUT STRING MATCHES AT LEAST ONE REGULAR EXPRESSION USING LOOKAHEAD FINITE AUTOMATA BASED REGULAR EXPRESSION DETECTION - Previously configured state machines may accept an input string, and for each of the regular expression(s), check for a match between the input string accepted and the given regular expression using the configured nodes of the state machine corresponding to the given regular expression. Checking for a match between the input string accepted and the given regular expression using configured nodes of a state machine corresponding to the given regular expression by using the configured nodes of the state machine may include (1) checking detection events from a simple string detector, (2) submitting queries to identified modules of a variable string detector, and (3) receiving detection events from the identified modules of the variable string detector. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093497 | Method and System for Data Input - A method and system for inputting text into a computing device utilizing a software application that runs on a computing device. The application, containing a database of language constructs such as words and sentences, displays a virtual keyboard with a set of keys each of which depicts a language construct. Each key press corresponds to the selection of that language construct depicted on the key. The selected language construct is compared to entries in the database to determine data matches of an entry. For each matching entry, the next word, the word immediately following the part that matches an entry, is entered into a list. After going through all the database entries, a word list is thus collected. This word list forms the set of keys of the virtual keyboard, which is then redrawn to reflect the new layout of the virtual keyboard. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093498 | Clarifying Search Results Using Social-Networking Information - Particular embodiments access a query from a first user, the query comprising a first user attribute; identify a plurality of candidate users sharing the same first user attribute; retrieve one or more members of a social-networking system who are connected to the first user within a threshold degree of separation; compare each candidate user with each member who is connected to the first user within the threshold degree of separation; and if a candidate user matches a member who is connected to the first user within the threshold degree of separation, then identify the matching candidate user as a match result to the query. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110099187 | Method and System for Locating Update Operations in a Virtual Machine Disk Image - A two dimensional bit array is maintained to keep track of the location of data records in a log file that is organized as a plurality of log segments, each comprising a plurality of data records. The data records are indexed in the log file according to randomized unique ids. Each column of the two dimensional bit array represents a Bloom filter corresponding to a log segment of the log file such that, given a particular randomized unique id, log segments that may contain the data record corresponding to the particular randomized unique id can be efficiently identified by utilizing Bloom filter techniques to analyze the columns of the two dimensional bit array. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099188 | DATA FRAMEWORK TO ENABLE RICH PROCESSING OF DATA FROM ANY ARBITRARY DATA SOURCE - Accessing data in a data store at a field granularity. A method includes receiving a query from a user. The query specifies one or more non-unique fields of a record. The method further includes sending the query to a data store to retrieve the fields of the record at a field granularity. The method further includes receiving data for the one or more non-unique fields of the record at a field granularity. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099189 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXPLORING CONNECTIONS OF A POLYMORPHIC NOTE - An approach is provided for exploring connections of a polymorphic note. A polymorphic note manager receives a request to display one or more polymorphic notes connected to a selected polymorphic note. In response to the request, the polymorphic note manager determining the one or more connected polymorphic notes and causes, at least in part, actions that result in display of the selected polymorphic note, the one or more connected polymorphic notes, corresponding connections between the selected polymorphic note and the one or more connection polymorphic notes, or a combination thereof. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099190 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUERYING A TAG DATABASE - Methods and systems are provided for querying a tag database. The tag database is stored in a storage. An XML document including a database query is received. The database query is written in a query language supported by an agent of the tag database. The XML document is parsed to extract the database query from the XML document. The tag database is accessed to perform at least one or a read or write operation on the tag database, based on the database query. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099191 | Systems and Methods for Generating Results Based Upon User Input and Preferences - A method and system for generating search results, comprising submitting a first search query for searching a first level database that yields high level aggregated classifications, and obtaining high level aggregated classifications based upon the first search query. The submission of a second search query based upon the high legal aggregated classifications of the first search query, and obtaining focused results based upon the second search query. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099192 | Translation Model and Method for Matching Reviews to Objects - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for matching sets of text to objects are disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a set of text is obtained. For instance, the set of text may include a review. A numerical value is determined for each of a plurality of objects, where the numerical value indicates a likelihood that the corresponding one of the plurality of objects is a subject of the set of text. Each of the plurality of objects has an object type defined by a set of one or more attributes, each of the set of one or more attributes having associated therewith a corresponding set of one or more parameters, wherein the numerical value is determined using the set of text and a value of each of the set of one or more parameters for each of the set of one or more attributes. One of the plurality of objects that is most likely to be the subject of the set of text is identified based upon the numerical value that has been determined for each of the plurality of objects. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099193 | AUTOMATIC PEDIGREE CORRECTIONS - Systems, methods, and techniques are described for correcting pedigree information. A new pedigree record of a person may be received at a computer system. A stored pedigree record of a person may be selected if it is determined that the second person is likely to be the first person at some confidence level at or above a threshold confidence level. A comparison of data elements of the new pedigree record with data elements of the stored pedigree record may be conducted. A first data element of the new pedigree and a second data element of the stored pedigree that are not equivalent may be identified. An analysis as to which data element is more likely to be correct may be conducted. The incorrect data element may then be corrected with the correct data element. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099194 | System and Methods for Enabling Arbitrary Developer Code Consumption of Web-Based Data - A structured file includes information to bind a web data source to a web data query system. Code is embedded within the structured file and is in a code language understood by the web data query system. The code is unrestricted in function. Code language objects are exposed within the web data query system for use by the code to interface with the web data query system and the web data source. A URL is associated with the structured file to enable access of the structured file through the Internet. A unit-based quota method is implemented to manage execution of code in the structured file. The unit-based quota method collapses multiple dimensions of computing resource control into a single unit value, tracks a number of units expended by the code, and stops execution of the code when the number of units expended by the code reaches a set limit. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099195 | Method and Apparatus for Video Search and Delivery - The embodiments herein disclose a comprehensive system and process of archiving, indexing, searching, delivering, ‘personalization and sharing’ of sports video content over the Internet. The method comprises steps of providing search friendly sports video content, said method comprising steps of identifying logical events and segmenting said one or more videos into a plurality of video segments based on pre-defined criteria; generating quantitative and qualitative meta data for said video segments; storing said video segments along with said quantitative and qualitative meta data; receiving a query from a user with one or more keywords; analyzing said query from said user to extract meta data for searching relevant video segments; obtaining relevant video segments based on said generated meta data from said keywords of said query; presenting said relevant video segments as a result set. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099196 | Web Sites That Introduce Families To Each Other - Computer-based matching of two families is provided, such as matching one family with at least two living human family members to another family with at least two living human family members. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099197 | Method and System for Identification of Distributed Broadcast Content - A method and system of performing high-throughput identifications of broadcast content is provided. A device can send a content identification query, which includes a sample of content being broadcast, to a server to request an identity of the content. The server will perform a computational identification of the content, return the result to the device, and store the result. For all subsequently received content identification queries requesting an identity of content being broadcast from the same source and in a time during which the content is still being broadcast from the source, the server will send the stored content identification in response to the subsequent queries. If a subsequent content identification query does not request the identity of content being broadcast from the same source or is not received during the time that the content is still being broadcast, the server will perform a computational identification of a content sample. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110106832 | Method for managing metadata or information about data - A method for managing metadata about data, these data being transmitted within at least one network by a transmission method, the metadata regarding the data being stored centrally in a program resource manager. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106833 | TRAJECTORY RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR TRAJECTORY DATA RETRIEVAL - Surveillance systems are used in general to monitor buildings, public places, traffic and the like. These systems conventionally comprise a plurality of surveillance cameras producing a large amount of video data. The video data is viewed on-line or recorded and searched through off-line. Especially in the latter case there is a strong need to improve the search speed due to the large amount of the video data. A trajectory data retrieval system | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106834 | Rapid Peer Navigation in Faceted Search Systems - A facet peer category navigation system enables enhanced navigation of a faceted search system by a facet peer agent enabled enhanced navigation of a faceted search system by identifying a plurality of targets in a database searchable by a faceted search system. A web page configured to run the faceted search system is displayed, and responsive to a display of a target anywhere on the web page and to an activation of a control associated with the target, a list of all peer targets of the target is displayed in a window on the web page. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106835 | User-Defined Profile Tags, Rules, and Recommendations for Portal - A mechanism is provided for providing control over personalization of portal content. The mechanisms provide new tag types and management of these tags to be used in association with a portal application. Applications of the new tag types comprise filtering of new content in the form of recommendations or search results and filtering of accessed content in the form of session summaries. Users may specify user context or state via one or more profile tags or enhanced profile attributes. Users may generate new rules for displayed portlets or portlet recommendation lists. User defined rules may be based on existing available rule-building capabilities and user-defined context tags or enhanced profile attributes and private or public portlet or portal page tags. The portal summary service may configure generation of portal session summary data according to user-defined context, portlet or portal tags, and rules. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106836 | Semantic Link Discovery - A method of semantic link discovery through translation of basic declarative language includes receiving a set of linkage specifications, receiving a set of data sources related to the linkage specifications, the set of data sources and the set of linkage requirements forming a basic declarative language query, translating the basic declarative language query into a standard language query, executing the standard language query, and returning results of the standard language query in response to the executing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106837 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK DISCOVERY USING MULTI-USER DIVERSITY - Certain embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for improving the effective coverage of nodes within a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless network. Collection of nodes of the P2P network can have a larger aggregate coverage footprint than any given single node. This inherent multi-site property of P2P wireless networks can be exploited to provide each node with benefits of multi-user diversity, thus improving discovery of devices in the P2P network. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106838 | System and Method for Providing Music - The present disclosure includes a system, method, and computer program product for providing music. A method in accordance with one particular embodiment may include storing a plurality of cues in a memory, each of the plurality of cues having a plurality of tags associated therewith. The plurality of tags may include both musical and non-musical tags. The method may further include receiving an input at a computing device, the input corresponding to at least one of the plurality of tags. The method may also include searching the memory of the computing device to locate at least one of the plurality of cues having at least one tag that corresponds to the input. The method may further include providing a cue having the at least one tag that corresponds to the input to a client device. Numerous other embodiments are also within the scope of the present disclosure. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106839 | System and Method for Providing Buffer Inventory Profile in a Discrete Time Supply Chain Planner using a Nested Bucketization Structure - A system and method is disclosed for providing nested bucketization in a supply chain network. The system includes a server coupled with a database and configured to access data describing a time horizon of a specified time interval. The server is further configured to create an on-hand inventory profile which comprises a set of (day, quantity) pairs, stored in a linked list within a data structure involving nested buckets, wherein the on-hand inventory profile points to an empty link list when first created and store the on-hand inventory profile in the database. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106840 | TRANSACTION AGGREGATOR FOR CLOSED PROCESSING - Systems and methods for determining aggregated transaction level data for specific group characteristics are provided. Aggregated transaction level data can be used for target marketing campaigns by looking at past and potential spending habits of populations with group characteristics specified in the transaction data aggregates. The aggregates can also be used to measure the effectiveness of a particular marketing campaign by correlating the spending patters of a particular group with sales resulting from the campaign. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106841 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SAVING AND QUERYING CONTEXT DATA FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS - The present invention provides methods and systems for saving and querying context data for an online application. The context data of an online application related to pages visited by a user are collected, where the context data is associated with page identifiers of the visited pages. A step-by-step path is generated based on the page identifiers of the pages visited by the user, and a context data record is generated and saved based on the collected context data and the step-by-step path. According to the methods and systems, a query term is further generated using on the collected context data and the step-by-step path, for performing query to the context data. By applying the methods and systems of the present invention to different contexts, the user is able to easily save and later reference the previous actual running data of some functional contexts. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106842 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TUNER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes: a program image displaying unit configured to display an image of a program on a predetermined display device; a search key acquisition unit configured to acquire program related information as a search key from a source of the information; a search execution unit configured to transmit a search request designating the search key to a predetermined search server and acquire a result of the search; and a search result display unit configured to display the result of the search in a part of a display screen on the display device showing the image of the program. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106843 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING NODE TO BE MATERIALIZED - A dependency graph of rule predicates without strongly connected sub-graph is obtained. The dependency graph indicates the dependency among the rule predicates. An update frequency of node in the dependency graph is calculated, and a query frequency of node in the dependency graph is also calculated. Furthermore, a runtime query cost value and a materialization cost value of the node are calculated based on the query frequency and update frequency. Node to be materialized are determined based on the runtime query cost value and the materialization cost value. A rule predicate corresponding to the node to be materialized is the rule predicate to be materialized. In at least some instances, an exemplary technical effect is that the return time of result of runtime query is saved and the affect by the data update is reduced when a query is performed in relation data reasoning system constructed with rule predicates. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106844 | IDENTIFYING IMPLICIT SERVICES LINKS USING SERVICE USAGE INFORMATION - Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented process for identifying implicit services links, using service usage information, in service registries and repositories. Service registry and repository receives service access information for a service to form received information, creates a services access context object in real time from all received information or a selected subset of received information to form a created services access context object, and stores the created services access context object in a data structure to form a stored services access context object. The computer-implemented process further analyzes a set of stored services access context objects in real time to form a set of results, wherein the results are within a predefined certainty and sends the result to a requester. The set of results comprises a set of implicit soft links determined by usage information in the services access context objects, wherein the implicit soft links are implicit services links. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106845 | INFORMATION SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - Method and systems for search and retrieval of images with an image processing system is disclosed. With an input interface, selection of a plurality of images to use in a search query is accepted. The plurality of images of the search query are processed with the image processing system. A subset of the plurality of target images that are similar to the plurality of images is determined. With an output interface, the subset of the plurality of target images as a result from the search query is output. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110106846 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided is a file (document) management process for efficiently understanding a summary of files in a folder without checking the contents of the individual subfolders or files. A summary of a plurality of files included in a folder is generated dynamically (each time the folder is accessed by placing a cursor on the folder, for example) and is displayed. For example, a summary of a feature of files included in a folder, which is recognized as being different from the feature of a plurality of files included in a sibling folder through comparison, determined on the basis of a feature or tendency of a file attribute, is described, and a location distribution of query-hit documents in the tiered folder is displayed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110113053 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PEPTIDES AND PREDICTING THEIR FUNCTION - The invention relates generally to biotechnology, and more specifically to in silico methods of identifying lead molecules that have an increased probability of becoming an approved medicament, and business methods of identifying molecules such that they have an increased probability of becoming an approved medicament. Provided is a method for identifying a biologically active peptide consisting of two to seven amino acid residues, comprising the steps of providing a database comprising a plurality of naturally occurring polypeptide sequences; defining at least one peptide motif that satisfies certain defined criteria; and determining for the defined peptide motif its frequency of occurrence among the polypeptide sequences in the database and correlating the frequency with the biological activity of the peptide. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRAMMATIC GENERATION DATABASE STATEMENTS - Computer-based systems and methods for programmatically generating code, such as Structure Query Language (SQL) code, to perform an operation on a database. A code generation engine, referred to herein as an Alchemy engine, receives a request in a first language, such as an XML-based language, and translates the request into a second language, such as an SQL-based language. The translation process utilizes information stored in a metadata database. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113055 | AUDIO PLAYLIST SYSTEM AND METHOD - Information about desired songs is collected on a portable memory device in communication with a radio tuner. The radio tuner may receive signals from a terrestrial or satellite digital radio transmission, or from an analog radio transmission. These transmissions may include text data about the current song being played. Upon activation by a user, song data is stored on the memory device. The memory device is then connected to a computer system, which uses software to extract the song data and uniquely identify the song. The identified songs are stored on the computer system, and can be used to allow the user easy access to the identified song through prior art techniques. If no textual data is stored about a song, the song is identified by identifying the radio station that played the song and the time at which the user activated the mechanism. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113056 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Authentication Request Message in a Social Network - The present disclosure presents a method and apparatus for processing an authentication request message in a social network. In order to resolve the problems of the inefficiency in confirming request to establish social relationship by a user and inadequacy of parameter provided for authentication under existing technologies, the present disclosure provides a method. The method includes: receiving, by a social network server, the authentication request message sent by a first client to a second client to establish a social relationship with the second client; determining, by the social network server, a relationship chain information indicative of an indirect social network relationship between the first client and the second client; and forwarding, by the social network server, the authentication request message and the obtained relationship chain information to the second client, the relationship chain information being used by the second client to authenticate the authentication request message. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113057 | SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR ENTERPRISE LEVEL BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORKING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for implementing enterprise level social and business information networking are provided. Users can receive relevant information about a database system and its users at an appropriate time. Users can then use this relevant information to reduce errors and limit redundant efforts. For example, an update of a record in the database can be identified, and a story created automatically about the update and sent to the users that are following the record. Which updates have stories created and which stories are to be sent to which users can be configured. Other events besides updating of records can also be tracked. For example, actions of a user that result in an event can be tracked, where such tracking can also be configurable. Subscriptions to follow an object can be automatic, and access checks can be used to ensure that unauthorized users do not see certain data. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113058 | IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE LEVEL BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORKING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for implementing enterprise level social and business information networking are provided. Users can receive relevant information about a database system and its users at an appropriate time. Users can then use this relevant information to reduce errors and limit redundant efforts. For example, an update of a record in the database can be identified, and a story created automatically about the update and sent to the users that are following the record. Which updates have stories created and which stories are to be sent to which users can be configured. Other events besides updating of records can also be tracked. For example, actions of a user that result in an event can be tracked, where such tracking can also be configurable. Subscriptions to follow an object can be automatic, and access checks can be used to ensure that unauthorized users do not see certain data. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113059 | SECURITY IN ENTERPRISE LEVEL BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORKING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for implementing enterprise level social and business information networking are provided. Users can receive relevant information about a database system and its users at an appropriate time. Users can then use this relevant information to reduce errors and limit redundant efforts. For example, an update of a record in the database can be identified, and a story created automatically about the update and sent to the users that are following the record. Which updates have stories created and which stories are to be sent to which users can be configured. Other events besides updating of records can also be tracked. For example, actions of a user that result in an event can be tracked, where such tracking can also be configurable. Subscriptions to follow an object can be automatic, and access checks can be used to ensure that unauthorized users do not see certain data. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113060 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A USER TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT ENTITIES OF PREDEFINED CATEGORIES - A method for enabling a user of a communication network to get information about entities. The entities are classified in an entity database according to a plurality of characteristics, and the user is associated with a list of contacts, each contact being associated with a log of communication sessions the contact has been involved in through the communication network. For each communication session the log includes an indication of parties involved in the communication session. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110113061 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING XQUERY ACCESS USING WEB SERVICES - An XQuery access API is described, for providing access to XML data from a data source, using the XQuery language. A requestor can request, from a server, performance of an operation on XML data, wherein request messages and response messages conform to the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). Request and response messages can be transmitted using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS). The format of the request and response messages is specified in a definition of a Web service, where the definition conforms to the Web Service Description Language (WSDL). | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110119288 | DETECTING AND APPLYING DATABASE SCHEMA CHANGES TO REPORTS - A system and method to detect database schema changes are described. In various embodiments, a method of the embodiments detects database schema changes via triggers. In various embodiments, the changes are detected by comparing database schemas and determining modifications to database tables and database columns thereof. In various embodiments, the detected changes are applied to a report by generating a parse tree relevant for the modifications to database tables and columns; and traversing the tree to produce a statement to change the report to be relevant for the modifications to database tables and columns. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119289 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND APPLICATION OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY FEATURES - There is described a computer-implemented method for launching an application on a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving a command to launch the application; determining if the application is an accessible application; if the application is an accessible application, enabling at least one assistive technology feature; and launching the application, whereby default settings are in effect for an inaccessible application. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119290 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER-BASED VIDEO PRESCRIPTION PROVIDER - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A MOBILE HEALTHCARE MANAGER (“MHM”) BASED VIDEO PRESCRIPTION PROVIDER may provide an elegant and consistent multimedia interactive reference standard to maximize personal understanding of health information and coach individuals toward better health outcomes. In one embodiment, a video prescription provider method is disclosed, comprising: obtaining a request for a video from a user; providing a request for a user identification of the user; obtaining the user identification of the user; querying via a processor a user database using the obtained user identification; determining that the user is authenticated to access the video, based on querying the user database; and providing the requested video for the user; wherein the request for the video is obtained from a mobile device of the user; and wherein the video includes information on a healthcare topic. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119291 | Entity Identification and/or Association Using Multiple Data Elements - Data values from a plurality of data elements can be combined to form one or more entity identifiers to facilitate identifications of and/or associations among a plurality of data records representing one or more entities. Associated data records can represent the same entity and/or multiple entities that can be properly associated. Associations can be made among two or more unique entities and/or their respective representative data records if they correspond to substantially the same entity identifier. In one embodiment, the number, type, and/or characteristics of values for data elements used to form an entity identifier can be selected so that the entity identifier is substantially statistically unique. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119292 | NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH METHOD - A method of searching real numbers x[1] to x[n] for a nearest neighbor to a query point comprises: a construction phase in which a database of the real numbers is prepared; and a search phase in which the nearest neighbor is searched by the use of the database. The database comprises a series of buckets. The buckets respectively correspond to small one-dimensional spaces defined by dividing a one-dimensional space between a minimum real number x[1] and a maximum real number x[n] at regular intervals. Each of the buckets comprises data about real number(s) falling in one of the small one-dimensional spaces corresponding to the bucket concerned, and the number of the real number(s). The bucket further comprises data about the bucket index of a last filled bucket, the last filled bucket defined as a bucket whose bucket size is not zero and whose bucket index is closest to that of the concerned bucket. The search phase comprises the steps of: locating one of the buckets in which the query point q falls; checking the bucket size of the located bucket whether the bucket size thereof is zero or not; and searching the nearest neighbor by the use of the data in the bucket. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119293 | Method And System For Reverse Pattern Recognition Matching - Systems and methods to perform reverse pattern recognition matching are provided in which identical and similar media files and related information may be identified using the media file itself as a starting point for a query of stored information. Unique identifiers may be created from an initiating media file using cryptographic and perceptual hash functions. The resulting hashes may be compared to data of other media files using hamming and other comparative methods. In an embodiment, the invention may be used to identify copyright ownership of non-attributed creative works. Searches for similar or identical media files may be performed using based on a media file, which may not be controlled by a rights holder of the media file. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119294 | AUTOMATIC CREATION OF OUTPUT FILE FROM IMAGES IN DATABASE - A query is run against a database with information related to images. Images of interest are selected for inclusion in an output file, for example, a presentation application file. Configuration and other choices are made regarding the output file, and any other information needed to generate the output file is gathered. When all the necessary information is available, an output file is automatically generated and delivered to a user. The output file includes the selected images and identifying information about the images. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119295 | REUSABLE PACKAGING HISTORY TRACKING SYSTEM AND QUERY INTERFACE - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory, tangible computer-readable media associated with utilizing a central storage and maintainer which has knowledge of one or more reusable boxes, and maintains information about the boxes. The system maintains reusable box information with respect to a unique identifier or tracking code which is associated with each tracked box. The association between a unique identifier and a box allows future shipping using the box to be tracked using the identifier. This enables a narrative of the box's travels to be developed through the addition of narrative entries or comments provided by recipients of the box. The narrative may in turn be searched for and displayed via one or more web-based interfaces, providing a snapshot of the box's travels. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING DATA - A method of displaying data including searching for target content that matches information indicated by a first coordinate on a first coordinate axis and information indicated by a second coordinate on a second coordinate axis, and displaying the target content at a position corresponding to the first coordinate and the second coordinate. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PERSONAL CHARACTERISTIC-BASED CONTACT LIST - A system and method in a mobile computing device for utilizing personal characteristics (e.g., physical characteristics) of a person of interest to manage and/or recall information associated with such person. As non-limiting examples, a personal mobile computing device may be utilized to acquire image and/or voice information associated with a person of interest and utilize such acquired information to manage and/or recall information in a database (e.g., a contact list) associated with such person of interest. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119298 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING INFORMATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method for providing information search service is disclosed. A first request comprising a search query expression is received from a first party ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119299 | METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A CONTEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION SERVICE - A method for providing a context-based service in a communication network includes: at a context server cooperating with the network, receiving a query generated from a service application, indicating that the service application needs to receive from the context server a set of context information when a query condition is fulfilled; at the context server, generating an update rule indicating that a terminal has to transmit the context information to the context server when an update condition is fulfilled; transmitting the update rule from the context server to the terminal; detecting the context information and transmitting them to the terminal; at the terminal, receiving the context information and transmitting them to the context server when the update condition is fulfilled; and at the context server, forwarding the context information to the service application, thus allowing the service application to implement the context-based service. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119300 | Method Of Generating An Analytical Data Set For Input Into An Analytical Model - A method of and a system for generating a dataset from data stored in at least one data base, for input into an analytical model. The method comprises the steps of: defining a time stamped population comprising a plurality of tuples, each tuple comprising an entity identifier of an entity for analysis, and at least one reference time stamp associated with the corresponding entity identifier; and creating a dataset by generating at least one time dependent attribute value for each entity identifier from data associated with said entity identifier in the at least one database, the or each time dependent attribute value representing a time dependent parameter of the corresponding entity identifier and being generated according to a corresponding attribute definition, wherein the or each time dependent attribute value is generated as a function of the corresponding time stamp. Preliminary steps of defining the entity as the object of analysis of the analytical model; and defining an analytical record for describing the entity, the analytical record comprising at least one time dependent attribute defined by the corresponding attribute definition are also described. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110119301 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING REQUESTED FIELDS BY GET-DATA OPERATION IN TV-ANYTIME METADATA SERVICE - Disclosed is a method or an operation for providing a personalized TV-Anytime metadata service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a table field element using a get_Data operation in the TV-Anytime metadata service. In the table field element provision method, a requested fields type element (RequestedFieldsType) required to designate a field of a metadata table is included in a query result value type in the SOAP query operation. A request message of the SOAP query operation is received. When the request message includes the requested fields type element for designating the query result value, a query result value corresponding to the table field designated from the requested fields type element included in the request message is extracted, and the query result value is transmitted using a response message of the SOAP operation. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110125774 | CONTENT INTEGRATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented system and method for enabling content integration in a content browsing and recommendation system are disclosed. The system and method in an example embodiment includes: gathering available content information related to particular items of content from a plurality of content sources via a data network; processing the content information, using a data processor, to provide a searchable database of processed content information; providing a service, accessible via the data network, to enable a user platform to request a search of the processed content information and identify a selected content item; and directing at least one content source to provide the selected content item directly to the user platform. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125775 | CREATING AN AGGREGATE REPORT OF A PRESENCE OF A USER ON A NETWORK - A method performed by a physical computing device communicatively coupled to a computer network for creating an aggregate report of a presence of a user of the physical computing device on the network includes periodically searching the network with the physical computing device for content related to the user authored by a source other than the user, the searching being based on a unique set of identifiers associated with the user, dynamically updating the unique set of identifiers based on contextual trends within content returned as a result of the searching, and aggregating content published by the user to the network with the content returned as a result of the searching to form the aggregate report of the presence of the user on the network. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125776 | Service Oriented Architecture Enterprise Service Bus With Advanced Virtualization - A method and apparatus for discovering services in a service registry. When an enterprise service bus receives a service request, the enterprise service bus determines whether the service name in the request exists in a service registry. If not, the enterprise service bus parses the service name into constituent words, obtains synonyms for each constituent word, and constructs new service names using the synonyms in the same word order as the constituent words in the service name. The enterprise service bus determines whether the constructed service names exist in the registry. If so, the enterprise service bus obtains an address of a service provider application associated with the constructed service name in the registry and sends a request for the service matching the constructed service name to the service provider application. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125777 | Sense and Match Advertising Content - The present disclosure generally provides a method for delivering targeted content to a user device based on environmental variables sensed at or near the user device. At least one sensed environmental variable associated with a user device is received. At least one environmental state is determined based on the at least one environmental variable. Content is then selected to be delivered to the user device based on the at least one environmental state, and the selected content is delivered to the user device. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125778 | STREAM DATA PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND STREAM DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A stream data processing method to be used in a stream data processing apparatus that receives stream data including time information, the steam data processing method comprising: calculating an input interval and a first reference time; a second step of calculating, a second reference time based on the first reference time and the input interval; and, a third step of generating stream data having new time information based on the second reference time. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125779 | Broadcast Network Platform System - A commercial search engine for searchmercials. The system manages and searches advertising media video and audio files and associating the media with one or more calls to action. The system contains Metadata utilized for various queries including search, channels of distribution and account information. The system uses a manually data entry interface or a custom retrieval system to selectively update media files and Metadata from Meta tags or feeds on a scheduled basis automatically without having to manually update this data in the system. The system spiders these custom Meta tags or feeds for new Metadata on a scheduled basis to automate the submission and programming of the searchmercials content over the search engine. The system provides videos tailored for search in the results list in order to better inform users as to the contents of a link URL. The system can also provide users with other call to action options such as click to call, literature, order forms, etc. The system can schedule searchmercials to target users by time of day, location, device, and other parameters to offer a call to action to different audiences. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125780 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMITTING FILES AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for automatically transmitting files applied in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device stores a plurality of files and information associated with files executed by the electronic device. The information of each of the files executed by the electronic device includes a file name, a storage path, a plurality of execution commands, and an execution time corresponding to each of the execution commands. The method includes: receiving image content including time information from an external device communicating with the electronic device; obtaining the time information from the received image content; comparing the time information with the stored execution time to determine the content of which file is displayed and visible at the obtained time; and finding the determined file according to the file name and the storage path of the file and transmitting the file to the external device. A related electronic device is also provided. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125781 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR THESE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an image processing apparatus and a control method for the same that alleviate the trouble entailed in a user operation when executing processes by combining a plurality of functions, and that, in the case where a process has been selected from a usage history, reliably execute the process with use of settings intended by a user. To accomplish this, if the user has been successfully authenticated, the image processing apparatus selects a process definition file that is to be executed from among previously used process definition files corresponding to identification information used in the user authentication, and obtains the selected process definition file from a management apparatus. If content of a defined process differs between the previously used process definition file and the obtained process definition file, the image processing apparatus inquires the user as to whether the obtained process definition file is to be used. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125782 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMMING - A method and apparatus for providing personalized supplemental programming is provided. In one embodiment, the invention can include searching text for a keyword, the text associated with primary programming to be provided to an element of an entertainment system, accessing a database upon finding the keyword, retrieving content associated with the keyword from the database, combining the retrieved content with the primary programming to generate combined programming, and providing the combined programming to the element of the entertainment system. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125783 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ADAPTIVE QUESTIONING AND RECOMMENDING - By adaptive questioning in a way that is entertaining, recommendations can be presented to a subscriber even with a limited amount of user profile information. Moreover, the questioning can allow a subscriber to learn something about himself. Each interaction can be short as well as light hearted and fun in order to accommodate intermittent usage with frequent interruptions. Intermixing questions/recommendation selections that are focused on gaining profile information as well as being somewhat random can unexpectedly learn something about the subscriber while keeping the user experience entertaining. Personal details can be avoided and tools for editing stored personal information can enhance a sense of privacy in order to induce trust. Questions and other responses can lead to other questions in a manner that allows characterizing a subscriber so that recommended offerings can be selected that are appropriate. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125784 | PLAYBACK OF SYNCHRONIZED MEDIA ARCHIVES AUGMENTED WITH USER NOTES - Systems and methods allow collaboration based on media archive based systems. Collaboration events are processed within media archive based systems. End user collaborations are improved and the overall content of the original media archive is enhanced. The collaborative content is modified via the addition of user notes and targeted user notes. User notes can comprise one or more media resources, media archive, or other form of computer readable data. Media resources of user notes are synchronized with the media resources of the media archive. Users can request playback of portions of the media archive. The requested portions of the media archive are presented to the requestor along with user notes associated with positions within the requested portion. Portions of the media archive can be redacted and withheld from presentation to a set of users. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125785 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING REQUESTED FIELDS BY GET-DATA OPERATION IN TV-ANYTIME METADATA SERVICE - Disclosed is a method or an operation for providing a personalized TV-Anytime metadata service. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of providing a table field element using a get_Data operation in the TV-Anytime metadata service. In the table field element provision method, a requested fields type element (RequestedFieldsType) required to designate a field of a metadata table is included in a query result value type in the SOAP query operation. A request message of the SOAP query operation is received. When the request message includes the requested fields type element for designating the query result value, a query result value corresponding to the table field designated from the requested fields type element included in the request message is extracted, and the query result value is transmitted using a response message of the SOAP operation. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125786 | Architecture Optimized for Application Data Sharing Within a Mobile Communications Device - The present disclosure discloses a mobile communication device comprising a local common address database object accessible to at least one application; a communication subsystem for communicating with a network; and a database querying logic module. The database querying logic module, in conjunction with the at least one application, is operable to receive a query relating to an address record; determine that no record in a local common database disposed on the mobile communications device meets the conditions of the received query; query, via the network, a remote database for at least one remote matching record meeting the conditions of the received query; receive, via the network, the at least one remote matching record; and update the local common address database object to incorporate the at least one remote matching record. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING SENSORY EFFECTS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING USER SENSORY PREFERENCE METADATA - Provided are method and apparatus for representing sensory effects, and a computer readable recording medium storing user sensory preference metadata. A method for providing user preference information includes: receiving preference information for predetermined sensory effects from a user; and generating user sensory preference metadata including the received preference information, wherein the user sensory preference metadata includes personal preference information that describes the preference information. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING SENSORY EFFECTS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SENSORY DEVICE CAPABILITY METADATA - Provided are method and apparatus for representing sensory effects, and a computer readable recording medium storing sensory device capability metadata. A method for providing sensory device capability information includes: obtaining capability information for sensory devices; and generating sensory device capability metadata including the capability information, wherein the sensory device capability metadata includes device capability information that describes the capability information. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING SENSORY EFFECTS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SENSORY DEVICE COMMAND METADATA - Provided are method and apparatus for representing sensory effects, and a computer readable recording medium storing sensory device command metadata. A method for representing sensory effects, includes: receiving sensory effect metadata including sensory effect information; obtaining the sensory effect information by analyzing the sensory effect metadata; and generating sensory device command metadata for controlling sensory devices corresponding to the sensory effect information, wherein the sensory device command metadata includes sensory device command description information for controlling the sensory devices. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING SENSORY EFFECTS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SENSORY EFFECT METADATA - Provided are method and apparatus for representing sensory effects, and a computer readable recording medium storing sensory effect metadata. A method for generating sensory effect media, includes: receiving sensory effect information about sensory effects applied to media; and generating sensory effect metadata including the received sensory effect information, wherein the sensory effect metadata includes sensory effect description information for describing the sensory effects and the sensory effect description information includes media location information that describes locations in the media where the sensory effects are applied to. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110131230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO INFRASTRUCTURE ITEMS AFTER NATURAL EVENTS - Systems and methods for responding to a risk of damage caused by a natural event are presented. A method presented includes checking a sensor system database on a regular period for an occurrence of a natural event. If the natural event has occurred, a determination can be made as to whether the natural event is of sufficient strength and proximity to an infrastructure item to create a potential hazard to the infrastructure item. If so, a map of the severity of the natural event can be obtained from the sensor system database and compared to a database of infrastructure items. The database includes a fragility index associated with each infrastructure item. A customized checklist can then be generated for inspection of the infrastructure item. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131231 | METHOD TO EFFICIENTLY LOCATE META-DATA STRUCTURES ON A FLASH-BASED STORAGE DEVICE - Flash memory systems and methods for efficiently locating meta-data structures on solid-state devices, such as, flash-based memory devices, which allows for fast reconstruction of metadata structures are provided. These systems and methods place checkpoints, which identify the location of metadata structures, intelligently on the device so as to permit a more efficient method of locating such checkpoints. These techniques ensure best wear-leveling as all blocks on the device undergo the same wear-leveling strategy. These systems and methods further provide a free block maintenance strategy that provides blocks freed by garbage collection for future checkpoint writes. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131232 | SELECTING AND ANNOTATING WELL LOGS - Well logs are selected, annotated and correlated. In one example, a display of a well log showing logged information and well depths corresponding to the information is presented. Data related to the well log is searched to find a named formation near a selected depth and a name of a formation near the named formation is selected. The selected adjacent formation name is then presented on the display of the well log in association with the displayed depth. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131233 | Using Symbols to Search Local and Remote Data Stores - An approach is provided that uses symbols to represent search criteria. In this approach, a symbol is received from a user in a search request. Search criteria that corresponds to the received symbol is retrieved from a computer accessible data store. Data stores are searched for the plurality of search criteria that correspond with the received symbol and search results are retrieved based on the searching performed. These retrieved search results are then provided to the user. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131234 | INFORMATION PROCESS SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - The present invention provides a technology to shorten the time required for a process extracting a portion of the information from a database including a large amount of information indicating each of element combinations. In order to accomplish the above object, an information process system includes a first database in which a large amount of combination information indicating combinations of a plurality of elements composed of one or more elements associated with each item is accumulated, a second database in which a portion of the combination information included in the first database is accumulated, an extracting unit extracting information corresponding to an extraction condition from the second database in accordance with the designation of the extraction condition including information specifying the second database by the user, and an output unit visually outputting a list of the information in which one or more elements are associated with each item, on the basis of the information extracted by the extracting unit. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131235 | Actionable Search Results for Street View Visual Queries - A server system receives a visual query and information about the current location of the querying device. The server system sends the query and location information to a visual query search system and receives one or more search results in accordance with the visual query and the location information. From the one or more search results, the server system identifies an entity in the visual query. The server system further identifies a client-side action corresponding to the identified entity and creates an actionable search result element configured to launch the client-side action. For example, if the identified entity were a restaurant the actionable search result elements could include buttons to initiate a telephone call, to read reviews, to map the address, or to make a reservation. If the actionable search result is selected, the client system launches the client-side action in an application distinct from the visual query client application. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131236 | SPEECH RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND SPEECH RETRIEVAL METHOD - Disclosed are a speech retrieval apparatus and a speech retrieval method for searching, in an audio file database, for one or more target audio files by using one or more input search terms. The speech retrieval apparatus comprises a related document obtaining unit configured to search, in a related document database where documents related to audio files in the audio file database are stored, for one or more related documents by using the search terms; a correspondence audio file obtaining unit configured to search, in the audio file database, for one or more correspondence audio files corresponding to the obtained related documents; and a speech-to-speech search unit configured to search, in the audio file database, for the target audio files by using the obtained correspondence audio files. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131237 | SEARCHING FOR MOBILE CONTENT - Methods and apparatus, including computer systems and program products, for searching for mobile content. A method includes receiving, via a user interface, at a computer system independent of the mobile device, information identifying the mobile device to receive computer data; receiving, at the computer system, information identifying the computer data to be downloaded to the mobile device; using the computer system to search computer data offerings from mobile device content providers for the computer data; and wirelessly transmitting to the mobile device data corresponding to a search result. Another method includes an application, on a mobile device, querying a computer system independent of the mobile device for a result of a search for the computer data, and causing the downloading of the computer data. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131238 | SMART ROAD-TOLL-SYSTEM - A road pricing smart client and method for a road pricing system enabling the removal of information from the positioning data describing the itinerary which suggest private data such as travelling speed and itinerary of the originator of the data. Accordingly, the smart client and method is configured to re-sample the original positioning points of the route into equidistant sections, remove timing information from the positioning data, slice the re-sampled route into slices shaped as those provided by other road users by employing a common “virtual grid”. By transmitting the slices in randomized order with an arbitrary delay, coherence of slices corresponding to formerly neighboring portions of the itinerary, are not correlated anymore. However, there is still enough information provided to the toll system to send an excerpt of the fee database allowing the smart pricing client or method to calculate the occurred fees. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131239 | MEDIA PLAYLIST CONSTRUCTION FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for generating song playlists for use in an immersive virtual environment. Generally, playlists may be generated based on stored music preference data. The music preference data may be generated by storing user interactions with specific songs. The user interactions may be associated with characteristics of the user's situational context within the virtual world. The music preference data may be indexed by song name, and/or by musical properties. Subsequently, the music preference data may be used to generate a playlist adapted to the user's current situation within the virtual world. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110131240 | Personalized Nutrition Advisor - The instant invention describes various computer program products and methods of using the same in order to provide personalized nutritional advice to end users. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110137928 | System and Method of Matching Financial Transaction Records to Merchant Records of a Merchant Profile Database - A system and method for matching transaction records to merchant records of a merchant profile database is provided, the transaction records containing transaction data of financial presentation devices that are presentable to a plurality of merchants, the transaction data including merchant identifying data that identifies the merchant for the transaction. The system includes a memory storing a plurality of transaction records, a merchant profile database storing a plurality of merchant profile records, a processor, and a match logic module executable by the processor and adapted to recognize a plurality of variations in the merchant identifying data contained in the transaction records, the match logic module operable to match each of the transaction records to an associated merchant profile record in the merchant profile database according to the recognized variations in the merchant identifying data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137929 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SERVICES IN A CALENDAR APPLICATION VIA WEB SERVICES - A computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions executable by a processor, the instructions when executed by the processor, integrate a service in a calendar application and cause the processor to:
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| 20110137930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SHAPE GRAPH FROM A BINARY TRIE - A capability is provided for representing a set of data values using data structures, including converting a binary trie data structure representing the set of data values to a shape graph data structure representing the set of data values. The shape graph data structure is generated from the binary trie data structure based on the shapes of the sub-trees rooted at the nodes of the binary trie data structure. The shape graph includes vertices representing shapes of the sub-trees of the binary trie data structure. A shape graph data structure permits operations similar to the operations that may be performed on the binary trie data structure for performing lookups for data values from the set of data values, while at the same time reducing the structural redundancy of the binary trie data structure such that the shape graph data structure provides significant improvements in memory usage over the binary trie data structure. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137931 | Search Strategy Capture and Retrieval Method - A system that improves searching based on a search term by first capturing successful search strategies and then offering them in the results of a subsequent search based on the same search term. In the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a search engine collects successful search sequences based on a search term, a database stores the search sequences and then provides them to the search engine in response to subsequent uses of the search term. The search engine comprises a data capture mechanism that gives a searcher a way of indicating when a successful search has been completed. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137932 | Second-Order Connection Search in a Social Networking System - A social networking system receives a query associated with a user and, in response, provides a combined result set comprising objects stored by a social networking system that match the query. The combined result set comprises multiple result sets obtained from different search algorithms. The various objects stored by the social networking system may be of different types representing different concepts, such as user objects, application objects, event objects, location objects, group objects, and hub/page objects, any of which may be included in the result set. The objects of the result set may be further filtered, ordered, and/or grouped based at least in part on known relationships of the user with the objects, such as geographic distances between locations associated with the user and the objects. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137933 | RESOURCE SEARCH OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying query-relevant content in a resource identified by a search result in response to the query. In one aspect, a method includes identifying resource search tidbits for a resource, each resource search tidbit being eligible for a resource search operation for the resource. The resource search tidbits are provided with search results to a client device. In response to a user selecting a resource identified by a search result, the client device identifies text in the resource matching the query-relevant text of the resource search tidbit and performs a resource search operation on the resource if the identified text meets a search operation threshold condition. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137934 | System and method for distributing assets to multi-tiered network nodes - Provided are methods and systems for distributing an asset to a multi-tiered network node. A pending notice is received from a distribution server. If the notice indicates that at least one asset is pending, i.e., awaiting deployment, an asset descriptor manifest is received from the distribution server. The asset descriptor manifest, which is stored in a memory on a node, identifies at least one asset to be deployed to the node and includes an offset associated with the asset identifier. A fragment, associated with the asset, is received and stored in the memory. The offset associated with the asset is marked with the end of the fragment and a second fragment, beginning at the offset, is received. Additional fragments are received, and the offset updated, until the entire asset is deployed to the node. Alternately, the entire asset or multiple assets are received in the first fragment. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137935 | Server system and method for exporting digital assets in enterprise information systems - Member objects of a computer system part(s) in an Enterprise Information System (EIS) are identified and categorized for export to a packaging process or to another computer system over tiers of network(s). An intermediate representation of the part(s) is made while applying context rule(s) to determine a standard specified context or a non-specified context of the parts. For a standard specified context, a directed search acquires the set of runnable and/or non-runnable member objects in a location(s) in the EIS. For a non-specified context, an implicit traversal search is performed for any of the set of runnable and/or non-runnable member objects in one or more locations in an Enterprise Information System (EIS). Set(s) of runnable and/or non-runnable member objects are accessed at their locations in the EIS and a preliminary package specification is made therefrom. Digital assets listed therein are updated with export descriptors added to the extended environment. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137936 | Systems and methods for managing database authentication and sessions - Systems and methods enable remote (or “off-campus”) users complete authorized access to full-record content of 3rd-party databases subscribed to by the user's institution. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system that acts as a transparent conduit between the user and a remote database, managing relevant session/context information without the user's awareness and without the need for users to install plug-ins or configure browser proxies. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137937 | SEMANTIC VERIFICATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA SOURCES - An illustrative embodiment provides a computer-implemented process for semantic verification of multidimensional data sources that receives a trusted output from a trusted multidimensional expression engine, receives an un-trusted output from an un-trusted data source and determines whether a query produces a correct semantic result, wherein the correct semantic result is within a predetermined tolerance. Responsive to a determination that the query does not produce a semantically correct result, identifies queries having semantically incorrect results to form a local subset, notifies a query planner of semantically incorrect queries and determines whether to process queries locally. Responsive to a determination to not process queries locally, creates a set of simplified multidimensional expression queries for remote execution. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137938 | DATABASE SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DATA PRESENTATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a database system includes a first and second storage unit, a reading unit, and a generating unit. The first storage unit stores a first data table in which first data records, each including information about information fields, are described. The second storage unit stores a second data table in which second data records including pieces of attribute information, each representing a display attribute about the information field included in the first data record, are described. The reading unit reads out the first and second data records from the first and second storage units in accordance with the fact that displaying the information included in the first data table is requested. The generating unit generates an image for displaying the information included in the read first data record in accordance with the display attribute represented by the attribute information included in the read second data. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137939 | Data Supervision Based on the Configuration Rule of All Operational Indicators - Using the way of destruct, the complex system is split into several different qualitative elements (the definition of indicator, the definition of database, the definition of scheduling, the definition of check way, etc.). Each element has its special concept. Combing different elements organically, a completely certain meaning indicator-checked incident is produced, and it is possible to finish the expected indicator-checked task flexibly. In the case of the check fails, due to the pre-warning it is possible to perform the manual intervention in time. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110137940 | Methods And Apparatus For Selecting Updates To Associated Records To Publish On An Information Feed In An On-Demand Database Service Environment - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for selecting updates to associated records to publish on an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, one or more updates associated with a data record are accessed. The one or more updates are stored in a database. The data record is a parent record, and the one or more updates relate to one or more child records associated with the parent record. The one or more updates are provided as one or more candidates for publication on an information feed associated with the data record, where the information feed is capable of being displayed on a display device. A number of the candidates is selected for publication on the information feed based on one or more criteria. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110145270 | SERVICE PERSONAS FOR ADDRESS BOOKS - Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for service personas to be added to network address books, in addition to personal contacts. Address book functionality can be leveraged by service providers to distribute their services and/or service updates to users. Users can leverage address book functionality to search for, register for, and screen updates from, a variety of services. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145271 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN A PATTERN RECOGNITION PROCESSOR - Apparatuses and methods are provided for reducing power consumption in a pattern-recognition processor. A power control circuit may be coupled to a block of programmed state machines to enable selective activation and deactivation of the block during a pattern search. The block may be deactivated if the pattern search is no longer active in that block and activated when needed by the pattern search. Additionally, the block may be deactivated based on an identifier of the data stream being searched. Excess blocks not used for any programmed state machines may be disabled such that they are not refreshed during a memory cycle. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145272 | ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Systems for providing a virtual user environment are disclosed. One such system includes an environment server that includes a memory configured to store a plurality of data blocks and a programmable circuit operatively connected to the memory. The programmable circuit is configured to execute program instructions which, when executed, cause the user computing system to receive profile definition data from a user computing device, the profile definition data including a manifest of software associated with a user, and select a plurality of data blocks for return to the user computing device that are included in a definition of a virtual user environment included in the manifest for delivery to the user computing device. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145273 | VERIFYING NETWORK DELIVERY OF INFORMATION TO A DEVICE BASED ON PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS - A device may include a network interface configured to receive verification requirements and a message from a source device. In addition, the device may include a processor configured to receive a request from a destination device to send the message to the destination device, validate a logical address provided in the message based on a physical characteristic described or referenced in the verification requirements, and send the message to the destination device when the processor successfully validates the logical address based on the physical characteristic. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145274 | Exemplary Data Guidance in a Multi-Modality Data Viewer - Systems, methods and mediums with instructions for viewing medical data are provided. A system for viewing medical data can include a computer processor, a database and a user interface. The database can include numerous entries from numerous clinical modalities. Each entry can include image data and/or non-image data. Each entry can include annotated medical information from a previous study. The annotated medical information can include comments and markings. The database can be searchable to identify an entry based on input medical information relating to a current study. The user interface can be configured to simultaneously display annotated medical information from an identified entry and medical information from the current study. The system can further include a second user interface configured to display medical information, allow a user to annotate the medical information, and allow the user to save the annotated medical information as an entry in the database. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145275 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTEXTUAL USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAY OF MEDIA ITEMS - Some aspects relate to systems and methods of tagging to enhance contextualization of media items and ease of use. Tag data structures provide an extensible platform to allow description of a concept from multiple points of view and in multiple contexts, such as locations, activities, and people. Individual application instances using these data structures can each maintain a private store of media items, and can be synchronized with a server. Each application owner can select portions of the private store to share. The server also can maintain canonical hierarchies of tags, such as hierarchies of activities and of places. These canonical hierarchies can be provided to application instances, where private modifications/additions can be made. Owners can offer to share private modifications, which can be accepted or rejected. Displays of media item selections and of clouds of related tags can be formed based on the contextual and relational information contained in the tags and in the canonical hierarchies. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145276 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARALLEL PROCESSING DATA FLOW - Provided is a data flow parallel processing apparatus and method. The data flow parallel processing apparatus may include a flow discriminating unit to discriminate a flow of input first data, a processor allocating unit to allocate, to the first data, a processor that is not operating among a plurality of processors, a sequence determining unit to determine a sequence number of the first data when a second data having the same flow as the discriminated flow is being processed by any one processor composing the plurality of processors, and an alignment unit to receive the first data processed by the allocated processor and to output the received first data based on the determined sequence number. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND IDENTIFYING UPGRADES FOR WIND TURBINES - A method for indicating a performance of a wind turbine is provided. Target performance data are created based at least in part on performance data for one or more wind turbines of interest. Baseline performance data are calculated based at least in part on performance data for a plurality of other wind turbines. The target performance data are compared to the baseline performance data to create a relative performance profile. In addition, a graphical representation of the relative performance profile may be created, and an available upgrade for the wind turbines of interest may be evaluated based at least in part on performance data for one or more wind turbines including the available upgrade. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145278 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING METADATA DESCRIBING DEPENDENCIES FOR COMPOSABLE ELEMENTS - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for generating metadata describing dependencies for composable elements. The method includes maintaining a database of composable elements. Each composable element may have associated metadata to describe dependencies for the composable elements. The method may further include receiving a request to compose two or more of the composable elements into a new element. The method may then compare the dependencies of the two or more composable elements in order to determine dependencies common to the two or more composable elements and unique to the two or more composable elements. Further, the method may determine a level of restriction for each of the common dependencies and generate metadata for the new element to include each of the unique dependencies and each of the common dependencies, wherein the common dependencies are set to the highest level of restriction. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145279 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A SURVEY RESULT(S) AND UTILIZING SURVEY DATA FOR CUSTOMIZATION, PERSONALIZATION AND CONFIGURATION OF HUMAN OPERATING SYSTEM (HOS) - A system for transmission, reception and accumulation of the knowledge packets to plurality of channel nodes in the network operating distributedly in a peer to peer environment via installable one or more role active Human Operating System (HOS) applications in a digital devise of each of channel node, a network controller registering and providing desired HOS applications and multiple developers developing advance communication and knowledge management applications and each of subscribers exploiting the said network resources by leveraging and augmenting taxonomically and ontologically classified knowledge classes expressed via plurality search macros and UKID structures facilitating said expert human agents for knowledge invocation and support services and service providers providing information services in the preidentified taxonomical classes, wherein each of channel nodes communicating with the unknown via domain specific supernodes each facilitating social networking and relationships development leading to human grid which is searchable via Universal Desktop Search by black box search module. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145280 | SYSTEM FOR INQUIRING ABOUT FITNESS OF BEVERAGE AS BATTERY FUEL - Disclosed herein is a system for inquiring about fitness of a beverage as battery fuel, including a search request receiving section configured to receive an input of beverage information regarding a beverage as a search request, a storage section having stored therein a reference database in which search requests and performance data of fuel cells are associated with each other, a search section configured to automatically search the reference database for performance data which coincides with the search request, and a search answer outputting section configured to output a search answer. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145281 | Portable Application Registry - This document describes techniques that enable an application to operate as if the application were running on its native computing system when it is actually running on another computing system. The techniques may do so by building a portable database having metadata particular to the application, which can be stored in a portable device along with that application. When that portable device is connected to another computing system, the portable database may be used to supplement or supplant the other computing system's database to enable the application to operate with its particular functionality. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110145282 | UTILIZING VIRTUAL FOLDERS - A system and method utilizing virtual folders. The virtual folders expose regular files and folders to users in different views based on their metadata instead of the actual physical underlying file system structure on the disk. The virtual folders contain collections of items. The system includes a folder processor that obtains queries from a user and a relational database for storing information about the items. The folder processor first obtains a query from a user and passes the query to the relational database. The relational database provides results back to the folder processor, and based on the results from the relational database, the folder processor provides the results to the user as virtual folders. Users are able to work with the virtual folders through direct manipulation (e.g., clicking and dragging, copying, pasting, etc.). | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110153636 | SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY MODEL REPOSITORY META-MODEL COMPONENT WITH A STANDARD BASED INDEX - A method of searching a service oriented architecture industry model repository comprising a meta model service associated with a physical asset repository, the meta model service comprising: at least one topic map meta model with data specific to a particular topic or industry vertical included within an information model repository common meta-meta model, the information model repository common meta-meta model included within a meta-meta-meta model with a topic map based index. The method comprises: a computer receiving entry of a search term for the service oriented architecture industry model repository; the computer searching the service oriented architecture industry model repository for the search term; and displaying results of the searching of the service oriented architecture industry model repository as a topic map comprising data representing meta model service through a graphical interface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153637 | INTEGRATED FIREARM INFORMATION SYSTEM - System and method for collecting, storing, and providing information related to firearms. More specifically, an embodiment tracks ownership and/or possession of a firearm from its manufacture onward (i.e., from cradle to grave) between and among registered firearm manufactures, firearm sellers/dealers, individual gun owners, pawn shops, law enforcement agencies, government agencies, and any other entity or individual stakeholder that may own and/or posses the firearm. An embodiment may further authenticate firearm-related transactions, provide notifications to registered users, and enable local and global reports of loss, theft, and/or the use in a crime. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153638 | CONTINUITY AND QUALITY OF ARTISTIC MEDIA COLLECTIONS - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product for generating a playlist is presented. A first media file, which is from an artistic media collection and has at least one feature described by first text data, is added to a playlist. An analytics resource is searched for at least one common feature associated with and shared by the first media file and a second media file from the artistic media collection. The common feature is identified by matching the first text data with second text data, about the second media file, in the analytics resource. In response to at least one common feature being identified for the first and second media files, the second media file is added to the playlist. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153639 | Method and Apparatus for Semantic Just-In-Time-Information-Retrieval - A computer-based method and system for just-in-time semantic information retrieval is disclosed. A user interface detects user interaction with a displayed semantic entity. In response, a search member uses semantic information about the displayed entity and automatically searches for information about the subject entity. The search employs system and/or external knowledge bases and returns highly relevant results and information with increased specificity due to the semantic basis. A sidebar unobtrusively displays to the user the search results initially obtained without user request or demand, i.e., on the user's behalf. The sidebar enables the user to dismiss the search results and to effectively copy or export the search results as desired. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153640 | INDEXING DOCUMENTS USING INTERNAL INDEX SETS - Provided are techniques for retrieving a document that includes for each page an area that is ignored by applications that process the document and that includes a different internal index set associated with each subset of pages of the document, wherein each different internal index set is associated with an area and stores indexes, and wherein each of the indexes consists of a name-value pair. Then, for each page in the document, it is determined whether the page is associated with an internal index set; and, in response to determining that the page is associated with an internal index set, one or more name-value pairs from the internal index set are extracted, wherein each of the one or more name-value pairs provides specific information about the document for use in identifying the document. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGULAR EXPRESSION MATCHING WITH MULTI-STRINGS AND INTERVALS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for matching a regular expression in an input string. A system configured to practice the method first identifies a number of substrings (k) in a regular expression of length (m). The system receives a stream of start states for each of the substrings generated according to a regular expression matching process and receives a stream of end occurrences generated according to a multi-string matching process. The system identifies all instances where an end occurrence of a particular substring matches a positive start state of the particular substring, and enters the instances as positive substring accept states in the regular expression matching process on the input string. In one aspect, the system is much more efficient when (k) is much less than (m). The system can match the regular expression based on a bit offset between the first and second stream. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153642 | Client Relationship Management - Managing a relationship between an organization and clients of the organization based on data stored on a server by the organization includes determining that data stored on the server represents a prospective interaction between a member of the organization and a client of the organization, searching the server for additional data related to the client of the organization, and providing a suggestion for optimizing the interaction to at least the member, the suggestion being based on a logical deduction made from the data representing the interaction and the additional data returned as a result of the searching. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153643 | ANALYZING DATA WITHIN A DATA REPORT - Described are methods and systems related to analyzing data within a data report. The data report, including a result set and metadata associated with the result set is retrieved. The result set is analyzed to identify one or more fields. Dimensions and measures within the result set are inferred. Based upon the inferred dimensions and measures, a user interface element is rendered on a user interface. The user interface element is utilized to define a query. Based upon the query defined in the user interface element, a measure included in the query is aggregated along a dimension included in the query, to create a collection of aggregations. A visual representation of the collection of the aggregations is rendered on the user interface. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153644 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILIZING A SCALABLE DATA STRUCTURE - An approach is provided for utilizing a scalable data structure. A query specifying an entity identifier and requested content is received. A search is caused, at least in part, the search based on the entity identifier of a profile index of data structures, each specifying a profile field that is associated with an access control field to yield a search result. Access rights to the requested content are indicated for the entity identifier. The data structures further include the profile field and the access control field. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A SELECTIVE LOCATION-BASED INTERACTIVE CAMPAIGN IN A WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed that facilitate providing and managing location-based interactive campaigns. With respect to facilitating providing location-based interactive campaigns, a geographic location is defined within a virtual fence, and associated with an interactive campaign. Location data identifying a current location of a wireless device is then received and processed to determine whether to include or exclude the wireless device from participating in the interactive campaign based on the current location relative to the defined geographic location. With respect to facilitating the management of location-based interactive campaigns, a configurable campaign profile is stored and configured according to a first configuration. The configurable campaign profile is then reconfigured according to a second configuration in response to receiving an input associated with the configurable campaign profile. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153646 | System And Method For Triaging Of Information Feeds - A system and method for triaging of information feeds is provided. A plurality of information feeds are received. At least one topic is identified from each information feed. At least one topic is presented to a user in topic facet including a plurality of identified topics. A selection of one of the plurality of topics is received from the user. The user interface is updated to display only the feeds that contain the selected topic. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153647 | AUTO-POPULATION OF A TABLE - Automatically generating and/or populating a table is described. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication to include data from a set of documents in a table, each of at least a subset of documents included in the set of documents is parsed to identify a set of one or more common elements, a table with a structure derived from at least a subset of the set of common elements is generated, and an entry for each of one or more documents in the set of documents included in the table is populated with data values extracted from the content of that document. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153648 | DYNAMIC TASKING-MASKING SERVER AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING ADAPTIVE AGENTS FOR PERSISTENT QUERY OF MOBILE APPARATUS - A method for operating a dynamic tasking-masking server comprising a circuit to receive a package of metrics recorded at an adaptive server, coupled to a circuit to search an event register for package elements, coupled to a circuit to generate a replacement profile for transmission to the agent, wherein a circuit is comprises a processor adapted by a program product and storage for data and for instructions to adapt the processor accordingly. An apparatus which either masks or unmasks operations defined in a profile on an adaptive agent or provides a replacement profile to the adaptive agent based on configuration-state recorded and transmitted by a package defined in the last profile and comparison with persistent queries stored in an event register data structure. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153649 | AUTOMATIC SEARCH AND TRANSFER APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC SEARCH AND TRANSFER SYSTEM - It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic search and transfer apparatus, in which a condition for finding data that is desired is specified beforehand, and that continuously monitor data created in network-connected computers, automatically collect data that matches the condition, and put the data into a usable state. Herein discloses is an automatic search and transfer apparatus that automatically searches for and transfers data from a computer connected via a network. The apparatus comprising: a keyword input section that inputs a keyword; a search section that searches for data including the keyword and acquires attribute data of concerned data from the computer connected via the network; a reporting section that reports information relating to the concerned data; a reception section that receives the concerned data; and a data storage section that stores the data. The reporting section reports acquisition of the attribute data of the concerned data when the attribute data is acquired, and the reception section starts reception of the concerned data after the reporting section has reported the acquisition of the attribute data of the concerned data. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153650 | COLUMN-BASED DATA MANAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COLUMN-BASED DATA SEARCHING METHOD - Disclosed are a column-based data managing method and apparatus, and a column-based data searching method. The column-based data managing method includes determining whether the size of the column-group data file exceeds a partitioning threshold, dividing the column-group data if the size exceeds the partitioning threshold, and generating divided column-group data files. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153651 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY MONITORING TERMINAL - An apparatus for remotely monitoring a terminal is provided which includes an analyzer to map terminal information regarding at least one management target terminal, a collection period, a cycle setting value, or an analysis item, to group the at least one management target terminal, and to store the grouped at least one management target terminal in a form of a profile, a management processor to perform a query for a Management Information Base (MIB) object requested by the at least one management target terminal conforming with a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) standard, and to transmit a value of the returned MIB object to the analyzer, and an output unit to output, from a database, at least one of the analysis item, the analysis period, the terminal information, and an output format. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153652 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING VEHICLE INFORMATION - A method for a vehicle information collecting device installed in a vehicle to transmit vehicle information includes: generating a vehicle information identifier list including a plurality of vehicle information and a plurality of vehicle information identifiers respectively mapped on the plurality of vehicle information; transmitting the vehicle information identifier list to a terminal; receiving a request for transmitting vehicle information corresponding to at least one vehicle information identifier included the vehicle information identifier list from the terminal; and transmitting vehicle information corresponding to the at least one vehicle information identifier to the terminal based on the vehicle information identifier list. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153653 | IMAGE SEARCH USING TEXT-BASED ELEMENTS WITHIN THE CONTENTS OF IMAGES - A mobile device searches for electronic content. The mobile device captures an image from a rendered document, and searches for an electronic version of the image using characteristics of the image and using text within the contents of the image. The mobile device receives a result for the search based upon the image characteristics and the text within the context of the image. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153654 | NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED TOUR DESTINATION RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a natural language-based tour destination recommendation apparatus and method. The natural language-based tour destination recommendation apparatus includes a query analysis unit, a tour destination search unit, and a tour destination recommendation and provision unit. The query analysis unit performs linguistic analysis on a user's tour-related query and then extracting query analysis information to be used for figuring out the user's intention from a document index DB. The tour destination search unit searches a tour destination DB for one or more recommended tour destinations using the extracted query analysis information. The tour destination recommendation and provision unit provides the retrieved recommended tour destinations to the user. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153655 | SERVER-SENSOR NETWORK COOPERATIVE SPATIAL QUERY PROCESSING METHOD AND SERVER USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a server-sensor network cooperative spatial query processing method and a server using the method. The server-sensor network cooperative spatial query processing method includes the server detecting supplementary information for selecting sensor nodes to be excluded from among a plurality of sensor nodes by performing a preliminary spatial query, before starting a spatial query with the plurality of sensor nodes, and the server requesting the spatial query to the sensor nodes, selected based on the supplementary information, when starting the spatial query with the plurality of sensor nodes. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153656 | USER-REQUEST-INITIATED TRANSMISSION OF DATA FILES - A computer node ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153657 | FSA EXTENSION ARCHITECTURE FOR PROGRAMMABLE INTELLIGENT SEARCH MEMORY - Memory architecture provides capabilities for high performance content search. The architecture creates an innovative memory that can be programmed with content search rules which are used by the memory to evaluate presented content for matching with the programmed rules. When the content being searched matches any of the rules programmed in the Programmable Intelligent Search Memory (PRISM) action(s) associated with the matched rule(s) are taken. Content search rules comprise of regular expressions which are converted to finite state automata (FSA) and then programmed in PRISM for evaluating content with the search rules. PRISM architecture comprises of a plurality of programmable PRISM Search Engines (PSE), each capable of supporting a predetermined size FSAs. FSA extension architecture is created to extend the predetermined size limit of an FSA supported by PSE, by coupling multiple PSEs together to behave as a composite PSE to support larger FSAs. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153658 | INTEGRATING USER INTERFACES FROM ONE APPLICATION INTO ANOTHER - The invention discloses a system and method for integrating user interfaces (UI) within an application. The invention can be configured to display an UI of a second application within a first application in a manner that the user cannot identify that the second application's UI is displayed on top of a reference window within the first application. The invention can be configured to identify a reference window that is to be replaced by a replacement window of the second application, monitor the reference window, create the replacement window, and align the replacement window over top of the reference window. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES - A method of operating a centralized healthcare management system that includes a data translation map database and a central interpolation server computer interconnected to a computer network. The central server references a data translation map database for a desired translation map that enables the central interpolation server to translate data records from a source format to a destination format. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153660 | METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR KEY SEMICONDUCTOR OPERATION WITH RANDOMIZATION FOR WAFER POSITION - A method of searching for the key semiconductor operation with randomization for wafer position, comprising: recording the wafer position and the wafer yields of a plurality of wafer ID respectively corresponding to a plurality of semiconductor operations; establishing a matrix model which describes the matrix set for wafer yields of the plurality of wafer ID; analyzing the matrix model, further computing the matrix set for wafer yields of the wafer ID, thereby acquiring the weightings of the randomized wafer positions in such semiconductor operations; and searching for a key semiconductor operation among the plurality of semiconductor operations; herein, by using a local regression model to estimate the wafer position effect, computing the weighting of the position effect in each semiconductor operation based on the estimated position effect and the randomized wafer yield, higher weighting thereof indicates the key semiconductor operation having greater position effect in the aforementioned semiconductor process. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161342 | BUSINESS OBJECT NODE ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR SEARCH SERVICES IN A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE - A system may include a database comprising stored data and a business process platform including business object metadata defining business objects representing the stored data. The business process platform may receive a query from a user to retrieve data from a first business object node of a business object, the business object representing stored data, determine whether the user is authorized to traverse all associations of a SELECT list of the query, determine whether the user is authorized to traverse all associations of a WHERE clause of the query, determine whether the user is authorized to retrieve any instances of each business object node of column specifications of the SELECT list of the query, and, if the determinations are affirmative, executing the query to retrieve a first result set. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161343 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DYNAMICALLY CREATE QUERIES TO FIND RELATED RECORDS IN A DATABASE - A system that generates display objects in a graphical user interface that enable the user of an application which accesses a data repository through result sets to dynamically construct a new query to show all database records having the same contents as a specified set of fields in a currently active database record. Display objects are further generated that enable the user to specify how the contents of the selected fields are to be matched (e.g. exact matching, inclusion, etc.) and/or logical relationships between specified field contents (e.g. Boolean operators such as AND, OR, NOT, etc.). In one embodiment, once a query is defined in this way, it is stored, for example in the user's profile, so that the user can access it across uses of the application. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161344 | ENHANCING SOFT FILE SYSTEM LINKS - A method for determining whether a soft link of a target file is pointing to a correct file system is provided. A unique identification number for a mounted file system is retrieved from a storage device in response to receiving a request to access a target file in the mounted file system. In addition, an identification number is retrieved from a soft link of the target file in response to accessing the soft link of the target file in the storage device. Then, it is determined whether a match exists between the unique identification number for the mounted file system and the identification number from the soft link of the target file. In response to determining that a match does exist between the unique identification number for the mounted file system and the identification number from the soft link of the target file, access to the target file is allowed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161345 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVAL OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SLIDE KITS - A slide kit contains slides having citations. The slides are loaded into memory, and the citations are automatically parsed. The system automatically connects to external databases to obtain and download texts associated with the citations, so that the user can review the slides together with such texts. The system also allows the user to select slides from a list of citations, so as to determine which slides contain a particular citation. In another embodiment, the system enables the user to define a search which is executed among the texts associated with citations contained in the slide kit. Thus, in general, the result of the search may include slides which may or may not themselves contain the search terms. In this way, the user may retrieve slides based on their general relevance, without regard to the specific words shown on the slides. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161346 | DATA STORAGE AND ACCESS IN MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR ARCHITECTURES - Technologies are generally described for a system for sending a data block stored in a cache. In some examples described herein, a system may comprise a first processor in a first tile. The first processor is effective to generate a request for a data block, the request including a destination identifier identifying a destination tile for the data block, the destination tile being distinct from the first tile. Some example systems may further comprise a second tile effective to receive the request, the second tile effective to determine a data tile including the data block, the second tile further effective to send the request to the data tile. Some example systems may still further comprise a data tile effective to receive the request from the second tile, the data tile effective to send the data block to the destination tile. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161347 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN N-BEST LIST INTERFACE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing an N-best list interface. A system practicing the method receives a search query formatted according to a standard language for containing and annotating interpretations of user input, the search query being based on a natural language spoken query from a user and retrieves an N-best list of recognition results based on the search query. The system then transmits the N-best list of recognition results to a user device, receives multimodal disambiguation input from the user, the input indicating an entry in the N-best list, and transmits to the user device additional information associated with the selected entry. The additional information can be a map indicating an address for the selected entry. The standard language can be XML-based Extensible MultiModal Annotation (EMMA) markup language from W3C. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161348 | System and Method for Automatically Creating a Media Compilation - A media creation system enabling the automatic compilation file by combining a plurality of different media source files. A media processor automatically initiates a search of media files stored in the repository based on the received criteria data and the metadata associated with the file to produce a list of a plurality of different types of media files wherein each respective media files satisfies the criteria. Media processor automatically and randomly selects a first media file in a first data format from the list and at least one other media file in a second data format. A compiler produces a media compilation file for display including the first and the at least one second media file, the at least one second media file being displayed concurrently with the first media file. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161349 | MESSAGE BASED SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MOBILE BUSINESS OBJECTS - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for executing a notification query derived from a download cursor for a business object to identify an updated subscription in order to provide updates to a client device in an import message. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for guaranteeing at-least-once delivery of a message. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161350 | APPLICATION SERVER AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING MACHINE DATA - An application server and method collects and stores machine data from one or more machines. The application server sends a data acquisition command to a sensor of the searched machine to acquire the machine data of the searched machine, in response to a determination that the machine has been found according to a search command. The application server updates the machine data file with the acquired machine data, and transfers the updated machine data file to a database system. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING DATA USING AGENTS IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - A method and apparatus for data retrieval by a computing system and a plurality of agent computers in a distributed network is disclosed. The computing system sends a request to each agent computer to perform a search at a node. The agents perform the searches. The agents thereupon send the resulting data to the computing system for storage in a central database. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161352 | EXTENSIBLE INDEXING FRAMEWORK USING DATA CARTRIDGES - A framework or infrastructure (extensibility framework/infrastructure) for extending the indexing capabilities of an event processing system. The capabilities of an event processing system may be extended to support indexing schemes, including related data types and operations, which are not natively supported by the event processing system. The extensibility is enabled by one or more plug-in extension components called data cartridges. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161353 | Management device and management method - A management device includes a memory unit for storing configuration item information regarding configuration items to be managed and relationship information regarding relationships between the configuration items to be managed, an extracting unit for extracting, based on the information stored in the memory unit and based on predetermined constraint conditions, such relationships between the configuration items that satisfy the predetermined constraint conditions and that are not included in the relationship information, and an evaluating unit for executing an application that refers to the extracted relationships between the configuration items and obtains an evaluation result regarding the extracted relationships between the configuration items. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161354 | MATRIX VIEW OF ITEMS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to present a plurality of searched items by a plurality of points in a matrix view, which includes a first axis and a second axis, respectively representing a price attribute and one of other attributes of the plurality of items. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161355 | TERMINAL DEVICE BASED ON CONTENT NAME, AND METHOD FOR ROUTING BASED ON CONTENT NAME - In a network system based on a content name, a terminal device may generate and transmit a block query requesting a plurality of segments, and may receive segments corresponding to the block query based on a transmission direction of the block query. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161356 | EXTENSIBLE LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK USING DATA CARTRIDGES - A framework for extending the capabilities of an event processing system using one or more plug-in components referred to herein as data cartridges. In one set of embodiments, the data cartridge framework described herein can enable an event processing system to support one or more extension languages that are distinct from the native event processing language supported by the system. For example, certain “extension language” data cartridges can be provided that enable an event processing system to support complex data types and associated methods/operations that are common in object-oriented languages, but are not common in event processing languages. In these embodiments, an event processing system can access an extension language data cartridge to compile and execute queries that are written using a combination of the system's native event processing language and the extension language. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161357 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION SEARCH APPARATUS - A recording medium stores an information processing program that causes a computer having a storage unit storing therein a file group in which character code strings are described, to execute generating combined identification information by dividing into two portions, at least one among identification information for a preceding character code and identification information for a succeeding character code and respectively combining the portions with the identification information that is not divided, the preceding and succeeding character codes constituting a character code string for two-consecutive grams in a file among the file group; storing to the storage unit, various consecutive-gram divided maps obtained by allocating to each type of combined identification information generated, a string of bits corresponding to the quantity of files in the file group; and updating in the consecutive-gram divided maps, a bit indicating whether the character code string for the two-consecutive grams is present in the file. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161358 | MOBILE PHONE APPARATUS, CONFIRMATION INFORMATION DISPLAYING PROGRAM, CONFIRMATION INFORMATION DISPLAYING METHOD AND TRANSMITTING METHOD OF MOBILE PHONE APPARATUS - A mobile phone apparatus | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS ACCORDING TO MENTAL STATUS - A method and system for writing and searching for subjective definitions, opinions, and feelings about a predetermined issue such as a word and a phrase. The method includes receiving from a first user who access a server system a selection about a predetermined issue, receiving a selection about at least one layer from among a plurality of layers that are generated with regard to the predetermined issue, and receiving a subjective analysis about the predetermined issue that belongs to the selected layer, wherein the selections and subjective analysis are performed by the server system; storing in the server system the subjective analysis with regard to the issue according to a layer; storing information for determining whether second users accessing the server system have an access right to a layer assigned by the first user; searching the analysis storage unit accessing the server system so as to determine whether the subjective analysis about an issue requested by the second user is stored in the analysis storage unit; and outputting a subjective analysis that belongs to a layer to which is allowed to be accessed by the access information determination unit from among searched subjective analyses, wherein the plurality of layers are divided according to information including an access right to the subjective analysis. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161360 | DATA RETRIEVAL IN A NETWORK OF TREE STRUCTURE - A method for retrieving data from a network having network elements in a multi-level hierarchical tree includes providing a data exchange interface defining formats for requesting and delivery of types of data to be retrieved, generating a request at the data exchange interface to define the data to be retrieved, using the request to define a canonical name and a depth indicator, implementing, at one or more levels in the network, a data retrieval routine that uses the canonical name to generate a command that is issued to the element or elements from which data are to be retrieved to cause the element or elements to return data including a description and a value, and communicating the returned data to the data exchange interface in the defined data format. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161361 | METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system, for modelling atomic or molecular level structures or the atomic or molecular energies or forces in such structures is disclosed. The method and system use a Gaussian Process to estimate properties at the atom or molecular level in such structures. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161362 | DOCUMENT ACCESS MONITORING - A method of monitoring access to a set of documents stored on one or more document servers distributed across a network to which is coupled one or more document access logging databases for logging each access to each of the set of documents is disclosed. The method comprises: a) receiving from a client a request to access a user survey document comprising data defining one or more input fields and an executable element, which on execution causes predetermined access logging data including at least a unique user identification number to be stored in at least one of the document access logging databases along with a corresponding unique client identification number; b) serving the user survey document to the client for processing in response to the request and for executing the executable element; c) receiving from the client the unique user identification number along with input data entered into the one or more input fields; and d) storing the received input data and the unique user identification number together in a survey database. A corresponding system for performing the method is also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161363 | ORGANIZING POINTERS TO OBJECTS - The invention may be a method and apparatus of organizing pointers. The pointers may identify addresses where objects are stored. The pointers may be stored in arrays so that at least two key entries are required from an input device for determining a byte and comparing the byte with bytes representing elements of objects in a database. The invention may be embodied as a machine designed to carry out the method, or as a memory device that is capable of causing a computer to carry out the method. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NORMAL FILE DATABASE - The present invention relates to a system for providing a normal file database, including a database server in which a normal file database constructed for different operating systems is stored, and a file providing server for searching a normal file database corresponding to operating system information on the basis of the operating system information of a terminal installed with an antivirus program through the database server, and providing the searched normal file database to a terminal through a communication network. As described above, the present invention creates a normal file database in a state where no intrusion by external sources such as viruses or malicious code has occurred, and provides the created database to a terminal through a communication network, thus improving the reliability of the normal file database. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110161365 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS INTERNET SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD SERVICING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION BASED ON AN OBJECT USING THE SAME - An objection identification system includes a virtual object database (DB) in which a plurality of virtual objects is stored and a target virtual object. The virtual objects includes an attribute data set including an attribute value of a real object and a service data set including a service data related to the real object. The target virtual object determining part receives a real object identification data of a target real object previewed by a terminal to compute an attribute value of the target real object, and determines a virtual object having an attribute value matched to an attribute value of the computed target real object of plural virtual objects stored in the virtual object DB as a target virtual object. In this case, a service data included in the service data set of the determined target virtual object by the target virtual object determining part is transmitted to the terminal. Thus, it may provide Internet type based on a real object over a conventional Internet concept handing a virtual object. In addition, easy and intuitive wireless Internet environment may be realized, and various Internet service and new higher value-added business may be created. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110167078 | User Interfaces for Content Categorization and Retrieval - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing a scenario desktop for recording a current event scenario and a content desktop for presenting information about a previously recorded event scenario are disclosed. When a first event scenario is detected on the mobile device, the scenario desktop is presented on the mobile device. The scenario desktop exists in parallel with a default primary desktop of the mobile device. An information bundle is created for the first event scenario, including one or more documents accessed through the scenario desktop during the first event scenario. Access to the one or more documents is automatically provided on the mobile device during a second event scenario related to the first event scenario. The access is provided through the content desktop existing in parallel with the primary desktop and the scenario desktop. Other scenario-based content retrieval and presentation methods are also disclosed. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167079 | FRAMEWORK FOR TRACK-BASED MOBILE APPLICATIONS - Tracks associated with a first user are identified by a computing device. Each track may include location identifiers. The identified tracks are clustered to generate a composite track for the first user by the computing device. At least one track that is similar to the composite track is identified by the computing device. The at least one track may be associated with a user other than the first user. Information related to the identified at least one track that is similar to the composite track is provided by the computing device through a network. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDED LEARNING OF AN INFORMATION SOURCE - The present application discloses a method and apparatus for improving the efficiency of the learning of an information source by means of a program residing on an application computer and a plurality of databases connected to the application computer by a bus or network. The application computer is accessible to the user through a client computer connected to the application computer by a network. The program provides a customized study guidance method based on the learning preferences of the user. The present application further discloses a method for sharing learning assistance tools between users. The users can access a database of learning assistance tools prepared by other users through the interface provided by the application computer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167081 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to the present invention, it is possible to create electronic document data capable of highlighting an object detected through a search so that a user can easily recognize it. An image processing apparatus extracts an object from an input image and extracts metadata related to the object. The image processing apparatus, when determines to describe with a shape in accordance with the shape of the object, creates a vector path description of frame described with a shape in accordance with the shape of the object. Then, the image processing apparatus creates an electronic document including data of the input image and the vector path description of frame with which the metadata is associated. When a keyword search is performed on the created electronic document, highlight display is performed in accordance with the vector path description of frame with which metadata that matches the keyword is associated. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167082 | Electronic transactions - A method of accomplishing a transaction by a user equipment. Transaction information is inserted in at least one data field of an information entity that associates with the transaction based on information available at the user equipment. The information entity is then transmitted from the user equipment over a wireless interface. The insertion may require authorisation. The insertion may occur automatically in response to a predefined event. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167083 | HARDWARE ACCELERATED RECONFIGURABLE PROCESSOR FOR ACCELERATING DATABASE OPERATIONS AND QUERIES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a hardware accelerator that assists a host database system in processing its queries. The hardware accelerator comprises special purpose processing elements that are capable of receiving database query/operation tasks in the form of machine code database instructions, execute them in hardware without software, and return the query/operation result back to the host system. For example, table and column descriptors are embedded in the machine code database instructions. For ease of installation, the hardware accelerators employ a standard interconnect, such as a PCle or HT interconnect. The processing elements implement a novel dataflow design and Inter Macro-Op Communication (IMC) data structures to execute the machine code database instructions. The hardware accelerator may also comprise a relatively large memory to enhance the hardware execution of the query/operation tasks requested. The hardware accelerator utilizes hardware-friendly memory addressing, which allows for arithmetic derivation of a physical address from a global database virtual address simply based on a row identifier. The hardware accelerator minimizes memory reads/writes by keeping most intermediate results flowing through IMCs in pipelined and parallel fashion. Furthermore, the hardware accelerator may employ task pipelining and pre-fetch pipelining to enhance its performance. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167084 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ADVANCED INFORMATION SEARCHING IN AN INTERACTIVE MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION - The present invention relates to an interactive media guidance application that provides improved searching functionality for media information, such as media program listings, media programming information, celebrity information, and other related media information. Search objects may be defined in the entertainment context and applied to media information to enable efficient searching. Different types of media information may be categorized to enable proper organization of search results. A search object query may be performed based on a user entered search expression and the results may be a vertical slice through the organized categories of media information. User submitted tags may also be applied to the media information and used to search the media information. Atomic searching may be enabled for more generic search expressions, whereby an atomic search object is associated with a personalized atomic search algorithm comprised of individual searches. The search algorithm is determined by receiving both user metrics and editorial input. Context sensitive searching may also be provided by defining search objects with different context settings and determining a context setting of the user initiated search. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167085 | System and Method for Searching for a Target Contact and for Generating a Contact Path - A computer-implemented method for searching for a target contact from a plurality of contacts associated with one or more applications is described. A search request for the target contact is received from a searching entity. Information relating to the target contact is retrieved from a contacts database. One or more first contacts are identified in the contacts database that connect to the searching entity. If the one or more contacts do not connect to the target contact, one or more additional contacts are identified in the contacts database until one or more of the additional contacts connect to the target contact. One or more contact paths are generated that extend from the searching entity to the target contact. The one or more contact paths include one or more contacts between the searching entity and the target contact. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173218 | Systems and methods for providing a map of an enterprise system - An exemplary system and method for providing a map of an enterprise system is provided. The method comprises accessing data describing an element from one or more sources. One or more objects are associated with the element. At least one relationship is identified between the one or more objects. A map is then generated of an enterprise system comprised of the one or more objects based on the at least one identified relationship. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173219 | DYNAMIC CONTEXT DEFINITIONS IN DISTRIBUTED DATABASES - A database query is received including a logical table identifier at a distributed database node within a distributed network of databases. The logical table identifier includes a dynamically-updatable constant column identifier. Local logical table definitions are filtered based upon the logical table identifier and the dynamically-updatable constant column identifier to identify a local logical table associated with the logical table identifier and the dynamically-updatable constant column identifier. A local query response is formed including data retrieved from a local physical database table mapped by the local logical table in response to identifying the local logical table associated with the logical table identifier and the dynamically-updatable constant column identifier. The database query is responded to, in response to forming the local query response, with at least the local query response. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173220 | GENERATING WEB SERVICES FROM BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE QUERIES - In an embodiment of the invention, analytical data may be extracted from a business intelligence (BI) system on criteria specified in metadata of a business intelligence query. Once the data is extracted from the BI system, the extracted content may be provided in the context of semantic identifiers. In an embodiment, the semantic identifiers may provide a description of the extracted content associated with the identifier. In one embodiment, the semantic identifiers may be obtained from the criteria specified in the query. In another embodiment, the semantic identifiers may be defined in and obtained from a separate enterprise service repository. In an embodiment, a proposed mapping between query elements and semantic identifiers may be suggested by a processor. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173221 | CALENDAR EXPAND GRID - A system and methods for enabling a mobile device to display multiple calendar views. In particular, a system allows a mobile device to switch between an agenda view, an expanded calendar view and a collapsed busy time view. Temporary free time records and event summary records are provided to the mobile device receiving input from the mobile device to view a calendar displaying the free time the user has within a selected day. Event records associated with the user for the selected day are identified in a database. The system determines remaining time slots in the selected day that are not associated with a scheduled event. A temporary free-time record is generated for each such time slot. Temporary event summary records are generated representing consecutively scheduled and solo events. The temporary free-time records and temporary event summary records are delivered to the mobile device. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173222 | DATA VALUE REPLACEMENT IN A DATABASE - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a method of correcting data in a database table. The method includes processing a database table to identify an incorrect data field value of a data field in the database table. The method also includes obtaining a search keyword from the database table that corresponds with the incorrect data field value. The method also includes generating a regular expression based, at least in part, on a data field type corresponding with the incorrect data field value. The method also includes searching a secondary source using the search keyword and the regular expression to identify a target data value. The method also includes replacing the incorrect value in the database table with the target data value. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173223 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO USE A NETWORK REPOSITORY AS A PROXY TO EXCHANGE CONVERGED ADDRESS BOOK SERVICE REQUESTS AND RESPONSES - Methods and apparatus to use a network repository as a proxy to exchange converged address book service requests and responses are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises storing, at a network repository of a converged address book (CAB) service, a request identifying a CAB service feature, and obtaining from said network repository, a response associated with said request, said request and said response being stored in a document conforming to a CAB service handler application usage. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173224 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLEX CALCULATIONS AND AGGREGATIONS IN RELATIONAL AND OLAP DATABASES - A system, method, and computer program product for performing complex calculations and aggregations in relational or OLAP databases. The inventive method analyzes an Extensible Markup Language (XML) query statement, reads relevant data from the primary data source, applies calculations specified in the XML query statement to the relevant data, and generates a resulting data set per the XML query statement. Optionally, an audit log data detailing the steps executed in the calculation can be generated. An XML based schema is used for describing elements required in the calculations and aggregations. The inventive method generates a data set that follows substantially the same format of data output generated by the database in which the system is optionally embedded and primary data source resides. The inventive method reads, calculates, and generates the resulting data set using one single pass over the data. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173225 | LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PORTAL - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for using a Learning Management System Portal (LMS Portal) to develop learning content, manage learning content, search learning content, distribute and publish, and sell learning content to users of the LMS Portal or third parties that may be associated with the LMS Portal. The LMS Portal may include a learning content management system (LCM System). The LCM System may enable multiple users and/or developers to create, store, aggregate or revise, manage, and publish, distribute, and sell learning content for use within the LMS Portal, and aggregate learning content that is available from other sources through the LMS Portal. The LMS Portal may be further associated with a plurality of LCM system modules, operating within a plurality of LCM systems, at least some of which are operated independently of the LMS Portal, such as LCM system modules that are operated by third party learning content providers. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LATTICE-BASED SEARCH FOR SPOKEN UTTERANCE RETRIEVAL - A system and method are disclosed for retrieving audio segments from a spoken document. The spoken document preferably is one having moderate word error rates such as telephone calls or teleconferences. The method comprises converting speech associated with a spoken document into a lattice representation and indexing the lattice representation of speech. These steps are performed typically off-line. Upon receiving a query from a user, the method further comprises searching the indexed lattice representation of speech and returning retrieved audio segments from the spoken document that match the user query. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173227 | Computerized national online parcel-level map data portal - A National Online Parcel-Level Map Data Portal (NPDP) is provided that optimizes online delivery of parcel-level maps and linked attribute data. To do this, the NPDP manages a database of assembled and current vector based parcel data in a spatial format (GIS) that enables geocoded parcel boundaries to be linked to property tax records. A user enters a street address into an appropriate screen window to call up and view road right-of-ways, all parcel boundaries and the “exact” address location as a highlighted parcel area. In addition, a list of property record attributes such as owner, use code, assessed value and year constructed can be displayed. Other on screen parcels can likewise be selected if one wishes to view their linked attributes. Subscribers may customize the NPDP to perform a variety of spatial analysis/reporting functions. Under public/private alliances, agreements are negotiated with individual property assessor's offices whereby they receive a portion of NPDP service provider revenue in return for parcel map database updates. Such on-going commerce between data sponsors and the NPDP service provider is utilized to assure a sustained and expanding flow of increasingly competent content. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110173228 | AN INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AN INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AN INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM AND AN INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An information providing apparatus of the present invention prevents searching a database for an object in a narrow area. The apparatus according to one exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an information storing means which stores a positional description for each object; a searching means which receives a search request including an area designation, searches, based on the positional description, the information storing means for the object existing in the area and outputs an identifier of the object found; and a checking means which rejects the search request if the area size is not more than a permissible value. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110179056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A QUERY EXPRESS - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for expressing a query for searching multimedia data. The apparatus and method of the present invention expresses diverse query types in MPEG-7 query formats and uses field types to re | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179057 | DATABASE ENGINE THROTTLING - Architecture that includes a service which ensures that a server database engine handles different types of workload in an optimized manner. The handling includes penalizing (e.g., delaying or rejecting) query requests from a network which would otherwise bring the database engine outside of the limits for which the engine can reliably and consistently handle workloads, and for which the engine is certified. The service provides engine throttling that adapts dynamically to the workload based on the workload type and resource consumption limits. The service can also exclude system critical workloads from throttling and selectively penalize requests based on the request source to provide optimized division of resources between the workloads. The level of throttling can be adjusted according to feedback received from previously-applied actions. The architecture also includes a configuration component external to the engine for the configuration of resource consumption limits and other parameters. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179058 | ENABLING WORKFLOW AWARENESS WITHIN A BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT (BPM) SYSTEM - Enabling workflow awareness within a business process management (BPM) system can utilize a workflow awareness controller that can receive an instantiation request for a workflow. The workflow can be comprised of multiple workflow steps to be performed by the BPM system. From workflow metadata, workflow redundancies, at the instance or step level, can be determined with other workflow instances initiated prior to the receipt of the instantiation request. The workflow metadata can include records that uniquely represent the operating parameter values of the prior workflow instances. When a workflow redundancy exists, persistent workflow data corresponding to the workflow redundancy can be utilized during the performance of a workflow instance of the requested workflow within the BPM system. The persistent workflow data can replace the performance of one or more workflow steps of the workflow instance, which can reduce the redundant performance of the workflow steps for the requested workflow. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179059 | System and Method for Data Retrieval - A system, method, and computer program product for efficient bulk database queries. A method includes receiving a closure rule and at least one input object, where the closure rule having at least one closure rule clause. The method also includes identifying a first closure rule clause to be evaluated for the input object, and constructing a recursive database query corresponding to the first closure rule clause. The method includes querying a database using the recursive database query, and receiving and storing results from the recursive database query in the data processing system. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179060 | Automatic Context Discovery - An automatic discovery of content to add to a data store for a project is disclosed. A data item may be parsed for data features that are contextually relevant to a given project or task. Discovered interesting data may be extracted and mapped to various search mechanisms. A search may be built and applied to various data sources to discover data items based on the contextually relevant data features. Search results from various search mechanisms may be displayed in a single user interface and may be presented to a user. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179061 | Extraction and Publication of Reusable Organizational Knowledge - An analysis module, when triggered by a synchronization framework when a new data item is added to a project data store, runs a series of analysis feature extractors on the new content. An analysis may be conducted, and features of interest may be extracted from the data item. The analysis utilizes natural language processing, as well as other technologies, to provide an automatic or semi-automatic extraction of information. The extracted features of interest are saved as metadata within the project data store, and are associated with the data item from which it was extracted. The analysis module may be utilized to discover additional information that may be gleaned from content that is already in the project data store. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179062 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT - An apparatus for sharing social media content includes a content management unit for, when sharable content is input by a user, extracting profile information about the sharable content by analyzing the sharable content, and generating social media content by associating the extracted profile information about the sharable content with profile information about a user to store the generated social media content in a database. Further, the apparatus for sharing the social media content includes a content searching unit for extracting an initial sample by searching the database based on keywords requested to be searched for in response to a search request of a user, and searching for the sample by comparing profile information about each piece of content included in the initial sample with one of the keywords. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179063 | DOCUMENTING AND PRESENTING MUTATION OBSERVATIONS - A method and system in a computing environment for documenting mutation observations is provided. The method includes receiving mutation information, disassembling the mutation information into discrete elements and storing the discrete elements A method and system for presenting mutations is also provided. The method includes obtaining discrete elements for a mutation, obtaining a standard for presenting the mutation and assembling the mutation presentation utilizing the discrete elements and the standard of presentation. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179064 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PROXIMITY-BASED MATCHING NOTIFICATION SERVICE - A method and system for registering users, along with their profiles and preferences, within a social networking framework. Users can enter search criteria to locate others having matching criteria. The search is executed to automatically notify registered users if they are within a selected proximity of other registered users or entities of interest to them. This is useful for meeting new people who are nearby and share interests and are carrying mobile communication devices such as cell phones, smart-phones, laptop computers, or tablet computing devices. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179065 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING TAX LEGISLATION - Systems and methods are provided for applying tax legislation. In one implementation, a system is provided that includes means for receiving a request for performing a tax calculation, the request including a first mark-up language document containing transaction data. The system also includes means for performing the tax calculation and means for generating a response, wherein the response includes the first mark-up language document and a result of the tax calculation. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179066 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA VISUALIZATION AND RELATED APPLICATIONS - In a graphical analysis computing system, a method of arranging data sets for graphical analysis, wherein at least two of the data sets have different periodicities, the method comprising the steps of: a data retrieval module retrieving data from a data storage module in communication with the graphical analysis computing system; a periodicity determination module determining a plurality of periodicities within the retrieved data to identify a plurality of data sets based on the determined periodicities; and an alignment module aligning a first identified data set of a first periodicity relative to a second identified data set of a second periodicity, wherein the second periodicity is different to the first periodicity. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179067 | LIFECYCLE MARKETING OBJECT ORIENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention involves a server for providing remote users a Lifecycle marketing system based on information in a data store of the customer enterprise. The server includes a database storing customer enterprise data. The customer enterprise data includes rules, criteria, and stages. Query software is capable of accessing data in enterprise data stores. Lifecycle definition software accesses the database and is capable of creating a lifecycle framework in the database based on information on contacts included in the enterprise data stores. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179068 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED PROCESS FOR CREATING AN OVERALL HEALTH WELLNESS DATABASE FOR A PLURALITY OF PATIENTS - A total fitness system uses a virtual trainer and/or a database of health information. Based upon certain information provided by a user, the virtual trainer can generate a workout routine and provide detailed guidance and instruction on how to carry out the routine. The database of health information can provide a user with supplement, diet, nutrition and other information, as well as, alternative exercises to perform based upon targeted muscles. A healthcare provider can access the system as part of patient treatment, or an insurance carrier can access the system for purposes of evaluating medical risk in underwriting medical or life policies. Furthermore, an individual's overall wellness can be evaluated by compiling and storing in the database a multitude of parameters which covers all aspects of one's life. This information can then be retrieved and evaluated by various organizations or users. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179069 | Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals - A method and system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal are disclosed. An abstract of at least one reference signal is generated and stored in a reference database. An abstract of a query signal to be analyzed is then generated so that the abstract of the query signal can be compared to the abstracts stored in the reference database for a match. The method and system may optionally be used to record information about the query signals, the number of matches recorded, and other useful information about the query signals. Moreover, the method by which abstracts are generated can be programmable based upon selectable criteria. The system can also be programmed with error control software so as to avoid the re-occurrence of a query signal that matches more than one signal stored in the reference database. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179070 | VERIFYING A RECORD AS PART OF AN OPERATION TO MODIFY THE RECORD - Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for verifying a record as part of an operation to modify the record, A search request is received to determine whether a record matches a value. A first component executes the search request to determine if the record matches the value. The first component sends a verify request to a second component that did not execute the search request to execute the search request to determine whether the record matches the value. A result of the first and second components executing the search request is logged. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179071 | ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR ONLINE/OFFLINE RESOURCE ACCESS - A resource abstraction layer for use in a media processing environment includes a configuration file and a set of computer-executable instructions. Both network-based and locally-accessible resources are indirectly accessible via the resource abstraction layer. The configuration file has at least two data structures—a first data structure storing “virtual resource identifiers,” which reference particular resource usable in connection with rendering a particular media presentation, and a second data structure storing “virtual location identifiers,” which reference one or more locations at which particular resources are stored. The set of computer-executable instructions facilitates use of the configuration file, and seamless indirect access by the media processing environment to particular resources, regardless of where such resources are located. Temporary resources may be rendered while a particular resource is being accessed via the resource abstraction layer. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179072 | BUSINESS DOCUMENT PROCESSOR - To create and manage vouchers by fully checking the contents of the vouchers so that the vouchers will not contain any flaws in description. Information described in a voucher is analyzed through the analysis of the logical structure of the voucher. It is checked, based on RCM (risk control matrix) prepared for internal control purposes, if an item described in the voucher satisfies a predetermined relationship and also if items described in vouchers, which are generated through a series of operations, satisfy a predetermined relationship. Then, a warning is displayed and entry of modification is accepted. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179073 | Method for Localizing Text in a Software Application - The present invention relates to a method for localizing text in a software application by means of allowing concurrent input and localization of e.g. text strings. The invention also relates to a corresponding server and a system comprising such a server and at least a first and a second client. By means of allowing multiple access of the database from more than one user at essentially the same time it may be possible to allow for the first user to at any time provide a source data input that at any time may be accessed by the second user and localized in a target language. Accordingly, it may be possible to shorten the development time of the software application. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179074 | DATA SEARCHING - An apparatus and a method for identifying data subtypes within data structures. The segmentation into a number of data subtypes enables SQL queries, or other types of query, to be made based on the data subtypes. This enhances the quality of the queries. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a database management unit that generates an index including access authority for a document and manages the index together with the document, a user information acquisition unit that acquires, as user information, the access authority for a user identification value, a document search unit that acquires the user information and a search request including a search expression, generates a combined search expression by combining an inclusion relationship expression with the search expression, the inclusion relationship expression including an operator that designates an inclusion relationship for access authority of an originator, and acquires a search result at a shared level enabling sharing under a plurality of user identification values in a domain including the plurality of user identification values, and a cache management unit 218 that registers the search result at the shared level as a cache item identified as the one at the shared level. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179076 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND SEARCH METHOD USING COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A communication terminal comprising: a mode setting section that can set a first mode or a second mode; a storing section that stores at least one dictionary data; a search request accepting section that accepts a search request based on a search query; a communication section that transmits the search query to an external search server and receives a search result from the search server in response to accepting a search request; a mode determining section that determines the mode that is set; and a search execution section that, in the case in which the first mode is set, extracts one or a plurality of information corresponding to the search query as a search result from the dictionary data, and that, in the case in which the second mode is set, causes the communication section to transmit the search query to the search server. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110184970 | FILE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD - Since no access history is generated for when a file update which makes use of a copy and paste function is performed, it is difficult to detect the file that served as the reference source during the update. Hence, the present invention is provided to manage a client access history for each file that is stored in a storage device, and detect a file, which has been accessed between a time when a corresponding user logs into the storage device and a time when an updated file is updated based on information of the access history, as the reference source for the updated file. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184971 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR QUICKLY RETRIEVING INFORMATION SERVICE ON MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and system for quickly retrieving the information service on a mobile terminal, adopt the structure of client/server. The method comprises: the user is directly interactive with a server and retrieves the information service via the client module bound at the terminal; the user directly enters a keyword on the desktop of the terminal; the client module queries the client database, server-side database and server-side searching device respectively, based on the present service mode and the information entered by the user, obtains the corresponding network service and content resource, and selects the relevant network as the service carrier based on the service mode, directs the user to enter these network resources to obtain the information service directly. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184972 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A PRODUCT CATALOG - A method and apparatus for product catalog navigation. A database stores, in a tangible form, an electronic catalog of product records in an ontology. A query module is configured to receive a product identifier, query the database based on the product identifier and navigate the ontology of the electronic catalog to identify at least one product record in the electronic catalog associated with the product identifier. The product identifier can be image data of the product. The query module can also use supplemental product indicia and additional external information to query the database. Enhanced visualization techniques can be used to display the product in relation to another virtual image. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM DYNAMICALLY GENERATED WEB PAGES - A method and apparatus for automatically detecting and extracting information from dynamically generated web pages are disclosed. For example, the present method stores user provided information that is entered into a form interlace of a web page for a first query. Responsive to the first query, a first response web page is received and stored. The present method then automatically generates a second query to acquire a second response web page that is responsive to the second query. Finally, the present method compares the first response web page and the second response web page. In one embodiment, the present invention extracts information that is dissimilar between the first response web page and the second response web page. This extracted information is deemed to be the pertinent information requested by the user. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING EVENT USING CALENDAR APPLICATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for planning an event using calendar application in an electronic device preferably includes entering information associated with duration of event. A calendar application scans the calendar to identify one or more set of continuous holidays corresponding to the duration of event. A number of additional days available leave is also identified with each of the one or more set of continuous holidays to fulfill the duration of the event in addition to the continuous holidays. Further, a list can be created of one or more proposed range of dates corresponding to the duration of event, the one or more set of continuous holidays and the number of additional days leave. One or more proposed range of dates and the number of additional days associated with each of the one or more proposed range of dates from the list can be is displayed. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184975 | INCORPORATED WEB PAGE CONTENT - Including search result based content in a webpage is disclosed. One or more search criteria and an indication that a search result based content associated with the search criteria is to be included in a web page are received. A computer script or code configured to enable the search result based content to be retrieved in accordance with the search criteria is generated automatically for the web page. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184976 | Using Distinguishing Properties to Classify Messages - A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying in the message a distinguishing property; generating a signature using the distinguishing property; and comparing the signature to a database of signatures generated by previously classified messages. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184977 | RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON COLLABORATIVE FILTERING - A recommendation method based on collaborative filtering is provided, which includes the following steps. A target user identifier (ID) is acquired. A user group ID corresponding to the target user ID is searched. A similarity between items is acquired, which is determined according to a user-item rating matrix corresponding to the user group M. An item is recommended to a target user according to the similarity between the items. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184978 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVISIONING A DATABASE OVER A WIDE AREA NETWORK - Techniques for provisioning databases for users on a wide area network such as the Internet include a first party managing one or more database systems. Second parties subscribe to database services supported by the database systems managed by the first party. The first party provides, over a network, to database applications controlled by the second parties, access to the database services to which the second parties are subscribed. The database systems may use database appliances hosting both database process(es), and non-database process(es) tailored to the needs of the database process(es). A user is therefore able to obtain database resources from an Internet Database Service Provider (IDSP) without the user incurring the full costs of database administrator(s), dedicated database equipment facilit(ies), or even dedicated database device(s), depending on usage. Meanwhile, the IDSP incurs minimum staffing loads because of various self-service tools Costing model and automatic billing features are also described. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110184979 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A MEDIA ASSET BASED ON AUDIT TRAIL INFORMATION INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191365 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT SEARCHING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - A system and method enabling the search for a three-dimensional virtual world object across the universe of virtual worlds by utilizing a two-step search process to first identify the object and second, to actively locate and generate a URI to all presently manifest instances of that object. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191366 | RULES-BASED TARGETED CONTENT MESSAGE SERVING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of serving targeted content messages for display in a website accessed in a browser program of a networked computer communicatively connected to a network at a network address for communications, delivers uniquely targeted content messages displayed in websites viewed in web browsers. The method includes placing a script device in a website file, processing the website file, together with the script device by a particular web browser on download of the website file, including by determining the network address of the networked computer, determining an identifier of the website file, and sending an artifact representing the network address and the identifier over the network to a server computer. The method also includes detecting the network address and the identifier by the server computer, querying a database for a database article related to the network address and the identifier, constructing a script program stored in memory of the server computer for the particular browser and website file, and constructing an ad device stored in memory of the web browser device from the script program. The method further includes calling the server computer by the ad device by communication of an identifier representing an action of the web browser device, receiving the identifier by the server computer, querying the database for a select message artifact related to the script program, the identifier, the website file, and the web browser, and responding by the server computer to the web browser with the select message artifact. A message represented by the select message artifact is displayed in the website then viewed in a browser window of the web browser. Messages can be prioritized and are uniquely targeted in content, based on real-time activities of the web browser. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191367 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING IMAGES BASED ON USER PREFERENCES - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for managing images based on user preferences. The apparatus includes a database for storing images, an image search module for searching the images stored in the database, an image output module for outputting at least one image retrieved by the image search module, a preference input module for, when the retrieved image is output through the image output module, receiving a user preference for the output image from a user, and an image path database for storing a storage path of the image, output through the image output module, based on the user preference received through the user preference input module. The image search module searches images whose storage paths are stored in the image path database or images whose storage paths are not stored in the image path database according to the user's selection. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191368 | Story Generation Methods, Story Generation Apparatuses, And Articles Of Manufacture - Story generation methods, story generation apparatuses, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, a story generation method includes displaying a user interface which is configured to assist a user with writing a story; accessing a plurality of words of the story inputted by the user interacting with the user interface; using at least one of the words of the story, selecting one of a plurality of different graphical images which corresponds to the at least one word of the story; and generating a plurality of pages of the story which include the words of the story, and wherein at least one of the pages includes the one graphical image which corresponds to the at least one word of the story. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191369 | Systems and Methods for Providing A Validation Tool - Systems and methods for providing a validation tool may be configured to identify a plurality of words within a document, the document being provided in a first window within a user interface. Additionally, the systems and methods may be configured to determine, from a predetermined list that includes terms of interest, whether the words are matching words with terms of interest. The systems and methods may, in response to determining that the plurality of words are matching words with the terms of interest, highlight matching words in a document and access pieces of related data for matching words. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110191370 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SELF-TARGETED CONTENT DELIVERY - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for self-targeted content delivery are provided. Content objects can be delivered to a user and indications from the user to mark any content object can be received thereby generating standard data structures to be placed into a central data store. At a later time, on various other systems, a content guide may be provided to the user showing the content related to the standard data structures placed in the central store. The user may mark digital content as it is encountered via television, internet, mobile devices, automobile terminals, public terminals, kiosks, or otherwise. Standardized data structures can allow the marking to operate across platforms, operating systems, hardware, and delivery modes. Content guides created from data structures associated with marked content can allow the marked content to be recalled and accessed from any of various other systems at a later time. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110196887 | Light-Weight Network Traffic Cache - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing a light-weight network traffic cache. A network traffic cache apparatus includes a database, a device I/O module, an application and a traffic cache manager. The device I/O module may send and receive information to and from a server device through the device I/O module. The application is configured to submit a request for information substantially simultaneously to both the device I/O module and the traffic cache manager. The traffic cache manager is configured to provide information to the application in response to the request for information. The information may be retrieved from the database. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196888 | Correlating Digital Media with Complementary Content - Methods, apparatuses, and systems for correlating digital media with complementary content. Multiple digital images, that are associated with image information including either a time of capture or a geographic location of capture, and additional information describing events that occurred either during these times or geographic locations of capture are received. The image information and the additional information are compared to identify related events and images, which are associated with each other. Upon detecting input to provide the multiple digital images for presenting, the additional information describing the identified events are provided with the identified digital images. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196889 | Full text search in navigation systems - A method and system for full text search for use during destination selection with a navigation system is disclosed. The method partitions a full text search index based on frequently used terms. These frequently used terms are then mapped to dedicated full text search indexes, where each document contains this frequently used term but the term itself is not stored in the index. A relation maps the frequently used terms to the inverted indexes. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196890 | Virtual table generator for analyzing geographic databases - A method and system for accessing database tables that contain binary large objects (BLOBs) is disclosed. The method includes encapsulating BLOB-based tables with virtual tables, which allows a user to access the content of the BLOBs via SQL. In one example, the virtual table has a generic table structure that consists of columns (e.g., class name, field name, and field value) and information regarding what level of an object hierarchy contains an element. In another example, a user can define the structure of the virtual table by identifying which object attributes to report. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196891 | CLASS LOADING USING JAVA DATA CARTRIDGES - Techniques for loading Java classes referenced in a continuous query. In one set of embodiments, the Java classes can be loaded based on a class space defined for an application considered to be in scope for the query. In another set of embodiments, the Java classes can be loaded based on a server class space that includes all exported classes visible to the event processing system executing the query. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110196892 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT SHARING - The present invention discloses a content sharing method and apparatus and pertains to the Internet field. The content sharing method includes: receiving a shared content access request which carries an identity (ID) of a sendShareUser, an ID of a receiveShareUser, and an contentID of a shared node; authenticating the receiveShareUser according to the ID of the sendShareUser, ID of the receiveShareUser, and contentID of the shared node; and providing the shared content to the receiveShareUser according to the contentID of the shared node after the authentication succeeds. The apparatus includes a receiving module, an authenticating module, and a shared content providing module. The present invention separates the management and maintenance of a node from the sharing relation of the node, so that the maintenance and management of the node do not affect the sharing relation of the node. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110202549 | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR STORAGE SYSTEM - A configuration management system for a storage system including a host computer, a storage device providing a storage area for data processed by the host computer, and a communication network connecting the host computer and the storage device communicatively is disclosed. The configuration management system comprises a system condition table storing a system condition, a storage configuration table storing storage configuration information, a performance table storing a performance condition indicating a storage performance. searching the system condition table is searched using the required system condition and the performance table is searched using the required performance condition. If the storage system satisfying the required conditions fails to be extracted, content of the required system condition is changed and searching of the system condition table and the performance table is carried out. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202550 | Functional-form queries - Middleware is integrated within a database engine. The middleware is to execute a functional-form query representing a dataflow graph comprising queries and relation valued functions. The middleware is to interact with the database engine to cause the database engine to execute the queries. Each relation valued function receives a plurality of first relations as input and generates a second relation as output. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202551 | Apparatuses, Methods And Systems For Assurance Of Reputation - The present invention discloses apparatuses, systems and methods for assurance of reputation and abilities. The disclosed apparatuses, methods, and systems provide mechanisms such that assurance of the reputation of a service provider can be provided to a client. This is accomplished by receiving an assurance request for a service provider, submitting queries to and receiving query responses from relevant data sources, analyzing the query responses to verify the service provider's reputation, and generating an assurance of the service provider's reputation if the analysis of the responses demonstrate that the service provider meets a predetermined level of reputation. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202552 | Systems and Methods for Maintaining and Interactively Constructing a Taxonomy. - Computer systems according to various embodiments include at least one processor and memory, and are adapted to use wiki software to allow users to collaboratively modify a taxonomy. In particular embodiments, at least a portion of the taxonomy is initially developed, and subsequently centrally maintained, by a taxonomy provider. The taxonomy provider allows users (e.g., users who are not associated with the taxonomy provider) to use the wiki software to modify the taxonomy. For example, computer systems according to particular embodiments are configured to allow users to add new items and/or new categories of items to a taxonomy of items, such as a taxonomy of collectables (e.g., antiques). | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202553 | SPATIALLY REFERENCED MULTI-SENSORY DATA DIGITALLY ENCODED IN A VOXEL DATABASE - A voxel database can store and manage a set of voxel records in a voxel table. Each of the records can have a unique voxel identifier. Each voxel record can include a set of different sensory attributes. The sensory attributes can include visual attributes, spectral signature attributes, olfaction attributes, audition attributes, gustation attributes, somatsensory attributes, and material composition attributes. Uniquely defined voxels of voxel database can be a volume unit on a grid (regular or non-regular) in three dimensional space, which is a voxel space. A correspondence can exist between voxels in the voxel space and volume units of a real world volumetric space from which geospatial data was directly gathered and encoded within the voxel database. Voxel space can be mapped to simulation space. Thus, simulators can consume data of the voxel space to generate three dimensional immersive environments having multisensory output. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202554 | REMOTE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A remote device monitoring system including a host server including at least a processor, system bus, user input interface configured to communicate with a user input device, display interface configured to communicate with a display, network interface configured to communicate with at least one remote device and at least one data storage means including a database, a performance look-up table and at least one analyzer module including program instructions that, when implemented by the processor, receive at least one performance parameter value from at least one remote device and query the performance look-up table. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202555 | Graphical User Interfaces Supporting Method And System For Electronic Discovery Using Social Network Analysis - A method, for use in a user computer system including a pointing device and a visual display unit, for providing a graphical user interface to a computer program for electronic discovery of information, wherein the information is stored in a database, and wherein the information has been preprocessed using social network analysis to find social network relationships between items of the information, and wherein topics are determined using distributed Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202556 | DYNAMIC DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM DISPERSE SOURCES IN REAL-TIME - A dynamic system and a method for locating and obtaining patient information in real-time is provided. The system generally comprises an order in the form of a query; a document management and storage system (DMSS); at least one tool that is capable of sending the query to a server in order to retrieve available information; a communication channel; and a data collection and conversion system (DCCS). The DMSS includes both an application processor and a tool processor designed to manage and control the storage of electronic documents through the use of an application program that includes functionality for selecting the tool and authenticating the order. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROWDSOURCED TEMPLATE BASED SEARCH - A system and method for searching information based on crowd-sourced templates comprising a user input subsystem for entering one or more search terms, a database for storing a plurality of crowd-sourced templates, wherein each template is a representation of a data collection process from a plurality of sources. Subsequent search entries with tags results in display of stored templates in descending order of rank. Templates may be ranked using crowd voting or their social relevancy. Templates may be viewed, edited, and stored on the database by other users through social network sites. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202558 | INTEGRATED INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system, for functioning without the use of dedicated lines or the Internet so as to ensure communication speed, communication quality, and communication trouble countermeasures, including a communication network and domain name server. The domain name server includes a domain name tree with a country number of a telephone number as a level 2 domain name of the domain name tree, and the domain name server receives, from a terminal, a telephone number of a destination terminal. Furthermore, based on the telephone number of the destination terminal, the domain name server (i) seeks out, in the domain name tree, an Integrated Information Communication System (ICS) user address of the destination terminal, and (ii) sends the ICS user address to the terminal, such that the communication system receives, from the terminal, the ICS user address as a destination address, and sends the ICS user frame to the destination terminal. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110208769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATION OF CITED AUTHORITY - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods for obtaining and/or organizing information related to documents cited in a source document. For example, a legal brief may cite authority, such as judicial opinions, in support of the arguments in the brief. Embodiments of the invention relate to automatic identification in a document of citations to authority and preparation of information related to the cited authorities. For example, in an embodiment of the invention, a report may comprise normalized expressions of one or more legal principles asserted in one or more cited opinions and information associated with the ongoing vitality of one or more the legal principles, the cited authority, or both. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208770 | AUTOMATED CONFLICT OF INTEREST REPORTING METHODS AND APPARATUS - Computer-implemented architectures and interfaces for automated conflict of interest reporting using a bias ontology are described. In a covered action search, potential conflicts of interest are identified by associating one or more covered interests for an agent with one or more covered actions performed by the agent on behalf of a principal. A bias report representing the potential conflicts of interest may be displayed to a user reading a covered document or transmitted to a user in a separate notification. Multiple user interfaces for generating a query used to perform a semantic search for data stored according to a bias ontology are also described. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208771 | Collaborative online search tool - The invention is a computerized process for the collaborative finding and understanding of information on the World Wide Web through the end user input of queries in the form of text and images, which in turn filter interchangeable localized and third party databases resulting in the output of a specific set of search results. This computerized process is embodied by online software that enables end users to first input text or images and secondly manually drag and drop that input into an arrangement within a spatial environment. Communication features then make it possible for communication to occur between users in order to facilitate the understanding of a given input. The arrangement of text and images, as well as the selection of local and third party databases, may be saved so that one or multiple users may return for further input and communication at a later date and time. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208772 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Search Tool in Connection with Address Management - A method for providing a search tool for use in connection with address book management may include receiving an indication of an address book update event associated with a contact of an address book of a user, causing performance, via a processor, of a search responsive to receipt of the indication, and enabling modification of contact information associated with the contact based on the search results. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208773 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION SERVICES PROVISIONING FOR HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY - A method and apparatus is disclosed for providing an integrated communication services (ICS) network that permits wireless and wireline data subscribers to share information on a hospital campus using wireless or wireline local area networks, or to seamlessly tap into the facility's central database while in transit away from the hospital. Users interface with the ICS network through the use of a point of care terminal that resembles a clipboard and accepts data entry from a stylus on an touch screen. The central database, referred to as the integrated communications clearinghouse (ICC) is adapted to store a communication profile for every network server on the ICS network. The ICC also maintains a Global Patient Profile (GPP), consisting of a patient profile for every patient ever added to the network. The GPP provides the ICC with the capability of providing aggregated data and demographic information (with or without patient identification), creating “live” public health statistics through a single query to a central server. To access the ICS, a user at a point of care terminal can utilize several paths in order to deliver data to its destination. This may include existing off-the-shelf PCMCIA based peripherals such as: wireless LANS, standard wired Ethernet LAN, a land line Modem, or wireless wide area networks. The wireless wide area networks may also include several data paths such as a circuit switched cellular, or packet based Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD). The actual selection of a particular channel will be service-dependent and a function of the user whereabouts, the desired quality of the connection, and the costs of the connection. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208774 | QUERYING MARKUP LANGUAGE DATA SOURCES USING A RELATIONAL QUERY PROCESSOR - An XML wrapper queries an XML document in an on-the-fly manner so that only parent nodes in the document that satisfy the query are extracted and then unnested. The parent nodes and associated descendent nodes are located using XPath expressions contained as options in data definition language (DDL) statements. The parent nodes satisfying the query and associated descendent nodes are extracted and stored outside of a database according to a relational schema. The wrapper facilitates applications that use convention SQL queries and views to operate on that information stored according to the relational schema. The wrapper also responds to query optimizer requests for costs associated with queries against external data sources associated with the wrapper. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208775 | FEDERATED SEARCH - Federated search is disclosed. A result associated with a search of a content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items is received. A content type is associated with a content item included in the result based at least in part on information associated with the result. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208776 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH BASED ON SEMANTIC RELATION IN CONTEXT AND STORAGE MEDIA HAVING PROGRAM SOURCE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for extracting the semantic relations of context and a recording medium storing the program source thereof. The present invention is intended to detect technical terms by parsing full text of documents and recommend research topics using the relations therebetween using a method of searching for a first concept connected to a specific vocabulary word through a casual relationship and a second concept connected to the first concept through a causal relationship, determining the relation therebetween and performing recommendation as research topics. The present invention has the industrial utilization advantage of improving the overall search efficiency and utility of massive databases. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208777 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - A facility management system providing method includes the operations of storing an object file in a first database (DB) if an object is inserted into drawing information according to an application, wherein the object file includes object information about the inserted object, attribute information about the inserted object, and object space information based on a location on the drawing information into which the object is inserted, and updating object text information corresponding to the object file on the basis of the object space information in a second DB, wherein the second DB stores text information corresponding to the first DB. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110213794 | COMMAND EXECUTION PROGRAM AND COMMAND EXECUTION METHOD - [PROBLEMS] To limit execution of a predetermined command called from a content. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213795 | Automatic creation of alternative layouts using the same selected photos by applying special filters and/or changing photo locations in relation to creating the photobook - A system and a method are disclosed for generating photo books using digital images by using pre-assigned templates and pre-assigned filters designed for a particular type of an event, such as weddings and portraits. The placement of the photos and subsequent processing of the photos using pre-defined templates and filters wherein by intelligently selecting and creating page spreads based on limited user information of a number of photos in a single page layout. Based on an original layout, present system and method provides alternate layouts wherein the same images are filtered and/or locations of the images are changed. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213796 | INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION SEARCH SERVICE PROVIDING METHOD - A dialogical information search system is realized by comprehensively utilizing different kinds of ontologies: a library classification system and a Wikipedia category. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213797 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SHARING A SINGLE INSTANCE OF A DATABASE STORED USING A TENANT OF A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SYSTEM - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for sharing a single instance of a database stored using a tenant of a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for sharing a single instance of a database stored using a tenant of a multi-tenant on-demand database system can provide a single instance of a database that is shared amongst tenants of a multi-tenant on-demand database system. The ability to provide a single instance of a database that is shared amongst tenants of a multi-tenant on-demand database system can enable the database to be managed or otherwise maintained in a central location. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213798 | LANDMARK SEARCH APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND LANDMARK SEARCH METHOD - A landmark search apparatus includes a position obtaining unit configured to obtain a current position of the object, a first storage unit configured to store landmark information including a name of a landmark and position information of the landmark related to the name, an retrieving unit configured to retrieve the landmark information from the first storage unit based on the obtained current position, a second storage unit configured to store the retrieved landmark information as retrieved landmark information, and a determining unit configured to determine whether the retrieved landmark information is valid, based on the current position of the object, and a distance between a position of the subject at the time of storing the retrieved landmark information in the second storage unit and the landmark indicated by the retrieved landmark information. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213799 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CONTEXT-RICH DATABASE - A system and method for processing records in a database. The method includes calculating, by a processor, a source quality for each source in the database based on records associated with the source. The method includes applying, by a processor, user preferences corresponding with a user request to search the database, where the user request comprises a source quality range, and a query expression. The method further includes determining, by a processor, the records in the database that satisfy the user request, where the determined records match the source quality range. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110213800 | Pre-Fetching of Data in a Mobile Communications Environment - The invention relates to techniques for controlling a pre-fetching of data in a mobile communications environment. More specifically the invention relates to controlling a pre-fetching of data items into a cache associated with a mobile terminal. A method embodiment of the invention is performed by a cache management server and comprises the steps of receiving a pre-fetching request for data items, wherein the pre-fetching request comprises a first user identification associated with the mobile terminal; obtaining, based on the first user identification, one or more second user identifications from a community database of a social network; selecting items for the pre-fetching based on the second user identifications; and providing the selected items in response to the pre-fetching request. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110219016 | Stream Mining via State Machine and High Dimensionality Database - A system and method for stream mining using state machines and high-dimensionality databases. After a data stream is digitized, a stream analyzer searches a high-dimensionality data structure containing state machine parameters to determine which state machines to activate and execute. A signal classifier creates the state machine parameters stored in the high-dimensionality data structure using a second high-dimensionality data structure programmed with information about signals of interest. If a state machine identifies a signal of interest, the system can optionally alert the user. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219017 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CITATION DATABASE CONSTRUCTION AND FOR ALLOWING QUICK UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for constructing a citation database. The method includes storing initial non-full text information about a citation paper in a citation database, receiving a first request from a first computer device operated by a first user for information about the citation paper in the citation database, sending non-full text information about the citation paper from the citation database to the first computer device, allowing the first user to search on the Internet for a link to a network location storing full-text content of the citation paper, receiving the link to the network location from the first computer device, and storing the link to the network location in the citation database in association with the non-full text information of the citation paper. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219018 | DIGITAL MEDIA VOICE TAGS IN SOCIAL NETWORKS - A voice tagging system includes a client computing device that includes a media object capture device and a voice capture device and runs a client application that associates media objects to voice samples. The system also includes a communications network coupled to the client computing device, a voice tagging system coupled to the communications network and receiving at least one association between a first media object and a first voice sample, and a database coupled to the voice tagging system, the database including one or more voice tags, each voice tag being coupled to one or more voice samples. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219019 | System And Method For Providing Network-Based Services To Users With High Availability - A suite of network-based services, such as the services corresponding to Microsoft® SharePoint™, are provided to users with high availability. To maintain the availability of the services, the configuration parameters of a first server are updated on an ongoing basis, and the updated configuration parameters are used to configure a second, backup server. In the event of switchover or failover, the backup server is prepared to provide the serving functionality of the first server. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219020 | COLUMNAR STORAGE OF A DATABASE INDEX - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media of columnar storage of a database index are disclosed. A particular columnar index includes a column store that stores rows of the columnar index in a column-wise fashion and a delta store that stores rows of the columnar index in a row-wise fashion. The column store also includes an absence flag array. The absence flag array includes entries that indicate whether certain rows have been logically deleted from the column store. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219021 | Systems and methods for improved search term entry - Systems and methods for improved ways of entering search criteria are disclosed. The system includes a user-facing entry component for receiving search criteria, a database of predefined search criteria, a search engine, and a feedback component. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219022 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a management apparatus includes an information acquisition unit, an information supply unit, a transmission processing unit, and an analysis unit. The information acquisition unit stores detailed data acquired from image processing apparatuses to be managed in an database. The information supply unit outputs data extracted from the database and data extracted from an analysis result database storing an analysis result of log data in response to a supply request of information regarding the image processing apparatus to be managed. The transmission processing unit stores the detailed data stored in the database as the log data of the image processing apparatuses in a log database asynchronously with the supply request of the information. The analysis unit analyzes the log data stored in the log database asynchronously with the supply request of the information and storing the analysis result in the analysis result database. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219023 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TIERED SEARCH OVER A HIGH LATENCY NETWORK - A computer implemented method and system include executing a search against both a client cache associated with a client and data sources remotely coupled to the client over a network connection. Results from the search against the client cache are rendered on a client UI. The client cache and the client UI are updated with the results from the search against the data sources. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219024 | Persistent State Database for Operating System Services - A database is used to store user interface state information. The database is accessed by a key having a service ID field, a caller ID field, and a caller context ID field. The caller context ID is used to identify the context in the application program from which the user interface is called. In this manner, the system can differentiate between calls from different portions of the application program which can have different user expectations of the desirable user interface state. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219025 | IMAGE SEARCH USING IMAGES IN QUERY - Method and systems for search and retrieval of images with an image processing system is disclosed. With an input interface, selection of a plurality of images to use in a search query is accepted. The plurality of images of the search query are processed with the image processing system. A subset of the plurality of target images that are similar to the plurality of images is determined. With an output interface, the subset of the plurality of target images as a result from the search query is output. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219026 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION RELATING TO A PIECE OF MUSIC AND/OR A MOVIE/VIDEO - A method and a computer system for distributing information relating to a piece of music and/or a movie/video. The computer system comprises a service provider system holding an information database with information parts relating to pieces of music and/or movies/videos and/or artists and/or music albums, and the service provider system further holds a message database with messages relating to one or more advertising parties. The computer system also comprises at least one user terminal communicating with the service provider system. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110219027 | ROUTING GUIDE MEDIATION SYSTEM, ROUTING GUIDE MEDIATION SERVER, AND ROUTING GUIDE METHOD - A routing guide mediation system is equipped with a routing guide mediation server, establishing cooperation between a plurality of routing guide systems having map data by country and region and network data for route search. When a departure point and a destination are points in different areas, a first route search server extracts a candidate contact point which will be the boundary between the different areas, and transmits it to a second route search server via the routing guide mediation server. Then, the first and second route search servers search for an optical route from the departure point to the candidate contact point and an optimal candidate route from the candidate contact point to the destination, individually, and the first route search server acquires the amounts of time required for these routes and link data via the routing guide mediation server. The first route search server determines a recommended route with the smallest total amount of time required out of the candidate routes connected at the candidate contact point, and provides the data on the recommended route including the link data to a terminal device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110225178 | AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF METADATA - This is directed to processing stored data to automatically generate metadata for the stored data. In particular, this is directed to identifying metadata associated with stored data, and identifying other data that relates to the stored data from one or more sources. A processing module can identify other data sharing some of the identified metadata, and can extract additional metadata associated with the identified other data. The extracted metadata can then be associated with the user's stored data. The processing module can extract additional metadata from any suitable source, including for example local application data, social networks or blogging sources, and other remote sources. In some embodiments, an electronic device can retrieve data from other users for a particular event based on metadata associated with the user's data for the event to form a master collection of data. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225179 | NETWORK DIGITAL CREATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A network digital creation system and the method thereof are disclosed. The client end executes a web page document embedded with a web page procedure in order to initialize the drawing block in the web page document and to allow the user to directly use the cursor to draw. It further enables the user to use quote images previously stored in the server end or the quote the graphic resources in the external network for drawing. After finishing the plot, the user stores the result to the server end to become a quote image. It can be shared to other users by quoting. This facilitates the interactions of network digital creations. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225180 | Guided search based on query model - Providing guided search includes: receiving a new query; processing the new query to obtain a plurality of models, wherein a model indicates a mapping relationship of a previously stored query and corresponding guidance information; determining a corresponding plurality of similarities of the plurality of models relative to the new query; obtaining guidance information in a database comprising a plurality of mapping relationships of previously stored query and corresponding guidance information, including selecting at least some of the plurality of models based at least in part on the similarities and using the selected models as index to search the database; and sending the obtained guidance information to be displayed to a user. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225181 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING PRIME UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS - A system and method for mapping an input uniform resource identifier (URI) to an entry in a database. The system cleans an input URI to produce a prime URI that references an entry in a database. The prime URI is created by applying a regular expression determined for a particular domain to the input URI. Once the prime URI is generated, the prime URI can be used to retrieve information from a database. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225182 | DATA MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data management device includes a memory including a multistage Bloom Filter, a first stage being divided into filter parts of which the number is same as that of data blocks, and a pth stage being divided into filter parts of which a size is a combination of filter parts of a (p−1)th stage; a registration unit registering an entry of data in a filter part of the first stage corresponding to a data block where the data is stored, and the entry of the data to a filter part of the pth stage corresponding to the filter part of the first stage where the entry of the data is registered; and a search unit determining which filter part of the first stage an entry of data being searched is registered in by narrowing down filter parts from the Bloom Filter of which a stage number is large. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL ASSISTANCE AGENTS IN PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - A method, data processing system, and machine-readable storage medium are provided for digital assistance agents in product lifecycle management. The method includes obtaining context information relating to a first user of a product lifecycle management (PLM) system from an interaction between the first user and a second user of the PLM system. The method also includes receiving input information from the first user and one or more other users of the PLM system. The method further includes receiving action information from or sending action information to the PLM system, where the action information is related to the input information and the context information. The method also includes sending output information to at least some of the first user and the one or more other users of the PLM system, where the output information relating to a result of receiving action information from or sending action information to the PLM system. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225184 | System and Method for Performing Local Searches Across User Defined Events - The instant invention presents a system and method for performing local searches across one or more events created by one or more users. The system of the present invention comprises an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code. A zip list processor is provided to receive a zip code and a distance value, e.g., from user defined input, which are used to calculate a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located with the distance value from the zip code. An event list generator to receives the zip list and queries the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list. The method of the present invention comprises creating an event data structure comprising one or more user defined events, each event associated with a zip code, calculating a zip list comprising all zip codes geographically located within a distance equal to a received distance value from a received zip code, and querying the event data structure to retrieve events associated with zip codes contained in the zip list. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING AND SEARCHING DATA IN A CUSTOMER CENTER ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for storing data in a customer center environment are provided. In this regard, a representative method comprises: generating data from workforce applications, at least one of the workforce applications including at least one of forecasting, scheduling, recording, and monitoring functionalities; and storing the data from the at least one of the workforce applications in a storage area network (SAN), the SAN being operable to connect the at least one of the workforce applications to computer storage devices. The method can further include keeping recorded contacts in a long term storage device such as the SAN or an operational data store (ODS) and transparently searching in both the ODS and the SAN simultaneously. With a concept of moving data on to a file system SAN which is cheaper as compared to a database technology such as ODS, the method facilitates predictable performance from the ODS and easier manageability with constant cost from SAN. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225186 | ITERATIVELY LOCATING A POSITION CORRESPONDING TO A DESIRED SEEK TIME - Techniques enable locating a position within a file that corresponds to a desired seek time without having access to an index specifying the desired seek time's position. An iterative process may be used to estimate the position that corresponds to the desired seek time. The process may iterate through multiple estimations until a difference between a time corresponding to an estimated position and the desired seek time is within an acceptable amount or until the process reaches an iteration threshold. The file may then be played beginning at or near the desired seek time. The techniques may therefore allow a user to seek within a file while the user progressively downloads or streams the file. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED FILE AGGREGATION ON A STORAGE DEVICE - A method and system for aggregating data files from one or more computing systems to a storage device. The method allows a configuration of a path and a plurality of selected file types of files to be aggregated onto a storage device by scanning a system for files corresponding to the path and automatically identifying files having a file type corresponding to the selected file types. The aggregation method also functions as a system and graphical user interface. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231425 | DESTINATION PREDICTION USING TEXT ANALYSIS - A method and device relating to destination prediction of communication messages is presented. The device may include an analyzer configured to analyze a message entered in a universal input field. The analyzer may also provide a search variable based on the entered message. The device may also include a or which may be configured to receive the search variable and determine at least one suggested destination based on the search variable. The prediction of communication destinations eliminates the need for various menus and sub-menus. Thus, a user may send a communication message without the need of lengthy navigations. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231426 | SONG TRANSITION METADATA - Various embodiments provide a transition service that provisions transition metadata files for use by client devices. The transition metadata files are configured to provide song-specific transitions between songs. In at least some embodiments, the transition service receives a request for a transition metadata file associated with at least an entry song from a client device. The transition service then selects an associated transition metadata file and transmits the associated transition metadata file to the client device for execution. When executed during the playback of the entry song at the client device, the transition metadata file provides a transition from the entry song to an exit song. In at least some embodiments, the transition metadata files are created by a DJ service that provides transitions from specific entry songs to specific exit songs. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231427 | COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INPUT PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, SYSTEM, AND INPUT METHOD - Upon receiving an input of an input character a | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231428 | INTELLIGENT CONSOLE FOR CONTENT-BASED INTERACTIVITY - The intelligent console method and apparatus of the present invention includes a powerful, intuitive, yet highly flexible means for accessing a multi-media system having multiple multi-media data types. The present intelligent console provides an interactive display of linked multi-media events based on a user's personal taste. The intelligent console includes a graph/data display that can provide several graphical representations of the events that satisfy user queries. The user can access an event simply by selecting the time of interest on the timeline of the graph/data display. Because the system links together all of the multi-media data types associated with a selected event, the intelligent console synchronizes and displays the multiple media data when a user selects the event. Complex queries can be made using the present intelligent console. The user is alerted to the events satisfying the complex queries and if the user chooses, the corresponding and associated multi-media data is displayed. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231429 | Configuration information management device, configuration information management method, and computer product - A configuration information management device including: a storage unit that stores a configuration item managed by the device and an item relationship, with respect to configuration items related to a system and item relationships that associate the configuration items with one another, the configuration items and the item relationships being distributed in a plurality of devices; a management unit that, when a first configuration item stored in the storage unit has a feature, creates duplicates of second configuration items that are associated with the first configuration item, do not have a feature and are managed by other devices and duplicates of relationships between the first configuration item and the second configuration items, the duplicates being created in the storage unit; and a search unit that, upon receipt of a search request for configuration information that associates the configuration items with one another by the item relationships, searches for the information about the configuration information with the use of the duplicates created in the storage unit. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231430 | CONTENT COLLECTING APPARATUS, CONTENT COLLECTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH CONTENT COLLECTING PROGRAM - A content collecting apparatus includes a portion accepting a key sentence, a portion extracting keywords from the key sentence, a portion setting the keywords as search keywords, a portion acquiring contents extracted by performing search using the search keywords, a portion selecting at least one of the acquired contents, a portion storing the selected content, a portion storing history data in which the selected content is associated with the key sentence, a portion acquiring a new key sentence, a portion extracting new keywords from the new key sentence, a portion adding the new keywords to the search keywords, a portion acquiring contents extracted by performing search using the search keywords, a portion selecting at least one of the acquired contents, a portion additionally storing the newly selected content, and a portion adding to the history data new history data in which the newly selected content is associated with the new key sentence. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231431 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND CONTENT SEARCH METHOD - A communication terminal device includes: a communication unit configured to connect to a network to transmit and receive contents among a plurality of nodes; a memory configured to accumulate a history table that stores a search history of a content search; and a processor configured to execute a process comprising: storing the search history of the content search in the history table; comparing metadata attached to a search object content that is a content search object with metadata attached to a content stored in the history table; determining whether the content stored in the history table is similar to the search object content based on the comparing of the metadata; and making the transmission unit transmit information inquiring about possession of the search object content to a node that possesses a content determined to be similar to the search object content. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231432 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is a conversation assistance device which enables a user to easily search for a desired content. The conversation assistance device includes an input unit, a memory unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. A template database stored in the memory unit includes a plurality of templates. Each of the templates associates category sentences in a plurality of languages with a keyword. A keyword is specified by one keyword expression and one or more character inputs (keyword reading). When the input unit receives any of the plurality of character inputs, an example sentence selection unit retrieves one of the templates having a keyword corresponding to the input character. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231433 | Management system, management method, and temporary storage document server - A management system includes a document management server that receives an electronic document or the like in a client connected to a network together with predetermined metadata, a temporary storage document server that communicates with a briefcase provided in the Metaverse world and temporarily stores therein an electronic document or the like created or received in the Metaverse world together with predetermined metadata, a transmission unit that transmits an electronic document or the like and metadata in the temporary storage document server to the document server, and a transmission function of transmitting a Corresponding electronic document or the like to the client by searching metadata and/or electronic documents and the like as targets based on search bibliographic data transmitted from the client. The temporary storage document server includes a metadata acquisition unit that acquires predetermined metadata of a document when the document is temporarily stored in the client. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231434 | Information management apparatus - An information management apparatus managing information on avatars in the metaverse, includes: a static information acquisition unit which acquires static information of each of the avatars; a dynamic information acquisition unit which acquires dynamic information corresponding to behavior of each of the avatars; and an avatar information storage unit which stores therein the static information and the dynamic information in association with each of the avatars. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231435 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD TO HOST APPLICATIONS AND MANAGE STORAGE, FINDING AND RETRIEVAL OF TYPED ITEMS WITH SUPPORT FOR TAGGING, CONNECTIONS, AND SITUATED QUERIES - A data management method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries is provided. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231436 | ASSOCIATING RIGHTS TO MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - A method and software to implement a method comprising receiving digital content such as multimedia content, and either ascertaining whether at least a part of the digital content has previously been associated with one or more matched referenced works or searching a store of fingerprint data of referenced works for a match. The searching includes determining a fingerprint of at least part of the digital content, e.g., multimedia content; and searching the store of fingerprint data of referenced works for a match. In the case that is has been ascertained that the work has previously been associated, or the searching has produced a match to one or more matched referenced works, associating association data to the one or more matched referenced works. Ownership data to the matched referenced works is included in the association such that use of the digital content can take into account such ownership rights. The associating of the association data is carried out in a secure manner. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231437 | REALTIME TEST RESULT PROMULGATION FROM NETWORK COMPONENT TEST DEVICE - The technology disclosed relates to real-time collection and flexible reporting of test data. In particular, it is useful when collecting packet counts during tests of network devices that simulate thousands or even millions of data sessions conducted through a device under test (“DUT”). | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231438 | Infotainment System And Computer Program Product - An infotainment system including a relational database stored on a memory medium, and a database management system. The database management system is designed to access infotainment data stored in the relational database as data records. A data record includes a clear characteristic of the data record and at least one table property. At least the clear characteristic of the respective data record is stored in a property value table in the relational database. The property value table represents a corresponding value of the table property of the respective data record. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231439 | QUERY UTILIZATION USING QUERY BURST CLASSIFICATION - Query utilization in which a rate of a plurality of queries to a data source may be determined for a plurality of time periods. A cost may be associated with a query state transition. A query state may be assigned to a particular query on a particular time period of the plurality of time periods based on the rate of queries for the particular time period and the cost of the query state transition. A query burst may be identified during the plurality of time periods based on assignment of a query state to the plurality of queries. The query may exhibit a normal query state, a normal-to-deviated query state transition, and a deviated query state. A query burst identification module may identify a query burst during the plurality of time periods, a burst conversion module may convert the query burst to a wavelet using a wavelet transform, a clustering module may apply a clustering technique to the wavelet, and a query classification module may classify the query burst based on applying the clustering technique. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231440 | APPLICATION SPECIFIC RUNTIME ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods of executing an application in an application specific runtime environment are disclosed. The application specific runtime environment is defined by an application environment specification to include a minimal or reduced set of software resources required for execution of the application. The application environment is generated by determining software resource dependencies and is used to provision the application specific runtime environment in real-time in response to a request to execute the application. Use of the application specific runtime environment allows the application to be executed using fewer computing resources, e.g., memory. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231441 | TECHNIQUES TO ASSOCIATE MEDIA INFORMATION WITH RELATED INFORMATION - System, apparatus, method, and article for techniques to associate media data with related information. A mobile computing device includes a media manager module. The media manager module processes a media file including metadata. The media manager module retrieves a first content from a metadata field in the metadata. The media manager module retrieves a second content from a field in an application file associated with an application client. The media manager module compares the first and second contents and determines whether the first and second contents are associated. If the first and second contents are associated, the media manager module retrieves the second content and inserts the second content in a second metadata field of the media file. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110238685 | RELATING TO BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACES - A method of creating a user profile ( | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238686 | CACHING DATA OBTAINED VIA DATA SERVICE INTERFACES - A potential user query that can be subsequently received from a user is identified. An interface exposed by a data service is invoked, which includes providing the potential user query to the interface. Search results in response to the potential user query are received from the interface and maintained in a complex data set store. If a user query is subsequently received that maps to a normalized query that is the potential user query, then search results for the normalized query are obtained from the complex data set store and returned as the search results for the user query. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238687 | METRIC CORRELATION AND ANALYSIS - Techniques for improved metric correlation and analysis include, during a modeling phase, a user familiar with the types of system components deployed in an enterprise network and the metrics available for those types of system components specifying dependencies between metrics in a metric dependency model. During a binding phase, the metric dependency model is provided to a modified enterprise management (MEM) system which binds the model to particular enterprise system environment. During a metric correlation and analysis phase, the MEM system provides a user-interface through which a user visually compares metric data for metrics collected from system components deployed in an enterprise system environment bound to the model. The improved metric correlation analysis techniques allow users to more easily identify whether degradation in the performance of one metric is caused by performance degradation of underlying information technology system components as measured by related metrics specified in the metric dependency model. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238688 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION USING EMBEDDABLE WIDGETS - A content distribution system allows authors to freely syndicate their content to content distributors in a way that ensures that the author receives appropriate credit for the impact of the content upon readers. The system provides an embeddable control that publishers can embed in a web site or other distribution channel. Authors provide the content displayed within the embeddable control and can include advertisements as well as any content restrictions. For advertisers, the system allows them to advertise with the content instead of the publisher, and allows them to do so in all of the venues that host the content. This places control of monetization of content back in the hands of the author, and incentivizes the author to maximize the distribution of his content to reach the widest possible audience rather than to hoard content at his own site. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238689 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A SELECTED TARGET IN A GEOGRAPHIC MODEL AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system is for identifying a selected target in a geographic model. The system includes a database configured to store electronically a geographic model, different target model types with respective model-type metadata associated therewith, and different unique targets with unique target metadata associated therewith. A processor cooperates with the database and determines a proposed type-match between a selected target, with selected target metadata associated therewith, and one of the plurality of different target model types stored in the database based upon the selected target metadata and the model-type metadata. The processor also generates updated selected target metadata based upon confirmation of the proposed type-match, and determines a proposed unique target-match between the selected target and one of the different unique targets based upon confirmation of the proposed type-match and based upon the updated selected target metadata and the unique target metadata. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238690 | Method and Apparatus for Multi-Item Searching - An approach is provided for multi-item searching. A searching platform receives an input at a device for specifying one or more search criteria. The searching platform then causes, at least in part, a search for one or more services based, at least in part, on the one or more search criteria, and a presentation of a user interface including an animation based, at least in part, on the search, one or more results of the search, the one or more services, or a combination thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238691 | Mechanism to Display Graphical IT Infrastructure Using Configurable Smart Navigation - A system allows pre-defining CI scope definitions for use by users of a CMDB system. The pre-defined CI scope definitions may be used to expand a starting CI in a graph displaying a portion of the CMDB according to the types of CIs and relationships between CIs defined in the scope definition. The scope definition is converted into one or more CMDB queries that are restricted to a chain of CIs related to the starting CI. The system restricts the visibility of scope definitions to only those applicable to the starting CI. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238692 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES IN REQUESTED RESOURCE VIA NETWORK - A registry storage stores information of device configurations and device identifiers, on a per-device basis. A repository storage stores a correspondence between the device identifiers and device controllers which match the respective devices. A sub-plurality of the plurality of device controllers provide the same function, and are executed in the respective devices, by calling a common interface which is shared between the device controllers. At least one of the device identifiers which corresponds to one associated device is retrieved from the registry storage, a device controller which corresponds to the retrieved device-identifier is retrieved, the retrieved device controller is installed into a library and executed, and the executed device controller is uninstalled from the library. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238693 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING IN MOBILE TERMINAL BY USING ONTOLOGY DATABASE - An apparatus and method search for data in a mobile terminal by using an ontology database. A function and data of the mobile terminal are managed in an ontology database. A keyword is received through a search function. Using the ontology database, one or more data related to the inputted keyword is searched. And the searched data is displayed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238694 | System and Method for Matching Entities - Matching systems are provided that are configured to determine if a first entity received from a client device of a first user matches with at least one other entity of a plurality of entities indexed in an index in which each entity is associated with one or more index points. The system includes an application server adapted for communication with a matching engine and the client device. The matching engine is configured to index the first entity by associating the first entity with one or more index points in the index; and search for other entities matching the first entity among the plurality of entities indexed in the index by searching for other entities associated with at least one of the index points with which the first entity is associated. The matching system is adapted to initiate the search for other entities matching the first entity upon occurrence of a match triggering event and interpret the reception of the first entity as a match triggering event such that search is initiated upon reception thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238695 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING LOCATION OF MEDIA IN A STORAGE SYSTEM - A system and method for operating a storage library. The system comprises a management server, a media agent connected to the management server, a library connected to the media agent and a database connected to the management server. The management server controls the media agent to monitor for the addition or removal of a piece of media in the library. When the media agent determines that the piece of media has been added to the library or removed from the library, the media agent causes the library to read a media label stored as data on the piece of media, the media label including an identifier identifying the piece of media. When a backup or restore is performed, the system checks the media label to ensure that the correct media is being used. Inventory procedures are disclosed. Media labels are stored in a database along with an indication of the corresponding slot where the media is stored, a time when the label was put on the medium, and a confidence parameter indicating how confident the system is that the particular medium is stored in the respective slot. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110238696 | Associating Security Trimmers with Documents in an Enterprise Search System - Methods and computer-readable media are provided for associating security trimmers with documents in an enterprise search system. According to one method, a search index is maintained that includes one or more document identifiers corresponding to documents stored at back-end computing systems. Each document identifier in the search index is associated with one or more security trimmer implementations. When a query request is received from a user, the search index is queried to identify documents referenced by the search index that match search terms provided with the query request. For each document that matches the search terms, the associated security trimmer implementations are identified and executed to retrieve the access rights to view the document for the current user from the back-end computing system where the document is stored. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110246498 | CONTEXT-BASED SECURITY POLICY EVALUATION USING WEIGHTED SEARCH TREES - A method, apparatus and computer program product for evaluating a context-based (e.g., XACML) policy having a set of attributes using a weighted index tree having one or more leaves extending from a root node. Each leaf of the tree represents a policy rule. A depth-first path down the leaf represents one or more attributes of the set of attributes that must be present in a request for the rule to be applicable. An input is evaluated against the weighted index tree to generate a response. One type of input is an authorization request, in which case the response is an authorization decision (e.g., permit or deny). Another type of input is a query for a set of entitlements, in which case the response is a set of entitlements. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246499 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING COMPLIANCE WITHIN A CONFIGURATION-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a compliance evaluation and validation system. The compliance evaluation and validation system comprises compliance rules, stored in computer readable medium, including one or more mass-storage devices and electronic memories, and a compliance-rule execution engine that parses compliance rules and generates, from information extracted from compliance rules, a first query executed by a query-execution engine to select configuration items from a configuration-management database and final query executed by a query-execution engine to select configuration items from a set of configuration items retrieved from the configuration-management database. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246500 | STORING AND QUERYING OF USER FEEDBACK IN A PERSONAL REPOSITORY ACCESSIBLE TO A PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE - Various example embodiments relate to a mechanism for writing feedback to a personal repository accessible to a personal computing device. The mechanism may receive a request for writing feedback of a user of the personal computing device regarding a particular item to the personal repository. The mechanism may also store the feedback of the user regarding the particular item in the personal repository. In addition, the mechanism may send a response to an incoming query from a personal computing device controlled by a peer of the user regarding the feedback of the user stored in the personal repository. In some embodiments, feedback contained in the response to the peer may be constrained by repository access permissions specified for the peer by the user of the personal computing device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENTITY REGISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT - The disclosed embodiments contemplate an electronic storage system able to be rapidly deployed and subsequently used to receive and organize data entries. The system comprises a knowledge schema able to organize entries into a coherent form facilitating revision and review. The system may be implemented across a computer network such that users from a variety of locations may asynchronously review and update the database. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246502 | CREATING AND PROPAGATING ANNOTATED INFORMATION - Content may be collected, annotated, and propagated in a unified process. In one example, a mobile device such as a smart phone is used to collect information. The information may be text, video, audio, etc. The information may be sent to a reaction service, which may return an annotation of the information. The annotation may be attached to the information to create an annotated document. The annotated document may be communicated to other users. Additionally, the annotated document may be stored in a way that associated the annotated document with the user who created or captured the information. The ability to capture information, obtain annotations to the information, and propagate the annotated information may facilitate the creation of social media, such as social network postings or online photo albums. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246503 | High-Performance Streaming Dictionary - A method, apparatus and computer program product for storing data in a disk storage system is presented. A high-performance dictionary data structure is defined. The dictionary data structure is stored on a disk storage system. Key-value pairs can be inserted and deleted into the dictionary data structure. Updates run faster than one insertion per disk-head movement. The structure can also be stored on any system with two or more levels of memory. The dictionary is high performance and supports with full transactional semantics, concurrent access from multiple transactions, and logging and recovery. Keys can be looked up with only a logarithmic number of transfers, even for keys that have been recently inserted or deleted. Queries can be performed on ranges of key-value pairs, including recently inserted or deleted pairs, at a constant fraction of the bandwidth of the disk. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246504 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ONE OR MORE ACTIONS BASED ON A COMPARISON OF DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A CLIENT TO ONE OR MORE CRITERIA - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions based on a comparison of data associated with a client to one or more criteria. These mechanisms and methods for performing one or more actions based on a comparison of data associated with a client to one or more criteria can enable improved data collection and analysis, enhanced client knowledge of a system, etc. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246505 | FILE GENERATION AND SEARCH METHODS FOR DATA SEARCH, AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DATA FILE SEARCH - A method for creating/storing a file that facilitates search of data stored in a storage medium, and a data search method using the same are disclosed. The file creating method creates a rack of virtual RAM (RAM) file that is divided into several units according to divisional units for individual divisional units, and a record allocation table (RAT) file that stores a record position of each divisional unit of the RVR file. As a result, a database (DB) of large-volume irregular data can be easily created, and data analysis can be quickly achieved. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246506 | SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SENSOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - An object of the present invention is to manage various containment relationships such as packing relationships and loading relationships of an article, to efficiently search for sensor information measured by a sensor associated with the article, and thereby to provide the sensor information to the user. A system | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246507 | SEARCH APPARATUS AND SEARCH METHOD - When an output request is received, a tree generating unit of a search apparatus generates, based on an output item included in an output request tree-structure data from hierarchical-structure data (described as search target data with reference to FIG. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246508 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CLIENT DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, LIST GENERATION METHOD, LIST ACQUISITION METHOD, LIST PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a plurality of specifying devices used to respectively specify a plurality of types of parameter values representing music features; a music extraction portion that extracts, from a first database in which a plurality of pieces of music and the parameter values are associated with each other, pieces of music that match the parameter values specified using the specifying devices; and a list generation portion that generates a list of the pieces of music extracted by the music extraction portion. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246509 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including: a storage unit that stores a plurality of exercise models each including one or more kinds of measured values measured in time series for a person doing exercise and exercise description data specifying exercise recognized based on the measured values; a selection unit that selects one or more exercise models from the plurality of exercise models stored in the storage unit according to a designated condition; and an output unit that outputs a series of output images representing the measured values and exercise specified by the exercise description data in time series for the exercise model selected by the selection unit. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246510 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING - A distributed processing device includes a searching unit that searches, in accordance with attribute names identifying a plurality of records stored on a database, a process group for a second process having as a process target a record of an attribute name different from an attribute name included in a process request of a first process selected from among the process group to the database, a determining unit that determines the first process and the second process as execution targets to be executed by a plurality of nodes when the second process is hit by the searching unit, and an allocation unit that allocates the execution target determined by the determining unit to the plurality of nodes that execute the processes in parallel to the database. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFINING AND POPULATING SEGMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide tools and facilities for definition and population of segments to facilitate automated data analysis and automated experimentation based on user interaction with web pages, web sites, and other user interfaces, as well as for carrying out automated tasks related to users who can be partitioned into well-defined segments. Embodiments of the present invention provide a segment-definition language (“SDL”) that allows users and developers to abstractly define segments in a data-independent manner. The SDL provides many operators and constructs for creating and defining segments. SDL-based subsystem components execute SDL segment definitions to assemble segments on behalf of application programs. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE WEB-BASED PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK - A computer implemented method for providing a remotely accessible web-based address book includes the following steps. First, a user registers with a web-server and sets up an account. The web-server is configured to generate, store and provide access services to web-based address books. Next, the user uploads personal address book information and contacts in the account. Next, the web-server generates a personal web-based address book for the user based on the address book information and contacts and then adds voice tags and text tags to each entry in the user's personal web-based address book. Next, the web-server cross-correlates and matches the uploaded names and contact information of the user's personal contacts with information in other users' profiles stored in a central directory database. If a match exists between one of the uploaded user's personal contacts and a pre-existing user's profile in the central directory database, the web-server updates the pre-existing user's profile in the central directory database. If a match does not exist, the web-server generates a new user's profile in the central directory database. Next, the user accesses the personal web-based address book by placing a phone-call via a voice transmitting connection. Next, the web-server verifies the user's identity. Next, the user selects a personal contact in the user's personal web-based address book and the web-server places a phone-call to the selected personal contact. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A WORK OF COMMUNICATION WITH SUPPLEMENTAL CONTEXT - A system for selecting, managing, sharing and displaying content data files in a manner that takes into the account the contextual significance of said content data files to a narrative, an author(s) and an audience. A system that is able to place an absolute and relative value upon the significance of a media object is able to assist in stimulating the recollection of the author and audience, thus making every aspect more memorable and enhancing by improving the ease of use and the quality of the final result of the use of the system of this invention. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246514 | ANNOTATION SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND RETRIEVING MEDIA AND METHODS RELATING TO SAME - The invention described herein is generally directed to a method and apparatus for creating and retrieving audio data. In one implementation the invention comprises an annotation system configured to record, store, and retrieve media. The annotation system contains a set of client-processing devices configured to capture media for subsequent playback. Each client-processing device typically contains a record button to initiate the capture and is configured upon performing the capture operation to trigger an association of a unique ID with the media. The client-processing devices are further configured to upload the media and a unique ID to a server for purposes of storage. The server obtains the media and unique ID for subsequent retrieval and provides the media and the unique ID to at least one client-processing device from the set of client processing devices. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246515 | System and Method for Automated Deployment of an Information Handling System - A system and method for automated deployment of an information handling system are disclosed. A method for managing the deployment of an information handling system may include executing a deployment application on an information handling system, the deployment application including one or more tasks associated with the deployment of the information handling system. The method may further include automatically determining for a particular task whether an execution time for the particular task is within a predetermined range of execution times. The method may further include automatically performing an error-handling task in response to determining that the execution time for the particular task is not within the predetermined range of execution times. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246516 | CENTRALIZED TRANSACTION RECORD STORAGE - Various methods and systems are provided to permit the storage of online transaction records associated with user-merchant transactions facilitated by a payment service provider. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a method of processing transaction information comprises receiving a webpage at a client device, wherein the webpage has an associated webpage address. The method also includes comparing the webpage address with a transaction webpage database. If the webpage address matches an address of the transaction webpage database, the method includes: capturing at least a portion of the webpage corresponding to transaction information associated with a user-merchant transaction, and passing the transaction information over a network in order to facilitate storage of the transaction information in a transaction record. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110246517 | DOWNLOADING FILE RECEPTION PROCESS - Process for receiving files sent by a central server to an audiovisual data reproduction system, managed by an operating system and linked to the server, by means of a data transfer link, wherein the process includes:
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| 20110252048 | Embedded searching system and the method thereof - An embedded searching system uses an application name to search for the interface specifications for the application. The interface specifications are used to update default registry information of the operating system. Different applications can thus be embedded with a search field. This increases the convenience of searching for the applications. The mechanism also produces a corresponding method. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252049 | FUNCTION EXECUTION USING SQL - A system to execute a function includes determination of a plurality of parameters associated with a function, determination of columns of a table based on the plurality of parameters, and generation of metadata defining the columns of the table and mapping the columns to associated ones of the plurality of parameters. Also included may be generation of a Structured Query Language query of the table based on the metadata, the query specifying a value of a first column of the table, assignment of the value to one of the plurality of parameters based on the metadata, and calling of the function with the assigned parameter value. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252050 | Systems and Methods for Identifying Electronic Content - Systems and methods are provided for identifying electronic content based on browsing history and positional or geographic information. In one implementation, popular web pages are identified that have been recently accessed by users within a geographic region associated with a client device. According to a method, a geo-spatial identifier of a geographic region associated with a client device is obtained, and data records associated with the geo-spatial identifier are retrieved from a database. Popular web sites or pages are identified from the data records, based on a number of requests for the web pages, and a number of users that requested the web pages in the geographic region. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252051 | Systems and Methods for Genotyping by Angle Configuration Search - Methods and systems for the analysis of genotyping data are presented. According to various embodiments of methods and systems, an angle configuration search may be performed. In various embodiments, an exhaustive search over the entirety of an angle configuration space may be performed to provide a fit to a plurality of angles determined for a plurality of points in a data set generated from a plurality of biological samples. For various embodiments, the angle configuration space may be defined to ensure that a global fit may be determined. According to various methods and systems, a data base of possible angle configurations may be searched, in which each angle configuration may include three angles. According to various methods and systems, a data base of possible angle configurations may include for each angle configuration a probability that the angle configuration may occur. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252052 | Systematic Process For Creating Large Numbers Of Relevant, Contextual Marginal Comments Based On Existing Discussions Of Quotations And Links - A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110252053 | CONTENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD, CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SERVER, AND CONTENT RECEIVING TERMINAL - A content providing system includes a content distribution server and a content receiving terminal connected to each other through a communication channel. The content receiving terminal includes an operation input unit specifying one point on a line, a time information output unit outputting the specified point as time information, a request sender sending a content providing request including the output time information to the content distribution server, and a provider providing at least one content item to a user. The content distribution server includes a content storage unit in which a plurality of content items are stored in association with at least the corresponding time information, a search unit searching the content storage unit for at least one content item according to a search condition based on the time information, and a content distributor distributing at least one content item to the content receiving terminal. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110258214 | Controlling Dynamically-Changing Traffic Load Of Whitespace Devices For Database Access - A central node/database receives from each m | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258215 | SOCIAL NETWORK BASED INFORMATION DISCOVERY ABOUT NETWORK DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method is present for analyzing a network data processing system. Known information about the network data processing system is obtained by a computer system. A model of the network data processing system is created by the computer system using the known information. Missing information about the network data processing system is identified by the computer system in the model of the network data processing system. A number of people is selected by the computer system for obtaining the missing information. A number of requests to the number of people is sent by the computer system for the missing information. Each request includes the model. In response to receiving a number of responses to the number of requests by the computer system, the computer system updates the model. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258216 | USABILITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR BOOKMARKS OF BROWSERS - Bookmarks can reference uniquely addressed Web resources. Bookmark annotations can include user specified, digital content related to uniquely addressed Web resources. An user interface of an annotative bookmark manager can permit users to create, edit, and delete bookmark annotations. A browser interface of a Web browser can include a bookmark section that displays a listing of textual descriptors for bookmarks. An annotation handler can present one of the bookmark annotations within the browser user interface responsive to a detection of a mouseover event for a corresponding textual descriptor. The bookmark annotation can be automatically hidden when the mouseover event ends. Bookmark prioritization enables listing of highly weighted parameterized bookmarks in a user friendly manner. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258217 | DETECTING AND MITIGATING UNDELIVERABLE EMAIL - Systems and methods of the present invention provide for detecting and mitigating abuse of undeliverable email or “bounced” emails. An administrator may import a list of email addresses for one or more contacts. The opt-in software may determine if each email address in the list of email addresses is opted in to receive an email distribution, and if so, a bounce detection software may determine if each email address is found in a database of known undeliverable or “bounced” email addresses. If so, an abuse-mitigation software may defer importing the list of email addresses and display an alert referring the administrator to an abuse department for review of the account. A message-delivery software may deliver the email distribution, and the bounce detection software may then determine whether undeliverable emails in the email distribution exceed one or more “bounce limit rules,” and if so, the abuse mitigation software may delay delivery of the email distribution and display an alert referring the administrator to the abuse department for review of the account. Otherwise, delivery may continue to completion. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258218 | DETECTING AND MITIGATING UNSOLICITED EMAIL ABUSE - Systems and methods of the present invention provide for detecting and mitigating abuse of unsolicited email or “spam.” An administrator may select one or more contacts from a list of contacts to opt in to receive an email distribution. An abuse detection software may then determine for each contact in the contact list whether the contact has read the email distribution and reported the email distribution as an unsolicited email message. If so, an abuse department may place a hold on the email distribution (possibly using abuse mitigation software) and display an alert referring the administrator to the abuse department for review of the account. Otherwise, the email distribution may continue to completion. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258219 | Reusable and trackable greeting card - A reusable greeting card is provided. The reusable greeting card comprises a reusable greeting card body and a holding structure disposed on the greeting card body. The holding structure removable holds a greeting insert at a predetermined location with respect to the reusable greeting card body. The reusable greeting card comprises a unique tracking identifier associated therewith disposed on the reusable greeting card body for being provided to a tracking database. A tracking method enables users of the reusable greeting card to track its reuse. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258220 | FIXTURE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION METHOD THEREOF - A fixture administration system for administrating fixtures with an administration method, the system includes a database, a server, client computers, and a network connecting the client computers, the database and the server. The sever includes a requesting module, a notification module, a recording module, and a processing module. The requesting module starts a design request for the fixtures. The processing module processes the design request to extract and transmit a stored fixture report from the database to the notification module. The notification module notifies to modify the fixtures and create a new fixture report. The recording module records the new fixture report. The processing module compares and replaces the stored fixture report with the new fixture report. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258221 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An in-vehicle communication system is disclosed. In the in-vehicle communication system, when a portable device has received a data request specifying a specific data from an in-vehicle apparatus, the portable device determines whether the portable device can receive the specific data from a center apparatus. When the portable device determines that the portable device cannot receive the specific data from the center apparatus and that the specific data is stored in a data storage area of the portable device, the portable device transmits the specific data stored in the data storage area to the in-vehicle apparatus. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING QUERY USING AN IMAGE - A method and system for providing a query using an image is disclosed. A search keyword is determined using an image and position information of a terminal that are received from the terminal. Search queries associated with the determined search keyword are provided to the terminal. Lower search queries may be provided to the terminal if one of the provided search queries is selected. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258223 | VOICE-BASED MOBILE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates generally to a voice-based mobile search apparatus and method, and, more particularly, to a voice-based mobile search apparatus and method, which can present optimized search results suitable for a mobile status while allowing a user to conveniently use a search service in a mobile environment. The voice-based mobile search apparatus according to the present invention includes a voice recognition unit for recognizing a user's voice transferred through a mobile terminal and then receiving a query. A status information collection unit collects status information of the mobile terminal and profile information of the user. An answer search unit searches a knowledge base based on the query, and extracts short answers matching the query. An answer provision unit processes the short answers in conformity with the status information of the mobile terminal and the profile information of the user, and provides the processed short answers. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258224 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A computer program product is for creating a content management system that prompts a user for input of data source information to locate an existing content repository and a desired location for saving the created content management system via a user interface. The content management system creator may select and copy core files selected from a set of core files to a destination directory structure, establish a database connection, and incorporate information relating to the database connection into data tables. A created content management system may include a data storage tier, a data logic tier, and a user interface tier. The user interface tier may further include user interface definitions to view and manage data included within data storage tier by calling data table classes defined in the data logic tier. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258225 | Methods and Systems for Performing Transparent Object Migration Across Storage Tiers - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing transparent object migration across storage tiers. In an embodiment and by way of example, a method for appending data to large data volumes is provided. The method embodiment includes a) setting a CustomEntityOption bit that determines (at object creation time) where the object is stored, either in the relational or the non-relational data store portion, b) loading the CustomEntityOption bit in a cached CustomEntityDefinition, c) showing the CustomEntityOption bit as EntityInfo, and d) allowing custom object definition and Metadata API functionality when the bit is shown. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258226 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING IDENTIFIER MANAGEMENT - The invention relates to a system and a method for operating identifier management (AB 1, AB 2) in which at least one user subscriber number and a plurality of identifiers and/or pointers to identifiers can be stored, which identify the user within a communications service of a provider and which can be assigned to the subscriber number, an inquiry being made to the identifier management with transfer of the subscriber number as a parameter and the identifier management checking whether the subscriber number is assigned one identifier or several identifiers, and the identifier or identifiers being returned as a response when there is assignment. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110258227 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING DOCUMENTS - A method and system for searching documents is provided. The method includes creating one or more document vectors from one or more input documents. The method further includes performing a search on a document database based on the document vectors to locate one or more output documents related to one or more input documents. Thereafter, the method includes creating an interactive work-file including a list of the output documents and analysis of one or more attributes associated with the output documents. The interactive work-file can be stored and shared by a legal practitioner. The legal practitioner may share the interactive work-file with external legal practitioners and external legal examining authorities. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110264682 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING RECOMMENDATION KEYWORD OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS AND METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a system and method for providing a recommendation keyword having a high correlation with the content and reflecting the viewers' interests. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING INFORMATION MAP - An information map management system and method. The information map management system, including: an information map database maintaining at least one of an object, property, class, and group which are a unit of an information map; a search result determination unit determining a search result corresponding to a query by referring to the information map database, the query being inputted by a user; a count information generation unit generating count information about the unit using log information about the query; and a management unit managing the information map database using at least one of the log information about the query and the count information. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264684 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING CONTACT INFORMATION - A method for creating a user's address book in a database that creates a code associated with the user such that when the user's address book is updated, the updated information is imported into the platforms of members registered in the database through the code. A method for scanning a platform(s) of a user for Email IDs to determine if the Email ID already exists in the user's address book, and if it does not, checking the database for the existence of the Email ID, wherein if the Email ID is registered in the database, the user's address book is updated with the code of the user associated with the Email ID, and the code is subsequently imported into the user's platforms. If the Email ID does not exist in the database, a link between the Email ID and the user's platform(s) is created and stored into long term memory. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264685 | EMAIL VIEWS - Email viewing techniques are described. In implementations, a determination is made regarding one or more types of content that are included in an email through examination of metadata that describes the one or more types of content. The determination is made responsive to selection of an email in a user interface for output. A choice is made from one of a plurality of views for the email based on the determination; and the email is output in a user interface using the chosen view. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264686 | Contextual Collaboration Embedded Inside Applications - Methods and systems are described for enhancing applications, such as enterprise applications, to include contextual collaboration functionality by providing a collaboration space which can be embedded or otherwise made visibly available from within the application's user interface. The collaboration space allows collaboration content from collaboration activities that are outside the application to be contextually viewed seamlessly within the application. For example, a user of an enterprise application accessing an account, an opportunity or other object of an enterprise system, can view the collaboration space associated with the accessed object through the enterprise application itself. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264687 | CONCURRENT LINKED HASHED MAPS - An apparatus and a method for forming a concurrent linked hash map is described. Doubly linked nodes of a linked list are formed in a data container of a networked memory. A hash table is generated from the doubly linked nodes. A parent node is located in the hash table to update a reference of a node in the data container. The parent node is processed in a forward direction of the linked list. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264688 | PEER TO PEER (P2P) DATA LICENSING MODEL IN A DISTRIBUTED ABSTRACT QUERY ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for retrieving results for a query. One or more peer devices in a peer to peer network may define licensing terms for accessing data in one or more respective subsets of data contained therein. Upon receiving a query, the results of the data in data sets having licensing terms may be displayed to a requesting entity only upon acquiring an appropriate license. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING MESSAGE DATA IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for searching message data in a portable electronic device are provided. A threaded message inbox is provided at a display of the device, the message data grouped as threads. Search criteria are received and a search of an index of the threaded message inbox is initiated using the search criteria, the index comprising key words extracted from the message data. Additional message data is received while the search is being performed, the additional message data belonging to a given thread. Additional message data is searched in addition to the index. Search results are generated based on whether at least one of data from additional message data and data from the index meets the search criteria. Search results are provided in threads at the display. Search results are automatically updated in response to receiving additional message data when the additional message data meets the search criteria. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264690 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING OBJECTS BETWEEN SYSTEMS - An information processing device and method for distributing objects from a source system to a destination system package at least one distribution object and at least one association object. The information processing device sets the at least one distribution object, the source system and the destination system. Then, the information processing device searches the at least one association object corresponding to the at least one distribution objects in the source system. After determining whether an anomaly in the at least one distribution object and the at least one association object is present between the source system and the destination system. If the anomaly is exited between the source system and the destination system, the information processing device packages corresponding association objects into a request number for distribution it. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264691 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, TEXT SELECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a sensor information acquisition section configured to acquire sensor information outputted from a sensor for detecting a user motion and sensor information outputted from a sensor for obtaining a user current location; an action pattern detection block configured to analyze sensor information indicative of a user motion to detect an action pattern corresponding to the acquired sensor information from a plurality of action patterns obtained by classifying user's actions that are executed in a comparatively short time; a keyword conversion block configured to convert, on the basis of the sensor information indicative of a current location, the information into at least one keyword associated with the current location; and a text extraction block configured to extract a text for user presentation from a plurality of texts on the basis of the detected action pattern and the generated at least one keyword. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264692 | SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING PROPERTY LISTINGS BASED ON LOCATION - A system for searching property listings based on location may include storing, in a database of a mobile electronic device, a set of property listing entries, wherein a property listing entry includes an identification data field and a location coordinate data field. A property searching application may be executed on a processor of the mobile electronic device, wherein executing the property searching application includes multiple operations. Updated property listing entries may be received from a listing server. The set of property listing entries may be transformed based on the updated property listings. A search area may be determined. The database may be queried to retrieve one or more property listing entries from the set of property listing entries based on a comparison between the search area and the location coordinate data fields of the property listing entries. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110270865 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which is capable of improving user's convenience in searching for documents once found by a previous search, again. A CPU of the apparatus accepts the entry of a search keyword from the user, and obtains user information for identifying the user. The CPU adds the input search keyword to an index information item contained in each of document data items in association with the user information, and stores the index information item having the search keyword added thereto in an HDD, together with the document data item. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270866 | SEMANTIC MODEL ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DATA ABSTRACTION LAYER IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for determining Business Intelligence (BI) tools and/or abstract queries that use similar semantic concepts. A semantics table may standardize semantic concepts across both BI tools and a data abstraction model. A BI concept repository may map BI tools to semantic concepts used by the BI tools. A user may be notified of a BI tool and/or of an abstract query that may be of interest to the user, on the basis of the semantic concepts. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270867 | WEB SERVICE DISCOVERY VIA DATA ABSTRACTION MODEL - A method includes querying a discovery registry associated with a data abstraction model of a database to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on a particular logical field selected via a database query interface. The data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields that each correspond to a particular data structure of the database. A web service input of a discovered web service is associated with a first logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry, and a web service output of the discovered web service is associated with a second logical field of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry. A modified database query interface includes a text entry element to receive a text search term and a first selectable input associated with the first discovered web service. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270868 | AUTOMATIC WEB SERVICE DISCOVERY AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL VIA DATA ABSTRACTION MODEL - A computer-implemented method includes receiving a selection of a particular logical field via a database query interface. The method includes querying a discovery registry associated with a data abstraction model of a database to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the particular logical field. The data abstraction model includes a plurality of logical fields, where each logical field corresponds to a particular data structure of the database. A web service input and a web service output of a particular discovered web service are associated with particular logical fields of the data abstraction model via the discovery registry. The method further includes automatically initiating execution of the discovered web services and displaying one or more values resulting from execution of the discovered web services. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270869 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for managing electronic communications and, specifically, monitoring electronic communications received from numerous communications sources associated with a user, identifying that certain ones of the communications are priority communications and communicating notice of the priority communications to the user. The priority communication may be identified by user defined criteria, such key words, phrases, key topics, key names and the like; timeframe of the communication; user-defined priority rules; business performance indicators/metrics and the like. Communication of the notice may provide for communicating a priority communication alert to the user or communicating the notice to a network-accessible communication monitoring portal. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270870 | WEB SERVICE DISCOVERY VIA DATA ABSTRACTION MODEL AND CONDITION CREATION - A method includes receiving a selection of a logical field of a data abstraction model. The method includes determining model entries (e.g., concepts) associated with the selected logical field and examining the data abstraction model to determine other model entries that are equal to the model entries associated with the selected logical field. For each equal model entry, the method includes determining web services to be used in performing a search, where the web services are determined by querying a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the selected logical field. A first discovered web service is executed with user supplied criteria provided via a user interface to obtain a list of values. A condition is created that limits acceptable values associated with the selected logical field based on the user supplied criteria. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270871 | ICEBERG QUERY EVALUATION IMPLEMENTING A COMPRESSED BITMAP INDEX - Exemplary embodiments include an iceberg query method, including processing the iceberg query using a bitmap index having a plurality of bitmap vectors in a database, eliminating any of the plurality of bitmap vectors in the bitmap index that fails to meet a given condition thereby forming a subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors and aligning the vectors in the subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors in the bitmap index according to respective positions of the bitmap vectors in the subset of the plurality of bitmap vectors. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270872 | International Cross Border Data Movement - In some embodiments, a data movement system comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is operable to store a request to move data from a first jurisdiction and at least one action item associated with the request to move data, the request to move data comprising (a) a data type, (b) a jurisdiction from which the data is to be moved, and (c) a purpose for moving the data. The processor is configured to receive an update to the request to move data, the update to the request changing at least one of the data type, the jurisdiction from which the data is to be moved, or the purpose for moving the data. The processor is configured to identify a set of data movement rules based at least in part upon the updated request to move data. The processor is configured to apply at least one rule of the set of data movement rules to identify an update to the at least one action item to be completed in order to comply at least in part with the regulations. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270873 | E-LEARNING AUTHORSHIP BASED ON META-TAGGED MEDIA SPECIFIC LEARNING OBJECTS - A method and system of an e-learning authorship based on meta-tagged media specific learning objects are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes searching for learning objects in a repository based on a content query data publishing the learning objects to a content management system through applying a meta-data describing a context to the learning objects to such that the learning objects become readily accessible based on a search of the context and generating a set of executable files based on the learning objects and a number of auxiliary files associated with the set of executable files to create an e-learning course of a specific media type. In addition, the method may include comparing a context query data and the meta-data of the each of the learning objects to perform a context search which is used to select a subset of the learning object matching the context query data. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270874 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for use in servicing a search request where the search request comprises a plurality of parts (such as characters) and establishing a list of tokens where the tokens correspond to elements of objects and have a numerical value. For each part of the search request a subset of the list is determined, said subset identifying a set of objects which may satisfy the search query. The subsets may be identified iteratively. Token encoding is used to encode tokens based on a content of said elements and, in this case, the same token encoding is used to encode the parts of the search request. The token encoding may comprise differential encoding. In certain embodiments, resource requirements necessary to complete the search request are determined based on the identified subsets. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270875 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION TO ENABLE THE RAPID DISSEMINATION OF ACTIONABLE INFORMATION - Methods, systems and media are provided for turning large volumes of globally distributed data into actionable information by building a distributed semantic graph and maintaining such graph with up to date changes in data and client needs are provided. The semantic graph can be used to run subscriptions over interconnected semantic servers where each server can be capable of coupling to data sources, client applications and other semantic servers. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270876 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILTERING INFORMATION - A system and method for filtering data is provided, including identifying a target portion of a data source, dividing the target portion into one or more elements of a set, receiving one or more search requests as a filter specification, interpreting the filter specification as a Boolean logic expression, evaluating the elements of the set based on the Boolean expression, and displaying the elements which match the search request on a display. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270877 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT - A method and apparatus for providing media content such as audio and video using caption information as a search medium is provided. In the method, in response to a search request from a user terminal, a media content item including a search term is collected through search based on input of the search term. Media sections including the search term are extracted from a plurality of media sections included in the collected media content item. Text items synchronized with the extracted media sections are provided as a list. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270878 | Dynamic Taxonomy Process for Browsing and Retrieving Information in Large Heterogeneous Data Bases - A process is disclosed for retrieving information in large heterogeneous data bases, wherein information retrieval through visual querying/browsing is supported by dynamic taxonomies; the process comprises the steps of: initially showing (F1) a complete taxonomy for the retrieval; refining (F2) the retrieval through a selection of subsets of interest, where the refining is performed by selecting concepts in the taxonomy and combining them through boolean operations; showing (F3) a reduced taxonomy for the selected set; and further refining (F4) the retrieval through an iterative execution of the refining and showing steps. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110270879 | SUPPORT FOR USER DEFINED AGGREGATIONS IN A DATA STREAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer is programmed to accept a command to create a new aggregation defined by a user during execution of continuous queries on streams of data. The computer is further programmed to thereafter accept and process new continuous queries using the new aggregation, in a manner similar to built-in aggregations. The user typically writes a set of instructions to perform the new aggregation, and identifies in the command, a location of the set of instructions. In response to such a command, the computer creates metadata identifying the new aggregation. The metadata is used to instantiate one aggregation for each group of data in a current window, grouped by an attribute identified in a new query. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276583 | AUTOMATIC ROLE DETERMINATION FOR SEARCH CONFIGURATION - A mechanism for automatically laying out a search topology and assisting administration of the system in a shared services environment is provided. A search configuration wizard user interface may prompt an administrator to specify a number of items to be supported by the search system on initial search application topology configuration, as well as selections between high-availability or high throughput options. A topology manager managing the search configuration wizard may determine how many servers are needed upon receiving configuration options and create specific search components on available servers to optimize query and crawl performance for the system. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276584 | MULTI-TENANCY IN DATABASE NAMESPACE - Database systems are presented including: a database; a database instance of the database, where the database instance includes a set of instance database objects, and where the database instance is accessible by an instance user; and a database tenant associated with the database instance, where the database tenant includes a set of tenant database objects, where the database tenant provides access to the database instance by the tenant user, such that the instance user and the tenant user may independently access the database instance without affecting one another where each of the instance user and the tenant user are configured with independent accessibility. In some embodiments, systems further include: an instance production table associated with the database instance and a tenant production table associated with the database instance. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT USING AN INTERNET CONTENT GUIDE - Systems and methods for providing Internet Content Guides (ICG) on playback devices that can be used to access content via the Internet from a plurality of sources using a remote database containing navigation hierarchy definitions for specific device models and/or device instances are described, where content metadata included in the remote database is collected by a remote server from the plurality of sources. One embodiment of the invention includes a metacenter configured to retrieve content metadata from feeds on a plurality of remote servers describing content accessible via the remote servers and to use the content metadata retrieved from the feeds to update a content metadata database, and a plurality of playback devices configured to communicate with the metacenter and access content via the Internet. In addition, the content metadata database defines a plurality of navigation hierarchies for different playback devices, where each navigation hierarchy includes category information and content information, each playback device is configured to obtain a navigation hierarchy appropriate to the playback device from the metacenter, where the navigation hierarchy obtained by the playback device only includes category and content information that the playback device is authorized to access and is capable of playing back, and the playback devices are configured to generate an Internet content guide using the navigation hierarchy obtained from the metacenter. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276586 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING INFORMATION NETWORK - A method of establishing an information network comprises the steps of obtaining first information generated by a computing apparatus, obtaining second information generated by the computing apparatus and configured to describe the first information, obtaining third information generated by the computing apparatus and configured to indicate a relationship between the first information and a user who owns the first information, and associating the second and third pieces of information with the received first information. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276587 | MONITORING AND AUDITING SYSTEM - An improved method and apparatus for auditing database queries, wherein comments are added by a server prior to the server forwarding the queries to the database system. The comments are then used to derive audit information, which is correlated with other audit information in a different server, to produce a more complete audit record. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276588 | Query Builder System for Resource Description Framework Based Knowledge Stores - According to one embodiment, a computer-implemented method, includes accessing, by a computer system, a knowledge store that stores records structured according to a RDF specification. The method also includes, based on a drag-and-drop selection technique, receiving a first entry in a first query entry field. The first entry is selected from a group comprising one or more of the following: a first class of a plurality of classes, a first predicate of a plurality of predicates, a first instance of a plurality of instances, and a first text entry of a plurality of text entries. The method further includes generating a SPARQL query using at least the first entry. The method further includes transmitting the generated SPARQL query to the knowledge store. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276589 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS TO IDENTIFY STRUCTURES - In various embodiments, multiple heterogeneous documents are processed to identify structures, such as chemical structures, contained therein, including non-embedded structures. Also described is a graphical user interface that permits a user to search for a structure or substructure within a set of electronic documents, then displays the matching structures as well as the actual pages of the documents on which the matching structures are found. Display of the actual pages allows the user to verify the matches and provides helpful context for the user. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DATA - A method, system and computer program for protecting a user from email and electronic content overload and assisting the user with processing and sorting electronic data by employing intermediate email addresses. The intermediate email addresses can be a user-specific intermediate email address generated in response to the user signing up to the system or a system-specific email address peculiar to the class of email messages to be sorted by the system to which the user can forward emails received at the user's private email address for processing and sorting. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276591 | Local Search and Mapping for Mobile Devices - A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276592 | GEODATABASE INFORMATION PROCESSING - A system is described for processing data of at least one location aware devices for obtaining geo-information. The system comprises an input means for obtaining vector-based data from at least one location aware devices, a data processor for inserting information from the vector-based data into a raster-based data structure so as to derive geo-information based on the raster-based data structure. A corresponding method as well as corresponding computer program products also are described. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276593 | MECHANISMS TO PERSIST HIERARCHICAL OBJECT RELATIONS - Mechanisms to persist object relations are provided. A project is defined as a series of interrelated objects having dependencies and relationships with one another. The dependencies and relationships are maintained via a storage organization for files that define the objects within a project storage environment for the project. Thus, the dependencies and relationships are not maintained via hardcoded instructions or references that are included within the files. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276594 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE OF APPLICATIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A method, system, and computer program include receiving a request string, and mapping the received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string. The received request string may be in the form of a JSP, a servlet, and remote Enterprise Java Bean calls. A user may be prompted to create rules for mapping of a received request string to a distinguishable request string and a collapsible request string. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276595 | HANDS FREE CONTACT DATABASE INFORMATION ENTRY AT A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method, system, and program provides for hands free contact database information entry at a communication device. A recording system at a communication device detects a user initiation to record. Responsive to detecting the user initiation to record, the recording system records the ongoing conversation supported between the communication device and a second remote communication device. The recording system converts the recording of the conversation into text. Next, the recording system extracts contact information from the text. Then, the recording system stores the extracted contact information in an entry of the contact database, such that contact information is added to the contact database of the communication device without manual entry of the contact information by the user. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110276596 | SYSTEM FOR INTERPETING DIGITAL INK - A system for interpreting digital ink is provided having a pen for imaging tags printed on a page to produce one or more types digital ink, an input for input of the digital ink, memory storing a page description having an identifier, a database of digital ink types, and searching algorithms specialized for searching the database, and a processor for interpreting the input digital ink using the stored description and algorithms. Each tag encodes its location on the page and the page identifier. The digital ink includes data on the page identifier and the pen motion relative to the imaged tags. The processor determines the input digital ink types, selects the algorithms specialized to the determined types, processes the input digital ink with the selected algorithms, searches the database for matches to the processed digital ink using the selected algorithms, and interprets the matches relative to the stored description. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110282893 | DECREASING DUPLICATES AND LOOPS IN AN ACTIVITY RECORD - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method for decreasing duplicate entries and loops in an activity record such as on a user's page on a social networking site. An exemplary method comprises analyzing a new entry from a user to determine an originating service and a type of activity and extracting an identifying portion of the new entry. The identifying portion is compared to a list of prior entries from the user, and an exclusion action is performed, if the new entry matches one in the list of prior entries. The exclusion action may be to hide the new entry, to delete the new entry, or to collapse the new entry into a matching prior entry. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282894 | System and Method for Remote File Search Integrated with Network Installable File System - A remote file system application program interface (API) for a remote file system installable file system (IFS) and operating system file system. The remote file system API enables a file content searching program that performs a search on a mapped remote drive to pass the file system path to search and the search criteria regular expression pattern to the remote system for searching and the results are returned to the client system in an IO stream. Such an application program interface is useful in the area of network file systems, network mapped drives, and file content searching programs such as a global regular expression processor (grep). | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOGICAL PEOPLE GROUPS - A system for managing a logical people group. The system comprises a computer, including a computer readable medium and processor operating thereon. The system also comprises a query module, executing on the computer, operable to receive a complex query and return a logical group of users. The query module is operable to search, based on the complex query, across a plurality of information sources including a user directory, a plurality of roles, and an attribute directory. The system also comprises a query cache which stores, for a user-definable period, a reverse lookup table of users and the logical groups to which the users belong based on previously received complex queries. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282896 | REPRESENTATION OF MEDIA TYPES - Apparatus and methods to control selection of media content provide a mechanism to enhance user interaction with multimedia devices. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282897 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING A DATABASE OF REFERENCE IMAGES - A method and system for maintaining a database of reference images, the database including a plurality of sets of images, each set associated with one location or object. The method comprises the steps of identifying local features of each set of images; determining distances between each local feature of each set and the local features of all other sets; identifying discriminative features of each set of images by removing local features based on the determined distances; and storing the discriminative features of each set of images. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282898 | MANIPULATION AND/OR ANALYSIS OF HIERARCHICAL DATA - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and/or systems for manipulating hierarchical sets of data are disclosed. In particular, methods, apparatus devices and or/or systems for analyzing hierarchical data are disclosed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282899 | Method and System for Exploring Objects in a Data Dictionary - Mechanisms and methods for exploring objects in a data dictionary may enable embodiments to provide a simple and efficient tool for understanding dependencies between entities. The ability to provide a visual format for representing dependency information of entities may enable database developers to efficiently explore objects in a data dictionary and better understand the dependencies of entities in the database. In an embodiment, methods for exploring objects in a database can be applied to multi-tenant database systems. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282900 | IMAGE RETRIEVAL - Method and systems for search and retrieval of images with an image processing system is disclosed. With an input interface, a first image to use in a search query is received. The first image is processed with the image processing system to create first information and determine a first code associated with the first image. A plurality of images are received from an image database and processed to respectively create information at least related to each of the plurality of images. A plurality of codes associated with the plurality of images is determined. The first code is compared with the plurality of codes to find a subset of the plurality of images. The first information is compared with information for the subset. Finally, the image processing system determines if the subset compares favorably with the first image based, at least in part, on an outcome from the comparing the first information with the information from the subset. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282901 | Apparatus and Method for Constructing and Utilizing a Beacon Location Database - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to associate wireless beacon positions within a building with physical position coordinates. Client device positions within the building are computed based upon the physical position coordinates. The client device positions are aggregated to form a client position database. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SEARCH-ENABLED REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A search-enabled remote control device to facilitate viewers' ability to search through programming and/or content options and view results. In one embodiment, a viewer is able to use a traditional remote control interface to navigate through menus or selections and to display search results on screen. In another embodiment, a viewer's watching behavior and/or searching habits are tracked by the search-enabled remote control and used to develop a viewer profile, which may in turn be used to target advertisements, information and/or future programming options. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282903 | Dictionary Word and Phrase Determination - Context signals in documents are identified, characters bounded by the context signals are identified, one or more candidate words defined by the characters bounded by the context signals are identified, and one or more of the candidate words are added to an input method editor dictionary. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110282904 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR CLUSTERING AND COMMUNICATING BETWEEN INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM (IMS) ENTITIES AND FOR SUPPORTING DATABASE ACCESS IN AN IMS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and computer program products for clustering and communicating between Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) entities and for supporting database access in an IMS network environment. According to one aspect, an IMS cluster node includes a serving call state control function (S-CSCF) for controlling media sessions between IMS users. The cluster node further includes a home subscriber service (HSS) function for storing and providing IMS subscription information to the S-CSCF function. A shared memory is operatively associated with the S-CSCF function and the HSS function. The S-CSCF function obtains IMS subscription information from the HSS function via the shared memory. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110289098 | PRESENTING MOBILE CONTENT BASED ON PROGRAMMING CONTEXT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating search queries in response to obtaining audio samples on a client device. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of i) receiving audio data from a client device, ii) identifying specific content from captured media based on the received audio data, wherein the identified specific content is associated with the received audio data and the captured media includes at least one of audio media or audio-video media, iii) obtaining additional metadata associated with the identified content, iv) generating a search query based at least in part on the obtained additional metadata, and v) returning one or more search results to the client device, the one or more search results responsive to the search query and associated with the received audio data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289099 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING VIDEO PROGRAM MATERIAL VIA DVS OR SAP DATA - A system for identification of video content in a video signal is provided via the use of DVS or SAP information or other data in a video signal or transport stream such as MPEG-x. Sampling of the received video signal or transport stream allows capture of dialog from a movie or video program. The captured dialog is compared to a reference library or database for identification purposes. Other attributes of the video signal or transport stream may be combined with closed caption data or closed caption text for identification purposes. Example attributes include DVS/SAP information, time code information, histograms, and or rendered video or pictures. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289100 | MANAGING A BINARY OBJECT IN A DATABASE SYSTEM - A method for managing a binary object in a database system is provided. The method may include receiving a request to store the binary object and determining if a size of the binary object is above a first threshold. If the size is less than the first threshold, the method may include storing the binary object in a database of the database system using a database communication protocol. If the size is above the first threshold, the method may include determining if the size is above a second threshold. To this end, if the size is less than the second threshold, the method may include storing the binary object in a file system of the database system using the database communication protocol. Furthermore, if the size is above the second threshold, the method may include storing the binary object in the file system using a file system communication protocol. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289101 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID DATA ACCESS AND DISTRIBUTION USING STRUCTURED IDENTIFIERS - A method and apparatus for accessing data using an N-leg search tree. The method comprises determining a tree identifier using a computer, traversing an N-leg search tree associated with the tree identifier, and accessing a data structure. The N-leg search tree is stored on a computer and traversed to a given node within the tree. The accessed data structure is associated with a deepest valid traversed node. The given node corresponds to a given element of a structured identifier. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289102 | DE-DUPLICATION IN BILLING SYSTEM - Scalable handling of billing events that affect one or more accounts. A computing system partitions received events into a number of channels, perhaps by account identifier. The channels receive the events, and perform de-duplication of the events. This de-duplication may be performed using a Bloom filter that is updated to reflect the receipt of any original event. The Bloom filter may be used to either determine that the event is not a duplicate of another, or to determine that the event cannot be ruled out as being a duplicate of another. In the latter case, further processing may be performed to for definitively determine whether the event is truly a duplication, or in the alternative, the event may be immediately treated as a duplicate. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289103 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SEARCHING ACCOUNTS BY ARRANGING PHONE NUMBERS - The present invention discloses a method and system of searching accounts by arranging phone numbers. An individual user table is set up in a general user database and the individual user table includes predetermined phone numbers and predetermined accounts. In addition, each predetermined phone number has at least one corresponding predetermined account. The system will search and show the corresponding predetermined account or the corresponding predetermined phone number after a phone number or an account is input. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289104 | SIMPLIFIED SEARCH WITH UNIFIED LOCAL DATA AND FREEFORM DATA LOOKUP - The present application discloses a method for initiating an external search from a mobile device. The method involves determining that a search term entered into a user interface on the mobile device was not found in a search of data stored on a first memory on the mobile device and requesting the external search be conducted based on the search term for data stored on a second memory, which is external to the mobile device. Other aspects include a mobile device and computer-readable medium configured for implementing the method described above. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289105 | FRAMEWORK FOR CONDUCTING LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING BASED ON ACCUMULATED LEGAL KNOWLEDGE - Disclosed herein is a framework for conducting legal research, writing, and collaboration tasks and accumulating legal knowledge. The framework can contain a body of legal documents. Users can select quotations from the documents, group one or more quotations in a Quote Bundle, and add annotations to the quotations within the Quote Bundles and/or add annotations directly to the Quote Bundles. The quotations, annotations, and Quote Bundles can be shared between users. Furthermore, the Quote Bundles can be integrated with a built-in word processing tool to facilitate the writing process. As a user creates a document, one or more Quote Bundles can be displayed. A user can select a quotation from a Quote Bundle, which can then be added to their document. When a quotation is added to a user created document, the proper citation information can also be added without further action by the user. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289106 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A LEAD GENERATING HUB - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A LEAD GENERATING HUB (“HUB”) facilitates the generation, evaluation, and recording of information and activities related to property transactions and associated communications. In embodiments, the HUB may be configured to identify leads for users based on user-entered information, user contacts, and/or the properties associated with a user and/or in which a user is interested. Leveraging connectivity between contract relationship management functionality, property listing service features, intelligent inbox coordination capabilities, and/or the like, the HUB may identify connections between user requirements and/or assets and opportunities to fulfill those requirements and/or to transact those assets. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289107 | Applicant Qualification Process - A system, computer-readable medium, and method for automatically determining if an applicant is qualified to perform a task are provided. In the method, an application including applicant identifier information identifying an applicant is received by a computing device. The applicant identifier information is extracted from the received application. A query to a database including the extracted applicant identifier information is created and sent to a database system using a network. The database system stores data associated with the extracted applicant identifier information. A response to the query is received from the database system using the network. The response includes data associated with the applicant's qualification to perform a task. Whether or not the applicant is qualified to perform the task is determined by comparing the data associated with the applicant's qualification to a predetermined qualification criterion. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289108 | Assisted Hybrid Mobile Browser - A system and a method are disclosed for identifying video files on a webpage and streaming video files to a client device. A server receives browsing data including uniform resource locator for a webpage and identifies missing videos on the webpage. The server identifies a source file for the missing videos including identifying a location for each missing video. The server retrieves a thumbnail for each missing video and provides it to a client device. Additionally, the server transcodes the video file responsive to a user input provided by a user. The transcoded video is streamed to the client device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289109 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a data retrieval unit for obtaining at least two element data, a dissimilarity calculation unit for calculating a dissimilarity between the element data obtained by the data retrieval unit, a transition cost calculation unit for calculating a cost of transition from one of the element data obtained by the data retrieval unit to another of the element data thereof which is different therefrom, and a distance calculation unit for calculating an element distance representing the degree of dissimilarity between the element data by using the dissimilarity calculated by the dissimilarity calculation unit and the transition cost calculated by the transition cost calculation unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289110 | METHOD OF RE-SEARCHING WEBPAGE AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A method of re-finding a web page in an apparatus capable of web browsing. The method includes storing data of a currently displayed web page as data of a re-search web page in the apparatus when a re-search web page designation signal is received and reading and loading the data of the re-search web page stored in the apparatus when a web page re-search request signal is received. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289111 | Real-time voter identification, contact, and canvassing system - A system for the real-time identification, contact, and canvassing of voters is provided. The system has a voter database and a user interface. The user interface displays information about voters from the voter database on a map in the user interface. Households containing registered voters are displayed as pins on the map, and the pin identifies the number of voters within the household and is color-coded to match the presumptive party of the voters within the household. The pins may be clicked to view an individual voter's information, and information about contacts with individual voters may be reported to the voter database in real time. The user may change any number of voter metrics, and the map will automatically refresh to show households containing voters matching such metrics. The user may create, save, and assign walk lists to other users directly from the map based upon the selected voter metrics and current map view. The walk lists may be used to target custom messages to different voters on the walk list depending on a specific set of voter metrics. Campaigns may employ workers armed with smartphones and cellular-enabled tablet computers to canvass voters using the walk lists, or campaigns may use the walk lists in more traditional ways by robocalling or sending mailers to voters on the walk lists. Other features, such as voter searches and user account administration, are also provided. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289112 | DATABASE SYSTEM, DATABASE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATABASE STRUCTURE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a database system capable of efficiently and rapidly updating data in a database. The database system has a data processing unit that performs, to the database, data processing base on a query. The database includes an identifier table storing data identifiers each having a fixed length and uniquely representing entity data themselves and a conversion table. The conversion table shows a correspondent relationship between the data identifiers and position data each indicating a position of a storage area of the entity data. The conversion table has a metadata area Fidx, and the metadata area Fidx stores a tuple identifier uniquely designating a tuple that stores each of the data identifiers in the identifier table. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289113 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY OF A PORTABLE DEVICE - A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110289114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO CONTENT RECOGNITION - System and method for automatically recognizing media contents comprise steps of capturing media content from the Internet and/or devices, extracting fingerprints from captured contents and transferring to the backend servers for identification, and backend servers processing the fingerprints and replying with identified result. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110295872 | Method for Visualizing Resource Relationships Stored in SQL Tables Within a Mainframe Environment - A system and method is provided for visualizing system resource relationships in a mainframe environment. The resource relationships may be presented in a single, logically constructed diagram/graph regardless of the number of sub-systems or database tables in the mainframe environment. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295873 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENHANCE QUERIES IN AN AFFINITY DOMAIN - Methods and apparatus to enhance queries in an affinity domain are disclosed herein. An example method of providing a query service in an affinity domain includes receiving a query including one or more template identifiers that indicate conformance with a standard related to content of a document; generating an expression including the one or more template identifiers to define a search of a registry; performing the search of the registry according to the expression, wherein the search is configured to identify documents including the one or more template identifiers; and conveying the identified documents to an entity associated with the query. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295874 | METADATA CACHE MANAGEMENT - In an embodiment managing a cache includes determining from metadata of a received service request whether a cache data response may satisfy the request as a function of recognizing a cacheable method name specification within request metadata by a service provider associated with the request, the embodiment further including determining whether the request is an inquiry or a request as a function of comparing an update frequency specification in the request metadata to a value of a time parameter associated with the cacheable method name in the metadata if the request may be satisfied by the cached data. The embodiment also includes searching the cache for the data response if determined the data is cacheable and the request is an inquiry, and sending the request on to a service provider if the data response is not a cacheable response or the request is an update request. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295875 | LOCATION-AWARE QUERY BASED EVENT RETRIEVAL AND ALERTING - Hybrid search results are provided based on analyzing a web-query and a location. Hybrid search results may include a web-search result and an event-search result. The event-search result may be identified based on identifying a location associated with the search engine user and the web-query. The event-search result may include event details, such as time, location and descriptive information. Additionally, an event-alert link may be provided. An event-alert link may allow a user to receive updates related to an event. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295876 | Validation Of Database Schema Upgrades Using A Data Differencing Tool - An upgrade controller that compares the contents of a reference database with an upgraded database is described. In one embodiment, the upgrade controller connects to the reference and upgraded database and retrieves the list of tables. For each of the tables, the upgrade controller compares the content of the reference and the upgraded table. The upgrade controller compares the table contents by comparing the contents on a record-by-record basis. In addition, the upgrade controller can use a whitelist of tables and columns to reduce the number of false positive(s) that could be generated during the comparison. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE HANDWRITING RECOGNITION IN WEB QUERIES - A graphic representation resulting from a user interacting with a user interface operating on a user device is received over a network. The graphic representation corresponds to a portion of a desired graphic character of a graphic character set (e.g. Chinese). The graphic representation is analyzed to select a plurality of graphic characters of the graphic character set that are a probable match of the graphic representation. The plurality of probable graphic characters are transmitted back to the user. A selection of one of the plurality of probable graphic characters is received over the network. A plurality of suggested search terms are identified to the user. Each suggested search term comprises at least one graphic character from the graphic character set. One of the plurality of suggested search terms is selected to be used to conduct an Internet search. An Internet search is then conducted using the selected search term. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295878 | ASSISTED CONTENT AUTHORING - An authoring system on a mobile device (or other type of device) may help a user to author a message based on context available on the device. Context data comes to exist on the device in some manner. For example, the context may contain the results of a search that a user has performed on the device. A message may be proposed based on the search query and/or the result—e.g., if a user searches for “Edinburgh,” the authoring system may propose the message “Username likes Edinburgh” or “Username is learning about Edinburgh.” The authoring system may allow the user to change the message and/or to add additional content and/or links to the message. The user may then to send the message over some channel such as e-mail, a social network, a microblogging site, etc. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for document management are presented. A virtual document, irrespective of a number of pages in the virtual document, may be transferred to a device via a network within a time period similar to or approximately equal to a time period to transfer a single page document. The systems, database structures, and methods described herein can allow for the management of a document similar to that of a file system, by allowing each individual page of a multi-page document to be stored and updated individually. In some embodiments, multi-page image documents may be stored at a page level, that is, each page of a multi-page image document may be individually stored and individually accessed, allowing for a random access of any page within a multi-page image document without a need to access any other pages of the multi-page image document. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295880 | PROCESS FOR MONITORING THE SUCCESS OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID TO A NON HETEROGENOUS BIOLOGICAL TARGET, AND SYSTEM THAT ENABLES THE EXECUTION OF SAID PROCESS - A computer implemented method for inputting transient data into a persistent world is provided. The method includes capturing sensor data from a sensor. The method further includes detecting a condition, wherein the detection is based at least in part on the match of a detection criteria from a database of a plurality of detection criteria to the captured sensor data. The method includes interpreting the detected condition, wherein the interpretation is based at least in part on the match of an interpretation criteria from a database of a plurality of interpretation criteria to the detected condition. And, the method includes registering the interpretation of the detected condition with a virtual object in a simulation. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295881 | MERGING COMPUTER PRODUCT, METHOD, AND APPARATUS - A computer-readable, non-transitory medium that stores therein a merging program that causes a computer capable of accessing a database that stores therein a data group, to execute a process that includes specifying, from the data group, first data and second data that are mergeable; identifying, from the data group, third data that are mergeable with the first data specified at the specifying; determining the second data specified at the specifying and the third data identified at the identifying as mergeable data; and outputting a determination result obtained at the determining. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPOSITE VIEW OBJECT AND SQL BYPASS IN A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SERVER - Systems and methods are described for performing a SQL bypass in a business intelligence (BI) server environment. The BI server initially receives a SQL query and constructs an extensible markup language (XML) representation of the SQL query. The XML representation is sent to an application server that hosts an application developer framework (ADF). The ADF receives the XML representation of the SQL query and constructs a composite view object at runtime, to access the appropriate data. It then generates a database-specific query based on the composite view object and returns it to the BI server. The BI server replans the database-specific query and sends it to a database storing the data. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295883 | TPEG CLIENT DEVICE AND METHOD - An electronic device configured to operate as a TPEG client is provided. The electronic device includes an interface adapted to receive TPEG messages comprising TPEG event codes. A relational database is stored in memory of the electronic device. The relational database includes at least one relation with a plurality of records, each record associating a TPEG event code with an event text. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295884 | DATA CONVERSION METHOD PROCESSING FOR CONVERSION OF DATABASE, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM OF THE SAME - The first and second table data of the SQL sentence of the query of “ACCESS” based on a predetermined conversion list is generated based on a predetermined conversion table. The data of each line of the second table data is read in the order depending on a kind of queries, and parenthesis is added to these. And the results are substituted for a variable sequentially. The value of the final variable is substituted for the third table data. And it is processed as a query after the conversion which may be processed by SQL Server. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295885 | REMOTE-INTERACTION APPARATUS AND INTERACTION UNIT THEREOF - A remote-interaction apparatus comprises a portable electronic device installing a specific software and an interaction unit having an interaction-mode database. The interaction unit can detect a sensory information inputted by a user and find out an interaction information corresponding to the sensory information from the interaction-mode database for transmitting the first interaction information to the portable electronic device by a first communication protocol. And the specific software employs the portable electronic device to transmit the interaction information to another remote-interaction apparatus by a second communication protocol. The specific software can also employ the portable electronic device to transmit another interaction information transmitted from the said another remote-interaction apparatus to the interaction unit by the first communication protocol, so that the interaction unit can find out a control command corresponding to the said another interaction information from the interaction-mode database and perform a response action according to the control command. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295886 | METHODS FOR SEARCHING FORENSIC DATA - In one aspect of the present invention, a software component for conducting digital forensic searches is described. The software component has a header; one or more search markup language programs, and a data features section. The software component, also referred to as a search pack, enables a first entity, such as a federal investigation agency, to share its suspect and sensitive data with a second entity, such as another investigative agency in a manner that allows the second agency to utilize the suspect data while not revealing the actual content of the sensitive data to the second agency. The second agency can perform comparisons and other operations on the sensitive data without having to know the actual content of the data. The search pack allows an investigative agency to define an investigative strategy for a particular case via the search markup language programs and by the data features that it includes in the search pack. Thus, by sharing search packs among agencies, an agency can share or inform others of that agency's theory of the case and investigative goal. Search packs can also be updated automatically as new information is learned about a particular case. A search pack is updated is determined by the agency that created it and manages it. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF SURGICAL INFORMATION - Systems and methods of creating, managing, and using a database, comprising surgical data may involve receiving input signals from a plurality of surgical data sources, the input signals being representative of surgical data associated with a plurality of patients, storing the surgical data in the database, and sending one or more output signals to one or more authorized users in response to one or more queries, the output signals being representative of one or more portions of the surgical data. Among other uses, the systems and methods may be used to improve the performance of surgical procedures, rate surgeons, train surgeons, and establish insurance rates for surgeons and patients. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295888 | User Interface for Facts Query Engine with Snippets from Information Sources that Include Query Terms and Answer Terms - A method and a system for providing snippets of source documents of an answer to a fact query are disclosed. Snippets of source documents may be provided in response to a user request for the source documents from which the fact answer to a fact query was extracted. The snippets include the terms of the fact query and terms of the answer. The snippets may be displayed along with Uniform Resource Locators (URL's) of the source documents. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302189 | PROVIDING CONTEXT AWARE SEARCH ADAPTIVELY - A method, computing device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium is provided for facilitating a context-aware search on documents stored in an unstructured database column. The database server determines whether a document stored in an unstructured database object is marked up according to a recognized markup language. Documents that conform to the markup language are indexed with value-to-node mappings and node-to-physical-location mappings to provide a context-aware search of marked up nodes within the documents. Documents that do not conform to the markup language are indexed with value-to-document mappings to provide a full-text search of the documents. The database server evaluates a context-aware search against documents that conform to the markup language within the unstructured column without requiring the user identify the documents as XML documents and store the documents in an XMLType structured column. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302190 | SMART ENERGY NETWORK CONFIGURATION USING LINK KEY DATABASE - Various embodiments include a method and system for configuring a smart energy network using a link key database. An energy services interface, on the smart energy network, extracts a unique identifier associated with a smart energy device from a communication with the smart energy device. The energy services interface may then use the unique identifier to receive information associated with the smart energy device from the link key database. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302191 | System and Method for Locating Business Verifications from Trusted Persons - Systems and methods for obtaining comments of businesses from trusted persons are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, users participating in the system get comments of businesses from other people they trust by searching the comments previously made by those others. Trust connections may be established between pairs of users, before a search is made. Comments made by the system users are stored in a database and are searched based upon search requests made by the users. Both the stored comments and search requests each comprise “tag lists” of words describing some good or service. Businesses are selected to appear in search results by matching words of the comments to a search request, as well as other possible factors, and may be sorted by the number of matching comments that each business has received. Various methods may be used to further filter the results. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIRST DATA CAPTURE THROUGH GENERIC MESSAGE MONITORING - In one embodiment, a method for handling an error message includes interrogating an error message issued by a computing system to determine that the error message includes more than an alarm message, determining a message identifier relating to the error message, comparing the message identifier to entries in a database to determine an entry in the database that includes the message identifier, and outputting a set of documentation referenced by the entry in the database which includes the message identifier. In another embodiment, the database includes a plurality of searchable entries, each entry including: a message identifier, a product identifier, a set of documentation, and a set of actions. The set of documentation includes documents for the computing system to output and the set of actions includes actions for the computing system to perform. Other methods, systems, and computer program products are also described according to various embodiments. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302193 | APPROXIMATION FRAMEWORK FOR DIRECT OPTIMIZATION OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MEASURES - A “Ranking Optimizer,” provides a framework for directly optimizing conventional information retrieval (IR) measures for use in ranking, search, and recommendation type applications. In general, the Ranking Optimizer first reformats any conventional position based IR measure from a conventional “indexing by position” process to an “indexing by documents” process to create a newly formulated IR measure which contains a position function, and optionally, a truncation function. Both of these functions are non-continuous and non-differentiable. Therefore, the Ranking Optimizer approximates the position function by using a smooth function of ranking scores, and, if used, approximates the optional truncation function with a smooth function of positions of documents. Finally, the Ranking Optimizer optimizes the approximated functions to provide a highly accurate surrogate function for use as a surrogate IR measure. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302194 | SCALABLE RENDERING OF LARGE SPATIAL DATABASES - Aspects of the invention provide a service for data management and integration across a wide range of applications. Clustered computers may be arranged in a cloud-type configuration for storing and handling large amounts of user data under the control of a front-end management server. Communities of distributed users may collaborate on the data across multiple enterprises. Very large tabular data files are uploaded to the storage facilities. The data files are maintained as tables, and a composite table of related information is created and maintained in response to user queries. Different ways of visualizing the data are provided. Depending on the amount of information that can be displayed, features in a spatial index may the thinned for presentation. Spatial and structured queries are processing and results are intersected to obtain information for display. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302195 | Multi-Versioning Mechanism for Update of Hierarchically Structured Documents Based on Record Storage - A method for multi-versioning data of a hierarchically structured document stored in data records includes: changing document data in one or more data records, each data record assigned a record identifier, the data record including a plurality of nodes assigned a node identifier, and the document assigned a document identifier; storing an update timestamp in a base table row referencing the document identifier; storing in each changed data record a start timestamp for a start of a validity period for the changed data record and an end timestamp for an end of the validity period; and storing the start timestamp and the end timestamp in one or more node identifier index entries referencing the document identifier, the record identifier, and the node identifier. A version of the document may be obtained using node identifier index entries satisfying a version timestamp. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302196 | VISUALIZING QUERY RESULTS IN STREAM PROCESSING SYSTEMS - In a method for visualizing query results in stream processing systems, a visualization service receives a query from a client to visualize data in a stream processing application. The query is sent from the visualization service to a query-able operator of the stream processing application. At the query-able operator, an operation is performed using history data in the query-able operator to produce a first result that satisfies the query and the first result is sent to the visualization service. At the query-able operator, another operation is performed using new data received by the query-able operator to produce a second result that satisfies the query and the second result is sent to the visualization service. The first and second results are output from the visualization service to the client. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302197 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION VIA CONTEXT SEARCHING OF PRINTED SUBSTRATE - A method of providing information to a user via a printed substrate, said substrate comprising user information and coded data indicative of a region identity associated with the substrate and of a plurality of locations on the substrate, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, in a computer system, interaction data indicative of the region identity and at least one position of a sensing device relative to the substrate, the sensing device generating the interaction data, when operatively positioned or moved relative to the substrate, by reading at least some of the coded data; identifying and retrieving at least part of a page description corresponding to the printed substrate using the region identity; generating a query expression comprising one or more search terms, at least one of said search terms being identified using the page description and the at least one position of the sensing device; forming a request using the query expression; and sending the request, or a results resource including search results obtained using the request, to the user. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302198 | SEARCHING BACKWARD TO SPEED UP QUERY - A method, computing device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided for performing a context-aware search by finding a set of nodes that are mapped to a given text or other value and, for each node in the set of nodes, performing a reverse path lookup to determine whether the node satisfies a given context. The query processor performs the reverse path lookup for a node by traversing up a node tree away from the node, using a stored mapping from the node to a parent of the node. Using mappings from nodes to parent nodes, the node tree is traversed backwards from the node up to distant ancestor nodes through parent nodes. An optimizer instructs the query processor to perform a value-based portion of the search before a path-based portion of the search based on value distribution statistics and path distribution statistics. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302199 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus that manages resource information which is information related to resources constituting a system, includes: a first condition setting section that sets first conditions which are predetermined conditions between given resource information and other resource information; a first condition extraction section that extracts, from the first conditions set by the first condition setting section, a first condition set to resource information, on which changed information that is information indicating a change to the resource information is based; and a first condition determination section that determines whether the changed information satisfies the first condition extracted by the first condition extraction section. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302200 | DISTRIBUTED EVENT SYSTEM FOR RELATIONAL MODELS - A distributed event system for a relational database is disclosed. An event data model operatively describes a target database. For a subject entity in the target database, the event data model declares and defines triggering events and respective corresponding operations. An event engine monitors database queries and events involving the subject entity and determines from the event data model corresponding operations. Execution of the determined corresponding operations is distributed to network-based agents. Agents may be filtered based on skills and/or credentials injected at runtime. Code binaries of the operations are downloaded to the agents for execution. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING HOME APPLIANCES TO A CONSUMER - A system functions to recommend equipment expansions, additions and/or substitutions; interconnections; supplemental capabilities; features; etc. based upon a knowledge of a consumer's existing audio and/or visual system configuration. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302202 | Development Monitoring System - A development monitoring system for monitoring the development of one or more subjects includes an administrative module. A client module and the administrative modules are configured to communicate with each other. The administrative module is configured to generate an interface and send the interface to the client module for rendering such that the interface permits the input of at least one of observation data and program data. The data input is written to a database. At least one of the observation data and the program data are retrieved from the database on receipt of a request from the client machine and a visual record representing said observation and image data is generated. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCHES INCLUDING A "WITH" SEARCH PARAMETER - A system and method for performing searches may include storing data available for searching. In response to receiving a search request includes a “what” search parameter and a “with” search parameter from a user, the data using the “what” and “with” search parameters may be searched, and search results may be generated. The search results may be returned to a user who submitted the search request. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302204 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEXT INFORMATION MANAGEMENT - A method and apparatus for text information management are provided. The method includes: generating a text expression corresponding to text information; searching for the text expression corresponding to the text information when the text information is to be used again, and obtaining the text information according to the text expression. Through the method and apparatus, a user can search for received text information simply, conveniently and rapidly without searching for text information from chatting records, and therefore lots of time can be saved. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302205 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR DETERMINING LIFE INTERVALS FOR A KEY IN AN INDEX - Disclosed is a mechanism, system, interface, and process to determine one or more life intervals when given a key. In addition, one or more life intervals can be determined for each key within a range of keys. This type of process is useful for auditing purposes or if it is desire to implement a query upon past versions when a key or range of keys is specified for the data for which past versions is desired. This facilitates algorithms, mechanisms, and processes to implement a query upon past versions. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110307505 | Method and System for Handwriting-Based Launch of an Application - Methods and systems for providing navigation assistance on a mobile device are provided. A method may include analyzing handwriting data to recognize one or more objects depicted in the handwriting data. The method may further include determining if one or more applications are associated with the handwriting data based on the one or more objects recognized in the handwriting data. If one application is determined to be associated with the handwriting data, the one application may be launched. If two or more applications are determined to be associated with the handwriting data, information allowing a user to select an application to launch from the two or more applications may be displayed. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTACTS - A computer-implemented method of an exhibitor interacting with a visitor and acquiring, managing, and qualifying leads, comprises: receiving identification information from the visitor at an input station; matching the identification information to a visitor account; and transmitting a notification of attendance by the visitor at the input station to a contact other than the visitor, defined for the visitor account by the exhibitor. The method may further comprise: collecting behavior information from the visitor defining one or more of type, quality and quantity of interactions between the visitor and the exhibitor, during the interactions; and updating records in a leads database linking the visitor account to the behavior information, while collecting the behavior information. The method may yet further comprise: computing lead qualification analytics as records in the leads database are updated; and updating records in the leads database linking the visitor account to computed lead qualification analytics, while computing lead qualification analytics. In another variation, the method may further comprise: providing substantially continuous, real-time leads database access to an exhibitor-designated contact other than the visitor. A system for an exhibitor interacting with a visitor and acquiring, managing, and qualifying leads, comprises: a first computer at an exhibitor site executing a visitor data collection client; a second computer remote from the exhibitor site executing a lead qualification database server, connected by a communications network to the first computer; and an exhibitor contact terminal connected to the communications network for access to the lead qualification database server of the second computer. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307507 | IDENTIFYING ENTRIES AND EXITS OF STRONGLY CONNECTED COMPONENTS - A graph traversal system is described herein that efficiently identifies strongly connected components with entries, exits, and corresponding edges at the same time. Entry and exit nodes can be recognized by scanning every node after the strongly connected components have been identified, but revisiting these nodes incurs undesirable overhead. The graph traversal system identifies entries and exits during a single pass while the strongly connected components are being identified. In addition, the system modifies the semantics for some applications so that a single node all alone is not considered to be a strongly connected component. Thus, the graph traversal system allows efficient identification of entries to and exits from strongly connected components in a manner that can be applied to a variety of computer software problems that use directed graphs for data structures. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307508 | CONTENT ALERT UPON AVAILABILITY FOR INTERNET-ENABLED TV - The user of an Internet-enabled CE device such as an Internet protocol TV (IPTV) can enter search terms describing desired Internet-sourced programs, and Internet channels are monitored to detect when the desired programs become available. When a desired program is detected an alert appears on screen, which can be selected to navigate to a current alert user interface (UI) from which detected desired programs can be selected for presentation. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307509 | Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing conversion path performance measures and reports. In one aspect, user interaction data are obtained, were the user interaction data specify user interactions for a plurality of conversions. User interactions that are associated with each conversion are selected from the user interaction data, where the associated user interactions for each conversion are user interactions with a converting user during the conversion cycle for the conversion. Using the user interaction data for the selected user interactions, a quantity of user interactions that are associated with each conversion and occurred during the conversion cycle for the conversion are determined. In turn, conversion path performance measures are computed and reports specifying the conversion path performance measures are generated. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307510 | Methods and Systems for Analyzing Search Terms in a Multi-Tenant Database System Environment - Knowledge base is gaining popularity as a customer support tool. Customers search the knowledge base for solutions to their issues. Keywords searched in knowledge base are analyzed and reports are made available for managers and supervisors to understand the trends and requirements of customers. The number of keywords searched can be extremely large in some organizations. In this specification, storing the keywords in a meaningful way in order to generate report for further analysis is discussed. Efficient data storage helps in managing voluminous data and also reducing the amount of memory required to store the data. Any of the above embodiments can be used independently or together with any combination of other embodiments. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307511 | Computer readable storage medium recording database search program, database search device, and database search method - In a search device according to the present invention, a path trie generation unit generates an input path trie from XML data, a path trie display unit outputs the input path trie to an output unit such as a display, so that a user can specify Join points and combining conditions. An instruction reception unit generates a query serving as a command statement to combine each piece of XML data based on the Join points and the combining conditions that are specified by the user. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307512 | DISAMBIGUATION WITH RESPECT TO MULTI-GRAINED DIMENSION COORDINATES - Each of a plurality of dimension coordinates corresponding to a report query has a finer grain and a coarser grain. A subset of the dimension coordinates are dimension coordinates for which there is ambiguity as to what coarser grain value should be associated with the finer grain value. For every unique finer grain value of the dimension coordinates of the subset, it is determined what coarser grain value to associate with all dimension coordinates of the subset having that finer grain value. The determined coarser grain value is the coarser grain value of one of the dimension coordinates, of the subset, having that finer grain value. For each of the dimension coordinates of the plurality of dimension coordinates not in the subset, the coarser grain value associated with that dimension coordinate is the coarser grain value of that dimension coordinate. A report is generated in view of the plurality of dimension coordinates and their associated coarser grain values. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110307513 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING AN INTERNET FILTER - A system and method for updating a filtering system which controls access to a website/page between a local area network (LAN) and an Internet. The LAN includes an Internet gateway system coupled to a workstation and configured to receive a URL request. The system controls access to the website/page associated with the URL based on one or more categories that are associated with the URL. The Internet gateway system can determine the category that is associated with the URL by referencing a master database or requesting the category from a database factory. The database factory can receive URLs from multiple Internet gateway systems. The database factory determines whether the identifier was previously categorized by the database factory and provides the category to the Internet gateway system. Once the Internet gateway system has the category, it applies rules associated with the category and user to filter access to the requested website/page. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110314041 | COMMUNITY AUTHORING CONTENT GENERATION AND NAVIGATION - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for creating socially authored, or community authored, summaries of documents and/or for navigating a forum comprising such summaries. In one embodiment, at least some of the summaries are generated automatically when a document is written and/or discovered (e.g., by a web crawler), for example. In another embodiment, the documents are created by users of the forum. A plurality of summaries of a document may be created (e.g., by different users), and users can provide feedback, such as comments or ratings, that may assist other users in identifying which summary or summaries better describe the document. Moreover, the users can navigate the forum and retrieve summaries by browsing categories (and subcategories) to identify a topic of interest and/or by performing a search based upon user inputted search term(s). | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314042 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTATION OF SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE APPLICATIONS - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for flexible presentation of Software As A Service (SAAS) applications to one or more client devices such as multi-function devices (e.g., MFPs). A management system receives presentation layout information for subscribed SAAS applications from users and administrators, generates a menu of subscribed SAAS applications for presentation to a user on a display of the client device, and transmits the menu to a client device for presentation to the user on a display of the client device. The management system may also provide for user/administrator customization of the menu of applications available to users, and for revocation of applications by an administrator of the management system. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314043 | FULL-FIDELITY REPRESENTATION OF XML-REPRESENTED OBJECTS - A data structure may exist in various representations, such as an object in an object-oriented system or a set of elements included in an extensible markup language (XML) document structured according to an XML type defined in an XML schema. While many aspects of these representations may correspond, some aspects of an XML document may not be specified by the XML schema (such as developer comments, whitespace, and preprocessor directives), and may be lost while translating an XML representation of the data structure to an object. These non-schematized aspects may be included in the object as a delta, specifying the location of an aspect with relation to an element defined by the XML schema. Preserving non-schematized aspects may promote the full representation of the data structure as an object, and may facilitate a full-fidelity regeneration of the XML document from which the object was generated. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314044 | FLEXIBLE CONTENT ORGANIZATION AND RETRIEVAL - Among other things, one or more techniques and systems are disclosed for saving and retrieving browser-based content or portions thereof for browser-based interactions. Metadata is generated for a selection of a portion or an entire browser page, when a user selects content for the page. The selected content, comprising at least a portion of the browser page, is stored in a database in a remote data store, where the database is indexed by the associated metadata. The selection is presented in a multi-level representation in a user interface (UI) by using the associated metadata to organize the selection(s) in the UI. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314045 | FAST SET INTERSECTION - Described is a fast set intersection technology by which sets of elements to be intersected are maintained as partitioned subsets (small groups) in data structures, along with representative values (e.g., one or more hash signatures) representing those subsets. A mathematical operation (e.g., bitwise-AND) on the representative values indicates whether an intersection of range-overlapping subsets will be empty, without having to perform the intersection operation. If so, the intersection operation on those subsets may be skipped, with intersection operations (possibly guided by inverted mappings or using a linear scan) performed only on overlapping subsets that may have one or more intersecting elements. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314046 | MULTI-SOURCE ELECTRONIC FORMS WITH CONCEALED FIELDS - Electronic multi-user forms are provided. The use of these forms may include displaying the forms to more than one user, receiving population data from one or more user, and selectively displaying the population data to each user. The population data may be displayed to the various users based on the security authorization of the user seeing the form. Upon completion of the form by the users, the form may be further completed and submitted for processing or approval. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314047 | SUBSCRIPTION FOR INTEGRATING EXTERNAL DATA FROM EXTERNAL SYSTEM - Technologies are described herein for integrating external data from an external system into a client system. A subscription filed is selected. The subscription filed may include a read method and a query method. The read method may define fields of a client cache operating on the client system. The query method may be executed to retrieve, from the external system, field values corresponding to at least a subset of the fields. Upon executing the query method, the read method may also be executed to retrieve, from the external system, additional field values corresponding to a remaining subset of the fields that were not retrieved by executing the query method. The client cache is populated with the field values and the additional field values according to the fields. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314048 | SOCIAL NETWORK USER LIST DETECTION AND SEARCHING - Within a social network, users may define user lists comprising users who share a semantic nexus. The creation and updating of user lists may be detected by monitoring the messages of users to detect list identifiers (e.g., names) indicating new user lists, and by polling the social network to detect changes in the membership of respective user lists. The list identifiers may be recorded in the user profiles of respective members of the user lists. Moreover, when a user posts a message to the social network, the message may be annotated with the list identifiers recorded in the user profile of the user. These techniques may permit the restriction of a search query over messages to those posted by members of a particular user list, e.g., by searching for messages having annotations that match the list identifiers of the user lists specified in the search query. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314049 | PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANT AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A USER IN PHOTOGRAPHING LANDMARKS AND SCENES - A method and system to help photographers to take better quality pictures of landmarks and scenes are disclosed. A user is guided with examples of existing quality images, which are extracted from a database, of the same or similar landmarks or scenes. The method includes taking a query photograph that may include an image associated with a GPS location and other metadata, and using information extracted from the image to retrieve existing, similar images. The images retrieved may be ordered according to different criteria. When a user selects one as a model image, the user is provided with assistance for taking a target photograph of similar quality. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314050 | Configuration management system, proxy system, and configuration management method - A configuration management system includes a plurality of MDRs that stores information about resources as configuration items, a FCMDB, a plurality of proxy apparatuses, and a proxy management apparatus, wherein the proxy management apparatus receives configuration items from the MDRs, reconciles the receives configuration items, selects a destination proxy apparatus such that the numbers of configuration items stored in the proxy apparatuses are substantially equal to each other, and sends the reconciled configuration items to the selected proxy apparatus, wherein the proxy apparatuses store configuration items sent from the proxy management apparatus, and wherein the FCMDB receives a query from a client, selects among the plurality of proxy apparatuses a proxy apparatus that stores a configuration item that is to serve as a query result, and receives the configuration item from the selected proxy apparatus. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314051 | SUPPLEMENTAL MEDIA DELIVERY - In some examples, the technology identifies a media and provide a consumer with an option to click on a link associated with the media with a remote control to direct the video stream directly to a website sponsored by the commercial entity associated with the media. In other examples, the technology identifies a media displayed on a subscriber's first computing device and displays the same media and/or a related media on the subscriber's second computing device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314052 | ENHANCED SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are described to enable enhanced searching of data, particularly for larger volumes of data where the data has a plurality of attributes. Conventional search systems require complex and intelligent search input from a user or require a large amount of processing power and complex database access functionality to process searches based on complex data. The system described uses predefined search criteria, wherein each search criterion is associated with at least one attribute. In one aspect, images are stored together with an association with a search criterion. The images are provided for display to a user and input is received from the user to select at least one image and therefore the search criterion and attribute associated with the image. The items of data are searched to retrieve items having the at least one selected attribute and a first intermediate list of identifiers of the retrieved items is stored. A total number of items identified in the first intermediate list is calculated and a list of attributes associated with the items identified in the first intermediate list is determined. A revised set of search criteria is then provided for display wherein each search criterion has at least one of the attributes. Further input is received to select a second image and hence a second search criterion and attribute. The retrieved items identified in the first intermediate list are searched to retrieve items having the second selected attribute. A second intermediate list of identifiers of the retrieved items is generated and a total number of items identified in the second intermediate list is output for display. Other features and aspects of the system are also described. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314053 | PRESENTATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A presentation support device, comprises: a storage part for storing the presentation data and search filter information in which a keyword to specify the content of the presentation is registered; a data projection part for reading the presentation data in the storage part and causes the presentation data to be projected; a data distribution part for causing the information processing terminal to display the presentation data; and an answer generation part for obtaining an answer to a request on question toward the presentation and generating answer information in response to the request on question. The answer generation part reads the keyword registered in the search filter information and searches a predetermined database by a combination of the read keyword and a search keyword contained in the request on question, thereby obtaining the answer to the request on question and generating the answer information when the request on question is received. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314054 | System and Method for a Single Session Assessment Tool - Systems and methods for authoring and delivering single session health assessments to patients, and mapping patient information in the assessments to one or more interested parties. The method includes translating a form into an electronic form comprising a plurality of queries. The translation creates a session that is used to assess a particular health condition of the patient. Then, one or more patients are determined for targeting, wherein the patients need to respond to the electronic form. The electronic form in the form of the session is delivered to the one or more patients. A response is received to one of the plurality of queries from a patient. The response is mapped to a specific field in the database, depending on the type of response and the corresponding query. Then, the response is analyzed to determine whether the response is normal, or abnormal, or of interest to a party. When the condition is satisfied, the interested party is notified of the response, such as when the response is abnormal. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314055 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED DATA TRANSFER - A system and method for enhanced data transfer are disclosed, the method being applicable to a system comprising a computing device configured to transfer data from a portable device. In one embodiment, the computing device stores a fingerprint of the newest record downloaded from a portable device and stops downloading records from the device when a downloaded record matches the fingerprint. In another embodiment, the computing device stores a fingerprint of the newest record downloaded from a portable device and fully processes records that are downloaded from the device after a downloaded record matches the fingerprint. The system may include a portable device configured to adapt its operation responsive to a system fingerprint provided by the computing device. The portable device may be a medical device. The system may be a healthcare data management system. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314056 | MAINTAINING MULTIPLE SETS OF IDENTITY DATA - A method of assigning the UNIX computers in a network to one of a plurality of groups called zones, of creating independent sets of UNIX identity information for each network entity (user or group) for separate zones, and of associating an entity's sets of UNIX entity information with a single global entity record for the entity in the network's identity resolver. A further method of allowing a UNIX computer to request entity information from the identity resolver, and of the identity resolver returning resolved entity information appropriate for the requesting computer's zone. A further method of managing sets of zone-specific UNIX identity information in the identity resolver to ensure that entity names and entity identification numbers are not duplicated within a zone and to all the same names and numbers to be duplicated across zones. Other embodiments are also described. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110314057 | MATERIALS ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented analytical and reporting system includes an input device, a database and a processor. The input device is operative for inputting analytical data results of a test sample. The database includes an analysis methodology data section, an instrument data section and a forms data section. The processor is operative for receiving from the input device the analytical data results of the test sample. The processor is also operative for receiving from the database analysis methodology data of at least one analysis method, instrument data of at least one analytical instrument and forms data of a desired analytical report form. The processor is also operative for processing the analytical data results and the instrument data using the analysis methodology data and is operative for generating an analytical report produced on the desired analytical report form depicting final analytical results based on the analysis method and the analytical instrument. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320473 | DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF MIGRATION DATA - A method and apparatus for the dynamic determination of migration data is described herein. In one embodiment, a process can be provided to search user data in a first system for migration data without requiring user interaction. The search of user data can be based on a blacklist. The blacklist can include one or more folders which should not be searched for migration data or one or more files which should not be included in the migration data. A search of system data for migration data can be performed without requiring user interaction. The search of system data can be based on a whitelist. The whitelist can include one or more file types. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320474 | Availability of Database Objects During Database Operations - A method, computer program product, and system for providing access to a database object during modification of that object. Upon receipt of a data definition language (DDL) operation specifying a modification to the database object, currently executing database transactions are invalidated in a two-step process of a soft invalidation followed by a hard invalidation. The soft invalidation permits the current database transactions to continue executing while modifying the logical structure of the database object in accordance with the DDL operation, and the hard invalidation waits for the database transactions started prior to the DDL operation to finish execution before modifying the physical structure of the database object in accordance with the DDL operation. After the modification to the logical structure is complete, new database transactions are allowed to execute against the modified database object, thus improving the availability of the object while it is being modified. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320475 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR EXTENDING THE CAPABILITIES OF PLATFORM-INDEPENDENT APPLICATIONS ON DEVICES - An apparatus for extending the functionalities of a platform-independent application(s) may include a processor and a memory storing executable computer code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including generating a request via a platform-independent application(s). The request comprises a query including information requesting a platform-dependent device to execute instructions. The computer program code may cause the apparatus to send the request to a network entity and receive a message from the network entity comprising data instructing the device to execute the instructions. The computer program code may also cause the apparatus to execute the instructions, via the device, in response to analyzing data of the message and provide results of the executed instructions to the network entity to enable sending of the results to the platform-independent application which may use the results to extend its functionalities. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320476 | TELEVISION-BASED SEARCH USING METADATA - A system includes a device such as a television interfaced to one or more servers through a network connection. The device (television) has software that accesses metadata related to a video stream and incorporates at least one search term from the metadata along with optional viewer-provided terms into a search query that is sent to one or more search engines through the network, returning one or more search results which are formatted and displayed on the device. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320477 | Dynamic Icon Overlay System and Method of Producing Dynamic Icon Overlays - A dynamic icon overlay system of a present invention embodiment dynamically generates icon overlays to be applied to a primary file icon of a target file. The icon overlays convey information regarding the target file and are relevant to an end user. The icon overlay system determines icon overlays to be applied to the primary file icon based on attributes associated with an end user of the target file that are correlated with attributes of the target file itself. The system applies the icon overlay to the primary icon and displays the primary icon with the applied icon overlay at an end user system. The applied icon overlay for the same target file may vary for different end users based on user attributes. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320478 | USER MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Described is the user management of electronic documents. Content selected from a first electronic document is received. Metadata are generated corresponding to the received selected content and a location of the received content in the first electronic document. The metadata are stored and a search term is subsequently received that is also in the received content. In response to a search against a repository, search results are displayed. The search results include an indicator of the first electronic document and an indicator of a second electronic document that includes the search term. The indicator of the first electronic document is displayed higher in the search results than the second electronic document. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320479 | COLLECTIONS FOR STORAGE ARTIFACTS OF A TREE STRUCTURED REPOSITORY ESTABLISHED VIA ARTIFACT METADATA - At least one unique collection of storage artifacts can be specified to indicate that the storage artifact is a member of the unique collection. Each storage artifact can be a discrete object comprising digitally encoded content that is stored as a node within a tree structure of a tangible storage medium. The collection can be referenced by a set of different storage artifacts to form a collection of related storage artifacts. Each storage artifact can correspond to different collections, wherein membership within a collection is independent of a storage path within the tree structure. A file management action relating to the storage artifact can be performed. The file management action can be dependent upon the storage artifact being a member of the unique collection. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320480 | Enterprise Evidence Repository - A controller is configured to generate and propagate instructions to an execution agent which, in turn, is configured to collect and deposit collected artifacts into a repository. Write access to a location in the repository for collected artifacts that are to be deposited into a specified location is granted to the execution agent. Once the execution agent deposits the collected artifacts in the specified location in the repository, a summary of collected artifacts is propagated to the controller. The controller manages appropriate levels of access to the collected artifacts, while the repository enforces the level of access. The controller can grant read only access to the collected artifacts or it can allow for controlled changes to be made to the metadata associated with the collected artifact. An agent processes the data and generates additional metadata that can be associated with the collected artifacts and then saved in the repository. A system can have more than one repository, where the controller allocates storage in an appropriate repository and issues instructions to the execution agent with the location in an appropriate repository. The summary of the actual collections is then propagated to the controller from the repositories. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320481 | SEARCHING AND MATCHING OF DATA - Described herein is a technology for facilitating searching and matching of data. In some implementations, an input data string, including one or more ideographic elements, is received and converted to a Latin-based input data string. One or more input keys may be generated based on the Latin-based input data string. A reference database may be searched for one or more candidate records indexed by at least one of the one or more input keys. If the one or more candidate records are found, a match score is determined for the one or more candidate records. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320482 | CONTEXT-BASED RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a recommender system and method comprising a first extractor (S | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320483 | MEDIA FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME MEDIA CENTER - The present invention provides a media file management system and method for a home media center, which enable media files such as images or photos, music and movies included in a variety of information appliances to be conveniently edited on a screen of a display apparatus connected to a home media center. A search window in which media files to be searched are displayed or an edit window in which a media file to be edited is displayed are created. Then, if a user selects a file edit command for a media file displayed in the search window, the selected file edit command is executed and results of the execution of the file edit command are displayed in the edit window. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320484 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFICATION OF PERSONAL IDENTITY - A system and method for storing identifying information and telephone numbers associated with individuals, and cross-referencing said information so as to link a first individual to other referee individuals capable of identifying the first individual as a result of a telephone conversation. When a relying party wishes to confirm the identity of a contracting party, the system is contacted and, using identifying information pertaining to said contracting party, identifies the set of referee individuals capable of identifying said contracting party, contacts a referee selected at random from the set, and places the contracting party in telephonic communication with the referee. At the conclusion of said telephonic communication, said system invites the referee to state the name of the first individual; by comparing the voice sample with a stored voice sample, the apparatus then provides identity confirmation to said relying party. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320485 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING RELATIONSHIP CIRCLE OF MEMBERS IN SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE (SNS) NETWORK - A method and device for extracting relationship circle of members in SNS network is disclosed. The method includes: (a) selecting target people in the SNS network; (b) analyzing relationship chains of the target people, and extracting a relationship circle of the target people from the relationship chains according to feature filtering conditions. The device includes a target people selection module for selecting the target people in the SNS network; a relationship circle extracting module for analyzing the relationship chains and extracting the relationship circle from the relationship chains according to the feature filtering conditions. Applying the method and device can provide persons who can meet the designated features and their relationship in the SNS network; using the relationship circle of the target people can find out valuable relationship chain information, enable accurate search and transmission of information, and facilitate promotion and cooperation of business activities. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320486 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MATCHING OF EXHIBITION PARTICIPANTS - There is provided, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, system, and method for enabling automated participant matching at an exhibition. According to some embodiments of the present invention, the system may include multiple scan-able labels for multiple objects in an exhibition; scanning devices adapted to scan data from the labels; a communications server for enabling collection and communication of the scanned data, the communications server being coupled to an exhibition server being in communication with a system database; and a matching server adapted to generate matches between exhibition participants. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320487 | ELECTRONIC RESOURCE STORAGE SYSTEM - A peer-to-peer network providing a distributed document store is disclosed. A problem with known distributed document stores is that search engines are unable to respond quickly to changes in the stored documents or the addition or removal of peers. In the described embodiment, the peers in the network send search queries to one another and each keeps a record of which peers most frequently respond to those queries, and the quality of the responses. The peers each maintain a data structure 46 including connection weights to each of the other peers which depend on that record. By then forwarding search queries to peers selected on the basis of the connection weights, rapid retrieval of relevant documents is enabled. Search queries are generated automatically by peers as well as being generated by users. Because the generation of search queries (either automatically or by users) updates the connection weights, the peer-to-peer network is able to rapidly adapted to changes in the documents stored in the peer-to-peer network. In addition to document storage and retrieval the invention finds application in distributed applications which dynamically select a Web Service to perform a function at run-time. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005220 | DYNAMIC ASSET MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING A CONTINUOUS EVENT PROCESSING PLATFORM - The disclosed architecture leverages realtime continuous event processing (CEP) to address using a general input interface framework to import a dynamic set of event types (e.g., assets), and using a declarative, expressive query model to implement monitoring and management tasks on an asset level. This is in contrast to looking separately at single values from static databases and/or realtime streams as is common conventionally. The architecture uses the CEP data model to model assets as realtime event types. Thus, queries can be formulated per asset and not just per single stream. The architecture uses the query capabilities of CEP to formulate asset management and monitoring tasks as standing, declarative queries, and uses the input interface of a CEP platform to correlate data from different data sources with different dynamic properties. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005221 | EXTRACTING FACTS FROM SOCIAL NETWORK MESSAGES - Within a social network, users may submit various types of messages, such as personal messages to other users and status messages to be shared with all associated users. While these messages often relate to highly personal information such as opinions and personal emotions, such messages may also comprise one or more facts about a particular topic, such as a report of a weather condition in a particular location at a particular time. These facts may be identified in various messages, and may be stored in a fact store, such that when a user submits a query specifying a topic may receive from the fact store one or more facts that are responsive to the topic of the query. Additionally, user interfaces may be devised and provided to users submitting such messages, e.g., in order to reduce ambiguity and improve the reliable extraction of facts from messages. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005222 | TEMPLATE-BASED RECOGNITION OF FOOD PRODUCT INFORMATION - A method for template based recognition of food product information includes capturing an image of food product packaging and extracting an attribute from the image. The attribute is used to find a matching template in a template-database. The matching template is then used to extract food product information from the image. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005223 | SIMPLIFIED QUERY GENERATION FROM PRIOR QUERY RESULTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for query generation from a previous result set. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for query generation from a previous result set is provided. The method includes identifying commonalities in a selection of records of a result set produced by a previously issued query against a database in a database management system executing in memory by at least one processor of a host server. The method further includes deriving a query from the identified commonalities that when executed against the database management system would produce the selection of records as the result set. Finally, the method includes storing the derived query for subsequent use in querying the database. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005224 | Facilitating Interaction Among Users of a Social Network - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first user action relating to a first topic from a first user, identifying the first topic based on the first user action, identifying one or more second posts that relate to the first topic, and transmitting to the first user one or more of the second posts or information associated with the second posts in a structured document for display to the first user, the structured document further comprising one or more interactive elements that enable the first user to interact with the one or more second posts or to respective second users that declared the second posts. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005225 | METHOD FOR LAYOUT BASED DOCUMENT ZONE QUERYING - A method and a system are disclosed for querying a document collection based on the layout of only a fragment of the content of a document, specified as a query zone. The method includes providing an index for a collection of documents. In the index, content of a document page in the collection that has been decomposed into layout blocks is indexed according to representations of the blocks and one or more geometric relations between the blocks. A query is generated which is based on representations of blocks determined to be within the query zone and geometric relations between them. This is used to query the index to retrieve pages of documents in the collection which can each be expected to include a layout zone somewhere in the page that is similar in layout to the query zone. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005226 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL PACKAGES OF MEDICAL DATA IN INTERCONNECTED CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORAGE SYSTEMS - Some of the embodiments herein provide a seamless cloud of storage. This storage may be content-addressable storage. An end application may or may not be exposed to the fact that content-addressable storage is used. Various embodiments herein provide event notification, which may allow applications or users to subscribe to particular events (such as storage of an X-ray by a particular entity). Some embodiments provide for a shared archive. A shared archive may provide homogeneous access to medical data, etc. that was previously stored into the CAS cloud by heterogeneous applications, varied data types, etc. Additionally, embodiments herein allow for the creation and distribution of virtual packages. For example, a user may create a virtual package for all images related to a patient so that she may have a virtual package of all of her medical data to present to a referring physician. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005227 | Content recommending method, recommendation information creating method, content recommendation program, content recommendation server, and content providing system - A search input item acquisition unit acquires a search input item. A recommended content information creation unit acquires recommendation information records, compares the search input item acquired in a search input item acquisition unit with the search input items of the recommendation information records to extract recommendation information having the matched search input item according to their points, and creates recommended content information that links to content indicated by the extracted recommendation information records. A recommended content information providing unit provides the user with the recommended content information created by the recommended content information creation unit. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005228 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING AND DISPLAYING MULTI DIMENSIONAL DATA - A method and system for navigating a tree type data structure having multiple data fields with data records arranged in multi dimension is disclosed herein. The method comprises: obtaining a search query to navigate plurality of records in the data structure wherein the data structure is defined to have a root and plurality of dimensions including a first dimension and a last dimension, each dimension being derived from the root through one or more hierarchical nodes defining data fields and all hierarchical nodes in a dimension being at equal distance from the root. Upon receiving the search query a navigation bar is accessed, wherein the navigation bar has at least one navigation icon and a text based search navigation tool for accessing the data records from the data structure. The navigation icons are defined by: obtaining attributes of data structure including dimensional information and providing navigation icons corresponding to each dimension in the data structure and assigning predefined navigating states to each navigation icon corresponding to the data fields in the data structure. The method further comprises: navigating the data structure using the navigation icons, each navigation icon being configured to linearly navigate through predefined navigating states through hierarchical nodes in each dimension based on the search query; and displaying data records available in the last dimension, upon completely navigating through all the dimensions. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005229 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF HANDLING DATA ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus for handling data analysis. The apparatus includes an editing device which adds user-specified one of a plurality of operation units to a user-specified layer in a data analysis in response to a user operation, each of the operation units performing a predetermined processing on an associated data source, a connecting device which connects at least one user-specified operation unit in the data analysis to an analysis path in response to a user operation, and a user interface. The user interface receives the user operations and displays the data analysis by representing layers in the data analysis, operation units in the layers and connections on the analysis path in a visual manner. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120005230 | Systems and methods for automatically locating web-based social network members - A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the current or future activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the current or future event involving the user. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120011140 | Analytics of historical conversations in relation to present communication - A method of analyzing historical communications. During a first communication session between a first user and at least a second user, at least a first communication exchanged between the first user and the second user can be detected and stored. A second communication exchanged in a second communication can be compared with the first communication to determine a degree of similarity between the first communication and the second communication. In one aspect, when the degree of similarity is at least a threshold value, an indication can be provided to at least one user participating in the second communication session that the first communication potentially is relevant to the second communication session and that the first communication is available to be reviewed. In another aspect, a report pertaining to hierarchical relationships between users and the context of the communications can be generated based on the first and second communications. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011141 | QUERY ENGINE FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented system for facilitating cross-subsystem queries of a plurality of building automation subsystems includes a first database storing a logical model for a building automation system. The system further includes a second database storing information for the plurality of building automation subsystems. The second database relates information for the plurality of building automation subsystems based on the logical model of the first database. The system also includes a query engine configured to decompose a cross-subsystem query received from an application into a plurality of subsystem queries using the information of the second database. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011142 | FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE OBJECT RECOGNITION - A database for object recognition is modified based on feedback information received from a mobile platform. The feedback information includes information with respect to an image of an object captured by the mobile platform. The feedback information, for example, may include the image, features extracted from the image, a confidence level for the features, posterior probabilities of the features belonging to an object in the database, GPS information, and heading orientation information. The feedback information may be used to improve the database pruning, add content to the database or update the database compression efficiency. The information feedback to the server by the mobile platform may be determined based on a search of a portion of the database performed by the mobile platform using features extracted from a captured query image. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011143 | Publish and Subscribe Data Delivery System and Method Using Keys - A publish and subscribe system and method for ISP data delivery comprises two parts, a subscription part and a data content update part. In the subscription part, a client file is created with records for which data content packages are desired, and the file is sent to the ISP. The ISP creates a file with the requested data and the client integrates this file into its environment. The ISP maintains a record of the requested data. In the data content update part, changes to the relevant data content packages are recognized by the ISP, and an update file is sent to the client. This update file includes only those records that reflect changes since the previous update. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011144 | AGGREGATION IN PARALLEL COMPUTATION ENVIRONMENTS WITH SHARED MEMORY - According to some embodiments, a data structure may be provided by separating an input table into a plurality of partitions; generating, by each of a first plurality of execution threads operating concurrently, a local hash table for each of the threads, each local hash table storing key—index pairs; and merging the local hash tables, by a second plurality of execution threads operating concurrently, to produce a set of disjoint result hash tables. An overall result may be obtained from the result set of disjoint result hash tables. The data structure may used in a parallel computing environment to determine an aggregation. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011145 | MANAGEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - An exemplary system includes an element server in a video hub office configured to provide a media signal to a content processing device located at a customer premises and at least one computing device remote from the video hub office and the customer premises. The computing device comprises a first data store that includes a plurality of presentation elements, a second data store that includes information concerning associations of the presentation elements with a chunk that is a logical grouping of the presentation elements, and an element management subsystem that provides the presentation elements associated with the chunk to the element server in the video hub office, the element server configured to cache the presentation elements for use by the element server in fulfilling a request from the content processing device, wherein the computing device provides a user interface that presents information about the presentation elements associated with the chunk. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011146 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT CALL MANAGEMENT FOR DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES - A communication assistance system includes a first database having a plurality of listings, each listings has at least one contact name and a corresponding contact number. A means is provided for receiving communications from a user among a plurality of users desiring to access the listings. An operator terminal displays a search screen among a plurality of search screens, each of which maintain at least a partially different arrangement of content and search windows for receiving search terms to search for listings contained in the first database, where the displayed search screen is determined based on criteria contained in a search request from the user. The operator terminal is further configured to receive the communication from the user and retrieve a listing from the first database using the displayed search screen. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011147 | SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC KEYWORD AGGREGATION, SEARCH QUERY GENERATION AND SUBMISSION TO THIRD-PARTY INFORMATION SEARCH UTILITIES - A system for creating keywords or phrases to be used for mining online information has a text source accessible by the system, a keyword aggregation function, and a mechanism for configuring the system. The system extracts keywords and phrases from the text source according to the configuration, for submission to a search facility. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120011148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING ELECTRONIC DATA VIA AN IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE - The present invention provides a system and method for accessing electronic data through entry of images as queries in search engine. The system uses various image capturing devices and communication devices to capture images and enter them into image database. Image recognition techniques encode images in a computer readable format. The processed image is then entered for comparison into at least one database populated with images and associated information. Once the newly captured image is matched with an image in the database, the information linked with that image is returned to the user. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120016899 | MATCHING DATA FROM DISPARATE SOURCES - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive a first identification of two or more records that match and to search at least two sources of data to locate a set of potential matching records, based on element transformation to determine common characteristics of the two or more records. Further activities may include publishing the set of potential matching records, receiving a second identification of matching members of the set, and searching at least one repository to locate further matching records based on the second identification and the common characteristics. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016900 | IDENTIFICATION OF THIRD PARTY PIM REPOSITORIES STORING A USER'S CONTACT INFORMATION - A system comprises a database containing information concerning uniquely identified individuals, and a processor to identify linkages between the individuals. The linkages are in the form of unique identifiers stored in a contact repository, and provide a first user the ability to use the linkages to construct a database of second individuals that have an identifier of the first individual in a contact repository of one or more second individuals. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016901 | Data Storage and Processing Service - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods systems, and program products. A request to store data is received. The data is stored as an object in a repository. A request to create a table is received, where the request identifies a name for the table. The table is created with the name. A request to import the data into the table is received. The data is imported into the table, where importing the data in the object into the table includes converting the data in the object into columnar stripes, and storing the columnar stripes in association with the table. A request to perform a query on the table is received, where the request includes the query and identifies the table. The query is performed on the table, where performing the query includes querying one or more of the columnar stripes. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016902 | Providing Profile Information to Partner Content Providers - In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a search query, at an information provider, from a mobile device; generating a plurality of search results that are responsive to the search query and directed to corresponding content providers that are external to the information provider; identifying one or more search results from the plurality of search results that are directed to partners of the information provider; and providing, to the mobile device, the plurality of search results, wherein the one or more search results directed to partners of the information provider include location information that is stored in a profile maintained by the information provider and associated with the mobile device, wherein the location information is passed to the corresponding partners upon selection of the one or more search results. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016903 | IDENTITY MANAGEMENT USER EXPERIENCE - Upon requesting to share one or more types of identity information, a user is automatically presented with an interface through which the user can interact in selecting an amount of identity items to share. A subset of the total identity items selected may then be shared with specified entities. Interfaces can also be used to assist the user in managing identity information that has been shared with others by providing the user with a visual list of entities for which the user has shared specified identity information and to whom updated information can be sent. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120016904 | System and Method for Remote Updates - Software on a server accesses a batch file including a plurality of events generated by a remote game client application executing an instance of the computer-implemented game. The software accesses a game state data object associated with the instance of the computer-implemented game. The game state data object includes one or more game state parameters formatted as a serialized unstructured string of text data. The software parses the game state data object to identify the one or more game state parameters. The software processes the plurality of events in the batch file against game logic to update one or more of the game state parameters in the game state data object. The game logic incorporates information extracted from a social graph. And the software stores the game state data object in a memory cache. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120023123 | Zapaat Context Web Search - Current Internet search methods use Keywords as input to provide information back to users. However, this method provides information which might not be the web pages which are being searched. Due to the conceptual singular input of Keyword, the efficiency of the information provided is compromised. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023124 | SOCIAL NETWORKING COMMUNICATION INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A communications system includes a central server that communicates with a plurality of query servers for exchanging queries and receiving query responses. The system also includes a querying device that communicates with the central server to send queries thereto and receive query responses therefrom. The querying device sends a query to the central server that posts the query to each of the plurality of query servers. At least one third party provides a query response to the query on at least one of the plurality of query servers. The central server receives the response to the query from the at least one of the plurality of query servers and provides the response to the querying device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023125 | OPTIMIZING SEARCH FOR INSERT-ONLY DATABASES AND WRITE-ONCE DATA STORAGE - A search of an insert-only database is performed using a search string in a non-key field to obtain a result set having both valid and invalid entries. Each entry includes a primary key field and the primary key field is subsequently scanned for entries in the result set to determine which entries are valid. Thereafter, invalid entries are removed from the result set to result in a modified result set. Such removal can be based, for example, on the timestamp of the respective entries. In some implementations, a secondary persistence is utilized. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023126 | INTERNET VIDEO CONTENT DELIVERY TO TELEVISION USERS - A method for delivering video content to a user, including accessing a website that hosts a plurality of video content, causing a search to be performed of the website based on a keyword in the set of keywords, identifying, based on a result of the search, a set of video content, of the plurality of video content, related to the keyword, identifying a format of a particular video content in the set of video content, determining whether the format is compatible with a video client device, and outputting identifying information that identifies the particular video content when the format is compatible with the video client device, where the identifying information allows the video client device to access the particular video content. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023127 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR - The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of processing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The method includes generating a plurality of lattice nodes based on a URL, wherein each of the plurality of lattice nodes includes a host component corresponding to a portion of the URL and a path component corresponding to a portion of the URL. The method also includes identifying one of the plurality of lattice nodes as a search node. The method also includes searching a pattern table database using the search node to find a matching pattern table entry, the pattern table database comprising a plurality of pattern table entries corresponding to known lattice nodes associated with previously encountered URLs. The method also includes processing the URL based on whether the matching pattern table entry was found in the pattern table database. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023128 | DISCOVERY OF USER'S PREFERRED FILING CONVENTION FOR MEDIA ITEMS - In one embodiment, a method of automatically determining a filing convention is provided. The method includes receiving a computer file path. The file path is associated with a digital media file. The method includes separating the file path into a plurality of fields. The separating is carried out using a field-separation module. The method further includes determining a filing convention based on the fields. The determining is carried out using a filing-convention-determination module. The method also includes storing the filing convention in a database. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023129 | ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION WITH REUSABLE CONTENT - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for a collaboration environment in which a number of different workspaces can use the same, reusable content. According to one embodiment, a method of providing collaboration using reusable content can comprise identifying a content item to be included in a first workspace of a plurality of workspaces of a collaboration environment. A first proxy representing the identified content item can be created. The first proxy can have a unique identifier within the first workspace. A mapping table record can be created for the first proxy that links the first proxy to the content item. Additionally, a cross-reference table record can be created for the first proxy. The cross-reference record can identify a relationship of the first proxy to another content item in the first workspace. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023130 | FACILITATION OF EXTENSION FIELD USAGE BASED ON REFERENCE FIELD USAGE - A system may include presentation, to a user, of a consuming business entity including a reference field of a business object, reception of an instruction from the user to add an extension field to the consuming business entity based on the reference field of the business object, determination of a second consuming business entity including the reference field of the business object, and presentation of the second consuming business entity to the user. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023131 | UNIVERSALLY INTERACTIVE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - A request for information (RFI) system is provided for use in communications networks including broadcast networks and the Internet. In one implementation, a code identifying an item of media content of interest (e.g. television, newspaper, magazines, billboards, radio) is captured and input to an RFI system that includes stored media tags and a search tool for matching inputs to the stored media tags. Upon receipt of the captured code, the RFI system matches the captured code with the stored media tags and provides a response to the user based on the match. The response may include or relate to follow-on or premium information relating to the content of interest. Using this information, an RFI data center or an RFI platform may credit value to a rewards account established for the network user based on the user's verified consumption of assets and/or data requests. Further, the RFI data center or RFI platform may be used to collect consumer behavior information, including purchasing decisions made by the user after consumption of assets, and correlate the consumer behavior information with the user's verified asset consumption. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120023132 | METHOD FOR MONITORING STORED PROCEDURES - A method for monitoring stored procedures is disclosed. The method performs on-line and inline monitoring of stored procedures for detecting table access operations performed by the procedures. This allows the enforcing of access control policies, correlation rules and audit rules on stored procedures. The monitoring is performed using mapping information gathered about each stored procedure that can be executed by a database server. The method comprises parsing an incoming transaction submitted by a client; determining whether the incoming transaction includes an invocation of a stored procedure; obtaining a query group corresponding to the stored procedure; applying an access control policy on the query group; and asserting an unauthorized event if the query group is not compliant with the access control policy. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120030229 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Measuring Health - Methods, systems, and products measure health data related to a user. A time-stamped device identifier is received that uniquely identifies a communications device. A time-stamped sensor measurement is separately-received. A difference in time between the time-stamped device identifier and the time-stamped sensor measurement is determined. When the difference in time is within a window of time, then the sensor measurement is associated with the device identifier. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030230 | Method and System for Gathering and Pseudo-Objectively Classifying Copyrightable Material to be Licensed Through a Provider Network - Disclosed is a method and system for gathering and pseudo-objectively classifying copyrightable material so as to facilitate identification of selected copyrightable material for licensing through a provider network. More particularly, disclosed is an end-to-end system and method that facilitates the licensing or sale of an author's copyrighted work(s) to third parties through a database of copyrighted works accessible to such users, such database being searchable based on certain predetermined criteria to allow the buyer/licensee to efficiently search for the desired genre or style of artwork for a given purpose. Also disclosed is a system and method of providing users with customized content lists (such as musical playlists, visual artwork lists, or textual copylists) based on subjective criteria that are objectivized using predetermined quality control guidelines. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030231 | Accessing Personal Records Without Identification Token - An individual's personal records, e.g. medical, legal, or financial records, can be accessed without resort to a social security number, account number, or other identifying token by presenting questions designed to obtain information related to specific episodes related to the individual's personal history, e.g. medical, legal or financial records. The answers to the questions can be compared to records of the same type belonging to multiple different individuals, and if the answers match to at least a threshold degree of certainty, access to the matched records can be provided to the individual. The questions presented can be specifically tailored based on the language and cultural background of the individual to help ensure accurate results. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030232 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING TAGS FOR A MEDIA EVENT USING MULTIPLE MEDIA TYPES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for exchanging and processing tag information between users with different types of communications devices. In operation, tag information is received processed to provide an alternative tag communication to selected participants in the media event. That is, at least a portion of the tags of a media event are used to create an alternate tag communication that can be delivered to participants, together with or separate from the conventional or default tag communication associated with the media event. The alternate tag communications can be used to allow participation of users associated with communications devices incompatible with the media format of default tag communication. Further, the alternate tag information can also be used as a secondary means of communications during a media event. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030233 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SCALABILITY OF ANALYTIC WINDOW FUNCTIONS - An improved approach is described for handling parallelization of window functions, particularly window functions that do not contain partition keys or which has low cardinality for the partition keys. The approach is highly scalable and can be used to greatly improve query processing. A two stage evaluation approach is employed to parallelize the processing of window functions. In the first stage, which is highly parallel, the majority of the computation of window function is done by all available processes. In this way, the entire computing power of the database server is utilized. The second stage, which is serial but is likely to be very short, all processes involved in first stage synchronize and complete the window function evaluation. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030234 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SEARCH QUERY - A computer-implemented method for generating a search query for searching a source of data is disclosed. The method comprises:
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| 20120030235 | PRIORITY SEARCH TREES - An apparatus arranged to implement a priority search tree to represent a plurality of data elements, the apparatus comprising: a memory; and a processor comprising: a storage unit for storing in the memory for each of said data elements a corresponding data point for the priority search tree, said the data point having a first component value and a second component value; a tree-processing module for performing at least one function operation on the data points, the at least one function operation involving using a comparison module to perform a comparison operation to determine the relative positions of a first data point and a second data point in an ordering for the data points, the comparison operation comprising one of: determining the relative positions of a first data point and a second data point based on a comparison of the respective first component values of the first and second data points and, if the first component value of the first data point equals the first component value of the second data point, based on a comparison of the respective second component values of the first and second data points; or determining the relative positions of a first data point and a second data point based on a comparison of the respective second component values of the first and second data points and, if the second component value of the first data point equals the second component value of the second data point, based on a comparison of the respective first component values of the first and second data points. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120036147 | MESSAGE FILTER WITH REPLACEMENT TEXT - A computer network-based messaging system controls the content of messages sent by users. A database includes permitted words and replacement text elements corresponding to at least one permitted word. A message filter receives an entered word or phrase input by a user on a messaging device as part of a message. The message filter replaces the entered word in the message with a corresponding replacement text element stored in the database. A message sending part transmits the message including the replacement text element over a data network for viewing by other users only if every entered word in the message is included in the database. The message sending part transmits the message even though one or words contained in the replacement text element are not permitted words in the database. The system may allow deletion of a replacement text element from a message only in its entirety. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036148 | SOCIALIZING VIA SEARCH - Implementations of methods, apparatuses, or systems are disclosed to facilitate search related communications. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036149 | CHARACTER STRING GENERATION METHOD, ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE AND SYSTEM - A method, article of manufacture, and system for enabling context surrounding a search result to be displayed succinctly. The method includes searching a document set configured as a frequency ordered suffix tree to obtain a frequency ordered context tree. Applying dynamic programming to the frequency ordered context tree to retrieve a set (C) of context strings (c) having n1 elements of context strings (c). Defining an area covered by a character string (s) in the entire set of context strings C {c | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036150 | Page Server for Navigation Data - A page server and method of using the page server is described. The page server stores versioned pages. The pages, which are equally sized data chunks, can be stored with identifiers and version data in a relational database, in separate files, or in a single file where pages are concatenated. The page server may be accessed via SQL, a web interface, a proprietary key/value/version interface on top of TCP/IP, or other method. The page server facilitates incremental updates. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036151 | State-dependent Query Response - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving user input that defines a search query, and providing the search query to a server system. Information that a search engine system determined was responsive to the search query is received at a computing device. The computing device is identified as in a first state, and a first output mode for audibly outputting at least a portion of the information is selected. The first output mode is selected from a collection of the first output mode and a second output mode. The second output mode is selected in response to the computing device being in a second state and is for visually outputting at least the portion of the information and not audibly outputting the at least portion of the information. At least the portion of information is audibly output. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036152 | CONTEXT-BASED MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INQUIRING METHOD OF NUMBER ADDRESS BOOK - A method for context-based multi-dimensional searching of contacts in a phone address book is disclosed, the method comprises, inputting the searching field, determining if the searching field matches a certain city name, searching the full visiting card information in the address book, and sorting coordinators in the address book based on the multiple dimensions. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120041967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A MEDIA RECOMMENDATION WITH A MEDIA ITEM - A first peer device includes a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a selection of a media item recommendation of a media item, the media item recommendation including media item metadata and originating at a second peer device, and execute a search of one or more publicly accessible third party media content providers utilizing the media item metadata based upon one or more search content preferences. The search results thusly obtained are then received and displayed. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041968 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER DECODER - A VIN decoder system includes a VIN decoder configured to search a database for a vehicle type associated with the received VIN, determine a VIN structure associated with the vehicle type, parse the received VIN according to the VIN structure to identify one or more VIN elements of the received VIN. The VIN decoder then determines VIN element descriptions associated with values of the one VIN elements and communicates the information that includes the VIN element descriptions to the user. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041969 | DERIVING USER CHARACTERISTICS - The present technology derives unknown user characteristics from known user characteristics. Unknown characteristics can be inferred from products purchased by a user; by comparing two similar users and inputing characteristics known about one user to another user with unknown characteristics; by inferring characteristics using classifying algorithms to infer additional user characteristics from a collection of other known data about a user. The inferred characteristics can further be associated with a confidence score which is an indication of the likelihood that the inferred value is the correct value for a user. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041970 | DISTRIBUTED DATA CACHE FOR ON-DEMAND APPLICATION ACCELERATION - A distributed data cache included in a content delivery network expedites retrieval of data for application execution by a server in a content delivery network. The distributed data cache is distributed across computer-readable storage media included in a plurality of servers in the content delivery network. When an application generates a query for data, a server in the content delivery network determines whether the distributed data cache includes data associated with the query. If data associated with the query is stored in the distributed data cache, the data is retrieved from the distributed data cache. If the distributed data cache does not include data associated with the query, the data is retrieved from a database and the query and associated data are stored in the distributed data cache to expedite subsequent retrieval of the data when the application issues the same query. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041971 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS USING FILTER INFORMATION - An object recognition method using filter information includes acquiring object image information including an object of interest, acquiring filter information for recognizing the object of interest from the object image information, and recognizing the object of interest using the filter information. An object recognition apparatus using filter information including an object information acquiring unit to acquire object image information comprising an object of interest, a filter information input unit to acquire filter information, an output unit to output the image information and the filter information, and a controller to recognize the object of interest in the object image information using the filter information. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041972 | METADATA INGESTION TO STREAM CUSTOMIZATION - A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer-readable storage medium provide for the ingestion of personalized information to provide customization. A request to customize a user's interactive experience on a website or application is received from a user. Personalized information based on a user's activities is ingested. The user activities are independent from activities on the website or application. A database is searched based on the personalized information and search results are produced. The user's interactive experience is customized based on the search results. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT AN IDENTIFIED OBJECT - A method and apparatus for identifying an object from an image or context aware information and providing information about the identified object. The method includes identifying at least one object included in an image being displayed or to be displayed on a user device, obtaining relationship information of an identified object based on identification information of the identified object, and outputting the relationship information to at least one of the user device and a device of the identified object. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041974 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AN RDF DATABASE FOR AN RDF DATABASE QUERY AND A SEARCH METHOD AND A SEARCH DEVICE FOR THE RDF DATABASE QUERY - Information values are created by nodes and directed edges describing dependencies between two nodes or information values, respectively, in the form of a directed graph for a database query. By using a path distance describing a number of directed edges between a selected node and a target tuple, formed of two nodes connected to a directed edge and a associated directed edge, a reduction of a complexity of a database query and thus an acceleration of the database query can be achieved. The search method can be used, for example, for monitoring systems or in medical databases. Furthermore, the search method can be used for databases which are dynamically extended, for example by new events in the monitoring system. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120041975 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Conducting Electronic Commerce - Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for conducting electronic commerce. Information is received that describes an item sold by a merchant. A database is queried for a category associated with the item sold by the merchant. An inventory database of another merchant is queried for the category, and a description is retrieved of a related item in the same category. A suggestion is then made for the another merchant to promote the related item. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120047160 | QUERYING SENSOR DATA STORED AS BINARY DECISION DIAGRAMS - According to certain embodiments, a search query for a search of samples of sensor data is received. The search query indicates one or more requested values of one or more data parameters. The samples are represented by a characteristic function indicating whether a given binary representation represents a sample. A query function representing the one or more requested values is formulated. The query function and the characteristic function are used to identify one or more samples that have the one or more requested values. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047161 | MANAGEMENT OF AN INVENTORY OF WEBSITES - A method includes receiving web page identifiers associated with a website and determining whether the web page identifiers identify redundant web pages of the website. One or more web page identifiers are removed from the web page identifiers that identify redundant web pages to create a group of web page identifiers. A user responsible for at least one of the web pages identified in the group of web page identifiers is determined. A risk level is determined for each of the web pages identified in the group based on a plurality of risk factors, the user is associated with the risk level, and the association between the user and the risk level is stored in a database. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047162 | Method and System for Securing Academic ERP Database using Datasource Proxy - A secured academic ERP system comprises an ERP database storing data for an academic institution, an application server for authenticating users and generating requests to access the ERP database for the users, a security system that accesses a user permissions table that maps the users to permitted organizations within an academic institution and modifying the requests to limit the requests to the permitted organizations for the users making the requests, and a datasource for receiving the modified requests and passing those requests to the ERP database. This system extends security beyond the traditional role-based data security model to support the finer granularity security at the level of the content. This is achieved without the need for a new database architecture or the use of separate databases for different organizations | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047163 | AUTOMATED CREATION OF A PRINT-READY GROUP DIRECTORY - Method and systems of automatically creating a print-ready representation of a group directory are disclosed. A processing device receives a selection of a plurality of individuals having information residing in a database and a selection of a format for a group directory. The device determines one or more information fields associated with the selected format and transmits a request for information stored in the one or more determined fields and associated with the plurality of individuals to the database. The processing device receives the requested information, generates a template for each individual including at least a portion of the received information associated with the individual, and generates a print-ready representation of the group directory organized in the selected format and including the template for each individual. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047164 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SEARCH REQUEST FOR A PARTITIONED INDEX - Techniques for enhanced processing of search requests directed to a partitioned index include receiving a request for a search of an index. The index is partitioned across a plurality of nodes in communication. The method also comprises determining whether the request is deterministic. The method further comprises determining a number of responses to request from at least one of the plurality of nodes based on whether the request is deterministic. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047165 | PROCESS ARCHITECTURE FOR ELASTIC STATEFUL SHARED NOTHING SYSTEM - A database management system implemented in a cloud computing environment. Operational nodes are assigned as controller-nodes, compute-nodes or storage-nodes. The number of operational nodes, and their assignment as compute-nodes or storage-nodes can vary. Queries specify tables, with each such table assigned to a respective group of storage nodes. The number of operational nodes executing a given query may change by (a) changing the compute-nodegroup associated with a connection, or (b) adding or removing nodes from the compute-nodegroup; and/or distributing data from the tables among the nodes in a storage nodegroup. State information is maintained for each client connection, such that steps are executed assuming that the state exists. State changes are recorded during step execution for a given connection, so that subsequent steps from the same connection are executed with the state as left by a prior step, and so that subsequent queries on the same connection are executed with the state as left by the prior query. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047166 | USER CONTROLLED MULTI-DEVICE MEDIA-ON-DEMAND SYSTEM - A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system also can include delivering the media to a first client device in a format compatible with the first client device; interrupting the delivery of the media; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media where the interruption occurred; and resuming delivery of the media to a second client device, the resumed delivery beginning at a position in the media specified by the recorded bookmark. The method further can include identifying device properties for each of the first and second client devices; delivering the media to the first client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the first client device; and, delivering the media to the second client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the second client device. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047167 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes a word extracting unit that extracts a word contained in data of a Web page being viewed; a Web search request unit that transmits a search request to a search site with the word extracted by the word extracting unit as a search word and that receives a list of Web pages that contain the search word from the search site as a search result; and a display unit that displays the search result received by the Web search request unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120059841 | NETWORK CALLING PRIVACY WITH RECORDING - Compliance with a privacy database and call-specific applications is provided within a network. A service control function (SCF), in communication with a privacy database, selectively establishes a call between an origin and a destination. Based on origin or destination identifiers, call parameters are determined for further operations associated with the call. A server, responsive to the call parameters, performs monitoring of the call or post-call disposition to update the privacy database. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059842 | Context-Based User Interface, Search, and Navigation - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for providing context-based user interfaces, searches, and navigation in business processes. One process includes operations for identifying a data field on an electronic page to be populated by a user for a business process and a data object associated with the business process. A particular data object field in the data object is selected for additional searching, and a suggested entry for populating the data field is determined based on a search for additional information associated with the business process using the particular data object field and a particular type of the data object. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059843 | CONTEXT BASED DATA SEARCHING - Data searching over a network is facilitated. A search request is received from a user device via the network. The search request includes information related to the user device. The search request is processed by identifying a context chain related to the user device based on information passed with the search request. The context chain is an array of contexts. Contexts are added to and subtracted from the context chain dependent upon communications received from the user device. The search request is responded to by providing at least one search result to the user device. The search result is obtained from at least one context in the plurality of contexts. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059844 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING DATA - A method and apparatus for identifying relationships among entity instances of a plurality of entities in a database. A plurality of entity reference relationship structures is accessed. Each entity reference relationship structure includes at least a pair of entity instance identifiers that identifies a relationship between entity instances of a pair of entity structures of a plurality of entity structures. All complete graphs among all subsets of the plurality of entity structures are identified. Each complete graph includes at least one edge corresponding to an entity reference relationship structure, and two vertices connected by the at least one edge that correspond to entity structures between which the entity reference relationship structure establishes a relationship. For each complete graph, all matched sets of pairs of entity instance identifiers are determined. The entity instance identifiers in each matched set are stored in association with each other in an entity relationship structure. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059845 | Detecting Repeating Content In Broadcast Media - Systems, methods, devices, and computer program products provide social and interactive applications for detecting repeating content in broadcast media. In some implementations, a method includes: generating a database of audio statistics from content; generating a query from the database of audio statistics; running the query against the database of audio statistics to determine a non-identity match; if a non-identity match exists, identifying the content corresponding to the matched query as repeating content. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059846 | METHOD FOR RETRIEVING OBJECT INFORMATION AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE APPLYING THE SAME - A method for retrieving object information is applied to a portable electronic device and includes the following steps. A global position system (GPS) module receives a position signal to get GPS data. A magnetic sensing module senses magnetic field to get azimuth direction data. A touch input module inputs an event which is a movement moving from a touch position towards an object to get input direction data. A processing module gets angle difference data according to the azimuth direction information and the input direction information. The information of the corresponding object from a database according to the parameters of the GPS data is retrieved, and the parameters of the GPS data, the azimuth direction data and the angle difference data are used by the processing module. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120066247 | QUERY GENERATION BASED ON HIERARCHICAL FILTERS - A system includes reception of a query filtered on an object of a hierarchical list of values and comprising a first filter value, generation of an SQL script based on the first filter value and at least one ancestor value of the first filter value in the hierarchical list of values, and retrieval of a data set associated with the query based on the SQL script. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066248 | Dynamic Creation of Materialized Database Views - A control file is created which ordinary views that are to be converted to materialized views. A conversion program controlled by the control file can then create all of the materialized views at one time, and only that single conversion program needs to be written. By running the conversion program periodically, it becomes possible to create automatic updates of the materialized views. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066249 | UTILIZING HIERARCHY METADATA TO IMPROVE PATH SELECTION - Embodiments are directed to implementing hierarchy metadata to improve relational model default path selection heuristics. A computer system receives a database query from a user. The query is configured to return a portion of requested data stored in the database. The database includes multiple different data entities related to each other via different relationship paths. The computer system accesses hierarchy metadata that describes various database hierarchies, each hierarchy including multiple data entities. The computer system determines an optimal path between the related data entities based on the database query and the hierarchy metadata, and accesses the data using the determined optimal data entity relationship path. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066250 | CUSTOM OPERATORS FOR A PARALLEL QUERY ENGINE - Embodiments are directed to implementing custom operators in a query for a parallel query engine and to generating a partitioned representation of a sequence of query operators in a parallel query engine. A computer system receives a portion of partitioned input data at a parallel query engine, where the parallel query engine is configured to process data queries in parallel, and where the queries include a sequence of built-in operators. The computer system incorporates a custom operator into the sequence of built-in operators for a query and accesses the sequence of operators to determine how the partitioned input data is to be processed. The custom operator is accessed in the same manner as the built-in operators. The computer system also processes the sequence of operators including both the built-in operators and at least one custom operator according to the determination indicating how the data is to be processed. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066251 | CORRELATING TRANSPORTATION DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including executable instructions encoded on one or more machine-readable storage media, for correlating transportation data are described. A transportation schedule that includes planned records for first trips and associations between the first trips and corresponding first trip IDs may be accessed. A transportation status update that includes actual records for second trips and associations between the second trips and corresponding second trip IDs may be received. Information relating one or more of the first trip IDs to one or more of the second trip IDs may be obtained. The information may be used to identify a trip that is common to both the transportation schedule and the transportation status update. An update for the trip using the transportation status update may be provided. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066252 | MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION OF INFORMATION, AND INFORMATION COLLECTION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for collection of information, includes receiving a division condition of a value range of an attribute from a user; dividing the value range of the attribute into a plurality of ranges under the received division condition; selecting writers who have an attribute value corresponding to the respective divided ranges of the attribute by referencing a writer information storage unit that stores values of the attribute of the writers; collecting information that is posted by the selected writers from a posted information storage device that stores information posted by the writers; and providing the collected information to the user. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066253 | Mapping Product Identification Information To A Product - Mapping product identification data to product information. Generating classifiers operative to classify products referred to in product identification data. Receiving client product identification data. Applying at least one generated classifier on the received product identification data. Using at least one classification determined by the applied classifier(s) and a subset of the client product identification data to query the product database. Qualifying the results of the query using at least one classification. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066254 | Point in phasetme system and method thereof - A Phasetime Method and Automated System for tracking Element Efforts that result in end products, at least including products of art, industry, and nature, and reporting Development Event Efforts by their virtual Points in Phasetime within designated Past, Present, and Future Project Development Phases. Dynamically generated Phasetime Reports display Element Project Efforts within a live Phasetime Matrix in relation to their Phase of Development and Points in Phasetime. Development Events occur within Project Development Phases, which Phases may vary in number and kind depending on the end product. Development Events include Project Production Elements, Element Efforts, the duration of said Efforts, and Efforts' Points in Phasetime. Element Efforts, tracked by Phasetime Project Development Event Instances, are reported in edited Storyboard Beats in Phasetime Macro, Micro, and Nano Views depicting the Efforts' effect on the end Product's Storyline. Effortology keys allow browsers to alter the Storyboard Storyline Report. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120066255 | Attribute Combination Discovery for Predisposition Determination - A method and system are presented in which a query attribute is used as the basis for accessing stored attribute combinations and their frequencies of occurrence for query-attribute-positive individuals and query-attribute-negative individuals and tabulating, based on frequencies of occurrence, those attribute combinations that are most likely to co-occur with the query attribute. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120072440 | CUSTOMER SERVICE CONTACT - A method may include receiving session control protocol messages to establish a session between a workstation and a user device. The session control protocol messages may include context information. The context information may include a browser history associated with the user of the user device. The method may further include establishing the session between the workstation and the user device. Further, the method may include displaying information on a display for an operator of the workstation, wherein the displayed information is based on the received context information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072441 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUSES, TO PROCESS, CREATE, OR TRANSMIT ONE OR MORE MESSAGES RELATING TO GOODS OR SERVICES - Embodiments of methods, systems, or apparatuses relating to data processing and more particularly to methods, systems, or apparatuses to process, create, or transmit, one or more messages relating to goods or services. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072442 | MONADIC TYPE PRESERVATION FOR QUERY OPERATORS - Monadic types are preserved for query operators to further query operator compositionality utilizing operators defined over a monad. Query operators that are defined over a monad and are suited to return non-monadic types are constructed or altered to return a monadic type. For instance, aggregate query operators defined over a local or remote sequence monad can be generated that return a monadic type. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072443 | Data searching system and method for generating derivative keywords according to input keywords - A data searching system and method for generating derivative keywords according to input keywords are provided. The data searching system and method extract at least one original input keyword from an input inquiry string by making a comparison with words in a word bank, generate derivative keywords according to the original input keywords, and use the original input keywords and the derivative keywords together to search data. By completing the above procedure, the data searching system and method can therefore achieve the effect of enhancing the data integrity of data searches. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072444 | DETECTION AND DISPLAY OF VOLATILE DATA - A method, system and computer program product for detecting and displaying potentially volatile data. A metadata store, which is attached to a data store, is used for storing metadata corresponding to the stored data. A data retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of data from the data store. Furthermore, a metadata retrieval component is used for retrieving a first and a second subset of the metadata corresponding to the first and second subsets of data from the data store. In addition, a comparator is used for comparing the first and the second subsets of the metadata. Additionally, a display control component, responsive to the comparator, is used for varying an indicator associated on a display with the first subset of data or the second subset of data to indicate an inconsistency between the first subset of metadata and the second subset of metadata. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072445 | Signature Loop Authorizing Method and Apparatus - Systems and methods for automating and increasing the efficiency of business processes using a role structure which is preferably hierarchical. The hierarchical role structure defines a plurality of roles within several hierarchical levels. Various rights are associated with the different roles to enable positions which are associated with the roles to have access to particular business processes. Access rights can thereby be consistently administered across equivalent or similar positions. In one embodiment, the role structure is used in conjunction with a hierarchical organization structure to allow the organization structure to be searched for positions which are associated with a particular role. As a result, automatic signature loops which are not restricted to direct superiors can be implemented. The hierarchical role structure can also be used in conjunction with a hierarchical content structure to enable employees having different roles within the organization to access different information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072446 | TECHNIQUES USING CAPTURED INFORMATION - Techniques are provided utilizing captured information. The captured information includes at least one of audio and image information. In response to connecting a capture device including the captured information to another device, the captured information is downloaded to the other device, a text portion is formed corresponding to the captured information, and at least a portion of the captured information and text portion is stored. A selected action is automatically performed using at least one of the text portion and the captured information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072447 | Defining Sub-Cube Scope Based Upon A Query - Technologies are described herein for defining the scope of a sub-cube based upon a database query. A request is received to perform a query of a multi-dimensional database, such as a cube, stored at a server computer. In response to the request, the scope for a sub-portion, called a sub-cube, of the multi-dimensional database is determined based upon the query. The scope of the sub-cube may be determined by identifying the minimum sub-portion of the cube necessary to perform the query. Once the scope has been determined, the sub-cube is generated at the server computer and transmitted to a client computer. The client computer stores the sub-cube locally and performs the requested database query on the sub-cube stored at the client computer. A user interface may be provided through which a user can modify the scope of the sub-cube determined based upon the query. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120072448 | LOCATION-BASED DATA SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD - Provided is an apparatus for location based data service, in which a location based data is provided to a user. A space of interest (SOI) graphic providing unit provides graphic information needed for a location based data search. An SOI processing unit generates SOI information that is structurally connected to a space of interest by using the graphic information provided from the SOI graphic providing unit and generates the location based data by matching the generated SOI information with data information corresponding to the SOI information. A location based data generation unit manages the location based data generated by the SOI processing unit. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120078939 | Query Rewind Mechanism for Processing a Continuous Stream of Data - A query engine receives a continuous stream of data and applies a Structured Query Language (SQL) query to the data. The data is processed on a chunk-by-chunk basis with a query rewind mechanism that sustains the SQL query as a single long-standing query that allows a state of the SQL query to be maintained. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078940 | ANALYSIS OF OBJECT STRUCTURES SUCH AS BENEFITS AND PROVIDER CONTRACTS - The hierarchical relationships between objects in different levels of an object structure (such as a contract) are stored as elements in two-dimensional matrix representations. In general, the matrix representations facilitate queries, clustering of like objects and contracts, and comparisons that identify common objects and contracts. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078941 | QUERY ENHANCEMENT APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive user-specified input data from a user input device as a segment query that includes a plurality of criteria, and to store individual counts and at least one additional count in a storage medium. The individual counts are derived from processing the segment query as a corresponding plurality of queries associated with each of the criteria, and the at least one additional count comprises an intersection of at least two of the criteria, regardless of whether the user-specified input data includes an intersection operation. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078942 | Supporting efficient partial update of hierarchically structured documents based on record storage - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for performing a partial update of a hierarchically structured document referencing one or more records stored in a database. An expression specifying one or more updates to be applied to the document is received. The document is searched to find update target position(s). Based on the received expression, a pending update list is built. When an update target position is found, a row of a document column in a base table is updated with the new version number for the document. New database records for insertion into the new document version are generated from the pending update list. Old database records to be replaced are identified. A database table for the document is updated to mark the old database records as obsolete and to add new database records to be referenced in the new version of the document. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078943 | HIGH QUANTITATIVE PATTERN SEARCHING USING SPATIAL INDEXING - A computer searching technique identifies high quantitative patterns in data. A spatial indexing technique, such as an R-tree is used to represent the data. Then a pattern searching algorithm is used to identify anchor points that define the componentwise minimum patterns. High quantitative patterns are found responsive to the componentwise minimum patterns. The search strategy is demonstrated relevant to the problem of finding suitable locations for a retail business with reference to environments of prior successful retail businesses. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078944 | CALCULATION ENGINE AND CALCULATION PROVIDERS - A method of acquiring data and performing calculations on the data using a provider service. A provider ticket service (PTS) receives tickets from one or more clients. Each ticket includes a calculation identifier and a payload. The calculation identifier identifies a calculation to be performed using information in the payload. The PTS associates a unique ticket identifier with each ticket. A ticket manager submits a selected ticket from the PTS to a provider host service (PHS), which determines which provider is to perform the calculation identified by the selected ticket by inspecting provider identification information in the selected ticket. The PHS launches a provider host thread (PHT) that invokes the provider determined to perform the calculation identified by the calculation identifier of the selected ticket. The provider performs the calculation and returns its result to the PHS, which passes the result back to the PTS, which returns the result to the requesting client. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078945 | INTERACTIVE ADDITION OF SEMANTIC CONCEPTS TO A DOCUMENT - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for interactively associating a semantic concept with a unique term that is input by a user. As the user is creating a document and/or once the user has completed a draft of the document, the document is parsed to identify unique terms (e.g., persons, places, things, services, etc.) in the document. When a unique term is identified, a query is generated to locate one or more semantic concepts (e.g., URLs, URNs, or other identifiers, for example) that are associated with the identified unique term and a notification indicative of the results is generated. From this notification, the user can select whether to associate the unique term with any and/or all of the located semantic concepts. In this way, supplemental content may be added to a document that the user is creating, for example. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING FILES IN CLOUD-BASED NETWORKS - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for monitoring files in cloud-based networks. In particular, a file managing module can manage the access and retrieval of files stored in cloud-based networks on a distributed basis. In embodiments, the file managing module can receive a file access request from a requesting entity. The file managing module can use the file access request to determine a storage location mapped to a hash structure. Generation numbers associated with the both the storage location and the actual file at the storage location can be compared to determine whether the file has been unexpectedly modified or relocated. The file managing module can sync any discrepancy between the generation numbers and retrieve the file for the requesting entity. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078947 | INTEGRATED JUST-IN-TIME SYNCHRONIZATION - The invention is directed to just-in-time (JIT) retrieval of directory information to reduce network traffic and load on directory servers and/or data sources by requesting only the information that is currently needed from the directory server. In the invention, a request handler operating with the directory server provides this capability. Specifically, the request handler and directory server are configured to receive a request for directory information from a client and to determine a location corresponding to a set of current attribute values for responding to the request. The request handler retrieves the set of current attribute values from at least one of the following: the directory server and an external source. A set of current attributes is returned to the client from the directory server. The request handler propagates information in a JIT manner so that only the information that will be currently used by the client is propagated across the network. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078948 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING A CLOUD-BASED DISTRIBUTED STORAGE RESOURCES USING A SET OF EXPANDABLE PROBES - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for searching a cloud-based file storage system using a set of expandable probes. Platforms and techniques are provided to search for a file whose location in cloud storage resources is recorded in a consistent hash ring structure. In a hash ring, a file name can generate a hash output corresponding to a position around a circle. The closest clockwise node to that location can contain the file itself, or a link to another location containing or leading to the file. When a link has become obsolete and no longer points to the file, it may be necessary to search for that file. Embodiments perform a graduated search for the missing file, starting one node from the original node, then trying two adjacent nodes, then four adjacent nodes and so forth in expanding fashion, until the file is found or the hash structure is exhausted. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078949 | GENERATING CANDIDATE ENTITIES USING OVER FREQUENT KEYS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for matching an inbound identity record to existing entities. A composite generic key may be generated from multiple entity resolution (ER) candidate-building keys determined to be generic keys. A query may be generated based on the composite generic key and executed to retrieve candidate entities for an inbound identity record. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078950 | Techniques for Extracting Unstructured Data - A technique for extracting unstructured data includes receiving a plurality of regular expressions and a given document. The regular expressions include a plurality of extensible grammar expressions for searching for a set of information. The regular expressions are then used to search the given document to determine if the unstructured data matches one or more of the extensible grammar expressions. If a match is determined, one or more set of information is extracted from the unstructured data using one or more heuristics. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA STREAM PROCESSING - A method and system for processing a data stream are described. The method executes, until the occurrence of a cut condition, a map function from a set of query processing steps to generate map results for a first portion of the data stream, executes a reduce function from the set of query processing steps to generate history-sensitive data from the map results, and rewinds the set of query processing steps, without termination of processing. The history-sensitive data is maintained for a second execution of the map function and reduce function on a second portion of the data stream. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078952 | BROWSING HIERARCHIES WITH PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS - Browsing content stored in a content source. A hierarchical tree structure is accessed. The hierarchical tree structure has nodes that correspond to at least one query for recommended content that is recommended based on a user profile. Recommended content stored in the content source is browsed by executing the at least one query for recommended content, the at least one query corresponding to at least one node of the hierarchical tree structure. The browsing is performed in accordance with a hierarchy of the hierarchical tree structure. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078953 | BROWSING HIERARCHIES WITH SOCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS - Browsing content stored in a content source. A hierarchical tree structure is accessed. The hierarchical tree structure has nodes that correspond to at least one query for recommended content that is recommended based on at least one social network service. Recommended content stored in the content source is browsed by executing the at least one query for recommended content, the at least one query corresponding to at least one node of the hierarchical tree structure. The browsing is performed in accordance with a hierarchy of the hierarchical tree structure. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078954 | BROWSING HIERARCHIES WITH SPONSORED RECOMMENDATIONS - Browsing content stored in a content source. A hierarchical tree structure is accessed. The hierarchical tree structure has nodes that correspond to at least one query for recommended content that is recommended based on sponsored recommendations. Recommended content stored in the content source is browsed by executing the at least one query for recommended content, the at least one query corresponding to at least one node of the hierarchical tree structure. The browsing is performed in accordance with a hierarchy of the hierarchical tree structure. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078955 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR SEMANTIC OR FACETED SEARCH OVER UNSTRUCTURED AND ANNOTATED DATA - A semantic query over a corpus of data is constructed using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements. The aggregation includes at least one annotation and at least one search term. The relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms are manipulated within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms, yielding a visual spatial representation of the semantic query. The annotations, search terms and expressed relationships define the semantic query that is used to search the corpus of data. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078956 | Computerized National Online Parcel-Level Map Data Portal - A National Online Parcel-Level Map Data Portal (NPDP) is provided that optimizes online delivery of parcel-level maps and linked attribute data. To do this, the NPDP manages a database of assembled and current vector based parcel data in a spatial format (GIS) that enables geocoded parcel boundaries to be linked to property tax records. A user enters a street address into an appropriate screen window to call up and view road right-of-ways, all parcel boundaries and the “exact” address location as a highlighted parcel area. In addition, a list of property record attributes such as owner, use code, assessed value and year constructed can be displayed. Other on screen parcels can likewise be selected if one wishes to view their linked attributes. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078957 | Graph Server Querying for Managing Social Network Information Flow - An online social network is managed using one server for database management tasks and another server, preferably in a distributed configuration, for CPU-intensive computational tasks, such as finding a shortest path between two members or a degree of separation between two members. The additional server has a memory device containing relationship information between members of the online social network and carries out the CPU-intensive computational tasks using this memory device. With this configuration, the number of database lookups is decreased and processing speed is thereby increased. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120078958 | System for Sequentially Displaying Different File Types In A Directory - A system for accessing electronic files in a directory, including a processor, at least one directory including a plurality of electronic files, wherein the plurality of electronic files include files of two or more file types, software executing on the processor for receiving a request for a first one of the plurality of electronic files, software executing on the processor for receiving a next file request, and software executing on the processor for displaying a next file in the at least one directory upon receiving the next file request. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120084313 | REMOTE ACCESS TO TRACKING SYSTEM CONTACT INFORMATION - In the context of tracking systems, it is difficult to ensure that an organization has a complete, accurate database of contacts stored in its tracking system. When tracking systems users are required to manage exporting and importing of contacts from their desktop mail clients and handheld devices, it is almost certain that contact information will not be kept up-to-date and that confidence in the accuracy of the contact information will not be high. By enabling a remote directory access portal in the tracking system, all users can be assured that they have available the latest contact information for the organizations' contacts. In addition to providing directory access, the tracking system can authenticate users and, based on the users' entitlements, authorize users' access to specific contacts. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING RESTRICTED SEARCH IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SPACES - Embodiments of the invention may provide systems and methods for supporting restricted search capabilities in high-dimensional spaces. These example restricted search capabilities may allow for an unbiased search that is simply restricted to those regions of interest to a decision maker. It will be appreciated that a restricted search does not mean that additional constraints, such as preference or biasing information, are utilized to reduce the search space into some feasible sub-space of the original optimization problem. Instead, the example restricted search may limit the search to a certain sub-space of the full multi-dimensional tradeoff space. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084315 | Query Plan Optimization for Prepared SQL Statements - System, methods and articles of manufacture for optimizing a query plan reuse in a database server system accessible by a plurality of client connections. An embodiment comprises providing at least one global cache storage and a private cache storage to a plurality of client connections, and coordinating utilization of the at least one global cache storage and the private cache storage to share light weight stored procedures and query plans for prepared SQL statements across the plurality of client connections via the at least one global cache storage while avoiding a spinlock access for executing the prepared SQL statements. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084316 | DATABASE-TRANSPARENT NEAR ONLINE ARCHIVING AND RETRIEVAL OF DATA - Method, program products and apparatus are disclosed for optimizing access to a data table. A value-existence structure is used to determine whether the data table contains rows for a given database query. The value-existence structure may be useful, for example, for managing transparent access to an online database and a nearline database. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084317 | COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING METHOD - When a detecting complex event condition expression is changed, a rule comparing unit compares the complex event condition expressions before and after the change. The changed portion identifying unit identifies the changed portion based on the comparison result, and the parallel operating unit operates the complex event condition expressions before and after the change in parallel for the detecting complex event condition expression including the identified changed portion. In this manner, the complex event processing apparatus disclosed therein can dynamically change a detecting complex event condition expression used in the complex event processing. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084318 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DOCUMENT BASED ON PERSONAL NETWORK - Provided are a system and method for providing a document based on a personal network. The document providing system may include a community searching unit to search for a community associated with a first document prepared by a first user, a document registration unit to register the first document in the searched community, and to receive a second document, associated with the first document, registered by a second user included in the community, and a document providing unit to provide the second document associated with the first document. According to embodiments of the present invention, a response that the first user may desire may be provided by receiving a response, registered by the second user included in the community associated with the first user, with respect to the document prepared by the first user. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084319 | MASTER DATA MANAGEMENT DATABASE ASSET AS A WEB SERVICE - A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture is configured to expose a database asset as a web service. A relational database management system (RDBMS) that stores information is executed in a computer system. As part of a process and framework, a series of business rules and process workflows are maintained that manage data that resides in RDBMS tables. A rule is created that contains an application programming interface definition with predefined input and output for exposing the database asset as the web service. The rule is exposed as the web service. The web service is used to invoke a database operation based on the database asset, and to output a result. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084320 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR MAINTAINING AND ACCESSING A WHOIS DATABASE - Methods and systems are provided for maintaining and accessing a whois database. In one embodiment, modifications to a registrar database that includes information about domain names are tracked, and based on the tracked modifications, one or more records that include modified information about the domain names are identified. Unique identifiers for the identified one or more records are determined and are used to reflect the modifications in the whois database. The modifications are tracked on a real-time basis and are reflected in the whois database on an hourly or a real-time basis. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120089631 | PROGRESSIVE EXPLORATION OF DATA RELATIONSHIPS - Parental dependency information for various data fields may be analyzed to create a data field hierarchy. Each of the data fields may be presented in a selectable list through an interface. Once a data field is selected, any immediate parent(s) and/or child(ren) field(s) of the active data element may be demarcated in the list according to the hierarchy. Additional data entry fields relating to the selected data field and its familial fields may also be displayed. Data in each of data fields may also be analyzed to identify fields with incomplete data. Systems and methods are provided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089632 | INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CHARACTER INPUT PROGRAM - An information terminal apparatus is provided with a storage unit and a search unit. The storage unit stores information on a plurality of character strings and information on the pronunciation and shape of each of the characters included in the plurality of character strings. The search unit receives a first input representing part or all of one of the pronunciation and shape of a character, and retrieves possible character strings which have a first character matching the first input. The search unit then receives a second input representing part or all of the other of the pronunciation and shape of a character, and extracts possible character strings which further have a second character matching the second input, from the possible character strings retrieved in response to the first input. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089633 | MANAGING DATA SELECTION BASED ON ATTRIBUTES - An interface is provided on a computing device for interacting with data stored in a data repository. Input is received including information identifying two or more attributes, and information indicating an order for the identified attributes. A hierarchical data structure is stored, with an order of hierarchy levels corresponding to the indicated order. Multiple attribute values for the attributes are determined. The method includes assigning to each node of a first level at least one of the attribute values of a first attribute, and assigning to each node of a second level at least one of the attribute values of a second attribute, each of the nodes of the second level also being assigned respective ones of the attribute values assigned to one or more nodes of preceding levels. The interface is displayed including displaying interface elements associated with each of the nodes. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089634 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTIMEDIA SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - In a method for providing multimedia services in a communication system, a request message for requesting contract information on users' multimedia services are received from a terminal according to service requests of the multimedia services to be received by the users. A query message for searching for the contract information in a database is generated corresponding to the request message, and the query message is transmitted to the database. The contract information is searched in the database through a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) query format protocol based on the query message, and a query result message containing the contract information is received from the database in response to the query message. The contract information is acknowledged in the query result message, and a response message containing the contract information is generated. Then, the response message is transmitted to the terminal. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089635 | LANGUAGE LEARNING EXCHANGE - Systems, methods and products involving a language learning exchange are provided herein. One aspect includes registering through a computing device one or more users in a user community of an online language learning platform, the one or more users associated with profile information comprising user name, native language, and language of interest elements; accessing language content for use by the one or more users; and matching the one or more users with one or more complementary user community users based on the profile information for participation in one or more learning exchanges. Other embodiments are also described herein. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089636 | DIMENSIONAL DATA EXPLORER - A dimensional data explorer for an enterprise system is disclosed. Dimensional data exploration includes providing a list of dimensions by which aggregated data in a report can be disaggregated and reaggregated. Aggregated data comprises a set of measures that have been aggregated for each object of a set of objects. Dimensional data exploration further includes providing the aggregated data disaggregated and reaggregated using a dimension from the list of dimensions. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120089637 | ADDRESS MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An address matching system that maintains a central database of valid addresses has been designed. According to the invention, address matching requests are received by the system from a plurality of remote users located at respective machines (“clients”). Those requests are processed at the central system, and the results are returned to the client that made the request. In addition, novel techniques are implemented for improving the likelihood of obtaining one or more matches from a request. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120096020 | DESCRIBING A PARADIGMATIC MEMBER OF A TASK DIRECTED COMMUNITY IN A COMPLEX HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT BASED ON NON-LINEAR ATTRIBUTES - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product define a paradigmatic member of a known task directed community. Non-linear attributes of each member of the known task directed community having a known agenda are identified. Each of the non-linear attributes is individually unrelated to the known agenda. Common non-linear attributes shared by multiple members of the known task directed community are identified for use in defining the paradigmatic member of the known task directed community. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096021 | REVERSE AUDIT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and computer program product for reverse audits based on server access of databases. In one embodiment, a data provider is determined, and a data request based on the data provider is sent to a server, wherein the data request promotes an entry of the data request to access a database. A data response is received from the server, wherein the data response corresponds to the data request. A message is output based on whether the data response includes specific data. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096022 | TEXT CONTENT SENSITIVE NON-TEXT CHECKER - A document reminder system comprising a data base for storing a predetermined word or sequence of words; a system for scanning displayed content text for said predetermined word or sequence of words and a non text document identified by said word or sequence of words; a module for comparing said displayed content text as it is scanned for a match with said stored predetermined word or sequence of words; a module coupled to a data base of non text content to search for said identified non text document; and a generating module for selectively generating an indicator in the event the non text content is located. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096023 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PHARMACY GUIDE - An apparatus and method for providing a pharmacy guide are discussed. The apparatus for providing a pharmacy guide includes a location obtaining module configured to obtain location information and a controller configured to obtain prescription information, determine prescribed medicines based on the prescription information, search for nearby pharmacies based on the location information, the nearby pharmacies being within a predetermined range of a location according to the location information, and choose at least one target pharmacy providing the prescribed medicines among the nearby pharmacies. An output module is configured to display the at least one target pharmacy. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096024 | ASSISTANCE METHOD FOR A CALL CENTER OPERATOR - The present invention pertains to method for assisting an operator from a call center who must respond to a request for information ( | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096025 | Method, Apparatus and System for Realizing Multi-person Conversation - A method, apparatus and system for realizing multi-person conversation are disclosed. The method includes: a multi-person conversation window includes a searching window, and a client end receives a searching command and searching information through the conversation window in a multi-person conversation process. The searching information is passed to a server by the client end when the client end receives the searching command. The searching result information matched by the server based on the searching information and sent by the server is received by the client end. The received searching result information is displayed on the searching window of the conversation window by the client end. The method enables the combination between multi-person conversation and webpage searching, so that the switching between a searching webpage and a conversation window can be avoided, and the conversation among multiple persons can be facilitated. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120096026 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The content recommendation system includes a user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of a given user, a list acquisition means for acquiring at least one list from among lists of content sequentially generated over time on the basis of the attribute information of the given user acquired by the user attribute information acquisition means, a user preference information acquisition means for acquiring user preference information, which is feature information of content preferred by the given user, a content extraction means for extracting some content from content included in the list acquired by the list acquisition means on the basis of the user preference information acquired by the user preference information acquisition means, and a content presentation means for presenting the content extracted by the content extraction means to the given user. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120102060 | Query Optimization - A first query is received including a logical expression as a set of predicates in Disjunctive Normal Form. Each predicate from is represented as a bitwise predicate pattern to generate a set of bitwise predicate patterns. A set of valid bitwise patterns from the set of bitwise predicate patterns is identified using the first query. The set of valid bitwise patterns is parsed using logical operators to generate a logical bitwise expression. The logical bitwise expression is factored and the factored logical bitwise expression is mapped to corresponding predicates to generate a logical predicate expression. A second query is generated, which includes modifying the first query using the logical predicate expression and at least one logical operator. A subset of data is retrieved from the data repository using the second query. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102061 | VERIFYING LICENSES OF MUSICAL RECORDINGS WITH MULTIPLE SOUNDTRACKS - Distinguishing the background musical soundtrack from a secondary musical soundtrack of a licensed musical recording; mapping a sequential pattern of background musical fingerprints for the background musical soundtrack of the licensed recording; mapping a sequential pattern of secondary musical fingerprints for the secondary musical soundtrack of the licensed recording; and storing the background musical fingerprint patterns and the secondary musical fingerprint patterns in a database of licensed musical recordings. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102062 | AUTOMATIC CATALOG SEARCH PREVIEW - A computer-implemented method for navigating a database including a plurality of records having attributes, the method including transmitting a webpage configured to display selectable filters associated with record attributes; receiving at least one attribute value based on a filter selection; transmitting a mini query to the database for a count of records in the database that satisfy the at least one attribute value; receiving the count of records; transmitting the count of records to be rendered on a display device; transmitting a full query to the database for record indicators in the database that satisfy the at least one attribute value; receiving the one or more record indicators; and transmitting the one or more record indicators. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102063 | TRIGGERING ACTIONS IN AN INFORMATION FEED SYSTEM - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for performing actions in response to information updates provided in an information feed. In one implementation, an information update is selected for comparison with a data record creation rule. The data record creation rule may specify a data record creation operation for creating a data record based the selected information update. The selected information update may be capable of being displayed in an information feed. A determination may be made as to whether the selected information update includes information satisfying a trigger condition associated with the data record creation rule. When the information in the selected information update satisfies the trigger condition, the data record creation operation may be performed to create the data record. The data record creation operation may identify information to include in the data record. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102064 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZED ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods customizing electronic communications. A future event associated with a first user may be determined, and a second user that is associated with the first user and the future event may be identified. A plurality of communications involving the first user and the second user may be analyzed. A selection rule may be applied based on the analyzed plurality of communications, the selection rule identifying content from the database. Content from the database may be selected based on the application of the selection rule. An electronic message may be provided to the first user identifying the future event, and the selected content may be provided to the first user. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102065 | TECHNIQUES FOR DATABASE UPDATES - Techniques for updating databases stored on mobile devices. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120102066 | Method, Devices and a Service for Searching - A method, devices and an internet service is disclosed for carrying out an improved search. Audio features formed from audio data are associated with the image data. The audio features are formed by applying a transform to the audio data, for example to form mel-frequency cepstral coefficients from the audio data. A search criterion for the audio features is specified in addition to a search criterion for the image data. A search is carried out to find image data, and the search criterion for the audio features is used in the search. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120109995 | ANTINULL USAGE AND SIMULATION IN DATA FILTERING - Comparing data items. The method includes accessing a query or command to retrieve data. The query or command includes an identification of a data item, a logical operator and a specialized token. A comparison as defined by the logical operator between the data item and the specialized token is performed. The following illustrates the results of the logical operation on any data item and the specialized token: an equal logical operation results in true, a greater than logical operation results in false; a less than logical operation results in false; a greater than or equal to logical operation results in true; a less than or equal to logical operation results in true; a not equal logical operation results in false; an IN logical operation results in true; and a NOT IN logical operation results in false. As a result of the comparison, the data item may be retrieved. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109996 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CONTACT DATA - According to embodiments described in the specification, a method, system and apparatus for managing contact data are provided. The method comprises storing a plurality of contact attributes distilled from at least one data source in a memory, the contact attributes defining a plurality of contacts; receiving input data at a communications interface; identifying at least one search attribute from the received input data; selecting at least one of the plurality of contacts based on matches between the plurality of contact attributes and the at least one search attribute; and transmitting notification data based on the selected contact. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109997 | Media File Storage - Methods, systems and program products for replacing a master media file. Data indicates characteristics of a first user's multiple media files. At least one of the multiple media files matches content in a master media file. The content in the matching media file is of a second quality that is higher than the first quality of the master media file. A server system stores the matching media file in place of the master media file. The server system receives a request from a second user for content matching the master media file, and accesses quality parameters that indicate the second user can access a version of the content at a third quality that is less than the second quality. A media file that contains the requested content at the third quality is generated and sent to the second user. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109998 | RETRIEVAL AND STORAGE OF LOCALIZED INSTANCES OF DATA OBJECTS - A method includes receiving, at a first computing device, a request to retrieve a localized instance of a data object. The request is received from a second computing device and includes an object name. A locale applicable to the request is identified, and the localized instance of the data object is retrieved based on the object name and the identified locale. The localized instance includes a plurality of data elements specific to the identified locale. The method includes transmitting the localized instance to the second computing device. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120109999 | Application store concierge - An application sequence may be composed in response to a user query. The application sequence may be based upon user data accessed by the application concierge service. Each application within the personalized chain of applications may request and receive data from the application concierge service about the other applications within the chain. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONALIZED SEARCH - A method and apparatus for searching data by a processor at a computer, comprising: retrieving user context of a user using the computer, the user context comprising at least one data item, retrieval performed by a first computational entity executed by the computer; receiving a query issued by the user; attaching a data item of the at least one data item in the query; sending the query to a second computational entity for searching; and receiving results from the second computational entity. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110001 | Systems And Methods For Fast Remote Data Access From A Spreadsheet - Systems and methods are provided for importing data into a spreadsheet from an external data source. A set of cells containing formulas is identified. A first user defined function is executed to access a particular data record from the external data source. The execution of the first user defined function includes determining which of the stored formulas contain user defined functions to access data records from the external data source, resolving parameters of the identified user defined functions, generating a bulk query to the external data source requesting data for certain user defined functions having sufficient parameters resolved for identifying a data record plus more data records than are specified by the user defined functions, storing the data records specified in a hash table, storing the more data records than are specified in a memory, and returning the particular data record to the spreadsheet. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110002 | Data Rendering Optimization - Optimizing data rendering includes, in one embodiment, using templates to express a data request as a set of queries where each query in the set is prioritized based on, among other things, context factors such as capabilities of the requesting device, network factors, and user context. After generating the set of queries, each query in the set of queries is then executed to progressively populate the template with the requested data. As the queries are executing, the templates are progressively rendered. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110003 | CONDITIONAL EXECUTION OF REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - Embodiments directed to conditionally executing regular expressions and to simplifying regular expressions by canonicalizing regular expression terms. In an embodiment, a computer system accesses identified regular expression key terms that are to appear in a selected portion of text. The regular expression key terms are identified from terms in a selected regular expression. The computer system determines whether the identified regular expression key terms appear in the selected portion of text. The computer system also, upon determining that none of the identified regular expression key terms appears in the selected portion of text, prevents execution of the regular expression. Upon determining that at least one of the identified regular expression key terms appears in the selected portion of text, the computer system executes the regular expression. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110004 | HOMOMORPHISM LEMMA FOR EFFICIENTLY QUERYING DATABASES - A representation of a language-integrated query can be generated based upon a homomorphism characteristic of the query. The representation can be utilized to enable efficient execution of the query on a key-value store, for example. More specifically, the query can be transformed into a representation utilizing language integrated query operators that enables parallel execution. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110005 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING ONLINE STORAGE SERVICES AMONG MULTIPLE USERS - A system and a method for sharing online storage services among multiple users are provided. The system includes a user communication interface, a file processing module, and an online storage communication interface. The user communication interface is configured to connect to a client end corresponding to a first user. When the user communication interface receives a file upload request and a corresponding upload file from the client end, the file processing module searches for a personal online storage of the first user and a shared online storage of at least one related user of the first user and determines to upload the upload file to a partial online storage of the personal online storage and the shared online storage. The online storage communication interface transfers the upload file to the partial online storage determined by the file processing module. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE WEB-BASED PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK - A computer implemented method for providing a remotely accessible web-based address book includes the following steps. First, a user registers with a web-server and sets up an account. The web-server is configured to generate, store and provide access services to web-based address books. Next, the user uploads personal address book information and contacts in the account. Next, the web-server generates a personal web-based address book for the user based on the address book information and contacts and then adds voice tags and text tags to each entry in the user's personal web-based address book. Next, the web-server cross-correlates and matches the uploaded names and contact information of the user's personal contacts with information in other users' profiles stored in a central directory database. If a match exists between one of the uploaded user's personal contacts and a pre-existing user's profile in the central directory database, the web-server updates the pre-existing user's profile in the central directory database. If a match does not exist, the web-server generates a new user's profile in the central directory database. Next, the user accesses the personal web-based address book by placing a phone-call via a voice transmitting connection. Next, the web-server verifies the user's identity. Next, the user selects a personal contact in the user's personal web-based address book and the web-server places a phone-call to the selected personal contact. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110007 | Outputting a saved hand-formed expression - Embodiments include an apparatus, device, system, computer-program product, and method. In an embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes receiving a request for a content of a computer-readable file. The method also includes searching the computer-readable file for the requested content, the computer-readable file including at least one representation of a hand-formed mark distributed to the computer-readable file in response to a machine-distinguishable tag associated with the hand-formed mark. The method further includes outputting the at least one representation of a hand-formed mark. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110008 | RELEVANCY-BASED DOMAIN CLASSIFICATION - A domain classifier develops and maintains relevance data about specific domains based on historical relevance data and source context data. Such data may be used to classify the user's interest in attempting to visit a specific domain and thereby redirect the user to a website expected to be aligned with the user's interest. In various implementations, the historical relevance data is derived from source context data and/or post-visit user behavior collected from previous attempts to visit a specific domain. The source context data collected from the current visit may also be used as source context-factors to influence domain classification. Based on such historical and current source context factors, as well as the domain address provided in the user's navigation request, a domain classifier consults the historical relevance data and provides the user with Web content that is identified as likely to be relevant to the user's interests. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110009 | USER INTERFACES FOR SEARCH SYSTEMS USING IN-LINE CONTEXTUAL QUERIES - Systems and methods, including user interfaces, are provided for implementing searches using contextual information associated with a Web page (or other document) that a user is viewing when a query is entered. The page includes a contextual search interface that has an associated context vector representing content of the page. When the user submits a search query via the contextual search interface, the query and the context vector are both provided to the query processor and used in responding to the query. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110010 | Treatment Determination and Impact Analysis - A method, software, database and system for determining an optimal treatment for an illness in an individual and for determining the impact (e.g., side effects and intended benefits) of the treatment in the individual are presented in which an attribute profile of the individual containing genetic and non-genetic attributes is compared against a database containing combinations genetic and non-genetic attributes that are statistically associated with successful treatment of the illness in other individuals. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120117103 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT STORAGE OF TIME SHIFTED CONTENT - A media broker comprises a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a request from a user to record a requested media item. The media broker proceeds to query an aggregated stored content list (ASCL) including information indicative of each of the media items stored on one or more media storage device communicatively coupled to the media broker to determine if the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. If it is determined that the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices the user that requested the media item is informed and the media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. Conversely, if it is determined that the requested media item is not stored on the one or more media storage devices, the requested media item is recorded. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117104 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FACILITATING PETROLEUM ENGINEERING ANALYSIS - The present invention provides a system and method capable of facilitating the efficient analysis of oilfield data utilizing at least one computer database containing a plurality of stored petroleum engineering operations. In one embodiment, stored petroleum engineering operations may include individual petroleum engineering tasks/calculations, workflows comprising multiple engineering tasks/calculations, and/or third party applications capable of analyzing at least a portion of collected oilfield data. In one embodiment, petroleum engineering operations may be proven in the field, i.e., tested and proven to be accurate under real-world oilfield conditions, prior to storage upon the database. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a graphic user interface adapted to receive customer data and identify stored engineering operations associated thereto. Identified engineering operations stored upon the database may then be displayed and executed according to user instructions and/or predefined execution arrangements. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117105 | Collaborative Database Operations - Methods, program products, and systems implementing collaborative database operations are disclosed. Collaborative database operations can be facilitated by data notification, where a server notifies a client when data being viewed at the client are updated. Notification can be achieved through registration and polling. A client of a database can request data from a server. The request can include a data request and a registration request. The data request can include a query into a database. The registration request can include a specification on conditions upon which the client is to be notified. The condition can include an event type. Upon registration, the client can poll the server periodically to determine whether a result of the query has changed, and if so, what data record in the result has changed. If a data record has changed, the client can request the changed data using an identifier of the data record. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING STEEL GRADES - A method and an apparatus for selecting at least one steel grade from a stock of data, stored in a memory, for a population of a plurality of steel grades using a data processing device, wherein the method has the following steps: (a) a selection device ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117107 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING STEEL GRADES - A method and an apparatus for selecting at least one steel grade from a stock of data, stored in a memory, for a population of a plurality of steel grades using a data processing device, wherein the method has the following steps: (a) a selection device ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117108 | QUICK PARTS LIST - PANEL SUB FINDER - The instant invention provides a method, executable by a processor based device, that eliminates the need to manually look up a list of support parts to determine the stock availability of one or more replacement part alternatives, based at least in part on the stock availability of one or more support parts for the one or more replacement part alternatives. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117109 | NETWORK ELEMENT INTEGRATION - The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for integrating a new Network Element Type | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120124074 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING CLIENT-SERVER APPLICATIONS - A database-driven testing method and system for testing client-server applications are described. The system first receives a command to test a module on a server and identifies in a database a message list corresponding to the module. The message list indicates at least a request message and an expected response message supported by the module to be tested. The system then retrieves from the database a plurality of parameters for the messages in the message list and constructs the request message based on the parameters. The system then transmits the request message to the module on the server, receives a server response message from the server in response to the request message, and compares the server response message with the expected response message. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124075 | APPLICATION INDEPENDENT DOCUMENT SUBMISSION FOR SYSTEM INTEROPERABILITY | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124076 | SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) SERVICE REGISTRY SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED SEARCH CAPABILITY - A system and associated method for searching a web service registry system by use of a search module. A first embodiment of the search module has a search controller, a name parser, a dictionary, and a name composer. The first embodiment of the search module automatically searches a service registry program product with a service name through a first application programming interface (API). If a service description matching the service name does not exist within the service registry program product, then the first embodiment of the search module generates a candidate service name within the search module. A second embodiment of the search module consists of the search controller, the name parser, and the name composer. The second embodiment utilizes a separate dictionary program product through a second API in generating the candidate service name for a second search of the service registry program product. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124077 | Domain Constraint Based Data Record Extraction - Embodiments for a Mining Data Records based on Anchor Trees (MiBAT) process are disclosed. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the MiBAT process extracts data records containing user-generated content from web documents. The web document is processed into a Document Object Model (DOM) tree in which sub-trees of the DOM tree represent the data records of the web document. Domain constraints are used to locate structured portions of the DOM tree. Anchor trees are then located as being sets of sibling sub-trees which contain the domain constraints. The anchor trees are then used to determine a record boundary (i.e. the start offset and length) of the data records. Finally, the data records are extracted based on the anchor trees and the record boundaries. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124078 | RULESET IMPLEMENTATION FOR MEMORY STARVED SYSTEMS - Provided are techniques for retrieval of data from a data store, including techniques for receiving a request for a dataset corresponding to stored data, generating a first handle to the dataset, generating a plurality of parameters corresponding to the dataset, such that each parameter of the plurality of parameters corresponds to a distinct subset of the dataset, generating a first internal handle based upon the first handle and corresponding to a first parameter of the plurality of parameters, executing a data retrieval request based upon the first internal handle to retrieve a first subset of the dataset, receiving a navigation request corresponding to the first internal handle, navigating, if possible, the first subset in accordance with the navigation request and, when navigating the first subset in accordance with the navigation request is not possible, generating a second internal handle corresponding to a second parameter of the plurality of parameters. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124079 | AUTOMATIC FILE NAMING ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method of automatically naming files on a mobile device can include determining at least one of a current geographical location data of a mobile device, a current time data, and a current date data. The current geographical location data, the current time data, and the current date data can be made can be compared to at least one of a personal information manager database and a geographical location database. A filename can be automatically-generated based on the comparison, and the filename can be applied to camera data received on the mobile device. The automatically-generated filename can include information relevant to the content of the camera data, thereby enhancing the efficiency and ease of identifying and organizing camera data stored on a memory of the mobile device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124080 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UTILIZING DYNAMICALLY DEFINED JAVA IMPLEMENTATIONS FOR CREATION OF AN EFFICIENT TYPED STORAGE - A method for providing a patient quality monitor may include transforming patient data from a plurality of sources associated with different healthcare entities into a standard representation using a mapping to tag each piece of patient data to a common ontology, mapping the standard representation to corresponding Java class implementations, and mapping the corresponding Java class implementations to a relational database. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124081 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DATA MIGRATION - An approach is provided for data migration. Table structure data associated with a logical table is extracted from a source database. Raw data associated with the logical table is extracted from the source database. A table structure in a target database is generated based on the table structure data. The raw data is loaded into the table structure in the target database. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124082 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SET OF EVENT PROCESSING RULES FOR USE IN A COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - Automatically generating a set of event processing rules for use in a complex event processing (CEP) system and guiding a user through subsequent augmentation of such automatically-generated rules. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING COMMUNITY - A method and apparatus generate a community based on goals and intentions of its members. Context information related to a first member is collected. A list of goals that the first member wants to accomplish and a list of capabilities that the first member may provide are derived, based on the context information. A search is conducted to find a second member that has at least one of a capability matching at least one goal listed in the list of goals and a goal matching at least one capability listed in the list of capabilities. And then, a community including the first member and the second member is generated. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124084 | Method to semantically search domain name by utilizing hyponym, hypernym, troponym, entailment and coordinate term - This present invention provides a method to search Internet domain names by semantically processing the search query. It uses lexical resource to get the semantic related words for the words in the query. The semantic related words can be hyponym, hypernym, troponym, entailment and coordinate term of the words in search query. The search result will be semantically related to the words in original search query. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124085 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT TO IMPROVE SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEMS - A method, system and program product for advancing a trust stage with a human contact, the method in embodiments comprising: adding for a user a new human contact to the one or more electronic databases; receiving and/or generating identification of a trust stage for the new human contact; receiving a project with project information comprising one or more parameters; receiving and/or determining one or more human contacts to associate with the project; determining for the user a set of next steps for advancing the trust stage for one of the human contacts associated with the project; determining if a predetermined one or more of the next steps have been performed; advancing the trust stage for the one human contact to a higher trust stage; and sending or having sent an electronic communication to the user about one or more next steps that are remaining. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124086 | Domain Constraint Path Based Data Record Extraction - Described herein are techniques for extracting data records containing user-generated content from documents. The documents may be processed into document trees in which sub-trees represent the data records of the document. Domain constraints may be used to locate structured portions of the document tree. For example, anchor trees may be located as being sets of sibling sub-trees with similar tag paths that contain the domain constraints. The anchor trees may then be used to determine a record boundary (e.g., the start offset and length) of the data records. Finally, the data records may be extracted based on the anchor trees and the record boundaries. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120131036 | One-click exceptions - A method and system for automatically defining and applying an exception rule to reports created from at least one multi-dimensional database, comprising: defining global exception parameters, displaying at least one report created from a multi-dimensional database, receiving a user command to detect exceptional cells in the displayed report, locating the most relevant time dimension in the semantics of the source database of the report, detecting exceptional cells in the displayed report according to the exception parameters and the most relevant time dimension, calculating an exception quality for each detected exceptional cell, and indicating on the displayed report the exceptional cells, the indication comprising differentiating between different exception qualities, wherein the exception rule is independent of data granularity in the time dimension in the report. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131037 | ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE SEARCHES - The claimed subject matter provides a method for generating asynchronous search results. The method includes receiving an asynchronous search request from a browser. The method also includes requesting asynchronous results from an asynchronous query system. Additionally, the method includes performing a synchronous search based on the asynchronous search request. The synchronous search generates initial results. The method further includes providing the initial results to the browser. Also, the method includes providing, to the browser, an estimated completion time when the asynchronous results are made available. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131038 | FACILITATION OF SEARCH, LIST, AND RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS ON PERSISTENT DATA SET USING DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY - Various embodiments for facilitating search, list and retrieval operations on a persistent data set using a distributed shared memory (DSM) by a processor device are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a DSM is used to store the data structures in a cluster shared memory, such that updates, deletions and insertions are applied to both the persistent data set and the DSM, and search, list and retrieval operations are processed directly from the DSM. A data structure in the persistent data set is stored in two separate DSM pages: a first page includes an identifying search key of the data structure, the search key also pointing to a location of the data structure in the storage. A second page includes the updatable properties of the data structure. A DSM storing the data structures' pages is organized as a two-row matrix. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131039 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING LOGIC IN DATA FILES - The described implementations relate to computer programming. One implementation provides a technique that can include storing logic expressions in a data file. The technique can also include executing application code. The executing can include receiving a query, reading an individual logic expression from the data file, processing the query using the individual logic expression to determine a query result, and providing the query result in response to the query. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131040 | DETECTION AND DISPLAY OF SEMANTIC ERRORS IN A REPORTING TOOL - Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing a semantic guidance in a report are described herein. A mismatch is identified between a report object positioned at a location on the report and the area with which the location is associated. The mismatch is identified based on the metadata of the report object and the attribute of the area with which the location is associated. In one embodiment, the identified mismatch is displayed to a user in a tooltip. In one embodiment, if an attribute of an area of the report is changed, the mismatch is identified between the report object present in the area and the changed attribute. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131041 | INTERACTIVE STORY COMPILATION - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and non-transitory, tangible computer-readable media associated with facilitating publishing of written material. In various embodiments, an interactive story compiler provides stored questions and stores the written responses created in return. The author may then publish his or her various written responses as a book. The author may invite other people to collaborate or to read the written responses as they are prepared. In various embodiments, other users of the interactive story compiler may create compiled books using written responses from various authors, such as by searching for responses and compiling the results of the search. These compiled books may comprise related responses, such as responses related by keyword or by time period. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131042 | SEMANTICALLY GUIDED REPORT DESIGN - Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing a set of placement options to a user when a new report object is requested to be placed in an area of the report are described herein. One or more existing report objects are associated with the area of the report. The set of placement options are determined based on at least one of the following: area type of the area in which the new report object is requested to be placed and a semantic relationship between the new report object and the one or more existing report objects. In one embodiment, the area of the report includes a sub-area. The set of placement options for a sub-area is determined based on the semantic relationship of new report objects and the existing report objects associated with the area and the sub-area. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131043 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANAGING VIDEO USING METADATA THEREIN - A mobile terminal and method of managing a video using metadata therein are disclosed, by which videos matching search conditions of various types can be found. The present invention includes searching for metadata set on each of at least one partial section included in each of at least one video, obtaining an identification information on each of the at least one partial section having the found metadata set thereon, obtaining a section information on each of the at least one partial section having the found metadata set thereon, and displaying the obtained identification or section information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131044 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE CONTEXT-DRIVEN INTEGRATION OF CONTEXT-VARIABLE SYSTEMS INTO PROCESS SEQUENCES - Method for the context-driven integration of context-variable systems (CVSs), in particular but not exclusively in the form of mobile systems (MSs), into processes, which system can collect sensor data, comprising an infrastructure system which is connected to the MS via a network, wherein the infrastructure system comprises a central enrichment service (CES) and process retrieval service (PRS), there also being provided a central process engine (CPE) on which the sequence of the processes is controlled, a management unit (MU) functioning as a proxy between the CPS and MU, including the steps:
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| 20120131045 | GROUP UNIVERSAL RESOURCE IDENTIFIERS - A message is received with an encoding of a group universal resource identifier that identifies a resource group and of a plurality of member universal resource identifiers for a plurality of resources that constitute the resource group. The message is received subsequent to requesting the resource group with the group universal resource identifier. For each of the plurality of member universal resource identifiers in an order designated by the message, the member universal resource identifier is extracted. The member universal resource identifier comprises a member resource name and a universal resource identifier that identifies a corresponding one of the plurality of resources. The member universal resource identifier is inserted into navigation history of a web browser. The member universal resource identifier is inserted into the navigation history in accordance with the order. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131046 | FAST MATCHING FOR CONTENT-BASED ADDRESSING - Disclosed are systems and methods for efficient matching for content-based addressing wherein the systems and methods may: accept, at a receiver machine, a query; generate, at the receiver machine, a tree structure ordered by one or more fields of the query; analyze, at the receiver machine, a message from the sender machine; search, by the receiver machine, the tree structure using content from one or more fields of the message; determine, by the receiver machine, if the content values of the message match a content value of the query stored in the tree structure; and accept, by the receiver machine, the message if the content value of the message matches one or more content values of the query. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131047 | SOCIAL GENOME - Systems and methods are provided for processing a data stream in real time to identify connections between one or more social elements social elements and aggregating and storing the identified connections over a rolling time window. Social elements may be stored as nodes and connection between social elements may be stored as labeled connections between nodes. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131048 | Location Based Tracking - Location information is used to build a database of locations having associated audio, video, image or text data. In some implementations, a device includes a touch-sensitive display and collects data associated with a geographic location of interest. The geographic location of interest can be displayed on a map using an indicator. A touch selection of the indicator provides access to the data through an interface displayed on the touch-sensitive display. One or more locations of interest can be displayed and grouped together by an attribute. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131049 | Search Tools and Techniques - The invention provides tools and techniques for assisting searches of large information collections, such as the Internet or databases. An initial search from a given user A is used to help identify related productive searches by other users. Those searches (keywords and/or searched portions) are then used to focus the search effort of user A. Activities by other users in response to search results are tracked to help a search assistant automatically identify the results those other users deemed of greatest interest. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131050 | RESERVATION INFORMATION AGGREGATION DEVICE, RESERVATION INFORMATION AGGREGATION METHOD, SERVER, TRIP RESERVATION STATUS DISCLOSURE METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An optional tour agency organizing optional tours that are combined with an airline ticket-hotel reservation package at a customer's discretion is provided with booking state information. Optional tour agencies located in various places and organizing optional tours refer to a booking information aggregating device for travel booking information. Each optional tour agency accesses the booking information aggregating device ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131051 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR AN ENTITY USING A VERIFIER DEVICE, AND RELATED DEVICES - In a method for searching for an entity belonging to a set of entities, a verifier device and the entities are arranged so as to exchange information via at least one communication channel. Each entity has a first respective identifier from which a plurality of representatives can be obtained. According to the method, a first identification word (m | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120136888 | System and Method for Mapping Platform Configuration Human Interface Infrastructure Data to System Attributes for Local and Remote System Management - A first portion of a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) configuration language string is determined, the first portion identifying an Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) configuration attribute. A second portion of the string is determined and includes a first attribute modifier. The first attribute modifier includes a first name-value pair identifying a first name and a first value. The first name and the first value are individually parsable, and the meaning of the first value is determined based on the first name. The string is stored at a HII string package of an HII database. An HII string identifier uniquely references the string. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136889 | Hash Collision Resolution with Key Compression in a MAC Forwarding Data Structure - Embodiments of the invention include a method performed in a media access control (MAC) forwarding control module within a network element for looking up a MAC address and interface (I/F) identifier pair (MAC-I/F pair) from a MAC forwarding data structure that comprises a first tier data structure and a plurality of second tier data structures. The MAC forwarding data structure utilizes compressed keys to index each of the plurality second tier data structures. The compressed key is generated with a desired MAC address and a mask bit list that corresponds with enough bit positions such that all MAC addresses in second tier data structure can be uniquely addressed with just the values of each MAC address in the bit positions listed. As such, the MAC forwarding data structure is constructed so that the total cost of a lookup with the compressed key technique is deterministic and, therefore, O(1). | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136890 | BEHAVIOR PATTERN RECOGNITION METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER APPLICATION PROGRAM THEREOF - A behavior pattern recognition method, system and a computer application program thereof are presented. The method is applicable to an electronic device which has a storage unit for storing multiple sets of behavior record information, and the method includes the following step. Firstly, a first detecting unit acquires first behavior feature information, a collaboration network module acquires at least one second detecting unit having coherence with the first detecting unit. Then, the at least one second detecting unit acquires at least one second behavior feature information, and a processing unit compares the at least one second behavior feature information and the behavior record information to generate at least one comparison result. Finally, a behavior definition represented by the first behavior feature information is determined according to the comparison result. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136891 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Efficient Treatment of Inter-network Communications Transmissions - Systems and methods for facilitating treatment of a communications transmission received by a receiving network and intended for a destination network by leveraging data associated with the destination network, service provider, or device within the network. A system comprises a server module capable of communicating with the receiving network and a database registry module in communication with the server module. The database registry module contains data relating to a plurality of networks and devices associated with the plurality of networks, including the destination network. The server module is capable of receiving a query associated with the communications transmission from the receiving network. In response to the query, the server module searches the database registry module for data indicative of a network point having direct access to the destination network. The server module sends the indicative data to the receiving network for treatment of the communications transmission. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136892 | BOOK CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND CONTENT SERVER - A content server retrieves a book content from a database in response to a book content search request, the book content meeting the book content search request transmitted from a user terminal; creates sample image data having a plurality of pages, with regard to the retrieved book content; and distributes search result information including the sample image data to the user terminal. The user terminal displays, when the search result information is received, a search result screen on which an image of a first page of a sample image of the book content is displayed as a thumbnail based on the sample image data of the book content; and, when a user provides a page-turning operation instruction to the sample image of the book content displayed on the search result screen, makes pages of the sample image turned page by page on the search result screen. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120136893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING CONTENTS IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and an apparatus for searching for contents in a communication system are provided. A method of a search system for searching for contents includes obtaining a plurality of keywords from a terminal; determining a meaning of each keyword based on relations between the plurality of the keywords; searching for contents corresponding to the meaning of each keyword among contents provided from an open knowledge system; and providing a contents search result to the terminal. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120143892 | PROPAGATION OF UNIQUE DEVICE NAMES IN A CLUSTER SYSTEM - A unique device name is assigned to each of a plurality of shared storage devices in a cluster configuration database defining membership of nodes in a cluster. A particular node among the nodes defined by the cluster configuration database as a member of the cluster searches the cluster configuration database for a device identifier matching a device identifier of a shared storage device hosted by the particular node. In response to finding a matching device identifier in the cluster configuration database, the particular node renames, in a local configuration maintained at the particular node, a storage device associated with the matching device identifier with the unique name assigned to that storage device in the cluster configuration database. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143893 | Pattern Matching Framework for Log Analysis - A pattern matching framework for log analysis is described. In one or more implementations, one or more inputs are received via a user interface of a computing device that describe a filter pattern that specifies data that is to be matched and extracted from a log and a projection pattern that specifies how at least a portion of the data extracted using the filter pattern is to be output. A query is formed from the filter pattern and the projection pattern by the computing device that is configured to analyze the log. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143894 | Acquisition of Item Counts from Hosted Web Services - A web Application Programming Interface (API) server receives a statistics request from a client. The statistics request is a request to invoke an item counting method defined in an API provided by the web API server. The statistics request specifies a keyword string and multiple target data repositories. As a response to the statistics request, the web API server sends a statistics response to the client. The statistics response specifies an item count that indicates how many relevant items are in the target data repositories. Each of the relevant items is associated with at least one keyword in the keyword string. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143895 | QUERY PATTERN GENERATION FOR ANSWERS COVERAGE EXPANSION - Answers are provided to users in response to queries as a supplement to any responsive documents. Query formats for entity and attribute combinations are identified. The query formats can be substituted with entity and attribute combinations that have a corresponding attribute value to form a list of answered queries. The attribute value corresponding to an answered query can be provided when a query is received that matches an answered query. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143896 | INTERPRETED COMPUTER LANGUAGE TO ANALYZE BUSINESS OBJECT DATA WITH DEFINED RELATIONS - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods including receiving a source code at a parser, the source code comprising a statement, the statement comprising a dynamic character string including one or more relation names, each of the one or more relation names defining a relation between business objects, processing the statement using one or more processors to access at least one business object, the at least one business object being stored in machine-readable memory, the at least one business object corresponding to at least one of the one or more relation names, and having business object data associated therewith, and generating an output based on the business object data. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143897 | Wild Card Auto Completion - Described herein is a technology that facilitates efficient wild card auto completion of an input term. The technology supports the input term including multiple, predefined, distinct wild card characters, escape characters, special characters with language specific functionality, delimiters, and context designation. Wild card auto completion is based on a regular expression engine that supports the multiple, predefined, wild card characters. In addition, the technology supports a single input that may include multiple parts including context, domain, parts of speech, and a number of words in a result phrase. In various embodiments the technology facilitates pattern optimization to merge a subset of consecutive homogenous wild card characters and provides a selection of matching tools based on criteria including the type of wild card character included in the input term and where the wild card character appears in the input term as well as context. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143898 | Meta-Application Framework - The present disclosure describes a meta-application framework that enables data to be associated with a class of applications called a meta-application. A meta-application entity may store attributes in common across multiple platforms. A platform entity may store attributes in common across multiple devices and/or operating systems. A device entity may be comprised by a particular set of hardware features and an operating system entity may be comprised of a particular set of software feature. Data associated with the meta-application framework may be accessed directly via data manipulation operations or alternatively by application operations via an application programming interface or via the aforementioned data manipulation operations. Applications may then identify application specific behavior at the appropriate level of detail. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143899 | System and Methods for Integrating and Using Information Relating to a Complex Process - In aspects, the disclosure herein provides a method of obtaining and integrating information relating to process, which method, in one configuration, includes obtaining information relating to the process in a first form that includes a plurality of images generated over a selected time period, obtaining information relating to the process in a second form, time synchronizing the information in the first form and the second form, integrating the time-synchronized information, and recording the integrated time-sequenced information in a suitable storage medium. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143900 | Instant Search For Settings - Methods and systems for setting application settings using instant search are provided. A method for setting application settings using instant search may include receiving a first portion of user search input associated with an application setting and determining application settings from applications based on the first portion of the user search input. The method may also include displaying the application settings corresponding to the user search input in a results section. The method may further include receiving an update to the user search input and dynamically updating the results section based at least in part on the update. The method may also include setting application settings based on user setting input entered into the results section to adjust the application settings. A system for setting application settings using an instant search page may include an application setting determiner, a display manager and an application setting manager. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTI-PLAYLIST - A system and a method for generating a multi-playlist are disclosed. The system includes a search module and an analysis module. The search module receives an original playlist including an original multimedia content. The search module searches a related multimedia content, relating to the original multimedia content, according to a search condition. The analysis module analyzes the related multimedia content, and generates a related playlist according to the original multimedia content and the related multimedia content. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143902 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTENTS SEARCHING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a display unit and receives a broadcasting signal, the display apparatus including: a communication unit which communicates with an external server; and an integrated searching unit which requests a broadcasting schedule information of a provider providing the broadcasting signal and a current popular search word to the server if a user inputs a search signal to execute a searching function, generates at least one recommended search word based on the broadcasting schedule information and the popular search word received from the server and displays on the display unit the generated recommended search word. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GLOBAL INFORMATION REPORTING - Systems and methods for global information reporting are provided. A global information reporting system according to the invention may include a database configured to store reporting information, memory configured to store execution instructions and a processor coupled with the database and the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions. Preferably the system incorporates HTML with active areas. The active areas load small Java® applets, permitting rapid page loads. The Java® applets facilitate manipulation of the viewable portion of reports. The same applets can search data in the viewable and the non-viewable portions of the data set. Sticky notes may be attached to reports or transaction to “follow” the data during storage and provide persistent reminders. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143904 | Instant Search for Settings - Methods and systems for setting application settings using instant search are provided. A method for setting application settings using instant search may include receiving a first portion of user search input associated with an application setting and determining application settings from applications based on the first portion of the user search input. The method may also include displaying the application settings corresponding to the user search input in a results section. The method may further include receiving an update to the user search input and dynamically updating the results section based at least in part on the update. The method may also include setting application settings based on user setting input entered into the results section to adjust the application settings. A system for setting application settings using an instant search page may include an application setting determiner, a display manager and an application setting manager. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143905 | DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEIVING SYSTEM USING A MOBILE COMMUNICATION NETWORK AND A USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINALS - A data transmission and receiving system in a mobile communication system is provided. The system includes a first data providing server which contains detailed data and to which a user gets an access by inputting a predetermined code or number through a mobile communication terminal; a second data providing server which contains a simplified data including the predetermined code or number information associated with the detailed data; and a mobile communication terminal including a user interface that allows a user access to the second data providing server to search the simplified data to access the detailed data in the first data providing server, wherein the user interface includes a search section allowing a user to input certain keyword data to search simplified data associated with the keyword data from the second data providing server and a data display section for displaying the simplified data searched by the searching section. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143906 | Method of Accessing and Executing Digital Media - A method of accessing and executing digital media that includes receiving preview media files, executing one of the preview media files upon receiving a communication event, and electronically communicating a profile of the executed preview media file and a purchase solicitation. The method includes receiving a whole media file corresponding to the executed preview media file, upon receiving a purchase request. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143907 | GENERATING AUDIO ANNOTATIONS FOR SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL - Embodiments of a computer system to determine one or more annotation items associated with an audio file are described. During operation, the computer system provides an interactive environment in which multiple users listen to the audio file within a time interval. Next, the computer system receives one or more annotation items associated with the audio file from the multiple users. Then, the computer system displays the received one or more annotation items from the multiple users in the interactive environment, thereby enabling the multiple users to provide feedback to a given user in the multiple users. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143908 | FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPORTING REPAIR PROCESSES OF AIRCRAFT - A framework for supporting one or more repair processes of one or more aircraft. The repair processes are based on repair information or repair solution corresponding to the damages to one or more structural components of the aircraft. The framework includes a knowledge engine, and a deployment engine. The knowledge engine automatically generates one or more knowledge interpretation systems based on the user inputs. The knowledge interpretation systems provide the repair information corresponding to the various structural components of the aircraft based on the user inputs. The deployment engine fulfils the deployment requirements corresponding to the one or more knowledge interpretation systems. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120143909 | IMAGE DISTRIBUTION FOR DYNAMIC SERVER PAGES - A server can efficiently distribute images for a web page as groups of images. The server receives a request from a client for a group of images associated with a web page. The request encodes an image group identifier and a retrieving function. The server executes the retrieving function with the image group identifier to obtain the group of images. In response to the request, the group of images are transmitted over a number of data communication connections between the client and the server that are less than a number of images in the group of images. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120150895 | MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RUNTIME QUERY GOVERNOR - Techniques for managing query execution using memory compression based on maximum allowable runtimes. Embodiments may receive a query from a requesting entity and calculate an estimated execution time for executing the query. Embodiments may further determine a maximum allowable runtime for the query. An amount of memory compression for use in processing the query may then be adjusted, based on the estimated execution time and the maximum allowable runtime. The query may then be executed using the adjusted memory compression rate to produce a set of query results, which may then be returned to the requesting entity. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150896 | ADDRESS REQUEST AND CORRECTION SYSTEM - A system may receive a request to process an address. The system may insert, in a job queue, a first description of a first job for creating a first address when the request is to create a new address. The system may perform subtasks of the first job for creating the first address in a database in accordance with the first description and remove the first job description from the job queue. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150897 | Calculating State of Cryptographic Objects and Generating Search Filter for Querying Cryptographic Objects - Mechanisms are provided for calculating state of cryptographic objects and generating search filters for querying cryptographic objects based on the given state or on the given combination of unique states. The mechanism to calculate a state of a cryptographic object allows an application or system to resolve the current state of any cryptographic object with the following set of state altering date values: initial date, activation date, deactivation date, compromise date, and destroy date. A processing module may retrieve the state meta-data and calculate the current state of a given cryptographic object. The current state may be, for example, one of the following: unknown, pre-active, active, deactivated, compromised, destroyed, and destroyed-compromised. The mechanism to generate a search filter may generate a search query language (SQL) search filter to query for cryptographic objects using the state altering date values stored for each object. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150898 | Dynamic Collection Of System Support Files In A Data Processing Environment - Dynamic collection of system support files in a data processing environment, the data processing environment comprising a plurality of computing systems having different characteristics, including: querying, by a support manager plugin of a management module, a registry of extensions for a support file type provider extension; presenting, by the support manager plugin to a user, a list of types of system support files available from the particular computing system; receiving, by the support manager plugin, a user selection of a type of system support file to retrieve from the particular computing system; querying, by the support manager plugin, the registry of extensions for a data collector extension; and retrieving, by the support manager plugin, the system support file from the particular computing system, including executing the data collection operation specified in the identified data collector extension. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150899 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY GENERATING TABULAR DATA FROM SEMI-STRUCTURED CONTENT - Disclosed is a computer implemented method for acquiring specified web-based data in a tabular format, the method comprising the steps of: performing a web searching operation to acquire web pages containing predefined data; and placing the predefined data into columns of a structural table to form a modifiable table, the characteristics and positions of the modifiable table columns being subsequently determined by a user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150900 | FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - The invention provides a file management method and system for managing file retrieval and access. The method operates at the operating system level within a file system of a computer device and allows creating file move links upon detection of a file move request. The file move link associates the file source location with the file target location and is stored within a file move link table of the file system for subsequent file access request. File path to target location is automatically retrieved and file reached transparently for the user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150901 | Computerized System and Method for Tracking the Geographic Relevance of Website Listings and Providing Graphics and Data Regarding the Same - A computer-implemented method and system acceses data from user computers related to corresponding users who have referenced one or more websites. Geographic areas corresponding to locations of the users are determined. One or more signals indicating a request to provide at least a portion of data to be provided on a webpage are received from a requestor computer, where the at least a portion of data relates to the one or more websites. A request geographic area from where the request originates is determined. A subset of the data that pertains to the requested data based on relevancy of the requested data to the request geographic area and relevancy of the requested data to the user geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area is generated. The subset of the data is provided. Data is provided to the requestor's computer that indicates whether or not the users found each item in the subset to be relevant to the user geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area. An interface is provided to the requestor's computer for reorganizing the subset according to each of the one or more user geographic areas located inside and outside the request geographic area. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150902 | SEARCHING IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - The invention allows a user to enter a search criteria in a search form once and search multiple web services, search engines and web pages without the need for repeatedly re-creating the search criteria for each web service or search engine because of different and varying supported formats. Once the user has defined their search query, the search query is passed to a query manager in the browser application for formatting the search criteria into a generic query format. The generic query format provides a unified and generic interface to all other query mechanisms supported by different web services, search engines and web pages. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150903 | Content Interaction Methods and Systems Employing Portable Devices - A portable device, such as a cell phone, is used to “forage” media content from a user's environment. For example, it may listen to a television viewed by a traveler in an airport lounge. By reference to digital watermark or fingerprint data extracted from the content, the device can identify the television program, and enable a variety of actions. For example, the device may instruct a DVR to record the remainder of the television program—or add the program to the traveler's viewing queue (e.g., at Netflix). The device may also identify content that preceded (or follows) the foraged content. Thus, a user who tunes-in just at the end of an exciting sporting event can capture one of the following commercials, identify the preceding program, and download same for later viewing. A great variety of other functions and arrangements are also detailed. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150904 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING AND PROCESSING DESCRIPTIVE QUERIES FOR DATA SOURCES - Improved descriptive query techniques are provided. More particularly, techniques are provided for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data providers grouped into provider kinds with hierarchical containment relationships. The query may include arbitrary boolean combinations of arbitrary tests on the values of attributes of the data providers. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150905 | Concerted Coordination of Multidimensional Scorecards - Data retrieval from data sources associated with elements of a scorecard is optimized by combining the queries for the same data sources into a single query. The querying process is further optimized based on an attribute and/or condition of a data source. Query parameters and execution schedule may be adjusted based on the elements, data sources, or subscriber identity. Retrieved data is cached at element, combination of elements, data source, or scorecard level for rapid and efficient building and maintenance of scorecards. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A MAP OF AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM - An exemplary system and method for providing a map of an enterprise system is provided. The method comprises accessing data describing an element from one or more sources. One or more objects are associated with the element. At least one relationship is identified between the one or more objects. A map is then generated of an enterprise system comprised of the one or more objects based on the at least one identified relationship. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120150907 | AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO SCENE DETECTION AND RETRIEVAL - Movie video trailers for a particular movie quote may be created and provided to a user. The Internet may be searched to identify documents that likely include references to a movie. A reference to the movie within an identified document may be detected and determined to be a movie quote. The movie quote and related information may be extracted from the identified document. A location of the movie quote within the movie may be determined. A movie video trailer that includes the movie quote may be created based on the location of the movie quote. A request for a movie video trailer that includes a movie quote or a partial movie quote, specified by the user, may be received from the user. A movie video trailer that includes the movie quote or the partial movie quote may be identified and provided to the user. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120158767 | Providing Package Products - Package products include slots for component products, price information, and attribute information for selecting component product options for the package products. Information regarding the package products and the component product options is provided to customers for selection of a desired package product and desired component product options. The package products and component products provide flexible control to providers of the package products and to providers of the component products and allow package products to be generated quickly in response to a request from a customer for a package product having desired attributes and meeting desired availability and price criteria. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158768 | DECOMPOSING AND MERGING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for decomposing and merging regular expressions. Embodiments of the invention decompose a regular expression into multiple simple keyword graphs, merge those keyword graphs in a compact and efficient manner, and produce a directed acyclic graph (DAG) that can execute a simplified regular expression alphabet. Several of these regular expression DAG's can then be merged together to produce a single DAG that represents an entire collection of regular expressions. DAGs along with other text processing algorithms and a heap collection can be combined in a multi-pass approach to expand the regular expression alphabet. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158769 | MUSIC DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Distributing and identifying music is described. In one aspect, multiple music tracks are received by a music receiver from a music content provider. At least a portion of the music tracks are played in a geographic area near the music receiver. A report is generated that identifies music tracks played in the geographic area and a time associated with playing each music track. The report is then communicated to the music content provider. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158770 | Client-Side Statement Cache - Embodiments include a method, apparatus and computer program product for providing instructions from a database client to a database server. The method includes the steps of receiving from a database a representation of a first instruction and an associated identifier. The representation of the first instruction and the associated identifier are stored in a cache. A second instruction, from an application, is matched with the representation of the first instruction stored in the cache. The associated identifier is retrieved from the cache based on the matching and the associated identifier is sent to the database server. Upon receipt of the associated identifier, the database server executes the first instruction. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158771 | TEMPORAL BINDING FOR SEMANTIC QUERIES - Described are techniques to facilitate temporal features in a semantic data store. Information about lifetimes of facts in a semantic store is maintained. Even when a fact is logically deleted, a physical record is kept available. The record of a logically deleted or invalid fact has associated lifetime information. For example, valid-from and valid-to time values. The record of a fact not yet deleted may have a valid-from time value indicating when it was created, became valid, etc. Queries against the semantic store may specify a timeslice (a point in time or a time range). The lifetime information can be used to satisfy such time-specific queries. Because records are maintained after they are logically deleted, it is also possible to accurately query a past state of the semantic store. Even if such a query is run at different times, same results may be obtained. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158772 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF STRUCTURED SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS FROM SEMI-STRUCTURED ENTERPRISE SERVICE REPOSITORIES - Implementations of the present disclosure include methods for generating structured service descriptions corresponding to one or more enterprise services. In some implementations, methods include defining a unified schema based on a governance process that is used to develop enterprise services stored within a business service repository, executing a first data importer and a second data importer, retrieving first data and second data from the business service repository using the first data importer and the second data importer, respectively, the first data and the second data corresponding to the enterprise services, automatically generating structured service descriptions based on the first data and the second data, each of the structured service descriptions corresponding to the unified schema and being associated with one of the enterprise services, and storing the structured service descriptions in a service repository, the service repository being provided in a computer-readable storage medium. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158773 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ACTIVATING INFORMATION OF OBJECT COMPUTER SYSTEM - An object association system for activating associated information is provided. The system includes an environment recognition and monitor module, a feature analyzer and builder module, a feature repository, a feature matching module, and an actuator module. The environment recognition and monitor module is configured for detecting an object that is opened and extracting digital environment information and physical environment sensor information corresponding to the object. The feature analyzer and builder module is configured for generating a digital environment feature and a physical environment feature corresponding to the object, building an environment feature association model according to the digital environment feature, the physical environment feature and a text feature corresponding to the object and storing the environment feature association model in the feature repository. When the object is re-opened, the feature matching module identifies other objects related to the object, and the actuator module displays information related to the other objects. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158774 | Computing Intersection of Sets of Numbers - The present invention relates to a computer program product, method and system for computing set intersection of a first and a second unordered set of discrete members that stem from a known input range of consecutive discrete numbers. The method breaks the numbers into subranges and for each subrange, utilizes a bit vector in a first random access memory, directly addressing bits representing values in a subrange in the first set to values in the second set in the subrange and writing each number of the second set that is also set member of the first set in the sub range directly to an output. This may be utilized by various applications including database applications. The algorithm may be offloaded to one or more processing subsystems. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER-CUSTOMIZED CONTENT - The system for providing user-customized content includes, a personal information database server in which user profile information and content usage history information are stored, a content server which receives user identification information and user context information from a ubiquitous sensor network, receives the user profile information and the content usage history information from the personal information database server, and searches for customized content corresponding to a user based on the received information, and a content browsing server which processes the customized content received from the content server into a form that can be displayed on a user terminal and provides the processed customized content to the user terminal. Therefore, it is possible to provide a wide range of services to the user and allow the user's personal inclination or preference as well as the user's temporal or spatial context to be subject to the services | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING, PROCESSING AND REPLAYING CONTENT - A system and method for capturing and replaying content is provided. The invention includes a base content source, a user system and resources. The invention provides for a knowledge embedding component to provide information associated with the base content. Further, a capturing component captures base content and/or information related to the base content for replay. The invention further provides for a personalization component to filter base content and/or information associated with base content based on a type of user, type of information, historical information and/or personal information. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL USERS ACCESSING A WEB SITE - A web site server is able to identify distinct users by using a unique identifier associated with each client computer system requesting access to a web site. The unique identifier comprises an Internet address, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a time value associated with each client computer system requesting access to the web site. On starting up a web browser, an application program or browser plug-in may synchronize the internal clock included with the client computer system with a global time standard. A web site server may determine the uniqueness of the client computer system by comparing unique identifier records of users accessing the web site. A user may be identified as distinct if no matching record exists in the database. Users privacy is also protected as the unique identifiers are erased when the client computer system's user exits the web browser or powers down the computer. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158778 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING AND RESPONDING TO SERVICE DISCOVERIES - A system and method of sensing and responding to service discoveries on a consumer's machine and, more particularly, to a system and method of sensing (discovering) service needs on a consumer's machine using a resident Daemon, and responding to the service discoveries using an extension of UDDI. The method comprises receiving a keyword from a local machine, locating a service associated with the keyword, and notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158779 | Operational Information Providers - In a computer program product, system and method for retrieving operational data, a front-end unit generates a query for operational data. In an embodiment, in response to the generation of the query, an operational information provider is sent to a back-end unit to retrieve real-time operational data from the back-end unit using a retrieval method specified in the operational information provider. The retrieved operational data, including the real-time operational data is received by the front-end unit from the back-end unit. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158780 | DEFINING A DATA STRUCTURE FOR PATTERN MATCHING - An information processing method for defining a data structure for pattern matching, the method executed by an information processing apparatus, comprises generating, by the apparatus, an ordered tree structure by defining transition edges between nodes using, as transition conditions, respective constraints from one or more constraint patterns each including plural constraints; searching, by the apparatus, for a second substructure similar to a first substructure from a root node by determining a set relation between transition conditions of respective transition edges; and defining, by the apparatus, an additional transition link from a tail node of the second substructure to a child node at a tail end of the first substructure, the additional transition link adding a constraint to be met by an indeterminant identified from the set relation. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166469 | CEP engine and method for processing CEP queries - The present invention concerns a complex event processing (CEP) engine ( | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING TOUCHSCREEN REPORT NAVIGATION - According to some embodiments, a database may store business information and meta-data associated with the business information. A processor coupled to the database may generate: (i) a first report associated with at least some of the business information, wherein the first report is to be displayed in a first area of a display of a remote touch sensitive device, and (ii) a second report associated with at least some of the business information, wherein the second report is to be displayed in a second area of the touch sensitive device. A communication port coupled to the processor may transmit the first and second reports and receive a destination location from the touch sensitive device, wherein the destination location is associated with a movement of a selected report element of the first report. According to some embodiments, the processor may, if the destination location is not associated with a report, generate a third report based on at least some of the business information and the selected report element. If the destination location is associated with the second report, the processor may generate a modified second report based on a pre-determined analytical mapping between the first and second reports, if available. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166471 | NAVIGATION OF FACETED DATA - A processor implemented method, system and computer program product presents and retrieves data directories. A facet tree is initialized to present facet-converted stored tabular data and dynamically entered user-input data on multiple facet nodes. The facet nodes represent directories for the facet-converted stored tabular data and user-input data. In response to a single facet node from the multiple facet nodes being selected by a user, the single facet node is expanded by presenting, on the facet tree, all other facet nodes from the multiple facet nodes as children of the single facet node that was selected by the user. In response to a child of the single facet node being selected, value directories for the child are retrieved and presented according to a definition of the single facet node that was expanded. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE GRAPHICAL SEARCHING WITH TANGIBLE QUERY OBJECTS ON A MULTI-TOUCH TABLE - A system and a method are disclosed for developing a query. The system includes a display device for displaying elements, such as images, textures, color palettes, ad textual elements, which are selectable as query elements for forming a query. A physical space is provided on the display in which a physical object can be positioned. At least one physical object is positioned in the physical space, which is recognized by the system as having an identifier stored in memory to which a query can be linked. A sensor is provided for detecting a physical manipulation of the physical object in the physical space which represents absorbing a query element into a query. A query generator generates a query based on the absorbed query element. The query is thus associated in memory with the identifier for the recognized object. In this way, several physical objects can be manipulated on the display device, each one corresponding to a respective, single query. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166473 | EFFICIENT LABEL ACQUISITION FOR QUERY REWRITING - Systems, methods, and computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for rewriting queries and labeling word pairs. Queries are received and alternate words are identified for word pairs (i.e., query words and alternate words). Word pair links are presented to users and indicators are received based on actions taken by the users. Labels are assigned to the word pairs based on the indicators and communicated to a classifier. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166474 | NEUROTRANSMITTER ASSOCIATED NEURONAL IMAGE DATABASE - The present invention relates to a neuronal database system for providing neurotransmitter-related information, comprising: a database of three-dimensional morphological information of neuron with the associated neurotransmitters and a user interface for end user to access information by peripheral computer devices, such as key board or mouse. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166475 | ENHANCED BUSINESS OBJECT RETRIEVAL - A request for at least a portion of a business object is received by a database from a client in a first half of a roundtrip between the client and the database. Each of the tables includes a primary key column and a plurality of records. The primary key column provides, for each record in the table, a primary key for one of a plurality of business objects. Thereafter, the database identifies records within a set of tables among a larger number of tables in the database by matching a primary key associated with the business object with the primary key in the primary key column. Once this identification has been made, the database obtains all values responsive to the request from the identified record and transmits, in a second half of the roundtrip between the client and the database, the obtained values for the business object to the client. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166476 | OBJECT COMPARISON VIA REAL TIME METADATA CALCULATION - A system and method for real-time comparison of data objects stored in a repository. A comparison of a plurality of selected objects may be implemented. A metadata comparison summary may be displayed to the user. The comparison summary may identity the most viewed, most liked, most disliked, or also viewed objects. The metadata comparison may be displayed on a user interface via the addition of an identification icon, by color highlighting a list of objects in the repository, by displaying a comparison summary in an information panel, or by other methods of object identification. In an embodiment, the user may control the type of information displayed in the comparison summary. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166477 | Universal Interface for Retrieval of Information in a Computer System - The present invention provides convenient access to items of information that are related to various descriptors input by a user, by means of a unitary interface which is capable of accessing information in a variety of locations, through a number of different techniques. Using a plurality of heuristic algorithms to operate upon information descriptors input by the user, the present invention locates and displays candidate items of information for selection and/or retrieval. Thus, the advantages of a search engine can be exploited, while listing only relevant object candidate items of information. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166478 | JUST-IN-TIME ANALYTICS ON LARGE FILE SYSTEMS - As file systems reach the petabytes scale, users and administrators are increasingly interested in acquiring high-level analytical information for file management and analysis. Two particularly important tasks are the processing of aggregate and top-k queries which, unfortunately, cannot be quickly answered by hierarchical file systems such as ext3 and NTFS. Existing pre-processing based solutions, e.g., file system crawling and index building, consume a significant amount of time and space (for generating and maintaining the indexes) which in many cases cannot be justified by the infrequent usage of such solutions. User interests can often be sufficiently satisfied by approximate (i.e., statistically accurate) answers. A just-in-time sampling-based system can, after consuming a small number of disk accesses, produce extremely accurate answers for a broad class of aggregate and top-k queries over a file system without the requirement of any prior knowledge. The system is efficient, accurate and scalable. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166479 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATABASE QUERIES - The present invention provides a system and method for processing a database query between one or more clients and one or more databases. The database query, which is formatted using a first protocol, is received from one of the clients. One of the databases is selected to process the database query and the database query is translated from the first protocol to a second protocol. The translated database query is then sent to the selected database for processing. A response to the database query, which is formatted using the second protocol, is received from the selected database and the response is translated from the second protocol to the first protocol. The present invention determines which of the clients sent the database query and sends the translated response to the client that sent the database query. This method can be implemented as a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120166480 | XPATH-BASED SELECTION ASSISTANCE OF GUI ELEMENTS DURING MANUAL TEST SCRIPT AUTHORING FOR XML-BASED APPLICATIONS - An automated software testing system can include a test script authoring graphical user interface and an element selection assistant. The test script authoring graphical user interface is an interface for manual test script authoring of an XML representation of a GUI for software applications formed from one or more XML based source code documents. A search section is a user input section within which a user is permitted to input at least one of an XPATH expression and a text string. The element selection assistant can be for searching the XML-based code documents using a search XPATH expression. The search XPATH expression can be the XPATH expression input into the search section or a generated XPATH expression automatically generated from the text string. The result section can present results from the element selection assistant. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120173563 | TOKENIZATION OF MULTIPLE-FIELD RECORDS - An improved technique for granting access to a complex datum maps a single user token representing a user onto a set of data group tokens, each data group token providing access to a data group stored on a storage medium. The improved technique combines the centralization of the complex datum while providing the security of tokenization and will lower the risk of a rogue third party gaining unauthorized access to the user's records stored across the data groups. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173564 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A COMPARE CHANNEL TOOL - A system and method for providing a compare channel tool is disclosed. The system may comprise an input module configured to receive at least one instruction for a comparison action based on a user selection and to receive two or more items for comparison processing based on user input. A processor module configured to process the two or more items for comparison processing based on the instructions may also be provided. An output module configured to output the comparison results of the two or more items at a user display may also be provided. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173565 | Systems and Methods for Creating and Using Keyword Navigation on the Internet - Systems and methods are disclosed for using keywords to navigate to web pages on the Internet. In one implementation, a system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a search string from a website, the search string being entered by a website visitor using a browser. The processor uses a database to locate a keyword associated with the website that matches the search string. The processor determines a web page address associated with the keyword and causes the browser to be directed to the web page address. In another aspect, a method for managing keywords used for directing a browser to a web page hosted at a website, is disclosed. The method includes receiving a domain name for the website from a user and verifying that the user is authorized to provide keywords for the domain name. The method further includes receiving a keyword for the domain name from the user, receiving a web page address corresponding to the keyword from the user and storing the web page address, the keyword, and the domain name in a database to associate the web page address, the keyword, and the domain name. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173566 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL NAVIGATION BAR - A multi-functional navigation bar for a web-based service is described. Consistent with some embodiments of the invention, the navigation bar provides a unified path or user experience for searching for user-generated content that has been posted to a service, and posting new user-generated content to the service. By providing a unified path to perform both the searching and posting functions, the likelihood of the occurrence of redundant or duplicate data is reduced. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173567 | BUILDING BLOCK BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An exemplary method includes a graphics export subsystem interfacing with a graphical user interface design subsystem to access data representative of a graphical user interface screen design, detecting a building block placeholder element in the graphical user interface screen design, accessing, from a repository of building block elements, data representative of a building block element associated with the building block placeholder element, and generating, based on the graphical user interface screen design and the building block element, computing code configured to be processed by a target computing device to render a graphical user interface screen in accordance with the graphical user interface screen design and the building block element. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173568 | GETTING INDIVIDUAL ROW COUNTS FROM RELATED TABLES MATCHING SELECTION CRITERIA - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for querying a database system. A user input is received on a client computer. The user input includes a single select query operable to obtain individual row counts of two or more related database tables in the database, wherein the row counts match a selection criterion in the single select query. The query is received at the database system. Row counts are obtained from the two or more related database tables in the database and the row counts are assembled into a query response. The query response with the individual row counts is presented to the user on the client computer. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173569 | Exposing Data Through Simple Object Access Protocol Messages - In some embodiments, a method of providing data comprises receiving an XML document. The XML document includes data from a data repository. A SOAP message is generated. The SOAP message is configured to receive a value associated with a selected one of a name-value pair and an XML attribute and configured to receive XML text. The XML document is embedded as the value within the SOAP message. The XML document is designated in the SOAP message as character data such that a SOAP parser does not parse the XML document. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173570 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING FRAUD RING INVESTIGATIONS - Various embodiments provide a fraud ring investigation management system that allows for the documentation and sharing of information related to one or more fraud ring investigations. In particular, the system provides a centralized workspace for documenting and sharing organized fraud ring intelligence and accessing ring investigation tools and various security resources. In certain embodiments, the system provides a web-based application accessible by fraud ring investigators via networked computing devices. Investigators use the application to enter data and store documents related to fraud ring investigations, to search for data related to various fraud ring investigations, and to access various fraud ring investigation tools and security resources. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173571 | Engine, System and Method for Interconnection and Information Exchange Between Interested Parties in a Business Transaction - Disclosed is an engine, system and method for providing an interactive interconnection between parties in a business transaction. The engine, system and method may include requesting remote entry over at least one network of at least one profile from each of at least two users, wherein the profile comprises at least a user type, a technology type, and a transaction sought, electronically querying each of the at least two users with at least one preliminary profile question indicated by the profile, and preliminarily matching at least two of the at least two users in a transaction indicated by at least the profile and the preliminary profile questions. The present invention may further include electronically providing at least a first of the at least two users with secondary questions from the other of the at least two users, responsive to the preliminarily matching and indicated by the transaction sought, and interconnecting the at least two users in accordance with responses received to the secondary questions. Further included may be remotely fulfilling the transaction sought after the interconnecting. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173572 | Concurrent Long Spanning Edit Sessions using Change Lists with Explicit Assumptions - An approach is provided that receives a change request from a requestor. The change request includes metadata regarding the change, one or more changes, and one or more change assumptions corresponding to at least one of the changes. The change request is stored in a data store of pending requests. One or more systems are identified that correspond to each of the change assumptions. The identified systems are automatically queried with queries that correspond to the change assumptions. Query responses in response to the querying are received from the identified systems. The validity of each of the change assumptions is determined based on the received query responses. If the change assumptions are valid, then the changes included in the change request are processed. On the other hand, if at least one of the change assumptions is invalid, then the change request is rejected. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120173573 | CREATING AN AGGREGATE REPORT OF A PRESENCE OF A USER ON A NETWORK - A method performed by a physical computing device communicatively coupled to a computer network for creating an aggregate report of a presence of a user of the physical computing device on the network includes periodically searching the network with the physical computing device for content related to the user authored by a source other than the user, the searching being based on a unique set of identifiers associated with the user, dynamically updating the unique set of identifiers based on contextual trends within content returned as a result of the searching, and aggregating content published by the user to the network with the content returned as a result of the searching to form the aggregate report of the presence of the user on the network. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120179706 | Contextual application launch via search query - Systems and methods for contextually launching a target application are disclosed. A method for contextually launching a target application includes communicating data from the target application to a search application. The data can be registered in a search registrar associated with the search application. Input can be received from a user using the search application. The input from the user can be compared with the data in the search registrar to obtain a result. The target application can be launched within the context of the input from the user based on the result. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179707 | Range programming using a search query - Systems and methods for range programming using a search query are disclosed. A method for range programming using a search query includes determining whether the search query comprises a range operation and identifying a target application to launch using a search application which is separate from the target application and based on the search query. A range of results to process with the target application can be identified using the search application and based on the search query. The results can be separately within the range in the context of the target application. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179708 | VERIFYING FILE VERSIONS IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for identifying a most recent version of an electronic file (e.g., prior to or while the electronic file is being opened). In one embodiment, an application programming interface (API), plug-in, or the like, can enable both file management tools and on-line repositories to exchange file information. Along these lines, this approach can be especially useful for common business assets such as textual documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Moreover, this approach is a “pro-active” function in that it does not require the user to consciously seek out and determine if a newer version is available. The implementation of the method performs this function automatically. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179709 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SEARCHING DOCUMENT - A document searching system of an embodiment comprises a storage device storing structured document data, extracted phrase information of phrases in the structured document data which includes an identifier of the extraction-source structured document data containing each of the phrases and includes an attribute of each of the phrases in the extraction-source structured document data, and a mode determination rule including a search mode and a display format for each attribute. The document searching system of this embodiment inputs a search phrase, determines an attribute of the search phrase with reference to the extracted phrase information if the extracted phrase information contains a phrase matching the search phrase, determines a search mode for searching the structured document data and a display format of a search result with reference to the mode determination rule based on the determined attribute. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179710 | SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH METHOD AND PROGRAM - Techniques are disclosed for performing a search based on a search query comprising at least one or more subjective elements and one or more objective elements. A first search for content may be performed based on the one or more objective elements of the search query. A distribution of a numerical characteristic of results returned from the first search may be determined, where the numerical characteristic corresponds to one of the subjective elements of the search query. One or more proportional threshold for the subjective element may be determined, and a range of the numerical characteristic may be selected by applying the one or more proportional thresholds to the distribution. A second search for content may be performed based on the selected range of the numerical characteristic. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179711 | System and Method for Accessing a Database Including Data Abstraction Layer and Request Table Processing - A method for processing changes to a database, the method including: receiving a request to alter data stored in the database, the request including data being entered in one or more steps wherein each of the steps displays one or more data fields associated with the step; generating a plurality of records based on the received request, wherein the records reflect a particular grouping of the data fields configured to abstract a data model used by the database; temporarily storing the plurality of records in a table; determining whether the request should be processed to alter the data stored in the database; and in response to the determination, modifying the data stored in the database in accordance with the plurality of records stored in the table. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179712 | ENCODED MATRIX INDEX - A method, apparatus, and program product are provided for creating an Encoded Matrix Index for a column in a database table. An element of the column for all rows in the database table is compared to a corresponding reference value in a reference data structure, and in response to at least one value for the element of the column not matching the reference value, indicating a variation in a variation data structure and creating a value data structure. Queries executed using the Encoded Matrix Index include terms associated with a sub-column defined in a column of a database table. The variation data structure is accessed to determine whether any variation exists between rows belonging to a sub-column of the database table. If no variation exists, a value is accessed from the reference data structure; otherwise, a value for each row of the sub-column is accessed from a value data structure. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179713 | Computer Systems and Methods for the Query and Visualization of Multidimensional Databases - In response to a user request, a computer generates a graphical user interface on a computer display. A schema information region of the graphical user interface includes multiple operand names, each operand name associated with one or more fields of a multi-dimensional database. A data visualization region of the graphical user interface includes multiple shelves. Upon detecting a user selection of the operand names and a user request to associate each user-selected operand name with a respective shelf in the data visualization region, the computer generates a visual table in the data visualization region in accordance with the associations between the operand names and the corresponding shelves. The visual table includes a plurality of panes, each pane having at least one axis defined based on data for the fields associated with a respective operand name. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120179714 | EVENT SEARCHING - Events can be searched by identifying a query that includes a time interval and a search component, determining a time increment associated with the time interval, and partitioning the time interval into partitions based on the time increment. For each partition, a relevance of each event in a collection of events that occur at a time in the partition is determined based on the query. A pre-determined number of the relevant events are displayed. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120185499 | Scalable Package Management For Virtual-Machine Images - A method for managing a virtual machine image includes receiving a request to change a package configuration of a machine, processing an image action received in the request, wherein the processing the image action received includes, opening the image action with associated action inputs, comparing the opened image action inputs with inputs associated with action instances in a database, determining whether the compared opened image action inputs match the inputs associated with action instances, retrieving from the database, image difference data associated with the image action responsive to determining that the compared opened image action inputs match the inputs associated with action instances in the database, and applying the image difference data to an image to transform the image, determining whether each image action in the request has been processed and processing a second image action responsive to determining that each image action has not been processed. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185500 | DATA STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185501 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING DATA - A computer system implemented method of searching data comprising the steps of receiving a search phrase from an entity, the search phrase including at least one search phrase passage; extracting at least one predicative phrase from the search phrase passages of the search phrase; determining synonyms for the words in the extracted predicative phrases; creating synonymous predicative phrases from the synonyms creating a profile for the search phrase passages based on the extracted predicative phrases and the synonymous predicative phrases; accessing data that is to be searched; accessing profiles for the passages in the data to be searched; comparing the profiles of the search phrase passages to the profiles of the passages in the data to be searched based on compatibility or exact matching; retrieving predicative phrases from the data to be searched if their profiles are compatible with or match the profiles of the search phrase passages. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185502 | Formulaic Conjoined Project Effort Instance Display Method and Search System Process Thereof - A Dynamic Live System for collecting, inputting, storing, and reporting Element Effort Event Data, whose processes upon query enable the reporting of well formatted Formulaic Conjoined Project Effort Instance (CPEI) Reports per the Systems Who did What in Phasetime Effort Instance Formulas in Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Auto Displays, and Inferences, not stored as displayed in Systems base tables. The formulas 5 | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185503 | SERVICE FOR ASSOCIATING NETWORK USERS WITH PROFILES - A system is disclosed that maps user IDs (such as IP addresses) and geographic regions to particular categories or “segments” reflective of user profiles. The mappings may be based on behavioral data reflective of user browsing activities, offline data (e.g., survey data or demographic data), or a combination thereof. In one embodiment, the mappings are generated using data collected by a plurality of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) regarding their subscribers. The system also includes a query interface that enables content providers to retrieve segment data associated with particular user IDs. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185504 | RETRIEVAL OF SEARCHABLE AND NON-SEARCHABLE ATTRIBUTES - Retrieving stored data is disclosed. A retrieval request is received for an object. A retrieval response is generated that includes: 1) a first set of searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the first set of attributes is stored in a database in a manner that enables a database query to be performed against the attribute of the first set of attributes; and 2) a second set of non-searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the second set of attributes is stored in the database in a manner that does not enable a database query to be performed against the attribute of the second set of attributes. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185505 | METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ACCELERATED WEB BROWSING - A method and computer program product for accelerating web browsing using content signatures are provided. A web page is requested that has a set of content signatures associated with content of the web page. The set of content signatures is compared with content signatures already stored on an information source client. Links for any content associated with any unmatched content signatures are requested. The content and content signatures not already stored on the information source client are then stored. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120185506 | Method for Handling Data Stored by a Communication System - Method, apparatuses and computer programs for handling data related to users of a communications system comprising: a database server storing data related to users of the system, and a plurality of service servers. The database server modifies ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120191746 | DICTIONARY SYSTEM - A dictionary system available for the use in document search or available for the use in normalization of a term constituting a document. A dictionary system capable of supporting a complex term composed of a plurality of simple terms. A dictionary system includes a storage for storing a simple term dictionary unit containing at least one simple term and a complex term dictionary unit which represents a complex term that contains one of the simple terms constituting the simple term dictionary unit. Each simple term constituting the complex term is referred to through a pointer (unit identifier) to the simple term dictionary unit. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191747 | DATA ITEMS MANAGER - An items manager can request and receive data items from a data source via a data source adapter. The items manager can also maintain a list of data representation items representing data items. The data representation items can include user interface elements. Also, maintaining the list can include invoking a renderer to render the data representation items from the data items received from the data source, and including the data representation items in the list. The items manager can provide a client with an enumeration through the list of data representation items. The items manager may also provide other features, such as providing the client with notifications of changes to the list of data representation items. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191748 | System & Method For Facilitating Sequential Review of Restructured Protected Data - A networked computer system permits users to examine application proceedings data from a first database using an electronic interface which allows multiple records to be retrieved and presented from a second database which restructures records in the first database. The invention allows for more efficient and rapid review of records in governmental agency databases which typically constrain access for an online query interface to a single parameter or single record retrieval, and based on one or more access challenges. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191749 | DATA SELECTION - A method of selecting data, the method comprising, receiving data indicating a first requirement and identifying first records stored in a first database. The first records relate to first data subjects and the identification is based upon the first requirement. The first data subjects cannot be identified from the records of the first database. Second records are identified, the second records being stored in a second database and relating to the first data subjects. The first data subjects can be identified from the identified records of the second database. Each of the second records corresponds to a respective one of the first records, and the identification of the second records is based upon the first requirement. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191750 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A content management device for managing acquired content in a searchable manner, includes a storage device that stores a search database in which a plurality of keywords and content are registered; a registration unit that registers new content in the search database; and a search unit that searches content registered in the search database. The registration unit performs operations includes: extracting a plurality of keyword candidates associated with the new content from the search database; displaying the extracted keyword candidates; and registering a keyword candidate designated from among the displayed keyword candidates in the search database, as a search keyword in association with the new content. The search unit performs operations includes: displaying a plurality of search keywords registered in the search database; extracting content associated with a search keyword designated from among the displayed search keywords from the search database; and displaying the extracted content. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191751 | FILE IDENTIFICATION AND RETRIEVAL IN DIRECTORIES FOR CATEGORIZED FILES - A system and computer program product are provided for marking a file. Responsive to a file being received, the file is stored in a directory in a file system. An indicia is associated with the file and the directory. The file is displayed using the indicia as a marked file and the directory is displayed using the indicia as a marked directory. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191752 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Obtaining Social Communities - Methods, devices, and products are disclosed for recommending a social community. A “social community” may be any individual(s), clubs, and/or organizations that have expressed some affinity to terms or subject matter, such as a media identifier. The media identifier identifies some media that is scheduled for recording. A community database is queried for the media identifier, and the community database associates social communities to media identifiers. The social community associated with the media identifier is retrieved. The social community is then sent to a user. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120197925 | Optimization of Database Driver Performance - Memory usage of a database driver is reduced by accessing database elements from a database object within a database during a database operation, generating an element object for each different value of accessed database elements, where the database object includes at least two database elements having the same unique value such that a total number of accessed database elements is greater than a total number of generated element objects, storing the generated element objects in a storage structure, and providing the generated element objects from the storage structure within results for the database operation. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197926 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING EMAIL RECIPIENT TEMPLATES - The present invention is directed to methods and systems for implementing email recipient templates. The method including extracting a first set of email addresses from a first email message and extracting a second set of email addresses from a second email message. The first and second set of email addresses are included in one or more of the to, cc, or bcc fields of the email messages. The method further including storing, in a storage database, the first set of email addresses in a first recipient template and storing the second set of email addresses in a second recipient template. The first recipient template and the second recipient template each have an associated unique identifier. Further, the method includes receiving a request for a new email message in an email editor user interface and querying the storage database for recipient templates. The query is filtered by the associated unique identifiers. Further, the method includes receiving the first recipient template and the second recipient template as a result of the query, and displaying, in the email editor user interface, the email addresses associated with the first recipient template and the second recipient template. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197927 | Search Behavior Based Communication Forums - One or more computing devices may be configured to determine an association between at least a first user and a second user based at least on search behavior of the first user and/or the second user. Responsive to the determining, the one or more computing devices may enable a communication forum between the first user and the second user. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197928 | REAL TIME SEARCHING AND REPORTING - A system arranged to search machine data to generate reports in real time. A search query is provided that includes a plurality of search commands. The search query is parsed to form a main search query and a remote search query. Machine data is collected from remote data sources and evaluated against one of the main and remote search queries to generate a set of search results. The main search query is then evaluated against at least a partial set of the search result to generate at least one report regarding the collected machine data. Each report can be provided for display to a user. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197929 | DEVICE INTERACTION TREE AND TECHNIQUE - Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media are disclosed for creating and using device interaction trees to determine states of devices. A device interaction tree includes a root node, intermediate nodes, and leaf nodes. The intermediate nodes specify queries and tests, and the leaf nodes specify device states. The state of the given device may be determined by traversing the device interaction tree from the root node, through one or more intermediate nodes, to a leaf node. During traversal, a query associated with a current node in the tree is sent to the given device to obtain a response. A test associated with the current node is used to evaluate the response against one or more values. The outcome of the test determines a next node on a path towards leaf nodes of the tree. The state of the device is specified by the leaf node resulting from traversal of the tree. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197930 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION INFORMATION METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT - Systems and methods are operable to process production information related metadata content. An exemplary embodiment receives a user specification identifying at least one production information search parameter, searches production information metadata content associated with a media content event for instances of the user specified at least one production information search parameter, and generates a production information report configured to present information pertaining to the identified instances of the user specified at least one production information search parameter. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197931 | MATERIALS ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented analytical and reporting system includes an input device, a database and a processor. The input device is operative for inputting analytical data results of a test sample. The database includes an analysis methodology data section, an instrument data section and a forms data section. The processor is operative for receiving from the input device the analytical data results of the test sample. The processor is also operative for receiving from the database analysis methodology data of at least one analysis method, instrument data of at least one analytical instrument and forms data of a desired analytical report form. The processor is also operative for processing the analytical data results and the instrument data using the analysis methodology data and is operative for generating an analytical report produced on the desired analytical report form depicting final analytical results based on the analysis method and the analytical instrument. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197932 | ACCESSING A DATABASE - For accessing a database, a request attribute module constructs a request attribute list for a data value name received in a request block. The request attribute list associates the data value name with an attribute name and with a schema name. A schema name module adds the schema name from the request attribute list to a schema names list in response to the schema name not being included in the schema names list. An attribute name module adds the attribute name from the request attribute list to an attribute names list in response to the attribute name not being included in the attribute names list. A query build module builds a query statement directed to a target database from the schema names list and the attribute names list. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120197933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING HOSTS IN RESPONSE TO A DATA QUERY - Systems and methods consistent with the invention may include selecting a plurality of hosts to store data structures by defining a color incidence process used to model a host assignment process, determining, by the color incidence process, a color allocation, and assigning the data structures to one of the plurality of hosts based on the color allocation determined by the color incidence process. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120203793 | Method and System for Online Searching of Physical Objects - Online searching related to a physical object by a user making use of a computing device is accomplished by creating a representation of the object at the user's computing device. A software button originating remote from the user's computing device is provided to the user's computing device, and the button is constructed based upon the representation of the object. The software button is associated with a second device in use by a subscriber associated with the object, the button and it is actuable by the user. Upon actuation of the software button by the user, an executable agent is downloaded to his computing device, effective to establish a connection between the user's computing device and the second device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120203794 | EFFICIENTLY DELIVERING EVENT MESSAGES USING COMPILED INDEXING AND PAGINATED REPORTING - Techniques for compiled indexing and paginated reporting are described. Event messages, having sequential identifiers, are received and stored in a working table. The working table is renamed as a rollover table upon receiving a threshold number of the event messages and a new working table is created. A reference to the rollover table is stored in a management table. Summary data which summarizes each rollover table according to predetermined criteria is stored in a summary table with the reference to the corresponding rollover table. When a query to the event messages is received, a response to the query is generated based on the contents of the summary table and management table. The response may also include a predetermined quantity of event messages based on a dimension of a window of a graphical user interface of a client computer which issued the query. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120209871 | Automated Contextual Information Retrieval Based on Multi-Tiered User Modeling and Dynamic Retrieval Strategy - Automated contextual information retrieval techniques are provided based on multi-tiered user modeling and a dynamic retrieval strategy. Content relevant to a current message is presented by initially obtaining a multi-tiered user model containing a multi-tiered representation of interactions of a first user with each contact, wherein the multi-tiered representation includes a plurality of topic models each corresponding to interactions between the first user and one contact. The topic models contain a set of topics, each containing topic keywords. Context information is extracted based on content of the current message, a sender and/or a recipient of the current message, and the multi-tiered user model. A retrieval strategy is determined based on the extracted context information. Contextual queries are generated to search the information repositories selected based on the determined retrieval strategy. Content relevant to the current message is presented based on search results from the selected information repositories. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209872 | USER-CENTRIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT PROXY FOR PERSONALIZED BROWSING - A user-centric identity management proxy system, including: a personalization engine configured to: receive user-centric information for a user from an identity management engine, wherein the user-centric information identifies the user and is specific to the user; receive context information for a location request by a user device from a content categorization engine, wherein the context information provides detail about the location request that is relatable to the user-centric information; and produce personalized information for the user based on the user-centric information and the context information; and a memory device to store the personalized information. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209873 | SET-LEVEL COMPARISONS IN DYNAMICALLY FORMED GROUPS - Systems and methods are disclosed of processing a set-level query across one or more attributes, the query being grouped by one or more attributes, whereby groups that satisfy the set-level query may be aggregated over one or more attributes. The systems and methods use bitwise arithmetic to efficiently traverse bitmap and bit-slice vectors and indexes of a data relation to determine groups that solve the set-level query. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209874 | DIRECT SEARCH LAUNCH ON A SECOND DISPLAY - Apparatus and methods to implement a technique for using a second display with a network-enabled television. In one implementation, this feature allows the native application on the second display to directly launch the second display application with a requested search term so that the user is immediately brought to a search page with relevant search results. The search term may be derived from the native application which in turn derives from the context of the IP TV. Such a context could be metadata from a currently playing BD from a BD player or TV channel. The second display application may be a web application or a native remote controller application. The second display could be a smart phone that can often be found beside the user, or a laptop or tablet PC, a desktop PC, or the like. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120209875 | System and methods for searching and producing a conglomeration of real estate descriptions in a common format - Disclosed herein are: systems capable of searching, receiving and conglomerating the data from real estate databases of varying formats, and translating that received into a common format; execution of pre-defined translation rules referencing data tags used within the system or the originating databases; rules constructed in a simple, hierarchical or a class-based structure whereby one rule depends upon the output of another rule for its input; data sources prioritized or merged where the same property-related information is presented in more than one source; map definitions containing rule sets crafted for a particular use, such as for a particular consumer or user; such systems used in the course of real estate appraisals, in property search reports, extending across databases of differing formats. Detailed information on various example embodiments of the inventions are provided in the Detailed Description below, and the inventions are defined by the appended claims. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120215803 | AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION OF ICEBERG QUERIES - One or more embodiments determine a distance between at least two vectors of n coordinates. A set of heavy coordinates is identified from a set of n coordinates associated with at least two vectors. A set of light coordinates is identified from the set of n coordinates associated with the at least two vectors. A first estimation of a contribution is determined from the set of heavy coordinates to a rectilinear distance between the at least two vectors. A second estimation of a contribution is determined from the set of light coordinates to the rectilinear distance norm. The first estimation is combined with the second estimation. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215804 | DATA-PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT - A data-programming environment is disclosed that facilitates data manipulation. Visual representations are presented of available operations with respect to one or more data sources. A preview of data is displayed capturing the state of data with respect to manipulations. Further, a visual representation of a series of selected operations is maintained to capture successive refinements and aid subsequent interaction. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215805 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, SEARCH DEVICE, SEARCH METHOD, PROGRAM AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus may include a control unit to control display of parts information of a plurality of items, to generate search information according to feedback from a user for the parts information, and to control display of a search result according to the search information. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215806 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM DATA BASE SYSTEM - A system for performing a similarity search in a navigation device data base uses a metric index structure. The index structure includes a plurality of nodes. When a query object is received, a node of the index structure which is associated with at least one object is accessed. A distance between the query object and the at least one object is determined in accordance with a distance metric. Based on the determined distance, another node of the index structure is selectively accessed. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215807 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REPRESENTING DIGITAL DOCUMENTS FOR SEARCH APPLICATIONS - A method and a device for representing digital documents for search applications are provided. The method includes periodically obtaining one or more digital documents stored in a memory of a handheld device, and generating a compressed representation of the one or more digital documents stored in the memory using one or more balanced trees. Additionally, the method includes receiving a search query including one or more words from a user of the handheld device for searching for one or more digital documents, and retrieving the one or more digital documents including the one or more words by traversing through a digital document map table and providing a search result including the one or more retrieved digital documents on the display of the handheld device if it is determined that the one or more words correspond to the one or more nodes in the word balanced tree. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120215808 | GENERATING CANDIDATE ENTITIES USING OVER FREQUENT KEYS - Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for matching an inbound identity record to existing entities. A composite generic key may be generated from multiple entity resolution (ER) candidate-building keys determined to be generic keys. A query may be generated based on the composite generic key and executed to retrieve candidate entities for an inbound identity record. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120221591 | System for Processing Complex Queries - A method of processing a supply query is described. The method includes receiving a first supply query comprising a first set of attributes. A size of the first set of attributes is compared to a threshold value. A second supply query comprising a second set of attributes is generated when the comparison indicates that the size of the first set of attributes is greater than the threshold value. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221592 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING A SCROLLABLE USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus are provided for presenting a user interface. In one embodiment, a method includes displaying a scrollable list of characters associated with a character set, and detecting a selection of a displayed character of the scrollable list of characters. The method may further include displaying a search query based on the selection, updating a character set of the scrollable list based at least in part on the search query and index elements of a dataset, and displaying a result listing based on the search query, wherein the result listing identifies one or more index elements including a matching character sequence relative to the search query. Generating a search query may be based on adaptive updating of a list of characters that may be employed for generating search queries. Display of a result list may include an identification of matching character sequence. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221593 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Generating Analytical Data - Systems, methods, and media for generating analytical data from actions performed on one or more publishing servers. Methods may include capturing one or more audit trails by determining actions performed on the one or more publishing servers via one or more client devices, the one or more publishing servers adapted to publish informational content; generating analytical data from the one or more audit trails; and storing the generated analytical data in a database. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221594 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING DESIGN PATENTS - An electronic device and method of displaying design patents receives search conditions, and searches at least one image of a design patent from a database server. An image is selected from the searched images, to acquire a design patent that contains the selected image and acquire all images of the design patent. A cubic box is created. The images of the design patent are superimposed onto the surfaces of the cubic box, to generate a cubic view of the design patent. Each of the search conditions and one or more cubic views corresponding to the search condition is recording into a search list. All contents of each of the design patents corresponding to the cubic views in a single page. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING HOTEL INFORMATION - When searching for accommodations, although one or more accommodations may satisfy factors or criteria set by a traveler (e.g., a user), the traveler may desire to locate an accommodation that is also in a convenient area. A convenient area may be an area in which a concentration of points of interest (POIs) is high. For example, a traveler on a leisure trip may desire to stay at a hotel that is in an area with a relatively high concentration of restaurants or tourist attractions, or as a traveler on a business trip may desire to stay at a hotel near an airport or convention hall. Thus, some example embodiments provide accommodation search results to one or more users based on a concentration of points of interest. The accommodation search results may be provided graphically, textually, or any suitable combination thereof. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221596 | Method and System for Automated Search for, and Retrieval and Distribution of, Information - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to automated information-search and information-retrieval systems that provide information, on a continuous or periodic basis, to users or subscribers. In one embodiment of the present invention, information is gathered from a user's computer, or from computers accessible from the user's computer, on an essentially continuous basis in order to provide a database of information from which meaningful and focused search queries can be automatically constructed. The search queries are then employed to find, on behalf of the user or subscriber, current information useful to, and needed by, the user or subscriber. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221597 | Media Library Monitoring System and Method - Embodiments of methods and systems comprise collecting data associated with a library or library components and storing the collected data in repository. By collecting data associated with a library or library components and storing the collected data in a repository, the degradation of library components can be monitored and the reliability of library components determined, allowing unreliable components to be bypassed or replaced, enhancing the reliability of the library and preventing data loss. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221598 | WEB SERVICE DISCOVERY VIA DATA ABSTRACTION MODEL AND CONDITION CREATION - A method includes receiving a selection of a logical field of a data abstraction model. The method includes determining model entries (e.g., concepts) associated with the selected logical field and examining the data abstraction model to determine other model entries that are equal to the model entries associated with the selected logical field. For each equal model entry, the method includes determining web services to be used in performing a search, where the web services are determined by querying a discovery registry associated with the data abstraction model to discover one or more web services that are resolvable based on the selected logical field. A first discovered web service is executed with user supplied criteria provided via a user interface to obtain a list of values. A condition is created that limits acceptable values associated with the selected logical field based on the user supplied criteria. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221599 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPARENT APPLICATION OF MULTIPLE QUERIES ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES - According to a fourth aspect there is provided a system to receive a request to search for data. The system performs a search of a logical table based on a criterion to identify a plurality of rows in the logical table. The system generates fetch levels including a first and second plurality of tuples based on the plurality of rows. Each fetch level includes a plurality of tuples that identify servers and physical tables that may store the data. The system further queries at least two data sources for the data based on the first plurality of tuples and communicates the data. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120221600 | Apparatus and Method for Determining a Decision Recommendation in a Network - An example apparatus is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. The operations include preparing for transmission a query for feedback data regarding a decision to select one of a set of actions in a given context. The query includes an indication of the given context and a decision metric reflecting historical decisions at the apparatus to select the respective action in each of a plurality of contexts. The operations also include receiving feedback data, and calculating a recommendation value as a function thereof. In this regard, the feedback data has been calculated by one or more nodes as a function of the decision metric and another decision metric reflecting historical decisions at the respective node(s). | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120226707 | Linguistically enhanced email detector - A computer-implemented system and method are provided for warning a user of a missing attachment to an email. The method may include automatically recognizing a natural language of text of an email and selecting a keyword list from a plurality of keyword lists, based on the recognized natural language. Each keyword list is associated with a respective natural language and includes at least one keyword. At least one of the keyword lists includes a multi-sense keyword having a plurality of senses. A first of the plurality of senses is recognized as referring to an attachment and a second of the plurality of senses is recognized as not referring to an attachment. The text of the email is processed to identify an instance, where present, of a keyword that is in the selected keyword list and, for a keyword which is a multi-sense keyword, at least one sense-related rule is applied to a portion of the text which includes the instance of the multi-sense keyword. Based on the application of the at least one sense-related rule, where the email lacks an attachment, a notification is provided to the user. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120226708 | MEDIA COLLECTIONS SERVICE - Media collections (MC) service embodiments are presented which generally facilitate access to diverse forms of media by resolving an identifier tuple assigned to a content item into a set of one or more Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) which point to an instance of the content item. This scheme supports the upload and query of collections of media elements such as images, audio, video, deep zoom images, photosynth and so on. In addition, the foregoing scheme affords a standard way to bind to media that persists, and makes it easier to author and play content while being flexible about where the media is located. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120226709 | AUTOMATED PROSTATE TISSUE REFERENCING FOR CANCER DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS - This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120226710 | EXPRESSING AND EXECUTING SEMANTIC QUERIES WITHIN A RELATIONAL DATABASE - Semantic queries are expressed and executed within a relational database. This can be done by defining semantic rules applied to execute the semantic queries using table valued functions and common table expressions, and then simply calling the defined table valued functions to execute the queries. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120226711 | DATA-INTERRELATED DYNAMICALLY-UPDATED SCREEN DEVICES - A method, system, and computer program product for data-interrelated dynamically-updated screen devices is disclosed. The system receives a list of attributes, at least two of the attributes correspond to at least one entity from within the entity dataset. Then, a first screen device is displayed that shows at least one first attribute selected from the list of attributes. The first attribute comprising a first range of first values. The system also displays a second screen device that shows at least one second attribute selected from the list of attributes. The second attribute comprising a second range of second values. A user interacts with the screen devices in order to specify a query, and directs the system to access the entity dataset using the query to retrieve a query result set. The results returned by the query are used to update the screen devices. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120233197 | SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND MEMBER SEARCHING AND ANALYZING METHOD IN SOCIAL NETWORK - A social network searching system includes a user profile storage, a profile search engine and a linkage construction engine. The user profile storage stores user profiles. The profile search engine obtains a target member by searching the user profile storage based on a profile query from a query user. The linkage construction engine constructs a relationship linkage and extracting an optimal path from at least two paths from the query user to the target member according to a relationship linkage. A member searching and analyzing method of social network is also disclosed. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233198 | CREATING VIRTUAL WORLDS FROM EXISTING DATA STRUCTURES - Virtual worlds are generated from pre-existing data structures containing non-geometric data. An existing data structure containing non-geometric data is access and queried to identify parameters and the dependency structure of data in the data structure. Geometric objects are designed based on the identified parameters and dependency structure, and a virtual world is created from the geometric objects. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233199 | Intelligent Web Caching - Methods and apparatuses that store two or more items in a persistent cache with time stamps indicating similarity of the items are described. In response to receiving a request, one of the items uniquely identified by the request may be retrieved from the persistent cache. The retrieved item may have a time stamp. In one embodiment, additional items may be searched from the persistent cache according to the time stamp. The search may identify the additional items having time stamps similar to the time stamp of the retrieved item. The additional items may be retrieved from the persistent cache and stored in a memory cache to allow faster retrieval of the additional items when requested. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233200 | DATABASE DATA LOCALIZATION - A computer ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233201 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A system and method for facilitating processing of a request in a biological data network comprised of a plurality of biological data units stored at a plurality of network nodes is disclosed herein. The disclosed method includes receiving, at a first network node included within the plurality of network nodes, the request from a client device wherein the first network node is configured to communicate with other network nodes included within the plurality of network nodes. The method also includes performing a first processing operation with respect to at least one of the biological data units based upon the request. Upon a determination being made that the processing of the request is complete, a response is sent from the first network node to the client device. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233202 | BIOLOGICAL DATA NETWORKS AND METHODS THEREFOR - A method for facilitating processing of a request in a system including a plurality of biological data units stored at a plurality of network-accessible locations is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving, at a first node of the biological data network, the request from a client device. The method further includes performing a first processing operation with respect to at least one of the biological data units based upon the request. The method also includes determining, based upon results of the first processing operation, that the processing of the request is incomplete and selecting, based upon the results of the first processing operation, a second node of the biological data network to perform a second processing operation. The method additionally includes sending, from the first node, the results of the first processing operation to the second node over a network. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233203 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE - Certain embodiments provide a Web server, which is provided with a request reception unit for receiving a picture request including a picture ID for identifying a picture from a browser, and an information collection unit for finding the point ID corresponding to the picture ID included in the picture display request, and collecting the value of the point identified by the point ID from an IP controller. The information collection unit calculates the predictive starting time at which the value of the point is collected before the next picture display request is made from the current time, the collection time and the previous picture display request. The information collection unit collects the value of a point from the IP controller at the predictive starting time. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233204 | DIGITAL FILE DISTRIBUTION IN A SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM - Systems and methods for obtaining a digital file similar to one used by a device associated with a member of a social network are provided. Digital file information about the digital file is stored on a web-based social network database. The digital file may be located on the same server as the web-based social network database or a third party server such as a mobile phone carrier. A user of the web-based social network database requesting the digital file may require a different format of the digital file than that used by the device of the member. If a different format is requested by the user, a server finds or converts the digital file to be compatible for use by a device specified by the user. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233205 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for uploading one or more documents to a document management database are presented. The system can include a memory, a listener component that detects when a document has been dragged or dropped onto a persistent doc drop element, and a doc drop module that, as a function of the document being dragged or dropped onto the persistent doc drop element, converts the document into a portable document format and queues a converted document to a task specific queue, and in response to a user terminating a task associated with the task specific queue, uploads content queued in the task specific queue to a database associated with a web service. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233206 | Methods and Systems for Electronic Data Exchange Utilizing Centralized Management Technology - Methods and systems are provided for exchanging information between companies in a partnership. One method embodiment includes operatively associating a first company with a transaction directory through a directory management portal. The transaction directory is configured to permit establishment of at least one connection to a translation engine for permitting at least one transaction to occur through the connection. The method also includes connecting at least a second company to the translation engine to permit the transaction to occur between at least the first and second companies. The transaction includes an exchange of information between at least the first and second companies. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233207 | Systems and Methods for Enabling Natural Language Processing - Systems and methods for searching databases by sound data input are provided herein. A service provider may have a need to make their database(s) searchable through search technology. However, the service provider may not have the resources to implement such search technology. The search technology may allow for search queries using sound data input. The technology described herein provides a solution addressing the service provider's need, by giving a search technology that furnishes search results in a fast, accurate manner. In further embodiments, systems and methods to monetize those search results are also described herein. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120233208 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Providing Ring Tones - Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for processing a ring tone. An electronic database is queried for a calling number, and contact information associated with the calling number is retrieved. A ring tone database is queried for the contact information, and the ring tone database stores an association between the contact information and a ring tone. The ring tone associated with the contact information is retrieved and processed to alert a called number to a communication from the calling number. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120239680 | GENERATING DATABASE SCRIPTS FOR EXECUTING BUSINESS RULES RELATED TO ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE IN A DATABASE RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT - Various embodiments of systems and methods for generating database scripts for executing business rules in a database runtime environment are described herein. A method includes retrieving one or more business rules from a rule repository, identifying a format of the business rule, based upon the identified format, selecting a script generator code for generating one or more database scripts for the business rule, and sending the generated database scripts to a database for execution in the database runtime environment. The execution of generated database scripts in the database runtime environment ensures a faster and efficient execution of business rules. Further, the business rules can be retrieved from a business rule management system (BRMS) where the rules can be easily composed by business users. Importantly, the method enables an efficient generation of the business rules using BRMS along with efficient execution of the generated business rules in the database runtime environment. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239681 | SCALABLE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY OF DISTRIBUTED DATA - A method, system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed towards generating a report derived from data, such as event data, stored on a plurality of distributed nodes. In one embodiment the analysis is generated using a “divide and conquer” algorithm, such that each distributed node analyzes locally stored event data while an aggregating node combines these analysis results to generate the report. In one embodiment, each distributed node also transmits a list of event data references associated with the analysis result to the aggregating node. The aggregating node may then generate a global ordered list of data references based on the list of event data references received from each distributed node. Subsequently, in response to a user selection of a range of global event data, the report may dynamically retrieve event data from one or more distributed nodes for display according to the global order. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239682 | OBJECT SELECTION BASED ON NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES - A method of selecting an object out of a group of objects. The object may belong to a category. The method may include receiving, object-related information indicative of properties of objects of the category by using network connected databases. The method may further include generating, an extended profile for at least one of the objects based on the received object-related information and object-specific information. The method may additionally include determining, a data structure of weighted keywords based on the natural language input using at least one out of the group consisting of a predefined dictionary, a predefined ontology, predefined system rules, and a predefined regular expression, and selecting, the object out of the group of objects based on a mapping of the extended profile and the data structure of weighted keywords resulting in a preference fit score for the selected object. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239683 | Food Related Social Networking Website - A food-related website utilizes a method to recommend to a user food-related results based on a criteria entered by the user. The method can match criteria in food-related results to make suggestions to the user. The method can match criteria in other user's accounts to recommend food-related results that match the criterion and that the other user recommends. Food-related result can be a food, ingredient, recipe, meal, restaurant, drink, or the like. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239684 | SEARCHING METHOD, SEARCHING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF SEARCHING PROGRAM - A searching apparatus includes a memory that stores a plurality of records, and a processor that executed a procedure, the procedure including searching a first record group, which is a part of a plurality of records, for a record satisfying a first search condition, and, in case of a second search condition being received during the searching, further searching a second record group, which is another part of the plurality of records, for a record satisfying either the first search condition and the second search condition. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239685 | ATOMIC DELETION OF DATABASE DATA CATEGORIES - A device maintains, in a database, a plurality of data items, each data item of the plurality of data items being associated with a respective category. The device associates, in the database, a first counter value with each data item, the first counter value indicating a number of times the respective category has been deleted from the database at a time when the data item was stored in the database. The device associates, in the database or another database, a second counter value with the respective category, the second counter value indicating a current value for a number of times the respective category has been deleted from the database. The device selectively deletes, from the database, one or more data items of the plurality of data items from the database based on the first counter values and the second counter value. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239686 | Method and device for monitoring and analyzing signals - A method and system for monitoring and analyzing at least one signal are disclosed. An abstract of at least one reference signal is generated and stored in a reference database. An abstract of a query signal to be analyzed is then generated so that the abstract of the query signal can be compared to the abstracts stored in the reference database for a match. The method and system may optionally be used to record information about the query signals, the number of matches recorded, and other useful information about the query signals. Moreover, the method by which abstracts are generated can be programmable based upon selectable criteria. The system can also be programmed with error control software so as to avoid the re-occurrence of a query signal that matches more than one signal stored in the reference database. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239687 | FACILITATION OF SEARCH, LIST, AND RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS ON PERSISTENT DATA SET USING DISTRIBUTED SHARED MEMORY - In one exemplary embodiment, a DSM is used to store the data structures in a cluster shared memory, such that updates, deletions and insertions are applied to both the persistent data set and the DSM, and search, list and retrieval operations are processed directly from the DSM. A data structure in the persistent data set is stored in two separate DSM pages: a first page includes an identifying search key of the data structure, the search key also pointing to a location of the data structure in the storage. A second page includes the updatable properties of the data structure. A DSM storing the data structures' pages is organized as a two-row matrix. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120239688 | TABLE LOOKUP APPARATUS, TABLE LOOKUP METHOD, AND TABLE LOOKUP SYSTEM - A table lookup apparatus includes: receiving and processing units ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120246187 | AUTOMATIC CORRECTION OF CONTACT LIST ERRORS IN A COLLABORATION SYSTEM - Managing a contact list in a collaboration system, by detecting if a contact has been offline for at least a predefined period of time and/or detecting if a target identifier is being entered into a contact list of a first user of a first collaboration system, where the contact is identified by a target identifier in a contact list of a first user of a first collaboration system, searching a collaboration system directory to find a replacement identifier associated with a second user of the first collaboration system, where the second user meets a predefined peer criterion with respect to the first user, and where the replacement identifier a) is different from a target identifier, and b) meets a predefined similarity criterion with respect to the target identifier, and replacing the target identifier with the replacement identifier in the contact list of the first user. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246188 | AUTOMATIC CONTACT LIST ALIASING IN A COLLABORATION SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an addition of an identifier to a contact list can be detected. The identifier can identify an entity in a first collaboration system. Data can be searched to find a different identifier that identifies the entity in at least a second collaboration system. The different identifier can be added to the contact list. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246189 | COMPARING HISTOGRAMS - First data indicative of a first histogram and second data indicative of a second histogram are received and processed to determine quantitative differences between the first and second histograms. Third data is generated, which is indicative of the result of the quantitative differences. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246190 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OBJECT RELATIONAL MAPPING FOR A DATA GRID - A node in a data grid receives a client request to store an object in a database, the request including the object. The node divides the object into a plurality of key value pairs and links the plurality of key value pairs. The node then stores the plurality of key value pairs in the data grid. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246191 | World-Wide Video Context Sharing - A request to share an item of content is detected at a computing device. User context information is received for the item of content. A link to a storage location of the item of content is formed. The user context information and the link to the storage location of the item of content are sent to a context-sharing server. The context-sharing server receives the request to share the item of content with the user context information and the link to the storage location of the item of content, stores the received user context information and the link to the storage location of the item of content, and publishes the user context information and the link to the storage location of the item of content as shared content context information. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246192 | Method of Verifying or deriving Attribute Information of a Digital Transport Network Database Using Interpolation and Probe Traces - A method of verifying or filling in attribution associated with segments of transportation networks that are digitally mapped from a digital transportation network database includes analyzing the database to identify at least one attribute of interest that is missing or whose accuracy is unreliable and associated with a segment of the network in; identifying first and second segments before and after segment in question which have associated attribution determined to be accurate; gathering a plurality of probe traces from users of probe-transmitting navigation devices that have traversed the segment(s) in question as well as traversed the first and second; and determining whether the probe-derived attribution information is reliable, and if so, comparing the trend of the probe-derived attribute information of the first and second segments with the trend of the database attributes of the first and second segments, and if there is a positive correlation, applying the probe-derived attribute information to the database for the segment(s) in question to fill in the missing or verify the unreliable database attribution for the segment(s) in question. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120246193 | DEPTH-FIRST SEARCH FOR TARGET VALUE PROBLEMS - A method for determining a target path for a model-based control system. The model-based control system includes a directed acyclic graph, where the directed acyclic graph includes a plurality of vertices interconnected by a plurality of edges. The method includes the steps of performing a depth-first search of the directed acyclic graph for the target path. The depth-first search is operative to return an explicit solution or an implicit solution, wherein the implicit solution is determined using a heuristic. The method further includes determining if the depth-first search returned an explicit solution or an implicit solution, and if the depth-first search returned an implicit solution, constructing the target path from the implicit solution. The method may further include constructing a pattern database. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120254220 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONFERENCE SYSTEM LOCATION AWARENESS AND PROVISIONING - Techniques for conference system location awareness and provisioning are described. An apparatus may comprise a room detection component operative to determine a room identifier of a room which a conference system is in, a database component operative to determine one or more room properties of the detected room by querying a database of room properties using the room identifier, and a conference configuration component operative to configure one or more conference elements using the room properties. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254221 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING RECORD ACTIONS IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE AND APPLICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for executing record actions in a multi-tenant database and application service is provided. The system and method is configured to provide a message queue and an event queue, the message queue configured to store a plurality of messages corresponding to record actions and the event queue configured to store a corresponding list of events. The system and method are configured to process record actions on the plurality of records by selecting a plurality of messages in the message queue for processing, the selected plurality of messages corresponding to a plurality of record actions on records in the multi-tenant database, identifying a plurality of events in the event queue corresponding to the selected plurality of messages, and processing the identified plurality of events as a batch to execute the plurality of record actions. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254222 | Automated Writ Response System - Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating responses to writs, such as subpoenas, in an efficient and timely manner. Implementations of the invention may include a writ response module and a queue manager to offer web service providers to automatically generate reports in response to various writs and to prioritize processing and human review prior to delivery of results. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254223 | GEOGRAPHIC BASED MEDIA CONTENT DELIVERY INTERFACE - A media content delivery interface for delivering media content based on a geographic location of a user. The media content delivery interface may include a mapping device configured to receive a positioning signal and determine a geographic location of a media playing device based on the positioning signal, a processor configured to receive the geographic location from the mapping device and generate a search signal for searching a media database for a media file having a geographic property related to the geographic location, and a distribution device coupled to the processor, configured to selectively distribute the searched media file from the media database to the media player device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254224 | Collaborative Search Network - The invention relates to a collaborative searching network having at least one intelligent client, a network medium capable of linking the intelligent client with at least one other intelligent client. The disclosed intelligent client is capable of receiving a data search request; and said intelligent client capable of responding with a data search result to said data search request by retrieving data from at least said one other intelligent client or a from computer network. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254225 | GENERATING CONTENT BASED ON PERSONA - According to one aspect of the present invention, a method, operable on a processing device, for generating content based on a persona, the persona comprising one or more persona triggers and one or more persona parameters, may include analyzing, by the processing device, one or more events identified by one or more persona triggers resulting in one or more event characteristics. The method may also include performing, by the processing device, a comparison between the one or more event characteristics and one or more persona parameters. The method may also include generating content, by the processing device, based at least in part on the comparison between the one or more event characteristics and the one or more persona parameters. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254226 | DEFINING AND MATCHING SEGMENTS - Defining and matching segments is disclosed. In some embodiments, defining and matching segments includes receiving a user defined segment via a user interface input; and determining a matching effort (e.g., which can include a set of Geographic Positioning System (GPS) data) to the segment using a processor. In some embodiments, the data associated with the effort includes one or more of the following: heart rate, speed, time, and power. In some embodiments, defining and matching segments further includes storing data associated with the matching effort with the segment. In some embodiments, the user defined segment is based at least in part in uploaded GPS data. In some embodiments, the user defined segment is based at least in part on selected points on a map application. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254227 | Augmented Conversational Understanding Architecture - An augmented conversational understanding architecture may be provided. Upon receiving a natural language phrase from a user, the phrase may be translated into a search phrase and a search action may be performed on the search phrase. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254228 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING CONTENT BASED ON GESTURES - In order to provide filtering of content to be presented on a mobile device, a gesture-based preferencing system and method may be employed. When content is presented to a user, the user may indicate a positive or negative preference toward that content by making a gesture. The gesture may be detected by a motion sensor and the preference of the content indicated by the gesture may be stored in a preference datastore. The preference may be used to subsequently filter content that is to be presented to the user. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254229 | DETERMINING POTENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS - A computer-implemented method for obtaining information corresponding to a first user. The computer-implemented method includes, obtaining information corresponding to a first user, accessing a database comprising information corresponding to a plurality of individuals, based on the information corresponding to a plurality of individuals. The method further includes determining whether a potential relationship exists between a first user and at least one of the plurality of individuals. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254230 | EXPRESSION EDITOR TOOL - An expression editor tool allows a user to build an expression or calculation with a rule that specifies an action programmed to occur during execution of a target application. The expression editor tool allows a user to define an action point definition that specifies an action point located in the target application logic instructions. The expression editor tool determines from the action point definition a dataset that is in-context at the action point, provides an expression definition interface to obtain selected data fields from the dataset, and a selected logical operator to connect the selected data fields used to construct a new expression. The expression editor tool provides an outcome selection interface used to obtain a selected outcome for the new expression in order to create a rule including the new expression and the selected outcome, and store the rule in the database linked to the action point definition. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254231 | DECODER COMPILER, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Information that maps a point in XML document structure to a name of a variable and an EXI grammar form that includes grammars each defining relationship among an event representative of an element in the XML document structure, an EXI event code, and a next grammar for use are read. A selecting unit selects grammars in the EXI grammar form such that the grammars are traced in sequence. A determining unit updates a grammar stack which identifies a current position in the XML document structure each time a grammar is selected. If the updated stack does not indicates the point, a function setting unit sets a skip function for skipping a corresponding value in an EXI stream, otherwise, sets a read function for reading and providing the corresponding value to a corresponding variable. A composer generates an EXI decoder including skip and read functions set for individual grammars. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254232 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TAG INFORMATION - Methods and apparatuses for providing tag information. According to a method of outputting tag information in a user terminal, tag information and attribute information are obtained by reading at least one tag and then mapped to a key word and stored, and when a message content is input through a message-writing application, tag information corresponding to a key word can be extracted and displayed if the key word is included in the message content. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254233 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processing system includes: a storage module; an extractor; a notifying module; and a search module. The storage module is configured to store therein content. The extractor is configured to extract a plurality of keywords acquired from the storage module, the keywords being related to content in use by a user. The notifying module is configured to notify the user of the keywords extracted by the extractor. The search module is configured to add the keywords extracted by the extractor to a selected keyword selected by the user from among the keywords notified by the notifying module, and to carry out a search of content based on the keywords. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254234 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIO ASSET STORAGE AND MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for providing audio asset information using an audio asset information storage system are provided. The storage system includes a data store containing video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset. The storage system receives a number of requests to identify the known audio asset and stores an indication of each request within the data store. The storage system provides at least a portion of audio asset information associated with the known audio asset to user equipment. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254235 | CONTENT TRANSFER - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254236 | CONTENT TRANSFER - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254237 | CONTENT TRANSFER - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120254238 | MANAGING UNCERTAIN DATA USING MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for managing uncertain data is provided. The method includes specifying data uncertainty using at least one variable generation (VG) function. The VG function generates pseudorandom samples of uncertain data values. A random database based on the VG function is specified and multiple Monte Carlo instantiations of the random database are generated. Using a Monte Carlo method, a query is repeatedly executed over the multiple Monte Carlo instantiations to output a Monte Carlo method result and associated query-results. The Monte Carlo method result may then be used to estimate statistical properties of a probability distribution of the query-result. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120259883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN RESOURCES - A system and method is provided for retrieving disparate design data in connection with the design of a device, a service, or a system. A user design application enables users to store disparate data according to predefined links in a central data source. The user design application also enables users to query the central data source to retrieve relevant disparate design data based on the predefined relationships. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A COMPONENT FOR A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM - A system and method for identifying a component, such as a sensor, for a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) to be replaced for a vehicle of interest by performing a Quick Search or an Advanced Search of a TPMS Manager database. In the Quick Search, the user inputs year/make/model (Y/M/M) or Vehicle Identification Number (VIN). In the Advanced Search, the user inputs various physical attributes of the component to be replaced. All related superseded, alias or interchange parts with like communication or physical structure and relevant service components are determined and the results displayed to the user. A relearn procedure for the replacement TPMS component for the vehicle of interest identifies and validates scan tool compatibility. A report to the user of a cause/failure analysis of the component to be replaced can be displayed. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259885 | META-DATA APPROACH TO QUERYING MULTIPLE BIOMEDICAL ONTOLOGIES - A method for retrieving information spread across a plurality of different ontologies, including: defining a meta-ontology, wherein the meta-ontology includes high-level properties and their mappings to specific properties defined in a plurality of different ontologies; receiving a question, wherein the question is associated with a high-level property; and providing an answer to the question, wherein the answer is determined by using the meta-ontology. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF A QUERY TO A DICOM SERVER - A system and method for automatically generating a query to a DICOM server computer. The system comprises patient identification information encoded in a tangible medium. The system further comprises a reading device to read the encoded patient identification information from the tangible medium. The system also includes a computer-based platform hosting a medical software application. The computer-based platform operationally interfaces to the reading device to receive the read patient identification information from the reading device and to automatically generate a DICOM query, using the medical software application, such that the DICOM query includes at least a portion of the patient identification information. The system further comprises at least one DICOM server computer operationally interfacing to the computer-based platform to receive the DICOM query from the computer-based platform. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259887 | METHOD AND A SOFTWARE APPLICATION FOR THE SELECTION OF AN ANIMAL WITH DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS - A method for selecting an animal with desirable characteristics, including the steps of: receiving information regarding the parentage of the animal; arranging the parentage information into an appropriate structure; and utilizing an algorithm to identify a suitable animal based on the parentage of the animal. An apparatus and a program for practicing the method are also disclosed. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259888 | EFFICIENT STORAGE AND SEARCH OF WORD LISTS AND OTHER TEXT - A computer readable storage medium tangibly embodying machine-readable digital data arranged to facilitate expedited searching. The data includes a plurality of words residing in a table having rows and columns, each word residing in a different row and each letter of the word occupying a different column in that row. Each continuous run of same letters in a column forms an interval. The words are positioned relative to each other to maximize lengths of the intervals, and/or optimize efficiency of compression of the columns by run length encoding. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259889 | Scalable Database Management Software on a Cluster of Nodes Using a Shared-Distributed Flash Memory - A distributed database system has multiple compute nodes each running an instance of a database management system (DBMS) program that accesses database records in a local buffer cache. Records are persistently stored in distributed flash memory on multiple storage nodes. A Sharing Data Fabric (SDF) is a middleware layer between the DBMS programs and the storage nodes and has API functions called by the DBMS programs when a requested record is not present in the local buffer cache. The SDF fetches the requested record from flash memory and loads a copy into the local buffer cache. The SDF has threads on a home storage node that locate database records using a node map. A global cache directory locks and pins records to local buffer caches for updating by a node's DBMS program. DBMS operations are grouped into transactions that are committed or aborted together as a unit. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120265780 | ON-DEMAND GENERATION OF CORRELATED COLLECTIONS OF MASHABLE DATA FROM DISTRIBUTED, NON-HOMOGENEOUS DATA SOURCES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for the on-demand generation of correlated collections of mashable data from distributed, heterogeneous data sources. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for on-demand generation of correlated collections of mashable data from distributed, heterogeneous data sources is provided. The method includes receiving a request for a data feed from a widget in a mashup rendered in a content browser executing in memory of a computer. The method further includes inspecting a virtual database of data aggregated from different data sources over a computer communications network to locate data requisite to returning the data feed to the widget in the mashup. The method yet further includes querying the data of the virtual database to produce the data feed. Finally, the method includes returning the data feed in the format specified to the widget in the mashup. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265781 | SEMANTICS-BASED INFORMATION INPUT - A method for semantic-based information input that includes receiving a user input from a user. The method also includes querying a database using the user input as a keyword, wherein the database includes objects, wherein each object includes a name and at least one attribute and ones of the objects include respective pointers to others of the objects indicating types of relationships therebetween. The method further includes receiving a query result, wherein the query result includes at least one matching object for which the keyword matches the at least one object's name or at least one attribute and at least one object with which the at least one matching object has a relationship indicated by the at least one matching object's pointer and presenting the query result to the user. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265782 | ARRANGEMENT FOR A DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM HAVING DATA OBJECTS MAPPED INDEPENDENT OF ANY DATA OBJECT ATTRIBUTE - Each data file of a distributed file system is identified by a corresponding globally-unique object identifier that is independent of any attribute of the data file. A node in the distributed file system has a file system that includes a plurality of directory entries, where each directory entry has a file name field, an attributes field, and an object identifier field configured for specifying a globally-unique object identifier. The globally-unique object identifier is universally reachable by any node of the distributed file system and uniquely identifies the data file, enabling the data file to be universally identifiable by any node based on the corresponding object identifier. The data file can be stored independently of a device file system based on providing a resolution between the data file name and its object identifier, followed by a resolution between the object identifier and a selected location for the data file. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120265783 | Attribute Method and System - A method, software, database and system for attribute partner identification and social network based attribute analysis are presented in which attribute profiles associated with individuals can be compared, attribute partners can be identified, groups of individuals can be formed, associations between individuals can be determined, and attribute based information can be analyzed and referenced. Attributes, both genetic and non-genetic, can be analyzed and utilized not only for the basis of comparisons between individuals, but also to form groups based on overlapping genetic and non-genetic attributes. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120271844 | PROVIDNG RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR A TERM IN A USER MESSAGE - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for providing relevant information for a term identified in a user message. A user can read or write a message and one or more terms can be identified in the message, where an identified term may comprise one or more words or characters. One or more data structures comprising indications of temporally recognized terms can be stored locally, and the identified terms can be compared against the locally stored data, such as for fast retrieval. If the identified term matches one or more of the temporally recognized terms in the locally stored data, the user may select the temporally recognized term to perform an action assigned to the temporally recognized term. The assigned action can comprise retrieving relevant information for the term, such as finding movie times (e.g., where the term comprises a movie title). | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271845 | PROCESSING RECORDS IN DYNAMIC RANGES - A scalable analysis system is described herein that performs common data analysis operations such as distinct counts and data grouping in a more scalable and efficient manner. The system allows distinct counts and data grouping to be applied to large datasets with predictable growth in the cost of the operation. The system dynamically partitions data based on the actual data distribution, which provides both scalability and uncompromised performance. The system sets a budget of available memory or other resources to use for the operation. As the operation progresses, the system determines whether the budget of memory is nearing exhaustion. Upon detecting that the memory used is near the limit, the system dynamically partitions the data. If the system still detects memory pressure, then the system partitions again, until a partition level is identified that fits within the memory budget. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271846 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STAGE JUDGEMENT USING OF TECHNOLOGY LIFE CYCLE - A stage determination apparatus including storage and processor includes: a bibliographic database integrating heterogeneous resources; a feature-set creation module calculating feature values of predefined features by searching the bibliographic database, and creating a feature-set of each technology using the feature values, for technologies on technology lifecycle; an answer feature-set creation module calculating a common feature value of feature sets of technologies belonging to the same stage in the technology lifecycle and creating an answer feature-set of each stage; a stage determination module that, if a technology is inputted, acquires feature values and creates a feature-set for predefined features by searching the bibliographic database for the technology, compares a corresponding feature value in the feature-set of the technology with a feature value according to a feature selection flow in a previous decision tree according to the feature selection flow, and determines a stage having a feature value finally selected according to the feature selection flow as a stage where the technology belongs to in the technology lifecycle. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271847 | PERFORMANCE DATA SEARCH USING A QUERY INDICATIVE OF A TONE GENERATION PATTERN - A user inputs, as a query pattern, a desired search-object rhythm pattern by operating a rhythm input device. At that time, a determination is made of a style of operation performed by a user on a rhythm input device, such as whether the user has operated a single key or a plurality of keys, or duration or intensity of the operation, and then, a user-intended performance part is identified, on the basis of the determined style of operation, from among one or more performance parts constituting a performance data set (automatic accompaniment data set). For the thus-identified performance part, a rhythm pattern search section searches an automatic accompaniment database for an automatic accompaniment data set including a rhythm pattern that matches the input rhythm pattern (query pattern). | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271848 | Dynamic Highlighting of Geographic Entities on Electronic Maps - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, can be used to dynamically generate electronic maps with highlighted entity boundaries. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for an electronic map segment for a geographic region, with the request identifying a geographic entity to be highlighted in the requested electronic map segment. A plurality of layers of map data associated with the geographic region and data defining a boundary of the identified geographic entity are retrieved in response to the request. The electronic map segment is rendered based on the retrieved plurality of layers of map data and the data defining the boundary of the geographic entity, with one or more of the retrieved layers are rendered over a rendering of a highlighted boundary of the geographic entity. The rendered electronic map segment is transmitted in response to the request. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120278351 | PRESENTING RESULTS WITH VISUAL CUES - Concepts and technologies are described herein for presenting results with visual cues. A differencing tool is executed by a client or a server computer. The differencing tool is configured to generate or receive queries for querying data, and to obtain results satisfying the queries. The differencing tool further is configured to generate views for presenting the results. The views can include representations of data corresponding to the results. The differencing tool also can store history files including data that indicates values associated with one or more iterations of the results. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278352 | COMPUTERIZED DATA SET SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUS - Systems and computer program products provide computerized searching of a data set. A computer system, for determining the location of an item in a contiguous data set including a plurality of items, the data set stored in the computer system, includes assigning a numeric value to each of the plurality of items in the data set. A least square polynomial may be created for the data set using ordered pairs of (x, y), wherein x is the assigned numeric value of the item the data set and y is the location of the item in the data set. A command is received to search for the location of a target item in the data set, and a calculated target item location in the data set is generated using a target item assigned numeric value and the least square polynomial | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278353 | SEARCHING WITH TOPIC MAPS OF A MODEL FOR CANONICAL MODEL BASED INTEGRATION - Receiving a search query from a user including a domain, a topic, a scope and a radix. Searching within a topic map based index of a topic map meta-model with instance ontology using as search parameters, the domain, the topic, the scope, and the radix of the search query. Displaying, for a user, results from the topic map meta-model with instance ontology which satisfy all of the search parameters of the search query. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278354 | USER ANALYSIS THROUGH USER LOG FEATURE EXTRACTION - Systems, methods, and computer media for efficiently processing user log data are provided. A received user log data analysis request specifies: target user log features that identify users in a target user group, analysis user log features that identify data associated with the users in the target user group, and an analysis to perform on the identified data associated with the users in the target user group. Occurrences of specified features are extracted from user logs and stored. Users associated with an occurrence of each of the extracted and stored target user log features are identified as users in the target user group. Occurrences of the analysis user log features that are associated with a user in the target user group are extracted and reformatted for the analysis specified in the analysis request. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278355 | Graphic Query Suggestion Display Method - A method which generates at a user's computer system a display which graphically shows the relationships among a core query and one or more suggested related queries in a search conducted through an online search engine. The display preferably is a set of partially overlapping geometric figures such as circles, with the size of each circle indicating the number of resources found by the search queries and the overlap indicating commonality between a core query and a suggested related query. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278356 | RESEMBLING CHARACTER-CODE-GROUP SEARCH SUPPORTING METHOD, RESEMBLING CANDIDATE EXTRACTING METHOD, AND RESEMBLING CANDIDATE EXTRACTING APPARATUS - From among a plurality of character code groups, a resemblance determining apparatus searches for a character code group resembling a character code group specified by the user. At that time, when each character code included in the specified character code group is within a predetermined numerical range, the resemblance determining apparatus excludes character code groups having character codes outside of the predetermined numerical range and extracts the remaining character code groups. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278357 | FUNCTIONAL CHANGE TRACKING FOR INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE PRODUCTS - Techniques are disclosed that allow for automated tracking of changes to software modules between two or more software projects that use functionally similar but otherwise different software modules. The techniques can be used, for instance, to manage similar or identical changes to multiple otherwise independent software products. Thus, in accordance with an example embodiment, a software change that has been successfully applied to a first software product having a given functionality can be readily identified and applied another software product that is independent of the first software product but can benefit from a similar software change. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278358 | PERFORMANCE DATA SEARCH USING A QUERY INDICATIVE OF A TONE GENERATION PATTERN - A user inputs, as a query pattern, a desired search-object rhythm pattern using a control, corresponding to a desired one of a plurality of performance parts constituting a performance data set (automatic accompaniment data set), in a rhythm input device. An input rhythm pattern storage section stores the input rhythm pattern (query pattern) into a RAM on the basis of a clock signal output from a bar line clock output section and input trigger data. A part identification section identifies a search-object performance part corresponding to the user-operated control. For the identified performance part, a rhythm pattern search section searches an automatic accompaniment database for an automatic accompaniment data set including a rhythm pattern that matches, i.e. has the highest similarity to, the input rhythm pattern (query pattern). | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278359 | IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE SERVER AND MEDICAL IMAGE STORAGE METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image diagnostic apparatus includes an examination information acquisition unit and an imaging unit. The examination information acquisition unit searches a medical image server based on patient information to acquire past examination information corresponding to the patient information automatically from the medical image server. The imaging unit performs imaging according to an imaging condition set by referring to the examination information. Alternatively, according to one embodiment, an image diagnostic apparatus includes an imaging condition setting unit and an imaging unit. The imaging condition setting unit automatically sets or indicates an imaging condition closest to information designating an imaging condition included in examination order information directed to an image diagnostic apparatus made by another maker or a different type of an image diagnostic apparatus made by a same maker. The imaging unit performs imaging according to the set or indicated imaging condition. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120278360 | Short Point-of-Interest Title Generation - Short POI titles are generated by removing unnecessary administrative area prefixes from existing POI titles and replacing necessary administrative area prefixes with shorter aliases. Administrative area prefixes are identified and analyzed to determine whether they are necessary. The analysis includes determining (1) whether the remainders with the prefixes excluded include a common suffix as a prefix, and (2) whether the remainders are unique in an applicable metropolis area. If a remainder does not include as a prefix a common suffix and is unique in the applicable metropolis area, the corresponding prefix is determined unnecessary and removed from the existing POI title to generate a short POI title. Otherwise, the corresponding prefix is determined necessary and replaced with a shorter alias to generate a short POI title. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120284295 | LIGHTWEIGHT CACHING OF TRANSACTION LOG FOR SEQUENTIAL ACCESS - Searching cached log blocks. A method includes performing a first search on cached log blocks for a log block having a first log block ID. The log blocks are cached and organized into sequentially ordered log buffers in memory. Adjacent sequentially ordered log buffers are double linked to each other. Each log buffer includes a complete range of log blocks from a starting log block ID to an ending log block ID. As part of the first search one or more links are followed, forward and/or backward, to one or more other log buffers. The method may further include determining that the first log block is not found by following one or more links forward and/or backward to one or more other log buffers and as a result, follow one or more covering pointers to one or more log buffers to search for the first log block. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284296 | DATABASE LOAD BALANCING THROUGH DYNAMIC DATABASE ROUTING - A computing cluster may include servers that connect database servers. In one implementation, a server may receive a resource request from a client and extract a session identifier from the resource request. The server may determine, based on the session identifier, one of the database servers to use in fulfilling the resource request. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284297 | EXTENDED ABOVE THE LOCK-SCREEN EXPERIENCE - A subset of functionality associated with an application or portion of an application can be executed above a lock screen. A lock screen enables a device to transition from a locked state to an unlocked state. While in a locked state, at least a subset of application functionality can be deployed. Additional functionality associated with the application can be accessed by transitioning to an unlocked state. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284298 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A DIAGNOSTIC SOFTWARE TOOL - Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a computer-implemented interactive diagnostic medical records system operated in conjunction with at least one user device. Interactive processing components provide collaborative interaction between a user and at least one database, the collaboration including deployment of a search module in response to a query associated with the user device, and a diagnostic inquiry module comprising an interactive sequence of at least two linked inquiries transmitted to the user device. In one embodiment, the diagnostic inquiry module is operable to assign a value or “weight” to the user responses to the interactive sequence of at least two linked inquiries. User interface tools may further be associated with the user device for accepting input from the diagnostic inquiry module and correspondingly displaying output as determined by the interactive processing components. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284299 | PREVENTING LEAKAGE OF INFORMATION OVER A NETWORK - Information is acquired over a network by acquiring an original request including a current search value that specifies information to be acquired from a database. It is determined whether the information to be acquired by the original request is singular with respect to a request previously issued by the information processing apparatus and stored in a request log in which a history of search values is registered. A diffusion request is generated including a dummy request to dilute singularity of an access log related to the current search value to the database issued by the information processing apparatus where the original request is determined to be singular with respect to the current search value, the dummy request being generated from a dummy value that provides a different search value requesting information different from the information to be acquired. The diffusion request is issued as a search request to the database over the network. The search result information acquired by the diffusion request is extracted from a response to the search request. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284300 | Automatically Configured Data Search Function - The subject invention describes and relates generally to searching databases and content sharing systems and associated methods of operation. Specifically, the subject invention relates to a “one click” search function that is accessible by a plurality of entities over a network such as the Internet and engages in the automatic creation of search parameters drawn from the pre-formatted, pre-populated, categorized data in a pre-existing dataset and having these automatically generated search parameters that mirror such pre-formatted, pre-populated, categorized data in a pre-existing dataset effect a search for items with similar format and categorized properties to the pre-existing dataset, thereby obviating the need for the searcher to manually construct a set of search terms in order to find similar datasets to the pre-existing dataset. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284301 | METHOD, COMPUTER PRODUCT PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYSIS OF DATA - A system, computer program product and a system for analysis of data, the method includes: extracting a concise representation of a content a sample of a first dataset, wherein the extracting is executed without being mainly based on a-priory knowledge of a content of the sample of the first dataset; querying a queried dataset using at least a portion of the concise representation of the content of the sample of the first dataset, to provide query results; and generating a concise representation of a content of the query results. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284302 | CONTENT SELECTION SYSTEM, CONTENT SELECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a content selection system comprising a content selecting device which selects more than one content from a plurality of contents using selectively and sequentially any one of a plurality of selection standards that are mutually different from each other, and a controlling device which uses a selection standard different from a selection standard used for selecting said more than one content so that the content selecting selects more than one content from the plurality of contents when the content selecting uses any one of the selection standards and there is an operation to indicate a user's prescribed evaluation on any of more than one content to be reproduced. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284303 | Providing Access To Data With User Defined Table Functions - Techniques are provided for accessing data within data repositories. Public UDTFs, private UDTFs and a metadata processor are utilized to provide access to data residing in a variety of data repositories. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284304 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A RECORD - A method to facilitate network-based commerce includes determining a site that a user accesses, the site being one of multiple sites operated by a network-based commerce facility. A category list available for the site is retrieved, the category list identifying categories of offerings available via the site. The category list is communicated to the user. The site is a regional site, and the category list is a region-specific category list. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284305 | TREND INFORMATION SEARCH DEVICE, TREND INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In trend information search device, an expanded query generator generates an expanded query by adding, as search conditions, trend information element to the input search conditions containing the search keyword, wherein the trend information element is a character string of a natural language characteristically appears in documents containing the trend information. A searcher searches external document data using the expanded query. A trend information evaluator evaluates the degree to which the trend information for the statistical quantities satisfying the input conditions are contained in a document searched by the searcher, based on the occurrence status of the trend information element and the input search keyword in the document. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120290601 | Image-based Data Management Method and System - Methods and systems are provided for storing, organizing, accessing, and communicating using image-based documents. A computer-implemented method for online communication using business cards includes receiving a business card in image format, conducting an optical character recognition (OCR) conversion process to produce an equivalent business card in text format, identifying keywords of the equivalent business card in text format, linking the keywords with the business card in image format and the corresponding equivalent business card in text format, attaching user-provided privacy setting of permissions of accessibility to the business card, attaching user-provided contents to the business card, and providing information of the business card and its associated contents online to one or more users according to the user-provided privacy setting of permissions of accessibility to the business card. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290602 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING TRADITIONAL ARABIC POEMS - A system and method for searching for and identifying traditional Arabic poems in unstructured text. The system includes a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media. The system further includes first program instructions to identify lines of text within the document that have equivalent length. The system further includes second program instructions to group the identified lines of text as candidate verses. The system further includes third program instructions to select the candidate verses to generate a candidate poem. The first, second, and third program instructions are stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290603 | INTEREST TRACKING USING SHARED SEARCH QUERIES AND INTERACTIONS - When a user enters an information retrieval query, topic feed is generated for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. The topic feed is distributed and includes the query. The user's interests are tracked based on text in the user's queries and other text in the topic feed that the user interacts with. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290604 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Utility Common Pool Database - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing for utility common pool database. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for utilizing a common pool database. The method may include transmitting, by one or more networks, one or more queries comprising location data from a mobile device to a server in communication with a database; receiving, from the database by the one or more networks, localized field information based at least in part on the one or more queries; and outputting the localized field information via the mobile device. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290605 | IDENTIFYING AND RECOMMENDING EXPERTS USING SHARED QUERIES AND INTERACTIONS - When a user enters an information retrieval query, a topic feed is generated for publication or distribution to a set of followers or recipients who have elected to receive the topic feed from the user or based on the subject matter content of the query. The topic feed is distributed and includes the query. Experts in subject matter can be identified based on the user's queries and other text in the topic feed that the followers interact with. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290606 | PROVIDING SENTIMENT-RELATED CONTENT USING SENTIMENT AND FACTOR-BASED ANALYSIS OF CONTEXTUALLY-RELEVANT USER-GENERATED DATA - Techniques for providing sentiment-related content using sentiment and factor-based analysis of contextually-relevant user-generated data is described, including performing an analysis of a user-generated content to identify a factor associated with the user-generated content, generating a term using a keyword and the factor, and generating a pointer associated with the term and a web page associated with the pointer, the web page including other user-generated content associated with the term. In some examples, a request entered in a field is received and used to generate a web page including user-generated content in response to the request using a sentiment analysis of the user-generated content. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290607 | AUTOMATED PROSTATE TISSUE REFERENCING FOR CANCER DETECTION AND DIAGNOSIS - This application provides to a method for identifying one or more prostate tissue samples in a database that are closest to a test prostate sample, which can be used to aid pathologists when examining prostate tissues to attain reliable and consistent diagnoses of prostate cancer. Also provided are databases and computer algorithms that can be used with such methods. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290608 | DATA MANAGEMENT IN RELATIONAL DATABASES - At least one user table in a relational database management system (RDBMS) using a first operator within a structured query language (SQL) command is identified. The first operator within the SQL command is utilized to transfer one or more data items from the at least one user table to a data array within the RDBMS. The data array is processed within the RDBMS, and one or more output values are generated based on the processing. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290609 | ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The ELECTRONIC RECEIPT MANAGER APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“ERM”) transforms transaction initiation requests and receipt requests via ERM components into receipt formatting, organization, storage and linkage with transactions. The ERM may be configured to receive a receipt through an interface of a portable device and determine a set of fields for formatting data from the receipt. The ERM may format the data from the receipt to include the set of fields and store the formatted data in a memory element of the portable device. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120290610 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING, MANAGING AND COORDINATING CUSTOMER ACTIVITIES - A system, method and computer program product for integrating, managing and coordinating activities of customers in an enterprise, across a plurality of applications, resources and touch-points. Customer data is obtained during interactions between a customer and an application, a resource or a touch-point. This data is stored in the form of virtual composite objects in cache memory, on a cluster of servers. The virtual composite objects contain customer data, policies and behaviors of the enterprise. The applications query for the virtual composite objects through the server. The server hosting the queried virtual composite object delivers the queried virtual composite object in real time to the querying application. Any updates to the virtual composite object on account of events at the applications, resources or touch-points, is carried out in real time. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120296928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING PROGRESS OF MEDIA PROCESSING JOBS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for tracking progress of media processing jobs. A system tracking progress of media processing jobs receives a media processing job submitted by a user via an electronic portal, inserts the media processing job as a job entry in a job submission table, sets an initial status for the job entry, processes the media according to parameters associated with the media processing job, maintains a processing history of the media processing job, and updates the initial status based on the processing. The system displays processing history of media processing jobs through an application interface and allows a user to expand and collapse the history to display additional or fewer details of the processing, respectively. The system can generate a virtual representation of a received physical copy of the media and associate the virtual representation with the electronically submitted media processing job. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296929 | APIS Discovery Service - The APIs Discovery Service is a service that exposes machine readable metadata about APIs, enabling users to build client libraries, IDE plugins, and other tools that interact with these APIs. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296930 | PRE-CACHING - This disclosure addresses the need for pre-caching of database query results which in general is the caching of the results of query evaluation before they are needed. In certain embodiments of query evaluation, the computing time required to evaluate a query is dominated by the reverse query, the evaluation of which determines the available remaining selectors and the number of items associated with each. The time to compute this reverse query is on average approximately proportional to the number of matching items. This result is used as a very convenient method of determining, before evaluation, which conjunctive queries will take the most time to evaluate—the long queries. These long queries can then be pre-cached, making them available for faster responses when they are needed. Methods of using cached conjunctive query results to more quickly evaluate certain queries comprising the disjunctive Boolean operators are also described. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296931 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a setting unit that sets a search character string, a searching unit that searches information including the set search character string, and a determining unit that extracts a co-occurrence character string candidate group other than partial character strings appearing as only a part of other partial character strings, among all partial character strings appearing in a plurality of pieces of the information obtained as a search result, and determines a co-occurrence character string from the co-occurrence character string candidate group, on the basis of the extracted co-occurrence character string candidate group and kinds of characters used in characters before and after the co-occurrence character string candidate group. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296932 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFIER RETRIEVAL - A method for identifier retrieval. The method can include the steps of: extracting candidate identifiers from a data source according to a source identifier; obtaining a profile of the source identifier and profiles of the candidate identifiers from the data source; and selecting a target identifier associated with the source identifier from the candidate identifiers according to the profile of the source identifier and the profiles of the candidate identifiers. The method may efficiently, accurately and rapidly find a target identifier associated with a source identifier. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296933 | ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY - A computer-implemented method comprising retrieving documents in response to an input query based on a similarity measure. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296934 | MULTI-PREFIX QUERY OPTIMIZATIONS - The present invention includes systems and methods for retrieving information via a flexible and consistent targeted search model that employs interactive multi-prefix, multi-tier and dynamic menu information retrieval techniques that provide context-specific functionality tailored to particular information channels, as well as to records within or across such channels, and other known state information. Users are presented with a consistent search interface among multiple tiers across and within a large domain of information sources, and need not learn different or special search syntax. A thin-client server-controlled architecture enables users of resource-constrained mobile communications devices to locate targeted information more quickly by entering fewer keystrokes and performing fewer query iterations and web page refreshes, which in turn reduces required network bandwidth. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120296935 | AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION OF ICEBERG QUERIES - One or more embodiments determine a distance between at least two vectors of n coordinates. A set of heavy coordinates is identified from a set of n coordinates associated with at least two vectors. A set of light coordinates is identified from the set of n coordinates associated with the at least two vectors. A first estimation of a contribution is determined from the set of heavy coordinates to a rectilinear distance between the at least two vectors. A second estimation of a contribution is determined from the set of light coordinates to the rectilinear distance norm. The first estimation is combined with the second estimation. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120303652 | Synchronous Display of Personal and Contact-Shared Contact Information - A social networking system allows a first user to provide contact information for a second user via a synchronization or upload event from a computing device. The second user is prompted as to whether he or she wishes to share the received contact information on his public profile. If he or she responds affirmatively, the updated contact information is stored in association with the second user's profile on the social networking system. If the user responds negatively, the contact information is stored on the social networking system in association with the uploading user. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303653 | CROSS-PLATFORM DATA PRESERVATION - Embodiments are directed to determining in an email data store which of a plurality of email mailboxes is searchable, to searching multiple mailboxes in an email data store and to preserving data items that are placed on hold. In an embodiment, a web service receives a request to determine which among many different email mailboxes is available for searching. The web service allows multiple different programs to search the email data store. The web service sends a query to the email data store to determine which email mailboxes are available for searching. The web service also returns a list of those email mailboxes which are searchable in the data store. The searchable mailboxes have an appropriate, specified version and permissions indicating that the mailbox is searchable. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACT AND TRANSPORT DATA ASSOCIATED WITH WORKLOAD MIGRATIONS TO CLOUD NETWORKS - A data migration tool can automatically locate or discover data that is being used by, or associated with, workloads being re-located to or within a cloud network. The data migration tool can automatically initiate the transport of that data to the cloud, and store the data in the cloud so that it is associated with the migrated workloads. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303655 | System and Method for Reviewing and Editing Article-Related List - Systems, methods and computer readable media for reviewing and editing a list of action items related to an article are described. A link is inserted to an article web page. The link, when clicked by a user, invokes a function on a central server. Action items for the article are retrieved from a database and displayed to the user. The user can manipulate the action items to create his own checklist, and copy/print the checklist, or email the checklist. If the user has an account on a management system on the central server, the user can send the checklist to the management system and insert the list into his master list of action items. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303656 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a content display, a storage, and a keyword display. The content display comprises tabs capable of displaying contents, one of the tabs being an active tab. The storage stores keywords extracted from the contents displayed in the tabs for respective tabs. The keyword display reads a keyword extracted from a content displayed in the active tab from the storage and displays the read keyword. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOAN WORD SEARCH SERVICE - Provided is a search result providing system and method for providing a loan word pronunciation service. The search result providing system includes a storage device, an original word-allomorph maintaining unit configured to store an original word, a loan word corresponding to the original word, and a first allomorph of the original word; a related loan word searching unit configured to find a related loan word from the original word-allomorph maintaining unit in response to a query, in which the related loan word is related in pronunciation with at least one of the original word, the loan word, and the first allomorph; and a related loan word providing unit configured to expose at least one related loan word as a search result. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303658 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL CONNECTABLE ROUTE TO TARGET PERSON BASED ON MUTUAL INTIMACY INDEX - Disclosed is a method for determining an optical connectable route to a target person based on a mutual intimacy index in that, when a specific member searches a route capable of connecting with a desiring target person though his acquaintance stored in his address book, it can determine an optical connectable route having a high mutual intimacy index between brokers as few broker as possible, by using the intimacy information of acquaintance lists stored in the address books of each member. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303659 | SOCIAL MEDIA IDENTITY DISCOVERY AND MAPPING - A server executing a social media identity and discovery application and method are provided that scan social networking sites for communications. The target content is found with content indicators when communications are put on a social networking site. The content is recorded and evaluated. If the identified content is contextually significant, the alias and the private user data are correlated based on events, and a notification of the correlation is sent to an agent or a contact center system. The agent may verify that the identity of a poster has been accurately correlated with a customer record in the database. The agent or the system has the opportunity to respond to the communication, despite the anonymity of the poster on the social networking site. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120303660 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT SEARCHING IN VIRTUAL WORLDS - A system and method enabling the search for a three-dimensional virtual world object across the universe of virtual worlds by utilizing a two-step search process to first identify the object and second, to actively locate and generate a URI to all presently manifest instances of that object. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120310967 | GEO-TARGETED DATA COLLECTION OR OTHER ACTION - Information may be associated with geographic locations, and requests for this information may be used to determine future actions. In one example, a search engine returns results that refer to places having physical geographic locations. If imagery of the geographic locations is available, the imagery may be shown to the person who requests the information. If imagery is not available, this unavailability may be treated as a failure. If a number of failures occurs in a geographic area, then resources (e.g., a car with a camera) may be deployed to collect imagery of that area. In another example, knowledge about a geographic concentration of requests might be used to disambiguate a request relating to a larger area (e.g., requests relating to “Minneapolis” might be focused on the area near the I-35 bridge, if data show that many requests in Minneapolis are for the area around that bridge). | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310968 | Computer-Vision-Assisted Location Accuracy Augmentation - In one embodiment, an uploaded multimedia object comprising a photo image or video is subjected to computer vision algorithms to detect and isolate objects within the multimedia object, and the isolated object is searched against a photographic location database containing images of a plurality of locations. Upon detecting a matching object, the location information associated with the photograph in the database containing the matching object may be leveraged to improve the location determination of the client device uploading the multimedia object. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310969 | SEMANTIC TERMINOLOGY IMPORTER - A method, machine readable storage medium, and system for generating a semantic network that utilizes existing relationships between related terms in a searchable database. Upon detection of the absence of a searched term from a database, a term data structure and indexes in a particular domain in which related terms related to the results provided by the search engine may be analyzed to determine if a new term related to the unfound search term should be created. Upon creation of the term, attributes related to the term are generated so the term may be placed in the most proper domain, and linkages to other terms in the same or different domains may be generated. All of the information is stored in the database. User input is not needed to accomplish the creation of the new term in the database. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310970 | DATABASE HIERARCHICAL INHERITANCE - A database system comprising a plurality of access keys stored in a first data memory device sector, each access key associated with a node value stored in a second data memory device sector. An access key processor configured to receive an input value and return the associated node value for the input value if the input value matches an access key stored in the first data memory device sector. The access key processor is configured to generate a revised input value if the input value does not match an access key stored in the first data memory device; a default node value stored in the second data memory device sector and associated with a portion of the input value, wherein the access key processor is configured to return the default node value as part of the revised input value. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310971 | Fitness Device - Systems and methods are disclosed with a processor; an accelerometer coupled to the processor; and a player health condition sensor coupled to the processor to sense at least one of: ECG, EEG, EMG, EOG, EKG, vital sign, blood pressure, sugar level, body orientation, body position, blood-oxygen level, pulse rate, throat condition, breathing, skin resistance, limb movement, thorax movement, abdomen movement. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION - A portable biometric identification device includes a processor and a memory operably coupled to the processor. A biometric sensor configured to take a measurement of a biometric phenomenon is operably coupled to the memory. A wireless transceiver is configured to transmit at least an indication of the measurement of the biometric phenomenon to another device. The method may include capturing one or more sets of biometric data and transmitting the one or more sets of biometric data to a local server. The method may also include receiving at the local server at least one of the one or more sets of biometric data and comparing the manipulated data to entries of a local data base before sending the biometric data on to a remote data base. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING QUERY ASPECTS AT APPROPRIATE CATEGORY LEVELS - In various example embodiments, a system and method for determining query aspects for appropriate categories is provided. In example embodiments, query data is collected. The query data indicates a query term and tracked user behavior associated with past queries involving the query term. An aspect demand ratio is calculated for each category of a category tree based on the collected query data. Using at least one processor, one or more lowest categories of the category tree that satisfies a category threshold is determined. The one or more lowest categories are then appended to the query term and stored in a database. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310974 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DUPLICATED DATA - A processing method for duplicated data includes the following steps. A query request is received from a client, in which the query request includes a requested fingerprint value. A hash tank corresponding to the requested fingerprint value in a memory is searched for the requested fingerprint value. When the requested fingerprint value does not exist in the hash tank corresponding to the requested fingerprint value, the following steps are executed. An addition table in the memory is searched for the requested fingerprint value; and when the requested fingerprint value exists in the addition table, an invalid duplicate message is sent to the client. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310975 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC PARTITIONING OF DATA INTO DATA SILOS - An approach is provided for updating, managing, and searching one or more databases. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of a reception of an instruction. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of a determination of available data based, at least in part, on data present in one or more databases. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a decomposition of the instruction into one or more partial instructions that are specific to the determined available data in the one or more databases. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310976 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGING REMOTE AND LOCAL DATA IN A SINGLE USER INTERFACE - The system comprises a local database; a user interface; a remote access engine, communicatively coupled to a network, the user interface, and the local database; and a rendering engine, communicatively coupled to the remote access engine. The user interface receives a data search request. The remote access engine searches for and retrieves, from a remote database communicatively coupled to the network and the local database, data corresponding to the received search request. The rendering engine displays the received data from the remote database and the local database. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310977 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD TO HOST APPLICATIONS AND MANAGE STORAGE, FINDING AND RETRIEVAL OF TYPED ITEMS WITH SUPPORT FOR TAGGING, CONNECTIONS, AND SITUATED QUERIES - A data management method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries is provided. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120310978 | Content Transfer - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120317132 | Instance-Based Command Execution, Approval, and Notification Framework - An action approval framework may be provided. Upon receiving a selection of an action and at least one action parameter from a user, the requested action may be evaluated to determine if that action requires approval. Once the required approval has been received, or if the action may be automatically approved, the requested action may be performed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317133 | TASK CONTEXT RECOVERY - A data store stores display content indexed to a word segment. The display content comprises a time stamp and a screen shot captured in response to entering the word segment using an input. A process module searches the data store for the word segment, presents the display content indexed to the word segment, and replays an action for the display content. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317134 | DATABASE TABLE COMPARISON - Techniques are disclosed for comparing database tables. In one embodiment, the database tables are partitioned. Queries are generated for retrieving each partition. For each generated query, a stored procedure is invoked, using the respective generated query as an input parameter to the stored procedure. The stored procedure is configured to generate a checksum based on the partition retrieved from executing the respective query. The application compares the generated checksums to determine if the partitions and/or tables are consistent. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317135 | MITIGATION OF DATA LEAKAGE IN A MULTI-SITE COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE - Embodiments of the invention relate to a method, system, and computer program product to dynamically mitigate data leakage in a file sharing environment. Mandatory access control policies are provided to address and maintain restrictions on file sharing both with respect to security rules of an organization and restrictions pertaining to discretionary sharing decisions. In addition, suggestions for potential recipients for file sharing are supported, as well as examination of abnormal recipients in response to the discretionary sharing decisions. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317136 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC TOKENIZATION - Systems and methods are provided for identifying a content domain associated with seed information, and searching metadata based on seed information. A processor receives seed information and accesses a database of tokens, each token associated with a content domain and each content domain associated with two or more tokens. For example, the content domain may be “Music” and the token may include “feat,” “with,” or “duet.” The processor determines whether a portion of the seed information matches a token in the database of tokens, and in response to determining that a portion of the seed information matches a token, the processor identifies the content domain associated with the matching token and determines whether at least some of the seed information, including the matching token, corresponds to some of the metadata in a database of data records. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317137 | METHOD FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATABASE STORAGE AND INQUIRY - A method for data storage is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: establishing an entity table for storing entity information in a database ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317138 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND ADDRESS LEARNING METHOD - A communication apparatus operates as a node of a network. The communication apparatus includes a port-state managing unit that updates, every time failure occurrence in the network is detected, state information indicating a state of the network, a database updating unit that updates, based on a transmission source address and a reception port of a received frame and the state information managed by the port-state managing unit, a database that determines an output port when a frame in which the transmission source address is a destination address is received, and an output-destination determining unit that determines an output port of the received frame by searching through the database using, as search keys, the destination address of the received frame and the state information managed by the port-state managing unit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317139 | Content transfer - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317140 | Content transfer - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120317141 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING OF SEMANTIC SUB-KEYS - A method, computer-readable medium, and system for ordering data are disclosed. It may be automatically determined that a search query includes multiple semantic keys, where each semantic key of the multiple semantic keys is associated with a respective set of semantic sub-keys of a plurality of sets of semantic sub-keys. A sort key may be automatically determined based on an analysis of the plurality of sets of semantic sub-keys. An ordering of the semantic sub-keys may be automatically determined based on the sort key. As such, where the ordering of semantic sub-keys is output for presentation, the information may be presented in a manner that is easier to understand and interact with. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323954 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOPERATIVE DATA EXCHANGE - Various systems and methods for financial analysis are provided. A system is provided comprising a first node comprising a public facing data store in communication with a private facing data store, wherein the first node further comprises a cooperative lookup module configured to locate a second node, a secure data connection between the first node and the second node, and wherein the first node is configured to request processed internal data from the second node. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323955 | RELATIONAL MODELING AND RUNTIME FOR DATE EFFECTIVE ENTITIES - A database application may receive a database query to retrieve a relation with date effective information stored by a relational database, and send a database result having the date effective information. The database application may comprise a data mapping component to retrieve a relation definition for the relation from metadata associated with the relation, the relation definition having a relation variable with a set of attributes including multiple date effective attributes, the relation definition having a definition for an alternate key formed from a composite of a date effective attribute and one other attribute from the set of attributes, and a data access component to generate the relation with the date effective information using the alternate key, the relation having a set of one or more tuples, with each tuple having one or more attribute values for corresponding date effective attributes of the relation. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323956 | Composable SQL Query Generation - A system and method for facilitating querying one or more data sources. A system provides mechanisms to enable flexible specification of user queries and generation of one or more SQL queries that correspond closely to corresponding user queries. An operator tree and a logical operator tree may be created as intermediate steps to generate the one or more SQL queries. Capabilities of data sources are determined and used to generate remotable SQL queries for composable queries, to reduce an amount of post-processing that is performed on result sets. The system enables user queries that extend beyond those defined by a data model. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323957 | CHAINAGE CALCULATION METHODOLOGY AND SYSTEM - Disclosed embodiments provide a methodology and architecture for calculating the chainage distance using two Positive Train Control (PTC) system messages (e.g., Train Route and Current Position) provided by the PTC system. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323958 | SPECIFICATION OF DATABASE TABLE RELATIONSHIPS FOR CALCULATION - A relationship amongst multiple relationships between database tables can be specified independent of a query. More specifically, a function (USERELATIONSHIP) can be introduced to the DAX language (Data Analysis Expressions), which provides a way to author formulas that are not evaluated immediately, but that can be evaluated dynamically and concurrently in many different contexts. The function enables a single relationship to be specified in the calculation formula away from the query. This provides a mechanism within the formula that specifies specific relationship(s) that are to be followed when the dynamic expression is evaluated. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323959 | MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC IDENTITY RECOGNITION - A method, device and computer program product for multiple identity recognition includes receiving a first communication from a sender addressed to a recipient using a first identity. A determination may be made as to whether the sender has multiple identities, and in response to determining that the sender has multiple identities, information regarding the identities of the sender is retrieved. The identities of the sender may be associated together so that the recipient may be provided an indication that the sender has at least one identity other than the first identity. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323960 | AUTOMATIC CONTACT LIST ALIASING IN A COLLABORATION SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an addition of an identifier to a contact list can be detected. The identifier can identify an entity in a first collaboration system. Data can be searched to find a different identifier that identifies the entity in at least a second collaboration system. The different identifier can be added to the contact list. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323961 | Content transfer - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323962 | SET-LEVEL COMPARISONS IN DYNAMICALLY FORMED GROUPS - Methods are disclosed of processing a set-level query across one or more attributes, the query being grouped by one or more attributes, whereby groups that satisfy the set-level query may be aggregated over one or more attributes. The methods use bitwise arithmetic to efficiently traverse bitmap and bit-slice vectors and indexes of a data relation to determine groups that solve the set-level query. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323963 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING SECONDARY INFORMATION TO BUSINESS ADDRESSES - Systems and methods are provided for determining secondary address information. In one implementation, a method is provided that uses a data processing apparatus. According to the method, a code word is created for a business name and a building default extended delivery code. A data table is searched using the code word and secondary address information is revealed when a match is found between the code word and data stored in the data table. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330993 | CONTACT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR A USER COMMUNICATION - Techniques are described for allowing a first user to efficiently send contact information to a second user using a user communication of a messaging application such as email programs, instant messaging programs, social media websites, or chat rooms. The messaging application may maintain a name database that stores names that are relevant to a first user. When the first user then types or speaks a name into a user communication (e.g., an email, instant message, or voice message), the messaging application provides the first user with the names stored in the name database that match the name in the user communication. Additionally, the messaging application may use ranking data associated with each matched name to order the names according to relevance. The first user can then select the correct name (if there are multiple matched names) which prompts the messaging application to automatically send contact information to the intended recipient of the user communication either within the current user communication or in a separate communication. In this manner, the first user is able to efficiently send contact information of relevant names to a recipient. The recipient may then use the contact information to communicate with the suggested contact. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330994 | Systems and Methods for Inter-Object Pattern Matching - Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying objects from a collection of objects of diverse types that match a pattern. In one implementation, a system includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores instructions that cause the processor to receive a pattern input text identifying the pattern to be matched. The pattern input text comprises one or more conditions and a match statement. The processor also receives a collection of objects of diverse types, where each object comprises at least an attribute and a value associated with the attribute. The processor analyzes each object to determine whether the object satisfies the match statement based on an application of the one or more conditions to the attributes and attribute values for the object. If the processor determines that the object satisfies the match statement, the processor creates an output comprising an indication of the object and the conditions that caused the match statement to be satisfied. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330995 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS TO FACILITATE PROVIDING SPREADSHEET AND DATABASE DATA TO USERS VIA A SOCIAL NETWORK - A spreadsheet application platform facilitates accessing a spreadsheet stored using a spreadsheet database at a server computer. The spreadsheet application platform includes a computer-implemented social network, and a publisher may use the social network to publish a spreadsheet so that other users of the social network may subscribe to and access the spreadsheet's data. Further, a subscribed user may generate other spreadsheets that reference the publisher's spreadsheet via the application platform. When a stored value for a cell of the publisher's spreadsheet is updated at the spreadsheet database, the application platform may generate update requests for one or more target spreadsheet cells that reference the updated cell. An update request may indicate that a target cell is to be updated, and the application platform may process a plurality of update requests in parallel to update the stored values for a corresponding plurality of spreadsheet cells. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330996 | MULTI-GRANULARITY HIERARCHICAL AGGREGATE SELECTION BASED ON UPDATE, STORAGE AND RESPONSE CONSTRAINTS - Techniques are disclosed for multi-granularity hierarchical aggregate selection based on update, storage and response constraints. For example, for a temporal hierarchy of aggregation statistics associated with a plurality of database records, wherein the temporal hierarchy comprises two or more aggregation statistics levels and each level has a different temporal granularity associated therewith, a method comprises iteratively modifying the temporal hierarchy to at least one of: (a) minimize a storage usage cost while satisfying a temporal hierarchy update constraint and a query response time constraint; (b) reduce a temporal hierarchy update time and a query response time while satisfying a storage usage constraint; and (c) minimize a query response time for frequently applied queries that do not shift in time while satisfying the storage usage constraint, wherein the resulting temporal hierarchy that achieves at least one of (a), (b) and (c) is identified as an optimal temporal hierarchy. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330997 | EXPRESSION EVALUATION OVER MULTIPLE DATA MODELS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for expression evaluation of content instances of multiple different data models. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for expression evaluation of content instances over multiple different data models comprises loading a schema for a content instance in memory of a computer and evaluating an expression against the content instance. In response to a failure during the evaluation of the expression against the content instance to resolve a reference to an element specified by the expression, an alias reference for the element can be identified in the schema and the evaluation can be completed using the alias reference in lieu of the specified reference. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330998 | SYSTEM, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMMUNICATION - A system for communication, the system including: (a) an interface configured to receive detection information indicative of a detection of a portable identification object in a vicinity of a detector that is located in a physical site that includes multiple transaction generating entities; (b) a content manager configured to selectively retrieve from a database content of at least one of the transaction generating entities, based on client preferences of a client account that is associated with the portable identification object; (c) a messages integration module configured to generate a message based on at least part of the retrieved content; and (d) a transmitter configured to transmit the message to a portable computer associated with the client account. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE ASSISTANCE ON PURCHASE DECISION-MAKING - Systems and methods for providing interactive assistance on purchase decision-making are provided. These systems and methods are preferably adapted to enable a purchase decision to be made by preferably interactively assisting the purchase decision-making process until a final purchase selection is made or indicated. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120331000 | STREAMING TRANSACTION NOTIFICATIONS - Methods and systems are provided for identifying data transactions satisfying a streaming query and providing data corresponding to those data transactions to subscribed client devices. One exemplary method involves a server initiating a data transaction for a database entry in a database in response to input data received from a client device, determining whether the data transaction satisfies a streaming query, and indicating an association between the database entry and the streaming query when the data transaction satisfies the streaming query. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130007034 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING ANALYTICAL REPORTS OF PATENT BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for generating analytical reports of patent bibliographic data includes: a statistical step for patent bibliographic data, which implements statistical investigation on patent bibliographic data of specific patents; an analytical step for the patent bibliographic data, which analyzes the statistical results from the aforesaid statistical step; wherein the method further includes a reports-generating step, which converts the analytical results into analytical reports; and the statistical step, the analytical step, and the reports-generating step are automatically generated by an automated apparatus. The invention also includes an automatic system for generating analytical reports of patent bibliographic data, and a computer storage medium for storing application commands for automatically generating analytical reports of patent bibliographic data. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007035 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-LINGUAL AUDIO SEARCH - Methods and arrangements for executing an audio search. A search query in a first language variety is accepted, the search query being in a form of at least one of: text and audio. A corpus of material in the first language variety is accessed, and first language variety baseforms are obtained via data obtained from a second language variety. A first language variety phonetic model is built, and the first language variety phonetic model and the second language variety are employed in executing an audio search based on the accepted search query. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007036 | Automatic Project Content Suggestion - Automatically suggesting content, for example, documents, contacts information, tasks, calendar items, and the like, for inclusion into an electronic collaborative workspace is provided. Given a short description of a given project or collaborative workspace, an initial project membership list, and identification of local or external content repositories, content associated with the project or workspace may be retrieved and recommended to one or more users for inclusion into the project or collaborative workspace. Thus, the time and effort required for initially populating an electronic workspace with needed content is dramatically reduced. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007037 | Automatic Question and Answer Detection - Automatic detection of question and answer pairs contained in electronic communications channels is provided. Communications channels for a given enterprise, for example, emails, text message strings, and discussion forum strings are analyzed according to one or more features or patterns that are indicative of questions for detecting whether one or more questions are posed in a given communication. Next, answers that are relevant to identified questions are similarly identified by analyzing one or more communications for features and patterns that are indicative of answers to a question, and more particularly, to an identified question. Once an identified question is linked to an identified answer, the linked question and answer pair is stored in a publicly available repository for future reference by users having access to the repository. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007038 | BOTTOM-UP QUERY PROCESSING SCHEME FOR XML TWIGS WITH ARBITRARY BOOLEAN PREDICATES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable code for processing queries for XML twigs using bottom-up processing include: receiving, by a computing device, a query XML twig including at least one sub-twig; determining whether an element in an XML tree is a root element of at least one sub-twig of the query XML twig, evaluating an arbitrary Boolean operation in the at least one sub-twig; populating a logic block if the element is a root element of the at least one sub-twig; inserting the element into an appropriate stack of a hierarchical stack if the element is not a root element of the at least one sub-twig; evaluating whether the element contributes to finding results of the query; discarding the element if the element does not contribute to finding results of the query; and determining whether the element is the root of the query XML twig. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007039 | OPTIMIZING CELL SEARCH IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING VARIABLE CHANNEL BANDWIDTHS - Methods and systems for optimizing cell searches in a mobile communication system supporting variable channel bandwidths are disclosed. A user device stores data identifying frequency bands, networks associated with the frequency bands, and various channel bandwidths supported by the networks. The user device is operable to dynamically update the stored data upon detecting a new network associated with one of the frequency bands. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007040 | DISTRIBUTED REQUESTS ON REMOTE DATA - Various embodiments of systems and methods for communicating with a plurality of remote systems are described herein. A remote data query is sent from a central data requesting system to remote systems. A query result is received asynchronously from at least one of the remote systems. The remote systems may include data pools which are independent of each other. In one embodiment, the remote systems include a responsive remote system and an unresponsive remote system, and the query result is received from the responsive remote system. In one embodiment, a predetermined timeout period is set at the central data requesting system and the query result obtained after the pre-determined timeout period is ignored by the central data requesting system. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007041 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TARGETED CONTENT TO DELIVER IN A COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL MOBILE PLATFORM - A system is provided for determining multimedia content to transmit to a device, the system. The system includes a token database storing a plurality of tokens, in which the tokens are tagged one of acquired and unacquired. The system also includes a receiver that receives a scanned token and a comparator module that determines whether the scanned token corresponds to one of the plurality of tokens. A historical database storing predefined token criteria for each of a plurality of token buyers is also included in the system. Also, a marketplace module compares the scanned token to the predefined token criteria in response to the comparator module determining that the scanned token corresponds to one of the plurality of tokens that is tagged unacquired. Also, the system may include a transmitter that transmits multimedia content based on content preselected by one of the plurality of token buyers. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON IMAGES - Systems and methods are provided for providing a user with efficient and effective intelligent control of media assets distributed to the user's media devices. The user may control distributed media assets by sending captured images to the media delivery system. Features identified in the captured images are used to select media assets that are likely to be of interest to the user. The selected relevant media assets are distributed to one or more media devices for presentation to the user. The distributed media assets may be intelligently selected from the media assets available through the user's primary media delivery system, or may be supplementary media assets not available through the user's primary media delivery system. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007043 | VOICE DESCRIPTION OF TIME-BASED MEDIA FOR INDEXING AND SEARCHING - Methods and systems for time-synchronous voice annotation of video and audio media enable effective searching of time-based media content. A user record one or more types voice annotation onto corresponding named voice annotation tracks, which are stored within a media object comprising the time-based media and the annotations. The one or more annotation tracks can then be selectively searched for content using speech or text search terms. Various workflows enable voice annotation to be performed using media editing systems, or one or more stand alone voice annotations systems that permit multiple annotators to operate in parallel, generating different kinds of annotations, and returning their annotation tracks to a central location for consolidation. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007044 | RELIANCE ORIENTED DATA STREAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method comprises receiving a plurality of data streams into a data stream management system, wherein each data stream is obtained from a data streaming source and a reliance level is associated with each of the data streaming sources. When a continuous query is registered that specifies a reliance level attribute, the query is executed over the plurality of data streams using only those data streams obtained from a data streaming source associated with a suitable reliance level. For example, the reliance level attribute may establish a minimum reliance level, such that data stream having a lesser reliance level are not used. CQL may be enhanced with such an extra attribute which allows end users to specify the desired reliance level when submitting a query. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007045 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LINKING CONTENT AVAILABILITY TO MEDIA CONSUMPTION - The systems, methods and computer program products described herein may allow a user to view a desired content item, on the condition that the user has viewed other content that the content provider defines as a prerequisite content item. When a user views content, this fact may be recorded in the viewing history data structure associated with the user. If the user wishes to see a content item that has a prerequisite content item, the content provider may scan the viewing history to see whether or not the user has seen the prerequisite content item. If so, then the requested content item may be provided to the user. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007046 | DYNAMICALLY ROUTING DATA RESPONSES DIRECTLY TO REQUESTING PROCESSOR CORE - Methods and apparatus relating to dynamically routing data responses directly to a requesting processor core are described. In one embodiment, data returned in response to a data request is to be directly transmitted to a requesting agent based on information stored in a route back table. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007047 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A DATABASE HAVING A PLURALITY OF TABLES - The present disclosure describes methods and systems for managing a database having a plurality of tables. The tables represent master data of a business application. In one example, a method includes receiving an input command from a user for maintaining a table of the plurality of tables. After receiving the command, an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file corresponding to the table is identified. Thereafter, a screen suitable for enabling the user to perform one or more functionalities corresponding to the input command is prepared. The screen is prepared by using a screen object corresponding to the XML file. Various examples of the functionalities can include, but are not limited to, View, Add, Update, and Delete. Subsequently, a query corresponding to the input command is executed for maintaining the table based on the functionalities. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007048 | INFORMATION PRESENTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PRESENTING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A keyword acquiring unit transmits a keyword acquisition request to a first server serving as a keyword providing service, and receives a keyword from the first server. An information acquiring unit transmits an acquisition request of information related to the keyword to a second server serving as an information providing service, and receives the information from the second server. A cover unit presents information acquired by the information acquiring unit to a user. An input unit receives selection of at least one of information presented by the cover unit. A service acquiring unit transmits a search request based on the keyword related to information selected at the input unit to a third server serving as a search service, and acquires a search result from the third server. A socket unit presents the search result to the user. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007049 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A MOBILE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INTERFACE - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, and methods for updating and visualizing information stored in a database system. In various implementations, a request to search contact data is received, where the contact data provides contact information associated with at least one entity. Search parameters may be retrieved responsive to the search request, where the search parameters define the search and include a geographical location associated with a source of the request. In various implementations, a first contact is identified based on the retrieved search parameters, where the first contact is identified based at least in part on a geographical distance between the first contact and the source of the request. In some implementations, a geographical representation of the first contact is generated, where the geographical representation indicates a geographical location of the first contact, and where the geographical representation is capable of being displayed at a user interface of a computer system. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERNET-BASED HUMAN NETWORK BROKERING - Matches between search queries and potential targets of such search queries are automatically brokered by (i) comparing search criteria specified in the search queries with profile criteria describing the potential targets, and (ii) reporting instances of acceptable correspondence between the search criteria and the profile criteria, provided that access controls associated with the profile criteria of the targets permit such reporting in light of access levels assigned to the Search inquiries. Initiators, using client applications at various remote locations, may formulate the search queries and the brokering may be performed at one or more server locations communicatively coupled (e.g., via the Internet) thereto. The profile criteria may include portions of rich descriptive profiles of the potential targets. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007051 | MAINTAINING REFERENTIAL INTEGRITY - A method, computer program product, and system for maintaining referential integrity is described. A method may comprise migrating a migration document in a migration shard from a first location to a second location. The method may further comprise adding a first location identifier associated with the first location of the migration document to metadata associated with the migration shard. The method may also comprise adding a second location identifier associated with the second location of the migration document to the metadata associated with the migration shard. The method may additionally comprise adding one or more shard identifiers to the metadata associated with the migration shard, each of the one or more shard identifiers corresponding to a shard that includes a document that may be referenced by one or more documents in the migration shard. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007052 | Map Information Processing Apparatus, Navigation System, and Program - Conventional map information processing apparatuses have the problem of not being able to automatically provide appropriate information according to map browse operations. A map information processing apparatus, comprising: a map information storage portion in which map information, which is information of a map, can be stored; an accepting portion that accepts a map browse operation, which is an operation to browse the map; an operation information sequence acquiring portion that acquires operation information, which is information of an operation corresponding to the map browse operation; a keyword acquiring portion that acquires at least one keyword from the map information using the operation information; a retrieving portion that retrieves information using the at least one keyword; and an information output portion that outputs the information retrieved by the retrieving portion. With this map information processing apparatus, it is possible to automatically provide appropriate information according to map browse operations. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING DATA OF INTEREST - Some embodiments of the invention include tools for extracting data of interest from the world wide web (WWW). The extraction is accomplished using descriptions of data of interest. The descriptions of data of interest can include computer programs comprising a sequence of instructions and extractor patterns. The extractor patterns can be developed interactively using a web browser integrated into the graphical development environment for creating the descriptions of data of interest. The instructions can be selected from a predetermined list of instructions designed for extracting information from the WWW. The descriptions of data of interest can be grouped into categories sharing common query elements. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007054 | FEDERATED SEARCH - Federated search is disclosed. A result associated with a search of a content source not natively configured to provide content type data for content items is received. A content type is associated with a content item included in the result based at least in part on information associated with the result. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007055 | PROVIDING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS USING MULTIPLE MODELS TO SCORE CANDIDATE ANSWERS - A method, system and computer program product for generating answers to questions. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an input query; conducting a search to identify candidate answers to the input query, and producing a plurality of scores for each of the candidate answers. For each of the candidate answers, one, of a plurality of candidate ranking functions, is selected. This selected ranking function is applied to the each of the candidate answers to determine a ranking for the candidate answer based on the scores for that candidate answer. One or more of the candidate answers is selected, based on the rankings for the candidate answers, as one or more answers to the input query. In an embodiment, the ranking function selection is performed using information about the question. In an embodiment, the ranking function selection is performed using information about each answer. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007056 | Association And Extraction Of Content Artifacts From A Graphical Representation Of Electronic Content - A computer implemented method and system is provided for associating and extracting content artifacts from a graphical representation of electronic content. A multi-dimensional virtual lattice comprising one or more grid layers is created. The nodes of the multi-dimensional virtual lattice represent metadata acquired from predefined content criteria. Electronic content comprising content artifacts acquired from multiple content sources is graphically represented within the multi-dimensional virtual lattice using the grid layers. Each of the content artifacts from the electronic content attaches to one or more nodes of the multi-dimensional virtual lattice. A user provides search criteria comprising keywords. The content artifacts attached to nodes of the multi-dimensional virtual lattice whose metadata matches with the keywords are extracted and displayed to the user. The graphical representation of electronic content in the multi-dimensional virtual lattice is used to associate, extract, composite, project, and organize the content artifacts acquired from the content sources. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130007057 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE DISCOVERY AND RECOMMENDATION FOR DISPLAYED TELEVISION CONTENT - A method and system are provided that can automatically discover related images and recommend them. It uses images that occur on the same page or are taken by the same photographer for image discovery. The system can also use semantic relatedness for filtering images. Sentiment analysis can also be used for image ranking and photographer ranking. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130013630 | LIVE DASHBOARD - A computing device receives a request for data, the request including criteria for data requested to be provided to the client device. Via a service configured to retrieve the requested data, at least some of the criteria are transmitted to a staging data store that includes transactional data. Via the service, data relevant to at least some of the criteria transmitted to the staging data store is received from the staging database. The data received from the staging database is stored in a data structure included in the computing device. At least some of the data stored in the data structure is transmitted to a client device. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013631 | DENSITY BASED CLUSTERING FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA - A new density based clustering method for clustering data points in multidimensional space is described. Each point has a neighborhood consisting of all points that are within a preset cutoff radius or distance. Each point is assigned a density measure based on the number of points in its neighborhood. Any point that has a higher density than any of its neighboring points is the centre of a cluster and is assigned a unique cluster ID. Every other point follows a path through the graph of neighboring points such that density is increasing as fast as possible until a cluster center is reached. The algorithm's performance is demonstrated on a one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and 18-dimensional dataset. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013632 | Method for setting up an array of technical units - A method for setting up an array of technical units and such an array are presented. The method is used for the independent setup and operation of an array of technical units, the technical units being connected to one another via a system communication bus, a query for a system resource being transmitted from a querying unit to all other units, all other units checking whether the resource has already been assigned to this unit itself, and all querying units transmitting an appropriate response to the querying units and the system resource being assigned thereto if it is not already assigned to one of the other units. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013633 | Context-and-Version-Aware Facade for Database Queries - A method, computer program product, and system for accessing versioned data objects within a database, comprising creating a first new connection to a database stored in a memory, receiving a first query from a first client that requests access to a versioned data object stored in the database, and modifying the received first query to add contextual information configured on the first new connection, so that the modified first query is able to retrieve a first version of the versioned data object that corresponds to the contextual information. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013634 | Retrieving Conversations That Match a Search Query - A server having one or more processors and memory receives a search query from a client. The server identifies a conversation relevant to the search query, where the conversation has two or more messages sharing a common set of characteristics that meet predefined criteria and a respective conversation identifier. Identifying a conversation relevant to the search query comprises identifying a conversation that, as a whole, is relevant to the search query. The server returns to the client for display, as a search result for the search query, conversation information corresponding to the identified conversation. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013635 | LOCATION-BASED DATA SERVICE APPARATUS AND METHOD - One aspect of the invention provides a method including: receiving shape information describing a shape of a first space of interest (SOI); receiving location information describing a location of the first SOI; associating the shape information with the location information and a first unique ID to form a first SOI object; receiving second information describing at least one of a shape or a location of a second SOI; associating the second information and a second unique ID to form a second SOI object; and associating the first SOI object with the second SOI object. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013636 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING QUERIES INITIATED BY USERS OF MOBILE DEVICES - In one embodiment, a method for processing queries initiated by users of mobile devices includes receiving an incoming message containing a query initiated by a user of a mobile device, and extracting the query from the received message. The message further includes obtaining a result of the query and creating an outgoing message with the result of the query for delivery to the mobile device. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130013637 | DYNAMICALLY CREATING QUERIES TO FIND RELATED RECORDS IN A DATABASE - A system that generates display objects in a graphical user interface that enable the user of an application which accesses a data repository through result sets to dynamically construct a new query to show all database records having the same contents as a specified set of fields in a currently active database record. Display objects are further generated that enable the user to specify how the contents of the selected fields are to be matched (e.g. exact matching, inclusion, etc.) and/or logical relationships between specified field contents (e.g. Boolean operators such as AND, OR, NOT, etc.). In one embodiment, once a query is defined in this way, it is stored, for example in the user's profile, so that the user can access it across uses of the application. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130018910 | Enterprise Intelligence ('EI') Reporting In An EI FrameworkAANM Reddington; Francis X.AACI SarasotaAAST FLAACO USAAGP Reddington; Francis X. Sarasota FL USAANM Sahota; NeilAACI Costa MesaAAST CAAACO USAAGP Sahota; Neil Costa Mesa CA US - Enterprise Intelligence (‘EI’) reporting in an EI framework, including: identifying, by an EI report generator, EI report criteria for inclusion in an EI report; extracting, by an EI report generator, EI report information that meets the EI report criteria from an EI data repository; assembling, by an EI report generator, the EI report information into an EI report; and presenting the EI report to an EI administrator. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018911 | Variable-Length Nonce GenerationAANM Liu; LikaiAACI CambridgeAAST MAAACO USAAGP Liu; Likai Cambridge MA US - Methods and systems for obtaining a scalable variable-length nonce are provided. An exemplary method for obtaining a scalable variable-length nonce includes obtaining an initial nonce candidate. The exemplary method also includes transmitting a query to determine whether the initial nonce candidate has already been assigned. When the initial nonce candidate has already been assigned, a combined nonce candidate is obtained. The combined nonce candidate includes characters appended to the initial nonce candidate. An exemplary system for obtaining a scalable variable-length nonce includes a transmitting engine that transmits a request associated with a current token. The exemplary system also includes a receiving engine that receives a message associated with the current token. The exemplary system further includes a token acquiring engine that obtains a new token, and an appending engine that appends the new token to the current token. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018912 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING FOR A WEB DOCUMENTAANM Bao; Sheng HuaAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP Bao; Sheng Hua Beijing CNAANM Chen; JianAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP Chen; Jian Beijing CNAANM Su; ZhongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP Su; Zhong Beijing CNAANM Wang; RuiAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP Wang; Rui Beijing CN - Provided is a method applied to a system including a plurality of sensors, a proxy, and a server. The method includes: measuring objects by the plurality of sensors to obtain first measurement values; computing a correlation among the first measurement values by the server based on the first measurement values; computing an actual measurement value of a second measurement value by the proxy based on the first measurement values and a given function; verifying the plurality of sensors by setting one or more sensors as verification target sensors in turn by the server at predetermined timing; computing a predicted value of the second measurement value by the server based on the correlation and the first measurement values obtained from the other sensors; and outputting the predicted value of the second measurement value instead of the actual measurement value thereof at least during the verification of the verification target sensors. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018913 | ANONYMOUS SEARCH SYSTEM USING HUMAN SEARCHERS - A system and a method for performing a search with the assistance of a computer may assign a unique identifier to a user, to a query submitted to the system by the user, to a human searcher that may respond to the query, and to a result produced by a human searcher in response to the query. These unique identifiers may be stored in a database, and associated with one another. The system maintains a database of unique identifiers for each original query associated with the unique identifier of the posing user and responding searcher, and may establish an anonymous communication channel between the user and the searcher during the initial session when the query is posed and answered, and during follow-up sessions that may occur in the future. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING USE OF A SELECTION GUIDE - A system and method functions to automatically invoke a link to a selection guide when the search term(s) being provided in a freeform search query are determined to be associated with a category of item for which a selection guide will provide the most efficient means for the user to locate items of interest. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130018915 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SEARCH SHORTCUT AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130024469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING REGRESSION DEFECTS WHEN UPDATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - A method for preventing regression defects when updating software components is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes providing a source repository storing multiple software components (e.g., software modules, source files, sections of program code, etc.). The method determines associations between the software components and stores these associations in a database. The method further enables a user to check out a software component from the source repository in order to make updates, and check in the software component to the source repository once updates are made. At a designated time, such as when the software component is checked in or out, the method automatically checks the database to determine whether the software component has an association with any other software component in the source repository. The method notifies the user if an association is discovered. A corresponding computer program product and apparatus are also disclosed. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT ASSOCIATED WITH PRINTED CONTENT IN A PRINTED PUBLICATION - Supplemental content may be provided to users that is associated with printed content found in printed publications. Via, for example, a client computing platform a user may provide information identifying a specific publication, and then a content image (or images) representing the printed content. The content represented in the content image may be identified. This technique for identifying printed content may facilitate identification of printed content without requiring a machine-readable marker being included in the pages of the printed publication. Based on the identification of the specific printed content, supplemental content associated with the identified content may be accessed via the client computing platform. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME LOCATION-AWARE RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods for real-time location-aware recommendations are discussed herein. In an example, a method for generating location-aware recommendations can include receiving a current location of a user, calculating a place graph for the user, traversing the place graph, selecting a recommendation, and communicating the recommendation. In this example, the place graph is calculated based on the current location. Traversing the place graph can identify one or more potential recommendations within a pre-defined distance of the current location, | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024472 | EXTENSIBILITY OF BUSINESS PROCESS AND APPLICATION LOGIC - A core system including different program components performing distinct tasks in a workflow sequence that are initiated through status field updates of objects in database may be modified to define a new status triggering additional processes in an action management system. Once the additional processes are completed, the status field may be changed to an original status provided by the core system to trigger a second program component in the workflow sequence. The action management system may contain user customized processes that may be modified and changed independent of the functionality provided by the core system. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130024473 | INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND MANAGEMENT OF DATA OBJECTS BASED ON SOCIAL, TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PARAMETERS - An embodiment is directed to displaying information to a user of a communications device. The communications device receives a query including a social parameter, a temporal parameter and a spatial parameter relative to the user that are indicative of a desired visual representation of a set of data objects. The communications device determines degrees to which the social, temporal and spatial parameters of the query are related to each of the set of data objects in social, temporal and spatial dimensions, respectively. The communications device displaying a first visual representation of at least a portion of the set of data objects to the user based on whether the determined degrees of relation in the social dimension, temporal dimension and spatial dimension satisfy the respective parameters of the query. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130031123 | LOCATING AMBIGUITIES IN DATA - A system comprising an associative memory, an input module, a query module, and a display module. The input module is configured to receive a value within a first perspective of the associative memory. The query module is configured to perform an open query of the associative memory using the value, perform the open query within at least one of an insert perspective and a second perspective of the associative memory. The at least one of the insert perspective and the second perspective has as many or more category associations for the value relative to the first perspective. The display module is configured to display a result of the query and to display a list of one or more potential ambiguities that result from the open query. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031124 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING STREAMING DATA - Techniques are disclosed for evaluating tuples for processing by a stream application having a plurality of process elements. In one embodiment, at least one tuple to be processed by at least one processing element of the stream application is identified. A maximum duration for which the at least one processing element is allowed to process the at least one tuple is determined. A duration for which the at least one processing element is likely to process the at least one tuple is also estimated. Processing of the at least one tuple is managed based on a comparison between the maximum duration and the estimated duration. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031125 | GENERATING A CONVERSATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON VISUAL SEARCH RESULTS - The present invention includes a system and method for generating a conversation in a social network based on visual search results. A mixed media reality (MMR) engine indexes source materials as MMR objects, receives images from a user device and identifies matching MMR objects. A content management engine generates metadata corresponding to the MMR objects. A social network application generates conversations corresponding to the MMR object. The conversation includes multiple discussion threads. If a conversation already exists, the social network application provides the user with access to the conversation. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031126 | WEIGHTING METRIC FOR VISUAL SEARCH OF ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DATABASES - The semantics of a relational database may be modeled using an entity-relationship (ER) diagram that represents entities and the relations between the entities. Systems and methods are provided for automatically composing meaningful thumbnails/composited images or visuals from ER diagrams and their associated databases by using the semantics of the underlying data model. First, the most meaningful relations in which a given data element participates are extracted. Second, composited images are composed depicting these relations using a domain-specific visual language and rendering techniques based on the relative weighting of the relations. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031127 | MODELED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEPLOYMENT UNITS - A computer-implemented system may include reception of a selection of a first business object, reception of a selection of a second business object, reception of a selection of one or more node elements of the second business object, reception of one or more query parameters, reception of a mapping to map a respective node element of the first business object to each of the selected one or more node elements of the second business object and to each of the one or more query parameters, reception of a script for evaluating a condition associated with the first business object, generation of runtime objects based on the mapping and the script, and execution of a runtime framework to use the runtime objects to evaluate the condition and to create a message mapping the respective node element of the first business object to each of the selected one or more node elements of the second business object and to each of the one or more query parameters. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031128 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Digital signage transaction systems and methods are therefore provided. An illustrative transaction method can include accessing, via a computing device, a plurality of digital sign files disposed within a repository. The transaction method can further include communicating at least one external selection criterion to the computing device. Responsive to the at least one external selection criterion, selecting at least a portion of the digital sign data files and communicating at least one of the portion of selected digital sign files from the repository to a display device. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031129 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING A MODEL OF A SEMANTIC WEB APPLICATION, AND TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A technique for extending a model of a semantic web application based on a model of a linked data set is provided. At least one linked data set related to the model of the semantic web application may be searched for, a model of the linked data set may be extracted, and information from the model of the linked data set may be added to the model of the semantic web application. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130031130 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE QUERYING AND ANALYSIS OF DATA - This invention provides a system and method for the querying and analysis of data that is displayed on a computer monitor with the aid of a computer. More specifically, the invention provides interactive queries that enable a user to discover and quantify statistical relationships more efficiently and with greater granularity than is possible with current systems. The invention also provides methods and systems to perform data query via a computer display in a manner that accelerates the process of quantitative analysis. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130036130 | System for Analyzing Device Performance Data - A system for analyzing performance data associated with a mail processing device includes a reporting module operable to receive, over a network, first data related to the operation of a mail processing device, store the first data in a database accessible over the network, receive, over the network, second data identifying filter criteria for the first data, filter, using a processor, the first data with the second data, generate, using the processor, a report based on the filtered first data, and communicate the report over the network. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130036131 | File Object Browsing and Searching Across Different Domains - A desired object stored on a computer system is retrieved by retrieving one or more objects based on an object attribute to produce initial search results, selecting an object from the initial search results, where the selected object is associated with one or more other attributes, and retrieving one or more additional objects based on one or more of the other attributes of the selected object to expand the initial search results and provide the desired object. The objects are linked to one or more tree structures each associated with an object attribute, such that the retrieving one or more additional objects includes traversing the tree structures linked to the selected object and associated with the one or more other attributes to identify the one or more additional objects. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130036132 | FACETED AND SELECTABLE TABS WITHIN EPHEMERAL SEARCH RESULTS - The present disclosure describes systems and method for displaying search results. Operations of the system and method may include, but are not limited to: receiving a selection associated with a tab group; receiving a search string; and displaying one or more records according to the selection of the tab group and the search string. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130036133 | System and Method for Providing Data Collection and Comparative Data Analysis Across a Plurality of Gaming Organizations - Systems and methods for collecting variable data received, wherein the variable data relates to gaming operations, such as gaming, hotel, amenities, resort, patron or any other services, transactions and interactions, all occurring in connection with a gaming operation, storing the collected variable data in a database, receiving a request to aggregate the variable data based on an item of information or element associated with the variable data, identifying the variable data in the database based on the element in the request, and presenting the variable data identified if certain preset criteria are met by the requester of data, among other things. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130036134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING A SEARCHABLE HISTORY OF REAL-WORLD USER EXPERIENCES - A method and apparatus for enabling a searchable history of real-world user experiences is described. The method may include capturing media data by a mobile computing device. The method may also include transmitting the captured media data to a server computer system, the server computer system to perform one or more recognition processes on the captured media data and add the captured media data to a history of real-world experiences of a user of the mobile computing device when the one or more recognition processes find a match. The method may also include transmitting a query of the user to the server computer system to initiate a search of the history or real-world experiences, and receiving results relevant to the query that include data indicative of the media data in the history of real-world experiences. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130041912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARING EMAIL IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE SYSTEM - An email object is provided in a multi-tenant database system that can be related to multiple people (e.g., contact, lead, user) or any object represented for storage in the multi-tenant database system via sharing relationships. The email object follows a sharing model such that an email inherits the sharing model or attributes of a parent record specified via sharing relationships. In various aspects, a sharing model provides users with a true value of a multi-tenant database system as users are more informed about communications concerning people or other objects represented for storage in the multi-tenant database system. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041913 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME EMAIL CONTENT - The present disclosure includes a system, method, and computer program product for serving real time email content to a client computer. The system may associate a consumer with a targeted market segment of consumers based upon a browsing history of the consumer and/or a purchasing history of the consumer. The system may further serve an email to the consumer based upon the association between the consumer and the targeted market segment of consumers—i.e., the system may serve an email to a consumer in the targeted market segment of consumers. The system may, in addition, serve the real time email content to the consumer in response to the consumer opening the email. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041914 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CACHE HIT SUCCESS RATE USING A SPLIT CACHE - Certain examples provide a clinical cache system for retrieval of varying clinical content. The system includes an input to include a request for a content item and one or more parameters associated with the content item. The system includes a metadata cache to store one or more sets of metadata representing parameters associated with one or more content items. The one or more sets of metadata in the metadata cache are used to identify and distinguish one or more content items with respect to the request. The system includes a content cache to store one or more content items. The one or more content items are searchable based on associated metadata. The metadata cache and the content cache facilitate the request by first querying the metadata cache and then querying the content cache based on a result of the metadata cache query. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041915 | AUGMENTED SEARCH SUGGEST - A system includes reception of a partial query from a user, querying of a data source with the partial query to identify terms within the data source including the partial query, storage of the identified terms in a cache associated with the user, presentation of the identified terms to the user, reception of a new partial query including the partial query and a letter appended to the partial query, and determination of whether one or more of the stored identified terms includes the new partial query. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041916 | PRESENTATION OF SOCIAL GRAPH DATA - Presentation of social graph data is described, including techniques for displaying connection information comprising receiving a login identifying a member, retrieving from a database an item to which the member is connected, and displaying the item and a connection between the item and the member. Embodiments of the invention include obtaining social data from a social networking service, and using the social data to update social graphs. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041917 | Method of Locating and Retrieving a Motor Vehicle with a Portable Computing Device - A method of locating and retrieving a motor vehicle with a portable computing device is an electronic application which includes a guest account, a database, and a plurality of user accounts. Each of the plurality of user accounts includes a registered location code. A customer can send an electronic message to the database through a guest portable electronic computing device where the customer is treated as the guest account. The electronic message includes a specific location code and a vehicle identifier code. Then the specific location code is matched with the registered location code and a corresponding user account is identified. Then the electronic message is forwarded to a plurality of active communication mediums in the corresponding user account and is displayed through a user portable electronic computing device. An employee with the corresponding user account retrieves the electronic message and retrieves the customer's motor vehicle. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041918 | MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER-FILE SHARING BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO DEVICES - A method for managing computer files in a first device storing the files according to a first file tree, comprising the following steps: for a current level of the first file tree, receiving data representing a level of the same rank of a second data structure representing a second file tree of a second device communicating with the first device; comparing the current level with the level of the same rank of the second file tree, in order to determine the presence in the second file tree, at the rank level of the current level, of an element that is not found in the first file tree at the current level; and, in the event that an element of the second file tree is not found in the first file tree, adding a descriptor of said element to the first file tree at the current level, wherein the descriptor enables access to said element from the first file tree. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130046779 | Efficiently Collecting Transaction-Separated Metrics In A Distributed Environment - Transaction-segregated metrics are obtained for component invocations of different transactions of an application. Corresponding tree data structures are maintained by an agent and a manager which describe sequences of invoked components of the different transactions. The start and end of each component are each represented by a node in each branch of the tree data structure. Each transaction is identified by matching a branch to a transaction trace. Gatherers are linked to one or more nodes to collect the transaction-segregated metrics. For example, metrics can be gathered separately for component invocations in different transactions. Metrics can also be gathered together for instances of different components in one or more transactions. A user interface includes a directed graph having vertices connected by edges. Edge portions are visually distinguished from one another based on the metrics of the gatherers. Each edge portion can be associated with one or more of the gatherers. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046780 | ALLOCATING DATA TO PLURALITY STORAGE DEVICES - Techniques are generally described for allocating data to at least one of a plurality of storage devices. Example techniques may include associating the data with at least one geographical characteristic, and allocating the data to at least one of the plurality of storage devices based on the geographical characteristic. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046781 | DESIGN, CREATION, AND DELIVERY OF PERSONALIZED MESSAGE/AUDIO-VIDEO CONTENT - A computer implemented system and method for retailers, brands, manufacturers, service providers, and resellers to deliver personalized messages based on a script about their products to an end user. The end user data has been collected via end user input, a social media database containing user input, a CRM database query based on end user information, cookies and browser header from the end user net surfing, and second and third party data providers, etc. The system and method via a web application server accesses and stores the end user data. A media server retrieves the data and with a content management system having product templates defined by the script, accesses the media file server and processes the media clips to generate a personalized message. A content distribution network relays the personalized message to the web application server which delivers the personalized message to the end user. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130046782 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY FIELD FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DOCUMENT - An apparatus and method of searching and organizing intellectual property (IP) formulates and facilitates searches for intellectual property and organizes results of such searches. In an exemplary embodiment, a search and organization server is provided with one or more modules to create and process search queries to be run on local or remote database systems. A class search can provide on-line access to classification information and facilitate searching of intellectual property using classifications. An IP thesaurus can provide for developing a list of elements found in IP information. The list of elements may be used as an aid in learning a new technology, as a search tool to refine search queries or criteria. A field-of-search can be based on search information identified from select IP information. Optional modules can formulate, store, organize, and output search results. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130054633 | REMOTE COMPARISON OF A MAINTENANCE CONFIGURATION WITH AN ALLOWABLE CONFIGURATION - Various embodiments of systems and methods for remote comparison of a maintenance configuration with an allowable configuration are described herein. According to the technique, an operator of an asset sends an as-maintained configuration of the asset to a third party. The third party receives or has in store the as-allowed configuration of the same asset. The third party performs a configuration check of the as-maintained with the as-allowed configuration and provides results. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054634 | Cloud-To-Cloud Peering - A method includes receiving an input at a first cloud from a first device associated with a first user. The input indicates that an item stored in the first cloud is accessible to a second device associated with a second user via a second cloud that is coupled to the first cloud. The first cloud is associated with the first user and the second cloud is associated with the second user. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054635 | PROCURING COMMUNICATION SESSION RECORDS - A device may receive a session retrieval command corresponding to session metadata provided to a user via a user interface. The session retrieval command may include a request for session data corresponding to a communication session. The device may identify a first session service device, corresponding to the communication session, based on the session retrieval command, where the first session service device is to provide a first session service to communication sessions. The device may communicate with the first session service device to obtain a first set of session data corresponding to the communication session, generate a communication session record based on the first set of session data, and provide the communication session record to the user via the user interface. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054636 | Document Journaling - A method, device and system for acquiring information related to annotations and the content of a document. Annotations are isolated from document content and are associated with portions of the content of the document. Annotations and content are used as a basis for a semantic search of a corpus of other documents. From the corpus, related information is extracted and presented or made available along side of or with the original content and annotations of the document. Each version of a document is stored and made accessible. Any of the versions of a document, with or without a current set of annotations, may be distributed to others for further review and annotation. Annotations are protected and associated with a level of privilege or rights. Annotations are trackable over time and location and are associated with a particular annotator. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054637 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CALCULATING A SIZE OF AN ENTITY - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for calculating a size of an entity. These mechanisms and methods for calculating a size of an entity can enable optimized data analysis, improved system resource knowledge, increased efficiency, etc. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130054638 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND TRACKING TOPIC BASED ON OPINION AND SOCIAL-INFLUENCER FOR EACH TOPIC AND METHOD THEREOF - A system capable of detecting and tracking a topic based on an opinion and a social influencer for each topic and a method thereof are provided. The system that detects and tracks the topic based on the opinion and the social influencer for each topic includes: a topic opinion analysis apparatus configured to extract an opinion for each topic from content on the Internet to generate a topic-opinion database (DB), and to extract a social influencer among social members ranked based on behavior characteristics to generate a topic-social influencer DB; a knowledge DB configured to store the topic-opinion DB and the topic-social influencer DB; and a topic detecting and tracking apparatus configured to detect an opinion on a designated topic requested to be searched based on the knowledge DB, search the social influencer of the designated topic, and collect and analyze content provided or generated by the searched social influencer. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130060804 | Method For Data Retrieval From A Distributed Data Storage System - There is provided a method and server for retrieving data from a data storage system including a plurality of storage nodes. The method may include sending a multicast message to at least a subset of the storage nodes. The multicast message may include a request for the subset of storage nodes to send the data. The multicast message may further include a data identifier, indicating the data to be retrieved. Moreover, the method may include receiving data from a first storage node of the subset of storage nodes. The data received from the first storage node may correspond to the requested data. At least the act of sending a multicast message or the act of receiving data from the first storage node may be performed on a condition that an estimated size of the data is less than a predetermined value. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060805 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING WEBSITE ORPHAN CONTENT - A method and system for detecting orphan content in a hierarchical data tree are provided. The method includes receiving, at the computer, a selection of at least one directory that includes a plurality of data files to be analyzed, analyzing all links embedded within the data files stored in the at least one selected directory, detecting files that are not referenced by a link in any other data file, determining that no other links are embedded within the data files stored in the at least one selected directory, and generating an orphan content report that includes link data for each orphan file detected. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060806 | Data Solution Composition Architecture - A solution composition architecture for accessing and processing data from multiple simple data sources is provided. The data solution composition architecture allows specification of a query involving any number of data sources for accessing and processing data to produce a solution. Upstream components pass the query (or a portion thereof) to other components. Receiving components process and/or provide the requested data, as applicable, and return the result as in input to the requesting upstream component. The resulting data solution obtained from the query is a single data stream containing a processed data set. Depending upon the availability of and access to the necessary components, the processed data set is generally ready for analysis and/or visualization by the requester. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060807 | RELATIONAL METAL- MODEL AND ASSOCIATED DOMAIN CONTEXT-BASED KNOWLEDGE INFERENCE ENGINE FOR KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY AND ORGANIZATION - Methods and systems for knowledge discovery and organization employ a relational meta model and domain context-based knowledge inference engine to produce answers to queries that involve inferences among items stored as knowledge in a knowledgebase. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060808 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for expanding a document set as a search data source in the field of business related search. The present invention provides a method of expanding a seed document in a seed document set. The method includes identifying one or more entity words of the seed document; identifying one or more topic words identifying one or more topic words related to a based entity word in the seed document where the entity word is located; forming an entity word-topic word pair from each identified topic word and the entity word on the basis of which each topic word is identified; and obtaining one or more expanded documents by taking the entity word and topic word in each entity word-topic word pair as key words for web searching at the same time. A system for executing the above method is also provided. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060809 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING A PERSON TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHERS - Methods, program products, computer program products and systems for uniquely identifying an individual within a population to the exclusion of all others within the population by comparing data from unique data sources based on the name of the individual for providing a collection of preliminary suspects. An individual search service provider is then searched for additional data relating to the collection of preliminary suspects to locate any potential matches, which are reconciled with data from the unique data sources to locate at least a portion of a unique identifier that may be associated with the individual. The potential matches and portion of the unique identifier are compared with other data records within the individual search data source for locating a complete unique identifier that may be associated with the individual, followed by determining whether or not this complete unique identifier uniquely identifies the individual. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060810 | SMART DATABASE CACHING - A system and method for smart caching, in which caching is performed according to one or more functional criteria, in which the functional criteria includes at least time elapsed since a query was received for the data. Preferably at least data is cached. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130066897 | User Interfaces for Life Cycle Inventory and Assessment Data - User interfaces are provided for submitting and obtaining life cycle inventory and assessment data. Suppliers of goods and/or services may provide life cycle inventory data via a user interface component through a secure framework to a life cycle inventory and assessment data hub for validation and auditing. Access to the life cycle inventory and assessment data hub may be through a web services platform for allowing the suppliers secured access to the data and functionality of the data hub. Suppliers and end users may access the data hub via the web services platform using one or more LCI/LCIA user interfaces for obtaining validated and audited life cycle inventory data and for obtaining generated and/or aggregated life cycle assessment scores for one or more goods and/or services. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066898 | MATCHING TARGET STRINGS TO KNOWN STRINGS - One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for matching a target string to a known string. A target string is broken into one or more target terms, and the one or more target terms are matched to known terms in an index tree. The index tree comprises one or more known terms from a plurality of known strings, where the respective known terms in the index tree are associated with one or more known string IDs. A known term that is associated with a known string ID (in the index tree, and to which a target term is matched), is comprised in a known string, which corresponds to the known string ID. The target string can be matched to the known string using the known string's corresponding known string ID that is associated with a desired number of occurrences in the matching of the one or more target terms. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066899 | 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. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066900 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING DATABASE RECORDS USING SAMPLING AND PROBABILITY - A method for analyzing database records using sampling includes querying a recipient database for recipients with attributes that match one or more specified recipient attributes, querying a sampling database for transactions with attributes that match one or more specified transaction attributes, where the sampling database stores a subset of transactions that are also stored in a transaction database, intersecting the recipients resulting from the querying of the recipient database and the transactions resulting from the querying of the sampling database based on attributes thereof to create a set of joined sample results, and determining an approximate full count value by extrapolating a count value associated with the set of joined sample results based on both a total number of recipients in the recipient database and a total number of transactions in the transaction database. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066901 | HASH-BASED FILE COMPARISON - Concepts and technologies are described herein for hash-based file comparison. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a comparison tool is configured to compare hash values in a first hash list associated with a first file to hash values in a second hash list corresponding to a second file. The hash values are computed for functional blocks of the respective files and therefore can be compared to indicate if the functional blocks of the two files match one another. If the hash values match, the functional blocks associated with the respective hash values can be determined to match, while hash values that do not match can indicate that the corresponding functional blocks do not match one another. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066902 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a content display, an extraction module, and a keyword display. The content display is configured to display a content. The extraction module is configured to extract a keyword from the content displayed by the content display. The keyword display is configured to display the keyword extracted by the extraction module in a content display window. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066903 | System for Linking Medical Terms for a Medical Knowledge Base - A system generates medical knowledge base information by using predetermined data source specific message syntax information in identifying first and second information received from first and second data sources respectively. The first and second information indicates at least one type of medical relationship between the received first and second medical terms. The system determines likelihood of existence of the at least one type of medical relationship indicated by a combination of the first and second information, in response to predetermined information indicating a number of occurrences of the at least one type of relationship in data of at least one of the first and second data source. The system outputs first and second medical terms and the at least one type of medical relationship in response to the determined likelihood of existence. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066904 | INSERTING ADVERTISING CONTENT - Content may be inserted at a duplicating device by inserting advertising content into a duplicated feed, and transmitting the duplicated feed to the terminal. The transmission of the duplicated feed is performed in response to a state of the terminal. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066905 | Web-Enabled Database Access Tools - This description provides tools and techniques for Web-enabled database access tools. These tools may provide systems that include database access tools that provide at least one level of abstraction between external databases and users of the access tools. The systems may also include one or more internal databases maintained by the tool, with the internal database storing respective login information associated with the users. The login information may enable the users to access the tool without providing direct access to the external databases. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130066906 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The invention acquires article data (S | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073581 | GEOGRAPHICALLY PARTITIONED ONLNE SEARCH SYSTEM - In one example, a memory includes a data structure organized to include information resident in a number of databases geographically-partitioned according to a number of shards. The data structure includes a geographically-hashed look up table containing a number of gee-hash ranges associated with the shards and is organized to enable instructions to execute and access the ranges according to a number of characters in a generated geo-hash value. The data structure also includes a plurality of user data object tables that contain respective user data attributes and link to a particular server node and an associated geo-partitioned database. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073582 | WEB SEARCH RESULTS WITH LIVE DATA - A system and method for receiving a search request comprising one or more key words; providing a plurality of web links associated with search results generated responsive to the search request; providing a portion of dynamic information associated with the search results; and rendering a search results page to include the portion of the dynamic information along with the search results. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073583 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONDUCTING A SEARCH BASED ON AVAILABLE DATA MODES - An approach is provided for conducting a search based on an extraction of a search term from available sensor data. The approach involves determining sensor data associated with at least one device, the sensor data determined from among a plurality of available data modes. The approach also involved processing and/or facilitating a processing of the sensor data to cause, at least in part, an extraction of one or more search terms for at least one query. The approach further involves determining one or more results of the at least one query based, at least in part, on context information associated with the at least one device, user profile information associated with the at least one device, or a combination thereof. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073584 | METHODS AND SYSTEM TO SHARE MEDIA - Methods and apparatus to share file(s)/recommendation(s) are disclosed. An example method includes verifying a first service used by a first user recommending a file and encoding a first service identification code with the file based on the first service, verifying a second service used by a second user upon receipt of a file request by the second user and/or detection of a mention of the second user in the file recommendation, searching for a second service identification code associated with the file based on the second service and encoding the second service identification code with the file, and providing the file recommendation with the first service identification code to the second user where the second service and the first service are the same or providing the file recommendation with the second service identification code to the second user where the second service and the first service are different. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073585 | SEARCH SYSTEM, SEARCH METHOD, SEARCH PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is a search system which stabilizes the number of output search results while preventing a response time from increasing. A search condition acquisition section ( | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073586 | DATABASE SYSTEM USING BATCH-ORIENTED COMPUTATION - Systems, methods, and computer program for processing large volumes of data in travel and travel-related applications. A computation platform is configured to receive batch re-computation orders from the search platform, process a batch re-computation order by computing the plurality of database query results according to a batch processing schedule within a given time frame, and return the computed database query results resulting from the batch re-computation order to the search platform. Each batch re-computation order instructs the computation platform to compute a plurality of database query results. A search platform is configured to maintain the computed database query results in a memory, and to make the computed database query results available to clients connected to the search platform and to transmit the batch re-computation orders to the computation platform. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073587 | RUN TOTAL ENCODED DATA PROCESSING - A system, method and data structure for processing a sequential set of data. A set of data is processed such the repetitive sequences of data are represented by a value and an offset of the last array element in the sequence. The resulting compressed array facilitates binary searching of data element values, modification of data element values, and/or addition/deletion of data array elements without requiring a regeneration of the array. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130073588 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INFORMATION QUERY - A method and system for information query include: receiving and saving shared information released by users ( | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130080461 | SEMANTIC QUESTIONING MECHANISM TO ENABLE ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTURES - Methods, computer program products and systems are directed to receiving a query regarding an information architecture, selecting a set of nodes based on the query, from a plurality of nodes in a weighted linked graph, the weighted linked graph comprising the plurality of nodes and a plurality of pathways, each of the plurality of nodes comprising a source of information regarding the information architecture, each of the plurality of pathways connecting one of the plurality of nodes to another of the plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of pathways comprising a weight, determining a path from the plurality of pathways that passes through all of selected nodes, and presenting the path in response to the query. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080462 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING EXECUTION OF A DATABASE QUERY PROGRAM - In one general aspect, a computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The instructions can include instructions to receive, during a first portion of an execution of a main program including a database query program and based on a first configuration for monitoring the database query program, a parameter value representing performance of execution of the database query program. The instructions can include instructions to produce an indicator that a performance condition has been satisfied based, at least in part, on the parameter value, and instructions to trigger execution of a second configuration for monitoring the database query program during a second portion of the execution of the main program in response to the performance condition being satisfied. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080463 | SEARCHING APPARATUS, SEARCHING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING SEARCHING PROGRAM - A searching apparatus includes a processor that execute a procedure, the procedure including issuing a first instruction for searching a first data portion included in a search scope of a search request, based on a search request, issuing a second instruction for searching a second data portion included in the search scope of a search request, based on the search request, and in a case that another search request, a search scope of which includes second portion, is received before the second instruction is issued, issuing third instruction for collective searching, which includes obtaining data included in the second portion from a storage device and verifying the obtained data with both of the search request and the another search request, instead of the second instruction. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080464 | PROVIDING ENERGY PRODUCTION DATA - In at least some disclosed embodiments, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium includes executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to receive, from a remote device, a query comprising parameters for energy production data. The one or more processors are further caused to search a database of energy production data, comprising oil production data or natural gas production data, for energy production data falling within the parameters of the query (“resultant data”). The one or more processors are further caused to send, to the remote device in response to the query, the resultant data in a form specified by the parameters of the query. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080465 | STORAGE DEVICE HAVING FULL-TEXT SEARCH FUNCTION - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an interface, a first and second memory blocks and a controller. The interface receives a content search request. The first memory block stores files and inverted files corresponding to contents included in the files. The second memory block stores a file search table. The controller creates the inverted file for each content included in the files and stores IDs of the files including the content in the inverted file. The controller obtains, by search of the content, a corresponding inverted file from the inverted files stored in the first memory block and stores, in the file search table, the IDs of the files included in the obtained inverted file. The controller outputs the IDs of the files stored in the file search table from the interface as a search result for the content search request. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080466 | QUERY SERVICING WITH ACCESS PATH SECURITY IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and system for servicing a data query in a relational database management system (RDBMS). Access path security corresponding to a user originating the data query is configured. The data query requests data from the RDBMS pursuant to a received configuration query associated with the user. The data query requests a value stored in a result field by specifying the result field and a result table of a database in the RDBMS. The configuration query specifies a usable index field associated with the result table. The access path security mandates the user to provide a search key in the data query in searching the result table. The search key includes a name identical to the usable index field specified in the configuration query such that the access path security enables users to search the result table only when the users specify the usable index field in the data query. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080467 | SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A social networking system allows users to upload information about themselves to a remote database, preferably over the Internet. Users are able to connect to other users thus establishing links. These links may be categorized based on the relationship between the users, e.g., family, friends, co-workers, etc. The uploaded information may also be categorized using the same categories of relationships. The information of each user may then only be sent to users having a connection category that matches the information category. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080468 | Web Browsing Data Retention - The present invention relates to a method to monitor retained data related to a web browsing session in a communication network, whereby a Multiservice Proxy ( | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130086100 | Method and System Providing Document Semantic Validation and Reporting of Schema Violations - A method includes receiving a request from a requestor to validate a data assemblage expressed in Javascript Object Notation (JSON); translating the data assemblage expressed in JSON into an extensible markup language (XML) instance; validating the XML instance using syntactic schema and semantic schema specifications; and sending a response to the requestor. For a case where the data assemblage contains invalid data in at least one field the response includes an output array containing information for specifying valid data for the at least one field and a message explaining a reason why the field is invalid. A system for performing the method is also described, as is a computer program product that can be used to execute the method. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086101 | Data Search Using Context Information - In an embodiment, a method is provided for conducting a search. In this method, a message is received from a client application. A user that initiated the message is identified and context information associated with the user is retrieved. Thereafter, a business object associated with the context information is identified and a domain associated with the business object is identified. Here, the domain includes a number of terms, and one or more of these terms are selected to be included in a query. A search of a data source can then be conducted using this query. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086102 | Asynchronous Communication in Web Applications - An interactive web application framework allows a user to define user interface and logic of a web application and publish the web application. A first web application system can receive a message from a browser through a second web application system. The message can including metadata indicating that the second web application system received the data from the browser of a user device using a first connection between the second web application system and the browser. The first web application system can send the data to a database server as a request, and receive a response from the database server. Upon receiving the response, the first web application system can cause the second web application system to create a second connection between the second web application system and the browser based on the metadata. The response can be sent to the browser through the second connection asynchronously with the message. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086103 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING DEMAND METRICS FOR PRESENTING ASPECTS FOR ITEM LISTINGS PRESENTED IN A SEARCH RESULTS PAGE - Methods and systems for using a demand metric for disambiguating a keyword entered from a client machine, the keyword identifying a product brand and ambiguously identifying a product category of the product brand; computing the dominant product category that indicates the probable identity of the product category; and providing signals representing selectable images of aspects of the dominant product category for rendering at the client machine. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086104 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SCHEMAS THAT REPRESENT MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES - Systems and methods generating schemas that represent multiple data sources are provided herein. According to some embodiments, methods may include determining a schema for each of the multiple data sources via a computing device communicatively couplable with each of the multiple data sources, each of the multiple data sources including one or more data structures that define how data is stored in the data source, generating a negotiated schema by comparing the schemas of the multiple data sources to one another and interrelating data points of the multiple data sources based upon the schemas, interrelating the negotiated schema with the schema for each of the multiple data sources based upon the interrelation of the data points, and storing the negotiated schema in a storage media by way of the computing device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086105 | VOICE DIRECTED CONTEXT SENSITIVE VISUAL SEARCH - Various technologies described herein pertain to voice directed context sensitive visual searching. Visual content can be rendered on a display, and a voice directed query related to the visual content can be received. Contextual information related to the visual content can also be identified. Moreover, a search word recognized from the voice directed query and/or the contextual information can be used to detect an object from the visual content, where the object can be a part of the visual content. Further, a search can be performed using the object detected from the visual content, and a result of the search can be rendered on the display. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086106 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND USER INTERFACES IN A PATENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method and system for managing patent matters are provided. The method comprises scraping patent data from an external patent database, the data including event dates of at least one patent matter. The method includes providing a docket engine for docketing the scraped event dates and, based on the scraped dates, calculating response due dates for the at least one patent matter; downloading at least one document from the external patent database; and associating at least one response due date with the at least one downloaded document. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086107 | USER INTERFACE FOR EFFICIENTLY CHANGING SEARCH CRITERIA - Methods and apparatus are disclosed for updating displayed representations of data. The methods and apparatus include displaying an input component to receive query criteria based on one or more data fields displayed in charts, receiving the query criteria in a single request from the input component, updating queries associated with chart displays to include the query criteria, executing the queries, and updating the charts based upon results of executing the queries. The query criteria may include a data value associated with the data field. The query criteria may include a condition based upon the data fields, and can be added to conditional expressions in the queries. Updating the charts may include displaying graphical chart elements that are proportional in size to values of the data fields of the results of executing the plurality of queries. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130091160 | High-Speed Statistical Processing in a Database - Numerically intensive statistical processing of data is implemented as an incremental gradient method within the engine of a database system. Small user-defined functions in the database system calculate an approximate gradient from one term of a linearly separable defined cost resolvable from a single tuple of the database. In this way the optimized data access of the database may be exploited for rapid statistical processing. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091161 | Self-Regulating Annotation Quality Control Mechanism - A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for determining annotation quality, including obtaining N annotations on an artifact, wherein each annotation includes a feature and N annotations include three or more annotations including an annotation provided by a first human annotator, zero or more human annotations and zero or more imposter annotations, selectively displaying the N annotations to the first human annotator, wherein the annotation provided by the first human annotator is completely visible and each of the other N−1 annotations includes a feature hidden, and determining to annotation quality of one of the N−1 annotations based on input from the first human annotator regarding the displayed annotations, wherein ability of the first human annotator to identify imposter annotations or recognize that no imposter annotation exists is gated by the quality of the first human's annotation via hiding other annotations and requiring a probe based on the first human annotator's annotation. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091162 | Data Access Using Multilevel Selectors and Contextual Assistance - A method and system using metadata about a data collection, useful for access and searching. The metadata to comprise associations of DetailSelectors to data items describing the data Items. DetailSelector membership in groups provides context for member DetailSelectors. Boolean queries comprising such DetailSelectors and association links to GlueSelectors at one or more levels and eventually to Items, match a predetermined collection of data in the target collection. Such metadata may be used to present choices to a user for terms to add to a query while ensuring a suitable match to the query. Information about Groups of DetailSelectors and Groups of GlueSelectors, as well as information about content of a GlueSelector, may be presented to a user to provide context to the selected DetailSelectors describing the target items. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091163 | DISCOVERING AND CONSUMING RELATED DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for discovering and consuming related data. Users can find data related/relevant to an accessed dataset without leaving the context of their application. A service analyzes and understands (classifies) the dataset as well as user profile information and environmental information (e.g., operating system in use, task being performed, etc.). The service displays recommendations for related/relevant data and/or related/relevant data services within the application (e.g., within a spreadsheet, database, file system, etc.). In response to user selection of a recommendation, related/relevant data (either directly or from a data service) is transferred into the application. Accordingly, relevant/related data can be transferred into an application without a user having to leave the application to search for the data. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091164 | RECOMMENDING DATA BASED ON USER AND DATA ATTRIBUTES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recommending data based on user and data attributes. User information and accessed data sets are periodically (and possibly automatically) accessed and updated. Source attributes are derived from user information and accessed data sets. Target attributes are derived from data directories and data services. Source attributes for an accessed data set are used along target attributes for a data directory or data service to determine the desirability of data directory or data service as a source of data relevant to the accessed data set. The data directory and/or data service can be recommended as able to provide relevant data. Accordingly, recommend relevant data can be recommended to a user without the user having to expressly search for the relevant data or even know that the relevant data exists. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091165 | Searching Information - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus of searching information. In one example embodiment, the present techniques obtain a category click rate of a query and a category click rate of published information, calculate a similarity degree between the query and the published information based on the category click rate of the query and the category click rate of the published information, and return the published information as a successful matching result if the calculated similarity degree is higher than a first threshold. The present techniques may ensure the accuracy rate and improve the return rate to provide more return results to a user. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDEXING INFORMATION USING AN EXTENDED LEXICON - A method and apparatus for indexing information using an extended lexicon. The method comprises receiving at least two search terms; accessing a first lexicon of posting list locations to determine a posting list location associated with at least one term in the at least two search terms; accessing an index, using the posting list location, wherein the index identifies a first posting list; accessing an extended lexicon of posting list locations to determine a posting list location associated with at least one of the at least two search terms found in the extended lexicon; accessing the index, using the posting list location associated with the at least one search term found in the extended lexicon, where the index identifies a second posting list for the at least one term found in the extended lexicon; and finding an intersection of documents identified by the first posting list and the second posting list as candidate search results related to the at least two search terms. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130091167 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR SONGS USING JUMPCODES - Methods, systems, and media for identifying similar songs using jumpcodes are provided. In some embodiments, methods for a cover song from a query song are provided, the methods comprising: identifying a query song jumpcode for the query song, wherein the query song jumpcode is indicative of changes in prominent pitch over a portion of the query song; identifying a plurality of reference song jumpcodes for a reference song, wherein each of the reference song jumpcodes is indicative of changes in prominent pitch over a portion of the reference song; determining if the query song jumpcode matches any of the plurality of reference song jumpcodes; and upon determining that the query song jumpcode matches at least one of the plurality of reference song jumpcodes, generating an indication that the reference song is a cover song of the query song. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130097198 | BUSINESS ACTIVITY MONITORING RUNTIME - Systems and methods for monitoring business applications are disclosed. Data is provided from an application programming interface (API) in a monitored application to a collection runtime. The collection runtime collects data based upon a data collection model. A current time increment is assigned to the collected data. The collected data is provided as a stream of event data to an event processing service, which performs one or more queries on the data stream. The results of the queries are provided to a data store and/or to a user interface. The data collection model is created from a data collection profile, and the queries are created from an observation model. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097199 | System and method for parallel edge partitioning in and/or graph search - A method and system for searching a graph in parallel which constructs an abstract representation of an AND/OR graph using state-space abstraction. The abstract representation of the graph includes one or more abstract nodes having duplicate detection scopes and one or more abstract edges having operator groups adjusted for AND node outcomes. The duplicate detection scopes of the abstract nodes are partitioned into smaller duplicate detection scopes using edge partitioning, wherein the abstract edges are used to define the smaller duplicate detection scopes. Nodes in the current search layer are expanded by a processing unit using the adjusted operator groups of outgoing abstract edges of the abstract nodes mapped into by the nodes, wherein the nodes expanded in parallel use adjusted operator groups associated with abstract edges having disjoint duplicate detection scopes. The method progresses to the next search layer once all the adjusted operator groups in the current search layer have been used for node expansions. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097200 | ENCAPSULATION OF MULTIPLICITY AND SPARSITY IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL QUERY EXECUTION SYSTEMS - Provided are techniques for processing a multidimensional query. For each multidimensional expression in the multidimensional query, the multidimensional expression is evaluated to generate a representation that includes an evaluation context, a degeneration status, and condensed value storage that does not store data that would be replicated due to degeneration, and the representation is stored. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097201 | QUALITY LEVEL VALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A quality valuation system and method that includes a server system in communication with a user computer over a network and a data repository that stores quality indicator data relating to room quality indicators received from the user computer via the network. The server system includes one or more processors configured to communicate with the user computer through the network to display a webpage using the user computer and to receive the quality indicator data entered into the webpage in response to queries provided by the webpage, determine a quality metric based on the quality data received from the user computer; determine the quality level based on the quality metric, and communicate, through the network, the quality level to the user computer for display via the webpage. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103711 | COMPUTING CORRELATED AGGREGATES OVER A DATA STREAM - Described herein are approaches for computing correlated aggregates. An aspect provides for receiving a stream of data elements at a device, each data element having at least one numerical attribute; maintaining in memory plurality of tree structures comprising a plurality of separate nodes for summarizing numerical attributes of the data elements with respect to a predicate value of a correlated aggregation query, said maintaining comprising: creating the plurality of tree structures in which each node implements one of: a probabilistic counter and a sketch, wherein said probabilistic counter and said sketch each act to estimate aggregated data element numerical attributes to form a summary of said numerical attributes; and responsive to a correlated aggregation query specifying said predicate value, using said plurality of tree structures as a summary of said data element numerical attributes to compute a response to said correlated aggregate query. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103712 | GESTURE-BASED SEARCH - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for performing searches with gesture-based input. A search system receives gesture data corresponding to one or more characters that have been drawn on a display of a client device. The search system recognizes the one or more characters that correspond to the gesture data. The search system formulates a search that includes the one or more characters as a query term. The search system communicates to the client device one or more search results for the search, and data identifying the one or more characters. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103713 | COMPUTING CORRELATED AGGREGATES OVER A DATA STREAM - Described herein are approaches for computing correlated aggregates. An aspect provides for receiving a stream of data elements at a device, each data element having at least one numerical attribute; maintaining in memory plurality of tree structures comprising a plurality of separate nodes for summarizing numerical attributes of the data elements with respect to a predicate value of a correlated aggregation query, said maintaining comprising: creating the plurality of tree structures in which each node implements one of: a probabilistic counter and a sketch, wherein said probabilistic counter and said sketch each act to estimate aggregated data element numerical attributes to form a summary of said numerical attributes; and responsive to a correlated aggregation query specifying said predicate value, using said plurality of tree structures as a summary of said data element numerical attributes to compute a response to said correlated aggregate query. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130103714 | IN-PRODUCT QUESTIONS, ANSWERS, AND TIPS - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for providing help content related to a software application to a user. The technique involves receiving a first discussion element associated with a first user and including textual input related to a first software application and first contextual information related to the first software application. The technique further involves receiving second contextual information associated with a second user and related to the first software application, determining a measure of correlation between the first contextual information and the second contextual information, determining that the first discussion element should be transmitted to the second user based on the measure of correlation, and transmitting the first discussion element to the second user. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110864 | GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DURING A BROWSING SESSION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110865 | Image Endorsements | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110867 | DATA COLLECTION FOR USAGE BASED INSURANCE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130110868 | INTEGRATING USAGE INFORMATION WITH OPERATION OF A SYSTEM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130117298 | WEB SERVICE PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION BY ADAPTIVELY USING COMPRESSION - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for optimizing a web service by adaptively using compression are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request for a data file, determines whether the data file should be compressed based upon a previous request for the data file, compresses the data file if it is determined that the data file should be compressed, and sends the data file in a compressed format. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHOWING COVER ART ON A DISPLAY - A graphical display system for an audio system that receives data from a personal electronic device is provided. The personal electronic device is associated with a specific song. The graphical display system includes a display and a control module. The control module is in communication with the display and the personal electronic device. The control module has a control module memory that contains a database. The database includes a plurality of songs and metadata of the plurality of songs that indicates a title, an artist, a specific album, and a cover art that corresponds to each of the plurality of songs. The control module includes control logic for establishing a short range wireless connection between the control module and the personal electronic device. The control module includes control logic for receiving audio data that is associated with the specific song through the short range wireless connection. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117300 | COLLABORATIVE PATENT REVIEW MONITORING SYSTEM - An online automated pre-issuance or post-grant review monitoring system is disclosed, comprising network-accessible collaborative tools through which a company or client that may be interested reviewing a competitor's patent portfolio may order a search vendor or law firm to provide this monitoring and interact among users. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117301 | TRIGGERING SOCIAL PAGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for information retrieval. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a search input including one or more search terms; determining whether the search input includes a particular token; in response to determining that the search input includes the particular token, determining whether the one or more search terms are associated with a particular social page; in response to determining that the one or more search terms are associated with the particular social page, providing the particular social page without providing search results. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117302 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR INDEX-STRUCTURED DATA INCLUDING MEMORY-BASED SUMMARY VECTOR - An apparatus and method for searching for index-structured data including a memory-based summary vector are disclosed. The apparatus for searching for index-structured data including a memory-based summary vector includes a storage unit configured to store a full index and data related to a key; and a key lookup engine configured to include not only a summary vector but also an index storing information related to the full index, search for data stored in the storage unit through the index, and return the searched result. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117303 | DATA SEARCH DEVICE, DATA SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A data search device acquires memo data to be used in a search, extracts keywords from the memo data, and then allocates ranks to the keywords. The data search device performs a search for the keywords in multiple databases to identify related data. The databases are ranked similarly to the keywords. When multiple items of related data are identified, the data search device calculates overall ranks based on the ranks of the keywords and the ranks of the databases used in the search of the items of related data, and outputs items of related data having higher ranks. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117304 | 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. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130117305 | System and Method for the Parallel Execution of Database Queries Over CPUs and Multi Core Processors - The invention relates to a system for parallel execution of database queries over one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs), and one or more Multi Core Processor, (MCPs), the system comprises (a) a query analyzer for dividing the query to plurality of sub- queries, and for computing and assigning to each sub-query a target address of either a CPU of an MCP; (b) a query compiler for creating an Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) and OpenCL primitives only for those sub-queries that are targeted to an MCP, and for conveying both the remaining sub-queries, and the AST and the OpenCL code to a virtual machine, and (A) a Virtual Machine (VM) which comprises: a task bank, a buffers; a scheduler. The virtual machine combines said sub-query results by the CPUs and said primitive results by said MCPs to a final query result. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130124554 | Method and System for Providing Electronic User Assistance - A system and method for incorporating software modules into a website or other information source that is searchable and updateable, which helps to create a dynamic user assistance environment. The system searches based on context/category sensitive natural language requests. This dynamic environment becomes “smarter” over time and will track questions and answers by a number of methods to assure the answers are up to date and that there is a high confidence match for the user's inquiry. The entire collection of data resides in a centralized location where the information can be leveraged to answer a user's question and aid in the creation of question/answer pairs for later use. Additionally, the assistance system supports a method for incorporating new informational content and answers to unanswered questions, for example by authorized support persons, that are categorized and stored in the existing system for later reference and use. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124555 | NAVIGATING RELATED ITEMS IN DOCUMENTS BASED ON THEIR CLASSIFICATION, GROUPING, HIERARCHY OR ONTOLOGY - Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for navigating related items in responses to search requests. In response to a search request, a server determines a first results set of items, where the items have one or more item characteristics. The server receives a selection indicating one of the characteristics items in the first results set. The server performs a search utilizing the first characteristic to obtain a second set of items having the selected characteristic. A visual link indicator module of the server generates commands and data for displaying the second set of items having the selected characteristic. The display includes a visual indicator of a relationship of the second set of items to the selected characteristic. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124556 | Real Time Query Trends with Multi-Document Summarization - A list of “hot topics” may be provided to a user to indicate information that is currently popular. A topic may be deemed popular when a large number of search queries related to the topic are entered by users. A search system may receive and analyze an electronic source of published information to determine a reason for why a particular popular topic is popular. If content related to why a particular popular topic is popular exists in multiple electronic sources of published information, text summarization techniques may be used to determine a reason for why the popular topic is popular by from among the multiple electronic sources of published information. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124557 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER CONFIGURABLE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention include user configurable recommendation systems that enable a user to modify the presentation of recommendations in a user interface. One embodiment includes at least one recommendation module running on a user device configured to present recommendations in a user interface of a user device based upon a command generated by a recommendation module; a command history database configured to store a history of commands; wherein at least one recommendation module is a requesting recommendation module configured to: query the command history database for information on a current command concerning display of recommendations; receive the information on the current command concerning display of recommendations on the requesting recommendation module's user interface that causes the requesting recommendation module to present a notification of the current command along with a notification of commands that may be generated. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124558 | BROKER MEDIATED GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SERVICE - A method includes receiving from a requestor search criteria for a geospatial information service. The requestor selects a dataset for use in providing the geospatial information service. A plurality of processes is determined, resulting in process-dataset solutions to the search criteria including the selected dataset. In particular, each process-dataset solution includes the selected dataset and a process of the determined plurality of processes. A list is provided to the requestor, the list including the plurality of process-dataset solutions. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124559 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSERTING DATA RECORDS INTO FILES - Methods and system for adding a data record to a file comprise maintaining a data structure to track locations of data records within the file, wherein each entry in the data structure is a Bloom filter that corresponds to a different portion of the file that includes a plurality of data records. When an instruction to write data to the file is received, a data record is generated to append to the file, wherein the data record comprises a randomized unique id and the data from the received instruction. A Bloom filter bit pattern is extracted from the randomized unique id and bits in a current Bloom filter entry of the data structure are set, wherein the set bits correspond to the same bit positions as the Bloom filter bit pattern. The data record is thus able to be added to the file. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124560 | VARIABLE USER INTERFACE BASED ON DOCUMENT ACCESS PRIVILEGES - Users may be presented with different viewing interfaces for a document based on a combination of factors relating to display rights possessed for the document and user specific information. In one implementation, the user's location is used to determine portions of the document that can be displayed to the user. More particularly, access privileges to a document for a user are determined based on geographical location information of the user and based on access rights possessed for the document. Portions of the document may then be formatted for display to the user based on the determined access privileges. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130124561 | Planning-Based Automated Fusing of Data From Multiple Heterogeneous Sources - Methods and software for automatedly answering dynamic queries requiring fusing of data from various ones of multiple available heterogeneous data sources. The data sources are characterized and interrelated using a suitable ontology. In one implementation, each dynamic query is analyzed to determine the data items required to answer that query, along with their levels of detail. The data items and levels of detail are used to determine which ones of the multiple data sources are needed to answer the query. The data items, levels of detail, and the ontology of the data sources are then used to automatedly develop a data-fusing plan for fusing data from the needed data sources in a manner that answers the query. The data-fusing plan is executed, and the query is answered. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130132419 | Component Independent Process Integration Message Search - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for centralized message searching of business processes. One process includes identifying a process integration (PI) domain associated with a message search, where the PI domain includes at least one PI component, and receiving a set of user-defined search attributes for searching messages within the identified PI domain, where each search attribute associated with a corresponding value. At least one message corresponding to the set of the received user-defined search attributes associated with at least one PI component is identified, and information associated with the identified at least one message corresponding to at least a portion of the set of received search attributes is retrieved. At least a portion of the retrieved information associated with the identified at least one message is presented via a user interface. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132420 | Graphical Exploration of a Database - Techniques implemented in methods, computer-readable media apparatus, and systems for graphically exploring an in-memory database include: identifying a selected data object; searching an in-memory database for a data element associated with a search term; and determining a relationship between the data element and the selected data object; and generating a displayable graph of the relationship as a path between the data element and the selected data object, the path comprising at least two nodes, where a first node represents the selected data object and a second node represents a node associated with the data element. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132421 | LAYERED BODY TEMPLATE BASED MEDICAL RECORDS - A device receives medical data associated with a user of the device, and creates a body template based on the received medical data, where the body template includes layers that are representations of a human body associated with the user. The device also displays the body template to the user, where the user is capable of manipulating one or more layers of the body template in order to review the medical data. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132422 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND CONTROLLING AN APPLICATION OPERATING ON A PLURALITY OF COMPUTER PLATFORM TYPES - This invention discloses a novel system and method for organizing content to be use in the creation, operation and updating of applications that target multiple types of computer platform types such that the author creates one version of the content and application, which is automatically formatted for the entire set of targeted computer platform types and further when maintenance or updating of the content occurs, only one set of data files needs updating. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132423 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN APPLICANCE BASED ON USERS' FEEDBACK INFORMATION - A method and system for detecting an appliance based on users' feedback information, particularly a nonintrusive load monitoring method and system based on a user's feedback information and a joint strategic decision search algorithm are disclosed. By means of obtaining the users' feedback information on an appliance inputted by users or a search result of the appliances being confirmed by the users to generate a mapping between the model of the appliances and at least one load signature of each model of appliances; the users' feedback information is recorded into a smart meter or a cloud computing system, and a mathematical analysis is further used to compute an occurrence of any one signature of the appliance and the identification rate of each signature; then the joint strategic decision search algorithm automatically identifies various models of appliances and analyzes the operating states of the electric appliances in homes or offices. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132424 | MASSIVE MODEL VISUALIZATION WITH SPATIAL INDEXING - Systems and methods for massive model visualization in product data management (PDM) systems. A method includes storing a hierarchical product data structure that includes a plurality of occurrence nodes and component nodes. The method includes creating an occurrence equivalency table from, the hierarchical product data structure, that identifies at least one anchor occurrence node and at least one equivalent occurrence node. The product component corresponding to the equivalent occurrence node is spatially located within a specified distance threshold of product component corresponding to the anchor occurrence node. The method includes creating an anchor occurrence table corresponding to the hierarchical product data structure that lists a plurality of unique occurrence chain represented by the hierarchical product data structure, where each equivalent occurrence node is replaced by its corresponding anchor occurrence node, and that associates each listed unique occurrence chain with an associated cell index value. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132425 | QUERY DEFINITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTI-TENANT - The present invention relates to a query definition apparatus and method for multi-tenant. The query definition apparatus includes a schema generation unit for, when a tenant accesses a Software as a Service (SaaS) system, generating a basic schema required to execute an application program requested by the tenant on a SaaS platform. A schema editing unit edits the basic schema in response to a request of a tenant manager. A query definition unit is configured to, when the basic schema is edited, provide a query definition interface required to define queries for the edited schema to the tenant manager, and define a query statement by extracting corresponding queries depending on manipulation of the query definition interface. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132426 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PATH - One aspect of the invention provides a method for generating a path. The method includes: storing, in a storing unit, at least one path for each arbitrarily set section; setting, in a path setting unit, a main path from an origination to a destination input from a user and then displaying the main path through a display unit; searching, in a path generating unit, for at least one recommended path for one or more sections corresponding to a theme selected from the user and then displaying a searched recommended path through the display unit; receiving, in an input unit, a selection of one or more recommended paths; and generating, in the path generating unit, a final path based on the selection of one or more recommended paths for the one or more sections. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132427 | APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION WITHIN SPACE OF INTEREST - One aspect of the invention provides an apparatus for searching for position information. The apparatus includes: a search input unit for receiving a search request from a user, the search request specifying (i) one or more search terms and (ii) one or more space of interest (SOI) objects in which the search is to be conducted; a search processing unit for conducting a search for the one or more search terms within the one or more SOI objects specified in the search request and one or more sub-SOIs of the one or more specified SOI objects; a database; and a search output unit for outputting a result of the search by the search processing unit to the user. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132428 | Systematic Process for Creating Large Numbers of Relevant, Contextual Marginal Comments Based On Existing Discussions Of Quotations and Links - A system for searching digital works for comments includes search software capable of searching web pages for comments about a referenced work. In one embodiment, the software searches a web page for delimiters such as quotes that are in proximity to a link to another web page. The software stores any comments in proximity to the quoted content for use in a comment display system where it may be displayed as comment marginalia. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130132429 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT RETRIEVES DATA FROM AN EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE AND CREATES ONE OR MORE OBJECTS IN THE REPOSITORY - A content management system (CMS) provides a way to include data from an external source as an object in the repository managed by the CMS. The CMS includes an external data mechanism that processes a document with a query to a data source external to the repository. The external data mechanism executes the query, and creates one or more objects in the repository according to the type of data returned. Each object containing data returned from the query is linked to that query via a formal relationship in the CMS. When an object that has a formal relationship with a query is checked out of the repository, the query corresponding to the object may be executed, and the data returned from the query may be stored in the object. Alternatively, the data may be used directly if a corresponding lifecycle policy indicates the corresponding query should not be executed. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130138681 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR METADATA DRIVEN PROCESSING OF FEDERATED DATA - A method includes identifying a first set of metadata associated with a database and retrieving the first set of metadata from one or more first memory locations. The method also includes identifying, based on the first set of metadata, a second set of metadata associated with the database and retrieving the second set of metadata from one or more second memory locations. The method further includes combining the first set of metadata and the second set of metadata into a set of combined metadata. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138682 | HIERARCHICAL GRID FOR SPATIAL QUERYING - Techniques are provided for improving performance of spatial queries by defining a grid that divides the domain space into cells, and then using a cell-to-item mapping to determine which items do not have to be individually evaluated against the location criteria of the spatial queries. Based on the cell to which an item belongs, the item may automatically qualify as a match, be automatically disqualified, or require item-specific evaluation. To account for items with size, the query window of a spatial query may be expanded. To limit the degree to which the query window is expanded, a plurality of grids may be established for the domain space, where each grid has differently sized cells, and items are assigned to grids based on the size of the items. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138683 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND EXECUTION OF DATABASE QUERIES - There is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention a system for automatically generating and executing database queries, the system including a user interface operative to allow a user to select at least one selected predefined database report from a list of predefined database reports and automatic database query generation functionality operative to automatically generate a database query corresponding to the at least one selected predefined database report, the database query including at least one predefined combinable page. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR RECOMMENDED MUSIC USING EMOTIONAL INFORMATION OF MUSIC - The present invention relates generally to a method and apparatus for searching for recommended music using the emotional information of music and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus that enable recommended music to be searched for using mixed emotions by extracting emotional values including a valence value and an arousal value from an input search condition when a predetermined search condition is input by a user, extracting an emotion rank combination corresponding to the extracted emotional value information using an emotion model that includes mixed emotions corresponding to the emotional values, searching a music emotion DB for music information corresponding to the emotion rank combination, and outputting a recommended music list based on the results of the search, thus improving the user's satisfaction with the results of the search. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138685 | Automatic Discovery of Popular Landmarks - In one embodiment the present invention is a method for populating and updating a database of images of landmarks including geo-clustering geo-tagged images according to geographic proximity to generate one or more geo-clusters, and visual-clustering the one or more geo-clusters according to image similarity to generate one or more visual clusters. In another embodiment, the present invention is a system for identifying landmarks from digital images, including the following components: a database of geo-tagged images; a landmark database; a geo-clustering module; and a visual clustering module. In other embodiments the present invention may be a method of enhancing user queries to retrieve images of landmarks, or a method of automatically tagging a new digital image with text labels. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138686 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING QUERY - An arrangement device includes an acquisition unit, a specifying unit, and a determination unit. The acquisition unit acquires information representing the number of times of communication between queries executed in a plurality of devices in which the plurality of queries are arranged, the query being used for performing processes when data meets set conditions. The specifying unit specifies a set of queries based on the number of times of communication that is represented by the information acquired by the acquisition unit. The determination unit determines to arrange the set of queries specified by the specifying unit in a same device. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130138687 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBSERVING AND ENHANCING COMPLIANCE WITH INSTRUCTION VIA A SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and a system for observing and enhancing compliance with instructions via a social network by a computer system are provided. The method includes the following steps:
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| 20130138688 | FUZZY DATA OPERATIONS - A method for clustering data elements stored in a data storage system includes reading data elements from the data storage system. Clusters of data elements are formed with each data element being a member of at least one cluster. At least one data element is associated with two or more clusters. Membership of the data element belonging to respective ones of the two or more clusters is represented by a measure of ambiguity. Information is stored in the data storage system to represent the formed clusters. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130144901 | REAL-TIME DATA REDACTION IN A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A database server receives a data request from a client. In response to the data request, the database server selects, from a database, actual data that satisfies criteria specified by the data request. The database server retrieves the selected actual data from the database. Also in response to the data request, the database server redacts the retrieved data in real time without modifying the actual data contained within the database. This may be accomplished by the prior insertion of masking operators into a top SELECT clause of a query representation generated during semantic analysis. The database server returns the redacted data to the client as a reply to the data request. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144902 | INDUCTIVE SYNTHESIS OF TABLE-BASED STRING TRANSFORMATIONS - Inductive synthesis and combination framework technique embodiments are presented that generally perform string transformations involving lookup operations in one or more relational tables, either alone or in combination with other non-lookup operations. More particularly, a semantic string lookup transformation language is presented, which can be used to generate an inductive synthesis procedure that synthesizes a set of transformations involving lookup operations that are consistent with the given set of input-output examples. In addition, a combination framework for combining the lookup transformation language and its synthesis procedure, with other transformation languages and their associated synthesis procedures, is presented. The resulting combined synthesis procedures enable the combination framework to synthesize transformations on a rich variety of data-types. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144903 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATION AND PLAYBACK OF SUPPLEMENTED VIDEOS - The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144904 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING QUERY USING AN IMAGE - A method and system for providing a query using an image is disclosed. A search keyword is determined using an image and position information of a terminal that are received from the terminal. Search queries associated with the determined search keyword are provided to the terminal. Lower search queries may be provided to the terminal if one of the provided search queries is selected. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130144905 | MOBILE IMAGING DEVICE AS NAVIGATOR - Embodiments of the invention are directed to obtaining information based on directional orientation of a mobile imaging device, such as a camera phone. Visual information is gathered by the camera and used to determine a directional orientation of the camera, to search for content based on the direction, to manipulate 3D virtual images of a surrounding area, and to otherwise use the directional information. Direction and motion can be determined by analyzing a sequence of images. Distance from a current location, inputted search parameters, and other criteria can be used to expand or filter content that is tagged with such criteria. Search results with distance indicators can be overlaid on a map or a camera feed. Various content can be displayed for a current direction, or desired content, such as a business location, can be displayed only when the camera is oriented toward the desired content. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130151548 | MEDIA CONTENT SEARCHING - A method may include receiving, from a user device, a search query associated with identifying media content available from a service provider. The method may also include accessing a table including entries storing metadata associated with media content, wherein the table includes a key word field and at least some of the entries include key words/terms stored in the key word field. The method may further include identifying a first entry in the table based on a word/term in the search query matching metadata stored in the first entry, determining whether a word in the search query matches a word in the key word field of the first entry and providing a search result identifying a first media content corresponding to the first entry, in response to determining that a word in the search query matches a word in the key word field of the first entry. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151549 | Method and Apparatus for Updating a Database of Online Content - A system comprising a database of streams of online content and a processor for updating said database, the processor being arranged to
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| 20130151550 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECIPE SELECTING METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides an electronic device and a method of selecting recipes from cookbooks. The device includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The storage unit is for storing a plurality of electronic cookbooks and each cookbook is marked with a timestamp by way of a classification and includes a recipe. The processing unit is for acquiring current date and/or time, determining suitable cookbooks from the storage unit according to the timestamp of each cookbook and the current date and/or time and acquires recipes from the suitable cookbooks. The display unit is for displaying the retrieved content from the cookbooks. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151551 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF GEOMETRIC FEATURE DETECTION - A computer-implemented method of geometric feature detection comprising accessing a data file including a geometric model of an object; accessing an unsuitable feature file including definitions of geometric features which are unsuitable for analysis; automatically detecting a defined unsuitable geometric feature included in the object; and optionally modifying the unsuitable geometric feature to produce a modified model for analysis purposes. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151552 | REDUCING REDIRECTS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for modifying search results. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data that specify a set of responsive resources for a search request that was submitted by a user device. A determination is made that a resource request for a particular resource from the set of responsive resources will cause the user device to be redirected to a different resource than the particular resource. In response to the determination a reference to the different resource is inserted into a search result for the particular resource. The search result for the particular resource is provided to the user device, where the search result includes the reference to the different resource. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151553 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A COMPOSITE CONTEXT EVENT - There is provided a system for processing composite context events that provides a composite context-aware application service developer with an interface enabling subscription to composite context information such that the service developer can easily use the composite context information in a composite context-aware application service, and receives, when an event corresponding to the subscribed composite context information is generated, a result of processing the composite context information so as to provide a user with an appropriate context-aware service according to a result of processing the composite context information. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151554 | IMAGE BASED METHOD OF PROVIDING MEMORIAL INFORMATION - Described herein is an image-based system for retrieving information about a deceased person or animal and an image-based method of retrieving information about a deceased person or animal. The systems disclosed herein are characterized by the absence of a visible identifier indicating the availability of the information, such as a tag, bar code, and the like. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151555 | CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTENT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic learning device ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151556 | SOUND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - For each performance part, a database stores therein a plurality of part performance data. The part performance data for each part includes a sound generation pattern and tone data corresponding thereto. A query pattern indicative of a sound generation pattern to be made an object of search is input by a user. A search is made through the database for part performance data including a sound generation pattern matching the query pattern. In response to a user's operation, one part performance data is identified from among searched-out results, and the sound generation pattern of the identified part performance data is instructed as a new query pattern. Then, a further search is made through the database for part performance data including a sound generation pattern matching the new query pattern. The searched-out pattern can be edited by the user and a further search can be made based on the edited pattern. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130151557 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUDIT SCORING - An audit scoring system may include authorizing a user device to configure an audit for one or more form identification numbers. The system may receive values for each disposition associated with form data. The system may also assign values to each disposition such that a query can be performed against the audit using a form identification number associated with the form data. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130159339 | Data Container Access in a Database System - A database system receives a request to access one of a plurality of data containers. Such request includes a file identification (ID) corresponding to the requested data container. Using this file ID, metadata associated with the requested data container is accessed. The metadata is stored in a page of page chain and such metadata identifies a location of the requested data container (so that it can be accessed). Thereafter, the metadata is used to enable access to the requested data container. The file ID in the request can encapsulate a page number and at least one index. This page number identifies a page in the page chain storing the metadata and the index identifies a location within the identified page where the metadata can be found. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159340 | QUOTE-BASED SEARCH - A user search for quotes attributable to people or information regarding the quotes is fulfilled by providing the relevant information from a quote index. The quote index is built from a data store comprising articles that include quotes given by people. Quotes are extracted from the articles along with the relevant attributes such as the keywords, topics and entities. The extracted keywords, topics and entities are indexed with unique identifiers. A quote index is built by storing the quotes along with the keywords, topics and related entities. Quotes or information associated with the quotes based on various criteria is retrieved and presented in different formats. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159341 | METADATA CACHE MANAGEMENT - Managing a cache includes determining from metadata of a received service request whether a cache data response may satisfy the request as a function of recognizing a cacheable method name specification within request metadata by a service provider associated with the request, and determining whether the request is an inquiry or a request as a function of comparing an update frequency specification or a time interval period to a value of a time parameter associated with the cacheable method name in the metadata, in order to decide if the request may be satisfied by the cached data. Aspects also include searching the cache for the data response if determined the data is cacheable and the request is an inquiry, and sending the request on to a service provider if the data response is not a cacheable response, or the request is an update request. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130159342 | AUTOMATICALLY MAKING CHANGES IN A DOCUMENT IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON A CHANGE BY A USER TO OTHER CONTENT IN THE DOCUMENT - A content management system detects a change to one part of a document, and to generate a corresponding change in a different part of the same document. Dynamic inclusion rules define conditions that, when satisfied, allow automatically changing a link in a document to a new link when corresponding data in the document is added or changed. If a change corresponds to a defined dynamic inclusion rule, a corresponding query in the rule is evaluated according to the changes in the document. When there is enough information to run the query, the query is automatically executed in a background process. If there is a single link that satisfies the query, the document may be updated with the new link. If multiple links satisfy the query, the top ranked query result may be automatically selected, or the user may select which link should be included in the document. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130166586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SKYLINE QUERIES TO SEARCH FOR POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG A ROUTE - A method and system for searching for points of interest along a route is disclosed. A relation that includes records that associate link identifiers, point of interest identifiers, and distances between the links and the points of interest is generated during the compilation process of a first version of a geographic database. The relation is stored in compiled database products. When a compiled database product is being used by a navigation system, for example, navigation application software programs use the relation to accurately and efficiently find points of interest along a computed route. Navigation systems can also use the relation to service skyline queries and responsively generate skyline graphs of points of interest. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166587 | User Interface for Viewing Targeted Segments of Multimedia Content Based on Time-Based Metadata Search Criteria - A system and method for navigating digital media assets including a navigation system configured to receive a search query in response to a user input and process the search query by applying the search query to a search index of digital media asset conventional and time-based metadata and determining search results of titles of and start points in time within digital media assets that satisfy the search query. The navigation system may then display the search results to the user through the user interface. The search results may be displayed in a hierarchical format, wherein the title of the digital media asset is displayed and upon selecting the title of the digital media asset, the start points in time within that digital media asset are displayed or played as a video to the user through the user interface. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166588 | EXECUTION PLAN PREPARATION IN APPLICATION SERVER - A system and method for execution plan preparation. One or more processors executing an application process of an application server receive a request from a client computer over a network. The one or more processors parse the request to determine one or more components of the request. An execution plan for the request is generated based on the one or more components determined by the parsing, and the execution plan is then sent to a database for execution of the request by a database process. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166589 | SPLIT PROCESSING PATHS FOR A DATABASE CALCULATION ENGINE - A dynamic split node defined within a calculation model can receive data being operated on by a calculation plan generated based on the calculation model. A partition specification can be applied to one or more reference columns in a table containing at least some of the received data. The applying can cause the table to be split such that a plurality of records in the table are partitioned according to the partition specification. A separate processing path can be set for each partition, and execution of the calculation plan can continue using the separate processing paths, each of which can be assigned to a processing node of a plurality of available processing nodes. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166590 | CONTENT SEARCH RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON SEMANTIC NETWORK - A content search recommendation apparatus and method based on a semantic network are provided. The content search recommendation apparatus may include a watch history storage to store a watch history of a user, a mobile device to receive input of a user command and transmit the user command, a smart agent server to extract a content name from the watch history in response to the user command and to output knowledge information corresponding to the content name, and a search recommendation server to search for the knowledge information related to the content name from a content knowledge information storage that stores and manages content knowledge information in the form of a semantic network, and to transmit a search result to the smart agent server. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166591 | Systems and Methods for Searching for Items of Fashion and other Items of Creation - Systems and methods according to the invention make feature-based and visual search possible. They allow users to provide us a visual representation that we can apply against available items of creation and return items that are like the visual representation in terms of features and other parameters that user can specify. More generally, the invention relates to searching items using visual representations. In particular it provides visual features of an item of creation and methods for recognizing images in terms of those features, and converting the deduced knowledge in a form that is searchable against a database of items of creation. Thus, for example, one aspect of this invention provides for creation of the framework in which an item of creation can be represented visually. This framework can be of many types: a canvas or a touch-sensitive computer screen and so on. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130166592 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION PROVIDED BY CONTACTS VIA NETWORK AFTER INPUTTING CONTACT INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a method for obtaining information provided by contacts via network after inputting contact information. The method includes the following steps: step A, user A obtains user B's contact information; step B, user A inputs user B's contact information to address book; step C, user A sends inquiry request to a contact information server according to user B's contact information; step D, according to the contact information submitted by user A, the contact information server searches the information stored in the server to find out whether there is some information from user B related to the contact information. If yes, it returns the related information to user A, else, it informs user A that there is no related information. This invention breaks out the limit that the name card can only transfer information with limited number of words and limited size of images, and it expands the amount of information carried by the name card and the expression forms of information. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130173651 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATORY DATABASE PROTOCOL DISCOVERY - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products herein enable a mobile terminal with a cognitive radio to determine at least one white space spectrum database to access based on a current location and once the at least one white space spectrum database is accessed to determine the relevant communication protocols. One example method may include accessing one or more white space database identifiers. In some example embodiments, the white space database identifiers correspond to a white space database assigned to a region. The method may further include determining whether the one or more database identifiers match a database identifier associated with a schema In some example embodiments, the schema defines one or more parameters for exchanging information with a white space spectrum database. The method may further include selecting the schema that is associated with the matched database identifier. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173652 | Transparency Data Analysis and Reporting - An accountability provider is configured to enable specification of queries for data sources of accountable entities. The queries are based on an analysis of transparency goals of the accountable entities and utilize transparency metrics of those entities. The accountability provider is further configured to present representations of the transparency metrics generated responsive to the queries, to enable interaction with the representations, and to update the representations based on at least one of viewer requests or viewer interactions. Also, the accountability provider is configured determine representations of transparency metrics available to viewers based on viewer descriptors and to present the determined representations responsive to logins of the viewers. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173653 | PATH COMPOSITION FOR PLANNING - A sequence of events may be planned by drawing on knowledge of existing sequences of events, and combining those events in accordance with a set of constraints. In one example, the sequences of events are events in a social agenda, such as dinner, drinks, movie, etc. Actual social agendas that users have carried out are monitored (with the users' permission), and these events are stored in a database. A sequence of events may be referred to as an existing path. Using the database, a system can respond to a query such as “plan an evening in Seattle,” or “plan an evening in that includes a movie” by querying the database to determine what sequences have already happened, and either retrieving an existing sequence or synthesizing a new one from existing sequences. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED BUSINESS LISTINGS TO MULTIPLE SEARCH PROVIDERS FROM A SINGLE SOURCE - Methods and systems for providing enhanced listings of an entity to multiple search service provider systems from a single source system are disclosed. The single source system transmits listing identification data related to the entity to at least one provider system. The single source system receives a listing from the at least one provider system. The listing is configured to include a provider-supplied external ID. The single source system delivers an enhanced listing to the at least one provider system based on the presence or absence of the provider-supplied external ID. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173655 | SELECTIVE FETCHING OF SEARCH RESULTS - A method, program product and system for selectively fetching search results data. Once a search query has been received and executed in a database, the total count of search results are divided into pages. A computer fetches a determined number of pages of search results data and stores the search results data in a repository. The computer displays one page of fetched search results data and links to other pages of search results data to the user through the interface. If the user selects a page of search results data to display which was not already fetched, the computer fetches the non-fetched search results data and marks the fetched search results data. The marked data may be discarded or cached through memory virtualization. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173656 | METHOD FOR SHARING AND SEARCHING PLAYLISTS - The present disclosure provides a method for making a playlist available to the public. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for creating a playlist comprising user-defined descriptor information. In another embodiment, the present disclosure provides a method for searching for such public playlists. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173657 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ORGANIZING CLINICAL DATA USING MODELS AND FRAMES - Certain examples provide systems and methods to organize clinical data using detailed clinical models and frames. An example system includes a clinical element query processor to query data organized according to one or more detailed clinical models. The clinical element processor is to form a frame from instances of the queried data. The example system also includes a transformer to receive the frame and operate on the data in the frame to transform the frame into a component to be used as a part of a clinical application. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173658 | INTERACTIVE BASE AND TOKEN CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH COMPUTING DEVICE - A smart charm bracelet that includes an elongated band or other base, at least one smart charm or other token that may be coupled to or otherwise associated with the elongated band or base, wherein the elongated band is able to communicate with the charm. The band and/or charm may also be able to communicate with a computing device, including but not limited to a mobile device. In addition, the band and/or charm may produce a light, sound, and/or vibration indication to a user upon the occurrence of an event. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173659 | Methods and Devices for Providing Location-Based Electronic Information - The invention discloses a method and a device for providing location-based electronic information. In some embodiments, the method comprises the following steps: receiving an electronic information request carrying location information from a user terminal; querying pre-stored various electronic information for electronic information corresponding to the location information carried in the electronic information request; and providing the electronic information obtained from the query to the user terminal. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130173660 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program storage medium which can present associated information related to a document to be processed to a user. An accumulation block accumulates a database of associated information. A presentation block presents to the user the associated information corresponding to the document to be processed at occurrence of an event. An agent control block controls the manner of displaying an agent for example. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130179461 | Proactive Monitoring of Database Servers - A computer system monitors database servers to mitigate server availability risks. The plurality of servers may be proactively monitored to determine database status at each server before an alert is generated. An automated proactive process executes at a user's desktop to monitor database features over a plurality of database servers. Information about the server status is presented in a graphical user interface (GUI) format where status information for all of the database servers is presented in one integrated view in an automated manner. For example, the monitoring process reads a list of SQL instances and then connects to each listed SQL server to query the system catalogs of an SQL server engine. The monitoring process interprets the received information from the SQL servers and updates the GUI. The GUI may be color-coded to indicate the status state of individual SQL features for each monitored SQL server. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179462 | Apparatus and Method for Viewing Medical Information - An apparatus includes a computer system programmed to retrieve information from a plurality of data sources; the computer system including a plurality of vault query services; an adapter for each of the data sources, each adapter translating an interface for one of the data sources to a vault query service interface; and a cross-vault query service providing an interface for data communication between an application program and the plurality of vault query services; and a user display for displaying the information retrieved from the data sources in response to a query from the application program. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179463 | RETRIEVAL OF SEARCHABLE AND NON-SEARCHABLE ATTRIBUTES - Retrieving stored data is disclosed. A retrieval request is received for an object. A retrieval response is generated that includes: 1) a first set of searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the first set of attributes is stored in a database in a manner that enables a database query to be performed against the attribute of the first set of attributes; and 2) a second set of non-searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the second set of attributes is stored in the database in a manner that does not enable a database query to be performed against the attribute of the second set of attributes. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVENANCE FUNCTION WINDOW OPTIMIZATION - A system and method for managing provenance data are disclosed. In accordance with one method, input data elements assessed by a processing element are evaluated. The method further includes determining whether an input window comprising the input data elements includes a sufficient amount of relevant input data. If the input window does not include a sufficient amount of relevant input data, then the input data elements are designated for reference in response to a provenance query. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130179465 | INVERSE SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Inverse search systems and methods operate on identifiers of content items in a corpus such as the World Wide Web In an inverse search, the user submits a query that includes an identifier of a target content item in the corpus and receives information (metadata) about the target content item being returned to the user. Many types of metadata can be returned, including ratings or other metadata related to the target content item obtained from users, popularity data specific to the target content item, information about previously submitted forward search queries that led to the target content item being identified as a hit, and metadata extracted from the target content item. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130185322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ELECTRONIC CONTACT CARD - Systems and methods for providing an electronic contact card are shown, and specifically, systems and methods for providing an electronic contact card in a format compatible with electronic contact books associated with computing devices. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185323 | SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICE - A computer-based system for the implementation of a social network service is provided. The system includes a user information database, a groups database and an interests database. A referral generator analyses information stored within the databases to identify common interests between users and/or groups, and prompt users with suggested associations. Interests may be regional in nature, facilitating in-person communications in addition to communications via the social network service. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185324 | LOCATION-TYPE TAGGING USING COLLECTED TRAVELER DATA - A method and system are disclosed for automatically tagging locations using collected traveler information. Traveler information, including a time/date stamp and a unique identification associated with the traveler are collected and stored in a database with locations corresponding to transportation stops. A location query, which includes a location type, an analysis period, optionally, an analysis approach, and a user selected threshold are received and a number of time/location stamps for each location is determined based upon an interval associated with the selected type. The maximum number of time/location stamps for that location is determined, and using the selected threshold, a minimum number of stamps required to designate a location as the selected type is determined. When the number of time/location stamps within the time interval for the selected type is greater than or equal to the minimum number calculated, the location is tagged as the selected location type. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185325 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORKS - Methods and apparatus for providing content based on social networks are provided. In particular, a user's social relationships or activities on a social network may be utilized to determine content such as products and/or items of interest to present to the user. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185326 | NAME SEARCH USING MULTIPLE BITMAP DISTRIBUTIONS - Provided are a computer implemented method, computer program product, and system for matching names. For a first bitmap distribution, it is determined whether a first bitmap signature of a query name and a second bitmap signature of a target name have a number of character n-grams overlapping that meet or exceed a threshold to generate a first preliminary value. For a second bitmap distribution that is different from the first bitmap distribution, it is determined whether a third bitmap signature of the query name and a fourth bitmap signature of the target name have a number of character n-grams overlapping that meet or exceed a threshold to generate a second preliminary value. The first preliminary value and the second preliminary value are combined, and, if the combination results in a value of true, it is determined that the query name and the target name are to be further processed. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185327 | NAME SEARCH USING MULTIPLE BITMAP DISTRIBUTIONS - Provided are techniques for matching names. For a first bitmap distribution, it is determined whether a first bitmap signature of a query name and a second bitmap signature of a target name have a number of character n-grams overlapping that meet or exceed a threshold to generate a first preliminary value. For a second bitmap distribution that is different from the first bitmap distribution, it is determined whether a third bitmap signature of the query name and a fourth bitmap signature of the target name have a number of character n-grams overlapping that meet or exceed a threshold to generate a second preliminary value. The first preliminary value and the second preliminary value are combined, and, if the combination results in a value of true, it is determined that the query name and the target name are to be further processed. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185328 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A MULTIDIMENSIONAL STRING QUERY - Provided are an apparatus and method for processing a multidimensional string query. Using the apparatus and method, a search of a multidimensional multi-attribute string may be rapidly processed on the basis of a multidimensional n-gram index. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130191410 | DOCUMENT SIMILARITY EVALUATION SYSTEM, DOCUMENT SIMILARITY EVALUATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed is a document similarity evaluation system or the like which can evaluate a degree of concentration and dispersion of parts with high similarity in at least two kinds of documents. The system includes a segment search unit which finds common segments (CS) in first and second segment strings, counts the number of CS, and identifies an appearance range (AR) within CS; and a similarity index (SI) calculation unit which calculates a first sum that is a sum of the numbers of characters of each segment (NCS) in AR and a second sum that is a sum of NCS of CS and calculates SI between the first and second segment strings by the following equation, SI=F(NTC)/G(NCC)×NS (where, NTC is the first sum, NCC is the second sum, NS is the number of the CS, functions F and G monotonically increase at larger than | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191411 | MONITORING AND DEBUGGING QUERY EXECUTION OBJECTS - Nodes in a query execution data structure have monitor and dump methods defined. The monitor method enables the collection of information from the node. The dump method outputs the monitored information from each node. A monitor and debug mechanism of the preferred embodiments includes a graphical user interface that allows a user to graphically examine a query execution tree, to enable monitoring of the nodes on a node-by-node basis, and to view information dumped from the query execution data structure as the query is executed or after the query is executed. The result is a powerful tool that allows efficiently monitoring and debugging a query implemented in an object oriented query execution data structure. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191412 | NAME DATABASE SERVER, NAME RESOLUTION SYSTEM, ENTRY SEARCH METHOD AND ENTRY SEARCH PROGRAM - A node information storage means stores an entry of node information in which at least an address and a record type are associated with a host name. A search target record deciding means decides a record type of an entry of a search target from a received virtual record type based on a search rule that is a rule specifying a record type of a search target according to a virtual record type. An entry searching means searches the node information storage means, and specifies an entry that corresponds to the entry specifying information received from the terminal device and has the record type decided by the search target record deciding means. A search result transmitting means transmits node information included in the entry specified by the entry searching means to the terminal device. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130191413 | Continuous Querying of a Data Stream - In continuous querying of a data stream, a query including query cycles can be initialized ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130198221 | INDEXING STRUCTURES USING SYNTHETIC DOCUMENT SUMMARIES - A search engine provides efficient and scalable search queries for documents using a document summaries index file structure. The document summaries index file structure comprises an index portion and a records portion. The index portion contains a plurality of document identifiers, each of which is linked to a record in the record values portion. The records portion includes a document summary that may include a number of fields, including a name-length, name, type, and value-length, and value. Each record value is searched to determine if the contents matches criteria in the search request. The document summaries index file can be modified to add new indexable criteria in a scalable and efficient manner. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198222 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS IN AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR VIEWING A CURRENT VALUE OF A POINT IDENTIFIED IN CODE OF A CORRESPONDING POINT CONTROL PROCESS - Automation systems, methods, and mediums. A method includes displaying, in a user interface, a portion of code associated with a process running in the automation system. The process is associated with a point variable in the automation system. The portion of code includes the point variable. The method further includes identifying a location of a cursor in a user interface in response to detecting the cursor in the location associated with the user interface for a period of time. The method includes requesting the point value of the point variable in the portion of code and associated with the location of the cursor. The method includes receiving the value associated with the variable over a network connection. The method includes displaying the point value in the user interface in association with the point variable. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198223 | System And Method For Processing, Maintaining, And Verifying Data - In an exemplary embodiment, a system includes a database, a parsing module, a batching module, a comparison module, and a reporting module. The parsing module is operable to receive a first data file and a plurality of instructions for processing the data. The parsing module is operable to store at least a portion of data from the first data file in the database based at least in part on the plurality of instructions. The batching module can retrieve database queries from a second data file, receive a first indication that at least one database query is selected, and execute the at least one database query in the database. The comparison module is operable to retrieve a first data set from the database and retrieve a second data set, wherein the second data set is expected data, and determine whether the first data set matches the second data set. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198224 | CONTEXTUAL ICON-ORIENTED SEARCH TOOL - A context icon-oriented user interface for indicating search criteria allows a user to select a first icon associated with an individual for which information associated with a second icon, and potentially select further icons that are retrieved and presented to the user. A context determines the universe of first icons that are presented for selection by the user, and a stickiness level between the user and individuals in the universe of first icons may further reduce the universe of first icons based on various factors, including prior interaction with the user. Search results based on a combination of icons are then returned to the user, allowing the user to visually request searches without recalling keywords used to define the search query. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198225 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUERIED PATIENT ABSTRACT - A system and method for generating a patient abstract containing data about a patient selected from the patient's medical records is presented. A medical order for a patent is analyzed and at least one term is extracted from the medical order. Based upon the extracted term, at least one medical concept related to an extracted term is identified. Then at least one medical data element related to an identified medical concept is identified. A database containing at least a portion of the patient's medical records is queried for the identified at least one medical data element, and at least a portion of a result from the query is displayed, for example, via a user interface. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198226 | RETRIEVING DATA UTILIZING A DISTRIBUTED INDEX - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module receiving a request to retrieve a data object based on a search attribute. The method continues with the DS processing module retrieving and decoding a set of encoded index data slices to reconstruct an index file. The method continues with the DS processing module identifying a child index file, retrieving and decoding a set of encoded child index data slices to reconstruct the child index file, and determining whether the child index file includes a dispersed storage network (DSN) address for the data object. When the child index file includes the DSN address for the data object, the method continues with the DS processing module retrieving a plurality of sets of encoded data slices based on the DSN address and decoding the plurality of sets of encoded data slices to recapture the data object. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198227 | TEMPORAL PATTERN MATCHING IN LARGE COLLECTIONS OF LOG MESSAGES - A method for identifying a plurality of patterns of events from within event log file data includes receiving a query comprising a plurality of patterns, each of the patterns comprising a plurality of events. One or more key events is determined from the plurality of patterns of events. The one or more key events is located within a database of stored event log file data. An event stream comprising the key events and all other events of the event log file data occurring within a predetermined time span from the time of the located one or more events is generated. Each of the plurality of patterns of the received query are searched for from within the event stream. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130198228 | SYSTEM OF PROPOSING CREATIVE KEYWORD AND METHOD OF PROPOSING CREATIVE KEYWORD USING THE SAME - A system of proposing a creative keyword and a method thereof are provided, in which the system includes a search server which receives the request for search from a user terminal, analyzes in a real-time basis energy consumption of coordinate regions according to a plurality of information searched by an extracted user's keyword, and modifies association among the searched words by increasing or decreasing accessibility to associated searched words related to the request for search based on the analysis, wherein the user terminal which requests search by transmitting the user's search keyword to the search server, and receives and displays on a screen the resultant associated words. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130204893 | METHODS FOR GENERATING A UNIFIED VIRTUAL SNAPSHOT AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A method, computer readable medium, and system for generating a unified virtual snapshot in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes invoking with a file virtualization system a capture of a plurality of physical snapshots. Each of the physical snapshots comprises content at a given point in time in one of the plurality of data storage systems. A unified virtual snapshot is generated with the file virtualization system based on the captured plurality of the physical snapshots. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204894 | Multi-Source, Multi-Dimensional, Cross-Entity, Multimedia Analytical Model Sharing Database Platform Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The MULTI-SOURCE, MULTI-DIMENSIONAL, CROSS-ENTITY, MULTIMEDIA ANALYTICAL MODEL SHARING DATABASE PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“AMSDB”) transform data aggregated from various computer resources using AMSDB components into updated entity profiles and/or social graphs. In one implementation, the AMSDB aggregates data records including search results, purchase transaction data, service usage data, service enrollment data, and social data. The AMSDB identifies data field types within the data records and their associated data values. From the data field types and their associated data values, the AMSDB identifies an entity. The AMSDB generates correlations of the entity to other entities identifiable from the data field types and their associated data values. The AMSDB also associates attributes to the entity by drawing inferences related to the entity from the data field types and their associated data values. Using the generated correlations and associated attributes, the AMSDB generates an updated profile and social graph of the entity. The AMSDB provides the updated profile and social graph for an automated web form filling request. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130212121 | CLIENT-SIDE MODIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS IN A CLIENT-SERVER ENVIRONMENT - Client-side modification of electronic documents by server-generated instructions in a client-server environment enables dynamic modification of formatting information in an electronic document to accommodate new data received from the server. A server generates machine instructions to send to a client along with new data for an electronic document. The generated instructions modify the electronic document at the client to accommodate the new data. The generated instructions may include at least one tag indicating a relative order in which the new data is to be imported into the electronic document and the instructions are to be performed. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212122 | System and Method for Controlling Access to a Database Object - According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method includes receiving a query from a user, the query requesting access to a database object in a first database table, the database object comprising a first column and a second column. The method also includes determining whether the user is authorized to access the database object based on the first column, and determining whether the user is authorized to access the database object based on the second column. The method further includes allowing the user to access to database object in response to determining the user is authorized to access the database object based on the first column or the second column. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212123 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNLOADING ADDITIONAL SEARCH RESULTS INTO ELECTRONIC DICTIONARIES - In one embodiment, the invention provides a method for a system to provide information based on a query, the method comprising: performing a first search of at least one first source for information responsive to the query; providing a result of the search to a user; searching documents using at least a part of the result of the search; providing the user with at least one example of usage of the result of the search obtained from the searching of stored documents; based on user input, performing a second search of at least one second source for information responsive to the query; and providing a result of said second search to the user. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212124 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A search control unit conducts a search process of data registered in logically one search table by an internal memory table allocated on an internal memory and an external memory table allocated on an external memory. An internal memory retrieving unit conducts a search process of data registered in the internal memory table. An external memory retrieving unit conducts a search process of data registered in the external memory table. The search control unit executes the search process by the internal memory retrieving unit and the search process by the external memory retrieving unit in parallel or sequentially according to a requested search mode. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130212125 | BIOINFORMATICS SEARCH TOOL SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING AND SUMMARIZING GENOTYPIC AND PHENOTYPIC DATA FOR DIAGNOSING PATIENTS - A computer system having a processor, non-transitory memory and a communication system is described. The communication system is coupled to a network and communicates with one or more genetic databases using an internet protocol. The non-transitory memory stores processor executable code to cause the processor to (1) receive data indicative of genetic array data of a patient via the communication system, (2) conduct, via the communication system and the network, at least one query of one or more genetic databases of genotypic data and phenotypic data using the data indicative of patient genetic data and phenotypic data, and (3) provide results of the at least one query to provide a clinical synopsis of the patient. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130218921 | Conversation System and Method for Performing Both Conversation-Based Queries and Message-Based Queries - A conversation server system having one or more processors and memory stores a plurality of messages organized as a plurality of conversations, respective conversations including respective representative messages with message term(s) and conversation term(s) and messages with message term(s). The server receives a message search query and responds by: identifying matching message(s) associated with message terms matching the message search query; and returning message search results including representations matching message(s) to a client from which the message search query was received. The server also receives a conversation search query and responds by: identifying matching representative message(s) associated with a combination of message term(s) and conversation term(s) matching the conversation search query, selecting conversation(s) including a matching representative message; and returning conversation search results including representations of matching conversation(s) to a client from which the conversation search query was received. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218922 | LOCATING PREVIOUSLY COMMUNICATED ELECTRONIC MESSAGES - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for locating previously communicated electronic messages (e.g., emails, etc.). Specifically, the system will receive a request to locate/retrieve a previously communicated electronic message (“message”). The request can be issued by a sender or a recipient of the message. In any event, the request will include a set (one or more) of characteristics pertaining to the message such as a set of recipients thereof. One or more electronic messaging databases will then be searched based on the set of recipients and the message located. Once located, an alert will be sent to the requester and/or other message parties. The alert will indicate the message that was located. If the alert is validated (e.g., the message was the correct message), the message will be displayed. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130218923 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING DATA ON DATA SOURCES ASSOCIATED WITH REGISTERED APPLICATIONS - A mobile device includes a memory to store an unregistered application and corresponding unregistered application data which is unable to be searched, and a registered application and corresponding registered application data that is able to be searched. The mobile device also has a processor to convert the unregistered application and the unregistered application data to a newly registered application and newly registered application data which is able to be searched, and search the registered application data and the newly registered application data for a search term to determine whether the registered application and the newly registered application have search results associated therewith. The processor also displays applications having search results associated therewith on an application selection screen on a display, with a subset of information about the search results being displayed, and receives selection of an application via an input device. The processor also executes the selected application to present the search results on the display. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130226954 | CONFIGURABLE DOCUMENT GENERATOR - Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for managing sets of structured data. According to one embodiment, managing a set of structured data can comprise identifying a plurality of elements within the set of structured data. Each of the identified elements can be assigned to a record having a predefined schema comprising content of the assigned element and a plurality of control attributes for the assigned element. One or more of the control attributes can be defined for each of the records and the records can be stored in a repository. Upon receiving a request for one or more of the plurality of elements, those elements to be made available can be identified based on the control attributes of the stored records. The stored records for the identified elements can be retrieved and provided to one or more users in response to the request. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226955 | BI-TEMPORAL KEY VALUE CACHE SYSTEM - Described herein are techniques for supporting bi-temporal data in a key value cache system. An embodiment provides bi-temporal data as the basic functionality of a key value cache system. An embodiment provides a redesign of the core data structures of a key value cache system, adds bi-temporal data storage in the key value hashing structure, and provides a temporality-aware memory space manager. Embodiments can achieve the same performance as current key value cache systems for regular queries (that is, the queries that only access the current versions of data) while supporting bi-temporal data. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226956 | SEARCHING FOR WEB PAGES BASED ON USER-RECALLED WEB PAGE APPEARANCE - In a method for searching for a previously visited web page, a first computer receives a plurality of search parameters from a second computer. The plurality of search parameters include a parameter identifying a characteristic of an element of a previously visited web page and a parameter identifying a weight of confidence in a recollection of a user that the element has the characteristic. The first computer searches for the characteristic of the element in a database including one or more characteristics of elements of indexed web pages. The first computer finds a match between the characteristic of the element and a characteristic of an element of an indexed web page of the indexed web pages. The first computer creates a list including an identification of the indexed web page. The first computer sends the list to the second computer. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226957 | Methods, Systems, and Media for Identifying Similar Songs Using Two-Dimensional Fourier Transform Magnitudes - Methods, systems, and media for identifying cover songs using two-dimensional Fourier transform magnitudes are provided. In some embodiments, methods for identifying a cover song from a query song are provided, the methods comprising: identifying a query song vector for the query song, wherein the query song vector is indicative of a two-dimensional Fourier transform based on the query song; identifying a plurality of reference song vectors that each correspond to one of a plurality of reference songs, wherein each of the plurality of reference song vectors is indicative of a two-dimensional Fourier transform created based on the corresponding reference song; determining a distance between the query song vector and each of the plurality of reference song vectors; generating an indication that a reference song corresponding to a reference song vector with a shortest distance to the query song vector is a similar song to the query song. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226958 | METHOD ENABLING USERS TO AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE AND SHARE CONTACT INFORMATION - A method that enables users to share and automatically update contact information. Profile information for a plurality of users is stored in an electronic, network-assessable database. Users may search for others in the database and add them as contacts. When the one user chooses to edit, add, or delete information from their stored profile information, the changes are automatically shared with the users designated as contacts by the one user. In contrast to existing contact-sharing schemes, however, the use of stored profiles makes the disclosed method much more versatile. Such profile information may include a phone number, e-mail address or social network address, with sub-profiles being assignable to personal, business, or other categories. This arrangement enables a given user to only share particular information to particular contacts, or allow a reciprocal relationship (sharing both ways). Users may additionally accept or deny information sharing by the other users. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226959 | Method of Storing and Accessing Data in a Database System - A method of storing and accessing data in a database system is disclosed. The database system comprises at least one primary data source. The database system is associated with at least one adapted data structure that defines the physical data storage structures (e.g., row storage and columnar storage) in which the data are stored. Data is allocated from the at least one primary data source to the at least one adapted data structure in correlation with a database query received. For example, based on the data access patterns (e.g., queries), the physical data storage structures in which the data managed by the database system are to be stored are dynamically determined. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226960 | INFORMATION ENTRY MECHANISM FOR SMALL KEYPADS - Presentation of results of a predictive analysis of text is delayed until entry of the text by a user is paused by a particular amount of time. The results are available for selection by the user for another particular amount of time. After the other particular amount of time is expired, the results are no longer available to for selection. If a particular result is selected, the selected result either replaces or supplements the entered text. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226961 | AUTOMATIC CATALOG SEARCH PREVIEW - A computer-implemented method for navigating a database including a plurality of records having attributes, the method including transmitting a webpage configured to display selectable filters associated with record attributes; receiving at least one attribute value based on a filter selection; transmitting a mini query to the database for a count of records in the database that satisfy the at least one attribute value; receiving the count of records; transmitting the count of records to be rendered on a display device; transmitting a full query to the database for record indicators in the database that satisfy the at least one attribute value; receiving the one or more record indicators; and transmitting the one or more record indicators. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226962 | Media Player Feedback - Example configurations herein include a media player that initiates playback of content (e.g., play back of a movie in a web browser). Based on input from a respective user, the media player receives selections of playback commands (e.g., play, pause, stop, rewind, fast forward, etc.) applied to the content being played back by the media player. Based on the selections, the media player creates a log report. The log report records the selections of the playback commands applied to the content and indicates, for example, a corresponding time when the playback commands were applied. According to one configuration, the media player initiates distribution of the log report to notify a publisher associated with the content which playback commands were selected during playback of the content on the media player. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226963 | SEARCH AND PRESENTATION ENGINE - A contents display and search system for navigating and searching and exploring a collection of objects includes a database of Attributes; each of the Attributes being associated with one or more objects, and a database of Kinds, each Kind being associated with one or more Attributes. When a user enters a search query including at least one Attribute, an object is tested to determine whether it has Attributes of the Kind corresponding to the Kind of the at least one specified Attribute before function testing is performed. Search and contents investigation results are presented in a hierarchical format in which Kinds and Attributes rather than objects, are displayed until the search or content type is further specified by selecting additional Kinds and/or Attributes such that the number of objects satisfying the specified search is below a threshold. User interaction modifies the hierarchical order of Kinds and Attributes in the display. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226964 | Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Determining Availability Of Presentable Content - Methods, systems, and computer program products for determining availability of presentable content are disclosed. According to one aspect, an identification of first presentable content is received during presentation of the first presentable content in a first content format. Further, a request for second presentable content corresponding to the first presentable content is transmitted, the request including information identifying the first presentable content. Further, in response to the request, results from a search are received. The results including an identification of second presentable content available in a second content format, wherein the search is based on the information associated with the first presentable content included in the request. Further, an indication is presented that the second presentable content is available in the second content format. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130232164 | Methods and Apparatus for Job State Tracking in Cluster Computing - Embodiments of a state tracking technique may enable real-time tracking of jobs in a computer cluster. A state object is provided that allows a job to be implemented as a distributable database. The job may be tracked while the job is processing via the state tracking technique. Using the state tracking technique, the cluster may track the location of the state objects for jobs in a database. However, only location information for the state object, and not the job metadata itself, is stored in the central database. This reduces the amount of data stored in the central database, distributing the metadata across the cluster, thus improving database performance and reducing bandwidth requirements on the network. Information about a job may be acquired via a query to the central database to find the location of the respective state object, and then a query to the state object (or to a proxy). | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232165 | Methods and Systems for Shared Data Sets in an On-Line Services Environment - Methods and systems are described for shared data sets in an on-line services environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, receiving a request for data stored in a shared database from a user, identifying the requesting user, retrieving the requested data from the shared database, determining whether there are user-specific changes for the retrieved data, changing the retrieved data using the user-specific changes, and supplying the requested data to the user. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232166 | Computer method for searching document and recognizing concept with controlled tolerance - Documents are searched by a target document. The target document is tokenized into buta strings. The buta strings are decomposed into buta attribute values. A target buta attribute value is selected. A tolerance is given to the target buta attribute value. A buta attribute range is determined from the given tolerance. Buta attribute value suggestions are lookup results within the buta attribute range in dictionary of index II, which relates a buta attribute value to buta strings. Alternative buta strings are searched using the buta attribute value suggestions in dictionary of index II. Finally, documents can be searched using the alternative buta strings in dictionary of index I, which relates a buta string to documents. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232167 | TARGETING CONTENT BASED ON RECEIPT OF PARTIAL TERMS - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for targeting content to users based on receipt of partial terms. One example method includes identifying one or more terms associated with a campaign, the campaign having an associated content item that is presented to users responsive to requests for content, presenting a campaign sponsor with an option to target the content item to users based on receipt of a partial form of one of the one or more terms, receiving from the campaign sponsor a selection of a designation of the partial form of the term for use in targeting, and optionally presenting the content item in a search suggestion control along with search completions in response to receipt of the partial form of the term in a search control. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232168 | Presenting a Temporal Sequence of Geographic Location-Specific Digital Data - Methods and systems for presenting a temporal sequence of geographic location-specific data are disclosed. These include presenting a temporal sequence of geographic location-specific data in response to a single query. A query that includes data specifying a selected geographic location and a time interval is received. In response to the query, at least three temporally distinct times are selected to represent the time interval. At least one visual image data file is selected to represent the selected geographic location at each of the at least three temporally distinct times. At least one additional contextual data file is selected to represent the selected geographic location at each of the at least three temporally distinct times. The selected visual image data files and additional contextual data files are presented in temporal sequence to represent the progression of time at the selected geographic location over the time interval. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232169 | Context Enabled Address Selection - A system allows a user to select an individual address from the multiple addresses for additional information on that particular address. Multiple addresses can be viewed together on a map for selection purposes. Selection of a particular address can trigger new GUIs for presentation of context information for a particular location to a user. Context information can include differing map views, e.g., map view, satellite view, terrain view, etc., landmarks, photos taken from that particular address, local businesses, telephone numbers for that particular address, etc. Presentation of context information can assist a user in making a more informed decision as to which addresses from multiple presented possible addresses to select. Context information provide criteria to select and/or rule out a particular address. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232170 | RELATED-WORD REGISTRATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RELATED-WORD REGISTRATION METHOD, PROGRAM FOR RELATED-WORD REGISTRATION DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RELATED-WORD REGISTRATION SYSTEM - A search query including a search word entered by the user is obtained (S | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130238651 | MESSAGE SEARCH METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An example method includes displaying information associated with a first message of a first type on a display of an electronic device, detecting initiation of a search associated with the first message, identifying, by the electronic device, a search request determined from an element of the first message, searching, by the electronic device, for a second message of the first type and a third message of a second type, wherein the second message and the third message correspond to the search request, and displaying information associated with the second message and information associated with the third message. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238652 | Methods and Systems of Aggregating Information of Social Networks Based on Geographical Locations Via a Network - One or more systems, devices, methods, and/or processes described can apply searches and/or filters to data of social networks with respect to one or more geographical locations, geospatial references, location-based contexts, and/or map-based references. One or more social networks can be queried with search and/or filter parameters and one or more geographic locations, and results received from the social network(s) can be based on the search and/or filter parameter(s) and the geographic location(s) and presented to a user on a map or other user interface. Location-based information (e.g., in advertisement, a promotion, a coupon, etc.) can be provided to corresponding computing devices that correspond to one or more results of the one or more queries of the social network media data sources associated with the search region. The location-based information can be provided to the computing device via one or more of a banner advertisement, a text message, a SMS (short message service) message, an email message, a video and an in-application message, among others. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238653 | COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING REPRESENTATIONS OF DATA - Embodiments relate to methods and systems for building representations of related subjects. User instructions may be received via a computer system that relate identifying information relating to a subject (e.g., an individual, group and/or event) to a node being associated therewith. Nodes in different accounts may be compared and matched based on identifying information associated with the nodes. Characteristics of one of the matched nodes may be added or modified based on characteristics of another of the matched nodes. A user may be notified of a potential match, a match, and/or node characteristics additions and/or modifications. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238654 | FAST IDENTIFICATION OF COMPLEX STRINGS IN A DATA STREAM - A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comprises a first process for transforming the complex dictionary into a simple structure to enable continuously conducting computationally efficient search, and a second process for examining received data in real time using the simple structure. The method may be implemented as an article of manufacture having a processor-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor, causing the processor to match examined data to an object complex string belonging to the complex dictionary, where the matching process is based on equality to constituent coherent strings, and congruence to ambiguous strings, of the object complex string. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238655 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALLOWING ACCESS TO DEVELOPED APPLICATIONS VIA A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for allowing access to developed applications via a multi-tenant on-demand database service, in a controlled environment. These mechanisms and methods for providing such access can enable embodiments to provide additional control over the development process as well as the access of such developed applications. The ability of embodiments to provide such additional control may lead to an improved application development framework, etc. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130246451 | Bulk Traversal of Large Data Structures - A PDM system, method, and computer program product for traversing a large data structure including corresponding runtime objects. A method includes receiving traversal parameters including a plurality of unique object identifiers (UIDs) corresponding to objects in a data structure. The method includes receiving input objects, including input runtime objects, and closure rule clauses. The method includes configuring runtime objects, from the objects in the data structure, according to the traversal parameters, and storing the runtime objects in a temporary table. The method includes traversing the data structure and temporary table using the closure rules to produce traversed objects, and serializing and storing the traversed objects. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246452 | PERSONALIZATION OF NEWS ARTICLES BASED ON NEWS SOURCES - News search and browse experience is personalized based on user preferences. User attributes like a geographic location are obtained and news sources preferred by other users with attributes similar to those of a requesting user are identified. News sources that are popular across different user groups are eliminated and relevant news items from the remaining news sources are retrieved and presented to the requesting user. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246453 | METHOD OF EXTENDING WEB SERVICE APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES USING QUERY LANGUAGES - Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide methods that support extension of web service application programming interfaces using query languages. In one embodiment, a method is provided that includes modifying an interface to a social graph. The social graph includes nodes connected by edges that represent relationships between the nodes, which form a plurality of trees associated with users to the social graph. Modifying the interface includes adding a node to at least one user's tree and attaching one or more queries to the node. The attached queries operate on a sub-tree of the added node. The interface is modified in response to the user(s) invoking a service configured to perform queries on the sub-tree. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246454 | METHOD OF MODIFYING ACCESS CONTROL FOR WEB SERVICES USING QUERY LANGUAGES - Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method of controlling access to resources in a social graph. One embodiment of the method includes receiving information for configuring a query in response to a service being invoked. The service is configured to use the query to request access to resources associated with a node in a portion of a social graph associated with a first user. The method also includes associating the query with the node. The query operates on the resources associated with the node and returns information indicating whether a request to access the resources is granted or denied depending on a current state of the social graph. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246455 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A document management apparatus includes a search unit that searches for documents using a search character string which is input as a search condition by a search execution user, a secret condition success determining unit that determines whether or not the search condition satisfies a predetermined secret condition, and a warning unit that outputs warning information when the search condition satisfies the secret condition and the search execution user does not have access authority for the searched document. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246456 | Publishing Product Information - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for publishing product information. The present disclosure provides a method for publishing product information. Based on a stored search click log of buyers, correlation information between inquiry words and categories in the search click log is calculated. A keyword input by the seller is matched to the inquiry words. The keyword may be a word or a phrase that includes one or more words. If the keyword is matched to at least one inquiry word, at least one category corresponding to the matched inquiry word is obtained based on the correlation information. The product information is stored under one or more categories of the obtained categories. The present techniques improve the accuracy rate of recommended categories to the seller and the return rate of the published product information. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130246457 | Method for Efficient Database Formation and Search on Media Devices Acting Synchronously with Television Programming - Techniques for efficient database formation and search in applications embedded in a media device are provided. The search may be performed synchronously with presentation of media programming content on a nearby media presentation device. A mobile media device captures some temporal fragments of the presented audio/video content on its microphone and camera, and then generates query fingerprints for the captured fragment. A local reference database resides on the mobile media device and a master reference database resides on a remote server with a most recent chunk of reference fingerprints transferred dynamically to the local mobile media device. A chunk of the query fingerprints generated locally on the mobile media device are searched on the local reference database for continuous content search and identification. The method presented automatically switches between the local search on the mobile media device and a remote search on an external search server. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130254222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A VIRTUAL SEISMIC CUBE - A method for processing requests includes receiving, from a requestor, a first, read request to read a portion of a seismic cube. The first read request includes a virtual location of the portion. The method further includes querying a seismic cube index to obtain a mapping parameter and a storage location of a section including the portion of the seismic cube. The mapping parameter maps virtual locations in the seismic cube with data locations in the section. The section is identified using the virtual location of the portion. The method further includes calculating, on a computer processor and using the mapping parameter, a data location in the section corresponding to the virtual location of the portion, and transmitting a second read request to the storage location of the section. The second read request includes the data location. The requestor receives the portion from the storage location. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254223 | SEARCH FOR RELATED ITEMS USING DATA CHANNELS - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a search for related items using data channels. A method includes, in a computing system having a processor and memory, processing data channels, each data channel defining a set of criteria against which to match items, receiving an input item, and applying the data channels to identify one or more additional items related to the input item. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254224 | DYNAMIC RELEVANT REPORTING - A system and method provide for an application for matching metadata from a transaction in an online transaction processing subsystem of an enterprise system to query metadata in an online analytical processing subsystem. A business object type is identified from a transaction in the online transaction subsystem using an object repository key and a corresponding data object attribute is determined from a mapping table. A new query of metadata from the online analytical processing subsystem is run, using the value of the data object attribute as a filter. This may allow for the generation of dynamic related report results for the transaction. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254225 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION SEARCH - A medical information search device, including: a case database adapted to accumulate case information; a case specification section adapted to receive specification of desired case information from the case database and to acquire the specified desired case information from the case database; a key extraction section adapted to generate an extraction key from the case information acquired by the case specification section; a differential disease table adapted to accumulate extraction keys in association with differential disease search keys; a query determination section adapted to refer to the differential disease table to determine a query that is a differential disease search key associated with the extraction key generated by the key extraction section; a differential disease search section adapted to search the case database based on the query determined by the query determination section; and an output section adapted to output differential disease information. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254226 | AUTOMATED WRIT RESPONSE SYSTEM - Methods, apparatuses and systems facilitating responses to writs, such as subpoenas, in an efficient and timely manner. Implementations of the invention may include a writ response module and a queue manager to offer web service providers to automatically generate reports in response to various writs and to prioritize processing and human review prior to delivery of results. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION TO VALIDATE LOCATION DATA - A data collection system that provides the means to collect, store and make data available for a location analytics inference pipeline. The system incorporates a feedback mechanism enabling algorithms produced from the inference pipeline to drive the collection strategy to yield higher data quality and to produce reference data for model validation. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254228 | WRITE INSTRUCTION DATASOURCE FOR DATABASE WRITE PROCEDURE - A computer implemented system and method enables an application that only has the ability to request Structured Query Language (SQL) database read to effect a write to a SQL database is disclosed. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130254229 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Utility Common Pool Database - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing for utility common pool database. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for utilizing a common pool database. The method may include transmitting, by one or more networks, one or more queries comprising location data from a mobile device to a server in communication with a database; receiving, from the database by the one or more networks, localized field information based at least in part on the one or more queries; and outputting the localized field information via the mobile device. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130262500 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF MONITORING NETWORK DEVICE PARAMETERS CHANGES - A network device that comprises a memory which stores a plurality monitored parameters divided to a plurality of clusters and a plurality of flags each associated with another of the plurality of clusters and an agent which monitors changes in the plurality monitored parameters and updates at least some of the plurality of flags accordingly. The agent receives at least one query from a monitoring entity during a polling cycle and uses the plurality of flags to identify which of the plurality of clusters includes a changed monitored parameter from the plurality monitored parameters. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262501 | CONTEXT-AWARE QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM - A question is received to be answered by a question answering (QA) system. The question may be a business intelligence question that is expressed in a natural language. The question is parsed. The parsed question is matched to a pattern from a number of patterns. A technical query associated with the matched pattern is processed to retrieve data relevant to the question from a number of data sources. The QA system generates an answer to the question based on retrieved data. In one aspect, the QA system generates answers based contextual information. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262502 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS QUERY PROCESSING - The invention relates to a method and system that provide a continuous querying mechanism that analyses real-time data streams to generate relevant results. It leverages data grid and event processing technology to provide a high performance and extremely scalable continuous querying solution. An embodiment of the invention provides a flexible querying language and data storage to allow users to register their interest in specific types of data, e.g. processes. The users are notified of matching results using an event-based mechanism. In order to efficiently analyse a large amount of data, the embodiment uses a grid infrastructure that allows storage of the data across many grid nodes and distributes the query execution workload, avoiding the bottleneck represented by constantly querying a database. Continuous queries are stored in a Continuous Query Registry and that Registry is invoked every time an insert or update event occurs on the triple store. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262503 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR AUDITING PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION - An apparatus is provided for auditing protected health information of one or more patients. The apparatus includes at least one memory and at least one processor configured to detect a query to access information stored in a database including patient-related information. The processor is further configured to save the query in an event file. The processor is further configured to capture query-related information associated with the query and save the query-related information in the event file. The processor is further configured to determine that the query involves protected health information. The processor is further configured to transmit, in response to determining that the query involves protected health information, the query-related information to be used in a reporting table. Corresponding computer program products and methods are also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262504 | Case-based Adaptation Framework for Customization Knowledge in Enterprise Systems - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for a case-based adaptation framework allowing adaptation of an existing customizing solution (from a previous case) to a new, unsolved integration, adaptation, or extension problem. Particular embodiments may rely upon an adaptation approach in which the problem solution of a retrieved case is transformed into a new problem solution of the query case by application of adaptation rules. In certain embodiments, a transformational adaptation method may be embedded into an interactive, semi-automatic customization procedure that provides recommendations on possible adaptation steps to the system integrator. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262505 | AUTOMATIC AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC METADATA GENERATION VIA INHERITANCE IN HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS - A method and system are provided that analyze a first digital asset to identify a set of attributes of the first digital asset. Search criteria are then formulated, and a search is conducted. Once search results are obtained, at least one second digital asset that is substantially identical to the first digital asset is identified. Then, metadata between the first digital asset and the second digital asset is shared. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262506 | ADDRESS-BASED HISTORICAL DATA RESEARCH TOOL - A method, device and computer program product for address-based historical records research includes receiving input of an address in researching history of persons. In response to receiving the address input, querying, using a computing device, a database to determine if any information is associated with the address, the database comprising information including, for example, names of people who were associated with the address, historical pictures of the address, and community information about the address. In response to locating address data about the inputted address in the database, retrieving the address data and outputting the address data. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262507 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE INLINE SAVED SEARCHES - Method and system to provide inline saved searches are described. In one example embodiment, inline saved search provides on-click access to saving, editing, and retrieval of saved searches. A notification of new item listings in any subsequently performed searches may also be built in. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262508 | GRAPHIC SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD - A graphic search apparatus is disclosed. A storage part stores first trace information including information pertinent to graphic data. The first trace information is acquired by tracing sets of the graphic data included in a search range based on a sort result from sorting the sets of the graphic data included in the search range. One of multiple areas included in a predetermined area is set as the search range. A control part starts from beginning graphic data corresponding to the information included in the first trace information stored in the storage part, searches for the graphic data toward an adjacent search range to the search range including the beginning graphic data, and controls a process for updating the first trace information. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130262509 | Automated Search - A system and method for automated search which may allow users to program their mobile devices to automatically bring up search results when a user or his mobile device meets a certain set of spatial, temporal, activity, or social context conditions. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130268549 | GRAPH BISECTION - Techniques are described for graph partitioning, and in particular, graph bisection. A lower bound is provided that is computed in near-linear time. These bounds may be used to determine optimum solutions to real-world graphs with many vertices (e.g., more than a million for road networks, or tens of thousands for VLSI and mesh instances). A packing lower bound technique determines lower bounds in a branch-and-bound tree, reducing the number of tree nodes. Techniques are employed to assign vertices without branching on them, again reducing the size of the tree. Decomposition is provided to translate an input graph into less complex subproblems. The decomposition boosts performance and determines the optimum solution to an input by solving subproblems independently. The subproblems can be solved independently using a branch-and-bound approach to determine the optimum bisection. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268550 | Management platform for displaying benefit plan data to permitted entities - An Internet-accessible employee portal provides a display interface that enables an employee to find and review employee-specific benefits (e.g., Summary Plan Description (SPD)) information. In addition, the employee portal exports an administrative page by which permitted users (e.g., HR managers) can receive a delivery status report that consolidates delivery status information for multiple employees within the enterprise. This display facilitates electronic compliance with legal and audit requirements by correlating employee notifications and portal access reports. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268551 | DYNAMIC FORMATION OF A MATRIX THAT MAPS KNOWN TERMS TO TAG VALUES - Systems and methods for generating a matrix that maps known terms to tag values based on pre-existing tag value assignments are disclosed herein. A tag finder component receives a term and queries one or more networked data sources to identify a usage of the term and one or more tags assigned to the term in association with the usage of the term. A tag extraction component extracts the one or more tags assigned to the term in association with the usage of the term, and a matrix formation component associates the one or more tags with the term in a data matrix. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268552 | Brokered Exchange of Private Data - A data broker observes datasets that are opened or created by a user. The data broker looks for related datasets in a data catalog. If a related dataset is found, the data broker asks the user if they want to access the related dataset. If the user is interested, then the data broker asks the data owner if they are willing to share access to the related dataset with the user. The data owner may deny access, allow access, or request the user's identity. If the user does not want to provide his or her identity, then access to the related dataset is denied. If the user does provide his or her identity, then the data owner determines whether or not to share the data with that user. Once the owner approves sharing the related dataset, then the dataset or a link to the dataset is sent to the user. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268553 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING QUERY RESULTS TO A USER IN AN INTUITIVE GRAPHICAL FORMAT - Systems and methods for providing database query results to a user in an intuitive graphical format are provided. The system utilizes an intuitive graphical user interface dashboard that displays top-level query statistics data and selected record cards to the user in the dashboard. The user may iteratively update the query and the displayed top-level query statistics and selected records cards are updated in real time. Each customer card include customizable fields and supports intelligent zoom to provide additional fields and data as the user zooms into each successive smaller group of cards and eventually down to opening a single customer card. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268554 | STRUCTURED DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND STRUCTURED DOCUMENT SEARCH METHOD - According to an embodiment, a structured document management apparatus includes a document storage unit, a section title extracting unit, a relevance calculator, a document search unit, a section title selector, and a section title display controller. The section title extracting unit extracts the section titles from the structured document to create a section title list. The relevance calculator calculates degrees of conceptual relevance between the section title and words included in the section text corresponding to the section title for each of the section texts. The document search unit searches for the section text that includes the word identical to a search keyword. The section title selector selects the section title having a higher degree of relevance with the word identical to the search keyword more preferentially than the section title having a lower degree of relevance with the word identical to the search keyword. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268555 | MEDICAL INFORMATION SEARCH APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a medical information search apparatus includes a registration unit, a search condition acquisition unit, and a search unit. The registration unit is configured to register, in a management server, at least medical information and information of a schema template included in the medical information associated with each other. The search condition acquisition unit is configured to acquire information of the schema template based on a search condition set by a user through an input unit. The search unit is configured to retrieve, from the management server, medical information associated with information of the schema template acquired by the search condition acquisition unit. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AND QUERYING ORIGINAL HANDWRITING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed are a system and method for recording and querying an original handwriting trace and an electronic device. The system comprises: an input module for inputting record information and query information; a matching module for obtaining title information consisting of standard characters matching with inputted title information of original handwriting trace, and storing content information of original handwriting trace corresponding to the title information consisting of standard characters; a storage module, comprising a storage area for title information consisting of standard characters and a storage area for content information of original handwriting trace; a query module for querying title information consisting of standard characters according to the inputted query information, and obtaining content information of original handwriting trace corresponding to the title information consisting of standard characters; a display module for displaying content information of original handwriting trace; and a main control module for coordinating and controlling the above modules. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130268557 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MEDIA RECOMMENDATIONS - A system, method and user interface for providing media or content recommendations are provided. More specifically, the system, method and user interface provide media recommendations including enabling a user to select a first media object the first media object having a first set of characteristics, enabling the user to select a second media object, the second media object having a second set of characteristics, and recommending a plurality of additional media objects, each of the plurality of additional media objects having at least one characteristic in common with the first set of characteristics and at least one characteristic in common with the second set of characteristics. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130275454 | Full Text Search Using R-Trees - A method and system for full text search (FTS) using a navigation system is disclosed. The FTS system generates vectors for documents that are stored in a database. The vectors are formed by converting data token pairs to binary or hexadecimal strings. The FTS system may generate and store vectors in a multi-dimensional index (e.g., an R-Tree) for each document stored in the database. The FTS system may receive two or more search terms inputted by a user and generate one or more vectors based on the inputted search terms. The FTS system may then use the generated vectors to query the multi-dimensional index. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275455 | ASSOCIATING USERS VIA A SEARCH - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more computing devices to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations for associating users via a search. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275456 | Method and System for Content Search - Method, system, and programs for content search are disclosed. A user interface configured based on context information is presented within a host application. A plurality of selectable search results are then fetched based on the context information and a query received from a user through the user interface. An input associated with a selection of one or more selectable search results is received from the user through the user interface. The user interface is updated based on the plurality of selectable search results. In response to the selection, the one or more selected search results are provided to the host application with the context information. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275457 | CLIENT-SIDE STATEMENT ROUTING FOR PARTITIONED TABLES - A system includes reception of a first query from a client device at a first database node of a database instance comprising two or more database nodes, the first query specifying a first database table which is partitioned among two or more of the two or more database nodes, determination of first partitioning metadata of the first database table, the first partitioning metadata usable to identify one of the two or more database nodes based on table key values, compilation of the first query at the first database node to generate first compiled code, and transmission of the first compiled code and the first partitioning metadata from the first database node to the client device. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275458 | SOLVING PROBLEMS IN DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS BASED ON TEXT ANALYSIS OF HISTORICAL DATA - Methods for determining solutions to a problem experienced by a data processing system user. A query is received from the user, which includes a problem description of the problem experienced by the user with respect to the data processing system. One or more keywords are extracted from the received problem description. An index of problems and associated solutions is searched using the extracted keywords. The index of problems and associated solutions is created by analyzing a document collection describing problems and associated solutions with a text analytics application. One or more documents are returned that contains words or phrases that are similar to the keywords used for searching the index of problems and associated solutions. The documents relevant for the problem and associated solutions are presented to the user. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275459 | Systems and Methods for Searching for Analog Notations and Annotations - Systems and methods are provided for searching for analog data, including hand writing, facial expressions and voice data. With respect to analog writing, a device records and stores analog writing, including time, pressure and position as a writing tool moves on a touch screen device. A search term that includes time, pressure and position data, is received. The search term is compared with the time, pressure and position stored on the device. If they are similar, then the stored analog writing is displayed. In other example embodiments, facial expressions and voice data can be used as search terms to respectively search for stored facial expressions and voice data. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275460 | Consumer Information System for Nutritional Substances - Disclosed herein is a consumer communication system for nutritional substances. The consumer information system obtains information regarding the nutritional substance being consumed by the consumer, and provides that information to the other constituents in the nutritional substance supply system. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275461 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Identifying Factual Information in a Written Document - Systems and methods are provided for identifying factual information in a written document. Named entities and corresponding noun phrases are identified in the written document. A query is built by combining one of the named entities with a respective one of the noun phrases. The query represents an assertion of a potential fact. The query is submitted for comparison with a fact repository which assesses whether the query presents a factual assertion. If the query presents a factual assertion (e.g., it matches a fact within the fact repository), a match is returned. Various modifications may be made to the queries to return additional matches and various combinations of filters may be applied to the matches to filter out less relevant matches. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275462 | FILE CREATING METHOD FOR SEARCHING OF DATA, SEARCHING METHOD OF DATA FILE AND MANAGING SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING OF DATA FILE - A method for creating/storing a file that facilitates search of data stored in a storage medium, and a data search method using the same are disclosed. The file creating method creates a rack of virtual RAM (RAM) file that is divided into several units according to divisional units for individual divisional units, and a record allocation table (RAT) file that stores a record position of each divisional unit of the RVR file. As a result, a database (DB) of large-volume irregular data can be easily created, and data analysis can be quickly achieved. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275463 | USING DISTINGUISHING PROPERTIES TO CLASSIFY MESSAGES - A system and method are disclosed for classifying a message. The method includes receiving the message, identifying in the message a distinguishing property; generating a signature using the distinguishing property; and comparing the signature to a database of signatures generated by previously classified messages. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275464 | TERMINAL DEVICE BASED ON CONTENT NAME, AND METHOD FOR ROUTING BASED ON CONTENT NAME - In a network system based on a content name, a terminal device may generate and transmit a block query requesting a plurality of segments, and may receive segments corresponding to the block query based on a transmission direction of the block query. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275465 | MATERIALS ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented analytical and reporting system includes an input device, a database and a processor. The input device is operative for inputting analytical data results of a test sample. The database includes an analysis methodology data section, an instrument data section and a forms data section. The processor is operative for receiving from the input device the analytical data results of the test sample. The processor is also operative for receiving from the database analysis methodology data of at least one analysis method, instrument data of at least one analytical instrument and forms data of a desired analytical report form. The processor is also operative for processing the analytical data results and the instrument data using the analysis methodology data and is operative for generating an analytical report produced on the desired analytical report form depicting final analytical results based on the analysis method and the analytical instrument. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130275466 | RETRIEVAL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A retrieval method and system are disclosed. The method involves: A). searching a catalogue table of retrieval keywords based on a retrieval keyword inputted by a user at a terminal, and acquiring a first data terms set including the inputted retrieval keyword; B). searching a data table of information index based on each data term of the first data terms set related to the inputted retrieval keyword, and acquiring a second data terms set; C). combining and sending the first data terms set to the terminal wherein the first data terms set is combined in a way of recursion, and sending the second data terms set to the terminal. The solution extracts semantics by formalizing retrieval character strings, and guides and returns retrieval information, thereby improving the deterministic, logic and efficiency of retrieval and user experience. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130282751 | System and method for loading objects for object-relational mapping - Disclosed are systems and methods for creating data objects, which includes querying a database to locate a first table associated with a first data type to be created, loading a plurality of rows from the first table during the query associated with the first table, creating a first set of data objects associated with the first data type, wherein each data object of the first set is created from data stored in each of the rows loaded from the first table. The systems and methods also include querying the database to locate a second data type to be created, wherein the second data type depends from the first data type, wherein the data objects of the second set depend from the data objects of the first set, and associating each data object of the second set to an associated parent object of the first set. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282752 | Application-Specific File Type Generation and Use - Techniques are described for facilitating file access control of a storage service. In response to a third-party application requesting access to a user's file, the service extracts an application-specific ID from a file type associated with the retrieved file; and grants access to the requested file in response to a determination that an application-specific ID for the third-party application matches an application-specific ID extracted from the file. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282753 | SEARCH INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND SEARCH INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - An information searching apparatus according to an embodiment includes a receiving unit that receives a search request including a search keyword from a user terminal; an acquiring unit that acquires advertisement information corresponding to a specific search keyword from an advertisement information storage unit when the search keyword included in the search request is the specific search keyword; a generating unit that generates a search result page for displaying a search result and a background image based on the advertisement information acquired by the acquiring unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the search result page generated by the generating unit to the user terminal of a request source. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130282754 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING ANALOGOUS QUERIES - A system for extracting analogous queries is disclosed. The system includes a search query extracting module, a query pair extracting module, and an analogous query extracting module. The search query extracting module creates a per-user search query DB by reading search queries inputted by users from a search log DB that contains user device identifiers, search queries inputted from user devices, and information about time when the users request a search. The query pair extracting module creates a per-user query pair DB by extracting, from the per-user search query DB, permutations of different two search queries among search queries inputted by a specific user. The analogous query extracting module reads query pairs having a specific query in the per-user query pair DB, and creates analogous queries by extracting counterparts of a specific query from the query pairs. The analogous queries are provided in response to a search request for a specific query from the user device. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130290367 | STREAM DATA PROCESSING METHOD WITH MULTIPLE WINDOWS ON SINGLE STREAM - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a combination of real time processing functions and batch time processing functions to process stream data. When a query is received with a target function, the target function is processed based on the utilization of both a real-time processing function and a batch time processing function. The real time processing functions may be executed by a sliding window, and the batch processing function may be executed by a jumping window. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290368 | BAYESIAN NETWORKS OF CONTINUOUS QUERIES - Nodes of a Bayesian network can be respectively associated with continuous queries. In response to a result of one of the continuous query changing, the continuous queries that are associated with nodes in the Bayesian network that are descendant of a node associated with the changed continuous query are evaluated. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290369 | CONTEXTUAL APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS - The disclosure relates to methods and systems for generating application retention metrics. In one aspect, a method for generating a contextual application recommendation is disclosed. Contextual web location information including a remote developer identifier and/or a remote application identifier is received from a remote application. An application database including application records with a developer identifier and an application identifier is queried to determine if the contextual web location information corresponds to an application recommendation. The application database query includes comparing the remote developer identifier to the application database developer identifier to generate a first application recommendation, and/or comparing the remote application identifier to the application database application identifier to generate a second application recommendation. If a recommendation is found, the first and/or the second application recommendation is transmitted to a user of the remote application. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290370 | METHOD AND PROCESS FOR SEMANTIC OR FACETED SEARCH OVER UNSTRUCTURED AND ANNOTATED DATA - A semantic query over a corpus of data is constructed using a graphical user interface to create an aggregation of graphical representations of annotations associated with a plurality of data elements contained within the corpus of data and graphical representations of search terms contained within the plurality of data elements. The aggregation includes at least one annotation and at least one search term. The relative positions of the graphical representations of the annotations and the search terms are manipulated within the aggregation within the graphical user interface to express relationships among the annotations and search terms, yielding a visual spatial representation of the semantic query. The annotations, search terms and expressed relationships define the semantic query that is used to search the corpus of data. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130290371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CACHING DATABASE REPORTS - A method of generating predictive reports includes recording a user identification, a timestamp including a connection date, and a query associated with report requested by a user from a database system for each connection of the user identification to the database system during a predetermined period. A plurality of intervals is defined in the predetermined period. Retrieved are instances of the user identification associated with connections of the user identification to the database system during a threshold number of the plurality of intervals based on a position that a current date occupies in a current interval, such that a position of each connection date in a respective interval is the same as the position that the current date occupies in the current interval. The query is executed to generate the report from the database system on the current date prior to a request for the report from the user. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130297645 | Method and System to Capture, Share and Find Information and Relationships - A method and system to improve personal and collaborative information management and search. The method is to actively or passively capture pieces of information and the connections among them across disparate technologies and the human mind, while people keep working with familiar tools, and to snapshot such information objects to be globally addressed, persistent in time, and hyperlinked based on the connections. The system can be injected in existing digital information technology (servers and the cloud or personal and mobile computing devices) to capture, connect, share, synchronize, search and serve the information objects and their connections. This is particularly effective in finding information that is buried and disorganized across devices, applications, internet accounts, and people, or information and connections in the users' mind and actions that otherwise do not get captured in digital form. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297646 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACCESSING DISTRIBUTED DATA - According to one aspect, a computer system configured to access distributed data is provided. The system comprising a memory including a plurality of data sources, a plurality of processors, and a pattern matching component executed by at least one processor of the plurality of processors and configured to execute a query execution plan using a first processor of the plurality of processors concurrently with a second processor of the plurality of processors, wherein the first processor processes a first data source of the plurality of data sources identified in the query execution plan and the second processor processes a second data source of the plurality of data sources identified in the query execution plan. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297647 | DYNAMIC SESSIONIZATION OF ANALYTICS DATA - The subject technology provides configurations for providing aggregated analytics tracking data associated with a dynamically generated session in response to a query for analytics tracking data. A query for analytics tracking data associated with a period of time is received in which the analytics tracking data includes data for tracking activity associated with a web site or application. The subject technology determines analytics tracking data for aggregating according to the period of time in order to associate the aggregated analytics tracking data with a dynamically generated session. The aggregated analytics tracking data associated with the dynamically generated session is then provided in response to the query. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297648 | SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE SEARCH METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A server is provided which can easily search for an image showing a desired search object in a database containing an imaging location and image data in an associated manner. The server searches for an image in a database containing image capture location information indicating an image capture location and an image captured at the image capture location in an associated manner. The server includes: an information obtainment unit that obtains object location information indicating a location of a search object; and a search unit that searches images contained in the database for at least one image showing the search object, based on the object location information obtained by the information obtainment unit and the image capture location information contained in the database. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297649 | COMPRESSION RATIO IMPROVEMENT BY LAZY MATCH EVALUATION ON THE STRING SEARCH CAM - A plurality of stored data sequences that match one or more search data sequences are determined. Each of the stored data sequences of the plurality of stored data sequences comprise a plurality of data elements and the stored data sequences are stored in a content addressable memory array. A longest stored data sequence of the plurality of stored data sequences is determined using a plurality of tracing circuits. An address associated with the longest stored data sequence of the plurality of stored data sequences is determined. A count of data elements of the longest stored data sequence of the plurality of stored data sequences is determined. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130297650 | Using Multimedia Search to Identify Products - A product in television program currently being watched can be identified by extracting at least one decoded frame from a television transmission. The frame can be transmitted to a separate mobile device for requesting an image search and for receiving the search results. The search results can be used to identify the product. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130304758 | Crowd Sourcing Information to Fulfill User Requests - A user request is received from a mobile client device, where the user request includes at least a speech input and seeks an informational answer or performance of a task. A failure to provide a satisfactory response to the user request is detected. In response to detection of the failure, information relevant to the user request is crowd-sourced by querying one or more crowd sourcing information sources. One or more answers are received from the crowd sourcing information sources, and the response to the user request is generated based on at least one of the one or more answers received from the one or more crowd sourcing information sources. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130304759 | DATA PAGING WITH A STATELESS SERVICE - Systems and methods that facilitate data retrieval in a stateless environment by limiting amount of retrievable data associated with a single client request. A retrieval limitation component partially satisfies a query and retrieves an initial batch of information. Moreover, identifications can further be designated to retrieve additional information if so is required. Accordingly, an application requesting data thru a query can initially be supplied with a limited number of data, which subsequently can be followed by additional data items returned as unique identifiers. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER QUERY DISAMBIGUATION - A method and apparatus for enabling user query disambiguation based on a user context of a mobile computing device. According to embodiments of the invention, a first user search query, along with sensor data, is received from a mobile computing device. A recognition process is performed on the sensor data to identify at least one item. In response to determining the at least one item is a result for the first search query, data identifying the at least one item is transmitted to the mobile computing device as a response to the first search query. In response to determining the at least one item is not the result for the first search query, search results of a second search query is transmitted to the mobile computing device as the response to the first search query, the second search query comprising a query of the at least one item. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311507 | Representing Incomplete and Uncertain Information in Graph Data - A method for representing and querying incomplete and uncertain information in graph data receives a plurality of graphs containing subject nodes, object nodes and predicates extending between subject and object nodes. The subject nodes and predicates can be URIs or blank, and the object nodes can be URIs, literals or blank. Incomplete graph data sets are created by a variable into each blank subject node, each blank predicate and each blank object node, and uncertain graph data sets are created by substituting alternative values for all variables in the incomplete data graph. A query is received from a user and a naïve search of the graph data is performed for certain data. The incomplete and uncertain graphs are then used to determine potential answers and certain potential answers based on user-specified requirements. The certain answers and potential certain answers are returned to the user. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311508 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING CROSS-APPLICATION SEARCHING AND RETRIEVAL OF CONTENT USING A CONTEXTUAL USER MODEL - A method, apparatus, and system for facilitating cross-application searching and retrieval of computer-stored content using a contextual user model includes using passive and/or active interaction data to formulate a user-specific search query. In some embodiments, inferences relating to the user's current interaction context may be used to automatically retrieve relevant information for the user. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311509 | TRANSPARENT INDEX SUMMARIZATION - A method and system for managing searches of a data set that is partitioned based on a plurality of events. A structure of a search query may be analyzed to determine if logical computational actions performed on the data set is reducible. Data in each partition is analyzed to determine if at least a portion of the data in the partition is reducible. In response to a subsequent or reoccurring search request, intermediate summaries of reducible data and reducible search computations may be aggregated for each partition. Next, a search result may be generated based on at least one of the aggregated intermediate summaries, the aggregated reducible search computations, and a query of adhoc non-reducible data arranged in at least one of the plurality of partitions for the data set. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311510 | Enterprise Architecture System and Method - A method for operating a web service to search one or more data sources, the method including receiving a query directed to a first data source, wherein the first data source defines at least one characteristic of at least one first data object returned by the query, receiving at least one first data object from the first data source in response to querying the first data source, retrieving linked relationships between the at least one first data object and one or more second data objects from a second data source, receiving the one or more second data objects from the second data source in response to querying the second data source, generating a composite data object in response to the received query, the composite data object including the at least one first data object and the one or more second data objects formatted as markup language. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311511 | INFORMATION SEARCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - Embodiments of the present application relate to an information searching method based on geographic location, an information searching system based on geographic location, and a computer program product for searching for information based on geographic location. An information searching method based on geographic location is provided. The method includes acquiring need information and geographic location information corresponding to a mobile terminal user, looking up a preset geographic location zone threshold value based on the need information, preconfigured mappings of preset geographical location zone information and category information, and searching for target information corresponding to the need information based on the geographic location information of the mobile terminal user and the preset geographic location zone threshold value. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130311512 | METADATA RECORD GENERATION - A computer implemented method and system provide for automatic selection and extraction of metadata and media content from projects in a craft tool. Automated identification, classification and management of such metadata and content is provided using including techniques such as pattern recognition for audio and visual content. The automatic tracking and centralised storage of metadata and content for compliance purposes can be facilitated, and can enable querying of organised metadata stored in a central database. In an example, metadata and media content are extracted automatically from a project in a craft tool at a client system and are forwarded to a host system for the creation of a cue sheet including timings for media files from timing metadata in a project file to create the timings on the cue sheet. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130318117 | DIRECTORY SERVER PROCESSING REQUESTS BASED ON HIERARCHICAL MODELS WHILE USING BACKEND SERVERS OPERATING BASED ON RELATIONAL MODELS - A virtual directory server (VDS) processes requests based on a first hierarchical model while using a backend server operating based on a relational model. In one embodiment, classes representing the tables and columns in the relation model are generated according to a second hierarchical model (class hierarchy). On receiving a directory request for values' corresponding to attributes in the first hierarchical model, tables and columns corresponding to the requested attributes are identified. A query according to the relational model is constructed employing the generated classes (of the second hierarchical model), the query including the identified tables and columns. The query is then executed in the backend server to retrieve the values corresponding to the attributes, and the values are then sent (according to the first hierarchical model) as a reply to the directory request. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130318118 | COMPLETING APPLICATION INTERFACES - Completing an application interface is disclosed, including: segmenting a search query into one or more keywords; determining an application interface based at least in part on the one or more keyword units; determining an attribute for an input field associated with the determined application interface; determining a value corresponding to the attribute based at least in part on the one or more keyword units; and presenting the determined application interface, wherein the determined application interface includes the input field prepopulated with the value. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130318119 | PROCESSING STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED DATA USING OFFLOAD PROCESSORS - A data processing system for unstructured data is disclosed. A plurality of modules can be connected to a memory bus, each including at least one processor. A central processing unit (CPU) can be connected to the modules by the memory bus, with the CPU configured to process computationally intensive data processing tasks while directing parallel computation tasks to a plurality of the modules. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130318120 | DOCUMENT SEARCH APPARATUS, DOCUMENT SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a document search apparatus includes an acquirer, determiner, searcher, and display. The acquirer acquires data on a handwriting including coordinate data. The determiner determines a shape of the handwriting based on the coordinate data to determine a type of a query. The searcher searches the document according to a search method corresponding to the type of the query. The display that displays the document by a display method corresponding to the type of the query. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130318121 | Method and System for Indexing and Searching Timed Media Information Based Upon Relevance Intervals - A method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving information from timed media files based upon relevance intervals. The method and system for indexing, searching, and retrieving this information is based upon relevance intervals so that a portion of a timed media file is returned, which is selected specifically to be relevant to the given information representations, thereby eliminating the need for a manual determination of the relevance and avoiding missing relevant portions. The timed media includes streaming audio, streaming video, timed HTML, animations such as vector-based graphics, slide shows, other timed media, and combinations thereof. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130318122 | System and Method for Dynamically Managing Data Centric Searches - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for dynamically managing data-centric searches. The method includes identifying an event related to domain-specific searches to a database, identifying data at a first memory location in the database, duplicating the data to a new memory location, and distributing processing more domain-specific searches amongst an expanded search space including the new memory location and the first memory location. The expanded search space can be reduced or collapsed in response to a reduction event by removing duplicate data from the first memory location or the new memory location and adjusting the distribution of processing amongst the remaining memory location. The method can optionally include organizing multiple events by network segment, identifying a network segment associated with domain-specific searches, and duplicating the data to a new memory location in close proximity to the identified network segment. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325891 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONNECTED SALES ASSOCIATE SERVICES - A method and system for providing a connected sales associate service application via a mobile device. The application provides for an integrated platform upon which various tools for providing support to a sales associate are built. The application includes a database of information regarding the operation of a retail establishment, and a database of reference materials. The application provides a user interface for allowing several sales associate to access a central server for the retail establishment on multiple mobile devices. The user interface displays information regarding sales and inventory information and reference materials for products, such as user's manuals, which enable the sales associate to answer questions posed by customers. A sales associate can thus search for and find all store products which meet a customer's specifications. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325892 | APPLICATION SEARCH QUERY CLASSIFIER - A user can input a search query. By assessing terms in the search query, the search query can be categorized (e.g., as a navigational, functional or browse query). The categorization can depend on an analysis of terms in the search query, a preliminary search, and/or empirical data tied to previous and similar searches. For example, searches estimated to be directed to finding a specific app can be categorized as navigational, based on capitalized letters, quotation marks, a short number of words in the query, and a tight distribution of apps typically downloaded subsequent to viewing results from the search. Based on the categorization, a search strategy can be identified. Search strategies can differentially weight and/or use text-based strategies. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325893 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING LOST PACKAGES - The processing of data and inventory, particularly with regards to packages having an issue affecting their delivery, is disclosed. Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure help enable the quick, efficient, and accurate resolution to such issues. In various embodiments, a method performed by a computer program operating on a computer system is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving, by the computer system, an identifier for a package; in response to receiving the identifier, automatically retrieving, by the computer system, a database entry associated with the package from a database in communication with the computer system; determining, by the computer system, based on the database entry, that the package was refused by an intended recipient; and automatically modifying, by the computer system, a status field of the database entry to indicate the package was refused. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325894 | LOGO-ENABLED INTERACTIVE MAP INTEGRATING SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATIONS - A logo-enabled interactive map integrating social networking applications is provided. The interactive map may be configured to help end users discover and share information (e.g., events, deals, news occurrences, etc.) associated with a plurality of venues. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325895 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSFERRING MULTIPLE HIGH BANDWIDTH STREAMS OF DATA BETWEEN MULTIPLE STORAGE UNITS AND MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS IN A SCALABLE AND RELIABLE MANNER - Multiple applications request data from multiple storage units over a computer network. The data is divided into segments and each segment is distributed randomly on one of several storage units, independent of the storage units on which other segments of the media data are stored. At least one additional copy of each segment also is distributed randomly over the storage units, such that each segment is stored on at least two storage units. This random distribution of multiple copies of segments of data improves both scalability and reliability. When an application requests a selected segment of data, the request is processed by the storage unit with the shortest queue of requests. Random fluctuations in the load applied by multiple applications on multiple storage units are balanced nearly equally over all of the storage units. This combination of techniques results in a system which can transfer multiple, independent high-bandwidth streams of data in a scalable manner in both directions between multiple applications and multiple storage units. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130332479 | Inline Discussions in Search Results Around Real-Time Clusterings - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a search query, identifying a plurality of search results that are responsive to the search query, the plurality of search results including a plurality of items of digital content distributed using one or more social networking services, and determining that one or more terms provided in the search query is an active keyword and, in response: defining a first sub-set of items, the first sub-set of items including items of the plurality of items of digital content and being responsive to the active keyword, and providing items in the first sub-set of items for display as a discussion stream within search results. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332480 | GOLF COURSE FITTING SYSTEM - A method, device and computer program product for a golf course searching system. Various characteristics of golf courses are stored in a database. A user may log onto the golf course searching system and define parameters of a golf course of interest and the system will output information about which golf courses the user should pursue. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332481 | PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS BY EXAMPLE - An illustrative embodiment of a computer-implemented method for predictive analytic queries includes creating a user-defined predictive analytics query using a set of syntactic grammar that defines a correct syntax of the user-defined predictive analytics query including a created set of predictive analytics by-example vocabularies and a set of subject-specific by-example vocabularies forming a set of by-example vocabularies, wherein the set of syntactic grammar defines semantics of each syntactically correct predictive analytics query using the by-example vocabularies such that predictive analytics queries can be expressed with semantic precision using this constrained Natural Language Processing (cNLP) approach. The computer-implemented method further generates a predictive analytic model and runtime query, using the user-defined predictive analytics query, executes the runtime query using the predictive analytic model to create a result, and returns the result to the user. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332482 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TRACKING LOCATION OF WIRELESS TERMINAL BASED ON IMAGE - An apparatus for tracking a location of a wireless terminal based on an image is provided. The apparatus includes an image matching database to store images classified by regions, and a matcher to receive a query image captured by a camera module of the wireless terminal and image matching data that contains region information about where the query image is captured, to search the image matching database for a matching image that corresponds to the image matching data, to determine if the query image matches the matching image, and to send the wireless terminal location information that corresponds to the matching information if the query image matches the matching image. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130332483 | INDEXING AND RETRIEVAL OF STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS - Facilitating the searching of structured documents by identifying multiple element paths corresponding to multiple elements included in multiple structured documents, and for each of the element paths providing, for inclusion in a first searchable data structure, the element path exclusive of a value of the element corresponding to the element path and exclusive of an identifier of the structured document including the element corresponding to the element path, and providing, for inclusion in a second searchable data structure, the element path in association with a value of the element corresponding to the element path and in association with an identifier of the structured document including the element corresponding to the element path. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130339382 | EXTENSIBLE DATA QUERY SCENARIO DEFINITION AND CONSUMPTION - Content providers define a set of scenarios that are addressed by their datasets. The scenarios include user-friendly, human-readable attributes such as a title, description, and visualization. The scenarios may also include a technical description that can be used to generate sample queries that can then be executed against the dataset. The technical description may be machine translated to arbitrary data querying protocols while maintaining the semantic meaning of the query. A user interface may be provided to allow users to intuitively generate the scenarios. In one embodiment, an extensible framework provides for the creation of protocol-specific translation plug-ins that are used to generate implementations of the scenario suitable for selected protocols. Known market-relevant translator plug-ins may also be implemented. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339383 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEMANTIC LOCATION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A location recognition method is provided. The method includes determining location search targets in a DataBase (DB) including location information on the basis of first network information, selecting at least one place from the determined location search targets on the basis of second network information, measuring a relative distance by using first signal strength and second signal strength with respect to the selected at least one place, and recognizing the selected at least one place as a current location on the basis of the relative distance. Accordingly, various personalized service scenarios can be provided to the user. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130339384 | AUDIO PLAYLIST SYSTEM AND METHOD - Information about desired songs is collected on a portable memory device in communication with a radio tuner. The radio tuner may receive signals from a terrestrial or satellite digital radio transmission, or from an analog radio transmission. These transmissions may include text data about the current song being played. Upon activation by a user, song data is stored on the memory device. The memory device is then connected to a computer system, which uses software to extract the song data and uniquely identify the song. The identified songs are stored on the computer system, and can be used to allow the user easy access to the identified song through prior art techniques. If no textual data is stored about a song, the song is identified by identifying the radio station that played the song and the time at which the user activated the mechanism. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346436 | Simulation Techniques for Predicting In-Memory Database Systems Performance - Methods for performance evaluation of admission control policies (ACPs) include storing a simulation model including an admission queue and a finite capacity region (FCR), the admission queue admitting queries to the FCR based on an active ACP, the FCR modeling a resource constraint, generating traces, each trace being generated based on processing a single query using the database system, the single query being associated with a query type of a plurality of query types, for each query type, determining a query fork size and a service time from an associated trace to provide a plurality of tuples, each tuple being associated with a query type and including the fork size and the service time associated with the query type, parameterizing the simulation model based on the plurality of tuples, and for each of the ACPs, generating a performance parameter by applying a workload to the simulation model. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346437 | PROJECT-BASED DIRECTORY - A project-based database system includes client profiles and project profiles. Each project profile is associated with at least one client profile and each of the client profiles is associated with at least one project profile. The client profiles and the project profiles are stored in a database configured to support a search query and return data corresponding to the search query. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346438 | TYPE SYSTEM FOR BUILDING EXTENSIBLE BUSINESS APPLICATIONS - A platform (referred to herein as Extensible Application Platform, or XAP) for developing extensible business applications. In one set of embodiments, XAP can include an Extensible Markup Language (XML) based application model that is designed to support a high degree of application extensibility. For example, the XAP application model can support declarative definition of application semantics, separation of application data and metadata, and a flexible type system that allows constraints and calculations (e.g., XQuery constraints and calculations) for a data object instance (e.g., an XML document) to change over time. In certain embodiments, the XAP application model can be implemented via a server-side database/application engine that is configured to interoperate with a spreadsheet-like, client-side user interface. Using the spreadsheet-like UI, a non-programmer can build, customize, and run an application workflow that operates on top of a shared database like a traditional business application. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346439 | Pushing Business Objects - The present disclosure provides example methods and apparatuses for pushing business objects. The server receives a business operation request from a terminal. The business operation request includes an object identification of a business object published or provided at a website. A business object category of the business object corresponding to the object identification is determined. Business objects that are the same but published by different business object providing units belong to a same business object category. According to a corresponding relationship list between business object categories and correlated business object categories, a correlated business object category corresponding to the determined business object category is searched. A business object is selected from the searched correlated business object category and pushed to the terminal. The present techniques improve processing efficiencies of pushing the business object. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346440 | INCIDENT TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Various embodiments of the present invention are related to incident tracking systems and methods. A method allows for receiving input that specifies an incident at a facility, defining a search area adjacent to a position of the incident, and displaying one or more other incidents that occurred at the facility within the search area. A further method allows for dynamically plotting, each time a search area is changed on a map of a facility and an associated date range is indicated, positions on the map within the search area so as to indicate where incidents have occurred at the facility within the date range. Another method allows for receiving input that specifies a name of a person associated with an incident at a facility, and automatically flagging the person as being of interest if the person has been involved in one or more other incidents at the facility. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346441 | STREAM DATA PROCESSING SERVER AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A STREAM DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A stream data processing server for processing stream data comprising a stream data processing module for cutting the plurality of pieces of data that are included within a processing range as a target out of the stream data by using a sliding window, and executing analyzing processing for the cut out plurality of pieces of data, the stream data processing module having an approximate expression; the approximate expression calculating module being configured to: determine one of the time stamps of the cut out plurality of pieces of data as a time origin; modify the time stamps of the cut out plurality of pieces of data to relative time values in relation to the determined time origin; and use the modified time stamps and the values of the plurality of pieces of data to calculate the approximate expression. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346442 | SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) SERVICE REGISTRY SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED SEARCH CAPABILITY - A method for searching a web service registry system by use of a search controller. A first search of a service registry program product is performed with a service name received by the search controller from a user. It is determined that the received service name does not have a service description associated with the received service name in the service registry program product. A second search of the service registry program product is coordinated with a candidate service name by use of the search module, wherein the candidate service name is semantically and syntactically interchangeable with the received service name such that the candidate service name identifies the service description associated with the received service name within the service registry program product. The service description is discovered to be associated with the candidate service name within the service registry program product and is subsequently returned to the user. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346443 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, SEARCHING APPARATUS, AND SEARCHING METHOD - A compression file formed by compressing an object file is compared in a compressed state with a compression code string that matches with a compression character string of a character string to be searched for. The compression code string acquiring no match as the result of the comparison is decompressed as it is. On the other hand, the compression code string acquiring match is substituted with a substituted character string in a comparison and substitution table generated in advance. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140006438 | VIRTUAL AGENT RESPONSE TO CUSTOMER INQUIRIES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDING WHOIS SERVICE TO TOP LEVEL DOMAINS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006440 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006441 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING USER ACCESS TO CUSTOM METADATA | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006442 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER ATTENTION USING A DEEP-CONTENT-CLASSIFICATION (DCC) SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A VIRTUAL SEISMIC CUBE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140012869 | BUSINESS OBJECT BROWSER - A search area to search business object instance(s), business object(s), node(s), and/or data types may be displayed. Business object instance(s), business object(s), node(s), and/or data type(s) based on search criteria specified in the search area may be displayed. In response to identification of a business object instance, a business object, a node, or a data type, information pertaining to the identified business object instance, business object, node, or data type may be displayed. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012870 | Method and System for Identifying Data and Users of Interest from Patterns of User Interaction with Existing Data - A system and method for identifying relevant data and experts from a large data set that are relevant to a researcher, scientific project, or other analysis project using a recommendation algorithm utilizing distance metrics based on structural, annotation, and usage information associated with data elements. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012871 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING MULTIPLE CONTINUOUS AGGREGATE QUERIES IN DATA STREAMS - An apparatus and a method for efficiently processing multiple continuous aggregate queries in data streams are provided. The apparatus includes a first operation result sharing unit configured to generate a common window including first aggregate areas, and store a first operation result of each of the multiple continuous aggregate queries for each of the first aggregate areas. The apparatus further includes a second operation result sharing unit configured to determine a second aggregate area including at least one of the first aggregate areas, and store a second operation result of each of the multiple continuous aggregate queries for the second aggregate area. The apparatus further includes a query processing unit configured to process the multiple continuous aggregate queries based on the first operation result and the second operation result. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012872 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR PLC DATA LOG - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for searching a PLC data log. The apparatus for searching for a PLC data log, includes: a data log module operating a linear characteristic for data search based on at least one data search parameter, calculating an index value or a time data value using the operated linear characteristic, and searching for data using at least one of the calculated index value or the calculated time data value; an interface unit receiving a search request signal and at least one parameter for data search and outputting the data searched from the data log module; and a memory unit storing the data and the parameter input or output through the interface unit. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012873 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY RETRIEVING DATA SPECIFIC TO A REGION OF A LAYER - A method for retrieving data from a data source by querying the data source with data points of a layer. The data points may be encompassed within a determined region of the layer. The steps of the method may include: determining the region of the layer, dynamically querying the data source with one or more data points of the layer encompassed within the region upon determining the region, and receiving the data from the data source. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140012874 | INTEGRATION OF LOCATION LOGS, GPS SIGNALS, AND SPATIAL RESOURCES FOR IDENTIFYING USER ACTIVITIES, GOALS, AND CONTEXT - Described are methods that utilize a geographic location technology (e.g., GPS) to determine user location data, and existing network-based websites (e.g., Internet websites) for searching and accessing data related to the location data such that the user context can be developed and stored. A location component is provided that determines location data of a wireless communications device of a user. A context component is provided that accesses context data based on the location data to define a context in which the device is located. Activities, goals, and overall context of a user can be inferred through statistical fusion of multiple sources of evidence. The context data is presented to the user via the wireless device such that the user can make decisions as to where to go, for example. User preferences can be accessed and applied to filter context data according to what the user desires to see and access. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019472 | ENCODED DATA PROCESSING - Techniques for encoded data processing which allow for continuous data processing as encoded data changes. Data is decomposed into one or more blocks with each block containing at least one data record. At least one data record within a given block is encoded with a first encoding process selected from one or more encoding processes. The first encoding process is associated with the given data block. Techniques evaluate whether or not to implement an encoding change for a given block when updating a given data record in the given block. Responsive to the evaluation, the given block is re-encoded with a second encoding process. Responsive to the re-encoding, the association of the given block is updated. A map is formed to convert the given data record encoded with the first encoding process to the second encoding process so as to preserve comparative relationships of the given data record. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019473 | Database View Modeling Using Existing Data Model - A data model may be designed based views of a pre-existing data model. Metadata associated with the pre-existing data model may be presented to the user to support the user's design effort. The metadata may inform and otherwise guide the user's design choices to reduce the likelihood of inconsistencies between the new data model and the pre-existing data model. The metadata may also be used to identify and warn the user of potential inconsistencies between the new data model and the pre-existing data model. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019474 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND APPLICATION-COORDINATED SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a transmission apparatus including: at least one content recognition section; and a timeline data generation section. The content recognition section has a database block configured to store reference data including at least signature data and a content identifier, and timeline data including at least an application identifier and timeline information. The content recognition section further has a response generation block configured to recognize content from which signature data included in a query, generate a response including the timeline data including a content identifier and the application identifier, and return the generated response to the reception apparatus. The timeline data generation section is configured to generate the timeline data and collectively supply the generated timeline data to the at least one content recognition section, the generated timeline data being common to the at least one content recognition section. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019475 | Method, System and Apparatus for Dynamic Registry of Books and for Modeling Real-Time Market Demand for Books within Academic Sectors - A system provides a connection between education administration, particularly as such administration assigns or selects books, and the marketing and use of those books. Such marketing and use of those books and information related to those books can include, without limitation, consumer product information, the publishing industry and specifically book publishing, and market analysis, analysis of data, markets, demand and supply chain and inventory management. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019476 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Aspects of invention may allow an operator to recognize that a search corresponding to search conditions set in a search folder does not function when such case occurs. In one embodiment, an information processing apparatus may include a search unit that conducts a search that corresponds to each of one or a plurality of search conditions set in a search folder, and searches for at least one folder element of the search folder. The apparatus also includes a search status confirmation unit that confirms the search status for each search condition in the search unit, and a folder-content display unit (e.g., search folder display unit) that displays, when the search status confirmation unit confirms that the search corresponding to the one or plurality of search conditions set in the search folder does not function, information indicating a malfunction. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019477 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING AND RESPONDING TO SERVICE DISCOVERIES - A system and method of sensing and responding to service discoveries on a consumer's machine and, more particularly, to a system and method of sensing (discovering) service needs on a consumer's machine using a resident Daemon, and responding to the service discoveries using an extension of UDDI. The method comprises receiving a keyword from a local machine, locating a service associated with the keyword, and notifying the local machine about the service that matches the keyword. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140025702 | Filtering Structured Search Queries Based on Privacy Settings - In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a structured query that included references to nodes and edges from a social graph, identifying target nodes that correspond to the structured query, and then generating search results that include target nodes with privacy settings where the nodes and edges along the path connecting the target node and the querying user are all visible to the user. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140025703 | INTELLIGENT DATA EXPLORATION AND ANALYTICS SYSTEM - Systems and methods for providing an intelligent response are disclosed. The systems and methods may include a processing device that performs the following: receiving a request from a user, translating the request into one or more intelligent query parameters, querying a plurality of sources in accordance with the one or more intelligent query parameters, obtaining data from the plurality of sources, generating a response to the request from the natural language data and providing the response to the user. The response may contain a report that has at least a portion of the data from at least two sources. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140032590 | WINDOWED MID-TIER DATA CACHE - Technologies are described herein for implementing a windowed mid-tier data cache. A request is received for a data page comprising a set of data rows from a result set of a query in a database management system (“DBMS”). A determination is made whether the requested data rows exist in the mid-tier cache. If the requested rows exist in the cache, then the set of data rows is retrieved from the cache and the requested data page is returned. If the requested rows do not exist in the cache, a data chunk comprising a number of data rows from the result set larger than and encompassing the requested rows is requested from the DBMS. Upon receiving the data chunk, the data chunk is stored in the mid-tier cache, and the set of data rows are retrieved from the cache and the requested data page is returned. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING HARDWARE UTILIZATION FOR A BIDIRECTIONAL ACCESS CONTROL LIST IN A LOW LATENCY HIGH-THROUGHPUT NETWORK - A method in an example embodiment includes creating a first search key from variable data of a message received in a network environment, creating a second search key from constant data of the message, identifying a first database entry in a first database based on the first search key, and identifying a second database entry in a second database based on the second search key. The method can also include performing an action associated with the first database entry when a correlation is identified between the first and second database entries. In specific embodiments, the variable data are modified and the constant data are not modified. The first search key can be created prior or subsequent to forwarding the message. In further embodiments, the correlation is identified when an offset of the first database entry is the same as an offset of the second database entry. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032592 | LOCATING RELEVANT DIFFERENTIATORS WITHIN AN ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY - A system including an associative memory comprising a plurality of data and a plurality of associations among the plurality of data. The plurality of data is collected into associated groups. The associative memory is configured to be queried based on at least indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The system also includes an input device in communication with the associative memory. The input device is configured to receive a query to compare entities in the associative memory. The system also includes a coordinator in communication with the associative memory. The coordinator is configured to compare the entities to identify a similar attribute value among the entities. The coordinator is further configured to identify a differentiator among the entities. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032593 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS A QUERY WITH A UNIFIED STORAGE INTERFACE - Systems and methods to process a query with a unified storage interface are described. The system receives a query from a client machine and generates a query expression tree based on the query expression. The system generates a cursor expression tree based on the query expression tree. The system executes a plurality of software components in the cursor expression tree to retrieve data from a first storage device. The plurality of software components comprise a first software component that is utilized to retrieve data irrespective of a plurality of storage devices and a second software component that is utilized to retrieve data from a first storage device. Finally, the system communicates search results to the client machine, the search results include at least a portion of the data. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140032594 | Populating Entity Fields Based On Hierarchy Partial Resolution - Certain implementations may include systems and methods for populating entity fields based on hierarchy partial resolution. According to an example implementation, a method is provided that may include identifying one or more first matching records in a hierarchical database, where matching records include one or more fields having an associated first matching field value that at least partially matches a received portion of a first query term. The method may include outputting, for display, one or more first matching field values of the one or more first matching records and receiving a second indication input signifying a selection of one of the one or more first matching field values. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140040305 | PRODUCT NOTICE MONITORING - Various embodiments include at least one of systems, methods, and software for product notice monitoring. Some embodiments include at least one product notice database that is an aggregation of product notices, such as product recalls, bulletins, safety notices, updated usage guidelines, and the like, that may be issued by various different sources. The product notice database is monitored in such embodiments in view of products of an organization to identify possible matches. When a possible match is identified, the notice is provided to the organization. Some embodiments may include routing the notice to particular people or departments responsible for the relevant product(s) of the notice. The matching in some embodiments may be relative matching based on one or more forms of fuzzy logic, which allows for approximate matching, although not necessarily identical. The product notice monitoring may be performed in whole or in part in the cloud. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040306 | BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A performance analysis system that analyzes the performance of a business intelligence analytics application is provided. The performance analysis system logs data associated with one or more queries of a database within the database. The performance analysis system further generates performance data based on an analysis of the logged data, where the performance data includes data associated with one or more performance metrics of each query. The performance analysis system further generates one or more performance queries of the performance data, where a response to each performance query includes at least a portion of the one or more performance metrics stored within the database. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040307 | SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS FROM SEARCH RESULTS PAGE - The disclosed subject matter is generally related to including a download option of a software module from within a search results page. In response to receiving a search query from a user, search results responsive to the search query are identified. The search query is analyzed to detect an intent to download a software module. If an intent to download a software module is detected, a search results page is generated from the search results and further includes a user-actionable control for initiating a process for downloading a corresponding software module to a target computer associated with the user. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040308 | System and Method for Analyzing De-Identified Health Care Data - A system and method for creating a unique alias associated with an individual identified in a health care database such that health care data, and particularly pharmaceutical-related data, can be efficiently gathered and analyzed. The system has a first data store for storing at least one record where each record includes a plurality of identification fields which when concatenated uniquely identify an individual, and at least one health care field corresponding to health care data associated with the individual. The system also has a second data store, and a processor. The processor selects a record of the first data store, then selects a subset of the plurality of identification fields within the selected record, and concatenates the selected subset of identification fields. Then the processor stores the concatenated identification fields in a record in the second data store with the at least one health care field from the selected record of the first data store. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040309 | CRIME INVESTIGATION SYSTEM - A computer-implemented crime investigation system having a computer including a processor is operable to: receive and store one or more image data items, each of which shows one or more offenders in the process of committing an offence; authenticate a user belonging to a first access group; receive, via an application interface, case information from said user; attach portions of said case information, as indicated by said user using said application interface, to one or more of said image data items, as also indicated by said user using said application interface; search at least one of: said image data items or said case information based on search parameters; and return one or more search result image data items, having at least one of image data or attached case information which matches said search parameters, together with any of said case information attached to said search result image data items. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140046969 | Automatic Verification of Data Sources - A data source, such as a database, is modeled using state variables, state, and actions performed on the data source. State variable queries may be automatically generated by generating queries or functions based on intercepting data queries to a data source and using the intercepted data query language. State variable queries may automatically inspect data objects within the data store and automatically generate state variable values. The state variable queries or functions may be executed automatically after an action is run against a data source such that state information is automatically determined. Further, a graphical user interface used to modify, add and delete state information and automatic state variable queries associated with the verification model is described. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046970 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ORDER MATCHING AND FULFILLMENT - System, apparatuses, and methods for matching and fulfilling orders between at least two parties are provided. For example, one or more embodiments of the present invention pertain to a system that allows producers, publishers, and advertisers to create orders and match the orders, such that producers, publishers, and advertisers can easily connect with one another. The system also fulfills orders, such that production of a content video and an ad video can be easily attained. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046971 | TRANSLATION OF UNIVERSAL PLUG AND PLAY SEARCH CRITERIA - A method, apparatus and system for parsing a UPnP search criteria and creating a search criteria structure that is understandable to any content provider/storage device include an apparatus for dividing a universal plug and play search criteria into elements, assigning at least one element a designation and providing information regarding the assigned designation and an order of the at least one element within the universal plug and play search criteria, the information to be used for searching content. The apparatus of the invention creates a list of structures for performing a search, each structure including a designation of at least one respective element and an order of the at least one respective element within the universal plug and play search criteria. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046972 | MAPPING NON-RELATIONAL DATABASE OBJECTS INTO A RELATIONAL DATABASE MODEL - According to some embodiments, information may be received about a non-relational database object, such as an InfoSet, InfoSet query, or Advanced Business Application Programming (“ABAP”) function for an enterprise resource planning system. The non-relational database object may then be mapped into a relational database model, such as a model associated with a business intelligence platform. As a result, Structured Query Language (“SQL”) inputs from a business intelligence platform may be used create reports based on information in an enterprise resource planning system. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. Story content is presented in a virtual space, such as a forum, chatroom, or the like. Users submit collaborative content as the story is presented in the virtual space. The collaborative content is synchronized to presentation of the story. An author may replay the presentation and synchronized collaborative content and/or select portions of the collaborative content for inclusion in the story. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140052750 | UPDATING CACHED DATABASE QUERY RESULTS - A data cache platform maintains pre-computed database query results computed by a computation platform based on data maintained in the computation platform and is configured to determine probabilities of the cached database query results being outdated, to automatically issue re-computation orders to the computation platform for updating cached database query results on the basis of the determined probabilities of the pre-computed database query results being outdated and to receive the updated pre-computed database query results as results of the re-computation orders. The probability determination depends on a probabilistic model and on the occurrence of asynchronous real-time events. The real-time events are indeterministic with regard to the expiration of the cached database query results and only have a probabilistic influence on the discrepancies between the cached database query results maintained in the data cache platform and presumed actual database query results. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052751 | SMART USER-CENTRIC INFORMATION AGGREGATION - A smart user-centric information aggregation system allows a user to define a region of content displayed in a display of a device and performs information aggregation on behalf of the user. The smart user-centric information aggregation system searches, aggregates and groups information related to content included in the region of content for the user while the user can continue to perform his/her original course of actions without interruption. After finding information related to the desired content, the smart user-centric information aggregation system may notify the user and present the found information to the user upon receiving confirmation from the user. The smart user-centric information aggregation system may continue to find new related information and update the presentation with the newly found information periodically, in some instances without user intervention or input. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052752 | REPRESENTATION OF BUSINESS OBJECT IN ANALYTICAL APPLICATION BY COMBINING REPLICATED, ANALYTICAL, AND LOCALLY ENRICHED DATA - A system, method, and computer program product for combining replicated, analytical, and locally generated data in business objects on top of a database are disclosed. Business data are replicated from a first source to an analytics database. Analytical data based on the replicated business data are generated and combined with the replicated business data in the analytics database. Business objects are created to allow access to the analytics database via a user interface. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140052753 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING PUBLIC OPINION TOPICS - The application relates to communication technology field, in particular to a method, an apparatus and a system for processing a public sentiment topic. The method comprises steps of searching a public sentiment topic containing public sentiment information through a network; acquiring characteristic information of the searched public sentiment topic; determining whether the acquired characteristic information of the public sentiment topic meets an alarming condition; and if yes, storing the public sentiment topic and its characteristic information. According to the method, apparatus and system for processing the public sentiment topic provided in embodiments of the present application, it can be determined whether or not an alarm for the public sentiment topic shall be issued by acquiring and determining the characteristic information of the public sentiment topic. In addition, the public sentiment topic can be managed and tracked sequentially to acquire the change trend of propagation, hits and comments thereof, so that the public sentiment topic can be understood comprehensively. The public sentiment topic can also be analyzed and arranged to generate a public sentiment brief report. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140059071 | METHODS, CIRCUITS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER EXECUTABLE CODE FOR PROVIDING DOMAIN NAME RESOLUTION - Disclosed are methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for providing Domain Name Resolution functionality to data client device accessing network data through an access point. According to some embodiments, an access point may be integral or otherwise functionally associated with a zone specific domain name system (ZSDNS, which ZSDNS may include a local cache of DNS records, which local cache of DNS records may be zone specific. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059072 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A document management apparatus receives image data generated by a first user using an image processing apparatus, stores the image data, receives a document file that enables image data to be edited and was transmitted by a second user from a user terminal, searches for image data corresponding to the received document file among the stored image data, and transmits the received document file to an unique destination assigned to the first user who has generated the found image data. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059073 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Unified Variable Selection Approach Based on Variance Preservation - This disclosure describes a method, system and computer-program product for parallelized feature selection. The method, system and computer-program product may be used to access a first set of features, wherein the first set of features includes multiple features, wherein the features are characterized by a variance measure, and wherein accessing the first set of features includes using a computing system to access the features, determine components of a covariance matrix, the components of the covariance matrix indicating a covariance with respect to pairs of features in the first set, and select multiple features from the first set, wherein selecting is based on the determined components of the covariance matrix and an amount of the variance measure attributable to the selected multiple features, and wherein selecting the multiple features includes executing a greedy search performed using parallelized computation. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059074 | System and Methods for Linking Multiple Events Involving Firearms and Gang Related Activities - Methods for linking multiple events involving firearms submit event information data and firearms information data to a system that includes a database for multiple firearms events and generate a query map that correlates data in the system database with a preselected geographical grid based upon one or more preselected matching criteria to one or more data entries for a selected event. The map is used to generate a request for a possible link analysis which may be initiated by a firearms examiner and is then performed to determine if there is a link. One or more gang database modules allow users to execute searches of a gang database and plot incidents on a geographic grid with each incident being represented by a unique icon related to a class of crime or type of incident. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059075 | EXTRACTING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PRODUCT, EXTRACTING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An extracting method that is executed by a computer. The extracting method includes storing first information into a storage device, wherein the first information indicates for each of a plurality of files and for each of a plurality of character data, whether the file includes the character data; storing second information into the storage device when a given file included in the files is updated, wherein the second information indicates for each of the character data, whether the given file includes the character data; and extracting a file group from the files when a search request is received, wherein from the file group, a file is excluded that is indicated by the first information and the second information not to include a character data to be searched for included in the search request. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059076 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING AUDIO TEXT FILES ORIGINATING FROM AUDIO FILES TO SEARCHABLE TEXT AND FOR PROCESSING THE SEARCHABLE TEXT - A system and method for processing audio text files includes a content repository storing audio text files. A text transformer linguistically analyzes the audio text files within a content of multiple lexicons to form edited text results and creates a reflection repository having reflection files therein corresponding to the audio text files from the edited text results. A search engine searches the reflection files and a user device displays a first reflection file from the reflection files or a first audio text file from the audio files in response to searching. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140067849 | OFFLINE APPLICATION SUPPORT - An offline support system operates to record a plurality of request/response pairs exchanged between an application and a web service. The system determines if a current request from the application can be communicated to the web service. Upon a positive determination, the current request is passed to the web service. Upon a negative determination, a most recent recorded request/response pair having a request matching the current request is identified. The response from the identified pair is passed to the application as if it were a response to the current request. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067850 | Graph Query Logic - In one embodiment, a method includes storing one or more graphs, each graph comprising one or more nodes arranged in a hierarchical format, each node representing one or more data items; accessing a query requesting one or more specific data items in the graphs, the query being expressed in a language having a hierarchical format; retrieving the specific data items from the graphs; arranging the specific data items in a hierarchical format; and outputting the specific data items in response to the query. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067851 | FACILITATING FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY ACCELERATIONS OF DATABASE FUNCTIONS - Methods and arrangements for facilitating accelerations of database functions. A field programmable gate array is incorporated. At least one query control block is incorporated in the field programmable gate array, and database management system operations are accelerated via the field programmable gate array. The accelerating includes employing the at least one query control block to execute a query without reconfiguring the field programmable gate array. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067852 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING SCALING AND EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF DATABASE SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating efficient management of database systems and resources in an on-demand services environment in a multi-tenant environment according to one embodiment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes receiving a job request from a user associated with an organization, where the job request may is placed at a computing device. The method may further include generating, at the local database coupled with the computing device, a dynamic cache having a first table comprising external data from an external data source, communicating the first table of the dynamic cache with a second table at the local database, where the second table comprises local data from the local database, and processing the job request at the local database using the dynamic cache. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067853 | DATA SEARCH METHOD, INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DATA SEARCH PROGRAM - A data search method includes: identifying data and a key value associated with the data based on a search request issued to a first database stored in a first storage in which data included in a column of the first database is stored in association with a key value that is associated, in the first database, with the data; and searching for a row associated with the identified key value from a second storage in which the key value in the first database is stored in association with the row that is associated, in the first database, with the key value. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067854 | CRAWLING OF GENERATED SERVER-SIDE CONTENT - Selective processing of items having embedded delay actions includes receiving an item to process containing a delay action, processing the item using a delay action process, wherein the delay action process includes exploring dynamically generated server-side content of the item received, by recognizing when a wait occurs for a server process, and performing one of a wait for a predetermined period of time, or circumventing an actual wait, to generate a result and returns the result to a requester. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067855 | MEDIA ASSET USAGE DATA REPORTING THAT INDICATES CORRESPONDING CONTENT CREATOR - The disclosure is related to the idea of tracking user navigation, consumption, and/or behavior and applying analytics to help shape future offerings (customized offerings, up-sells, recommendations, etc.) to a user and to provide reporting data to service providers and studios. Methods and systems of providing viewing recommendations for a user are set forth. This involves collecting usage data related to a session of interaction by the user, processing the user data for the session, and providing feedback regarding the session. The sessions involve multiple stages tracking a user's interactions. These include stages such as an inquiry stage, a results stage, a details stage, a selection stage, and a confirmation stage. Usage data is then mined to indicate the content creator of a media asset regardless of the media asset type. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DIAGNOSIS AND PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING CONTINENCE PRODUCTS - Systems and methods for facilitating diagnosis and product identification for patients requiring continence products. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed there by to provide a software application (for example an iOS or Android application) thereby to assist a clinician and/or patient in identifying appropriate continence products for a given set of patient requirements. While some embodiments will be described herein with particular reference to that application, it will be appreciated that the invention is not limited to such a field of use, and is applicable in broader contexts. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067857 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING MULTIPLE GEO-TAGGED MEDIA FILES AND RENDERING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for organizing a geographically tagged media file, the method obtaining geographical information for the media file; identifying a subfolder for the media file; and placing the media file in the identified subfolder. Also, a method and apparatus for utilizing an album of geographically tagged media files within a media application, the method allowing a third party application access to the geographically tagged media files; and upon selection of the third party application within the media application, launching the third party application populated with the album of geographically tagged media files. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067858 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARRANGING PARTICIPANT INTERVIEW CLIPS FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH - Systems and methods for arranging participant interview clips for conducting ethnographic research. Video clips and photographs of interviews of participants in a market research study are stored in a database. Each item stored in the database is tagged with an interpretive tag indicative of an observed behavioral, attitudinal, or emotive characteristic of the participant. A user searches the database for tags or search terms of interest, and selects clips from the search results for inclusion in a perspective, which is a collection of selected clips and their associated tags and comments from multiple users who collaborate to determine which clips to include in the perspective. The process of creating a perspective is iterative and collaborative, in which the database can be mined and re-mined using different search strategies by multiple users, who provide their comments on selected clips to form a perspective that can be used for product innovation. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074878 | SPREADSHEET SCHEMA EXTRACTION - Aspects of the present invention provide a tool for extracting schema from a spreadsheet. In an embodiment, a set of data that is stored in an uncataloged tabular format, such as a spreadsheet, is retrieved. The structure of the retrieved set of data is surveyed to determine the dataset schema thereof. Then, data elements within the dataset schema are analyzed to obtain information regarding the data elements. Based on dataset schema and the element information, an interface can be constructed that allows remote access to the set of data. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074879 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM TO RECOMMEND MULTIMEDIA CONTENTS USING METADATA - A method, apparatus, and system are configured to recommend content using metadata including an event metadata unit, a searching unit, and a control unit. The event metadata generating unit is configured to generate event metadata regarding content selected by a user. The searching unit which, on the basis of the generated event metadata and social metadata regarding content uploaded to an SNS server associated with the user, is configured to search the content uploaded to the SNS server to recommend content to be provided to the user. The control unit is configured to provide the recommended content to the user using the social metadata regarding the searched recommended content. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074880 | METHODS OF A SERVER WITH A TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAIN MEMORY - In one embodiment of the invention, a memory module is disclosed including a printed circuit board with an edge connector; an address controller coupled to the printed circuit board; and a plurality of memory slices. Each of the plurality of memory slices of the memory module includes one or more memory integrated circuits coupled to the printed circuit board, and a slave memory controller coupled to the printed circuit board and the one or more memory integrated circuits. The slave memory controller receives memory access requests for the memory module from the address controller. The slave memory controller selectively activates one or more of the one or more memory integrated circuits in the respective memory slice in response to the address received from the address controller to read data from or write data into selected memory locations in the memory integrated circuits. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140074881 | TENANTIZATION OF SEARCH RESULT RANKING - This disclosure describes methods and systems for searching documents in a multi-tenant hosting environment. According to embodiments, to conserve hardware resources, a plurality of documents associated with a plurality of tenants may be mapped to the same search index in the multi-tenant hosting environment. In order to search documents associated only with a single tenant in the multi-tenant hosting environment, a tenant identifier is prepended to every key stored in the search index that is associated with the plurality of documents of the single tenant. Moreover, where one document links to another document within the multi-tenant hosting environment, the link is stored in a web graph when a source tenant identifier matches a target tenant identifier for the link. According to embodiments, when conducting a search, the link is resolved only if the link is stored in the web graph. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140082012 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCED ACCESS TO MULTIMEDIA CONTENTT - A Digital Media Server (DMS) is used to manipulate a Content Directory Service (CDS) database operatively connected to a Digital Media Player (DMP), where the DMS hosts multimedia content that a user wishes to be presented on the DMP. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082013 | QUERY TEMPLATES FOR QUERIES IN DATA STREAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A template manager may determine a query template for instantiation thereof to thereby obtain a query instance for application of the query instance against stream data of a data stream management system, the query template including placeholders. A value handler may be configured to replace the placeholders with corresponding substitution values to obtain the query instance. A query instance manager may be configured to deploy the query instance within the data stream management system for application against the stream data | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082014 | ABSTRACT, STRUCTURED DATA STORE QUERYING TECHNOLOGY - The present invention is abstract, structured data store querying technology (system) which is capable of running deduction process in environment disconnected from data store. Logic programming engines does not know which facts it will need to correctly process questions (queries) and they require loading in memory and processing all data store content. Problem is solved introducing an abstraction: meta-set, which is able to describe one or more facts (becoming meta-facts). This way it is possible to separate data store from logic programming engine turning it into meta-set calculus engine which combines meta-facts and rules to build resulting list of meta-sets which will be used to auto-generate queries to data store. Proposed solution allows running deduction process in distributed environments where deduction can be performed on the client tier, and queries for real objects will be sent to centralized data store servers. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082015 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING CHEMICAL ANALYSES - A knowledge management platform eliminates the trial and error process for analytical chemists in, for example, identifying appropriate methodologies for separating mixtures of chemical compounds. The platform allows the analytical chemists to perform a variety of searches on data existing from previous experiments, procedures, and/or processes. The platform may be employed to make faster decisions, and ultimately decreases the time taken in selecting an appropriate separation methodology. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140089339 | UNIFIED COMMUNICATION AUDIT TOOL - Providing for dynamic auditing of components of a communication network is provided herein. By way of example, network components can be queried by way of dynamic and intelligent application programming interface (APIs) queries to extract data for the network components. Such data can then be compared with best practice rules to identify potential enhancements to efficiency or scalability of such components. In some aspects, an audit report can be output summarizing identified enhancements. In other aspects, data can be written to an updated component according to protocols suited to such component. Accordingly, an audit can provide feedback in light of best practices or can be utilized to dynamically upgrade a legacy system to newer system software and/or hardware components. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089340 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GRAPHIC CODE DATABASE UPDATES AND SEARCH - Methods and apparatuses for updating and searching a graphic code are disclosed. The apparatus receives a graphic query request carrying a graphic code to be searched. If no product information corresponding to the graphic code is found in the graphic code database, the apparatus searches for a recommended keyword corresponding to the graphic code; if a recommended keyword is found, the apparatus returns the recommended keyword, and if not found, returns a search box. The apparatus then receives a search request carrying a search keyword, and, if the search keyword is determined to be inconsistent with the recommended keyword corresponding to the graphic code, makes the search keyword a new recommended keyword of the graphic code, and adds the new recommended keyword to the graphic code database. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089341 | COORDINATING DATA COLLECTION AMONG SYSTEM COMPONENTS - A method, computer program product and computer system for coordinating data collection from a component of a data processing system is disclosed. The component registers with a dispatcher, wherein the component is a computer resource of the data processing system and is configured to accept at least one query, and the registration comprising data types handled by the at least one component, wherein the dispatcher is allocated computer resources of the data processing system. The component receives from the dispatcher a notification to perform the query against specified data structures, wherein the query comprises an action. The component, responsive to receiving notification, determines whether data structures of a data type specified in the query are handled. The data processing system runs the query to determine whether the query is satisfied. The data processing system executes the action. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089342 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a file input unit that inputs a data model file representing a data model in a first language for data model description; a first generation unit that generates a database configuration file described in a second language for database description from the data model file; and a second generation unit that generates an application interface described in a third language for application interface description from the data model file. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140095530 | CONTAINER DATABASE - A container database may contain multiple database dictionaries, each database dictionary defining a pluggable database. When database sessions are established on a container DBMS, each database session is given access to a pluggable database by establishing the respective database dictionary of the pluggable database as the database dictionary for that database session. Database commands issued through database session can only access the database objects defined in the database dictionary established for the database session. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095531 | DYNAMIC OUTPUT SELECTION USING HIGHLY OPTIMIZED DATA STRUCTURES - A node container is constructed with multiple binary tree views. A processing device creates a primary view binary tree within the node container based on a primary key. A set of records that match fields of the primary key is chained to the primary view. The processing device also creates one or more alternate views within the node container to allow access to the same set of records via one or more alternate keys, which are subsets of the fields of the primary key. The chain of records is extracted from the node container when matched to a subsequent query search. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095532 | Methods and Systems for Identifying Local Search Queries - Methods and systems are provided for determining whether a search query with an observed number of occurrences in a set of search queries is a local search query. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided that comprises determining an expected number of occurrences of a search query and comparing the expected number of occurrences to a threshold. Further, the method includes determining whether the search query is a local search query based, at least in part, on the comparison. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095533 | FAST PATH EVALUATION OF BOOLEAN PREDICATES - Techniques for managing fast path evaluation of Boolean predicates are provided. In some examples, the fast path evaluation may be based at least in part on received queries and/or query statements associated with a database and/or streaming data. In some examples, a first instruction for enabling execution of a subset of logical operators of the query may be determined. The determination may be based at least in part on the logical operators of the query. Additionally, based at least in part on the first instruction, logical instructions for implementing the query may be generated. Further, the logical instructions may be compiled into machine-readable instructions for implementing only the subset of the logical operators of the query. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095534 | SEMI-JOIN ACCELERATION - Techniques for processing a query are provided. One or more operations that are required to process a query are performed by a coprocessor that is separate from a general purpose microprocessor that executes query processing software. The query processing software receives a query, determines one or more operations that are required to be executed to fully process the query, and issues one or more commands to one or more coprocessors that are programmed to perform one of the operations, such as a table scan operation and/or a lookup operation. The query processing software obtains results from the coprocessor(s) and performs one or more additional operations thereon to generate a final result of the query. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095535 | MANAGING CONTINUOUS QUERIES WITH ARCHIVED RELATIONS - Techniques for managing continuous queries with archived relations are provided. In some examples, a query that includes at least a data stream may be identified. Additionally, the query may be initialized with at least a portion of historical data. Further, in some instances, the query may be evaluated based at least in part on the data stream and the portion of the historical data. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140095536 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF MUITIMEDIA CONTENT ITEMS - A method and server for analyzing a multimedia content item are provided. The method comprises receiving a multimedia content item; extracting from the multimedia content item a plurality of multimedia elements; generating at least one signature for each of the plurality of multimedia elements; for each of the plurality of multimedia elements, querying a deep-content-classification (DCC) system to identify at least one concept that matches one of the plurality of multimedia elements, wherein querying is performed using the at least one signature generated for the multimedia elements and wherein an unidentified multimedia content element does not have a matching concept; generating a context for the multimedia content item using matching concepts; and characterizing each unidentified multimedia element using the generating context and signatures of the matching concepts. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140101192 | RELATIONSHIP-BASED SEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS - Techniques are described for determining relationships between user activities and determining search results and content recommendations based on the relationships. A plays-related-to-searches application may determine a relationship score between plays of a media title and searches of a query by determining a distance between a projection of the search onto the space of the users and a projection of plays of the media title onto the space of the users. A plays-after-searches application may determine a score for plays of the streaming media title given the search by multiplying a number of times plays of the media title occur after the query is entered by the number of times any play occurs, and dividing by a product of the number of times plays of the media title occur after any query is entered and the number of times plays of any media title occur after the query is entered. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101193 | GENERATING SNIPPETS FOR PROMINENT USERS FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL QUERIES - Implementations include receiving trigger query data, the trigger query data identifying one or more trigger queries and one or more sets of authoritative users, each set of authoritative users being associated with a respective trigger query, providing a plurality of trigger query and authoritative user pairs, each trigger query and authoritative user pair identifying a trigger query and an authoritative user from a set of authoritative users associated with the trigger query, for each trigger query and authoritative user pair: generating a snippet based on user data, the user data being associated with the authoritative user in one or more computer-implemented services, each snippet being specific to the trigger query and specific to the authoritative user, and storing one or more snippets in computer-readable memory, each snippet being associated with the trigger query and the authoritative user for which the snippet was generated. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101194 | SEARCHABLE WEB WHOIS - Systems and methods for searching domain names and owner information associated with the domain names in a web-based Whols search tool. Systems including one or more databases and one or more text indexes may store data including the domain names and owner information, and index text-searchable portions of the data. A search request may be received from a user with user preferences such as a selection of multiple or all top level domains. Search results may be ranked by relevancy, and may include the domain name with associated owner information. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101195 | INCREMENTAL VISUAL QUERY PROCESSING WITH HOLISTIC FEATURE FEEDBACK - To reduce communication costs and computational complexity, only a subset of ranked SIFT points within a query image for a visual search request is transmitted to the visual search server in each iteration of an incremental search. For each candidate match, a flag identifying the matching points is returned by the server for use in computing holistic (e.g., histogram) information for a bounding box within the query image including the matching points. Distance from that query image holistic information is used to reject images from a short list used for a subsequent iteration, if any. If all images are rejected or a match criteria is met during one iteration, the search may terminate early without consideration of remaining SIFT points. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101196 | INFORMATION DELIVERY USING QUERIES AND CHANGEABLE DATABASE CONTAINING QUERIES, ADVISORY INFORMATION, AND FLOW LOGIC - A data storage system may contain a changeable database that includes: advisory information that includes the content of at least one advisory statement for addressing an issue with equipment; query information that includes the content of at least one query delivered to the equipment; and flow logic information indicating a sequence for the delivery of the advisory statements and the queries based on the equipment's responses to the queries. An information delivery engine may deliver the queries and the advisory statements to the equipment in a sequence based on the equipment's answers to the queries and the flow logic information. This system may be adapted to troubleshoot equipment, such as an optical network terminal. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140108447 | DISPLAY OF LOCATION-RELATED PROMOTIONAL MESSAGE WITH SEARCH QUERY RESULTS - Briefly, embodiments of methods or systems for display of a location-related promotional message with search query results are disclosed. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108448 | MULTI-SENSOR VELOCITY DEPENDENT CONTEXT AWARE VOICE RECOGNITION AND SUMMARIZATION - A system and method for receiving an indication of an environmental context; receiving a query request; determining a query result in reply to the query request based, at least in part, on the environmental context; and presenting the query result in a format depending on the environmental context. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108449 | HIGH PERFORMANCE REAL-TIME RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - A database system supporting persistent queries, using a persistent query service and various data sources. On receiving a request to create a persistent query from a client software application, the persistent query service: creates a query virtual table; parses the persistent query; creates a plurality of intermediate virtual tables; establishes listeners for the query virtual table; creates a plurality of data source virtual tables; causes the plurality of data source virtual tables to retrieve initial data from data sources; and propagates data via intermediate virtual tables to the persistent query virtual table. On detection of a data change in a data source, the associated data source virtual table causes the data change to propagate via intermediate virtual tables to the persistent query virtual table, and the client software application executes client code of at least one listener. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140122517 | CONTACT LIST BASED ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DATA - A method that allows users of telecommunications terminals to have relevant contact information presented to them without some of the disadvantages of the prior art is disclosed. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122518 | CODELESS ARRAY VALIDATION - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for codeless array validation. Codeless array validation can include selecting a number of operations associated with processing organizational data, where each of the number of operations includes a number of input schemas and a number of output schemas. Codeless array validation can include constructing a number of rules including the number of input schemas and the number of output schemas. Codeless array validation can include querying a web service, receiving an array response for the organizational data from the web service, and validating the array response codelessly by checking the number of rules against each of a number of data elements comprising the array response. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122519 | Food Supply Chain Automation Food Service Information Interface System And Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically sending one or more food service activity information requests associated with at least in part one or more food service activity aspects regarding service of one or more menu items; and electronically receiving subsequent to said electronically sending at least a portion of food service activity response information associated with at least in part one or more food service activity aspects regarding service of one or more menu items, said food service activity response information including description of one or more identifiers as being accessible through one or more tracers, and including description of said tracers as being at least momentarily in physical proximity with one or more ingestible materials. In addition, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122520 | Food Supply Chain Automation Grocery Operations Interface Information System and Method - A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically sending one or more grocery operations information requests associated with at least in part one or more grocery implementation aspects pertaining to grocery related merchandizing of one or more commercial grocery products; and electronically receiving subsequent to said electronically sending at least a portion of grocery operations response information associated with at least in part one or more grocery implementation aspects pertaining to grocery related merchandizing of one or more commercial grocery products and including identification information as obtainable through one or more tags, and including description of said one or more tags as being at least temporarily within at least a vicinity of one or more food based substances. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122521 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ARTICLE INFORMATION - A method for providing article information includes the following steps: an article request for obtaining an article to be read is received through a network from a present client. The article is analyzed to obtain several potential keywords from the article. An internal database is searched to obtain at least one representative keyword, which the potential words belong to, and transformation information between the at least one representative keyword and each potential keyword. A number of search results of the at least one representative keyword is obtained by searching an external database for calculating a number of search results of each potential keyword. Article-related information related to the article is generated according to the number of search results of the potential keywords. The article and the article-related information are combined to generate a web page for being transmitted to the present client through the network. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122522 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USERS WITH HELP FROM THEIR CONTACTS WHILE SEARCHING THE WEB - The subject disclosure relates to a machine-implemented method for routing queries. The method includes receiving a query, identifying contacts associated with the user for responding to the received query, wherein the contacts are identified based on public online activity or private online activity, providing, for selection by the user, a list of recommended contacts, wherein each recommended contact is identified for responding to the received query based on the public online activity of the recommended contact, and transmitting a public notification including the received query to each of the recommended contacts selected by the user from the list of recommended contacts. The method also includes automatically transmitting a private notification including the received query to each of the contacts identified based on private online activity. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122523 | POINT-IN-TIME QUERY SYSTEM - A system is provided that implements a point-in-time query. The system selects a point-in-time query type from one or more point-in-time query types. The system further retrieves metadata that includes structured query language information based on the selected point-in-time query type. The system further creates a point-in-time query for a data source based on the retrieved metadata, where the point-in-time query is a query that is based on a date and/or time. The system further compiles the point-in-time query. The system further executes the point-in-time query on the data source; where the executing of the point-in-time query creates a case series. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122524 | System and Method for Automating the Assembly, Processing and Delivery of Documents - A system for automating the assembly, processing and delivery of documents includes a plurality of transport clients, a work queue, a scheduler, a plurality of rendering objects, a plurality of transport objects and a routing table. The transport clients are each responsible for acquisition of data necessary to generate the response. Once a work item is received from a transport client, it is added to the work queue. The scheduler manages the work queue including sending work items to an identified rendering object and thereafter to a transport client. Each of the rendering objects includes knowledge of the database as well as processes for extracting information from a database and applying rules on the extracted data. The scheduler assigns work items to be processed by the rendering objects, and once completed, the work items are returned to the scheduler for further processing by a transport object. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122525 | APPLICATION COLLABORATION PLATFORM AND APPLICATION COLLABORATION METHOD - An application collaboration (AC) platform is used to realize application collaboration between two user devices. The AC platform includes a semantic database which stores semantic descriptions of a plurality of user devices. When a semantic query message is received from a request devices, one or more of the user devices which match the semantic query message are searched and one of the searched user devices is selected as a target device. Data for application collaboration is exchanged between the request device and the target device. The target device performs the application collaboration according to the data and generates result data after performing the application collaboration. The result data is transmitted to the request device to accomplish the application collaboration between the request device and the target device. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122526 | Smart device personalization assistance tool - A personalization of a batch of smart cards is provided. A user is provided with a plurality of queries regarding smart card features. Responses to the plurality of queries are received from the user. A personalization data file is generated using the responses to the plurality of queries, where the personalization data file comprises values, which may be used to provide features on a batch of smart cards. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140122527 | SENSITIVITY RETRIEVAL APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a sensitivity retrieval apparatus includes a storage, a receiving unit, a setting unit, a retrieval unit, an analysis unit and a presentation unit. The storage stores sensitivity expressions. The receiving unit receives a retrieval request sentence to retrieve. The setting unit sets an evaluation axis for a sensitivity word if the sensitivity word which is a part of the sensitivity expressions and which is included in the retrieval request sentence. The retrieval unit performs retrieval based on the retrieval request sentence. The analysis unit calculates analysis values for the requested content items based on the evaluation axis. The presentation unit presents at least one requested content item. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129586 | MANAGING INTERNET SEARCHES BASED ON DATABASE QUERY RESULTS - Embodiments of the present invention manage information searches based on database query results. In one embodiment, a set of database query results including a set of data items is received. At least one information search term is received from a user. An information search query is generated based on the set of database query results and the at least one information search term. A search is performed on a set of information based on the information search query. A set of search results including a set of information satisfying the information search query is received based on performing the search. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129587 | APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEMS GRAPHICS DISPLAY FOR PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS - This embodiment relates to Distributed Control Systems graphics display for better viewing and process control. DCS graphics display presents the entire plant process as a scrollable application. Data files, describing the equipments, pipes, and distances between them are used as inputs to create graphic display. A rendering engine converts the input data files into viewable graphic display with static and dynamic elements shown. A facility is provided for Users/operators to query process condition on graphic display. The results of query are published as list and marked in Graphic display. The rendering engine displays the graphic, at the maximum zoom level, so as to include all results of query. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129588 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING QUERIES UNDER IMPRECISE QUERY EXECUTION TIME - Systems and methods for prioritizing queries in a cloud based database by determining a priority score in real time under an imprecise query execution time; and incrementally maintaining query priority scores. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140129589 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SPECIFYING AND PROCESSING DESCRIPTIVE QUERIES FOR DATA SOURCES - Improved descriptive query techniques are provided. More particularly, techniques are provided for specifying and processing descriptive queries for data providers grouped into provider kinds with hierarchical containment relationships. The query may include arbitrary boolean combinations of arbitrary tests on the values of attributes of the data providers. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140136564 | Grammar Model for Structured Search Queries - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph that includes a plurality of nodes and edges, receiving an unstructured text query, identifying nodes and edges that correspond to n-grams of the text query, accessing a context-free grammar model, identifying grammars having query tokens that correspond to the identified nodes and edges, determining a score for each identified grammar, and then generating structured queries based on the identified grammars based on strings generated by the grammars. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136565 | SIMILAR CONTENTS SEARCHING APPARATUS BASED ON USER PREFERENCE AND SIMILAR CONTENTS SEARCHING METHOD THEREOF - A similar contents searching apparatus based on user preference and a similar contents searching method thereof are provided. The present invention searches similar contents based on user preference using user comments that are extracted from texts input as users' responses to contents, and provides the searched similar contents. Accordingly, a similar contents search result is good in quality, thus enhancing the reliability of search. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140136566 | Method, Apparatus and Computer-Readable Recording Medium for Managing Images in Image Database - Managing images in an image database is described, comprising: when a query image is input, performing a match to determine whether an image similar to the query image exists within the database by comparing the images stored in the database with the query image; and if the image similar to the query image is a recognized image, providing at least one image in an image group to which the recognized image belongs and information thereon as a result, and if the image similar to the query image is an unrecognized image, providing at least one image in an image group to which the unrecognized image belongs as a result. When at least one image of the image group including the image similar to the query image is a recognized image, information on the corresponding recognized image is assigned to the images in the image group and provided as a result. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140143269 | Simultaneous Intellectual Property Search and Valuation System and Methodology (SIPS-VSM) - A system, method, and computer-based logic flow is presented for a web-enabled tool allowing simultaneous intelligent searching, knowledge management based problem solving, valuation, and modeling of intellectual property and scientific information. The system accesses databases containing intellectual property and scientific information. Additionally, the computer-based logic flow utilizes valuation techniques. The system receives user queries and can simultaneously and automatically access an intellectual property database, a scientific information database, a knowledge management based problem solving database, and a valuation based algorithm database to categorize, analyze, and disseminate pertinent information resulting in modeling and displaying the results. The invention also allows for the simultaneous display of intellectual property and valuation information in one model as well as the non-intellectual property protected scientific information. The user can easily, quickly, and accurately obtain information vital to determining the content, value, and direction of current and future specific technology trends. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140143270 | GENERATING DYNAMIC DRILLDOWN REPORTS - Various embodiments of systems and methods for generating dynamic drilldown reports are described herein. A drilldown request may be received for a data value included in the drilldown report. An attribute of the data value, for which the drilldown request has been received, may then be identified. Associated attributes corresponding to the identified attribute may then be determined from an in-memory database attribute relationship table stored in the in-memory database. Next, database tables may be searched, based on the data value included in the drilldown report, to retrieve data values corresponding to the associated attributes. A child drilled report may be generated based on the data values retrieved from the database tables. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140143271 | MULTI-LEVEL MEDICAL IMAGE VIEWER MEMORY MANAGEMENT - An example multi-level image data cache system includes a memory layer associated with a first portion of a server memory, the memory layer having a fastest access speed and least available storage space of the layers in the multi-level image data cache system. The example system includes a disk layer associated with a second portion of server memory, the memory layer having a slower access speed than the memory layer and more storage space than the memory layer. The example system includes a source layer associated with one or more locations of data storage, the source layer having a slowest access speed in comparison to the memory layer and the disk layer. In the example, a data query to the multi-level image data cache system begins by searching the memory layer followed by the disk layer and then the source layer to locate and retrieve requested image data. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140143272 | METHOD FOR INQUIRING NEUROTRANSMITTER-RELATED INFORMATION IN AN IMAGE DATABASE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for inquiring neurotransmitter-related information in a neuronal image database, comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a neurotransmitter, secreted by neurons within a brain, to inquire the neurotransmitter-related information in the neuronal image database system; and (b) displaying spatial distribution of neurons associated with the neurotransmitter within the brain on a display screen. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140149448 | UNIFIED SOCIAL CONTENT PLATFORM - A system can optionally include a social network database configured to store social network information records related to a user of the social network, wherein the social network database is configured to classify an individual information record according to the user of the social network and at least one of an application that generated the individual information record and an object of the individual information record. The system can further include a processor configured to identify ones of the information records as classified in the social network database based on at least one of the user and the at least one of the application and the object and transmit data indicative of a common characteristic of the ones of the information records to the social network. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INSTANT CONTEXTUAL TRANSLATION - A method and system for providing highly relevant, contextual answers in response to a selection of text. Text is selected by a user and, along with user parameters and device parameters, transmitted to a server. The server analyzes received text and parameters. During the analysis process the server then associates a specific function with the text and parameters. The server then executes the function, using the text and parameters as input. The result is then presented to the user by overlaying the result with the originally selected text. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149450 | FLEXIBLE TABLES - A system includes reception of an instruction to access a column of a database table, determination that the column is not associated with the schema of the database table, determination of whether the schema of the database table is flexible or static, returning, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is static, of an error in response to the instruction, and, if it is determined that the schema of the database table is flexible, not returning an error in response to the instruction. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149451 | SEARCHING ALTERNATIVE DATA SOURCES - A method and system for searching alternative data sources include monitoring a first communications source broadcasting unstructured data, and a second communications source broadcasting structured data. The method further includes generating text from the unstructured data and from the structured data collected, and parsing the generated text. The method also includes defining a search phrase, and analyzing the generated or parsed text for semantically relevant text in relation to the search phrase. The method also includes selecting the semantically relevant text. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING MESSAGES FOR A JAVA MESSAGE SERVICE - A mechanism for providing messages for Java message service (JMS). A method includes receiving, by a Java message service (JMS) server executed by a processing device, key-value data pair. The key-value data pair is sent by a client. The method also includes extracting, by the processing device, destination information of a JMS message from the value data of the key-value data pair. The destination information is either a JMS queue or a JMS topic. The method further includes storing, by the processing device, the key-value data pair in a column family of not only structured query language (NoSQL) database when one of the JMS queue or the JMS topic associated with the received key-value data pair exists in the column family of the the NoSQL database. The column family includes a plurality of stored key-value data pairs. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149453 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSOCIATING COMMUNICATION STREAMS WITH A FILE PRESENTED DURING A MEETING - Systems and method for sharing a file presented during a meeting are described. In some aspects, an operating system of a first client computing device of a presenter in an online meeting is monitored during the online meeting. The first client computing device of the presenter is engaged in screen sharing with a second client computing device of at least one other participant in the online meeting. That one or more files accessible via the operating system are being presented in the online meeting is determined based on the monitoring. The one or more files are provided to a set of users in response to determining that the one or more files are being presented in the online meeting. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140149454 | REMOTE IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE STATUS - Methods and systems for identification of vehicle statuses are provided. This technology requires installation of identification tags, such as, for example, RFID tags or Wi-Fi tags, on vehicles, which actively or passively emit identification signals conveying vehicle identifiers. Interested parties, such as members of the public or police officers, are equipped with electronic devices (e.g., a tablet computer) suitable for receiving and processing the identification signals and processing the signals to obtain a vehicle status. The vehicle status allows determining whether the vehicle was stolen, is wanted, should be classified as suspicious, or is associated with any offences. The vehicle status is obtained by querying a database of vehicle statuses. Once vehicle status is obtained by the electronic device, it is displayed to the interested party. The technology further enables locating vehicles that do not emit an identification signal and reporting their location to authorities. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140156694 | DISCOVERY, PREVIEW AND CONTROL OF MEDIA ON A REMOTE DEVICE - An aspect provides a method, including: sending a media query from a controller user device to a second user device; receiving media meta data at the controller user device in response to the media query of the second user device, the received media meta data comprising media meta data regarding a media file currently playing on the second user device and media meta data regarding one or more queued media files; providing at the controller user device a visual display based on the received media meta data, the visual display comprising a visual indication of the media file currently playing on the second user device and a preview of the one or more queued media files to be played on the second user device; and issuing one or more control action commands from the controller user device to the second user device. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156695 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CORRESPONDING DIRECTORIES IN A UNION-MOUNTED FILE SYSTEM - In one embodiment, in response to a request for searching a file stored in a first directory, a first lookup is performed by a virtual file system in a first file system to locate the file. The virtual file system traverses from the first directory back to a mount point of the first file system to recreate a search path from the mount point to the first directory. The virtual file system performs a second lookup in a second directory of a second file system that is associated with the mount point to locate the file in the second file system, where second directory is identified by the recreated search path. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156696 | DYNAMIC GENERATION OF DATABASE QUERIES IN QUERY BUILDERS - A query builder provided according to an aspect of the present invention facilitates users to conveniently generate database queries directed to database servers storing data elements organized according to attributes. In an embodiment, configuration data indicating a comparison predicate to be used for each combination of an attribute and a conditional operation is maintained. A user may then provide as inputs a first attribute, a first conditional operation and a first value. In response, the query builder examines the configuration data to determine a first comparison predicate specified for the combination of the first attribute and the first conditional operation. The query builder incorporates the first value in the first comparison predicate to construct a second comparison predicate and then forms a first database query with the second comparison predicate. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156697 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Recalling and Retrieving Documentary Evidence - Methods, systems, and products help users recall memories and search for content of those memories. When a user cannot recall a memory, the user is prompted with questions to help recall the memory. As the user answers the questions, a virtual recollection of the memory is synthesized from the answers to the questions. When the user is satisfied with the virtual recollection of the memory, a database of content may be searched for the virtual recollection of the memory. Video data, for example, may be retrieved that matches the virtual recollection of the memory. The video data is thus historical data documenting past events. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156698 | USING AGGREGATED SENSED DATA OF INDIVIDUALS TO PREDICT THE MENTAL STATE OF AN INDIVIDUAL - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156699 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVER MUTUAL INTERESTS AMONG USERS OF MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES WITHIN A WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK - Systems and methods are described herein that allow users to create Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) services that are associated with namespaces. The created services may be stored at a server and associated, on the server, with namespaces. Users of communication devices may search for and download service identifiers of interest. Communication devices within the WPAN may advertise stored service identifiers and scan for other devices having matching service identifiers. As such, users of devices can discover other users having mutual interests. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156700 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUERYING AT LEAST ONE VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF A MODULE, AND METHOD AND MODULE FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for querying at least one value of at least one parameter of a module and to a method and a module for providing at least one value of at least one parameter. In this case, a basic scheme is extended by at least one query function to form a scheme, wherein the scheme makes it possible both to configure the module and to query individual values or a plurality of values. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156701 | SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A search apparatus includes the following elements. A provisional search condition inputting unit inputs character string information as a provisional search condition. A character string/position correspondence information holding unit holds character string/position correspondence information including a correspondence between character string information and position information. A position information obtaining unit obtains position information corresponding to the character string information input as the provisional search condition from the character string/position correspondence information. A search object information storage unit stores search object information with additional information including at least position information. A searching unit performs a search for the position information of the search object information stored in the search object information storage means using the position information obtained by the position information obtaining unit as an actual search condition, and outputs search object information having the found position information as a search result satisfying the provisional search condition. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140156702 | SMART NAVIGATION SERVICES - Techniques for smart navigation are presented. The techniques can include receiving, at a navigation service and via the internet, a request for a network resource, where the request includes command data provided by a navigation client, and where the command data includes an entity name and a keyword. The techniques can include obtaining, from at least one database of the navigation service, a network locator corresponding to the entity name and the keyword. The techniques can further include providing, in response to the receiving and via the internet, the network locator. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164424 | PRE-ASSIMILATION VALUES AND POST-ASSIMILATION VALUES IN HARDWARE INSTANCE IDENTIFIERS - A method of managing a database may include, at a node, assigning a pre-assimilation value to a hardware instance identifier of a hardware component before the node is assimilated into a multi-node computing system. The method may also include receiving a post-assimilation value after the node has been assimilated into the multi-node computing system. The method may also include updating the pre-assimilation value with the post-assimilation value. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164425 | ADVANCED BUSINESS QUERY LANGUAGE - A new query language can be embedded in a business application programming language (e.g., the ABAP language). A query language consistent with implementations of the current subject matter can be based on a graph data-model of connected business objects (BO) or other data objects and can be designed as an efficient query language embedded into the business application programming language runtime, thereby allowing expression of business logic in a declarative manner. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164426 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A FEDERATED WIDE AREA MOTION IMAGERY COLLECTION SERVICE - A method and a computer system for providing a federated wide area motion imagery (WAMI) collection service are provided. The method includes issuing a request to retrieve WAMI collection metadata from a first WAMI collection service in one or more collection services, the one or more WAMI collection services providing WAMI collection metadata; receiving the WAMI collection metadata from the first WAMI collection service; and storing the WAMI collection metadata from the first WAMI collection service in a local cache of the computer system. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164427 | INFERENCE OF QUERY RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON RETRIEVED ATTRIBUTES - Various example embodiments are provided for inferring relationships between queries. In an example, queries are related based on the identification of common terms between the queries. Another example is to relate queries based on the identification that the queries are associated with a single search session. Yet another example is to infer relationships based on the identification of relationships between item attributes retrieved from the submission of the queries. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164428 | QUERY EVALUATION USING ANCESTOR INFORMATION - Provided are techniques for processing a query. A query is received, wherein the query is formed by one or more paths, and wherein each path includes one or more steps. A hierarchical document including one or more document nodes is received. While processing the query and traversing the hierarchical document, one or more extraction entries are constructed, wherein each extraction entry includes a step instance match candidate identifying a document node and a step instance ancestor path for the document node, and one or more tuples are constructed using the one or more extraction entries by associating the step instance match candidate from one of the one or more extraction entries with the step instance match candidate from at least one of the one or more other extraction entries. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164429 | PERSISTING INSTANCE-LEVEL REPORT CUSTOMIZATIONS - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for persisting instance-level report customizations. Input is received from a user to run an original report. An original query associated with the original report is executed against a data store. The original report is displayed to the user. At least one instance-level customization is received from the user to customize an instance of the original report. The instance-level customizations that the user makes to the customized report are tracked in a manner that allows a history of changes from the original report to the customized report to be determined. The customized report is generated in subsequent executions of the report. The instance-level changes the user made to the report can be audited to allow users to see the changes made to the original report. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140172903 | RELEVANCE MAP LINKING - Systems, methods, and machine-readable and executable instructions are provided for relevance map linking. Relevance map linking can include identifying a user as a user node that is associated with a number of user resources. Relevance map linking can also include finding a number of related resources that are associated with the number of user resources and defining the number of related resources as a number of related resource nodes. Relevance map linking can include defining a number of related resource relevance maps for the number of related resource nodes. Relevance map linking can include defining a user relevance map for the user node wherein the user relevance map links the number of related resource nodes and the user node based on the number of resource relevance maps. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172904 | CORPUS SEARCH IMPROVEMENTS USING TERM NORMALIZATION - System and computer program product to perform an operation for query processing based on normalized search terms. The operation begins by, responsive to receiving a query, generating a normalized search term for a concept in the query based on a first language model, of a plurality of language models each having a predefined association with a respective concept. The operation then modifies the query to include the normalized search term, and executes the modified query against an indexed corpus of evidence including a first item of evidence. The operation then, upon determining that the first item of evidence includes the normalized search term, returns the first item of evidence as responsive to the query. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172905 | PERFORMING A FUNCTION ON ROWS OF DATA DETERMINED FROM TRANSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COLUMNS - In an embodiment, a request is received that specifies a function and a specified key value. Rows from all tables that are accessible from the specified key value are transitively searched, wherein the transitively searching further comprises finding values in a plurality of pairs of columns, wherein found rows that are found by the transitively searching comprise values in a respective first column of the plurality of pairs of columns that satisfy a dependency relationship with values in a respective second column of the plurality of pairs of columns. The function is executed against only the found rows. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172906 | TIME-SHIFTING IMAGE SERVICE - Methods and systems may provide for obtaining a query image of a scene, wherein the query image includes embedded information and represents the scene at a time of capture. The embedded information may include location data and perspective data. Additionally, user input may be received, wherein the user input identifies a different time than the time of capture. A time-shifted image of the scene may be obtained based on the user input and the embedded information in the query image. Crowd sources and/or other public information sources may also be used to obtain the time-shifted image. In one example, the time-shifted image represents the scene at the different time. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172907 | CORPUS SEARCH IMPROVEMENTS USING TERM NORMALIZATION - System and computer program product to perform an operation for query processing based on normalized search terms. The operation begins by, responsive to receiving a query, generating a normalized search term for a concept in the query based on a first language model, of a plurality of language models each having a predefined association with a respective concept. The operation then modifies the query to include the normalized search term, and executes the modified query against an indexed corpus of evidence including a first item of evidence. The operation then, upon determining that the first item of evidence includes the normalized search term, returns the first item of evidence as responsive to the query. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172908 | PERFORMING A FUNCTION ON ROWS OF DATA DETERMINED FROM TRANSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COLUMNS - In an embodiment, a request is received that specifies a function and a specified key value. Rows from all tables that are accessible from the specified key value are transitively searched, wherein the transitively searching further comprises finding values in a plurality of pairs of columns, wherein found rows that are found by the transitively searching comprise values in a respective first column of the plurality of pairs of columns that satisfy a dependency relationship with values in a respective second column of the plurality of pairs of columns. The function is executed against only the found rows. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172909 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SERVICE APPLICATION USING ROBOT - An apparatus for providing a service application using a robot includes a sensing unit configured to generate environmental sensing information on the surrounding of a moving path of the robot and user state information; and a user circumstance determination unit configured to determine the circumstance and intention of a user to generate user recognition information, and searches and downloads a service application. Further, the apparatus includes a service provision unit configured to search service representation devices around the moving path of the robot and migrate a service corresponding to the service application to at least one of the searched service representation devices; and a user feedback management unit configured to manage feedback information corresponding to an interaction between the user and the robot. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140172910 | MUSIC RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE - A music recommendation system and method is provided and include a processor that is configured to collect kinetic information and control information of a vehicle. In addition, the processor is configured to generate stress information of a driver by processing the kinetic information and the control information and extract physical properties of a music by performing an audio signal process on the a music file and extract an emotional property that corresponds to the physical properties of the music. The processor is further configured to connect and store the music information of the music file and the emotional property of the music and search music that corresponds to the stress information to recommend the music for the driver. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140181137 | PRESENTING DATA IN RESPONSE TO AN INCOMPLETE QUERY - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for executing a database query based on an incomplete query. An example system configured to practice the method receives a web request, wherein a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web request provides an argument, and extracts the argument from the URL as a parameter for a database query. The system identifies an unspecified parameter in the database query, and selects a likely value for the unspecified parameter. Then the system executes the database query using the parameter and the likely value, and incorporates at least part of the query result in a web page served in response to the web request. The system can cache the web request and the likely value for the unspecified parameter for later use. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181138 | ESTIMATING RISK OF BUILDING A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Risk assessment for a computing system being developed can include receiving a user input specifying a proposed topology for a computing system. The proposed topology is defined by a first software product to be used and an architecture having a first non-functional component. A problem knowledge repository is searched using a processor for records of problems correlated with the proposed topology. A level of risk in implementing the computing system using the proposed topology is calculated according to the searching using the processor. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181139 | ESTIMATING RISK OF BUILDING A COMPUTING SYSTEM - Risk assessment for a computing system being developed can include receiving a user input specifying a proposed topology for a computing system. The proposed topology is defined by a first software product to be used and an architecture having a first non-functional component. A problem knowledge repository is searched using a processor for records of problems correlated with the proposed topology. A level of risk in implementing the computing system using the proposed topology is calculated according to the searching using the processor. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181140 | TERMINAL DEVICE BASED ON CONTENT NAME, AND METHOD FOR ROUTING BASED ON CONTENT NAME - In a network system based on a content name, a terminal device may generate and transmit a block query requesting segments, and may receive segments corresponding to the block query. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181141 | Scalable Analysis Platform For Semi-Structured Data - A method of operating a query system includes retrieving objects from a data source. Each of the retrieved objects includes (i) data and (ii) metadata describing the data. The method further includes dynamically creating a cumulative schema. The dynamically creating includes, for each object of the retrieved objects, (i) inferring a schema from the object based on the metadata of the object and inferred data types of elements of the data of the object, (ii) creating a unified schema, and (iii) storing the unified schema as the cumulative schema. The unified schema describes both (a) the object described by the inferred schema and (b) a cumulative set of objects described by the cumulative schema. The method further includes storing the data of each of the retrieved objects in a storage service. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140188927 | PRESENTING RECOMMENDED CONTENT IN SEARCH PAGES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium include actions of receiving a search query, the search query being received from a first user of a computer-implemented search service, receiving a search result that is responsive to the search query, the search result being representative of one or more resources, receiving a set of entities associated with the one or more resources, receiving a first set of entities associated with the first user, each entity in the first set of entities having been determined to be of interest to the first user, determining that one or more entities of the set of entities corresponds to one or more entities of the first set of entities and, in response, providing a first set of recommended content, the first set of recommended content comprising the one or more entities of the set of entities, providing a first search results page, the first search results page comprising the search result and digital content representative of recommended content provided in the first set of recommended content, the digital content providing a link to a resource of the one or more resources, and transmitting the first search results page for display to the first user. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188928 | RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT - New methods of relational database management are described, for example, to enable completion and checking of data in relational databases, including completion of missing foreign key values, to facilitate understanding of data in relational databases, to highlight data that it would be useful to add to a relational database and for other applications. In various embodiments, the schema of a relational database is used to automatically create a probabilistic graphical model that has a structure related to the schema. For example, nodes representing individual rows are linked to rows of other tables according to the database schema. In examples, data in the relational database is used to carry out inference using inference algorithms derived from the probabilistic graphical model. In various examples, inference results, comprising probability distributions each for an individual table cell, are used to fill missing data, highlight errors, and for other purposes. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188929 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, FILE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A storage unit stores therein an association relationship between information for specifying a first portion of a file in a first table format and information for specifying a second portion of a file in a second table format. The control unit extracts, upon receiving a search request for an area to be influenced by the first portion, the information for specifying the second portion associated with the information for specifying the first portion by referring to the storage unit, and outputs the information for specifying the second portion and information for specifying the file in the second table format containing the second portion, as a reply to the search request. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140188930 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A DATABASE OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS ASSIGNED TO USERS - A method and system for creating a database of multimedia content elements assigned to users are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one parameter identifying a user; receiving at least one multimedia content element from a user device; generating at least one signature to the at least one multimedia content element; searching for the existence of the at least multimedia content element in a database using the least one generated signature to determine whether each of the at least one multimedia content element is an existing multimedia content element or a non-existing multimedia content element; and generating a unique identifier using the at least one parameters for each non-existing multimedia content element; assigning the generated unique identifier to its respective non-existing multimedia content element; and storing each of the non-existing multimedia content elements and their respective unique identifiers in the database. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195556 | Calories Tracking When Making Mobile Payment Through Near Field Communications - A system, a method, and a computer program product for tracking of attributes, such as calories, vitamins, minerals, fat, and the like, of a food item when purchasing the food item from a point of sale location are disclosed. Information representative of a plurality of food items purchased from at least one point of sale location is received by the user's equipment from a terminal at a point of sale location via a near field communications medium. The information includes an identification of the plurality of food items and identification of at least one attribute associated with each food item in the plurality of food items. The user's equipment obtains numerical values of at least one attribute associated with each purchased food item in the plurality of food items from a database that stores numerical values of at least one attribute. User's equipment determines a total value of numerical values of at least one attribute associated with a plurality of purchased food items by summing the numerical values during a predetermined period of time. The total value and the values of the attributes can be displayed by the user's equipment. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195557 | Presenting Mobile Content Based on Programming Context - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating search queries in response to obtaining audio samples on a client device. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of i) receiving audio data from a client device, ii) identifying specific content from captured media based on the received audio data, wherein the identified specific content is associated with the received audio data and the captured media includes at least one of audio media or audio-video media, iii) obtaining additional metadata associated with the identified content, iv) generating a search query based at least in part on the obtained additional metadata, and v) returning one or more search results to the client device, the one or more search results responsive to the search query and associated with the received audio data. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140201231 | Social Knowledge Search - A social collaboration search tool provides a mechanism for collaborators within an organization to search for and retrieve conversations that include social knowledge interactions. The social collaboration search tool may also provide additional social information to the searcher. The social knowledge interactions search tool can provide a mechanism by which these interactions are indexed and surfaced in a first class search vertical with specialized display formats that may enable the searcher to efficiently retrieve and use the most important or relevant information. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201232 | SCOPING SEARCHES WITHIN WEBSITES - A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for scoping searches within a website. In an implementation, a method may receiving a search request. The method may also include identifying a location of a search scoping feature within a website hierarchy. The method may further include setting a search scope relative to the search request based on, at least in part, the location of the search scoping feature. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201233 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR UPLOADING DATA - Methods, devices, and systems for uploading data are provided. A request for uploading data sent from a user terminal can be received by a proxy server. The request for uploading data contains index information of data to be uploaded. The proxy server can determine whether the data to be uploaded are stored on a storage server, according to the index information of the data to be uploaded. When the proxy server determines that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server, a feedback message can be sent by the proxy server to the user terminal that the data to be uploaded are stored on the storage server. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201234 | DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM AND METHOD FOR EXECUTION IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - Embodiments include a data storage system comprising: a relational database storage apparatus configured to store a relational database comprising rows of relational data having an entry in each of a plurality of headed columns; a graph database storage apparatus configured to store a graph database including graph data related to the relational data, the graph database being encoded as triples; a query handler configured to receive a relational data query specifying a condition which defines a subset of one or more rows of relational data from which an entry is included in the query results; wherein the query handler is configured to generate a graph data query to search the graph database for graph data related to the subset of one or more rows of relational data. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201235 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Searching Interactive Menu Prompting Systems - Methods, systems, and products generate searchable listings of interactive voice response menus. A central database maps each searchable listing to its corresponding server address. As there may be thousands or millions of searchable listings, the central database provides an efficient mechanism for quickly finding a desired menu. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140201236 | Instance Management of Code in a Database - The compiled code of a computer program is stored in multiple pieces within a database. Each piece is optionally stored within a separate data record. Execution of the computer program includes using database queries to retrieve pieces of the compiled code for execution. The database and associated database management logic are used to provide numerous advantages in execution and management of the computer program. For example, in some embodiments, database queries are used to help facilitate program flow logic. In another example, database queries are based on a command line or universal resource locator. These queries may be used to select functionality of a computer program in response to the command line or universal resource locator. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140207814 | SIMULATING ACCESSES FOR ARCHIVED CONTENT - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system identifies content for publication by determining a projected usage of unpublished content. The system applies one or more predefined criteria for publication to the projected usage. The content is published in response to the projected usage satisfying the criteria for publication. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for identifying content for publication in substantially the same manners described above. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207815 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MANAGING SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE INFORMATION - Method for managing social networking service information of a first user, comprising: retrieving from a first social networking service first information in respect of at least one second user of the first social networking service; storing the retrieved first information in a database; retrieving from a second social networking service second information in respect of at least one third user; storing the retrieved second information in the database; receiving a search query from a client device; effecting a search of the database in respect of the search query; and sending results of the search to the client device of the first user. Systems and computer program related to the methods are also disclosed. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207816 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREFERRED SERVICES IN NOMADIC ENVIRONMENTS - A method of locating preferred services includes searching an augmented spatial index, which is based on a user's determined preferred services. Additionally, the method includes indicating a location of a currently-sought preferred service. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140207817 | SIMULATING ACCESSES FOR ARCHIVED CONTENT - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system identifies content for publication by determining a projected usage of unpublished content. The system applies one or more predefined criteria for publication to the projected usage. The content is published in response to the projected usage satisfying the criteria for publication. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for identifying content for publication in substantially the same manners described above. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140214881 | IDENTIFYING MISSING CONTENT USING SEARCHER SKILL RATINGS - An approach for identifying missing content is provided. An approach includes: receiving a search string; determining a skill rating associated with a searcher that generated the search string; and searching a database using the search string. The approach also includes: updating at least one of a first score associated with the search string and a second score associated with the database based on the skill rating; and generating an alert based on one of the first score exceeding a first threshold and the second score exceeding a second threshold. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214882 | SEGMENTING DOCUMENTS WITHIN A FULL TEXT INDEX - A system, method and computer program product for searching documents within a collection includes partitioning the collection into a plurality of document segments based on a range of values for a document attribute. Each document segment is associated with a different value range for the document attribute and includes documents each with a value for the document attribute within the associated value range. The system, method and computer program product also determines one or more document segments to search based on one or more search criteria within a search request pertaining to the document attribute. The system, method and computer program product further searches the determined one or more document segments for information satisfying the search request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214883 | KEYWORD TRENDING DATA - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for distributing content. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a set of keywords for one or more content items that are included in a content distribution campaign. Keyword trend data for the set of keywords are obtained. The keyword trend data specify, for each of one or more keywords in the set of keywords, a query volume indicative of a number of matching search queries that have been received, at a search system, over a specified period. For a particular keyword from the set of keywords, a determination is made that the keyword trend data meets a distribution parameter change condition. In response to determining that the keyword trend data meets a distribution parameter change condition, a distribution parameter that controls distribution of at least one of the content items is adjusted. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214884 | MANAGING AND IMPROVING QUESTION AND ANSWER RESOURCES AND CHANNELS - Methods and arrangements for handling user queries. Submitted queries are accessed, and there are identified queries as being insufficiently addressed. A priority is estimated for the identified queries, and the identified queries are ordered based on the estimated priority. A priority-ordered list of queries is provided as output. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214885 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING EVIDENCE VIDEO - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating evidence video. The apparatus includes a video object indexing unit, a video object search unit, and an evidence video generation unit. The video object indexing unit recognizes an object by storing and analyzing videos received from multiple surveillance cameras, extracts the features of the recognized object, and then generates object metadata. The video object search unit compares received search conditions with the object metadata, and then outputs search results, including the feature information of at least one object, which corresponds to the search conditions. The evidence video generation unit generates an evidence video by aggregating only videos including a specific object selected from the search results. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214886 | ADAPTIVE MULTI-CLIENT SAAS DATABASE - Methods and systems for Elastic Parallel Relational Database Management Systems. More particularly, systems, methods, technologies and mechanisms are provided herein for providing virtualization of data in a database through the mechanism of adaptive multi-client database objects. Applications define databases and objects that are either client-private, multi-client or system-wide. Transparent manipulation of these objects is provided including addition, querying, deletion, and truncation of data, and seamless manipulation of the objects themselves through creation, modification, and deletion. Schema decorations and query modification techniques ensure each client application only sees the data that it should be seeing. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214887 | EXTENSIONS TO GENERATIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTION METHODS - An elastic parallel database system where metadata is specified out-of-band during database operations via a set of augmentation rules. The rules are used to augment or modify commands received, and indicate whether they are to be used for specific connections on which they are received, for all client connections, or some other scope. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140214888 | SUPPLEMENTING A HIGH PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS STORE WITH EVALUATION OF INDIVIDUAL EVENTS TO RESPOND TO AN EVENT QUERY - Embodiments are directed are towards the transparent summarization of events. Queries directed towards summarizing and reporting on event records may be received at a search head. Search heads may be associated with one more indexers containing event records. The search head may forward the query to the indexers the can resolve the query for concurrent execution. If a query is a collection query, indexers may generate summarization information based on event records located on the indexers. Event record fields included in the summarization information may be determined based on terms included in the collection query. If a query is a stats query, each indexer may generate a partial result set from previously generated summarization information, returning the partial result sets to the search head. Collection queries may be saved and scheduled to run and periodically update the summarization information. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222855 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER DEVICE - An approach is provided for presenting a measure of relevant information stored on or associated with a nearby device using one or more lighting parameters and/or one or more short-range communication technologies. An information platform determines one or more queries from at least one device. The information platform causes, at least in part, a measurement of an amount of information associated with one or more other devices that is responsive to the one or more queries. The information platform further causes, at least in part, a presentation of one or more representations of the amount. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222856 | SYSTEM AND METHODS TO CONFIGURE A QUERY LANGUAGE USING AN OPERATOR DICTIONARY - A method and a system to configure a query language using an operator dictionary are provided. Dictionary information that corresponds to a first user is generated. The dictionary information includes a first list of compatible query operators and a description of compatible data types that correspond to each operator in the first list of query operators. A search query to search for document information in a database is received from a first user. The database includes an inverted index. Terms of the search query from the first user are determined to be in accordance with the dictionary information that corresponds to the first user. The search query is applied to the inverted index in the database to identify the document information. The document information is sent to the first user. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222857 | Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Searching for Events from a Computer-Implemented Calendar - Provided are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for searching for events from a computer-implemented calendar in accordance. A search interface is provided in a user interface element in response to a user selection to create a new calendar event. A search query and selected event categories are received from the search interface and search results responsive to the search query are provided in the user interface element. A selection to save a search result item is received, and an event details interface is provided. After event details are submitted by the user, a new calendar event is created based on the selected search result item. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222858 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CERTIFICATE PROCESSING - The embodiments provide methods and systems for facilitating sending and receiving authenticated and encrypted messages end-to-end on a network, such as the Internet, with standards-based, interoperable protocols from a variety of client platforms. In one embodiment, the methods and systems provide for automating certificate selection, validation, and sorting. Some embodiments support LDAP for automatic certificate lookup in very extensive ways. In particular, one embodiment implements a comprehensive protocol that maximizes the chances of finding certificates automatically. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222859 | Method of Operating a Repository for Three-Dimensional Printing Data - A method of providing a 3D printing database includes collecting 3D printing data from a plurality of users to form a 3D printing database. A first exclusive group is formed including a first subset of the users. Users who are members of the exclusive group are provided with access to a first portion and to other portions of the 3D printing database. The first portion is contributed to the database by the users who are members of the exclusive group. Users excluded from the exclusive group are denied access to the first portion of the component part database. The users excluded from the exclusive group are provided with access to the other portions of the 3D printing database. Each of the users is enabled to furnish an image of a desired component part and to search only the portions of the 3D printing database to which the user has been provided access. The searching is based upon the furnished image of the desired component part. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222860 | EMAIL CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Methods and systems for searching conversations are provided. At a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors a search query is receive from a client. A conversation relevant to the search query is identified. The conversation has two or more messages. There is returned to the client for display a portion of a body of a message in the two or more messages responsive to the search query. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222861 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY OF A PORTABLE DEVICE - A server device receives identity data retrieved from an appliance through use of a physical and logical interconnection referenced to a standard. The identity data is used at the server device to identify within a database having a plurality of appliance records, each of which is cross-referenced to an appliance, an appliance record having data in one or more record fields which matches the identity data retrieved from the appliance. A codeset identifier associated with the identified appliance record is then used to select from a plurality of codesets a codeset for use in configuring the portable device to command functional operations of the appliance. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222862 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY OF A PORTABLE DEVICE - A system and method used to configure a smart device to command functional operations of a target appliance. The smart device retrieves from a controllable appliance, such as a settop box, data indicative of a codeset identity of the target appliance wherein the codeset identity was determined during a process used to configure a conventional universal remote control to command functional operations of the target appliance and wherein the process used to configure the conventional universal remote control is performed in cooperation with the controllable appliance. A remote control application resident on the smart device then uses the data indicative of the codeset identity retrieved from the controllable appliance to also configure the smart device to command functional operations of the target appliance. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222863 | MATERIALS ANALYTICAL REVIEW AND REPORTING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented analytical and reporting system includes an input device, a database and a processor. The input device is operative for inputting analytical data results of a test sample. The database includes an analysis methodology data section, an instrument data section and a forms data section. The processor is operative for receiving from the input device the analytical data results of the test sample. The processor is also operative for receiving from the database analysis methodology data of at least one analysis method, instrument data of at least one analytical instrument and forms data of a desired analytical report form. The processor is also operative for processing the analytical data results and the instrument data using the analysis methodology data and is operative for generating an analytical report produced on the desired analytical report form depicting final analytical results based on the analysis method and the analytical instrument. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236982 | Using Vacation Automatic Replies to Enhance Bulk Marketing Campaigns - Methods and systems may provide for identifying a first set of recipients associated with an away status. Additionally, the first set of recipients may be removed from a second set of recipients associated with a bulk communications campaign to obtain a third set of recipients, wherein a first message may be sent to the third set of recipients. In one example, it may be determined that the away status has ceased for one or more of the first set of recipients, wherein a second message may be sent to the one or more of the first set of recipients for which the away status has ceased. The second message may reference the away status. Methods and systems may also provide for a brokering system to enable the transfer of away status information between different collectors of away status information and senders of messages. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236983 | EXECUTING CONTINUOUS EVENT PROCESSING (CEP) QUERIES IN PARALLEL - A continuous event processing (CEP) query processor determines how and when a CEP query can be processed in a concurrent manner, such that multiple threads of execution can concurrently perform at least some of the CEP query's operations concurrently with each other. According to one technique, a user can instruct a CEP query processor to attempt to execute a CEP query in a concurrent manner. The CEP query processor responsively determines whether the CEP query's execution, or parts thereof, can be made concurrent based on certain constraints that can depend on inheritance and operation type. Based on this determination, the CEP query processor can execute at least certain parts of a CEP query in parallel relative to the same event within an event stream. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236984 | CROSS-REPORT COLLABORATION - Systems and methods for cross-report collaboration include receiving an identifier for a class of data underlying a first report. A collaboration associated with at least a portion of a second report is identified based on the class of data underlying the first report. Data regarding the identified collaboration is provided in conjunction with the first report to signify that at least a portion of the data underlying it is subject to the collaboration. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236985 | Using Vacation Automatic Replies to Enhance Bulk Marketing Campaigns - Methods and systems may provide for identifying a first set of recipients associated with an away status. Additionally, the first set of recipients may be removed from a second set of recipients associated with a bulk communications campaign to obtain a third set of recipients, wherein a first message may be sent to the third set of recipients. In one example, it may be determined that the away status has ceased for one or more of the first set of recipients, wherein a second message may be sent to the one or more of the first set of recipients for which the away status has ceased. The second message may reference the away status. Methods and systems may also provide for a brokering system to enable the transfer of away status information between different collectors of away status information and senders of messages. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236986 | NATURAL LANGUAGE DOCUMENT SEARCH - A method for searching for documents is provided. The method is performed at an electronic device including a display device, one or more processors, and memory storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes displaying a text input field on the display device and receiving a natural language text input in the text input field. The method also includes processing the natural language text input to derive search parameters for a document search. The search parameters include one or more document attributes and one or more values corresponding to each document attribute. The method also includes displaying, in a display region different from the text input field, the one or more document attributes and the one or more values corresponding to each document attribute. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO SIGNAL COLLECTION AND PROCESSING - The present application discloses systems and methods that may be used for audio signal collection and processing. After receiving audio data by recording or transmission, a computer system may process the audio data to generate audio metadata associated with the audio data. An audio signal collection agent module and an agent portal may be used to collect and distribute the audio data and audio metadata by using a data queue of a fixed length. The length of the data queue is maintained to optimize processing speed. The data in the data queue is processed by a data processing module such that the audio metadata is stored in a database and the audio data is stored in files within a file system. In response to a search query, a file including audio data associated with the matched audio metadata may be quickly identified. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236988 | VIDEO FINGERPRINTING - A query fingerprint of a set of frames of video content captured at a client device may be generated. Multiple patches of the set of frames of video content may be selected and a value calculated for each of the selected multiple patches. The value for each patch may be indicated as a single bit along with an additional 1-bit value to indicate whether the patch value is weak. A database of known reference fingerprints may be queried using the generated query fingerprint. Matches between the query fingerprint and the reference fingerprints may be identified. Weak bits may be given reduced weight in identifying the match of fingerprints. Based on the matches, an identifier for the video content may be returned to the client device. The client device may use the received identifier to access the supplemental content. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140236989 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF RATING REQUESTS FROM A RECOMMENDER SYSTEM - The recommender system uses stored representations of relations between users. Access to an item by one or more first users in the storage system is recorded. When the recommender system detects a request for a rating of the item from a second user, the recommender system selects at least one of the first users that occurs in a stored relation with the second user. A query message that refers to the second user is then automatically transmitted to enter a rating for the item to a user address associated with the selected first users. Preferably at least one first user is selected for which it has been recorded that it has accessed the item but for which it has not yet given a rating. Preferably, the rating from the first user is passed to the second user via the recommender system, which records the rating for further use. The selection of the first user may be based on recorded data that measures correlation between ratings from the first and second user. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244682 | Sampling a Set of Data - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a search query by one or more computing devices. A set of data objects to search are identified, and then an operation is executed. The operation involves stepping through the set of data objects with a step size of N, and at each step determining whether the object is responsive to the query. If the end of the set is reached before Y data objects are determined to be responsive, and X or more data objects are determined to be responsive, then an estimate of the number of responsive data objects in the set is provided. Otherwise, N is modified and the operation is re-executed. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244683 | PROVIDING RESULTS TO PARAMETERLESS SEARCH QUERIES - In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a parameterless search request, which was provided to a mobile computing device, for information that is relevant to a user of the mobile computing device. The method also includes, in response to the received parameterless search request, identifying with a digital computer system one or more results that are determined to be relevant to the user of the mobile computing device based upon a current context of the mobile computing device. The method further includes providing the results for display to a user of the mobile computing device. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244684 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING DATABASE QUERIES - A method includes determining, via a database interface system, a first number of database queries received from a query source during a time period. The method includes preventing, via the database interface system, access to requested information by the query source when the first number does not satisfy a first threshold. The method also includes preventing, via the database interface system, access to the requested information by the query source when no click-through commands associated with a second number of consecutive prior search results were received during the time period. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140244685 | METHOD OF SEARCHING AND GENERATING A RELEVANT SEARCH STRING - A computer implemented method of searching for records. The method comprises generating a relevant search string based on extracted text and related contextual information. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140250143 | DIGITAL INK BASED CONTEXTUAL SEARCH - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for performing contextual searches using text determined based on digital-ink data. According to one exemplary technique, digital-ink data is received at a computing device and text is determined based on the digital-ink data. Additionally, by an application of the computing device, a contextual search is performed using the text. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140250144 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION THROUGH CONNECTIVITY OF SEPARATE SOCIAL GRAPHS - A server receives a query message from a requester that identifies a source node of a first graph and includes a target information. The server then preferably searches a plurality of graphs to locate one or more nodes that include or are associated with the target information. When one or more target nodes are found by the server, the server informs the requester and requests authorization to attempt to form a pathway between the source node and one or more target nodes. The server may offer additional information harvested from a target node to the requester in order to encourage the requesting party to authorize pathway formation to the instant target node. The server directs an electronic message that may comprise an invitation to link through a graph, a network address of the source node, and/or an identifier of the requesting party. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140250145 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING VERIFIED CONTENT - A system and method for creating and utilizing content is described. Content is generated which includes a query and a response to the query. A primary query may be used to generate a plurality of variant queries which may be matched to a request. A content owner or curator may review a query, a response, and/or alternate queries, and may provide access to media which may be used to generate queries and responses. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140250146 | METHOD FOR GENERATING WORKFLOW FROM BUSINESS SPECIFICATION - To enable visual verification of the suitability of work items that has been recorded, with an application created in accordance with a document centric architecture. The present invention includes: extracting, from a design, a document state that will become a trigger for work activity start and a document state for the result, and, based on matching the triggers and results, diagramming through automatically structuring a flow for the plurality of activities. Specifically, design documents are analyzed and implementations for each activity support system, and extracted the collection of documents that have become the conditions for document states that will become triggers for work start, as well as the document states that will remain as work results. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140258326 | MANUFACTURING QUALITY INSPECTION AND ANALYTICS SYSTEM - A quality inspection and analytics system may include a quality inspection module to receive the information for inspection lots and display the information for the inspection lots simultaneously in a scrollable screen via a user interface. The information for the inspection lots may include inspection metrics, expected values for the inspection metrics and measured values for the inspection metrics. The quality inspection module may receive a usage decision and store the usage decision. Also, the system may include a quality analytics module to execute causal analysis of rejected inspection lots based on the inspection lot information. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258327 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING PATTERN IN SEQUENCE DATA - A method of searching a pattern in sequence data includes setting a plurality of interest pattern models each including an interest pattern length, an allowed mismatch value, and a minimum support; calculating a support of a candidate pattern that is generable within the interest pattern length based on the allowed mismatch value of at least one of the plurality of interest pattern models; and determining whether the support of the candidate pattern fulfills a condition of the minimum support of at least one of the plurality of interest pattern models. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258328 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL DETERMINATION OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN A MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENT AND A PLURALITY OF KEYWORDS - A method and system for determining the correlation of at least one keyword to a multimedia content element. The method comprises generating at least one signature to a received multimedia content element; searching for at least one potentially correlative keyword respective of the at least one generated signature; and determining the correlation of each of the at least one keywords to the multimedia content element. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140258329 | WEB INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND WEB INFORMATION PROVIDING PROGRAM - Web information providing system and method are provided to search for Web sites and content that provide services given the keywords input by a user and displays the linked data. When a user inputs the search keywords into a keyword input unit, an entry decision unit determines the entered formats of the input keywords. An attribute decision unit determines the attributes from the content represented by the keywords corresponding to the format of the entry. A search unit searches for Web sites and content that provide the services corresponding to the attributes and displays the linked data of the searched Web sites and content on a display unit. If the linked data displayed on the display unit is selected, an access unit accesses the Web site and instructs the provision of the service indicated by the entry content of the keywords. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140280293 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING CACHED DATABASE SEARCH RESULTS - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to efficiently respond to database queries. In the context of a method, a database query is received and a hashed representation of the database query is created. The method also determines whether the hashed representation of the database query serves as a key to a database cache. In an instance in which the hashed representation of the database query is determined to serve as the key to the database cache, the method retrieves database search results from the database cache. Alternatively, in an instance in which the hashed representation of the database query is determined not to serve as the key to the database cache, a search of the database is performed based upon the database query. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280294 | CONNECTING USERS IN SEARCH SERVICES BASED ON RECEIVED QUERIES - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a search query from a searching user, defining a set of users based on the query, the set of users being a sub-set of a super-set of users and including one or more users that have submitted queries that are determined to correspond to the search query, providing an electronic document comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to display a search results page including search results responsive to the search query and a connection interface, the connection interface displaying at least one indication of users of the set of users, and transmitting the electronic document to a computing device associated with the searching user. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280295 | MULTI-LANGUAGE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL AND ADVERTISING - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for obtaining and presenting search results in a language that differs from the language in which a query is received. Upon receipt of a search query in a first language, at least one second language (or dialect) to which the search query is directed is determined and one or more search results are retrieved, the search results being based on the search query and associated with the at least one second language (or dialect). Further, embodiments of the present invention relate to generating advertisements including embedded links to landing pages that have been translated into one or more languages (or dialects) associated with a target market. In this way, advertisers are able to more successfully advertise to individuals whose primary language or dialect differs from that of the website and/or the advertiser. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280296 | PROVIDING HELP INFORMATION BASED ON EMOTION DETECTION - A device may detect a negative emotion of a user and identify, based on detecting the negative emotion of the user, a task being performed by the user in relation to an item. The device may obtain, based on identifying the task, information to aid the user in performing the identified task in relation to the item. The information may include at least one of information, obtained from a memory associated with the device, in a help document, a user manual, or an instruction manual relating to performing the task in relation to the item; information, obtained from a network, identifying a document relating to performing the task in relation to the item; or information identifying a video relating to performing the task in relation to the item. The device may provide the obtained information to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280297 | SEARCH ANNOTATION AND SUGGESTION - Digital content can be annotated with a search annotation. A user can specify or otherwise identify one or more terms, comprising a query, in conjunction with an annotation signal, for example. Suggestions can be provided automatically to aid a user in specifying the terms, among other things. Furthermore, a hyperlink can be generated that targets a search engine with the query or some other resource. Subsequently, the one or more terms are replaced with the hyperlink. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280298 | Massively Parallel And In-Memory Execution Of Grouping And Aggregation In a Heterogeneous System - A system and method for processing a group and aggregate query on a relation are disclosed. A database system determines whether assistance of a heterogeneous system (HS) of compute nodes is beneficial in performing the query. Assuming that the relation has been partitioned and loaded into the HS, the database system determines, in a compile phase, whether the HS has the functional capabilities to assist, and whether the cost and benefit favor performing the operation with the assistance of the HS. If the cost and benefit favor using the assistance of the HS, then the system enters the execution phase. The database system starts, in the execution phase, an optimal number of parallel processes to produce and consume the results from the compute nodes of the HS. After any needed transaction consistency checks, the results of the query are returned by the database system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280299 | Simplified Collaborative Searching Through Pattern Recognition - Simplified collaborative searching is provided by pattern recognition such as facial recognition, motion recognition, and the like to provide handsfree functionality. Users join a collaborative search by placing themselves within the field of view of a camera communicationally coupled to a computing device that performs facial recognition and identifies the users, thereby adding them to the collaboration. Users also join by performing simple movements with a portable computing device, such as the ubiquitous mobile phone. A collaboration component tracks the users in the collaboration and identifies them to a search engine, thereby enabling the search engine to perform a collaborative search. The collaboration component also disseminates the collaborative recommendations, either automatically or based upon explicit requests triggered by pattern recognition, including motion recognition and touch recognition. The collaboration component can utilize heuristics to identify individual collaborative sessions, or can utilize existing collaborative infrastructure. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280300 | GUIDED DATA COLLECTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A computing system having a server including a processor and configured to communicate with a plurality of remote devices via a network is provided. The system includes an application database accessible to the server and having application indices, and at each application indices, the application database stores information related to an operating environment of one of the plurality of remote devices. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280301 | Sequential Deteministic Optimization Based Control System and Method - The embodiments described herein include one embodiment that a control method including executing an infeasible search algorithm during a first portion of a predetermined sample period to search for a feasible control trajectory of a plurality of variables of a controlled process, executing a feasible search algorithm during a second portion of the predetermined sample period to determine the feasible control trajectory if the infeasible search algorithm does not determine a feasible control trajectory, and controlling the controlled process by application of the feasible control trajectory. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280302 | TIME-BASED GRAPH DATA MODEL - Systems and processes for accessing data from a graph database are described. The system receives a request comprising time-based information. Time-based information of the request is compared with a first time interval, which is associated with at least one node of a graph. The node of the graph is matched based on the time-based information being at least partially within the first time interval. The system returns a result comprising an indicator of the node of the graph, wherein the node of the graph is associated with an entity, and the node of the graph includes an attribute of the entity. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280303 | REPLACING EQUIVALENT CONTENT ITEMS - Systems and methods for updating user play lists in a content provider service. A computer system may receive indications of a plurality of content items to be removed from a digital content library of the content provider service. The computer system may query a user database to identify a plurality of user play lists comprising a reference to a first content item selected from the plurality of content items. Each of the plurality of user play lists may be associated with a user of the content provider service. The computer system may identify a second content item that is equivalent to the first content item. The computer system may update at least one user play list selected from the plurality of user play lists to replace references to the first content item with references to the second content item. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280304 | MATCHING VERSIONS OF A KNOWN SONG TO AN UNKNOWN SONG - Methods and systems for determining a certain version of a known media content item, such as an known audio recording, matches an unknown media content item, such as an unknown audio recording, are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems facilitate the identification of a media content item as a specific version of a song or other audio recording by performing comparisons of the differences between two or more versions of the song or audio recording, among other things. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280305 | HIGH PERFORMANCE DNS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT - The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and products for high performance implementation of traffic management rules. In various embodiments, traffic management rules, such as DNS traffic management rules, are functionally expressed as rows in one or more lookup tables that are deployed to DNS resolution servers. The DNS resolution server uses the domain name, resource record type, traffic management rule types, and/or traffic management variable values to search for or look up an answer, from among multiple answers corresponding to the domain name and resource record type that meets the traffic management criteria. This look up is done without executing conventional traffic management code or scripts. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280306 | ADAPTIVE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASES - Adaptive configuration database management. An adaptive configuration management database (ACMDB) system receives a request message for configuration data from a requesting device. The request is for configuration data for a device coupled with the ACMDB. In response to the request, the ACMDB provides a response message with indicators for sources of configuration data rather than the configuration data. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280307 | QUESTION ANSWERING TO POPULATE KNOWLEDGE BASE - Methods and systems are provided for a question answering. In some implementations, a data element to be updated is identified in a knowledge graph and a query is generated based at least in part on the data element. The query is provided to a query processing engine. Information is received from the query processing engine in response to the query. The knowledge graph is updated based at least in part on the received information. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280308 | Flexible Column Selection in Relational Databases - An approach is provided to expand attributes included in an SQL expansion clause into a number of selection statements. In the approach, an expansion clause is identified in within a Structured Query Language (SQL) statement with the SQL statement identifying a relational database table. Column attributes associated with the identified relational database table are compared to attributes included in the identified expansion clause. Columns included in the relational database table are then selected based on the comparison. SQL column selection statements are then generated with each of the generated SQL column selection statements corresponding to one of the selected columns. The generated SQL column selection statements are then included in the SQL statement. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280309 | Efficient SQL Based Multi-Attribute Clustering - Efficient SQL based multi-attribute clustering of data attributes may be used to identify the most relevant combination of data attributes to an outcome. A global outcome value may be calculated to represent an average of the outcome. A subset outcome value for each subset of data attributes of a plurality of attributes may be calculated to represent average of the outcome for the subset. For each subset of data attributes, a number of members associated with the subset may be compared to a threshold, and the subsets with less members than the threshold may be removed. The subset outcome value for each subset of data attributes may be compared to the global outcome value, and a report may be generated that identifies each subset for which the corresponding subset outcome value is greater than or less than the global outcome value. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280310 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED SEARCH SYSTEM - A computer implemented method of searching for services desired by a user comprising compiling a database of establishments available for the user to search, the database comprising a profile about each establishment, the profile comprising the establishment's category of services provided, the location and the available appointment days and times for providing the services, and providing a search program operable by a computer processor accessible by a user operating a computer or a mobile device in which the user can search for a service by selecting one or more of a category of service, name of an establishment, a location, or a date and time available for an appointment and the user can confirm an available appointment with an establishment directly from their own computer or mobile device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280311 | CLOUD PLATFORM AND DATA EXCHANGING METHOD - A cloud platform comprises a first tenant server, a second tenant server, a first tenant database, a second tenant database, and a cloud data exchanging system. The first tenant server and the second tenant server are coupled to the first client and the second client respectively. The first tenant database and the second tenant database are respectively coupled to the first tenant server and the second tenant server via the cloud data exchanging system. The cloud data exchanging system, after receiving a query request from the second client via the second tenant server, determines whether the data relation table has any data links belonging to the second client. If so, the cloud data exchanging system finds database information from a database connection table according to the data link and enters the first tenant database according to the database information. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280312 | Semantic Vector in a Method and Apparatus for Keeping and Finding Information - A semantic vector is generated for a search term based upon a global frequency of other, closely related terms within a corpus that is used to compute the semantic vector relative to the search term. The semantic vector is used in connection with a textual search engine, responsive to a user query comprising a search term, to promote any of documents and sites within results returned to the query by the search engine that contain other, closely related terms that strongly correlate with the search term. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280313 | PROCESSING UNSTRUCTURED DATA STREAMS USING CONTINUOUS QUERIES - Systems and methods for continuous processing of unstructured data streams are provided. Information may be stored in memory regarding a query, including associated search results and statistics derived at an identified time. After the identified time, unstructured data may be received from a plurality of streams over a communication network. A full-text search may be conducted on the received unstructured data based on the query to yield one or more matches. The stored statistics associated with the query may be retrieved from memory and updated based on the search results of the unstructured data received at the subsequent time. The updated statistics may then be stored in memory for retrieval at a subsequent time. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280314 | Dimensional Articulation and Cognium Organization for Information Retrieval Systems - Systems and methods are provided that relate to dimensional articulation and cognium organization in information retrieval systems. These include, without limitation, the refinement, elucidation and presentation of dimensionally articulated controls; methods for utilizing cognium based dimensional data in the context of an information retrieval system; methods that enable hinting and inference processes for sememetic casting of terms within an IR system; methods that enable machine and human collaboration on the creation, editing, maintenance, and evaluation of dimensional tag curation for indexed artifacts; methods that enable an information retrieval system to dimensionally articulate the results of semantic analysis of an input query; methods that enable creating, editing and using training artifact sets for dimensional curation in an IR system; methods that enable creating and editing custom curation definitions; and methods for creating, maintaining and using role based indices in a dimensionally articulated IR system. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280315 | Athlete Recruiting Network - An athlete recruiting network in which athletes create athlete profiles that are stored within an athlete module of a recruiting database. One or more coaches use coach interfaces to create coaching rosters that are stored within a coach module within the recruiting database. The athlete interfaces and the coach interfaces include computers, laptops, telephones and other forms of remote terminals that are wired or wirelessly connected to the database. The athlete recruiting network allows coaches to search for one or more athletes based on desired characteristics such as athletic statistics, the athlete's position or particular skills, the athlete's academic achievements, and other criteria designated by the coach. Further, the athlete-recruiting network allows the athletes to promote their particular skills or abilities to coaches searching for athletes to complete the coach's roster. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280316 | LOCATION-BASED MOBILE SERVICES AND APPLICATIONS - In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for performing a location-based search from a mobile device in a given location including an imaging sensor configured to capture a signal broadcast from a light source and a processor in communication with the imaging sensor configured to receive the signal from the imaging sensor, demodulate the signal to determine an identifier associated with the light source, receive a search query from a mobile device user requesting information relevant to the location of the mobile device, transmit the identifier and the search query to a search service, and in response to the transmission comprising the identifier and the search query, receive the information relevant to the location of the mobile device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280317 | EFFICIENT PUBLISH/SUBSCRIBE SYSTEMS - A publish/subscribe system is described that can adjust to provide high performance for diverse application environments through an attribute structure based on predicates of a subscription, each attribute structure with one or more buckets to which attribute values of a subscription may be stored. Various data structures can be used in the attribute structure to locate the buckets containing the subscriptions. The data structures selected for each subscription are based on the attribute type and predicate operators of the subscription. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280318 | Method and System for Generating a Geocode Trie and Facilitating Reverse Geocode Lookups - A method and system generates a model of a geographic area for use in identifying locations of the geographic area. A set of variably sized tiles is defined for each of a set of overlapping geometries in the geographic area. Each of the variably sized tiles is defined by a geohash, where the size of the tile is dependent on a granularity of the geohash. A geocode trie structure representing the variably sized tiles can be constructed and used to map one or more provided location coordinates to at least one of the geometries represented by the tiles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280319 | STREAMING REPRESENTATION OF MOVING OBJECTS AND SHAPES IN A GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SERVICE - A geographical information system (GIS) is described that enables querying, analysis and visualization of real-time streaming data pertaining to at least one moving object or entity (e.g., vehicles, people, sensors, weather phenomena, etc.) in conjunction with relatively static multi-temporal geospatial data. An application programming interface is provided to present the GIS functionality for handling dynamically moving objects or entities to clients. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140280320 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Utility Common Pool Database - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing for utility common pool database. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for utilizing a common pool database. The method may include transmitting, by one or more networks, one or more queries comprising location data from a mobile device to a server in communication with a database; receiving, from the database by the one or more networks, localized field information based at least in part on the one or more queries; and outputting the localized field information via the mobile device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140289269 | Method, Device and System for Data Searching - A method, device and system for data searching are described. The method includes: acquiring a searching string input by a user; acquiring an attribute type of a first character string in the searching string that at least includes the first character string and a second character string; performing a data searching according to the searching string, the first character string and the attribute type of the first character string. The final search result is a union of the search result of the initial searching string and the search result of the first character string including the attribute type, thereby realizing diversification of the search results acquired by the user. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140289270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING FITNESS PROGRESS FROM A SERVER - The invention is generally a system that enables a user to visually and graphically track their fitness goals using an interactive device connected to a server, wherein fitness progress data of the user is stored and made available to the user via a user interface, for example on a mobile device application or a webpage. The system of tracking fitness progress comprises a server, a database, and a device, for example a fitness booth, for taking images and gathering fitness progress data from a user. The information gathered at the fitness booth, including images, is stored in the database. Users are provided a graphical user interface to update and access their fitness progress data, thereby facilitating the user's tracking of their fitness progress. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140289271 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR INTEGRATING A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE SYSTEM AND A USER INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPLICATION - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for integrating a multi-tenant database system and a user information management application. These mechanisms and methods for integrating a multi-tenant database system and a user information management application can provide sharing of tenant data between the multi-tenant database system and the user information management application. The ability to provide such data sharing may further provide users with a more comprehensive multi-tenant database system and user information management application. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140289272 | AUTOMATICALLY SUBSCRIBING USERS OF AN ENTERPRISE NETWORK TO A RECORD - Various implementations are directed to systems, apparatus, computer-implemented methods and storage media for detecting a change in a status of a record and, in response to the detection of the change in status, identifying related users that are currently relevant to the record based on the change in the status. The identified users are subscribed to the record, and as a result, communications generated for the record are distributed to them. In some implementations, currently relevant users are users that have a role in developing, working with or supervising the record in the record's current status, or a role in transitioning the record from its current status to another status. It can be desirable to subscribe currently relevant users because the distribution of communications concerning the record in its current status to these users can benefit an enterprise by virtue of these users knowing the information in the communications. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140297678 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING AND SORTING DIGITAL DATA - A method for searching digital data such as text, pictures, videos, or audio is disclosed. The method allows a user to select a part of a digital data and retrieve accurate search results related to this part, according to the content of the digital data. Also, a method for sorting through digital data such as text, pictures, videos, or audio is disclosed. The method enables sorting parts of a digital data associated with keywords describing the relationship between these parts and the digital data, which enables retrieving classified search results that meet the users' needs. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297679 | ANALYTICS BASED ON PIPES PROGRAMMING MODEL - A hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request that includes embedded scripted code that specifies requested data search, search result data manipulation, and manipulated search result data visualization processing is received at a server. The received embedded scripted code that specifies the requested data search, search result data manipulation, and manipulated search result data visualization processing is executed. Visualized manipulated search results are generated as output of the execution of the received embedded scripted code. The visualized manipulated search results are returned in response to receiving the HTTP request that includes the embedded scripted code. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297680 | ANALYZING MULTIPLE DATA STREAMS AS A SINGLE DATA OBJECT - Embodiments of the present invention allow multiple data streams to be analyzed as a single data set. The single data set may be described as a stream set herein. The multiple streams that are included in the stream set may be specified through a user script or query. For example, a query may be used to gather all streams created within a date range. The query could include one or more filters to gather certain information from the data streams or to exclude certain data streams that otherwise are in the query's range. A stream may be an unstructured byte stream of data. The stream may be created by append-only writing to the end of the stream. The stream could also be a structured stream that includes metadata that defines column structure and affinity/clustering information. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297681 | SEARCH SITE USER CONNECTION SYSTEM USING SEARCH WORDS AND METHOD THEREFOR - A search site user connection system and method using search words are provided. The search site user connection method according to the present invention includes storing at least one first search word input to a search window of a search site by a first user, order in which the first search words have been input, and information of the first user together as one piece of search information; inputting, by a second user, at least one second search word to the search window of the search site; comparing the first search words with the second search words to determine whether the first search words and the second search words match; displaying information for the first user when one or more of the first search words and the second search words match; and connecting the first user selected by the second user with the second user. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT SIGNALS USING CORES OF A NATURAL LIQUID ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM - A method and system for characterization of multimedia content inputs using cores of a natural liquid architecture are provided. The method comprises receiving at least one multimedia content signal; generating at least a signature respective of the multimedia content signal; matching the generated at least a signature respective of the multimedia content signal to at least a signature from a Signature Database (SDB); identifying a cluster respective of the generated at least a signature; and identifying in a Concept Database (CDB) a concept respective of the cluster. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297683 | Range of Focus in an Augmented Reality Application - A computer-implemented augmented reality method includes receiving one or more indications, entered on a mobile computing device by a user of the mobile computing device, of a distance range for determining items to display with an augmented reality application, the distance range representing geographic distance from a base point where the mobile computing device is located. The method also includes selecting, from items in a computer database, one or more items that are located within the distance range from the mobile computing device entered by the user, and providing data for representing labels for the selected one or more items on a visual display of the mobile computing device, the labels corresponding to the selected items, and the items corresponding to geographical features that are within the distance range as measure from the mobile computing device. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297684 | Predicting the Impact of Change on Events Detected in Application Logic - A search facility is used to predict the impact of change on events detected in application logic, where the change may involve a computing resource used by or referenced by the application logic and/or by event detection logic. The search may be performed prior to making a change, in order to judge potential impact of the change, or after the change has been made. The search makes the prediction by evaluating semantics of conditions that specify when and/or and how an event will be detected at run-time. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140297685 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An apparatus includes: a first range data storage section | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140304291 | Computer method for searching document and recognizing concept with controlled tolerance - Documents are searched by a target document. The target document is tokenized into buta strings. The buta strings are decomposed into buta attribute values. A target buta attribute value is selected. A tolerance is given to the target buta attribute value. A buta attribute range is determined from the given tolerance. Buta attribute value suggestions are lookup results within the buta attribute range in dictionary of index II, which relates a buta attribute value to buta strings. Alternative buta strings are searched using the buta attribute value suggestions in dictionary of index II. Finally, documents can be searched using the alternative buta strings in dictionary of index I, which relates a buta string to documents. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304292 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXTENDING A SOCIAL NETWORK WITH PRODUCT INFORMATION - A method of querying a social network associated with a user may include receiving, by a computing device, a query that includes an indication of a product, and an identifier associated with the user. The method may include executing, by the computing device, the query across the social network by sending the query to one or more agent applications associated with one or more members of the social network, and receiving a notification from one or more of the agent applications if a profile for a member of the social network indicates that the member is associated with the product, and a privacy policy associated with the member permits the agent to send the notification. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304293 | Apparatus and Method for Query Based Replication of Database - A method includes applying, from a field device, a replication query to a master database on a server. Database records relevant to the replication query are received from the master database. A new query is executed against the database segment at the field device. The database segment is a subset of the master database that contains content responsive to the new query. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CACHING OF SQL RESPONSES USING INTEGRATED CACHING - Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for caching, by a device intermediary to a client and a database, a result of a structured query language (SQL) query request. In some embodiments, the device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a database receives a SQL response from the database to a first SQL query request of a client of the plurality of clients. The device may maintain a cache of SQL responses from the database. The device may identify that the first SQL query request matches a rule of a policy for caching SQL responses from the database. The policy may include a cache action to take when the rule is matched. The device may perform, responsive to the policy, on the SQL response the cache action identified by the policy. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304295 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GAME DATA COLLECTION - A method comprises receiving a call to a method in response to detection of a game event in a user device, responsive to said call, generating a data file, said data file comprising identity information associated with said game event and a value of at least one parameter; and storing said data file in a data store. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304296 | REMOTE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD - The system enables a call center to manage requests from remote computing clients for service. The system provides a number of software tools that allow technicians to perform routine maintenance and correct problems remotely. At the front-end, the system enables requests to be submitted by customers via various mediums, accesses a calendar to determine technician availability, determines the urgency of the request, and schedules an appropriate technician to address the reported problem. The system further includes tools that enable a technician to access a remote computing client to perform a number computer maintenance and diagnostics. Other tools enable the technician to correct problems that are detected through diagnostics. Calls to the call center are recorded and maintained in order to track pending issues and identify potential areas of improvement. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304297 | Method, Server, and User Terminal for Providing and Acquiring Media Content - A method, a server, and a user terminal for providing and acquiring media content are provided. The providing method includes: receiving a file segment acquiring request sent by a user terminal, where the file segment acquiring request is generated and sent by the user terminal according to an identifier of the user terminal, and the media segment description file includes a storage address and an embedded identifier of each media file segment that is divided from media content; and providing the user terminal with a media file segment that is embedded with the identifier of the user terminal. In the technical solution of the present invention, a server no longer processes media content in real time and responds to an acquiring request of a user terminal, thereby reducing concurrent load of the server and reducing concurrent bandwidth occupied by media content distribution. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304298 | Real-Time Data Redaction In A Database Management System - A database server receives a data request from a client. In response to the data request, the database server selects, from a database, actual data that satisfies criteria specified by the data request. The database server retrieves the selected actual data from the database. Also in response to the data request, the database server redacts the retrieved data in real time without modifying the actual data contained within the database. This may be accomplished by the prior insertion of masking operators into a top SELECT clause of a query representation generated during semantic analysis. The database server returns the redacted data to the client as a reply to the data request. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140310300 | HYBRID BIFURCATION OF INTERSECTION NODES - A method of processing a set of intersection queries in a multi-dimensional data structure may include receiving the set of intersection queries for the multi-dimensional data structure. The method may also include determining whether to process each of the set the intersection queries individually, or whether to process the set of intersection queries together using pre-cached modifier mappings. The method may additionally include processing the set of intersection queries, and providing intersection values that correspond to the set of intersection queries. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310301 | Hierarchical Data Server - A hierarchical data server provides a query and storage system for hierarchical data with three interfaces that are, data interface for accepting hierarchical data, query interface for accepting a query, and result interface for returning output of the query. The system models hierarchical data with one data object called data vine and one data structure type called data vine list. A data vine includes a name, a property list, and a child list. A data vine list is an ordered list of data vines. A data vine is recursively defined with its child list as a data vine list. The system introduces five basic operators, cast, restrict, unique, sort, and traverse. Each operator acts on one data vine list and returns another data vine list. A property list in a data vine is unordered with set operations implemented, which include default operation, update operation, elimination operation, replacement operation, and intersection operation. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310302 | STORING AND QUERYING GRAPH DATA IN A KEY-VALUE STORE - Techniques for storing and querying graph data in a key-value store are provided. A graph statement (e.g., an RDF graph statement) includes a plurality of values, at least two of which correspond to nodes in a graph. A key is generated based on the graph statement. The key may be generated based on concatenating hash values that are generated based on the plurality of values. The key-value store stores the key. The value that corresponds to the key may be a null or empty value. In response to a graph query (e.g., in SPARQL) that includes one or more query patterns, each of which includes one or more values, a key is generated based on the one or more values and sent to the key-value store, which returns one or more other keys, each of which is a superset of the generated key. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310303 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SERVER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A server management method includes controlling a display unit of an electronic device to display a management interface to input query information comprising a server name and a component name. The query information input from the management interface is analyzed, and the corresponding component name and the corresponding server name are obtained. A target attribute from a data tree is obtained according to the component name and the server name. A function corresponding to the target attribute is executed and a corresponding attribute list is displayed on the management interface. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310304 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FASHION RECOMMENDATIONS - Providing fashion recommendations based on an image of clothing. Color, pattern, and/or style information corresponding to the clothing may be identified and used to find relevant clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to recommend to a user. The image may be a video of clothing and/or accessories on a human body in motion. An area thereof may be sampled, detected and tracked across sequential frames of the video to obtain color, pattern, and/or style information which may be compared against clothing and/or accessories in an inventory to provide real-time (or near real-time) recommendations to the user. The image may comprise clothing of interest that is associated with a celebrity. The celebrity may be specified and the system returns recommendations of items in the inventory that are matching or complementary to the clothing/accessory of interest and which are consistent with the particular celebrity's fashion style. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVELY ANNOTATING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods for sharing annotations associated with an electronic document. The annotations are created by one or more annotation authors and are shared with one or more other users. A method includes determining frequently annotated portions of the electronic document and providing indicators within the electronic document of the frequently annotated portions. In one embodiment, frequently used words within the annotations are also indicated within the text of the electronic document. In addition, or in another embodiment, the annotations can be searched based on a user's location within the electronic document. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310306 | System And Method For Pattern Recognition And User Interaction - A computer based system for pattern recognition and user interaction that assists users with extracting value from their data. The system for pattern recognition and user interaction converts text based queries into usable mathematical models and software code and provides hierarchical tracing of ongoing interrogation by way of text based queries and related answers while also providing suggestions for future queries to the user. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310307 | Exact Match Lookup with Variable Key Sizes - In a method for performing an exact match lookup in a network device, a network packet is received at the network device. A lookup key for the network packet is determined at least based on data included in a header of the received network packet. A hash function is selected, from among a plurality of possible hash functions, at least based on a size of the lookup key, and a hash operation is performed on the lookup key using the selected hash function to compute a hashed lookup key segment. A database is queried using the hashed lookup key segment to extract a value exactly corresponding to the lookup key. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140310308 | Spatially Driven Content Presentation In A Cellular Environment - Techniques are provided for integrated content presentation via cells arranged geometrically in a cellular environment. Users can navigate various orientations and zoom states of the cellular environment to access information via different applications, different media types, different visual representations and from different underlying content sources. The information can be organized according to various logical relationships. Upon receiving an indication of a zoom state associated with a cell or a group of cells arranged in the cellular environment, a content reference at that zoom state is retrieved. Further, the content reference is resolved to retrieve and output content, including a visual representation associated with the zoom state. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140317139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED COMBINATION AND CONJUGATION OF INDICIA - Systems and methods of automated conjugation of indicia are disclosed. The system includes at least one database; a database management system, having a graphical user interface, adapted for running a query search at said database; a storage medium for storing primary indicia objects and secondary indicia objects set, retrieved from the database. The system further includes an algorithmic analysis mapping module, adapted to analyze the primary indicia objects and the secondary indicia objects to generate metadata representative therefore; a matching module adapted to compare the metadata representative of the primary and secondary indicia objects, as well as a conjugating module, adapted to conjugate at least one primary indicia object with at least one secondary indicia object. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140324904 | SIMILAR DESIGN STRUCTURE SEARCH DEVICE AND SIMILAR DESIGN STRUCTURE SEARCH METHOD - Provided is design assistance technology capable of performing filtered detection on the basis of similar assembly structures when referencing past defect information and design improvement information at a design stage. In a similar design structure search device for an assembly configured by a plurality of components, the device has means for: acquiring component features of each component and adjacency relationships among components on the basis of 3D CAD data of an assembly configured by a plurality of components in order to store the same, as assembly structure data, together with past defect cases, design improvement cases, and manufacture instruction cases; and generating the assembly structure data on the basis of the 3D CAD data to be evaluated so that, when retrieving assembly structures similar to the stored case data, filtered detection is performed on the basis of a similarity assessment of two steps for component features and adjacency relationships. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140330858 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING GEOGRAPHIC DATA - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for processing geographic data and identifying geographic locations. In one implementation, a computer-implemented method is provided that is performed by one or more processors, the method comprising operations including receiving a query including an address, parsing the address into tokens, and sending the tokens to one or more harvesters. The method also includes receiving one or more geographic location candidates from the one or more harvesters in response to the tokens, comparing the one or more candidates, and returning one or more geographic locations based on the comparison. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION RETRIEVAL - Systems and Methods for information retrieval, comprising: receiving object-oriented data from multiple data sources; receiving a query from a query application that formulates the query and supplies the query to an information retrieval system; parsing the query into a graph of data nodes; processing the data nodes in the graph on the object-oriented data to generate a current object set; and returning the current object set to the query application in response to the query. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330860 | Reminding Method, Terminal, Cloud Server, and System - A reminding method, a terminal, a cloud server, and a system are provided that relate to the field of mobile communications technologies and are capable of displaying reminder content to a user at proper time when the user is uncertain about a reminding time or reminding place, thereby improving user experience. The reminding method of a terminal includes: extracting, by a terminal, a keyword of reminder content input by a user; monitoring and parsing, by the terminal, received real-time content; and if the real-time content includes the keyword, displaying, by the terminal, the reminder content that includes the keyword. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330861 | FAST IDENTIFICATION OF COMPLEX STRINGS IN A DATA STREAM - A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comprises a first process for transforming the complex dictionary into a simple structure to enable continuously conducting computationally efficient search, and a second process for examining received data in real time using the simple structure. The method may be implemented as an article of manufacture having a processor-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor, causing the processor to match examined data to an object complex string belonging to the complex dictionary, where the matching process is based on equality to constituent coherent strings, and congruence to ambiguous strings, of the object complex string. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330862 | FAST IDENTIFICATION OF COMPLEX STRINGS IN A DATA STREAM - A method for detecting and locating occurrence in a data stream of any complex string belonging to a predefined complex dictionary is disclosed. A complex string may comprise an arbitrary number of interleaving coherent strings and ambiguous strings. The method comprises a first process for transforming the complex dictionary into a simple structure to enable continuously conducting computationally efficient search, and a second process for examining received data in real time using the simple structure. The method may be implemented as an article of manufacture having a processor-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor, causing the processor to match examined data to an object complex string belonging to the complex dictionary, where the matching process is based on equality to constituent coherent strings, and congruence to ambiguous strings, of the object complex string. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330863 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ENHANCED BUSINESS LISTINGS TO MULTIPLE SEARCH PROVIDERS FROM A SINGLE SOURCE - A source server receives listing identification data for transmission of an enhanced listing comprising enhanced content to a provider server. The source server searches the provider server for a matching listing based on the received listing identification data. When the source server determines that there is no matching listing on the provider server or that a potential matching received from the provider server is a non-matching listing, the source server transmits the enhanced listing without an identifier as an indication to the provider server to create a listing using the enhanced content. When the source server determines that the potential matching listing received from the provider server is a matching listing, the source server transmits to the provider server the enhanced listing with an identifier provided by the provider server as an indication to the provider server to update the enhanced listing on the provider server with the enhanced content. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330864 | Method, System and Computer Readable Medium for Addressing Handling from an Operating System - A method, system and computer readable medium for information handling within an operating system, including providing a record retrieval program; providing an input device within a window or screen of the operating system and configured to enter an execute command which initiates a record retrieval from local and remote information sources using the record retrieval program; using the record retrieval program to enter first information into search fields provided in the record retrieval program; entering the execute command using the input device after the step of entering the first information; searching, using the record retrieval program, the local and remote information sources for second information associated IM with the first information; and displaying the second information in the record retrieval program, when one of the local and remote information sources includes second information associated with the first information. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140330865 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ADDRESS GEO-CODING - An approach is provided for providing address geo-coding that enhances query result quality while increasing the flexibility of textual query strings. A geo-coding platform determines a request for geo-coding information, wherein the request is from a client to at least one geo-coding knowledge base and specifies at least one textual input. The geo-coding platform further causes, at least in part, a generation of at least one geo-coding request based, at least in part, on the at least one textual input. The geo-coding platform also determines to transmit the at least one geo-coding request to the at least one geo-coding knowledge base, one or more other geo-coding knowledge bases, or a combination thereof. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140337373 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING GRAPH QUERIES ON RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ENTITIES USING GRAPH INDEX - Systems and processes for managing graph queries on navigational relationships of database entities are described. A graph index may be used to store a class of navigational relationships to expand query capabilities and improve query efficiency of a traditional relational database. Entity relationships stored in the graph index may be dynamically defined and made accessible to query writers. In addition, users can specify particular entity attributes to be replicated in the graph index from the corresponding entities stored in the traditional relational database. Query performance may be improved by leveraging the graph index data and querying both the database and the graph index. Queries of the underlying database may be narrowed by first searching the graph index. Queries of the graph index may also be narrowed by first searching the underlying database. Historic query data may be stored and used to improve subsequent query execution plans. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337374 | LOCATING AND SHARING AUDIO/VISUAL CONTENT - A system and method are provided for locating and sharing audio/visual content. The method includes receiving a text-based search request for audio/visual content and searching a storage based on the text-based search request. A list of audio/visual content that is determined to be relevant to the text-based search request is presented. A selection of an original audio/visual content file from the list of audio/visual content is received. Next, a corresponding text file for the original audio/visual content file is retrieved. The text in the text file is time-synced to the original audio/visual file. All or a portion of the corresponding text file is presented and a selection of text from the corresponding text file is received. A secondary file is created that comprises a portion of the original audio/visual content file that corresponds to the selected text. Alternately, a secondary file is created with the start and stop times of audio/visual content in the original audio/visual file corresponding to the selected text. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337375 | DATA SEARCH AND STORAGE WITH HASH TABLE-BASED DATA STRUCTURES - Provided are computer devices and methods for improved data storage, indexing and search. The methods entail the use of hash tables incorporated into nodes of search trees so as to increase the capacity of the nodes and reduce the size of the tree; hence reducing the time to identify a node while searching in the tree. The hash tables are so structured to maintain the hierarchy of the search tree and speed up the search within the hash table. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140337376 | HISTORY-BASED TRACKING OF USER PREFERENCE SETTINGS - A process is disclosed for using the existing Universal Resource Identifier (URI) history feature of browsers to maintain user preference settings, or other state information, used by one or more web sites or other systems. In one embodiment, when a user makes a particular preference selection on a web site, the user's selection is recorded in the browser's URI history by causing the browser to access a URI (or a set of URIs) representing the particular selection. The same or a different web site may subsequently test the browser's URI history for this particular URI by including appropriate JavaScript or other executable code in a page requested by the browser. Depending upon the outcome of this test, the web site and/or the page's executable code may take an appropriate action or inaction consistent with the preference selection. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140344305 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING RELATED INFORMATION OF AUDIO CONTENT - A method for a first electronic device and a second electronic device to manage related information of audio content. The method obtains decoded data of ultrasound signals when receiving the ultrasound signals of the audio content. The method further receives a query keyword input from the first electronic device. When the received query keyword matches the decoded data, the related information of the audio content in the decoded data is output. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344306 | INFORMATION SERVICE THAT GATHERS INFORMATION FROM MULTIPLE INFORMATION SOURCES, PROCESSES THE INFORMATION, AND DISTRIBUTES THE INFORMATION TO MULTIPLE USERS AND USER COMMUNITIES THROUGH AN INFORMATION-SERVICE INTERFACE - Embodiments of the present invention include information services, methods and systems to facilitate gathering and management of information by home users and professional users of information gathering, processing, and distribution services, and user interfaces through which users communicate with information services. In one embodiment of the present invention, a central information gathering, processing, and distribution service provides a simple, but robust and highly functional, interface to remote home users and professional users to allow the home users and professional users to continuously receive updated information gleaned from continuous searching of the Internet and other information sources by the information service. The interface allows users to define, refine, and stably store interests that define information searches continuously carried out, on behalf of the user, by the information gathering, processing, and distribution service. The information service discovers and stores user preferences, interests, and bookmarked URLs and other information in a way that allows users within communities of users to share their stored interests, bookmarked information, and preferences among themselves. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCH OPERATIONS - Systems and methods, applicable, for example, in employing a user's social network in providing that user with results to searches for individuals, businesses, content (e.g., pictures, music, software, and/or the like), and/or the like. Further, systems and methods whereby, for example, information regarding individuals having social connection to individuals, businesses, and/or the like identified via such search may be available. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344308 | Variable User Interface Based on Document Access Privileges - Users may be presented with different viewing interfaces for a document based on a combination of factors relating to display rights possessed for the document and user specific information. In one implementation, the user's location is used to determine portions of the document that can be displayed to the user. More particularly, access privileges to a document for a user are determined based on geographical location information of the user and based on access rights possessed for the document. Portions of the document may then be formatted for display to the user based on the determined access privileges. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140358958 | SURFACING DIRECT APP ACTIONS - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for surfacing direct app actions. For example, a search interface may be configured to provide search results based upon queries submitted by users. Direct app actions may be surfaced through the search interface based upon a search context associated with search query formulation input associated with a search query that is input through the search interface. For example, map directions, a view social network vacation album, and/or other direct app actions may be surfaced through the search interface based upon a search query “Where is The Beach”. Direct app actions may be provided during formulation of the search query or after submission of the search query. Responsive to selection of a direct app action, a third party application (e.g., a locally installed application) may be invoked to perform the direct app action with little to no additional user input or navigation. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358959 | VALUE BASED WINDOWS ON RELATIONS IN CONTINUOUS DATA STREAMS - Techniques for managing value-based windows on relations are provided. In some examples, an input relation is generated. The input relation is a bounded set of data records related to an application. A continuous query that identifies the input relation may be received. Additionally, a configurable window operator associated with processing the input relation may be identified. Then, the continuous query may be executed based at least in part on the configurable window operator to generate an output relation. Further, in some instances, the data records of the output relation may be provided based at least in part on execution of the continuous query. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358960 | RAPID NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCHING USING KD-FERNS - A system includes a transceiver, processor, database, and memory. Instructions for executing a nearest neighbor search are recorded in memory. Receipt of a query point by the transceiver from a camera or other input device causes the processor to construct a KD-Fern having nodes as an ordered set of splitting dimensions and thresholds. All nodes at the same level of the KD-Fern have the same splitting dimension d and the same threshold τ. A binary bit is generated at each node describing a respective threshold comparison decision for that particular node. The processor associates each of a plurality of binary addresses in the binary map with a corresponding nearest neighbor index, determines the binary address of the query point, and returns, e.g., to a vehicle braking, steering, or body control module, a nearest neighbor result by extracting the nearest neighbor from the binary map. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358961 | GRID QUERIES - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to grid queries. In aspects, a client sends search criteria that represent two or more dimensions to a service. The service obtains results that satisfy the search criteria and performs intersection operations to populate a data grid. The data grid is then returned to the client for output on an output device of the client. The client may provide a user interface that allows quick updating of the search criteria to obtain a new data grid. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358962 | RESPONSIVE INPUT ARCHITECTURE - A responsive input architecture that provides an intuitive and consistent layout and organization for search input across many different types of user devices. The architecture provides user interface consistency for all devices thereby enabling a user to seamlessly resume a search for information started on one device, on another user device. A user interface is provided that presents personalized past, present, and future aspects related to a search, while the user is entering the query, which are represented in the user interface with the past aspect as a top interactable portion (a historical listing), the present aspect as a middle interactable portion (a query entry field) and the future aspect as a bottom interactable portion (a suggestion listing). A backend system provides auto-suggestions for the user interface. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358963 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FROM A DATABASE SYSTEM - A processor-implemented method retrieves information from a database system. A data query, which includes a specification of information to be retrieved from the database system, is generated. A first parameter specifying a condition to be met by the retrieved information is defined. A second parameter specifying one or more data reduction operations to be executed if the condition defined by the first parameter is not met is defined. The generated data query and the first and second parameters are then transmitted to the database system. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358964 | Natural language processing (NLP) query formulation engine for a computing device - A computing device includes a query formulation engine having a data collection component that collects metadata associated with the device or its operation. Typically, the metadata describes a characteristic about the device (e.g., which components or applications are resident, their current operating states or characteristics, what applications are active, which application has the display focus, what permissions are associated with each application, what application-specific calls are being made to the device operating system, etc.). A natural language processing (NLP)-based question and answer (Q&A) system is trained to understand natural language text queries generated by the query formulation engine. When a user performs an action on the device, the engine converts that action, preferably together with a structured form of the metadata, into an NLP query. The query is directed to the Q&A system. A response to the NLP query is received at the computing device and then acted upon. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358965 | METHOD OF SEARCHING CHARACTER STRING, CHARACTER STRING SEARCHING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A method includes comparing, in units of a first bit length, a first bit sequence of the first bit length included in a search character bit sequence to a second bit sequence of a second bit length included in a target character bit sequence; when a third bit sequence of the first bit length following the first bit sequence in the search character bit sequence matches a fourth bit sequence of the first bit length following a location matching the first bit sequence in the second bit sequence, creating a fifth bit sequence of the second bit length starting from a location matching the first bit sequence in the target character bit sequence; comparing, in units of the first bit length, the fifth bit sequence to a sixth bit sequence of the second bit length starting from the first bit sequence in the search character bit sequence; and determining. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140358966 | METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS - In one example embodiment, a method includes, in one of an interpreted computer environment and a compiled computer environment, generating a software application. Generating the software application includes associating at least one first overlaid object with a first overlay group, the at least one overlaid object having a corresponding base object of the software application, assigning a first permission to the first overlay group, determining if a user is authorized to use the first overlay group based on the first permission, and configuring the software application to execute in the computer system using the at least one first overlaid object and the corresponding base object upon determining the user is authorized to use the first overlay group. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365519 | INTELLIGENT PROCESSING OF USER INPUT TO A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOFTWARE APPLICATION - A computer-implemented method of processing an input via a user interface of a business intelligence software application for a database, wherein the software applications performs: listening for a user's input, and processing said input while it is received to identify input elements thereof; said input elements comprising at least a first and a second input element; searching among the executable functions for a named executable function that matches the first identified input element; searching in the set of named metadata items for matching metadata items that match the second identified input element; eliminating predefined patterns that do not match the named executable function and matching metadata items while keeping the matching ones; assigning a matching metadata item to one or more matching executable functions in the first predefined patterns according to its/their syntax; and selecting a pattern among the kept ones of predefined patterns and executing the function named in the selected predefined pattern with assigned metadata. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365520 | USER DIRECTORY SYSTEM FOR A HUB-BASED SYSTEM FEDERATING DISPARATE UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A user directory for a hub-based system federating disparate unified communications systems is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes connecting a first unified communications system and a second unified communications system through a federation server, synchronizing a directory entry from a directory of the first unified communications system to a user directory, where the directory entry contains user information of the first unified communications system, and providing the second unified communications system with an access to the directory entry. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365521 | CENTRAL REGISTRY FOR BINDING FEATURES USING DYNAMIC POINTERS - A first feature (e.g., chart or table) includes a reference to a dynamic pointer. Independently, the pointer is defined to point to a second feature (e.g., a query). The first feature is automatically updated to reflect a current value of the second feature. The reference to the pointer and pointer definition are recorded in a central registry, and changes to the pointer or second feature automatically cause the first feature to be updated to reflect the change. A mapping between features can be generated using the registry and can identify interrelationships to a developer. Further, changes in the registry can be tracked, such that a developer can view changes pertaining to a particular time period and/or feature of interest (e.g., corresponding to an operation problem). | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372468 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTING CONTENT BASED ON AGGREGATE ENTITY CO-OCCURRENCE - The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for refining content selection criteria to facilitate content selection via a computer network. In some embodiments, a tool identifies a first entity used to select content of a first content provider. The first entity can correspond to a canonical stable identifier in a database. The tool can identify a plurality of sets of entities that each comprise the first entity and an additional entity different from the first entity. Each of the plurality of sets of entities can be associated with content of a corresponding content provider. The tool can determine a performance metric for the additional entity. The tool can compare the performance metric with a performance threshold. The tool can associate the additional entity with the content of the first content provider based on the comparison. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372469 | Searching by use of machine-readable code content - A method of searching the Internet or onboard database or other source through devices that contain or are coupled to cameras or other imaging devices, the method including extracting search terms from the human-understandable content encoded in a machine-readable code and displayed to the recipient on the device following the imaging of that code by the device's imager. The method of search utilizes a method of navigation and input that produces a location indicator on the device display that corresponds to the location of an image of a machine-readable code in the sensor of the device's imager. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372470 | ON-THE-FLY ENCODING METHOD FOR EFFICIENT GROUPING AND AGGREGATION - Embodiments include a system for encoding data while it is being processed. The system includes a processor, an encoder and a decoder. The processor is configured to process a query request by determining a set of values. The encoder is configured for encoding the set of values, such that a subsequent processing operation can be performed on the encoded values. The processor performs the subsequent processing operations. The decoder is configured for decoding each value back to its value prior to being encoded upon completion of the processor completing the requested query. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372471 | MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AN AVIONICS PLATFORM WITH THREE-TIER ARCHITECTURE - The invention relates to a monitoring system for an aircraft platform implementing a set of avionics functions using a plurality of heterogeneous hardware and software components, including: an acquisition module for operating parameters of the components, configured to implement a plurality of communication protocols adapted to query each the component; a storage module including a database, configured to collect and store operating parameters acquired by the acquisition module in the database, and; an interface module with a plurality of clients, including a query unit configured to query the database of the storage module and supply one or several of the parameters stored in the database in response to a request made by a client; the acquisition, storage and interface modules being arranged in a three-tier architecture. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372472 | DATA AUGMENTATION - A data augmentation machine may form all or part of a data augmentation system that is configured to augment data. The data augmentation machine may be configured (e.g., by one or more software modules) to access data (e.g., by crawling one or more public or private networks), extract metadata based on the data (e.g., from the data and its source), create a link to additional data (e.g., based on the extracted metadata), and augment the extracted metadata (e.g., by storing augmented metadata with the extracted metadata). Such augmented metadata may be presented (e.g., within a user interface), published publicly (e.g., on a webpage), published privately (e.g., in a report available only to premium subscribers of a data augmentation service), or any suitable combination thereof. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372473 | UNSUPERVISED EXTRACTION OF FACTS - A system and method for extracting facts from documents. A fact is extracted from a first document. The attribute and value of the fact extracted from the first document are used as a seed attribute-value pair. A second document containing the seed attribute-value pair is analyzed to determine a contextual pattern used in the second document. The contextual pattern is used to extract other attribute-value pairs from the second document. The extracted attributes and values are stored as facts. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372474 | EMPLOYING ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT WITHIN A COLLABORATIVE TAGGING SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method of employing organizational context within a collaborative tagging system can include receiving at least one tag for an artifact from a user, determining at least one attribute of the user, and storing a tag record including the tag, the attribute of the user, and an association of the tag with the artifact. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372475 | SEGMENTING DOCUMENTS WITHIN A FULL TEXT INDEX - A system, method and computer program product for searching documents within a collection includes partitioning the collection into a plurality of document segments based on a range of values for a document attribute. Each document segment is associated with a different value range for the document attribute and includes documents each with a value for the document attribute within the associated value range. The system, method and computer program product also determines one or more document segments to search based on one or more search criteria within a search request pertaining to the document attribute. The system, method and computer program product further searches the determined one or more document segments for information satisfying the search request. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372476 | Acceleration of tag placement using custom hardware - A hardware device is configured to accelerate the process of determining the location of a query sequence (a tag) within a sequence library (such as a reference genome) using one or more comparison units having inputs for receiving the query sequence and a subsequence of the sequence library (a k-mer) and an output for reporting results where each comparison unit is capable of searching the tag in the sense and the antisense orientation against the sequence library in the sense and antisense orientation. Methods and systems are also provided. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140372477 | CONDITIONAL STRING SEARCH - A method and a system for efficient search of string patterns characterized by positional relationships in a character stream are disclosed. The method is based on grouping string patterns of a dictionary into at least two string sets and performing string search processes of a text of the character stream based on individual string sets with the outcome of a search process influencing a subsequent search process. A system implementing the method comprises a dictionary processor for generating string sets with corresponding text actions and search actions, a conditional search engine for locating string patterns belonging to at least one string set in a text according to a current search state, a text operator for producing an output text according to search results, and a search operator for determining a subsequent search state. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140379747 | IDENTIFYING RELEVANT APPS IN RESPONSE TO QUERIES - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for permitting users to search the content of a plurality of apps from a single search query input location. A user inputs a search query and a plurality of apps and/or the content thereof is searched to determine relevancy to the input query. If an app having relevant app content is identified, it may be determined if the app is associated with the querying user. If it is determined that the app is associated with the querying user, the information determined relevant to the input query may be presented to the user. If, it is determined that the app is not associated with the user, the user may be presented with the identity of the app and/or be directed to a location (e.g., an app store) where the user can become associated with the identified app and obtain the desired information. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379748 | VERIFYING COMPLIANCE OF A LAND PARCEL TO AN APPROVED USAGE - A computer implemented method, system and a computer program product for verifying compliance of a land parcel to an approved usage includes monitoring one or more updatable sources of information to detect availability of new information with respect to the land parcel, processing the new information to determine location information and current usage of the land parcel, querying a database storing location information of land parcels having at least approved usage information to determine approved usage of the land parcel. Finally, the current and approved usages of the land parcel are compared to determine compliance of the current usage to the approved usage of the land parcel. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379749 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for displaying an image in a mobile terminal are provided. One or more images are selected from among a plurality of pre-stored images, based on information about a party other than the user of the mobile terminal, stored in a phone book, and information about an event that is currently executed in the mobile terminal, and the selected images are preferentially displayed. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012560 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING POTENTIAL SEARCH QUERIES THAT MAY BE TARGETED BY ONE OR MORE KEYWORDS - Systems and methods for providing potential search queries that may be targeted by a given keyword. The method includes receiving, from a third-party content provider, a request to identify one or more search queries that match a given keyword. A table corresponding to the given keyword is identified. The table includes one or more search queries with which at least one third-party content item was selected for display. The selected third-party content item was selected responsive to a bid for the given keyword. The method determines from the identified table, one or more search queries that correspond to the given keyword. The determined search queries that correspond to the given keyword are those search queries that can be targeted by the given keyword. The method provides for display, the determined search queries that correspond to given keyword. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012561 | Semantic Mapping of Data From An Entity-Relationship Model to a Graph-Based Data Format to Facilitate Simplified Querying - Methods and systems that allow of mapping data stored in a first format to a second format is provided. According to the method a data object to be mapped is identified. The object may have a particular type associated with it and one or more associated properties. A unique identifier can be generated for the based on the type of the first object. According to some embodiments, the unique identifier may contain information that can be used to retrieve the object when it is stored in the first format. One or more of the properties associated with the first can be mapped to a resource associated with the unique identifier and also with a second format. The first object can then be queried using a query language associated with the second format. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012562 | Literary Recommendation Engine - A literary recommendation engine is used to receive an object of interest to a user and make a recommendation based on the received object. For example, a user may provide a name of a book or author and receive a list of recommendations that a services determines to be responsive to the user's interests based on a profile for the “seed” book (or author) and/or the user profile. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150019584 | SELF-LEARNING JAVA DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (JDBC) DRIVER - Various embodiments include solutions for querying desired data from a database without pulling supererogatory data. In one embodiment, a method includes: obtaining an initial database access query between an application and the database at a self-learning JDBC driver; monitoring subsequent database access queries between the application and the database over a period; and generating a modified database access query for querying the database from the self-learning JDBC driver, the modified database access query based upon the subsequent database access queries between the application and the database over the period. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019585 | COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL SYSTEM FOR BUILDING AND SHARING A VAST ROBUST DATABASE OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA CONTENT - A method is provided for building and sharing an electronic database of interactive media content among a community of users. An electronic submission that corresponds to an audio and/or visual media asset is received from a user. One or more fingerprints are extracted from the received submission to produce accompanying identifying data therefor, if any, that correspond to one or more assets of an interactive media database of known assets. The media asset and accompanying identification data is stored or located as an entry in a content repository for community search and access, thereby providing to the user interactive media content. When the entry is not associated with a content object, the community is allowed to create one or more content objects for the entry. Otherwise, one or more content objects are returned to the user. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING TAGGED MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS - A system and method for sharing tagged multimedia content elements. The method comprises: receiving a request to analyze at least one multimedia content element that exists on at least a first user device; generating a signature for at least a portion of each of the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one tag that is searchable by a second user device respective of each of the generated signatures; sending the at least one searchable tag to be stored, wherein the at least one searchable tag is stored such that, responsive to a query received from the second user device, at least one multimedia content element is shared with at least the second user device respective of a match between at least one portion of the query and at least one of the at least one tag. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150019587 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA - A computer implemented method of generating an ordered list of geographical locations having similarities in preselected categories relative to a first geographical location. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026207 | MANAGING SPARSITY IN AN MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA STRUCTURE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, program product, and system for managing the percentage of unpopulated cells in a multidimensional data structure during the servicing of multidimensional analytical queries. In an embodiment, a multidimensional data structure is stored in a memory location of a computing device, wherein the multidimensional data structure includes a dimension that is a subset of a plurality of dimensions included in a relational database. The computing device determines a frequency of utilization of a dimension to service a multidimensional query request. The computing device combines the dimension with the multidimensional data structure responsive to the frequency of utilization. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026208 | DYNAMIC AUTHORIZATION TO FEATURES AND DATA IN JAVA-BASED ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are presented for dynamically controlling role-based access to enterprise applications. The access includes both a user's ability to access a requested functionality (hereinafter referred to as “features”) in an enterprise applications, as well as the user's ability to access the specific data (and request filtering of the data) within the enterprise applications. The systems and methods provide dynamic control by utilizing a number of separate tables for identifying each element (user, role and feature), with join-tables used to define, on an active/customized basis, the association of each user with respect to a particular role (user_role join-table) and association of each feature with the listing of roles (feature_role join-table). The join-tables and specific element tables may be modified during runtime to modify any of the associations or listings. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026209 | Method And Terminal For Associating Information - A method and a terminal for associating information, which relates to the field of computer technologies, is disclosed. The method includes obtaining image information, extracting facial feature information from the image information, and determining whether facial feature information corresponding to the facial feature information in the image information exists in contact information. The image information is associated with the matched contact information when the corresponding facial feature information is matched. Whether the facial feature information extracted from the image information exists in facial feature information that is stored in advance is determined. A contact corresponding to the facial feature information that is stored in advance is associated with the image information when the facial feature information exists so that automatic association between image information and contact information is implemented, which saves setting time for a user and improves user experience. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026210 | DYNAMIC SOCIAL NETWORK RELATIONSHIP DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for a computer system includes receiving an identifier from a user, initiating a user session in response to the identifier, determining a social map for the user in response to the identifier and in response to a plurality of social network relationships, receiving a first change to the plurality of social network relationships from the user, receiving a second change to the plurality of network relationships from another user, determining a revised social map for the user during the user session in response to receiving the first change, but not in response to receiving the second change, wherein the revised social map for the user reflects the first change and the second change, and storing the revised social map for the user during the user session in a cache. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150032768 | MANAGING ITEM QUERIES - A network-based service may be provided for facilitating queries for a number of items, such as travel services. The items may be complimentary, such that users frequently desire to purchase two or more items in conjunction. A user may submit a query including criteria for determining one or more relevant items. Based on the submitted query, the network-based service may infer a desired travel plan of the user, such as a trip or vacation to a specific destination. The network-based service may use the inferred travel plan to generate queries for combinations of items that correspond to the inferred travel plan. These queries, or items corresponding to the queries, may then be returned to the user. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032769 | Generating Playlists Using Calendar, Location And Event Data - A system and method of generating a playlist includes searching an event database having multiple events stored therein. One of the events is identified as corresponding to a user's interest data. A song database is searched. The song database includes at least one song corresponding to the identified event. A playlist corresponding to the identified event is generated. The playlist includes a list of at least one song corresponding to the identified event and a logical link to a recording of the at least one song. Access to the playlist can then be provided to the user. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032770 | PROVIDING REGIONAL CONTENT BY MATCHING GEOGRAPHICAL PROPERTIES - A method and a system provide regional content to users by associating data files with geographical properties and matching the geographical property of a data file with the geographical property of the user. The system extracts geographical information from a data file, and associates the data file with a source geographical property corresponding to the extracted geographical information according to a geographical information database. Upon obtaining a user geographical property of a user, the system provides the data file to the user if the source geographical property matches the user geographical property. The method and the system may be implemented using a geographical name lexicon or a geographical name suffix lexicon. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING GEO-LOCALIZED INFORMATION IN A SOCIAL NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - An augmented reality social network system is provided. The system allows social network users to capture and share emotional sentiment with other users in the system via simple one word postings or “thoughts” which may be associated as metadata with location-tagged photographs taken using a camera on a client device. Users are able to comment on these thoughts and their associated images, as well as provide emotional feedback by indicating an emotional response generated by the posted thoughts. The thoughts may be superimposed on images and may also be interactive. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032772 | Formulaic Conjoined Project Effort Instance Display Method and Search System Process Thereof - A Dynamic Live System for collecting, inputting, storing, and reporting Element Effort Event Data, whose processes upon query enable the reporting of well formatted Formulaic Conjoined Project Effort Instance (CPEI) Reports per the System's Who did What in Phasetime Effort Instance Formulas in Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Auto Displays, and Inferences, not stored as displayed in Systems base tables. The formulas 5 | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150032773 | MONITORING A MONITORING-TARGET PROCESS - A method and system for monitoring a monitoring-target process. A monitoring-condition registry is searched for a monitoring condition record that controls implementation of the monitoring-target process. The searching includes using a process label as a search key. The process label uniquely identifies the monitoring-target process. It is determined from the searching that the monitoring condition record is stored in the monitoring-condition registry and in response, the monitoring condition record is deleted from the monitoring-condition registry. After the monitoring condition record is deleted from the monitoring-condition registry, a determination is made of the monitoring conditions controlling implementation of the monitoring-target process, after which the monitoring condition record is generated. The generated monitoring condition record includes the determined monitoring conditions. The generated monitoring condition record is stored in the monitoring-condition registry. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150039645 | High-Performance Distributed Data Storage System with Implicit Content Routing and Data Deduplication - A write request that includes a data object is processed. A hash function is executed on the data object, thereby generating a hash value that includes a first portion and a second portion. A data location table is queried with the first portion, thereby obtaining a storage node identifier. The data object is sent to a storage node associated with the storage node identifier. A write request that includes a data object and a pending data object identification (DOID) is processed, wherein the pending DOID comprises a hash value of the data object. The pending DOID is finalized, thereby generating a finalized data object identification (DOID). The data object is stored at a storage location. A storage manager catalog is updated by adding an entry mapping the finalized DOID to the storage location. The finalized DOID is output. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039646 | ASSOCIATING AUDIO TRACKS WITH VIDEO CONTENT - In one example, a system comprises at least one processor configured to determine an indication of an audio portion of video content, determine, based at least in part on the indication, one or more candidate audio tracks, determine, based at least in part on the one or more candidate audio tracks, one or more search terms, and provide a search query that includes the search terms. The at least one processor may be further configured to, in response to the search query, receive a response that indicates a number of search results, wherein each one of the search results is associated with content that includes the one or more search terms, select, based at least in part on the response, a particular audio track of the one or more candidate audio tracks, and send a message that associates the video content with at least the particular audio track. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039647 | SURFACING USER-SPECIFIC DATA RECORDS IN SEARCH - Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of receiving search results that are responsive to the search query, the search results being respectively representative of resources, processing one or more triggering rules based on at least one of the search query and the search results, determining, based on processing the one or more triggering rules, that a set of data records is to be displayed in a search results page with the search results, the set of data records including data records that are specific to the user, determining a display prominence of at least one data record in the set of data records, the display prominence indicating a prominence of the at least one data record when displayed in the search results page, and providing the search results and the set of data records for display, the at least one data record being displayed based on the display prominence. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150039648 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR REASONING AND RUNNING CONTINUOUS QUERIES OVER DATA STREAMS - Disclosed is a method and a system for stream reasoning a plurality of data streams. The system comprises a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The processor is capable of executing a plurality of modules embodied on the memory. The plurality of modules comprises an event module and a application managed window module. The event module is configured to receive a data stream associated with an event from a stream reasoner application. The data stream provides factual information about the event. Further, the data stream comprises a request. The request may be an add request or a delete request. The application managed window module is configured to insert the request associated with the event or delete a prior request associated with the event from the memory based upon a type of the request. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046487 | DATABASE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATABASE CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Database management includes processing a database object in accordance with a processing request, determining a mode of processing from the processing request, and, responsive to determining that the mode of processing satisfies an application condition, changing content of the processing in accordance with a rule associated with the application condition using a processor. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046488 | METHOD FOR NAMING IMAGE FILE - A method for naming an image file comprises the steps of: searching for a keyword string in initial scan image data; identifying an encoded string after the keyword string; and generating an initial file corresponding to the initial scan image data. If the keyword string is found, a file name of the initial file is automatically set up according to the encoded string. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046489 | SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPANDED ADMINISTRATIVE AREA USING NEARBY ADMINISTRATIVE AREA INFORMATION - Provided is a search system and method for an expanded administrative area using nearby administrative area information. A search system may include a setter configured to set, as a search area, an administrative district corresponding to an administrative name in response to a query comprising the administrative name, and a searcher configured to conduct a search associated with the query in the search area. Here, the setter may expand the search area to another administrative district adjacent to the administrative district when a search result obtained from the search area is unsatisfactory. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150046490 | ADJUSTABLE HANDS-FREE MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR TABLET PCS EMPHASIZING SECURITY AND CONNECTIBILITY FEATURES - This continuing disclosure of the invention describes product-identification and protection features including several improvements that enable the secure attachment of the apparatus to mounting locations as well as the secure retention of tablet PCs and other devices within the frames of the invention. Such security features comprise clips and modular attachment elements that may be integrated with a security system comprising audible alarm mechanisms and software-based monitoring and alert mechanisms. Moreover, a system for marking and tracking manufactured goods, including the components of the various claimed features of the invention, is also disclosed. The product marking and identification systems utilize software-based analysis of ultrastructural physical traits observable in molded plastic parts to determine origin of manufacture and to distinguish counterfeits. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150052167 | SEARCHABLE DATA IN AN OBJECT STORAGE SYSTEM - A searchable data storage system is described herein. The storage system includes zones that are independent, and autonomous from each other. The zones include nodes that are independent and autonomous. The nodes include storage devices. When a data item is stored, a local database is updated with information about the newly stored data item. When a search for a data item meeting certain metadata criteria is received, multiple concurrent searches are conducted across all storage devices in all nodes in all zones of the storage system. The configuration of the data storage system allows a parallel concurrent search at constituent storage devices to be performed quickly. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052168 | MEDIA CONSUMPTION HISTORY - Methods, systems, and apparatus for receiving, from a user, a request that includes an entity identifier associated with an entity that is referenced by one or more query terms of a search query, determining that the entity is identified in a media consumption database as a media item that has been indicated as consumed by the user or that the entity is associated with a media item that is identified in the media consumption database as a media item that has been indicated as consumed by the user, and based on the determination, providing a response to the request, the response including data indicating that the entity is a media item that has been indicated as consumed by the user or that the entity is associated with a media item that has been indicated as consumed by the user. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052169 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a method includes: receiving a sentence corresponding to a voice of a user for operating an electronic device, the sentence including a first character string and one or more second character strings, the first character string corresponding to a reserved word used in searching information by the electronic device; displaying the first character string in a first format and the one or more second character strings in a second format different from the first format, the first character string correctable by a user operation, the user operation to be input by using a display area of the first character string; generating a search command including the first character string; and transmitting the search command to the electronic device. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150052170 | METHOD, SEARCH METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method includes: storing, by a processor, in a storage region represented by first character information and identification information of a first file, presence or absence information that represents whether or not the first file includes the character information or whether or not a second file that is different from the first file includes second character information, wherein the storage region stores information that represents whether or not the second file includes the second character information. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150058374 | CREATING FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE DESCRIPTIONS OF DOCUMENTS WITH REPETITIVE NON-REGULAR STRUCTURES - Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for creating a flexible structure description. To create the flexible structure description an image of a document of a particular document type that contains a table is received. An entry describing an item in the table is received. Title elements within the document are searched for based upon the entry. Data fields and anchor elements are detected for the entry. A flexible structure description for the particular document type is generated that includes a set of search elements for each data field in the image of the document and the title elements. The flexible structure description is matched against the image. Data from the image is extracted based upon the matching of the flexible structure description against the image. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150066975 | REPORTING TOOLS FOR OBJECT-RELATIONAL DATABASES - A view schema is generated from a view definition, wherein the view schema includes one or more relational views that are created by translating one or more object queries in the view definition into one or more relational queries. A report design schema is generated from the view definition by: creating one or more report tables that correspond to the one or more relational views of the view schema and extending the one or more report tables with one or more primary key constraints and one or more foreign key constraints. A reporting model is generated by reverse engineering the report design schema, wherein the reporting model includes the one or more primary key constraints and the one or more foreign key constraints. A report is generated using the reporting model, wherein the report includes the one or more primary key constraints and the one or more foreign key constraints. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066976 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF RECURRING TEXT - In embodiments, one or more computer-readable media may have instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor of a computing device, provide the computing device with a recurring text identification service. The recurring text identification service may be configured, in some embodiments, to receive a request to identify recurring text within a plurality of documents. The recurring text identification service may be further configured to analyze individual segments of the plurality of documents to generate segment identifiers respectively associated with the segments. In embodiments, the segment identifiers may be based on content of the segments. In embodiments, segments with the same content may have equivalent segment identifiers. The recurring text identification service may further be configured to generate a distribution of the segment identifiers and may enable the distribution of segment identifiers to be used to streamline identification of recurring text within the plurality of documents. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066977 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DIGITAL RESOURCES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for managing digital resources. The method comprises: providing a configuration interface to a user; receiving configuration information inputted by the user via the configuration interface, wherein the configuration information may comprise a document type, an application operation, and an attribute field application; setting up a resource document library according to the resource document type; setting up a resource application template according to the application operation and the attribute field application; invoking the data from the resource document library by using the resource application template. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066978 | SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION CONSUMPTION GAP RESOLUTION - Social network content consumption activities of social network users related to content published by at least one social network are monitored. The monitored social network content consumption activities of each of at least two of the social network users are compared. A determination is made, based upon the comparison, that a difference in consumption of the published content exists between the at least two of the social network users. A notification is generated to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than at least one other social network user. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066979 | DEVICE ADDRESS MANAGEMENT IN AN AUTOMATION CONTROL SYSTEM - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media provide a mapping database for mapping device identifiers to network addresses and vice versa. Device identifiers and their corresponding network addresses may be stored in the mapping database. Data may be received from an input/output device and converted into a device identifier. Also, data may be received through a user device and converted into a network address. The mapping database may be populated using various protocols. Further, the mapping database may store various types of network addresses so that a controller may communicate with various types of input/output devices using various protocols. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066980 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal according to the present invention can obtain data based on an eye tracking result with respect to an execution screen of a particular application and provide a dedicated search function with respect to data obtained according to an eye tracking result. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066981 | URL RESCUE BY EXECUTION OF SEARCH USING INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM INVALID URL - A server system is disclosed that is capable of providing responsive content to a user when a request for an invalid URL is received. In a preferred embodiment, the server system implements multiple rescue strategies for attempting to rescue the invalid URL. One such rescue strategy involves repairing the URL by correcting for encoding errors, such as errors introduced by some web clients. Another rescue strategy involves determining that the URL contains an obsolete or outdated item identifier (e.g., product identifier) that renders the URL invalid, and returning information regarding one or more related items to the user. Another rescue strategy involves mining the invalid URL for one or more text strings reflective of the type of content desired, and then using the one or more text strings to execute a keyword search to identify content to provide to the user. The various rescue strategies may be attempted in sequence according to a hierarchy. | 03-05-2015 |
| 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. | 03-12-2015 |
| 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. | 03-12-2015 |
| 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. | 03-12-2015 |
| 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. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150081730 | USE OF EMAIL TO UPDATE RECORDS STORED IN A DATABASE SERVER - According to an aspect multiple records are stored in a database server. A set of records are retrieved by querying the database server. A first file is formed to contain the retrieved set of records. The first file is sent by email to a user, and a second file, with at least one of the set of records modified, is received from the user by email. The received modifications contained in the second file are propagated to the database server, upon receipt of the second file. Users may accordingly be able to effect modifications to multiple records in a single email exchange. According to another aspect, the updates are effected by using a SOA server storing a process definition to interface (send and receive emails) with the user and propagate the changes. The SOA server may contain a workflow block to interact with users based on email exchange. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081731 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING PROCESS ELEMENT VARIANTS IN BUSINESS PROCESSES - The technique relates to a system and method for selecting process element variants in business processes. The technique involves receiving a process element execution request from at least one user. Then, determining a plurality of enterprise dimensions associated with the process element execution request. Thereafter, searching the process element variant corresponding to the plurality of enterprise dimensions in a declarative way based on a predefined dimensional hierarchy. Finally, selecting the process element variant for execution to accomplish the user request. This technique employs a declarative approach which eliminates the need define the variants for all possible combination of enterprise dimensions namely process, events, locations, organizations and data. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150081732 | SUBSCRIPTION FOR INTEGRATING EXTERNAL DATA FROM EXTERNAL SYSTEM - Technologies are described herein for integrating external data from an external system into a client system. A subscription filed is selected. The subscription filed may include a read method and a query method. The read method may define fields of a client cache operating on the client system. The query method may be executed to retrieve, from the external system, field values corresponding to at least a subset of the fields. Upon executing the query method, the read method may also be executed to retrieve, from the external system, additional field values corresponding to a remaining subset of the fields that were not retrieved by executing the query method. The client cache is populated with the field values and the additional field values according to the fields. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150088922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING OBJECT - Disclosed are a system and a method for managing an object. The system includes a service apparatus configured to acquire content information selected for each application service, transmit the acquired content information to make a request for registering the content information as an object, and load and execute the registered object; and an object management apparatus configured to define a basic object structure for registering the object, set one or more expanded object structures based on the defined basic object structure according to a type of designated content information, select, when content information is received from the service apparatus, an expanded object structure corresponding to a type of the received content information among the one or more set expanded object structures, extract attribute data constituting the received content information, insert the extracted attribute data to a parameter designated to the selected expanded object structure, and register the object. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088923 | USING SENSOR INPUTS FROM A COMPUTING DEVICE TO DETERMINE SEARCH QUERY - An image input is obtained from a computing device when an image sensor of the computing device is directed to a scene. At least an object of interest in the scene is determined, and a label is determined for the object of interest. A search input is received from the computing device, where the search input is obtained from a mechanism other than the image sensor. An ambiguity is determined from the search input. A search query is determined that augments or replaces the ambiguity based at least in part on the label. A search result is based on the search query. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088924 | SCHEMA-LESS ACCESS TO STORED DATA - A system, a method, and a computer program product for accessing stored partially structured data using a structure-based query language. A partially-structured data is stored in a data management system using at least one key-value pair. Using the data management system, a query of data is processed. The query is generated using a structured language. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088925 | USER INTERFACE FOR PIVOT VIEWS - An aspect of the present disclosure enables a user to specify a first pivot view as a publisher upon change of a criteria for selection of data points, and a second pivot view as a subscriber upon occurrence of the change. When an event representing a change of the criteria in the first view is detected, both the first view and the second view are updated reflecting the change in the selection criteria. According to another aspect of the present invention the formation of elements of a pivot view is based a GROUP BY and a ROLLUP construct. According to yet another aspect, a user can modify the axis for a pivot chart, and an updated chart, corresponding to the modified axis, is displayed. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088926 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAST SET-MEMBERSHIP TESTS USING ONE OR MORE PROCESSORS THAT SUPPORT SINGLE INSTRUCTION MULTIPLE DATA INSTRUCTIONS - Methods and apparatuses for determining set-membership using Single Instruction Multiple Data (“SIMD”) architecture are presented herein. Specifically, methods and apparatuses are discussed for determining, in parallel, whether multiple values in a first set of values are members of a second set of values. Many of the methods and systems discussed herein are applied to determining whether one or more rows in a dictionary-encoded column of a database table satisfy one or more conditions based on the dictionary-encoded column. However, the methods and systems discussed herein may apply to many applications executed on a SIMD processor using set-membership tests. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088927 | Systems and Methods for Establishing and Using a Personal Linking Graph - Systems and methods are provided for using a personal finking graph. An electronic device obtains a first entity. It searches a links database, which includes one or more links between the first entity and other entities. The one or more links form the personal linking graph. The electronic device identifies a second entity associated with the first entity through the one or more links. An action related to the second entity is then performed. For example, the second entity is displayed. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088928 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Electronic Reading by Identifying Relationships Between Sections of Electronic Text - An apparatus, method and article of manufacture of the present invention detects the presence of references to the same concept in separate sections of text, and, with no input required from the reader, presents the reader with information concerning the detected references to the concept. The information provided may comprise information related to the location of the reference to the concept in other sections of text, and the reader also is provided the ability to move from one reference to a concept directly to another reference to the same concept. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150088929 | COMPARING SETS OF CHARACTER DATA HAVING TERMINATION CHARACTERS - Multiple sets of character data having termination characters are compared using parallel processing and without causing unwarranted exceptions. Each set of character data to be compared is loaded within one or more vector registers. In particular, in one embodiment, for each set of character data to be compared, an instruction is used that loads data in a vector register to a specified boundary, and provides a way to determine the number of characters loaded. Further, an instruction is used to find the index of the first delimiter character, i.e., the first zero or null character, or the index of unequal characters. Using these instructions, a location of the end of one of the sets of data or a location of an unequal character is efficiently provided. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095366 | DYNAMIC SEARCH SERVICE - Systems and methods may provide for implementing a dynamic search service. In one example, the method may include receiving information relating to a topic of interest to a user, analyzing the information to determine a search parameter, conducting a coordinated search of content utilizing a plurality of device, generating and gathering results of a coordinated search from the plurality of devices, and generating a result communication including at least one result of the coordinated search. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095367 | Mapping Between Tokenization Domains - A tokenization environment includes a first tokenization system in a first token domain and a second tokenization system in a second token domain. A token mapper accesses a first token from the first tokenization system and maps it to a second token from the second tokenization system. The first token can be a single-use or SLT token mapped to a clear text value within a single-use token table in the first tokenization system. The token mapper can identify the clear text value, and can query a multi-use token table in the second tokenization system with the clear text value to identify a multi-use token (the second token) mapped to the same clear text value. The token mapper can store the association between the first token and the second token in a token map. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095368 | IDENTIFYING ENTITIES BASED ON INTERACTIVITY MODELS - An interactivity system is provided that tracks interactivity between a target entity and participant entities and identifies entities whose interactions satisfy an interactivity criterion. The interactivity system maintains for the target entity interactivity models between the target entity and each participant entity, with each interactivity model modeling the interactions between the target entity and that participant entity. The interactivity system dynamically updates the interactivity models as notification of interactions are received. Upon receiving a query that specifies an interactivity criterion, the interactivity system analyzes the interactivity models to determine whether the interactivity criterion is satisfied. When an interactivity criterion is satisfied, the interactivity system sends a response to the query indicating that the interactivity criterion is satisfied along with the identity of the entity that satisfies the interactivity criterion. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095369 | METHOD AND NETWORKING EQUIPMENT FOR ACQUIRING FEATURE INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides a method and networking equipment for acquiring feature information. It relates to a field of computer and communication technology to acquire the device information using the networking equipment such as a router and to send the device information to other users. The method may include: receiving a network connection request sent from a first terminal device; acquiring device information of the first terminal device in response to the received network connection request; determining the feature information of the first terminal device based on the acquired device information; and outputting the determined feature information. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095370 | METHODS FOR AND APPARATUS FOR CONTENT OBJECTIVE PROFILING - The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for creating and presenting content objective data from a content agnostic profiling system. More specifically, the present disclosure includes computerized apparatus logically connected and programmed to catalog skills, knowledge, and experience of individuals in a content agnostic manner. In some aspects, the present disclosure relates to extracting objective qualities from subjective content. The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for standardizing qualities and inputs over a plurality of sources, including, for example, one or more of companies, departments, and fields. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095371 | Systems, Methods and Program Instructions for Calling a Database Function with a URL - Systems, methods and program instructions are described for calling a database function with a URL. Many databases have functions, also referred to as logical elements, built into the database that can be called to retrieve data. A web URL can be used to call such a programming function by formatting the URL in a specific manner. After the URL is received, it can be parsed to determine the resource path and parameters, if any exist. The database function specified in the URL is called using the specified parameters, if any exist. The results can be interpreted and an appropriate response can be streamed. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150106398 | JEWELRY PIECE WITH GRAPHICAL DISPLAY - A jewelry piece for displaying images is disclosed that includes a graphical display configured to display a plurality of images, a casing configured to house the graphical display and configured to mount to an object to form the jewelry piece, and a processor configured to receive a notification from a computing device and output an image on the graphical display based on the received notification. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106399 | GESTURE-BASED SEARCHING - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates in situ searching of data. An interface can receive a flick gesture from an input device. An in situ search component can employ an in situ search triggered by the flick gesture, wherein the in situ search is executed on at least one of a portion of data selected on the input device. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150106400 | System And Method For Intelligent Storage Of Time Shifted Content - A media broker comprises a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a request from a user to record a requested media item. The media broker proceeds to query an aggregated stored content list (ASCL) including information indicative of each of the media items stored on one or more media storage device communicatively coupled to the media broker to determine if the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. If it is determined that the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices the user that requested the media item is informed and the media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. Conversely, if it is determined that the requested media item is not stored on the one or more media storage devices, the requested media item is recorded. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150113017 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AGGREGATING INFORMATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS VIA A NETWORK - One or more systems, devices, methods, and/or processes described can apply searches and/or filters to data of social networks with respect to one or more geographical locations, geospatial references, location-based contexts, and/or map-based references. One or more social networks can be queried with search and/or filter parameters and one or more geographic locations, and results received from the social network(s) can be based on the search and/or filter parameter(s) and the geographic location(s) and presented to a user on a map or other user interface. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150120774 | MODIFIED B+ TREE NODE SEARCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Disclosed are a modified B+ tree node searching method and apparatus including setting a search range including one or more key values based on an input of a user; generating a pointer set including pointers for searching for child nodes based on the set search range; transmitting an I/O request in parallel by using the generated pointer set; and searching for data of a node corresponding to a request for the input based on the transmitted I/O request. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120775 | ANSWERING RELATIONAL DATABASE QUERIES USING GRAPH EXPLORATION - Embodiments are directed to processing queries using schema graph traversal and to establishing a schema graph that allows queries to be answered by traversing graph nodes. In one scenario, a computer system receives a query which specifies relational tables and corresponding relationships that are to be retrieved from a relational database. The computer system accesses a schema graph that includes graph nodes representing relational tables, as well as edges that identify relationships between the relational tables. The graph nodes include relational data that was loaded from one storage area (e.g. a non-volatile storage area), and the schema graph is stored in a second storage area (e.g. a volatile storage area). The computer system then traverses the schema graph, beginning at a set of graph nodes and continuing along the edges to other graph nodes until the query has been satisfied, and then reports the results of the graph traversal. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120776 | VIRTUAL DIRECTORY SERVER TO PROCESS DIRECTORY REQUESTS WHEN INFORMATION ON AN OBJECT IS SPLIT ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES - A virtual directory server (VDS) provided according to an aspect of the present disclosure maintains attribute data identifying a corresponding set of stored attributes associated with each data source, with each data source storing values for associated set of stored attributes. Upon receiving a first request based on query attributes, the VDS identifies a set of data sources based on the stored attribute data, with each data source storing values for at least one of the query attributes. The VDS then forms constituent requests, with each constituent request having a corresponding pruned filter suitable for the respective data source. The constituent requests are sent to the respective data sources. The VDS forms a final response from the constituent responses received from the corresponding data sources by joining the constituent entries, and sends the final response to a client system from which the first request is received. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150127677 | ENTERPRISE GRAPH SEARCH BASED ON OBJECT AND ACTOR RELATIONSHIPS - Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for implementing enterprise graph search. In at least one implementation, an enterprise search service receives a search request that includes a graph query directed to an enterprise graph. The graph is representative of a various objects and actors associated with an enterprise, as well as which of the actors performed which of various actions with respect to each of the. The service searches at least a portion of the enterprise graph to identify a subset of the objects that relate to the actors as defined by the graph query in terms of at least the actors and actions. A reply to the search request may include graph results indicative of the subset of the objects. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150134689 | IMAGE BASED LOCATION DETERMINATION - Image based location determination is provided. For example, one or more computing devices receive an image of a location. The image is processed to identify one or more features in the image. The one or more computing devices may access pre-stored geometry data that identifies a plurality of features and associated locations. A matching location is determined by comparing the identified one or more features to the pre-stored geometry data. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134690 | FEATURE SELECTION FOR IMAGE BASED LOCATION DETERMINATION - Feature selection is provided for geometry data in an image-based based location determination. For example, one or more computing devices may receive information collected for a particular area. The one or more computing devices may identify one or more features and associated location from the received information. Given ones of the identified one or more features are selected based on a characteristic of a user. The selected ones of the one or more features and the associated locations are used to generate a set of geometry data for the particular area. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134691 | Pattern Matching of Sound Data using Hashing - Pattern matching of sound data using hashing is described. In one or more implementations, a query formed from one or more spectrograms of sound data is hashed and used to locate one or more labels in a database of sound signals. Each of the labels is located using a hash of an entry in the database. At least one of the located one or more labels is chosen as corresponding to the query. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134692 | QUERYING A SPECIFIED DATA STORAGE LAYER OF A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - Technology is disclosed for retrieving data from a specific storage layer of a storage system (“the technology”). A query application programming interface (API) is provided that allows an application to specify a storage layer on which the query should be executed. The query API can be used in a multi-threaded environment which employs a combination of fast threads and slow threads to serve read/write requests from applications. The fast threads are configured to query on a first set of storage layers, e.g., storage layers in a primary storage, while the slow threads are configured to query on a second set of storage layers, e.g., storage layers in a secondary storage. If a fast thread does not find the requested data in the first set, the request is transferred to a slow thread and the fast thread is allocated to another request while the slow thread is serving the current request. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134693 | Feed Routing for Object Based Collaboration - Systems and methods for routing activity information related to objects in an external application to activity feeds associated with users in a collaboration group are disclosed. When activity information is received, it is routed to collaboration group feeds and user feeds based on a set of routing tables. The routing tables associated objects with events, containers, collaboration groups, and finally users. Based on the routing tables, users who belong to a collaboration groups that are associated with a particular object may see the activity information about that object rendered in an activity feed if the external application grants them permission to access the object. Accordingly, security associated with the object in the external application can be maintained when event information about that object is shared in an activity feed in a collaboration system. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134694 | ANALYTICS - Apparatus for and a method of providing access to comparison metrics data relating to the comparison of a test or target group with a reference group, such as a benchmark group. An analytics system is also described. The apparatus comprises: a database of reference metrics data determined from testing of members of a reference population; means for selecting target group metrics data, the metrics data determined from testing of the members of the target group and associated with metadata relating to the target group; means for selecting at least one item of metadata; means for selecting a reference group from the reference population in dependence on the selected metadata, the reference group being associated with reference group metrics data determined from testing of the members of the reference group and associated with metadata relating to the reference group; means for selecting a comparison aspect, the comparison aspect being associated with a subset of metrics data; means for generating comparison data relating to the comparison of the distribution of metrics data values for the target group with that of the reference group in accordance with the selected comparison aspect; and means for outputting the resulting comparison data. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134695 | MANAGING JOB STATUS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for job management. One of the methods includes receiving a status report for each of a plurality of jobs from a pluggable status reporter. The jobs are executed by applications in a distributed computing system. The applications are developed in at least two different software frameworks. A job type for each job is determined. A specific status handler associated with the job type is selected to determine specified status information for the job. The specified status information is stored and associated with the job in a status database. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134696 | MANAGING AND TROUBLESHOOTING CHANGES IN DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS ON A NETWORK NODE - A system is configured to monitor traffic being transmitted among a group of nodes; detect a configuration statement being transported from a first node to a second node, where the configuration statement identifies a first configuration to be implemented on the second node; create a record, associated with the configuration statement, that identifies a manner in which a second configuration, that existed on the second node before receiving the configuration statement, is to be changed to the first configuration, where the record includes terms obtained from the configuration statement; generate tags, associated with the record, based on the terms or a first identifier associated with the second node; and associate the tags with the record, where associating the tags with the record allows a search to be performed, using a search query based on the tags, to obtain a configuration history that includes the record or another record. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150134697 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Utility Common Pool Database - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for providing for utility common pool database. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for utilizing a common pool database. The method may include transmitting, by one or more networks, one or more queries comprising location data from a mobile device to a server in communication with a database; receiving, from the database by the one or more networks, localized field information based at least in part on the one or more queries; and outputting the localized field information via the mobile device. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150142845 | Smart database caching - A system and method for smart caching, in which caching is performed according to one or more functional criteria, in which the functional criteria includes at least time elapsed since a query was received for the data. Preferably at least data is cached. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142846 | ASYNCHRONOUS SEARCH FOR BIG OBJECTS - Techniques and systems for completing a database query. A time to complete a synchronous query in response to receiving an original database query is estimated by a database management system provided by one or more computing devices. A synchronous database query corresponding to the original database query is performed with the database management system if the estimated time to complete the synchronous query is less than a pre-selected threshold time. One or more asynchronous queries corresponding to the original database query are performed with the database management system if the estimated time to complete the synchronous query is greater than the pre-selected threshold time. A result, whether from a synchronous query or one or more asynchronous queries, is stored in an object within a non-relational database system. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150142847 | GENERATION OF A DATA MODEL APPLIED TO QUERIES - Embodiments include generating data models that may give semantic meaning for unstructured or structured data that may include data generated and/or received by search engines, including a time series engine. A method includes generating a data model for data stored in a repository. Generating the data model includes generating an initial query string, executing the initial query string on the data, generating an initial result set based on the initial query string being executed on the data, determining one or more candidate fields from one or results of the initial result set, generating a candidate data model based on the one or more candidate fields, iteratively modifying the candidate data model until the candidate data model models the data, and using the candidate data model as the data model. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149500 | MULTI-LEVEL LOOKUP ARCHITECTURE TO FACILITATE FAILURE RECOVERY - The disclosed embodiments relate to a data storage system that facilitates efficiently recovering from storage device failures. Upon receiving a request to retrieve a data block from the data storage system, the system uses a hash that identifies the data block to look up a bucket and an associated cell containing the data block. Note that the bucket aggregates a large number of data blocks and is located in the associated cell that comprises a set of object storage devices (OSDs). Within the cell, the system uses the bucket to look up an OSD that contains the bucket in a local bucket database (BDB) for the cell. Within the OSD, the system uses the bucket and the hash to look up an offset and a length for the data block in a write-ahead log that stores data blocks for the bucket. Finally, the system returns the data block from the determined offset. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149501 | Scheduling Database Queries Based on Elapsed Time of Queries - A system, for example, an online system or a database system schedules requests received for execution. The system maintains consumer groups and receives a measure of amount of resources allocated for each consumer group. The system maintains a measure of accumulated elapsed time of execution of requests received from each consumer group. If the system determines that resources are available for executing a request, the system selects a request for execution from a consumer group based on the measure of accumulated elapsed time for processing queries for the consumer group and the measure of amount of resources allocated for the consumer group. The system maintains relative cumulative elapsed times of queries across consumer groups in the same ratio as the allocated share for the consumer groups. Accordingly, the system schedules requests such that each consumer group approaches its allocation of resources compared to other groups smoothly over time. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150293944 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes a creating unit that creates correspondence information that, based on reproduction history information representing a date and time of reproduction of content information and photographing history information representing a date and time of photographing of image information, associates the content information with the image information. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293972 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED FOR PROVIDING INPUT CANDIDATE ITEMS CORRESPONDING TO AN INPUT CHARACTER STRING - An input device for providing input candidate items corresponding to an input character string includes an obtaining module configured to obtain an input character string, a context determining module configured to determine context information of the input character string, a candidate items determining module configured to determine one or more input candidate items corresponding to the input character string based on the input character string and the context information, and a providing module configured to provide at least one of the one or more input candidate items to a target application corresponding to the input character string. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293979 | Propagation Through Perdurance - An event processor accepts event representations that comprise perdurance and epistemological relationships among entities or entity references, and the event processor stores information derived from event representations in a datastore. A search component searches entities based on local epistemological and perdurance properties, and a perdurance engine traverses the perdurance relationships obtained from the datastore. An epistemological propagator generates derived epistemological relationships using the perdurance engine and local epistemological data obtained from the datastore. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150302034 | CORRELATING DATABASE AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE VIEWS - Technology is disclosed for providing access to operation performance of various storage mediums in a distributed storage system, which store and host data associated with a database (“the technology”). The technology can identify the storage mediums storing data associated with a particular database, gather data associated with performance of each of the identified storage mediums storing data associated with the particular database, and generate performance statistics associated with each of the identified storage mediums utilizing the gathered data and provide the generated statistics as a performance overview of storage associated with the particular database. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302055 | GENERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SYNTHETIC CONTEXT EVENTS FROM SYNTHETIC CONTEXT OBJECTS - A method, computer program product and system for generating and maintaining synthetic context events. The steps include searching a data structure of synthetic context-based objects and associated data for a pattern of context exhibited at a first specified frequency within a first specified time period; combining the synthetic context-based objects and associated data exhibiting the pattern of context exhibited at the first specified frequency within the first specified time period into a synthetic context event; and optimizing and maintaining the synthetic context event by searching the data structure for additional synthetic context-based objects and associated data exhibiting a same pattern of context at a second specified time period different than the first specified time period and adding the additional synthetic context-based objects and associated data to the synthetic context event. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150302060 | METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION - The invention relates to a method of identifying a subject person | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150310007 | RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS - A records management system and method that permits paper records to be tagged, stored and retrieved according to user criteria. The system includes a scanning module, a central server, one or more user workstations and an optical character recognition server. After scanning, the records may then be serialized and categorized by project, and then supplemented automatically by the system with a hypertext data file. The system provides for the manual input of additional hypertext data and merger of the hypertext data file with other records in the project. The end user may then search and/or filter records according to information contained in the hypertext data file. Output from the system may include summary excerpts whereby summaries for data contained in select pages of each document in a project are associated with at least dates, page numbers, and providers for the data. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317346 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DATA STRUCTURE STORAGE - A system and method for storing, reading, and updating data structures in a database. The system and method can include storing an entry in a structure table for each data structure, where each data structure is associated with a unique identifier. The system and method can also include storing an entry for each field of a data structure in n field table corresponding to a data type of the field, where the entry for each field is associated with the unique identifier of the data structure. A field for a data structure can be accessed by searching the appropriate field table for the unique identifier of the data structure. Additionally, the data structure can be updated by adding a new entry in the structure table and new entries in the field tables. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317347 | Portable Application Registry - The application describes updating, by a computing system, a table to include first data usable to locate a first portion of metadata in a supplementary database that is accessible from a storage device. The metadata is related to one or more functions of an application that execute on the computing system. The table also includes second data usable to locate a second portion of the metadata in a system database of the computing system. During execution of the application, a request for one or more portions of the metadata is received, and the table is used to determine one or more locations of the one or more portions of the metadata of the request. In response to the request, at least one of the first portion of the metadata is read from the supplementary database or the second portion of the metadata is read from the system database. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317358 | Methods For Query Processing Of Topological Relationships Among Complex Spatial Objects - An optimized method of processing queries requesting a description of a spatial relationship between a test geometry and a query geometry, such as points, lines, polygons, and collections thereof, is disclosed. A first part of the method finds a first spatial relationship between a minimum bounding rectangle (MBR) of the test geometry and an In-Memory R-tree (IMR-tree) built to describe the query geometry. If the first relationship does not specify the requested description, then a second part of the method uses the IMR-tree of the query geometry to find a second spatial relationship between the test geometry itself and the query geometry. Optimizations are applied to the first part and to the second part. Optimizations in the second part depend on the test geometry. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324390 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING - In various embodiments, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing digital images captured by a mobile device are disclosed. The exemplary image processing techniques are coupled with inbound and outbound communications protocols and workflows configured to facilitate closed-loop processing, such that a method includes initiating a workflow; providing one or more of case information and raw data to the workflow; processing one or more of the case information and the raw data to generate a processing result; storing at least some of the case information in association with the processing result, wherein the associated case information acts as an identifier of the processing result; transmitting at least the processing result and the identifier; receiving, in response to the transmitting, a reply comprising the identifier; and retrieving at least the processing result using the identifier. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324424 | MANAGEMENT OF PARALLEL USER INPUTS IN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - A discussion thread is associated with a master recipients list that is maintained at an author's computer or a server computer. The recipients list is revised as participants in the discussion are added to and/or removed from the discussion. An author is notified when target recipients do not match the master recipients list. When a participant is added to the discussion from an old discussion instance, a thread manager provides for the added participant to receive a more current discussion instance. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150324485 | LOOKUP WITH KEY SEQUENCE SKIP FOR RADIX TREES - Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether a key is stored in a radix tree. An example system includes a traverser that identifies a container including a sequence of elements. The system also includes a match module that identifies, based on a number of skipped elements in a key, a chunk of the key. The match module determines whether the chunk matches the prefix included in the traversed container. The system further includes a skipping module that when the chunk of the key is determined to match the prefix, skips a number of elements after the chunk in the key. When the chunk of the key is determined to match the prefix, the traverser traverses one or more immediate child containers of the identified container and the search module identifies, based on the number of skipped elements, the chunk of the key. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DISTRIBUTED CLINICAL LABORATORY - A method is provided for collecting data in a distributed laboratory system. The method comprises transmitting electronic sample processing data from at least one of a plurality of distributed, sample processing units to a laboratory information system having an interface for communicating over a computer network; wherein a data pathway for sample processing data from the one of the sample processing units to the laboratory information system comprises traversing at least one wide area network, wherein the data along the data pathway is handled by at least: a central database collecting said sample processing data from a plurality of sample processing units, and a listener application configured to processing data from the central database for paired sample processing unit data. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339304 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE FOR GENERATING TIME-CODED METADATA BASED ON A SEARCH AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video processing device includes a content analyzer that receives a video signal and generates content recognition data based on the video signal, wherein the content recognition data is associated with at least one timestamp included in the video signal. A metadata search device generates time-coded metadata in response to content recognition data and in accordance with the at least one time stamp. A metadata association device generates a processed video signal from the video signal, wherein the processed video signal includes the time-coded metadata. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339361 | EXPOSING DATA TO QUERY GENERATING APPLICATIONS USING USAGE PROFILES - A query handling arrangement is disclosed for a federated database system. The database system includes data storing applications configured to store data in corresponding databases. The query handling arrangement includes a query handling device that receives a database query from a query generating application concerning the obtaining of data from the databases, obtains usage profiles regarding allowed use of the data in the databases provided by a usage profile announcing device, investigates the usage profiles, obtains data from the databases according to the obtained usage profiles, and responds to the query with the obtained data. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339401 | CONSOLIDATION OF WEB CONTENTS BETWEEN WEB CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A method for consolidating reusable image components with multi-media contents is provided. The method includes defining a location in a content template for storing a library of reusable image components and multi-media contents. The method further includes transmitting at least one multi-media content of a digital asset management environment, wherein the transmitted at least one multi-media content is stored in the defined location of the content template with the library of reusable image components. The method further includes determining if the selected at least one multi-media content was transmitted, stored and, is present in the defined location of the content template. The method further includes generating in the defined location of authoring content template, another library of reusable image components of the at the least one multi-media content, if the at least one multi-media content is not confirmed present in the defined location of the content template. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150347410 | Cached Views - Embodiments relate to view caching techniques that cache for a limited time, some of the (intermediate) results of a previous query execution, in order to avoid expensive re-computation of query results. Particular embodiments may utilize a cache manager to determine whether information relevant to a subsequent user request can be satisfied by an existing cache instance or view, or whether creation of an additional cache instance is appropriate. At design time, cache defining columns of a view are defined, with user input parameters automatically being cache defining. Cache instances are created for each tuple of literals for the cache defining columns, and for each explicit or implicit group by clause. Certain embodiments may feature enhanced reuse between cache instances, in order to limit memory footprint. Over time a cache instances may be evicted from memory based upon implementation of a policy such as a Least Recently Used (LRU) strategy. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347467 | DYNAMIC CREATION OF DOMAIN SPECIFIC CORPORA - A model of a domain is received, wherein the model has a plurality of elements. A corpus of select documents covering the plurality of elements of the model is also received. A plurality of select topics is generated from the corpus of select documents. Topics of an additional document are compared to the plurality of select topics to calculate a distance between the topics of the additional document and the plurality of select topics. Upon the distance meeting a threshold value, a new corpus is generated to include the additional document. The new document is annotated with the plurality of elements of the model. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347511 | UNIVERSAL IDENTIFIER - A user listening to a content item on a preceding device and wishes to continue with the listening experience on a subsequent device initiates a continuity request from the subsequent device to the preceding device. The preceding device responds to the received continuity request by determining a multiverse identification that is contained in the continuity request, such that the multiverse identification uniquely identifies the content item that is currently playing on the preceding device over all known playback devices with which it has communicated. The subsequent device determines if the content item exists in a local database of the subsequent device and, if it exists, the subsequent device plays the content item from the local database of the subsequent device, and otherwise obtains the content item. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347517 | ADAPTIVE QUERY PROCESSOR FOR QUERY SYSTEMS WITH LIMITED CAPABILITIES - A query processor determines if an initial query results in a query system having a search engine coupled to a database to identify a limited maximum number of records deliverable by the query system. This limitation is indicative of an incomplete result because records are includable in the query may not be included in the result. In response the query processor generates a plurality of queries that cause the query system to generate results that identify less than the maximum number. The results of the plurality of queries are combined as a response to the initial query. Duplicate records caused by any overlap in the plurality of queries may be eliminated from the combination. Determining a median value of a query range that causes the query system to deliver the maximum number of records may be utilized in the generation of the plurality of queries. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150348207 | TRANSACTION RETRIEVAL - The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for executing a script to retrieve chargeback records. The method may execute a script for retrieving one or more chargeback records for one or more merchants from one or more web portals of one or more financial institutions. The one or more chargeback records may represent a return of funds to one or more purchasers by the one or more financial institutions. The script may have commands. These commands may navigate a web browser to a web portal associated with at least one financial institution. These commands may also provide authentication information for the at least one merchant into the web portal, access the one or more chargeback records for the at least one merchant, and download the one or more chargeback records. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150356080 | Providing Media Items from Playback History - Embodiments are described for providing media items from a playback history for media items played by one or more playback zones in a media playback system. A computing device maintains the playback history. The playback history includes, for each of the media items, (i) an indication of a playback zone in which the media item was played, (ii) a time at which the media item was played, and (iii) metadata associated with the media item. The metadata may include, among others, at least one of an album associated with the media item, a genre associated with the media item, and a track name associated with the media item. The computing device, in response to a request, may transmit a portion of the playback history based on the request. The portion of the playback history identifies media items played by one of the playback zones at a given time. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356108 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD - The present invention is provided to suppress input and output requests to a storage apparatus when a plurality of cloned files has been created based on one shared file. A storage system comprises a plurality of clone-use cache areas | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356131 | ACCESSING AN EXTERNAL TABLE IN PARALLEL TO EXECUTE A QUERY - An approach, referred to herein as parallelized-external-table access, generates rows from a single external table in parallel for a given query. Under parallelized-external-table access, an execution plan generated for the query includes multiple work granules that generate rows for a single external table from a data source. Such work granules are referred to herein as external work granules. Each external work granule of the execution plan may be assigned to a slave process, which executes the external work granule in parallel with another slave process executing another external work granule. External tables are accessible on a cluster of data nodes in a distributed data access system (e.g. Hadoop Distributed File System) connected to a DBMS. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150356178 | SEARCH AND IDENTIFICATION OF VIDEO CONTENT - Methods and systems for searching for and retrieving video content via fingerprint matching are described. In some example embodiments, the methods and systems access an index of reference fingerprints, such as quantized values associated with multiple values calculated from patches of a frame, that are associated with sequential frames of known video content. The methods and systems may receive a search query that includes a group of query fingerprints associated with sequential frames of video content presented at a client device, access the index, compare the group of query fingerprints to reference fingerprints of the index, determine that the group of query fingerprints match the reference fingerprints of the index, and identify the video content presented at the client device based on the determined match. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363440 | QUERY HANDLING IN A COLUMNAR DATABASE - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing a query in a column database is provided. The method for analyzing test results may include a computer, associating a first set of metadata values with a set of records in a table, wherein each record has an associated state indicated by a metadata value. The method may further include the computer receiving a query to return one or more records of the set of records. The method may further include the computer determining that one or more records in the set of records satisfies the query. The method may further include the computer determining whether at least a first record in the one or more records that satisfies the query is in a returnable state based, at least in part, on the metadata value. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363468 | QUERY HANDLING IN A COLUMNAR DATABASE - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for processing a query in a column database is provided. The method for analyzing test results may include a computer, associating a first set of metadata values with a set of records in a table, wherein each record has an associated state indicated by a metadata value. The method may further include the computer receiving a query to return one or more records of the set of records. The method may further include the computer determining that one or more records in the set of records satisfies the query. The method may further include the computer determining whether at least a first record in the one or more records that satisfies the query is in a returnable state based, at least in part, on the metadata value. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363494 | PERFORMING AN OBJECT RELATIONAL MODEL QUERY AGAINST A DATABASE THAT INCLUDES FIELDS DEFINED AT RUNTIME - A facility for querying user-defined database columns is described. The facility receives a database query referring to one or more database columns, at least one of the referred-to database columns being a user-defined database column. The facility provides access to a database query result generated for the perceived database query via a programmatic object. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150363549 | DATA ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - The computational cost for a mapping process performed in analyzing genome/exome/transcriptome is reduced by sorting all cyclic permutations or suffixes of all read sequences to allow a search to be performed on the basis of any base sequence as a key. Also performed is computing and storing, for each base position in a genome sequence, the minimum length for uniqueness (MLU) at which a partial sequence starting from the base position becomes unique in the genome. In analysis of variations, a target region is scanned to inspect the number of matching read sequences that contain a partial sequence with a length of MLU and thus estimate the position of a variation, and then, the read sequences are collected at a position where the possibility of a variation having occurred is high to perform comparison analysis of the sequences. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150370831 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT AN IDENTIFIED OBJECT - A method and apparatus for identifying an object from an image or context aware information and providing information about the identified object. The method includes identifying at least one object included in an image being displayed or to be displayed on a user device, obtaining relationship information of an identified object based on identification information of the identified object, and outputting the relationship information to at least one of the user device and a device of the identified object. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370892 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIO IDENTIFICATION - Various aspects of a system and a method for accessing information associated with a sample of background audio in a computing device are disclosed herein. The computing device records, at predetermined time intervals, a sample of background audio in a vicinity of the computing device. The computing device transmits the recorded sample of background audio to a server computing device. The recorded sample of background audio and a metadata associated with the recorded sample of background audio is stored at the server computing device. The computing device accesses information associated with the recorded sample of background audio from the server computing device. The information is determined by the server computing device based on the recorded sample of background audio. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370910 | HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, PROGRAM FOR REGISTERING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS, AND MEDIUM STORING HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS REGISTERING PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER - To provide a human relationships registering system, a method and a server for registering human relationships, a program for registering human relationships, and a medium storing human relationships registering program and readable by a computer, all of which are used to establish wide and close relationships with members having a variety of occupations or engaged in various technical fields and to obtain expert knowledge or information. The human relationships registering system comprises first data processing units | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150378561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECORDING AGENT INTERACTIONS - In a system for recording agent interactions, the system includes: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory has stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: initiate a screen recording session on an electronic device; receive a plurality of media communications during the screen recording session; generate a plurality of images of the screen recording session, each of the images corresponding to one of the media communications; and display at least one of the images in a playback user interface. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378984 | AUGMENTING SEMANTIC MODELS BASED ON MORPHOLOGICAL RULES - A computer processor determines a root of a first element of a semantic model, in which a first relationship of the first element to a second element of the semantic model, is unknown. The computer processor generates a search token, based on applying morphological rules to the root of the first element and appending a preposition. The computer processor determines one or more regular expressions by applying the search token to search a source of unstructured data. The one or more regular expressions are in a form of a triple, having a subject, a predicate, and an object, and the computer processor applies the predicate of the triple as the first relationship of the first element of the semantic model to a second element of the semantic model. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378992 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING DATA IN DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Provided are a method of moving data from a memory to a disk by using a single structural query language (SQL) statement and a method of moving data between tables. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379084 | GRID QUERIES - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to grid queries. In aspects, a client sends search criteria that represent two or more dimensions to a service. The service obtains results that satisfy the search criteria and performs intersection operations to populate a data grid. The data grid is then returned to the client for output on an output device of the client. The client may provide a user interface that allows quick updating of the search criteria to obtain a new data grid. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150379092 | RECOMMENDING LITERACY ACTIVITIES IN VIEW OF DOCUMENT REVISIONS - A system and method for receiving literacy metrics for an author, the literacy metrics based on multiple revisions of a document performed by the author and performing a comparison between the literacy metrics of the author and aggregated literacy metrics and providing, by a processing device, a recommendation for the author based on the comparison, is provided | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004723 | Providing Geographically Relevant Information to Users - To provide geographically relevant information to users, a service receives a selection of a geographic area and a selection of one or more topics of interest of interest from a user. Multiple location-specific, time-stamped submissions or posts are received from various users. The submissions are processed to identify one or more recent submissions related to the selected geographic area and relevant to the one or more topics of interest, substantially in real time. The identified recent submissions are provided to a device operated by the user for presentation via a user interface. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004750 | Generating and Storing Summarization Tables for Sets of Searchable Events - Embodiments are directed are towards the transparent summarization of events. Queries directed towards summarizing and reporting on event records may be received at a search head. Search heads may be associated with one more indexers containing event records. The search head may forward the query to the indexers the can resolve the query for concurrent execution. If a query is a collection query, indexers may generate summarization information based on event records located on the indexers. Event record fields included in the summarization information may be determined based on terms included in the collection query. If a query is a stats query, each indexer may generate a partial result set from previously generated summarization information, returning the partial result sets to the search head. Collection queries may be saved and scheduled to run and periodically update the summarization information. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEMANTICALLY QUERYING A DATABASE BY A MACHINE-TO-MACHINE APPLICATION - A method semantically queries a database by a machine-to-machine application. The database comprises hierarchically structured resources, and semantic information is annotated to at least one resource. The method includes issuing a semantic query for the database. A semantic engine analyses the semantic query. The semantic engine translates the analysed semantic query into one or more queries satisfying a communication protocol of the hierarchical resource structure of the database. The translated queries are provided to the database as a query result. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160012049 | IDENTIFICATION OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN PAGINATED DATA USING METADATA | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012102 | SEARCHING WITH CONTEXTUALLY RELATED QUERIES | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012128 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTER PLUG-IN COMMUNICATION | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012148 | EFFICIENT SEARCH KEY PROCESSING METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160012155 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE OF IMMUTABLE ACCESSORS WITH DYNAMIC BYTE ARRAYS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160019144 | SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS FOR ENABLING STORAGE TIER SELECTION AND USAGE AT A GRANULAR LEVEL - Certain example embodiments relate to memory management techniques that enable users to “pin” elements to particular storage tiers (e.g., RAM, SSD, HDD, tape, or the like). Once pinned, elements are not moved from tier-to-tier during application execution. A memory manager, working with at least one processor, receives requests to store and retrieve data during application execution. Each request is handled using a non-transitory computer readable storage medium (rather than a transitory computer readable storage medium), if the associated data is part of a data cache that is pinned to the non-transitory computer readable storage medium, or if the associated data itself is pinned to the non-transitory computer readable storage medium. If neither condition applies, the memory manager determines which one of the non-transitory and the transitory computer readable storage mediums should be used in handling the respective received request, and handles the request accordingly. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019259 | DATA RETRIEVAL ACROSS MULTIPLE MODELS - Model queries that identify and direct to retrieve from one or more logical data models. A model query engine interprets the model queries, and interacts accordingly with the identified logical data model(s) specified in the respective model query. The interaction may be in the form of respective logical data model queries to the respective logical data models, and results are returned in the modeling notation of that respective logical data model. The model query engine may then use the results to interact with a physical data model, after potentially translating the modeling notation into a common notation used by a physical data model. The interaction with the physical data model may be in the form of a physical data model query, with the results therefrom being assembled into a result set. Accordingly, queriers may formulate queries by referencing models, without having to understand the schema of the data source. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019261 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCH OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ATTACHMENTS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for generating a search of attachments are described. A search request based on a business template is obtained, the business template comprising a node containing an identity of an entity to which the attachment is attached and an attachment sub-node. A search request based on an attachment template is obtained, the attachment template comprising a root node referring to the attachment sub-node of the business template and a node containing an identity of the attachment. A search is performed based on the business template and the attachment template. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160019263 | SAVED QUERIES IN A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A user saves a structured query defining connections between two or more objects maintained by a social networking system. The social networking system finds objects matching the structured query, either by periodically performing searches for new objects or by analyzing objects as they are added or modified. The user creating the saved query can subsequently view the matching objects. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160026682 | Securing Database Content - Content is secured in a database. One or more columns in challenge tables are identified, and values from the challenge tables are retrieved. A database query may execute in response to a match between the values from the challenge tables and query data. However, if the query data fails to match the values from the challenge tables, execution of the database query may be disallowed. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026716 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NAVIGATIONAL SEARCHING OF A WEBSITE - Methods may display an interactive searching display window on a webpage. Methods may display a search box located on the interactive searching display window, which may enable a user to type in a query. Methods may display an answer box located on the interactive searching display window, which may display an answer to a user's query. Methods may display a minimize button, a maximize button and a pin button, which may allow the user to pin the interactive searching display window to one side of the webpage. Methods may redirect the user to a second webpage in response to the determination that greater than a threshold probability exists that the answer to the user's question may be found on the second webpage. Methods may display the interactive searching display window about a central location on the second webpage for a time period between 1.5 and 3.5 seconds. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026735 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATA IN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM - A method and a system for managing data of a database in a MES system enables improved horizontal scalability of the client-server applications. The manufacturing execution system manages and controls the planning and execution of a production process of a product. Resources and clients generate and request data related to the production process. A relational database system includes a write database and a read database. A central service bus links the resources to the write database. A logical worker entity handles commands from the resources and clients queued in the central service bus, thereby interpreting the actions related to the write database, collecting the data required to complete the actions, and launching the execution of the command. A logical reader entity captures all data requests from the resources and clients, launching the requests for data from the read database and sending the data back to the requesting resource or client. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026968 | PATTERN-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION WITH FEEDBACK - Automatically associating information technology resource patterns with specific information technology products by receiving a set of data about information technology assets, matching a subset of that data to a pattern in a set of patterns, determining that the subset of the data represents a product associated with that pattern, reporting this determination; receiving feedback on the accuracy of the determination, and updating pattern set information in response to that feedback. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160034539 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANAGING METADATA - A server for searching for metadata corresponding to content includes a communicator configured to receive metadata corresponding to content related to at least one device of a user, from the at least one device; and a controller configured to store the received metadata in a remote storage that is separate from the server, the received metadata being searchable, and upon receiving a search request containing a search term for searching for metadata, to search the received metadata stored in the remote storage for metadata related to the search term. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034566 | HIGH AVAILABILITY SCHEDULER FOR SCHEDULING MAP-REDUCE SEARCHES - A high availability scheduler of tasks in a cluster of server devices is provided. A server device of the cluster of server devices enters a leader state based upon the results of a consensus election process in which the server device participates with others of the cluster of server devices. Upon entering the leader state, the server device schedules one or more tasks by assigning each of the one or more tasks to a device, wherein the one or more tasks involve initiating a late-binding schema. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034600 | SAVING AND RETRIEVING LOCATIONS OF OBJECTS - Among other things, this document describes a computer-implemented method for storing and retrieving information about the locations of objects. The method can include receiving a first query that includes one or more terms identifying an object. The first query can be determined to include a command to store location information for the object. The first query can be parsed to determine identifying information for the object, and a location can be determined for the object. The method further includes identifying one or more attributes of the object that are not specified in the first query, and causing a first set of data to be stored that characterizes the identifying information for the objet, the location of the object, and the one or more attributes of the object. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041974 | ENHANCING TEXTUAL SEARCHES WITH EXECUTABLES - Receiving a search request by a computer. Parsing text-based search terms from the search request. Searching documents in a document index based on the text-based search terms. Transmitting to a user device a list of documents identified by the search. Receiving, from the user device, a selection of one of the identified documents. Parsing executable-based search terms from the search request. Identifying content defining an executable in the selected document. Forming a display element from the executable. Identifying and associating variable names and variable values in the search query with variable names and variable values in the executable. Forming a statement to solve from the search query. Solving the statement to solve. Substituting the variable values and the statement solution for corresponding variable names in the display element. Embedding the display element in the selected document, and transmitting the selected document with the embedded display element to the user device. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042059 | CONFIGURABLE CHARACTER VARIANT UNIFICATION - A method for configurable character variant unification is provided in the illustrative embodiments. A determination is made that a unification profile is applicable to a circumstance in which a character variant has been selected. The character variant is a variation of a character in a set of variations of the character such that each variation of the character in the set is represented by a unique Unicode code point. A unification repository is identified according to the profile. A determination is made whether the character variant satisfies a unification rule. Responsive to the character variant not satisfying the unification rule, a different variation of the character is selected from the unification repository, the different variation forming a replacement character variant. The replacement character variant is used in place of the character variant. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042068 | SERVICE ORIENTED QUERY AND SERVICE QUERY LANGUAGE FRAMEWORK - A method, system and/or non-transitory computer readable medium is used with a service repository that stores service definitions for services. A query facility inspects service definitions in the service repository. The query facility determines, from the inspection, first attributes associated with a first service and different second attributes associated with a second service, the first and second attributes being related to syntactic and semantic aspects of the first and second services. Responsive to a service oriented request which indicates the first service, the query facility determines a composability of the first and second services in accordance with a service oriented query (SOQ) framework, based on the first and second attributes and rules regarding composability of attributes, the rules being in accordance with the SOQ framework, the composability of the first and second services being determined with respect to both the syntactic and semantic aspects of the first and second services. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATING REACTIVE RESPONSES WITHIN LIVE OR STORED VIDEO, AUDIO OR TEXTUAL CONTENT - Methods and associated apparatus automatically activate ‘reactive’ responses within live or stored video, audio or textual content delivery. The invention allows participants to engage in a manner that closely approximates a live interaction with a “subject matter expert” of a product or service or with the presenter of a meeting or course. The various embodiments, including Demo, Training and Meeting applications, all involve admin-user(s) with a high degree of control over the above-mentioned media assets. The embodiments also involve end-users, also referred to as “viewers,” who may view and ask questions relating to the product, service or presentation showcased in the video, audio, or other media assets. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160055203 | METHOD FOR RECORD SELECTION TO AVOID NEGATIVELY IMPACTING LATENCY - Various techniques for offline record selection to avoid negatively impacting latency are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a search query from a client device via a network and in response to the received search query, determining if the received search query corresponds to one or more records of offline content. The records of offline content are previously determined and prior to receiving the search query. In response to determining that the received search query corresponds to at least one record of offline content, the method includes retrieving and providing the at least one record of offline content to the client device via the network. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055216 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - An information processing method includes steps of obtaining one or more kinds of information in any kind of computer data, extracting a feature from the obtained information and determining at least one feature word which corresponds to the extracted feature, according to a relationship table. In response to user operation, at least one determined feature word can be changed. The target content can be searched according to at least one changed feature word. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160055263 | Providing Action Search and Quick Action Cards - Described herein are techniques for a search feature within a business suite. The business suite includes one or more software applications configured to interoperate with one another. The one or more software applications can perform business functions which support the core business of the organization. The search feature receives a search query from a user and matches the search query to matching paraphrases (i.e., keywords) of actions in an actions database. If a match is found between a matching paraphrase and the search query, a presentation paraphrase that corresponds with the matching paraphrase is presented as part of a search result. Subsequent selection of the presentation paraphrase can cause the action to be executed. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160063039 | IDENTIFYING ENTITIES BASED ON INTERACTIVITY MODELS - An interactivity system is provided that tracks interactivity between a target entity and participant entities and identifies entities whose interactions satisfy an interactivity criterion. The interactivity system maintains for the target entity interactivity models between the target entity and each participant entity, with each interactivity model modeling the interactions between the target entity and that participant entity. The interactivity system dynamically updates the interactivity models as notification of interactions are received. Upon receiving a query that specifies an interactivity criterion, the interactivity system analyzes the interactivity models to determine whether the interactivity criterion is satisfied. When an interactivity criterion is satisfied, the interactivity system sends a response to the query indicating that the interactivity criterion is satisfied along with the identity of the entity that satisfies the interactivity criterion. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160063062 | CODE SEARCHING AND RANKING - A method, computerized apparatus and computer program product for providing a code segment in response to a query, the method comprising using at least one hardware processor for: receiving a multiplicity of code segments and meta data related to the code segments; analyzing each code segment of the multiplicity of code segments, said analyzing comprising: semantically analyzing the code segment to obtain a first rank, structurally analyzing the code segment to obtain a second rank, and analyzing the meta data associated with the code segment to obtain a third rank; combining the first rank, second rank and third rank into a total rank associated with the code segment; receiving a query; matching the query to each of the multiplicity of code segments to identify matching code segments; and providing the matching code segments in accordance with total ranks associated with each of the matching code segments. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070756 | METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR QUANTUM SEARCHING FOR MULTIPLE SEARCH TARGETS - A first iterative Grover Search process is performed by causing at least one quantum computer to perform a first series of Grover Searches according to a characteristic function for varying numbers of iterations to identify a first search target. The characteristic function is modified according to the identified first search target. A second iterative Grover Search process is performed by causing the at least one quantum computer to perform a second series of Grover Searches according to the modified characteristic function beginning with a number of iterations determined based on a number of iterations required for at least one prior iterative Grover Search process to identify a second search target. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070759 | System And Method For Integrating Real-Time Query Engine And Database Platform - Real-time responsiveness to queries regarding data in a relational database can be improved by performing in parallel continuous construction of a graph model of the data and answering the queries based on the graph model. Two processing threads are ran in parallel. The main thread receives user queries regarding data in a database and answers the queries based on a graph data structure stored as a graph model of the data. The main thread also starts a graph update thread, which continuously updates the graph model by requesting a server managing the database to build a description of a graph representative of the data, receiving the description, and storing the description in an initialized graph data structure. The graph data structure previously stored as the graph model is swapped for a more recently completed data structure that represents the data at a later point of time. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070788 | SIREN SIGNAL SOURCE DETECTION, RECOGNITION AND LOCALIZATION - A system comprises a microphone unit to be mounted in a first vehicle, which receives an audio signal from outside the first vehicle, processes the audio signal and outputs a microphone signal, a storage unit which stores a database containing, for each siren signal pattern of a plurality of siren signal patterns sounded by second vehicles, components of sparse models respectively corresponding to the plurality of siren signal patterns, and an identifying unit which matches the microphone signal with the components of the sparse models, and detects, based on a result of the matching, at least one of the second vehicles sounding a siren signal pattern of the plurality of siren signal patterns. According to an embodiment, the system further comprises a localizing unit which localizes the at least one second vehicle based on differences between timings of at least three microphone signals output from the microphone unit. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160078096 | Filtering Structured Search Queries Based on Privacy Settings - In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving an unstructured text query, identifying nodes and edges from a social graph that correspond to n-grams in the text query, generating structured queries that include references to the identified nodes and edges, receiving a selection of a structured query, identifying target nodes that correspond to the structured query, and then generating search results that include target nodes with privacy settings where the nodes and edges along the path connecting the target node and the querying user are all visible to the user. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085808 | UPLOADING EXTERNAL FILES AND ASSOCIATING THEM WITH EXISTING DATA MODELS - A computer-implemented method includes providing a fixed portion of a data model, uploading external files to an extended portion of the data model, matching at least some parts of the external files to the fixed portions of the data model, and using data from both the fixed and extended portions of the data model together. A computer-implemented method includes receiving a query from a user to a data model that includes a stored subject area portion and a stored extended subject area portion, accessing at least one storage to retrieve the subject area portion and the extended subject area portion, joining relevant portions of the subject area and extended subject area, extracting answers to the query from the joined portions, and reporting the answers to the user. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085862 | REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER RESOURCE COLLECTION MANAGEMENT - Management of resources within a representational state transfer architecture comprising a plurality of service resources. A persisted collection resource is accessed, and the persisted collection resource includes a collection query with at least one query parameter defining a collection of resources. The collection query is processed with respect to the resources within the computer system to generate a list of resources associated with the at least one query parameter. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085864 | VEHICLE-REPAIR SUPPORT SYSTEM, SERVER, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A vehicle-repair support system including a communication terminal and a server is provided. The communication terminal obtains vehicle information from a vehicle. The server receives vehicle information from the communication terminal and supports repair of the vehicle. The server comprises an inquiry unit, a search unit and a search result notification unit. The inquiry unit makes an inquiry to a repair requester about a vehicle condition. Based on a result of the inquiry made by the inquiry unit, the search unit makes a search for information about similar cases which involve a symptom similar to a symptom of the vehicle targeted for the repair. The search result notification unit notifies a result of the search made by the search unit to the communication terminal. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085872 | SUGGESTING MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON AN IMAGE CAPTURE - A method and/or system for suggesting media content based on an image capture may include receiving, from an electronic device, a request for recommendations based on an image capture, wherein the request comprises data associated with the image capture. One or more search objects may be determined based on an analysis of the request. A particular user associated with the electronic device and one or more search interest associated with the particular user may be determined. One or more custom recommendations for the particular user may be determined based on the one or more search objects and/or based on the one or more search interests. Recommendation data comprising the one or more custom recommendations may be sent to the electronic device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160092473 | MULTI-QUERY PRIVACY-PRESERVING PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A privacy-preserving multi-query parking management system and method. An image of a vehicle with respect to a specific part (e.g., license plate) can be captured when the vehicle enters via an entry point. An image signature can be computed by embedding the image into a descriptor space and the image signature can be stored in a database together with relevant metadata. An image of a vehicle with respect to the specific part can be captured when the vehicle exits via at least one exit point and an image signature can be computed. An entry-exit association with respect to the vehicle can be performed by searching for a most similar image signature in the database. Additionally, given a textual query (e.g., a license plate number), a signature can be computed by embedding the text into the same descriptor space. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092600 | Contextual Management of Client Devices - Centralized contextual awareness is used to resolve conflicts. When two or more client devices interact, a current context of each client device is evaluated for rule-based decisions. Conflicts in rules may be arbitrated based on policies and goals to generate a resolution. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098310 | DEVICE DRIVER ERROR ISOLATION ON DEVICES WIRED VIA FSI CHAINED INTERFACE - Fault isolation for a computer system having multiple FRUs in an FSI chain uses logic embedded in a device driver to determine first failure data and a logical error identifier. The logical error identifier represents a hardware logical area of the fault. The fault is then mapped to a segment of the system based on a self-describing system model which includes FRU boundary relationships for the devices. Operation of the device driver is carried out by a flexible service processor. The device driver uses the first failure data to identify a link at a failure point corresponding to the fault and determine a failure type at the link, then maps the link and the failure type to the logical error identifier. After identifying the segment, the device driver can generate a list of callouts of the field replaceable units associated with the segment which require replacement. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098397 | DYNAMIC SUMMARY GENERATOR - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a request for information about a term from a user; obtaining, at one or more processors, one or more characteristics of the user; obtaining, at the one or more processors, a template including a plurality of attributes associated with the term; generating, at the one or more processors and based on the one or more characteristics of the user, a response, the response including a respective description for each attribute of the plurality of attributes in the template; and providing for output, data representing the response. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098427 | FILTERING INVENTORY OBJECTS USING IMAGES IN AN RFID SYSTEM - A method for filtering scanned objects displayed on a reader is provided. The reader may scan one or more transponders, and obtain, from a database, an image for each scanned transponder. Each transponder may be associated with an object (e.g., an item of retail inventory). The obtained image for each object may be presented on an interface, and a selection of an object category may be received using the obtained images. A determination may be made as to which objects are associated with the selected object category. A display screen may display data associated with only the objects associated with the selected object category. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098446 | LIMITING SCANS OF LOOSELY ORDERED AND/OR GROUPED RELATIONS IN A DATABASE - Data within a database object are accessed based on a query with a predicate including a plurality of conditional expressions. Elements of the database object are stored among a plurality of different storage regions along with range values for element values within each storage region. Each conditional expression of the query predicate is applied to the range values for each storage region to produce evaluation results of that conditional expression for each storage region. The evaluation result of each conditional expression for a corresponding storage region is combined to produce aggregated results for each of the storage regions, where the aggregated result for a corresponding storage region indicates results of a tri-state evaluation (e.g., true/false or unknown) of the conditional expressions for that storage region. One or more corresponding individual storage regions are scanned based on the aggregated results for those storage regions when the tri-state evaluation is unknown. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098452 | SEARCH-ON-THE-FLY/SORT-ON-THE-FLY SEARCH ENGINE FOR SEARCHING DATABASES - A method implemented on a computer for searching databases includes the computer receiving a search query for a database, the database including database fields; and dynamically providing and displaying a list of a plurality of the database fields. The list includes a descriptor indicating a data category of each database field. The computer also dynamically determines a quantity of entries in each database field. For each database field, the computer dynamically sets a limit based on a capacity to display the quantity of entries and for each database field having the quantity of entries exceeding the limit, the computer truncates data by adjusting a size of the quantity of entries until a displayable quantity of entries is achieved. The computer then displays the truncated data. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103859 | Systems and Methods for Segmentation By Object in Data Sets - Described is a system and method for storing a plurality of data points in a form Subject->Object and Object->Subject, where subject and object are differently typed entities, wherein the data points are stored in a plurality of segments, performing an expression search in each segment to identify an expression set of objects or subjects which can be viewed as the right hand side of the expression, determining, for each segment, actions corresponding to each of the data points in the expression set, determining a count of each of the actions and applying a metric to each of the expression set, the actions and the count to obtain a result. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160103919 | Methods and Systems for Social Networking Based on Nucleic Acid Sequences - The invention relates to methods and systems for social networking based on profile characteristics (e.g., including phenotypic information) and/or genetic sequence information. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110386 | AUTOMATIC IDENTITY RECONCILIATION USING IMAGE PROCESSING - A method of automatic identity reconciliation includes identifying a plurality of identifiers that are spaced apart from each other within a digital image of a physical component in a distributed computer system. The method includes retrieving an attribute of the physical component based on one of the plurality of identifiers. Moreover, the method includes storing the plurality of identifiers with an association to the attribute of the physical component. Related apparatuses and computer program products are disclosed. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110410 | AUTOMATIC ENUMERATION OF DATA ANALYSIS OPTIONS AND RAPID ANALYSIS OF STATISTICAL MODELS - Embodiments relate to analyzing dataset. A method of analyzing data is provided. The method obtains a description of a dataset. The method automatically generates a plurality of analysis options from the description of the dataset. The method generates a plurality of queries based on the analysis options. The method deploys the queries on the dataset to build a plurality of statistical models from the dataset. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110412 | Flexible Graph System for Accessing Organization Information - A method and apparatus for accessing a graph database having nodes and relationships describing an organization. An interface in a computer system receives a request from a client to access information about the organization. Further, the interface in the computer system retrieves the information from the graph database having nodes and relationships describing the organization. Still further, the interface in the computer system sends a portion of the information to the client based on how much of the information is displayable by the client. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CACHING OF SQL RESPONSES USING INTEGRATED CACHING - Systems and methods of the present disclosure provide for caching, by a device intermediary to a client and a database, a result of a structured query language (SQL) query request. In some embodiments, the device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a database receives a SQL response from the database to a first SQL query request of a client of the plurality of clients. The device may maintain a cache of SQL responses from the database. The device may identify that the first SQL query request matches a rule of a policy for caching SQL responses from the database. The policy may include a cache action to take when the rule is matched. The device may perform, responsive to the policy, on the SQL response the cache action identified by the policy. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110421 | MATCHING CO-REFERRING ENTITIES FROM SERIALIZED DATA FOR SCHEMA INFERENCE - A system and method provide for identifying coreference from serialized data coming from different services. The method includes generating a tree structure from serialized data. The serialized data includes responses to queries from the different services. The responses each identify a hierarchical relationship between a respective set of objects. Nodes of the tree structure each have a name corresponding to a respective one of the objects. The tree structure is traversed in a breadth first manner and, for each node in the tree structure, a respective pairwise similarity is computed with each of the other nodes of the tree structure. The computed pairwise similarity is compared with a threshold to identify co-referring nodes that refer to a same entity. The threshold is a function of a depth of the node in the tree structure. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110461 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL MANUAL FOR VEHICLE - A system for providing a digital manual includes an information collector configured to collect model and option information of a first vehicle currently owned by a driver and model and option information of a second vehicle previously owned by the driver. A manual generator is configured to generate the digital manual based on the model and option information of the first vehicle and the model and option information of the second vehicle. A manual provider is configured to provide the digital manual to the first vehicle. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160117348 | Image Based Routing and Confirmation - Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for image based routing and confirmation. A routing request for a point of interest is received. A point of interest for the routing request may be identified from a geographic database. A message is sent to a user device, and the message includes an option to confirm or reject a destination based on the routing request that corresponds to the point of interest. When the destination is rejected, a set of point of interest images from one or more sources is selected. The set of point of interest images from the one or more sources may be sent to the user device. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160124975 | LOCATION-AWARE DATA ACCESS - Technologies are described herein for providing location-aware data access. In some configurations, techniques disclosed herein cause the display of selected categories of stored data depending on a geographic location of a computing device. Some illustrative configurations involve receiving a request to access data from a computing device. One or more devices may provide data defining a location of the computing device and a subset of the data may be selected based on the location of the computing device. The selected data may be displayed on a user interface or otherwise communicated to a computing device. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125077 | MUSIC RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF - An automotive music recommendation system includes: a communication unit that receives a music list including music content from a portable audio device by communicating with the portable audio device; an information detection unit that detects driving condition information when music content included in the music list is played or when a user of a vehicle requests a music recommendation; a music management unit that creates a matching table by matching the music list with the driving condition information upon playing the music content; and a music recommendation unit that, when receiving a music recommendation request from the user, creates a recommendation list by extracting music content from the matching table based on the driving condition information upon receiving the music recommendation request. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160125079 | STORING FINGERPRINTS OF MULTIMEDIA STREAMS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF SEARCH RESULTS - Multimedia stream search results may be made perceivable to a user. A multimedia search query may be received from a user. The multimedia search query may be compared with information related to known multimedia streams and multimedia search results may be determined based on the comparison. A popularity of the multimedia streams corresponding to the multimedia stream search results may be determined based on a number of canonical URLs associated with the multimedia stream. A presentation of the multimedia stream search results to the user may be configured based on the popularity of the corresponding multimedia streams. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132525 | METHOD TO SIMPLIFY THE CHECK-IN OF CHECKED-OUT FILES IN AN ECM SYSTEM - Techniques are disclosed for managing a file stored in an enterprise content management (ECM) repository. In response to a check-out request from a client machine for a file stored in the ECM repository, a management application for an ECM system identifies ECM-related metadata associated with the file. The management application stores the ECM-related metadata into the file (or an associated file) prior to sending the file to the client. At check-in for the file, the management application identifies the location of the corresponding file in the ECM repository using the metadata previously stored in the file sent to the client. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132603 | MERGING DATA ANALYSIS PATHS - Merging analysis paths is provided. A first analysis path and a second analysis path are identified, wherein each analysis path identifies one or more data resources of an information space. A match is determined between a first data resource of the one or more data resources identified by the first analysis path and a second data resource of the one or more data resources identified by the second analysis path. A third analysis path that is based, at least in part, on the first analysis path and the second analysis path is generated. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160140129 | Media Sharing Across Service Providers - Embodiments including methods and apparatus to share file and file recommendations are disclosed. Data is received indicating a particular media item from a first service provider is to be played by a playback device, where the particular media item is accessible from the first service provider according to a first pointer. A determination is made that the playback device is unable to access the first service provider. In response to determining that the playback device is unable to access the first service provider, a second pointer is identified according to which the particular media item is accessible from a second service provider. Playback of the particular media item is facilitated by the playback device according to the second pointer. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140167 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatuses for Performing Search Queries - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for processing a search query of a user are detailed. For example, a search query may be received from a user at a social networking system, processed to generate a search result of a plurality of entity result cards and each result card that each include a plurality of order comments about the entity, a plurality of ordered images associated with the entity, contact information for the entity, wherein the comments and images take into account information about the user stored at the social networking system, and a result send to the user. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140168 | Apparatuses, methods and Systems For A lead Generating Hub - The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A LEAD GENERATING HUB (“HUB”) facilitates the generation, evaluation, and recording of information and activities related to property transactions and associated communications. In embodiments, the HUB may be configured to identify leads for users based on user-entered information, user contacts, and/or the properties associated with a user and/or in which a user is interested. Leveraging connectivity between contract relationship management functionality, property listing service features, intelligent inbox coordination capabilities, and/or the like, the HUB may identify connections between user requirements and/or assets and opportunities to fulfill those requirements and/or to transact those assets. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140179 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING A SYMMETRICALLY ENCRYPTED DATABASE FOR CONJUNCTIVE KEYWORDS - A system and method for searching a symmetrically encrypted database for conjunctive keywords is provided. More particularly, the system and method provides means for searching a symmetrically encrypted database for conjunctive keywords by utilizing an encrypted index table and a Bloom filter. The encrypted index table contains encrypted keywords and their associated index pairs while the Bloom filter contains elements that represent encrypted identity-keyword pairs of the database. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140180 | HYBRID EXECUTION OF CONTINUOUS AND SCHEDULED QUERIES - Techniques for implementing the hybrid execution of continuous and scheduled queries are provided. In some examples, a query engine may be initialized with relational data from at least a first source. For example, the first source may include a database or other system that can provide historical data. Additionally, the query engine may be enabled to provide query results based at least in part on the relational data from at least the first source and streaming data from at least a second source. In some examples, the second source may be a data stream. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160140244 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING NATIVE LANGUAGE SPEAKERS AND SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS ACROSS A NETWORK - A method is described herein including a plurality of client applications providing an electronic interface for receiving personality information and conversation preference information of corresponding users, wherein each client application of the plurality of client applications runs on a corresponding computing platform. The method includes one or more applications running on a processor of a remote server receiving the personality information and conversation preference information from the plurality of client applications, the one or more applications using the personality information and conversation preference information to match a first user of a first client application with a second user of a second client application. The method includes the one or more applications establishing a communications coupling between the first client application and the second client application, wherein the communications coupling comprises a communication session. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147830 | MANAGING DATASETS PRODUCED BY ALERT-TRIGGERING SEARCH QUERIES - Systems and methods for managing datasets produced by alert-triggering search queries in data aggregation and analysis systems. An example method may comprise: executing, by one or more processing devices, a search query on a portion of searchable data associated with a time window to produce a dataset comprising one or more results; responsive to determining that at least a portion of the dataset satisfies a triggering condition defining an alert associated with the search query, generating an instance of the alert; associating, by a memory data structure, the instance of the alert with an identifier of the search query and a time parameter specifying the time window; receiving, from a client computing device, a request for the portion of the dataset; and responsive to determining that the portion of the dataset is not stored in the memory in a manner associating it with the instance of the alert, reproducing the portion of the dataset by re-executing the search query in view of the time parameter. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160147882 | Object Search Method and Apparatus - An object search method and apparatus, where the method includes receiving voice input and gesture input that are of a user; determining, according to the voice input, a name of a target object for which the user expects to search and a characteristic category of the target object; extracting characteristic information of the characteristic category from an image area selected by the user by means of the gesture input; and searching for the target object according to the extracted characteristic information and the name of the target object. The solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can provide a user with a more flexible search manner, and reduce a restriction on an application scenario during a search. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154808 | Location Based Mutual Activity Matching System and Method | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154852 | SEARCHING IN A DATABASE | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154879 | DISCOVERING WINDOWS IN TEMPORAL PREDICATES | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160154899 | NAVIGATION CONTROL FOR NETWORK CLIENTS | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160162506 | Bloom Filter Generation Method and Apparatus - A Bloom filter generation method and apparatus is presented, where the method includes acquiring to-be-combined files, when a quantity of deletion records in the to-be-combined files falls within a false positive permission range, acquiring a Bloom filter of each to-be-combined file, where capacities of Bloom filters of different to-be-combined files are the same, and performing a bitwise OR operation on bit values at same locations in Bloom filters of the different to-be-combined files, in order to obtain a target Bloom filter and use the target Bloom filter as a Bloom filter of a combined file obtained by combining the different to-be-combined files, and hence an amount of calculation processing in Bloom filter generation is reduced, a system resource is reduced, and resource overheads are reduced. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162553 | BIOMETRIC DATABASE CORROBORATOR - A biometric database corroborator is disclosed. In one embodiment, a biometric digital representation receiver receives a biometric digital representation representative of an individual. A biometric information gatherer collects biometric data from a first biometric database and at least a second different biometric database. A biometric comparator compares the biometric digital representation representative of the individual with the biometric data gathered from the first biometric database and at least the second different biometric database, the biometric comparator utilizing a predefined match percentage threshold to determine a match. A result provider provides a result from the biometric comparator in a tangible user output. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162599 | QUERY OPTIMIZATION WITH ZONE MAP SELECTIVITY MODELING - According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for processes a query for accessing data within one or more database objects stores an element of a database object among a plurality of different storage regions. Each storage region is associated with first and second range values indicating a value range for element values within that storage region. The system examines the first and second range values for the storage regions of each database object element and determines an effectiveness value representing a degree of overlap between the storage regions of that database object element. The system determines a selectivity model for the storage regions for each database object utilizing the effectiveness value, determines a query plan based on the selectivity model, and executes the query plan. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for processing a query in substantially the same manners. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162602 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROXIMALLY INFORMED DATABASE SEARCHES - In one embodiment, a device-initiated search where a search device may initiate a proximity-informed search of one or more datastores based on processed proximity information strings, and then updates another datastore with the results learned from the first datastore and/or generates a second search query that may be forwarded to a second datastore. In another embodiment, a proximally-based database search may be initiated by a database when a search device sends proximity information (information strings geolocation information) to a first datastore, which may derive search information from the proximity information received from the search device, and then initiates a query of a second datastore with the derived information. The second datastore returns search results to the search device. In some embodiments, the second datastore may return results to the first datastore, which may then processes the results and then returns the processed results to the search device. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170981 | DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM, DOCUMENT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND DOCUMENT ANALYSIS PROGRAM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171015 | INFORMATION RETRIEVAL ARRANGEMENT | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160171056 | BUCKET SKIPLISTS | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160179829 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AGGREGATING INFORMATION OF SOCIAL NETWORKS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS VIA A NETWORK | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160188594 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods are disclosed for resource management in a distributed computing environment. In some embodiments, a resource manager for a large distributed cluster needs to be able to provide resource responses very quickly. But each query may also not be accurate in initial resource request and will often have to come back to the resource manager multiple times. An artifact may provide low latency query responses by using resource request caching that can handle re-requests of resources. According to some embodiments, a queuing mechanism may take into account resources currently expended and any resource requirement estimates available in order to make queuing decisions that meet policies set by an administrator. In some embodiments, scheduling decisions are distribute across a cluster of computing systems while still maintaining approximate compliance with resource management policies set by an administrator. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188661 | MULTILINGUAL BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR ACTIONS - Technology is discussed herein for identifying trending actions within a group of posts matching a query. A group of posts can be selected based on specified actions, action targets, or parameters such as author age, location, gender, when the posts were posted or what keywords they contain. Selected posts can be divided into sentences and a dependency structure can be created for each sentence classifying portions of the sentence as actions or action targets. Statistics can be generated for each sentence or post indicating whether it matches the actions, action targets, or other parameters specified in the query. Based on these statistics, additional information can be gathered to respond to questions posed in the query. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196304 | ABSTRACTLY IMPLEMENTED DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREFOR | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196310 | CROSS COLUMN SEARCHING A RELATIONAL DATABASE TABLE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160203144 | Method and System for Processing Associated Content | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203149 | FILE SCANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS RELATED APPLICATION | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203165 | CELL OBSERVATION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CELL OBSERVATION INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, CELL OBSERVATION INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, ARCHIVE SECTION PROVIDED FOR THE CELL OBSERVATION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND APPARATUSES PROVIDED FOR THE CELL OBSERVATION INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160203192 | MODIFYING RECIPES TO REDUCE PREPARATION TIMES AND/OR INCORPORATE PREFERRED INGREDIENTS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160253321 | METADATA-DRIVEN WORKFLOWS AND INTEGRATION WITH GENOMIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253361 | INCORPORATING EXTERNAL DATA INTO A DATABASE SCHEMA | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160253387 | AUTOMATIC RECURSIVE SEARCH ON DERIVED INFORMATION | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160378746 | OPTIMIZED METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR SUMMARIZING FACTUALLY INACCURATE INFORMATION UTILIZING FACT CHECKING - An optimized fact checking system analyzes and determines the factual accuracy of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with source information. The optimized fact checking system automatically monitors information, processes the information, fact checks the information in an optimized manner and/or provides a status of the information. In some embodiments, the optimized fact checking system generates, aggregates, and/or summarizes content. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378791 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A SEARCH OPERATION ON HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for performing a top-down Breadth-First Search (BFS) includes performing a first determination whether to convert to a bottom-up BFS. A second determination is performed whether to convert to the bottom-up BFS, based upon the first determination being positive. The bottom-up BFS is performed, based upon the first determination and the second determination being positive. A third determination is made whether to convert from the bottom-up BFS to the top-down BFS, based upon the third determination being positive. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378830 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - The Invention is related to a data processing system, especially data coming from a vast geographical territory, comprising the following components:
| 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378831 | DEVICES AND/OR METHODS TO PROVIDE A QUERY RESPONSE BASED ON EPHEMERAL DATA - Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide a query response. A value of a time-to-live (TTL) for data associated with a computation unit may be determined, wherein the computation unit may disallow access to the data when the TTL is expired. Additionally, a determination may be made whether the data associated with the computation unit satisfies a query. Also, a query response may be generated including the data associated with the computation unit that satisfies the query. In one example, a context for the data associated with the computation unit may be determined, wherein the computation unit may disallow access to the data based on the context. Data may be represented as a network of computation units which may provide data with a TTL that is contextual, which may be handled in a massively distributed fashion. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378862 | VIDEO MATCHING SERVICE TO OFFLINE COUNTERPART - An address is received for an online asset. A metadata associated with the online asset is gotten. The metadata is used to match the online asset to a corresponding offline media asset. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378863 | SELECTING REPRESENTATIVE VIDEO FRAMES FOR VIDEOS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for selecting representative frames for videos. One of the methods includes receiving a search query; determining a query representation for the search query; obtaining data identifying a plurality of responsive videos for the search query, wherein each responsive video comprises a plurality of frames, wherein each frame has a respective frame representation; selecting, for each responsive video, a representative frame from the responsive video using the query representation and the frame representations for the frames in the responsive video; and generating a response to the search query, wherein the response to the search query includes a respective video search result for each of the responsive videos, and wherein the respective video search result for each of the responsive videos includes a presentation of the representative video frame from the responsive video. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160381052 | URL SELECTION METHOD, URL SELECTION SYSTEM, URL SELECTION DEVICE, AND URL SELECTION PROGRAM - A URL selection method disclosed in the present application includes a first extraction step and a second extraction step. The first extraction step extracts URLs up to an upper limit value of the number of URLs set to each of URL groups in a range where a total number of URLs is within a predetermined number of URLs, in order of priority set to each of the URL groups, from each of the URL groups identified by analyzing a traffic log by techniques in different categories. The second extraction step further extracts URLs within the predetermined number of URLs, based on the priority, when the total number of URLs extracted from each of the URL groups in the first extraction step is less than the predetermined number of URLs. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170235790 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVING DATABASE SEMANTIC INFORMATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170235792 | SEARCHING FOR ENTITIES BASED ON TRUST SCORE AND GEOGRAPHY | 08-17-2017 |
| 20170235827 | VOCALIZING SHORT RESPONSES TO VOICE QUERIES | 08-17-2017 |
| 20180025062 | DATA SEARCHING APPARATUS | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025075 | Evaluating Temporal Relevance in Question Answering | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025080 | TESTING PAIRINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE PUBLICALLY KNOWN | 01-25-2018 |
| 20180025095 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | 01-25-2018 |
| 20190147084 | DISTRIBUTING PARTIAL RESULTS FROM AN EXTERNAL DATA SYSTEM BETWEEN WORKER NODES | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147088 | REPORTING AND DATA GOVERNANCE MANAGEMENT | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190147114 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND MANAGING A DATA INTEGRATION WORKSPACE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220138155 | LOCATING FILES USING A DURABLE AND UNIVERSAL FILE IDENTIFIER - Files can be located using a durable and universal file identifier. A content URI includes a file protocol URI specifying a path to a file. The file protocol URI includes a query string specifying properties of the file that can be utilized to locate the file, such as an object ID property specifying a GUID for the file and a volume ID property specifying a GUID for a storage volume storing the file. The content URI can be utilized to locate the file using the file protocol URI and its associated query string even if the file has been moved, renamed, or is accessed on a different computing device. Operations can then be performed using the file, such as resuming a previously performed activity that used the file. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES WITH WHITESPACE DOMAINS TO RECORD OBJECTS IN A MULTI-TENANT SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to linking record objects between systems of record based on a comparison of object field-value pairs to a ground truth. A domain name may be identified from an electronic activity. It may be determined that the electronic activity does not match with any first record objects. A second record object including the domain name as a value may be identified. Object field-value pairs of the second record object may be identified. It may be determined that a third record object matches with the second record object. The electronic activity may be matched to the third second record object or a fourth record object. An association between the electronic activity and the third record object or the fourth record object may be stored. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138201 | CO-APPLICANT CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION BY WAY OF EDGE GRAPHS - A system and a method are disclosed for identifying a co-applicant based on proximity to an applicant. In an embodiment, a processor determines a location of the applicant, and identifies a plurality of potential co-applicants that are collocated with the location of the applicant. For each respective potential co-applicant of the plurality of potential co-applicants, the processor determines whether a respective edge exists on a graph that connects the applicant with the respective potential co-applicant, and, responsive to determining that the respective edge exists, identifies the respective potential co-applicant as a candidate co-applicant. The processor generates for display, on a device of the applicant, a selectable option that, when selected, indicates that the applicant would like to use the candidate co-applicant as a co-applicant for an application. Responsive to detecting a selection of the selectable option, the processor activates the application at a device of the candidate co-applicant. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138203 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING A KEY-VALUE STORAGE - The present teaching relates to a method, system and programming for recovering a data storage. In response to a failure of the data storage, a last checkpointed version is retrieved from a checkpoint file created previously for the failure of the data storage. A recovery table is updated to indicate the last checkpointed version and an incarnation number indicating a number of previous recovery of the data storage. The data storage is recovered based on the recovery table. A version number of the last checkpointed version is reset to zero upon a successful recovery of the data storage. The incarnation number is incremented. | 05-05-2022 |
| 20220138205 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA STREAM PROCESSING - Data stream processing is performed. For instance, a method includes: in response to a query request on an input data stream, determining data labels for input data items in the input data stream, the data labels at least indicating a first matching relationship between the input data items and a first query condition of the query request; determining an output data stream corresponding to the input data stream, the output data stream including output data items corresponding to the input data items, and each output data item having a data label; and determining query information corresponding to the query request based on the output data stream. In this way, it is possible to respond to real-time query requests for data streams. | 05-05-2022 |
