| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
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| 20130060688 | Method and System for Routing Transactions to a Mobile-Commerce Platform - A method and system for routing transactions to a mobile-commerce platform is described. One illustrative embodiment receives, via a network, a purchase request from a user's mobile communication device; authenticates the user to the mobile-commerce platform; generates a one-time-use perishable transaction code associated with the purchase request; prefixes to the transaction code an Issuer Identification Number (IIN) corresponding to the mobile-commerce platform to form a combined number; returns the combined number to the user's mobile communication device via the network to enable the user to provide the combined number to a merchant's point-of-sale system in connection with a transaction corresponding to the purchase request; and receives, via a payment network in communication with the merchant's point-of-sale system, the transaction code and transaction details associated with the transaction, the IIN informing the payment network to route the one-time-use perishable transaction code and the transaction details to the mobile-commerce platform. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060689 | ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFER SERVICE - Techniques for efficient transfer of funds between parties using personal communication devices are presented. A first user can use a first communication device to transfer funds from an account associated with the first user to a second user via a communication address associated with the second user's second communication device even if the second user is not registered with a financial service provider associated with the account of the first user. The funds can be sent from the first communication device using the Internet, mobile communication systems, or other communication technology via a message, an email, a voice mail, etc., to the second user, wherein notification of the funds can be sent to the second communication device. The first user can send funds using an account with the financial service provider or an affiliated account, and the second user can have the funds deposited into a desired account. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060690 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND SUPPORTING METHODS AND DEVICES - Electronic payment systems and supporting methods and devices are described. For instance, the disclosed subject matter describes aggregated transactional account functionality configured to receive electronic financial transactions associated with one or more of a set of electronic identifying information such as phone ID, email, instant message, etc. for a user and related functionality. The disclosed details enable various refinements and modifications according to system design and tradeoff considerations. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060691 | Location-Based Rules for a Financial Account - According to some embodiments, a system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface receives a request for a transaction from a primary user of a financial account. The processor(s) determine rules associated with the primary user. The rules indicate whether an administrator has authorized the primary user to make the transaction, and at least one of the rules includes comparing a location associated with the request to one or more approved locations from which the primary user is authorized to make the transaction. The processor(s) process the transaction according to the rules. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060692 | Access Control for a Financial Account - According to some embodiments, a system comprises an interface and one or more processors. The interface receives a request for a transaction from a user of a financial account. The processor(s) determine, based on a user identifier, whether the user corresponds to an administrator, a primary user, or a contributor. The administrator is authorized to configure rules for the financial account and to conduct deposit transactions, withdrawal transactions, and view transactions. The primary user is authorized to conduct at least one of the following types of transactions according to the rules: the deposit transactions, the withdrawal transaction, and the view transactions. The contributor is authorized to conduct at least one of the following types of transactions according to the rules: the deposit transactions and the view transactions. The processor(s) process the transaction according to the rules associated with the user requesting the transaction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060693 | UNIFIED CHARGING SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to create and use a unified charging system in a networking environment. In an example, a virtual charging card can be created and authenticated, and cash and credit accounts can be associated with the virtual charging card, and billing accounts can also be associated. In another example, a virtual charging card can be initialized when checking out at a shopping portal, and display a list of cash and credit accounts affiliated with the virtual charging card. One or more of the cash and credit accounts can be selected, and payment transferred to the shopping portal via the virtual charging card, masking the identity of the owner of the cash and credit accounts. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060694 | UNIFIED ACCOUNT HANDLING SYSTEM - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to create and use a unified charging system in a networking environment. In an example, a virtual charging card can be created and authenticated, and cash and credit accounts can be associated with the virtual charging card, and billing accounts can also be associated. In another example, the virtual charging card can be used to transfer money from affiliated cash and credit accounts to selected billing accounts, or other virtual charging cards, while anonymizing the transfer process. In another example, the virtual charging card can be used to schedule automatic payments for utility bills, loan repayments, and charitable accounts. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060695 | Computational systems and methods for regulating information flow during interactions - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one request for personal information from a party to a transaction; evaluating the transaction; selecting a persona at least partly based on an evaluation of the transaction, wherein the persona is linked to a unique identifier that is at least partly based on a user's device-identifier data and the user's network-participation data; and presenting the persona in response to the request for personal information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060696 | INSTANTANEOUS MERCHANT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A solution to disambiguate ambiguous merchant data in connection with processing a cashless transaction request in a real-time manner. Provided according to the present disclosure are a system and method including a binary-searchable non-transitory computer-readable medium is configure to store a first set of unambiguous merchant identification data having plural data entries therein, each entry corresponding to a merchant. A binary search of the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data is carried out using search keys based upon the ambiguous merchant identification data to determine whether one or more entries of the first set satisfies at least one of a hierarchical second set of partial match criteria for comparing the ambiguous merchant identification data with the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data. An entry of the first set of unambiguous merchant identification data is assigned to correspond with the ambiguous merchant identification data where at least a predetermined number of the second set of partial match criteria are met. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060697 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A TRANSACTION - The disclosure relates to a method and system for performing a transaction that includes providing an image valid only for a determined transaction; displaying the image on a screen of a communication terminal of a first user involved in the determined transaction; recognizing the displayed image through a terminal of a second user involved in the determined transaction; verifying the validity of the recognized image; and once the image has been validated, performing the determined transaction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060698 | MANAGING TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS - A transaction account verification system and method are provided. A user computing device transmits an account registration request that includes a selection of an account verification technique. A service provider obtains the request and initiates a set of transactions with an identified financial service provider. The service provider generates at least one verification token reflective of the set of transactions and at least one piece of information associated with the selected account verification technique. The user computing device generates at least one user verification token from user input regarding the set of transactions and at least one piece of information associated with the selected account verification technique. The service provider can verify the transaction account and set transaction thresholds based upon matching verification tokens. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060699 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system are described for tracking a process of provisioning, by a middleware server to a portable device in a mobile payment system, electronic wallet data for authorizing a payment transaction. In an embodiment, a user request for a payment account product is transmitted by the portable device to the middleware server. In response, the middleware server initiates a provisioning process for the requested payment account product, including storing status data indicative of an initiated state of the provisioning process. The middleware server then transmits a digital document to the portable device, including information that must be viewed by the user, and updates the status data indicative of a transmitted state of the digital document. In response to receiving an indication that the digital document has been viewed, the middleware server updates the stored status data indicative of a digital document viewed state. The middleware then provisions an electronic wallet data for the requested payment account product to the portable device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060700 | ENABLING TRANSFERABLE ENTITLEMENTS BETWEEN NETWORKED DEVICES - A method, apparatus, and system are directed towards employing transferable entitlements using EMMs for enabling a purchase of content using a mobile device, and redeeming for access the content using a different network device. An existing billing infrastructure may be used during a purchase transaction to identify the purchasing device. Upon billing authorization, a transferable EMM (XEMM) may be sent to the purchasing device. The purchasing device may then provide the XEMM to another network device. The other network device may send the XEMM to a redeeming service when requesting access to the content. Upon authorization, an EMM with an access key to the content may be sent to the other network device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060701 | ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICE METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICE APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND TRANSACTION TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - The present invention relates to a payment apparatus and payment method using a mobile communication network. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the electronic payment service apparatus, which carries out payment using a mobile communication network, comprises: a transaction authentication unit which receives article purchase information from a transaction terminal and authenticates the transaction terminal; a transaction identification number information generating unit which generates transaction identification number information corresponding to the article purchase information received from the transaction terminal; and a payment authentication information generating unit which transmits the transaction identification number information to the transaction terminal, receives payment information corresponding to the transaction identification number information from a mobile communication terminal, and generates payment authentication information corresponding to the payment information. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060702 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEMOGRAPHICS INFORMATION COLLECTION - Various embodiments are directed to methods and apparatus which can be used to implement a system for collecting demographic information of users and/or devices in real-time or near real-time. Methods and apparatus directed to communicating and collecting demographic information via wireless signals, e.g., discovery signals, transmitted by one or more wireless devices, e.g., wireless communications devices supporting a peer to peer signaling protocol, are described. In various embodiments, at least some of the demographic information is transmitted in a secure manner. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060703 | Medical Data Encryption For Communication Over a Vulnerable System - A system for securing patient medical information for communication over a potentially vulnerable system includes separating patient's medical file into a demographics layer and a data layer, separately encrypting the demographic layer and data layer using different encryption keys, and providing servers in a communication and processing system with a decryption key for the layer processed by such server. Medical file data may be separated into more than two layers. Users accessing the system are authenticated using standard techniques. By separately encrypting different parts of a patient medical record, processing and communication of patient medical files by intermediary servers is enabled without risking disclosure of sensitive patient information if such servers are compromised. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060704 | DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT DONGLE - A dongle for digital rights management protection, in accordance with one embodiment of the present technology, includes a digital right management engine and an encryption/decryption engine. The digital rights management engine is adapted to port digital rights management rules of a source of content to digital rights management rules enforced by the digital rights management engine. The encryption/decryption engine is adapted to re-encrypting the source of content into a managed copy of the content, wherein the managed copy of the content is locked to the dongle. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060705 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO SECURELY STORE CUSTOMER DATA IN A NETWORK-BASED COMMERCE SYSTEM - A system and method for securely storing customer data in a network-based commerce system. Customer data is received via a network connection through an application interface. A symmetric key is generated and the customer data is encoded with the symmetric key. The symmetric key is encoded with an asymmetric key to generate an encoded symmetric key. The encoded customer data and the encoded symmetric key are stored. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060706 | OVER THE AIR UPDATE OF PAYMENT TRANSACTION DATA STORED IN SECURE MEMORY - A system, apparatus, and method for processing payment transactions that are conducted using a mobile device that includes a contactless element, such as an integrated circuit chip. The invention enables the updating, correction or synchronization of transaction data maintained by an Issuer with that stored on the device. This is accomplished by using a wireless (cellular) network as a data communication channel for data provided by an Issuer to the mobile device, and is particularly advantageous in circumstances in which the contactless element is not presently capable of communication with a device reader or point of sale terminal that uses a near field communications mechanism. Data transferred between the mobile device and Issuer may be encrypted and decrypted to provide additional security and protect the data from being accessed by other users or applications. If encryption keys are used for the encryption and decryption processes, they may be distributed by a key distribution server or other suitable entity to a mobile gateway which participates in the data encryption and decryption operations. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060707 | INTER-NETWORK FINANCIAL SERVICE - Systems and methods for making a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee are provided. A request to make a payment on behalf of a payer to a payee is received at a first payment service provider. The first payment service provider supports a first payment network within a plurality of payment networks that each include a respective plurality of payers and payees. The payer is one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network, and the payor is not one of the plurality of payers and payees associated with the first payment network. A second payment network within the plurality of payment networks with which the payee is associated is identified by the first payment service provider. A payment instruction to make the payment to the payee is transmitted by the first payment service provider to a second payment service provider associated with the second payment network. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060708 | USER VERIFICATION FOR ELECTRONIC MONEY TRANSFERS - Techniques for efficient transfer of funds between parties using personal communication devices are presented. A sender can use a first communication device to transfer funds from an account associated with the sender to a recipient via a communication address associated with the recipient's second communication device even if the recipient is not registered with a financial service provider associated with the account of the sender, without requiring the recipient to travel to a physical office or present a physical personal identification to obtain the funds. A transfer fund request can include the recipient's communication address, and a fund transfer message, comprising a link that facilitates retrieving the funds, can be sent to the recipient's communication address, and the recipient can be validated based on the communication address and/or a validation code. When validated, the funds can be made available to the recipient via an account of the recipient. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060709 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILING LEGAL DOCUMENTS - A system is provided that has a filing manager for managing the filing of legal documents in a plurality of offices. The filing manager communicates with a client, and service providers including a drafting law firm, a translation partner, filing agents and designated prosecution agents. The filing manager includes a database for storing data relevant to the filing of a legal document. The filing manager also includes process circuitry configured to compute and execute a routine to manage the filing of legal documents. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060710 | System, Method and Apparatus for Managing and Conducting Property Inspections - A system for managing property inspections may include a base computer and a memory unit coupled to the base computer. The memory unit may have stored therein a plurality of property inspection requests and a number of property inspector records, with each of the plurality of property inspection requests including at least one attribute of a corresponding property to be inspected and with each of the number of property inspector records including data associated with a corresponding property inspector, and instructions that are executable by the base computer to assign the property inspection requests to the property inspectors based on matches between the at least one attribute of the plurality of property inspection requests and at least one of the data associated with the number of property inspection records. The property inspectors may access their assignments of property inspections through a web portal. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060711 | TOOLBAR APPLICATION FOR ACCESSING VISUAL JOB INFORMATION - A multimedia recruitment system for providing job information in a visual or video format is described. The multimedia recruitment system may deliver job and career opportunity information in a high quality visual or video representation. The multimedia recruitment system may also provide a toolbar application. The toolbar application may allow a user to access visual or video representation from the user's device. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060712 | Bulk Distribution Method - Fractionating and allocating a cost of delivery of a product to at least one customer from at least one plant where the at least one customer is at a first location and requires a first amount of product, and wherein the plant is at a second location and has a capacity to produce and distribute a second amount of product, the method comprising: obtaining, historical actual trip data; eliminating, outlier data to calculate cleaned trip data; calculating a fixed cost for delivery to the at least one customer; calculating a variable cost for the delivery to the at least one customer; calculating an actual fractional cost for the delivery of the product to the at least one customer: and calculating a predicted fractional cost for the delivery of the product to the at least one customer. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060713 | Receipt digitizing method for retail customers - Method of receipt digitizing is disclosed. Retail customers create digital copies of paper receipts with a kiosk system before they leave. The digital copies are sent to customers' online space. This low cost method benefits customers with a centralized and organized means of keeping their receipts, and provides retailers a better way of delivering promotion information to relevant recipients. The solution is also good to the environment because it cuts coupon printing and increases awareness of the convenience of digital receipts. This awareness will eventually lead to the final phase out of paper receipt printing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060714 | DEBT AND DERIVATIVE ALLOCATION FOR GAAP ACCOUNTING RECONCILIATION - An apparatus for dividing a balance sheet of a financial instrument from a portfolio level to a sub-portfolio level that includes receiving an asset portfolio and a debt and derivative portfolio of the financial instrument; dividing the asset portfolio and debt and derivative portfolio into a plurality of asset sub-portfolios and debt and derivative sub-portfolios; assigning a portion of each debt derivative sub-portfolio to a specific asset sub-portfolio; allocating a percentage value to each debt and derivative sub-portfolio; calculating a set of financial attributes based upon the allocation percentage; computing a residual error based upon the allocation percentage; and comparing the plurality of residual errors. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060715 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMERCIALIZATION SUPPORTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF DIVERSIFYING INVESTMENT RISK BASED ON SOCIAL NETWORK - Provided is a system for supporting intellectual property (IP) commercialization based on a social network in which business experts, a technology provider, and optionally capital investors can join. The system includes a project information providing unit configured to provide investment project information over a computer network, the investment project information including technical description of a target technology to be commercialized by a technology provider; an investment processing unit configured to store, as the project information, outcomes generated from knowledge-based services which are offered by participants for individual business elements required for commercialization of the target technology; and an investment share managing unit configured to manage shares converted from knowledge-based services offered by investors for the project, on the individual project/investor basis. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060716 | USING COMMERCIAL SHARE OF WALLET TO RATE INVESTMENTS - Commercial size of spending wallet (“CSoSW”) is the total business spend of a business including cash but excluding bartered items. Commercial share of wallet (“CSoW”) is the portion of the spending wallet that is captured by a particular financial company. A modeling approach utilizes various data sources to provide outputs that describe a company's spend capacity. A mutual fund rating company can use this CSoW/CSoSW modeling approach to predict the performance of funds that invest in a particular industry or sector. In addition, since mutual funds often provide guidelines for selecting stocks, rating companies can use this modeling approach to predict the performance of companies in a fund's portfolio. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060717 | COMPREHENSIVE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM - In an automated savings and investment system, a Service Provider negotiates agreements with each one of a plurality of parties defining terms under which funds can be transferred from the respective party to the Service Provider on behalf of a subscriber. The Service Provider defines enhanced services under which deposit amounts can be supplemented with additional funds. The Service Provider identifies, from among the plurality of parties, a set of parties with which a given subscriber has a financial relationship and enables the subscriber to subscribe to one or more of the agreements; identifies a set of permissible enhanced services to which the subscriber is permitted to subscribe, and enables the subscriber to select at least one of the permissible enhanced services. A server receives and accumulates deposit amounts in an account associated with the subscriber; and automatically invests accumulated deposit amounts in accordance with investment preferences of the subscriber. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060718 | TOOLING DESIGN PRICE QUOTATION IN PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - Methods for product data management (PDM) and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a strip layout for a part and retrieving strip information corresponding to the strip layout. The method includes receiving a die base design for the part and receiving toolset information for the part. The method includes receiving pricing information corresponding to the toolset information, strip information, and die base design. The method includes producing a quotation output based on the pricing information, toolset information, strip information, and die base design. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060719 | LOAD PROFILE MANAGEMENT AND COST SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS - A system, computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are provided for load profile management and cost sensitivity analysis. A baseline load profile is input via a user interface, wherein the baseline load profile is based on a set of equipment load profiles. A target load profile is generated based on a selected modification of the baseline load profile. The target load profile is compared with the baseline load profile. The comparison of the target load profile and the baseline load profile is output via the user interface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060720 | ESTIMATING AND OPTIMIZING COST SAVINGS FOR LARGE SCALE DEPLOYMENTS USING LOAD PROFILE OPTIMIZATION - A system, computer-implemented method, and a computer program product are provided for estimating and optimizing cost savings for large scale deployments using load profile optimization. Selections are received, via a user interface, of a primary load profile and multiple secondary load profiles. The primary load profile is input from a first external source and the multiple secondary load profiles are input from a second external source. The primary load profile is compared with the multiple secondary load profiles. The comparisons of the primary load profile and the multiple secondary load profiles are output via the user interface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060721 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PAIRING OF FOR-HIRE VEHICLE METERS AND MEDALLIONS - For-hire vehicles, such as taxis, may operate with a for-hire vehicle meter (taximeter) and may be required to have a regulatory agency assigned medallion to accept passenger fares. The meter may determine if it is connected with its assigned medallion and may shut down if it is not connected to the proper medallion. In some embodiments, medallions may place conditions on the operation of the for-hire vehicle including, for example, time and location of passenger pick-up restrictions. Before engaging a passenger fare, the meter may check the conditions associated with the medallion and may not engage if the conditions are not satisfied. A central server may track the meters that have become disconnected from their medallions, or it may track the medallions that are not connected to a meter. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060722 | Method of generating revenue for a governmental entity - A method of generating revenue for a governmental entity is achieved by identifying a stationary structure supporting a traffic information sign on a first side; making provisions for inclusion of commercial advertisement on an unused second side portion of the stationary structure; executing a licensing agreement between an interested party and the governmental entity for use of the unused second side portion of the stationary structure for commercial advertisement, wherein the executed licensing agreement includes an agreed upon royalty payable to the governmental entity; applying a commercial advertisement on the unused second side portion of the stationary structure; and collecting the agreed upon royalty from the interested party to generate revenue for the governmental entity. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060723 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A SMART AGENT FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT WITH FEED AGGREGATION - The present document describes a system and method for managing electronic information. The system may include an input adapted to receive a search topic from a remote user device over a communication network, and a smart agent module configured to perform a semantic analysis on the topic to generate a set of filter parameters. The system may then to collect electronic information about the search topic from at least one remote electronic information source over the communication network, and filter the collected information using the set of filter parameters to produce a stream of filtered information. The filtered information may then be packaged in discrete information containers and sent to the user device for display. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060724 | OPTIMIZING COMPUTATION OF MINIMUM CUT IN GRAPHS WITH GRID TOPOLOGY - Approaches for optimizing computation of minimum cut or maximum flow on graphs comprising a plurality of nodes and edges with grid-like topologies are disclosed. Embodiments exploit the regular structure of input graphs to reduce the memory bandwidth—a main bottleneck of popular max-flow/min-cut algorithms based on finding augmenting paths on a residual graph (such as Ford-Fulkerson [1956] or Boykov-Kolmogorov [2004]). Disclosed embodiments allow more than 200% speed-up without sacrificing optimality of the final solution, which is crucial for many computer vision and graphics applications. Method and system embodiments replace standard linked list representation of general graphs with a set of compact data structures with blocked memory layout that enables fixed ordering of edges and implicit branchless addressing of nodes. The embodiments are orthogonal to other optimizations such as parallel processing or hierarchical methods and can be readily plugged into existing min-cut/max-flow computation systems to further improve their performance. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060725 | JUDGMENT APPARATUS, JUDGMENT SYSTEM, AND JUDGMENT METHOD - A judgment apparatus includes a storage configured to store first reference data representing data that a detector should output in a first area when a detection target passed the first area, and second reference data representing data that the detector should output in the first area when the detection target passed a second area being different from the first area; and a processor to perform processes of: obtaining data from the detector outputting, in a time-series manner, data according to a detection condition of the detection target passing the first area or the second area; judging a degree of similarity between data obtained by the obtaining and the first and second reference data stored in the storage; and judging whether or not the detection target passed the first area, based on the judgment result by the judging the degree of similarity. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060726 | COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN COMPUTATION FRAMEWORK - Technologies for a human computation framework suitable for answering common sense questions that are difficult for computers to answer but easy for humans to answer. The technologies support solving general common sense problems without a priori knowledge of the problems; support for determining whether an answer is from a bot or human so as to screen out spurious answers from bots; support for distilling answers collected from human users to ensure high quality solutions to the questions asked; and support for preventing malicious elements in or out of the system from attacking other system elements or contaminating the solutions produced by the system, and preventing users from being compensated without contributing answers. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060727 | Identifying Duplication in Decision Trees - A packet classification system, methods, and corresponding apparatus are provided for enabling packet classification. A processor of a security appliance coupled to a network uses a classifier table having a plurality of rules, the plurality of rules having at least one field, to build a decision tree structure including a plurality of nodes, the plurality of nodes including a subset of the plurality of rules. By identifying duplication in decision trees, the methods may produce wider, shallower trees that result in shorter search times and reduced memory requirements for storing the trees. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060728 | GENERATING A MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MATRIX FROM AN ANNOTATED ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP DATA MODEL AND A SYMBOLIC MATRIX - Programmatically generating a mixed integer linear programming (“MIP”) matrix, which can then be solved to provide an optimization, based on an annotated entity/relationship data model and a symbolic matrix. The annotated data model identifies one or more outputs of the optimization. The symbolic matrix provides one or more constraints that provide requirements under which the optimization is solved. Outputs of the optimization are represented as variables, inputs of the optimization are represented as constants, and primary keys from the data model are represented as indexes. The constraints are expressed using the variables, constants, and indexes. A MIP matrix is generated from the symbolic matrix, and is then solved by a MIP solver. The output of the MIP solver is used to update a corresponding data structure of the data model. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060729 | DISASTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A user interface for providing emergency and other information to an end user, where the information is stored locally on a portable device. The present invention provides real-time access to disaster and/or critical event pre-planning as well as real-time information correlation related to the management and control of disasters and other emergencies in addition to disaster pre-planning utilizing portable tablet devices. The present invention is an application that resides on a user's portable electronic device such as a tablet, and may be served by push and/or demand from a server or cloud data service. The application includes information related to pre-disaster planning as well as disaster response during an actual emergency or disaster event. The application structure is designed to provide emergency, disaster, and building planning information for both commercial and/or building interests, government and municipalities, and for individuals and families. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060730 | ADJUSTING ONE OR MORE TRACE FILTERS IN A DATABASE SYSTEM - Methods and systems for adjusting trace filters in a database system are described. During operation, an embodiment may receive, from a user, an indication of a performance problem. Next, the embodiment may determine settings of one or more trace filters based on the indication of the performance problem. The embodiment may then collect trace data based on the one or more trace filters. While the trace data is being collected, the embodiment may perform the following set of operations one or more times: (1) obtain database system performance metrics, (2) analyze the trace data to obtain an analysis result, and (3) adjust the settings of the one or more trace filters based on the database system performance metrics and the analysis result. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060731 | ENUMERATING WMI OBJECT PROPERTIES THROUGH T-SQL - Methods and systems for collecting performance data are described. During operation a database server can receive a set of T-SQL statements, wherein the database server executes on a computer system and provides access to a database. Next, the database server can execute the set of T-SQL statements, thereby causing the database server to: (1) create an external script which, when executed by the computer system, collects performance data in a file; (2) execute the external script on the computer system; (3) wait for the external script to complete execution; and (4) load the performance data from the file into a table in the database. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060732 | FREE RESOURCES PARAMETER FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF DATABASE ALTERATIONS - Altering tables in a database system may be difficult because the tables may only be altered when all connection to the tables have been released. A free resources parameter may be set on in a management system for the database system to specify that resources should be attempted to be released. Connections to the database may be closed earlier that conventionally closed. For example, connections that are idle may be released. Once the connections have been released the database may be altered and the free resources parameter turned off. The free resources parameter notifies the database system of a pending alteration and allows the database to gracefully close connections to provide an opportunity for the alteration to occur. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060733 | METHOD AND QUERYING AND CONTROLLING DATABASE - The present invention discloses a method for querying and controlling a database, particularly, a method for identifying and anti-identifying in the database, and a method for querying an association model in the database in a recursion manner. The present invention further discloses a method for displaying the query result obtained through the query method. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060734 | SEMANTIC REPLICATION - Replicating data in a distributed database having a plurality of nodes is disclosed. Replicating includes receiving a semantic command at a local version of the database at a node, interpreting the semantic command, and applying the semantic command to the local version of the database. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060735 | AGGREGATION OF FILE/DIRECTORY STRUCTURES - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a method that includes maintaining a superset of data available to a client having non volatile memory (NVM) on a distant hard drive. A subset of the data is maintained in the NVM on the client. The client controls the data maintained on the distant hard drive and the data maintained in the NVM. A single merged directory/file structure is generated from a directory/file structure of the superset and a directory/file structure of the subset. The directory/file structures overlap and the single merged directory/file structure merges the overlapping directory/file structures so only the directory/file structure of the subset is presented for the overlap. The single merged directory/file structure is presented to a user of the client and applications running thereon. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060736 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPLICATING NETWORK INFORMATION BASE IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE CONTROLLER INSTANCES - A network control system that includes several controllers for managing several switching elements. Each controller includes a network information base (NIB) storage that stores data regarding the switching elements and a secondary storage for facilitating replication of at least a portion of data across the NIB storages of the different controllers. In some embodiments, the primary purpose for one or more of the secondary storage structures is to back up the data in the NIB. In these or other embodiments, one or more of the secondary storage structures serve a purpose other than backing up the data in the NIB. In some embodiments, the NIB is stored in system memory while the system operates for fast access of the NIB records. In some embodiments, one or more of the secondary storage structures are stored on disks which can be slower to access. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060737 | SECONDARY STORAGE ARCHITECTURE FOR A NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES A PRIMARY NETWORK INFORMATION BASE - Some embodiments provide a system for managing several switching elements. The system includes a network information base (NIB) data structure for serving as a primary storage structure for storing data for managing the several switching elements. The system includes a secondary storage structure for storing a copy of a set of data stored in the primary storage structure for managing the several the switching elements. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060738 | DISTRIBUTED NETWORK CONTROL SYSTEM WITH A DISTRIBUTED HASH TABLE - A network control system that includes several controllers for managing several switching elements and a distributed hash table (DHT) formed across the controllers for storing data regarding the switching elements that is accessible by the controllers. Each hash table serves as a DHT instance. In some embodiments, the DHT instances of all controller instances collectively store one set of records that is indexed based on hashed indices for quick access. These records are distributed across the different controller instances to minimize the size of the records within each instance and to allow for the size of the DHT to be increased by adding other DHT instances. According to this scheme, each DHT record is not stored in each controller instance. In fact, in some embodiments, each DHT record is stored in at most one controller instance. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060739 | Optimization of a Partially Deduplicated File - The subject disclosure is directed towards transforming a file having at least one undeduplicated portion into a fully deduplicated file. For each of the at least one undeduplicated portion, a deduplication mechanism defines at least one chunk between file offsets associated with the at least one undeduplicated portion. Chunk boundaries associated with the at least one chunk are stored within deduplication metadata. The deduplication mechanism aligns the at least one chunk with chunk boundaries of at least one deduplicated portion of the file. Then, the at least one chunk is committed to a chunk store. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060740 | DATA MANAGING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF PROGRAM, AND SEARCHING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM OF PROGRAM - A data management apparatus includes a storage device; and a processor that executes a procedure, the procedure including selecting a data group, each data in the data group including one of a plurality of tags, among a plurality of data, compressing the data group into a compressed data group, and storing the compressed data group in the storage device, the stored compressed data group being associated with tagging information which indicates that each data of the data group includes the certain tag. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060741 | DATA VERIFICATION USING CHECKSUM SIDEFILE - For facilitating data verification using a checksum in conjunction with a sidefile by a processor device in a computing environment, first block signatures having a first size are calculated for first blocks of a first volume stored on a storage device. The first block signatures are stored to a sidefile. Second block signatures having a second size different from the first size are calculated for second blocks of a second volume stored on the storage device. The second block signatures are stored to the sidefile. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060742 | MULTI-ROW TRANSACTIONS - Techniques are provided for more efficient multi-row atomic, consistent, isolated and durable (ACID)-compliant transactions with snapshot isolation semantics (or just “multi-row transactions” for short). In some embodiments, the techniques are implemented in a computing system that includes a client application, a lightweight in-memory lease-based lock service, a multi-row transaction orchestrator, and an underlying database system. The transaction orchestrator implements a read protocol and a write protocol that provides support to the client application for carrying out multi-row transactions against the underlying database system irrespective of whether the database system itself supports multi-row transactions. The transaction orchestrator explicitly maintains transaction-level locks obtained from the lease-based lock service as part of the transaction protocol. Further, the transaction orchestrator is tolerant to lock service failure and unavailability without compromising ACID-compliance and snapshot isolation guarantees to the client application. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060743 | LOCATION BASED CLEARINGHOUSE SEARCH - Concepts and technologies are described herein for processing queries from a user's computing device initiating a query. In one embodiment, responding to the query involves searching for results based on the user's location and a list of federated enterprises. A clearinghouse server receives the query and determine a location of the user by accessing a location information database. The clearinghouse server then uses the location information in formulating a query to a search engine, by including location information with the user's query. The results are then processed in light of the list of federated enterprises. The processing may include ordering the search results, filtering the search results, or allowing enhanced forms of communications between the user and a selected party associated with the federated enterprise. The results are provided to the user. The enhanced forms of communication include instant messaging and video conferencing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060744 | Personalized Event Search Experience using Social data - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to social event searching. In aspects, a search engine may receive a query regarding a social event. The search engine may obtain static data that indicates a ranking of the event based on overall popularity and may change the ranking based on social data that is particular to the user issuing the query. The search results may be ordered by the ranking and returned together with other social data to a search component such as a Web browser. The Web browser may then display the results together with the other social data. The Web browser may receive additional input from the user regarding preferences and may provide the input to a backend system for use to satisfy subsequent social event queries. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060745 | System, Method, Circuit and Associated Software for Locating and/or Uploading Data Objects - The present invention includes methods, circuits, systems and corresponding executable code for locating and managing data files/objects such as image files, audio files, etc. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there may be provided a Dynamic Search and Linking Module (DSLM), which DSLM may be functionally associated with an Uploader (an application or module adapted to upload files) of an application or of an operating system. The DSLM may provide an Uploader with search engine querying (e.g. web searching) and search engine result (e.g results of a web search) linking functionality. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060746 | Automatic Object Reference Identification and Linking in a Browseable Fact Respository - Links between facts associated with objects are automatically created and maintained in a fact repository. Names of objects are automatically identified in the facts, and collected into a list of names. The facts are then processed to identifying such names in the facts. Identified names are used as anchor text for search links. A search link includes a search query for a service engine which search the fact repository for facts associated with objects having the same name. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060747 | WEB SEARCH SYSTEM WITH GROUP INTERACTION SUPPORT - An Internet infrastructure supports searching of web links to select search results by processing browser activity information along with one or more of favorite lists, and related metadata, user profiles, and trends based on browser activity behavior and favorite behavior. A plurality of web browsers located on client device are incorporated with a browser activity-monitoring module that tracks user's Internet usage, processes this information, and sends this information periodically or upon user request to the server to aid in improving search operation results. The search engine server communicatively couples to the plurality of web browsers and supports delivery of search results/web links to the client device based upon a search string, browser activity information, and possibly the favorite lists and related metadata. The gathered browser activity information, favorite lists, and related metadata are stored in one or more server databases that are associated with the search engine server. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060748 | WEB SEARCH WITH MULTI-LANGUAGE SEARCH INPUT TRANSLATION - A search engine server supports delivery of search results using an international search string option by identifying websites that provide support in English as well as the language of the international search string. The international search string is a search string in any of the languages that are listed/supported by the search engine server. The search engine server delivers web links of websites that provide support in both English as well the language of the international search string by identifying conjugate English terms, strings or phrases for the international search string, that provide exact or approximate equivalent meaning for searching. In addition, the search engine server also provides web links of websites that provide international language support by utilizing a thesaurus in English that provides synonyms for the conjugate English terms. The search engine server also translates websites where there is no support in the language of the search string. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060749 | CREATIVE WORK REGISTRY - A third party servers communicatively coupled to a search engine server gather vectors to web content and delivers a report to registered creative work owners by identifying vectors to web content that contain similarities to their copyrighted creative works. The search engine server identifies similarities to the works of the registered owners of the creative works and provides protection by reporting to the registered owners as well as host third party servers, in case of textual, image, audio and video creative works. This service is an added value based service of the search engine server to the registered owners of the creative works upon service charge basis. The search engine server also provides additional services that include reporting to the host third party servers that contain web content having similarities to that of creative works of registered owners and assisting the third party servers to delete the content upon consideration. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060750 | 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. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060751 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WEB SEARCH INFORMATION IN NAVIGATIONAL HIERARCHY - The current methods and system create a plurality of tree text history entries in the tree text history section within the context of the search terms by associating with a plurality of history data from a plurality of searches using a plurality of search terms in a hierarchical format and allow users to manage the plurality of tree text history entries created in the tree text history section. The plurality of tree text history entries created in the tree text history section include a title and optionally a search or sub-search term. The current methods and system allow managing history data comprising the steps of adding, filtering, modifying, deleting, sorting, pruning, prioritizing, importing, and/or exporting the tree text history entries created in the tree text history section, depending on user preferences. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060752 | USING A PARTIALLY BUILT INDEX IN A COMPUTER DATABASE SYSTEM - A partially built index is used in a computer database system. When a database index is being built, or rebuilt, the database manager keeps track of the records processed using a relative row number (RRN) to track what part of the partially built index is complete. Queries are optimized by a query optimizer associated with the database manager that uses the portion of the index that is complete with reference to the RRN. The remainder of the database table beyond the RRN can be estimated or implemented using the completed data or can be determined by searching the relevant portion of the database table. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060753 | Optimization Method And Apparatus - An optimizer apparatus and method for application in a query engine of a database management system is provided for optimizing a query expression. One or more blocks are identified in the initial query expression, each of the one or more blocks being identified based on a predetermined sub-expression of the initial query expression. The optimization process is partitioned into one or more sub-tasks, wherein each sub-task corresponds to a respective block. An optimal query plan for each of the sub-tasks is determined. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060754 | Feature Search Request Management - The different illustrative embodiments provide a method, a computer program, and an apparatus for managing a search request. Responsive to receiving the search request comprising a task to be performed, a number of applications that is configured to perform the task is identified. A determination is made whether an application in the number of applications is configured to receive a parameter to perform the task that is absent from the search request. Responsive to a determination that the application in the number of applications is configured to receive the parameter to perform the task that is absent from the search request, a request for the parameter is presented. The number of applications that is configured to perform the task is presented | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060755 | APPLYING SCREENING INFORMATION TO SEARCH RESULTS - Applying screening information to search results is disclosed, including: receiving a search request for products, wherein the search request comprises one or more search conditions and a set of user information; retrieving screening information associated with the set of user information, wherein the screening information indicates one or both of seller information and product information to exclude from search results; determining a plurality of search results based at least in part on the one or more search conditions and determining a search result from the plurality of search results to be excluded based at least in part on the screening information; and returning one or more search results from the plurality of search results other than the search result determined to be excluded. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060756 | DOMAIN EXPERTISE DETERMINATION - A user's domain expertise may be estimated through several factors by monitoring different aspects of a user's interaction with a web browser. Based on the user's domain expertise, search results may be presented to the user that is commensurate with their expertise, resulting in a more efficient and productive on line session. A user's expertise in a knowledge domain may be determined from the user's behavior, including analyzing search queries, monitoring how the user navigates between and through websites, and analyzing the specific cites visited. As a user interacts with a browser, the user's estimated domain expertise may be updated and used to provide appropriate and useful search results. In many embodiments, a user may have different expertise levels for different technical domains. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060757 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING FACT CHECKING RESULTS TO GENERATE SEARCH ENGINE RESULTS - A search engine fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information related to a search engine by comparing the information with one or more sources. The search engine fact checking system includes performing a search, fact checks the search results and providing a result. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060758 | GRAPH AUTHORIZATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with graph authorization are described. One example method includes detecting that a user query shares a hook node with an authorization query. The example method may also include generating a base result graph by executing the user query on a base graph and generating an authorized graph by executing the authorization query on the base result graph. The method may also include providing the authorized graph. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060759 | Computational systems and methods for disambiguating search terms corresponding to network members - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one search term corresponding to at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting a disambiguated search term at least partly based on at least one of the network-participation identifier data or the device-identifier data. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060760 | DETERMINING COMPREHENSIVE SUBSETS OF REVIEWS - Techniques are provided for selecting a limited but comprehensive set of high-quality users reviews covering several different aspects or attributes of a reviewed item. For several implementations, selection methodologies approach the challenge as a maximum coverage problem and provide a generic formalism to model the different variants of the review-set selection. Variations to such implementation may also employ different algorithms in consideration of different variants and weightings of those variants. Select implementations employ methodologies that collectively consider attributes of the item discussed in the reviews, the quality of the reviews themselves, and the viewpoint of the reviews (e.g., positive or negative) as input values in order to provide outputs that cover as many attributes of the item as possible, comprising high quality reviews representing different viewpoints. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060761 | USING DOMAIN INTENT TO PROVIDE MORE SEARCH RESULTS THAT CORRESPOND TO A DOMAIN - Techniques are described herein for using intent to access a domain (i.e., domain intent) to provide more search results that correspond to the domain. For example, a rule may specify a maximum number of search results that are allowed to be provided from a domain (or a host that corresponds to the domain) in response to a search query. Each search query may include any number of ngrams. An ngram is a subsequence of elements in a sequence (e.g., a search query). An intent to access a domain may be determined based on one or more of the ngrams in a search query. A number of search results that correspond to a domain may be increased to be greater than the maximum number based on one or more of the ngrams that are included in the search query being associated with the intent to access the domain. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060762 | RANKING ANALYSIS RESULTS BASED ON USER PERCEIVED PROBLEMS IN A DATABASE SYSTEM - Methods and systems for ranking analysis results based on user perceived problems of a database system are described. During operation, an embodiment may receive a designation of a perceived database system performance problem from a user, wherein the problem is associated with one or more database system metrics. Next, the embodiment may determine a set of recommendations for alleviating the perceived database system performance problem. The embodiment may then analyze the set of recommendations to determine, for each recommendation in the set of recommendations, an impact the recommendation is expected to have on the one or more database system metrics. Finally, the embodiment may rank the set of recommendations according to the impact each recommendation is expected to have on the perceived database performance problem. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060763 | USING READING LEVELS IN RESPONDING TO REQUESTS - A request can be received and a request reading level representation for the request can be inferred. In response to the request, the request reading level representation can be compared with one or more reading difficulty level representations for one or more response items. Also in response to the request, one or more indications of results of comparing the request reading level representation with one or more reading difficulty level representations for the one or more response items can be returned. The indication(s) may include a ranking of the response items. The ranking can be based at least in part on a request reading level representation for the query and reading difficulty level representations for the response items. The response item(s) may also be returned. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060764 | GEO-ONTOLOGY EXTRACTION FROM ENTITIES WITH SPATIAL AND NON-SPATIAL ATTRIBUTES - Architecture that provides fully automatic generation of a geo-ontology and does not use pre-existing geo-ontologies or other location entity repositories (e.g., a licensed location). The architecture extracts the formal administrative structure of a geographical region of interest (e.g., country) (a geo-ontology of locations with attributes and relations) from a collection of entities with spatial attributes, extracts the informal administrative structure of a geographical region of interest (e.g., country) (informal administrative regions and names and informal neighborhoods and their attributes), and extracts location static rank features for all these entities (attributes used for ranking locations from the geo-ontology that appear in user queries). | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060765 | OBJECT RETRIEVAL AND LOCALIZATION USING A SPATIALLY-CONSTRAINED SIMILARITY MODEL - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for object retrieval and localization that employ a spatially-constrained similarity model. A spatially-constrained similarity measure may be evaluated by a voting-based scoring technique. Object retrieval and localization may thus be achieved without post-processing. The spatially-constrained similarity measure may handle object rotation, scaling and view point change. The similarity measure can be efficiently calculated by the voting-based method and integrated with inverted files. The voting-based scoring technique may simultaneously retrieve and localize a query object in a collection of images such as an image database. The object retrieval and localization technique may, for example, be implemented with a k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) re-ranking method in or as a retrieval method, system or module. The k-NN re-ranking method may be applied to improve query results of the object retrieval and localization technique. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060766 | K-NEAREST NEIGHBOR RE-RANKING - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for k-NN re-ranking. Based on retrieved images and localized objects, a k-NN re-ranking method may use the k-nearest neighbors of a query to refine query results. Given the top k retrieved images and their localized objects, each k-NN object may be used as a query to perform a search. A database image may have different ranks when using those k-nearest neighbors as queries. Accordingly, a new score for each database image may be collaboratively determined by those ranks, and re-ranking may be performed using the new scores to improve the search results. The k-NN re-ranking technique may be performed two or more times, each time on a new set of k-nearest neighbors, to further refine the search results. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060767 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING AND BROWSING FOR DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY MATCHING MEDIA CONTENT - A method of searching for directly and indirectly matching media content in a metadata database is provided. Searching may include matching keywords in search criteria or using predefined search criteria for browsing of static or dynamic listings of media content. The method includes receiving a search request including search criteria, and searching the metadata database for a digital media selection matching the search criteria. A mapping of metadata of the media selection may be utilized to find a matching media article that directly or indirectly matches the search criteria. The method also includes determining availabilities of the matching media article and the matching media selection. A search result set with the matching media articles and matching media selections is provided, based on their availabilities. An associated content provider may be linked to the customer based on a subscription. The media selection may be accessed by an audio/visual display interface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060768 | ORDERING OF SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON LANGUAGE AND/OR COUNTRY OF THE SEARCH RESULTS - A system and method for providing preferred language and/or country ordering of search results is described. A search query describing potentially retrievable information provided in a plurality of search result languages and/or countries is received. A search is executed by evaluating the search query against information characteristics maintained in a searchable data repository. At least one preferred language and/or country applicable to search results generated is dynamically determined responsive to the executed search. At least some of the search results are ordered in consideration of the at least one preferred language and/or country. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SOCIAL MEDIA INTERACTIONS - A system and method for searching data, such as, text data, using a processing component. A query including one or more terms may be received. At least one term may be automatically added to the query to generate an expanded query set. Entries from one or more information sources, such as, Internet posts, may be retrieved. The retrieved entries may include terms that match terms in the expanded query set. The relevancy of each retrieved entry to the query may be automatically determined. A search result may be provided including a subset of the retrieved entries that are determined to have sufficient relevancy to the query. An output device may display the search result to a client or user. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060770 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus for managing data transmission/reception in a mobile terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a memory for storing identification information for displaying data selected from a data transmission/reception history list, and a controller for generating and storing identification information for transmitted/received data, and for displaying original data of the selected data based on identification information of the data selected from the data transmission/reception history list. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060771 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING COMPOSITE RISK ASSESSMENT DATA AND CLINICAL TRIAL DATA FOR PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS - A risk metrics information platform implemented as a reimbursement risk tracker application facilitates gathering, synthesizing, and presenting risk related data to users to foster a better understanding of pricing and reimbursement market risk for pipeline compounds and marketed pharmaceutical products. In one embodiment, the reimbursement risk tracker application provides a visually intuitive dashboard to help demonstrate how different global agencies look at a drug class or a therapeutic area. In another embodiment, a clinical trial tracker similarly facilitates gathering, synthesizing, and presenting of data relating to studies and outcomes across a number of different markets to foster a better understanding of the evaluation criteria as well as the conclusions of clinical trial studies. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060772 | PREDICTIVE ANALYTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computerized project management analytical system and method that develops and manages an ontology that links objects and is capable of being mined. The ontology is comprised of a project ontology framework, a matching engine and a project status matrix that illustrates a multi-relational view of the project status, of confidence levels, or interdiction points and/or positions on project timelines. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060773 | ASSEMBLER AND METHOD THEREOF FOR GENERATING A COMPLEX SIGNATURE OF AN INPUT MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENT - An assembler for generating a complex signature of an input multimedia data element comprises a first interface for receiving a plurality of signatures respective of a plurality of minimum size multimedia data elements, wherein each of the plurality of the minimum size multimedia data elements is a minimal partition of the input multimedia data element; an assembly unit for combining the plurality of signatures respective of the plurality of minimum size multimedia data elements to generate the complex signature; and a second interface for storing at least the complex signature in a storage unit connected thereto. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060774 | METHOD FOR SEMANTIC CLASSIFICATION OF NUMERIC DATA SETS - A system and method for semantically classifying numerical data includes using semantic classification techniques on ‘nearby’ non-numerical data to identify a context whereby opaque data sets of numbers can be semantically classified inside of that context. An Electronic Knowledge Base is used to query against the context and determine the semantics of the opaque numeric data sets. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060775 | SPANNING-TREE PROGRESSION ANALYSIS OF DENSITY-NORMALIZED EVENTS (SPADE) - Methods and systems for determining progression and other characteristics of microarray expression levels and similar information, alternatively using a network or communications medium or tangible storage medium or logic processor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060776 | DISJOINT PARTIAL-AREA BASED TAXONOMY ABSTRACTION NETWORK - A disjoint partial-area taxonomy abstraction network and methods of producing same for a hierarchy, which partitions overlapping concepts into singly-rooted disjoint groups that are more manageable to work with and comprehend. This provides abstract models for summarizing overlapping concepts which permit enhanced, high-level display for users at a user interface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060777 | TIME ALIGNED TRANSMISSION OF CONCURRENTLY CODED DATA STREAMS - A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module receiving a first coded matrix that includes a first plurality of pairs of coded values corresponding to first data segments of a first data stream and a second data stream. The method continues with the DS processing module receiving a second coded matrix that includes a second plurality of pairs of coded values corresponding to first data segments of a third data stream and a fourth data stream. The method continues with the DS processing module generating a new coded matrix to include a plurality of groups of selected coded values. The method continues with the DS processing module outputting the plurality of groups of selected coded values to a requesting entity in a manner to maintain time alignment of the first data segments of the first, second, third, and fourth data streams. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060778 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING DOCUMENT LIST - Provided are a device, a method, and a program for displaying a document list with which a desired document can be effectively specified. The present invention groups documents in accordance with a displaying method of a document list, dynamically gives a group a name with which a range of the grouped documents can be seen, and organizes the document list. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060779 | COMMUNITY-BASED PARENTAL CONTROLS - According to a general aspect, a method includes maintaining rating groups, each rating group providing a rating for content compiled based on information received from a user evaluating the content. The method also includes receiving, from a first user, a selection of a first rating group to be applied to a set of users associated with the first user. The method also includes receiving, from a user, a request for a piece of content. The method also includes determining that the user from which the request was received belongs to the set of users associated with the first user. The method also includes, based upon the determination that the user belonged to the set of users associated with the first user, accessing information associated with the first rating group and determining whether the first rating group includes a rating for the requested piece of content. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060780 | Column Domain Dictionary Compression - In column domain dictionary compression, column values in one or more columns are tokenized by a single dictionary. The domain of the dictionary is the entire set of columns. A dictionary may not only map a token to a tokenized value, but also to a count (“token count”) of the number of occurrences of the token and corresponding tokenized value in the dictionary's domain. Such information may be used to compute queries on the base table. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060781 | PERFORMING INDEX SCANS IN A DATABASE - Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for performing an index scan in a database system. A sequence of pages visited during an index scan are dynamically tracked. The tracking includes tracking the number of page accesses requiring a wait for input or output. It is determined whether prefetching of an object is desirable. The determination being made at least in part based on the number of page accesses requiring a wait for input or output. If prefetching is desirable, a prefetching method is selected among a set of available prefetching methods. An effectiveness of the selected prefetching method is continuously monitored by tracking the sequence of pages accessed and available access methods. A different prefetching method is selected from the set of available prefetching methods if the different prefetching method has a better effectiveness for a portion of the index that is being scanned. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060782 | DETERMINING INDEXES FOR IMPROVING DATABASE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - Methods and systems for identifying one or more indexes are described. A system can collect a set of database operations that were performed during a given time window. Next, the system can partition the set of database operations based on a set of database tables that were accessed by the set of database operations. Then, for each database table in the set of database tables, the system can determine a set of indexes that are candidates for improving database system performance. Next, based on the candidate indexes, the system can identify one or more indexes, one or more combinations of indexes, and/or a consolidated index that improve overall database system performance. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060783 | TIME SERIES SEARCH ENGINE - Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize, index, search, and present time series data based on searches. Time series data are sequences of time stamped records occurring in one or more usually continuous streams, representing some type of activity. In one embodiment, time series data is organized into discrete events with normalized time stamps and the events are indexed by time and keyword. A search is received and relevant event information is retrieved based in whole or in part on the time indexing mechanism, keyword indexing mechanism, or statistical indices calculated at the time of the search. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060784 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING WORD SEARCHING INSIDE OF VIDEO FILES - Techniques for generating automated tags for a video file are described. The method includes receiving one or more manually generated tags associated with a video file, based at least in part on the one or more manually entered tags, determining a preliminary category for the video file, and based on the preliminary category, generating a targeted transcript of the video file, wherein the targeted transcript includes a plurality of words. The method further includes generating an ontology of the plurality of words based on the targeted transcript, ranking the plurality of words in the ontology based on a plurality of scoring factors, and based on the ranking of the plurality of words, generating one or more automated tags associated with the video file. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060785 | KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING CUSTOMIZATION - Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules stored as machine-readable data and/or programming instructions. The elemental data structure may include a universal kernel and one or more customized modules. The universal kernel may represent knowledge that is generally applicable to a population, and the customized modules may represent knowledge that is specifically applicable to individual data consumers. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060786 | TEXT-BASED SEARCHING OF IMAGE DATA - A method and system are disclosed for conducting text-based searches of images using a visual signature associated with each image. A measure of string similarity between a query and an annotation associated with each entry in a first database is computed, and based upon the computed string similarity measures, a set of entries from the first database is selected. Each entry of the first database also includes an associated visual signature. At least one entry is then retrieved from a second database based upon a measure of visual similarity between a visual signature of each of the entries in the second database and the visual signatures of the entries in the selected set. Information corresponding to the retrieved entries from the second database is then generated. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130060787 | CASE ANALYSIS SYSTEM - Systems and methods for cases based analysis are described. In one implementation, a new case-based document having static attributes and dynamic attributes is received. Once the static and the dynamic attributes are received, the static attributes of the received new case-based document is compared with the static attributes of one or more previously processed case-based documents. Based on the comparison, a sub-set of case-based documents is generated. For the generated sub-set, the dynamic attributes of the new case-based document are compared with the dynamic attributes of the sub-set of case-based documents. Based on the comparison, previously processed case-based documents, if any, which are found to be similar to the new case-based document are identified. | 2013-03-07 |
