20th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140136435 | SOCIAL MEDIA AND TRANSACTION DISPLAY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for displaying transaction data and social media are provided. In an embodiment, a receiver and record generation module generates a record of a transaction performed by a user. A transmission module sends a request for social media data related to the transaction and about the user to a network-based social platform. A receiver module receives at least one piece of social media data. A signal generation module provides a rendering signal instructing a client device to render at least a portion of the record of the transaction and the at least one piece of social media data. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136436 | Systems and Methods for Managing Organizational Information - Novel and useful systems and methods for identifying, organizing and displaying organizational information are provided for multiple users to define organizational relationships associated with an organization. The organizational relationships are included in a set of organizational relationships and stored as organizational data in a computer-readable medium for future access. The organizational data is used for a variety of purposes, such as generating visual depictions of the organizational relationships. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136437 | METHOD FOR COMPILATION AND EVALUATION OF A CURRICULUM VITAE - A method to evaluate and classify curricula vitae includes the steps of inserting a plurality of data relating at least to the formation and/or professional experience of a plurality of candidates into storage, associating to the data entered a corresponding measuring parameter representative of the data and calculating a parameter of evaluation defined by above-mentioned measurement parameters. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136438 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OBTAINING CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS USING SELF-RANKING TESTING TOOLS - Systems and methods of attracting highly qualified candidates to a recruiter network are provided. The recruiter network may offer success-based measurement tools to potential candidates that may allow candidates to benchmark their individual career successes against their peers. The resulting test data may be quantitatively matched to recruiter profiles to identify and evaluate potential candidates that may meet specific success criteria. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136439 | SELECTING COLLABORATORS FOR PROJECTS - A method, computer program product, and system for selecting collaborators is described. A set of candidates for collaboration with an initiator is received. Initial contact scores for one or more member of the set of candidates are determined based upon, at least in part, one or more of initial availability and initial willingness. An initial ranking order for the set of candidates is determined. A member is selected from the set based upon, at least in part, the initial ranking order. An invitation to collaborate is provided to the selected member. If the invitation is accepted, a communication channel connection is established between the initiator and the selected member. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136440 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS OF ASSOCIATING IMPORT AND/OR EXPORT DATA WITH A CORPORATE IDENTIFIER RELATING TO BUYING AND SUPPLYING GOODS - There is provided a method that includes matching records from a plurality of international import/export databases, to unique corporate identifiers, and merging data from the records into a global database. There is also provided a system that employs the method, and a storage device that contains instructions that cause a processor to execute the method. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136441 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTITY BASED SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT - Techniques to allow a social networking system to facilitate management of relationships between service providers and users of the social networking system. In one embodiment, information regarding eligibility of a user to receive an offering of a service provider may be maintained. A request for the information regarding eligibility of the user from the service provider may be received. The information regarding eligibility of the user may be provided to the service provider. Provision of the information regarding eligibility of the user may be performed before at least a portion of the offering is provided by the service provider to the user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136442 | AUDIO SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING TASKS - A system includes a hands free mobile communication device. Software stored on a machine readable storage device is executed to cause the hands free mobile communication device to communicate audibly with a field operator performing field operations. The operator receives instructions regarding operations to be performed. Oral communications are received from the operator and are processed automatically to provide further instructions in response to the received oral communications. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136443 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE SALE OF CONSUMER SERVICES - Computer-implemented systems and methods for the sale of consumer services. Predictions are made based on the behaviors, preferences, assets, identifying characteristics, and other attributes associated with customers and merchants. In one implementation, a prediction is made as to whether a customer is likely to request a service and whether a merchant is likely to be selected by the customer to provide the service. In another implementation, the calendars of a merchant and customer are automatically updated to account for the customer's late arrival to an appointment at the merchants location. In yet another implementation, a customer purchases an appointment for a service from another customer that has the appointment scheduled with a merchant providing the service. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DE-RISKING A PENSION FUND - A system for de-risking a pension fund, the system including: an input module for receiving asset class forecasts; a modeling module for modeling a plurality of portfolios based on the asset class forecasts to provide a de-risking framework; an asset mix module for receiving an asset mix for each of the model portfolios based on the de-risking framework; a database for storing data related to the asset class forecasts, the model portfolios, and asset mix; a processor configured to monitor the model portfolios for performance within the de-risking framework by: calculating an indicator of funded status volatility; comparing the indicator with a benchmark; and reporting the result. In particular, the indicator of funded status volatility is a liability tracking error and the benchmark is the liability tracking error of a conventional or standard pension portfolio. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136445 | SECURITIES LENDING RECORDS PROCESSING - A system for securities lending data management aggregates securities lending transaction data across a plurality of firms. The data comprises records including parameters for securities lending transactions entered into by individual firms. The system queries the data in order to identify instances wherein for a record of a transaction engaged by one firm, there is no corresponding record for another firm indicating a counterparty. The system compares instances of such orphan records in order to identify instances wherein the parameters for an orphan record corresponds to the parameters of another orphan record with the exception of perhaps one or two parameter values. The system outputs a listing of such instances and receives input confirming or invalidating that the identified orphan records correspond to the same transaction. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136446 | METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MANAGING INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS - A method and a non-transitory computer readable medium, the method includes receiving by a computerized system information about a large number of investment opportunities; wherein each investment opportunity exhibits investment characteristics and is formed from a financial asset; comparing in real time, by the computerized system, between characteristics of investment opportunities and characteristics of a large amount of investment portfolios to find investment opportunities that match investment portfolios; and adding investment opportunities to investment portfolios that match the investment opportunities | 2014-05-15 |
20140136447 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A HIGH DENSITY FINANCIAL ASSET INFORMATION DISPLAY - The disclosure details the implementation of an APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A HIGH DENSITY FINANCIAL ASSET INFORMATION DISPLAY. The disclosure teaches a High Density Financial Asset Information Display which provides a high density, straightforward, unified, compact, dynamic and comprehensive display interface that presents users with a high volume of easy to understand financial asset information including the current buy and sell prices, the current price direction, the amount of time the asset pair is traded at each price, and the change in price over multiple time frames. The High Density Financial Asset Information Display is dynamically updated with the latest financial information and is formatted to convey relevant changes in the information of interest in a way that is easily understood by users. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136448 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER PRICE LIST, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An electric power price information acquisition unit ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140136449 | Methods for Enhancing Debt Collection Efficiency - The methods of this invention solve the problem of low recovery of debt by, prior to recovery of the debt, increasing the debtor's inclination and ability to repay the debt, and only after increasing the debtor's willingness and ability to repay the debt, collecting a greater amount of the debt. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136450 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER'S MENTAL STATE - An apparatus for determining a user's mental state in a terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a data collector configured to collect sensor data; a data processor configured to extract feature data from the sensor data; and a mental state determiner configured to provide the feature data to an inference model to determine the user's mental state. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136451 | Determining Preferential Device Behavior - Systems, methods and computer program products are disclosed for machine learning to determine preferential device behavior. In some implementations, a server receives inputs, including attributes from a client device, crowd-sourced data from a number of other devices and a priori knowledge. The server includes a concept engine that applies machine-learning process to the inputs. The output of the machine learning process is transported to the client device. At the client device, a client engine associates attributes observed at the device to the machine learning output to determine a user profile. Applications may access the user profile to determine preferential device behavior, such as provide targeted information to the user or take action on the device that is personalized to the user of the device. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136452 | PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FACTORY - An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product are disclosed for a predictive analytics factory. A receiver module is configured to receive training data. A function generator module is configured to determine a plurality of learned functions from multiple classes based on the training data. A predictive compiler module is configured to form a predictive ensemble comprising a subset of learned functions from the plurality of learned functions. The subset of learned functions is from at least two of the multiple classes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136453 | STATISTICAL ESTIMATION OF ORIGIN AND DESTINATION POINTS OF TRIP USING PLURALITY OF TYPES OF DATA SOURCES - A method of predicting the origin and destination points of an unknown trip using a computer includes receiving an input of second marker information including the type and position of a known marker included in a second region; generating a second feature vector at each spot included in the second region on the basis of the second marker information; and predicting the probability that the respective spots included in the second region are the origin and destination points on the basis of a prediction model, which is acquired based on first marker information including the type and position of a known marker included in a first region and information on the known origin and destination points included in the first region, and the second feature vector. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136454 | PREDICTING CHANGE-POINTS IN CONTINUOUS TIME-SERIES DATA - A method for predicting a change-point in continuous time-series data by computer includes accepting an input of continuous time-series data in past w periods; and determining whether or not a change-point in time-series appears in future k periods; wherein determining further includes determining, by a plurality of preliminary classifiers on the basis of the continuous time-series data in the past w periods and their respective preliminary classification rules, whether or not the change-point appears in future (k+i) periods, where i=0, 1, . . . , m; and determining, by a secondary classifier on the basis of determinations made by the plurality of preliminary classifiers and a secondary classification rule, whether or not the change-point appears in future c periods. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136455 | Self-Organizing Sensing and Actuation for Automatic Control - A Self-Organizing Process Control Architecture is introduced with a Sensing Layer, Control Layer, Actuation Layer, Process Layer, as well as Self-Organizing Sensors (SOS) and Self-Organizing Actuators (SOA). A Self-Organizing Sensor for a process variable with one or multiple input variables is disclosed. An artificial neural network (ANN) based dynamic modeling mechanism as part of the Self-Organizing Sensor is described. As a case example, a Self-Organizing Soft-Sensor for CFB Boiler Bed Height is presented. Also provided is a method to develop a Self-Organizing Sensor. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136456 | MODELER FOR PREDICTING STORAGE METRICS - Described herein is a system and method for dynamically managing service-level objectives (SLOs) for workloads of a cluster storage system. Proposed states/solutions of the cluster may be produced and evaluated to select one that achieves the SLOs for each workload. A planner engine may produce a state tree comprising nodes, each node representing a proposed state/solution. New nodes may be added to the state tree based on new solution types that are permitted, or nodes may be removed based on a received time constraint for executing a proposed solution or a client certification of a solution. The planner engine may call an evaluation engine to evaluate proposed states, the evaluation engine using an evaluation function that considers SLO, cost, and optimization goal characteristics to produce a single evaluation value for each proposed state. The planner engine may call a modeler engine that is trained using machine learning techniques. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PATTERN RECOGNITION TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN STATUS QUO - The present invention relates to a method of checking data gathered from a content source comprising: receiving initial data from the content source; training a data profiler to generate a set of trusted constraint modules, said training comprising (1) selecting constraint modules having parameters that are applicable to the initial data, (2) adjusting the parameters of the applicable constraint modules to conform with new data from the content source, (3) identifying non-stable constraint modules, and (4) generating a set of trusted constraint modules by removing the non-stable constraint modules; applying the set of trusted constraint modules to subsequently received data from the content source to determine whether the subsequently received data meets the parameters of the set of trusted constraint modules; and signaling a failure upon the subsequently received data failing to meet the parameters of the set of trusted constraint modules. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136458 | HOSPITAL UNIT DEMAND FORECASTING TOOL - An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method of forecasting a demand for a particular hospital unit. The method can be executed by programming the steps into a computer readable medium. One step includes logging a total number of beds in the particular hospital unit and available nursing slots to determine a capacity for the particular hospital unit. The method also includes analyzing data for patients scheduled to stay in the particular hospital unit data to predict stochastic arrivals in order to estimate a total inflow. A length of stay of a patient in the particular hospital unit is predicted using a survival analysis based on physician orders to estimate a total outflow. Additionally, the method includes executing an algorithm designed to use the capacity, total inflow, and total outflow to determine the demand for the particular hospital unit. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136459 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR KANBAN CELL NEURON NETWORK - A system for machine cognition includes Kanban cells (KC), Kanban cell neurons (KCN), and Kanban cell neuron networks (KCNN). The KC is an asynchronous AND-OR gate without feedback that is self-timing by the input data to process until input is equal to output. Input is a four-valued logic (4 VL) based on the set {contradiction, true, false, tautology} of four-valued bit code (4 vbc) where contradiction is equivalent to null. Access to a sparsely filled look up table (LUT) is minimized in hardware with a 2-bit value per logical signal. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136460 | MULTI OBJECTIVE DESIGN SELECTION - A method of selecting a group from a plurality of multi objective designs which comply with a plurality of objectives. The method comprises providing a plurality of multi objective designs, each the multi objective design having a plurality of multi objective design objective values which comply with at least one constraint of a Pareto Frontier of an objective space of a plurality of objectives, selecting a group from the plurality of multi objective designs, each member of the group is selected according to a match between at least one objective of respective the plurality of objectives and at least one of a respective gain threshold and a respective loss threshold, and outputting the group. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136461 | MODE DETERMINATION FOR MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES DATA - Embodiments relate to mode determination for multivariate time series data. An aspect includes determining first within-mode and first cross-mode parameters for a first number of modes, each mode comprising one or more time periods in the multivariate time series. Another aspect includes determining a first likelihood of the at least one multivariate time series based on the first sets of within-mode parameters and first set of cross-mode parameters. Another aspect includes determining second within-mode and second cross-mode parameters for a second number of modes. Another aspect includes determining a second likelihood of the at least one multivariate time series based on the second sets of within-mode parameters and second set of cross-mode parameters. Another aspect includes based on the first likelihood being higher than the second likelihood, selecting the first number of modes to model the at least one multivariate time series. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136462 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATICALLY SUPPLYING MISSING PARAMETERS FOR MATCHING NEW MEMBERS OF A POPULATION WITH ANALOGOUS MEMBERS - A population comparison system, method and a computer program product therefor. A stored list of population members, e.g., hydrocarbon reservoirs, includes parameters for corresponding known characteristics and analogous members for each member. A new population member input receives new member descriptions including parameters for each respective new member. A parameter extraction system automatically extracts an estimated value for each missing key parameter, providing a supplemented description. An analogous member selector automatically selects a subset of listed population members as analogous members for each new population member responsive to the supplemented description. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136463 | MODE DETERMINATION FOR MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES DATA - Embodiments relate to mode determination for multivariate time series data. An aspect includes determining first within-mode and first cross-mode parameters for a first number of modes, each mode comprising one or more time periods in the multivariate time series. Another aspect includes determining a first likelihood of the at least one multivariate time series based on the first sets of within-mode parameters and first set of cross-mode parameters. Another aspect includes determining second within-mode and second cross-mode parameters for a second number of modes. Another aspect includes determining a second likelihood of the at least one multivariate time series based on the second sets of within-mode parameters and second set of cross-mode parameters. Another aspect includes based on the first likelihood being higher than the second likelihood, selecting the first number of modes to model the at least one multivariate time series. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136464 | DATA QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR PROFILING, LINKING, CLEANSING, AND MIGRATING DATA - A data quality management system includes a rules repository configured to store profiling data quality rules, cleansing data quality rules, and linking data that links profiling data quality rules to cleansing data quality rules. The data quality management system also includes a rules management module configured to manage the rules repository. The data quality management system further includes a data quality job management module configured to migrate data quality rules from the rules repository to a data quality processing system and manage a data quality process performed by the data quality processing system using the migrated data quality rules. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136465 | IMPULSE REGULAR EXPRESSION MATCHING - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for matching regular expressions. A buffer of symbols giving a number of the last occurrence positions of each symbol is maintained. When two constants match on either side of a regular expression operator, the buffer of symbols is queried to determine if a member of the complement of the regular expression operator occurred between the two constants. If so, then the operator was not satisfied. If not, then the operator was satisfied. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136466 | AUTOMATICALLY SELECTING ANALOGOUS MEMBERS FOR NEW POPULATION MEMBERS BASED ON INCOMPLETE DESCRIPTIONS, INCLUDING AN UNCERTAINTY CHARACTERZING SELECTION - A population comparison system, method and a computer program product. A stored list of population members, e.g., hydrocarbon reservoirs, includes parameters for corresponding known characteristics and analogous members for each member. A new population member input receives new member descriptions including parameters for each respective new member. A parameter extraction system automatically extracts an estimated value for each missing key parameter, providing a supplemented description. An analogous member selector automatically selects a subset of listed population members as analogous members for each new population member responsive to the supplemented description. The analogous members serve as a basis for uncertainty characterization from the joint parameter distribution and univariate distributions for each parameter. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136467 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR PROVIDING A PROGNOSTIC SCORING SYSTEM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION - This document provides methods and materials for providing a scoring system to prognose the development of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). For example, a prognostic scoring system as well as methods for making and using a prognostic scoring system for the development of PJI to assist clinicians in implementing intervention or early diagnostic strategies are provided. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136468 | QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SIMILARITY OF CATEGORIZED DATA - A system having a processor is programmed to realize practical quantitative assessment of similarity of categorized data. The category data may be stored in a memory as a category graph comprising a graphical data structure having plural parent and child category nodes connected by directed edges, such that sequences of connected category nodes represent hierarchical relations between categories of objects. A similarity metric of a selected pair of categories may be derived, in one embodiment, by analysis of ancestors of the selected pair of categories, including consideration of closest common ancestors in the category graph. Efficiency improvements may include transforming a directed cyclic graph to a directed acyclic graph, and optionally deriving a subgraph to reduce the number of categories under consideration. The software methods may further comprise computing a similarity metric for a pair of objects based on the similarity score for the corresponding pair of categories. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136469 | LOGIC MODEL FOR MEDIA CUSTOMIZATION WITH ITEM ASSOCIATION - A computing device receives a plurality of media files. Further, the computing device associates an item with a media file from the plurality of media files according to an association. The item is displayed during display of the media file. The association has a predetermined playback time during playback of the media file at which item data is displayed in addition to the display of the media file. In addition, the computing device generates a hierarchical logic model for media playback. The hierarchical logic model organizes the plurality of media files for playback into a hierarchy according to a predetermined set of conditions. A set of code is provided to a media player for media playback based upon the logic model and the association between the item and the media file. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136470 | DATA AND META DATA VARIANTS EXTENDING ACTUAL DATA FOR PLANNING - Embodiments implement data and meta data versioning in order to adapt reported data (“actuals”) for planning purposes. A versioning engine receives from an operative system (e.g. ERP system), root variants. These root variants may comprise existing actual data and corresponding underlying corporate meta data. Based upon user input, the versioning engine creates from these root variants, additional variants of the data and/or meta data. A new data variant may be based upon the original corporate meta data unchanged (e.g. for projecting existing product lines). A data variant may alternatively be based upon a new meta data variant reflecting changes to the original corporate meta data (e.g. for adopting an entirely new product line). By effectively depicting relationships between actual data and plan data, and between that data and its underlying meta data, versioning allows a user to visualize evolution of actual data into plan data for forecasting purposes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136471 | Rapid Provisioning of Information for Business Analytics - An approach is provided in which a system creates schema terms based upon matching input data query requirements to industry terms. In turn, the system generates a query and an associative map, which includes data organized according to the schema terms. The system executes the query, which retrieves the data from the associative map and loads the data into one or more storage areas. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136472 | Methodology supported business intelligence (BI) software and system - The invention provides idealized and reusable data source interfaces. The process of idealizing includes reengineering of the original data model using a surrogate key based model. The technique emphasizes readability and performance of the resulting operational data store. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136473 | PARTIAL MERGE - A multi-level storage architecture and method of performing a partial merge are disclosed. A main store is partitioned into a passive main part and an active main part, the active main part being empty at a start of the partial merge, the passive main part storing encoded data records of the main store that are not subject to the partial merge. A values index corresponding to a sorted dictionary of the passive main part is set to a cardinality of n. The data records of a second level storage structure is merged into the active main part, the active main part having a dictionary that starts with a value of n+1, such that the merging into the active main part continues an encoding scheme according to the values index of the passive main part. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136474 | TRANSACTIONAL SERVICE PIPELINE - An approach for connecting the inputs and the outputs of multiple services in such a way that the entire transaction can be tracked from beginning to end and from service to service is provided. The pipeline architecture of the present invention passes information through a sequence of nodes, each node providing some processing or filtering before passing information to the next node in the pipe. A transaction's token passes down a pipe of services. The pipe can have forks and branches, so a transaction's token is passed from node to node carrying messages from one node to another. The overall transactional information is not lost from service to service; instead it is carried up and down the length of the pipeline. As the transaction's token is passed up and down the pipeline, its history passes with it. The pipe links a chain of nodes connected end-to-end. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136475 | AUTOMATICALLY ADDRESSING PERFORMANCE ISSUES IN A DISTRIBUTED DATABASE - A database performance monitor monitors performance of a distributed database, identifies a database performance issue for the distributed database, determines from a distributed virtual network mechanism which physical networks are related to the database performance issue, determines a potential solution to the database performance issue that changes configuration of the distributed database, and applies the potential solution by automatically changing configuration of the distributed database without intervention of a user to address the database performance issue. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136476 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT SUPPLYING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING READING BEHAVIOR - An electronic document supplying system includes a host server device and an analysis server device. The host server device includes an electronic document supplier and a first processer, and the analysis server device includes a database, an analyzer, and a second processer. The first processer analyzes a reading behavior corresponding to one of documents to generate a corresponding reading content weight and transfer the reading content weight to the electronic document supplier. The database collects the reading content weight generated by the reading behaviors of the electronic documents. The to analyzer analyzes the reading content weight to generate corresponding analysis data. The second processer marks the electronic documents based on the analysis data and transfer the marked electronic documents to the database for storing. The electronic document supplier receives the marked electronic documents from the database and supplies the marked electronic documents. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136477 | CONDITIONING PROCESS MONITOR AND ASSESMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for monitoring and assessing a conditioning/reconditioning process of products, such as new or used cars of a dealership, includes capturing images of products as they progress through stations of the conditioning process, communicating each captured image, in real time when captured, together with a timestamp for the capture of the image, to a central repository, creating a record from each first image and timestamp corresponding to each new or used product prior to the conditioning process, updating the record with each subsequent image and timestamp during the conditioning process (e.g., before and after each next work station in the conditioning progression), and generating reports by the central repository, responsive to requests, in respect of at least portions of the record. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136478 | System for the Centralized Storage of Wireless Customer Information - A system for storing subscriber information in a centralized location includes a processor, memory coupled to the processor, and a data storage device coupled to the processor. The data storage device includes a subscriber profile portion for storing personal information about a subscriber. The subscriber profile portion includes a subscriber identification portion for storing an identification string. The subscriber profile portion is associated with an account type portion for storing account information, a portal portion for storing portal information, and an account status portion for storing account status information. The data storage device further includes a subscription portion for storing subscription information. The subscription portion is associated with a device portion for storing device information, a services portion for storing services information, and a mobile subscription portion for storing mobile subscription information. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136479 | MOBILE APPLICATION CACHE BASED ON EXTREME SCALE TECHNOLOGY - Storing data from mobile devices may comprise receiving an asynchronous communication from a mobile device over a wireless network notifying that data was dropped in a synchronizing folder; computing a hash value associated with the data; determining based on the computed hash value, a partition of an object grid comprising a plurality of virtual machines; and storing the data on the partition. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136480 | FAST REPLICATION OF AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM TO A REMOTE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Technologies for fast, automated replication of an enterprise system from a source computing environment to a target computing environment over a network are provided. A shell system is created by deploying a pre-installed system template in the target computing environment. Customer-specific data from the enterprise system in the source computing environment is exported and written to a set of files. The set of files are uploaded to an upload area of the target computing environment, and the files are imported into the shell system to create the replicated. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136481 | PROXIMITY BASED APPLICATION STATE SYNCHRONIZATION - Techniques for a method for automatically synchronizing application state across multiple devices are disclosed herein. The method includes running an instance of a computer application at a first electronic device, detecting a presence of a second electronic device based on a proximity of the second electronic device to the first electronic device, identifying an installation of another instance of the computer application on the second electronic device, and transmitting an application state data to the second electronic device. The application state data represents an application state of the computer application at the first electronic device. The application state data of the computer application enables another instance of the computer application at the second electronic device to resume running the computer application from the transmitted application state. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136482 | METHOD OF INCREASING CAPACITY TO PROCESS OPERATIONAL DATA - A first-system has a plurality of interconnected computers which receive operational data from remote data sources. The first-system has a software application for processing the operational data received from remote data sources and the operational data characterizes performance of one or more software applications running on the remote data sources. A load capacity “L” for the first-system is determined; wherein L is the number of remote data sources that can be processed before the system becomes overloaded. The first-system is repeatedly monitors remote data sources to determine their number. When the number of remote data sources exceeds a predetermined fraction of L the first-system is replicated and replications are installed. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136483 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING METADATA IN A STORAGE ENVIRONMENT - Method and system is provided for managing metadata for a plurality of data containers that are stored at one or more storage volumes in a storage system. The metadata is collected from one or more storage volumes and then provided to a catalog module. The catalog module pre-processes the metadata and then generates a searchable data structure. The searchable data structure may then be used to respond to a user request for information regarding the storage system. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136484 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PERFORMING INCREMENTAL SQL SERVER DATABASE BACKUPS - A system, method, and medium for performing incremental backups of a Microsoft SQL server database. A snapshot of the database is created, and then a map identifying the changed extents is retrieved from the snapshot. The changed extents are then retrieved from the snapshot and stored in a backup storage device. For a restore operation, a full database backup file is written to a storage device and then the changed extents from a stored incremental backup file may be merged with the full backup file. Next, the database server is notified of the reconstructed file and then the reconstructed file is mounted by the database server as a live instance of the database. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136485 | FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD - [Problem] To provide a file management system and file management method that are able to perform a backup process efficiently by means of a configuration that uses a virtual file system metadatabase from a backup process side also. [Solution] The file management system is provided with a virtual drive controller ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140136486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF MANUFACTURING TEST DATA - The present invention relates to a method and system for data lifecycle management of manufacturing test data. The method and system receive, at an acquisition unit, manufacturing test data from at least one source, process the manufacturing test data for rendering the manufacturing test data compatible with a digital storage system, and load the manufacturing test data into a digital storage system. The method and system further store, at the digital storage system, the manufacturing test data; and monitor an amount of data stored in the digital storage system corresponding to at least one type of active data. An alert is generated when the monitored amount of data is above a pre-defined alert threshold. Access to a pre-defined subset of data stored in the digital storage system is blocked, when the monitored amount of data is above a pre-defined blocking threshold. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136487 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT TARGETED ROLLBACK - A computer-implemented system and method for content management targeted rollback, including receiving at least one change to be made to a field on a document. A rollback document representing the document is stored. Metadata associated with the change and the rollback document is stored. The change is executed. A rollback request is received containing targeting metadata designating the rollback document. The document is rolled back to the rollback document that is associated with the stored metadata that corresponds to the targeting metadata. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136488 | System and Method for Fast File Tracking and Change Monitoring - Embodiments are directed towards a dynamic change evaluation mechanism, whereby items having a detected possible change are scheduled for re-evaluation for possible changes at a higher frequency than items detected to not have previously changed, while those items detected as not to have changed are dynamically scheduled for re-evaluation based on an evaluation backlog that may be in turn based, in part, on a time from when an item is assigned an expiration time to when the item is evaluated. In one embodiment, a possibly changed item may be assigned a new expiration time independent of the evaluation backlog. In another embodiment, if no change is detected, then the item may be assigned a new expiration time as a function of a previous expiration time and on the evaluation backlog. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136489 | DASHBOARD COLLABORATOR - Described herein is a technology for designing a dashboard. In some embodiments, first and second dashboards are provided. Conflict analysis on the first and second dashboard is performed. The conflicts are resolved if any conflicts are detected. The first and second dashboards are merged to form a merged dashboard if no conflicts are detected or after resolving the conflicts. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136490 | Methods and Systems For Vectored Data De-Duplication - The present invention is directed toward methods and systems for data de-duplication. More particularly, in various embodiments, the present invention provides systems and methods for data de-duplication that may utilize a vectoring method for data de-duplication wherein a stream of data is divided into “data sets” or blocks. For each block, a code, such as a hash or cyclic redundancy code may be calculated and stored. The first block of the set may be written normally and its address and hash can be stored and noted. Subsequent block hashes may be compared with previously written block hashes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136491 | STORAGE SYSTEM, STORAGE SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE - It is provided a storage system including a storage device for storing data, and a controller for controlling data read/write in the storage device. The controller includes a processor for executing a program, and a memory for storing the program that is executed by the processor. The processor executes deduplication processing for converting a duplicate part of data that is stored in the storage device into shared data, and calculates a distributed capacity consumption, which represents a capacity of a storage area that is used by a user in the storage device, by using a size of the data prior to the deduplication processing and a count of pieces of data referring to the shared data that is referred to by this data. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136492 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF IMAGE COLOR PROFILES - Techniques to allow for accurate color representation of images stored within and delivered by a social networking system. In an embodiment, a match between at least a portion of a longest tag value from a plurality of tag values and a subsequence of a tagged element data string in a tag-based file associated with an image is identified. The tagged element data string and a tag table are optimized based on the match. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136493 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING STORAGE SPACE ON STORAGE DEVICE IN AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BY USING CONTEXT DATA AND USER PROFILE DATA - A method and apparatus for reserving a usable storage space on a storage device is provided. The method includes collecting context data representing an environment surrounding the storage device; selecting at least one file from among files stored in the storage device by using at least one of the context data and user profile data; and processing the selected file and reserving a usable storage space on the storage device. The method reserves the usable storage space by using the context data or user profile data, thereby allowing efficient reserving of usable storage space without a user's manual intervention and preventing waste of unnecessary resources. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136494 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC WRAPPER INDUCTION BY APPLYING FILTERS - Information from a plurality of domains is automatically extracted according to an iterative application of rules. A first rule is generated based on a target string. The first rule comprises at least one filter. A domain of interest is identified and a training set is generated using the target string and at least one document in the domain of interest. The first rule is applied to each document in the training set to obtain a first of target results. The first set of target results are compared to desired set of target results. Based on the comparison, a second rule may is created and applied to the training set to yield an improved second set of target results. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136495 | INTELLIGENT RESOLUTON OF CODES IN A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM - Intelligent delegation of codes for mapping between versions of a classification system includes a computer processor and an application executable by the computer processor to implement a method. The method includes receiving data that is classified with a first code. The first code is defined by a first version of the classification system, and the first code is to be re-classified to a second code that is defined by a second version of the classification system. The method also includes searching a database of profiles for content that matches at least a portion of the data, sending the data to a converter system having one of the profiles that is associated with the content responsive to the searching, and receiving, from the converter system, a mapping of the first code to the second code. The method further includes updating a database of codes with results of the mapping. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136496 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SUPPORTING NETWORK FILE ACCESSING AND VERSIONING WITH MULTIPLE PROTOCOLS IN A CLOUD STORAGE SERVER - A method for accessing a file in a cloud storage server is provided. The method comprises the steps outlined below. A file update request is received from a remote device. A specific file is retrieved from a present version data storage area. A unique identification file name is calculated. The specific file is duplicated to generate a new file such that one of the specific file and the new file becomes a first file to be updated in the present version data storage and the other one of them becomes a second file to be moved to an old version data storage area. The second file is named by using the unique identification file name. The first file is updated in the present version data storage area according to the file update request. A database record is added to describe a versioning relationship between the first and the second files. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136497 | System And Method To Compare And Merge Documents - A system to compare and merge a plurality of documents is described. The system includes a data format module configured to determine format of documents and data structures in the documents. The system also includes an abstract description module configured to receive determined data structures and configured to generate a merge case. Further, the system includes a merge module configured to receive determined data structures and configured to generate a merged data structure. And, the system includes a pack module configured to receive the merged data structure and to generate a merged document based on at least said merged data structure. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136498 | LABELING VERSIONED HIERARCHICAL DATA - A system includes generation of a first interval encoding of a first version of a hierarchy of nodes, determination of a second version of the hierarchy of nodes, and determination of a first interval delta based on the first interval encoding and the second version of the hierarchy of nodes. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136499 | MOBILE APPLICATION CACHE BASED ON EXTREME SCALE TECHNOLOGY - Storing data from mobile devices may comprise receiving an asynchronous communication from a mobile device over a wireless network notifying that data was dropped in a synchronizing folder; computing a hash value associated with the data; determining based on the computed hash value, a partition of an object grid comprising a plurality of virtual machines; and storing the data on the partition. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136500 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR VERSIONING CONTENT IN A DATABASE SYSTEM USING CONTENT TYPE SPECIFIC OBJECTS - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for versioning content in a database system using content type specific objects. These mechanisms and methods for versioning content in a database system using content type specific objects can enable embodiments to provide a database system which stores information associated with multiple versions of content. The ability of embodiments to provide a database system which supports content versioning can enable an efficient and comprehensive storage of content types having different features by the database system. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136501 | DATABASE USAGE TRENDS BASED ON DATABASE LOCK REQUESTS - An enterprise locking service coordinates multiple cooperating applications to ensure that one and only one user is modifying a database record at a given time. The database records may be stored in multiple databases having potentially different database record locking protocols. Through monitoring and tracking requests for database locks, the enterprise locking service is also able to determine database usage trends under various metrics. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136502 | File Lock Preservation - A method for preserving file locks is described herein. The method includes detecting a node migration event, occurring at a migrating node, in a cluster system ( | 2014-05-15 |
20140136503 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH RESULT RE-RANK BASED ON RELATIONSHIP BOND STRENGTH ALTERATION AMONG DIFFERENT KEYWORDS - An apparatus for searching includes a keyword display module, a keyword selection module, a bond strength selection module, and a results display module. The keyword display module displays keywords on an electronic display. The keywords are from results of an internet search of search criteria. A keyword of a search result is related to another keyword of the search result with a particular bond strength and the bond strength includes an amount that keywords in a search result are related. The keyword selection module that receives a selection two or more of the displayed keywords, the bond strength selection module that sets a bond strength between two or more of the selected keywords, and the results display module that displays search results with a bond strength of at least the selected bond strength. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136504 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL SEARCH ARCHITECTURE - Search results can include, not only responsive content, typically in the form of documents, but can also include information regarding responsive entities, including tasks relevant to those entities, and can include identifications of individuals from whom additional information can be obtained, or who are otherwise relevant to the search. An association between entities and documents referencing those entities is identified and maintained. Documents responsive to a user's search query are identified utilizing existing algorithmic mechanisms and such identified responsive documents are referenced to determine whether they are associated with one or more entities. Additionally, a people/query mapping is maintained associating individual people with specific queries. User actions directed to one or more people in response to a query are utilized as a feedback loop. User actions directed to one dimension of search results can be utilized to generate updated search queries providing updated search results in other dimensions. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136505 | SOCIAL NETWORK INTERACTION FACILITATION FROM SEARCH RESULTS INTERFACE - A user interface providing results to a user's search also facilitates user interaction with their social network. Such interaction includes a search context by which individuals from the user's social network can perform an equivalent search or access equivalent search results. The user can select individual search results to be shared and, in response to a search query, the user is provided with responsive search results, and also identification of individuals, from the user's social network, that are responsive to the user's search query. The sharing of search results includes a search context, through which the individuals to whom such search results are shared can perform an equivalent search and be presented with equivalent search results. The sharing of search results also includes the provision of a social context within which such search results are being shared. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136506 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING DATA TO BE PRESENTED ON A WEB SITE - A system and method for selecting content to be presented to a user of a web site by identifying a topic of a content item on a web site using a ranking of a significance of terms relating to the topic in the content item, identifying a topic of interest on the web site of the user from an input of the user into the web site, and selecting the content item with the highest significance ranking for the topic of interest of the user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136507 | System and Method for Providing a Natural Language Interface to a Database - A system and method for providing a natural language interface to a database or the Internet. The method provides a response from a database to a natural language query. The method comprises receiving a user query, extracting key data from the user query, submitting the extracted key data to a data base search engine to retrieve a top n pages from the data base, processing of the top n pages through a natural language dialog engine and providing a response based on processing the top n pages. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136508 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Providing Website Navigation Recommendations - A system and method for providing Web site navigation recommendations is provided. A Web page of interest is identified as a destination Web page. A domain of Web pages related to the destination Web page is determined. Information is extracted from each Web page in the domain and a recommendation comprising instructions for navigating to the destination Web page is generated based on the extracted information. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136509 | PERSONALIZED SEARCH RESULT RE-RANK BASED ON RELATIONSHIP BOND STRENGTH ALTERATION AMONG DIFFERENT KEYWORDS - A method for searching includes displaying keywords on an electronic display. The keywords are from results of an internet search of search criteria. A keyword of a search result is related to another keyword of the search result with a particular bond strength and the bond strength includes an amount that keywords in a search result are related. The method includes receiving a selection of two or more of the displayed keywords, setting a bond strength between two or more of the selected keywords, and displaying search results with a bond strength of at least the selected bond strength. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136510 | HYBRID TABLE IMPLEMENTATION BY USING BUFFER POOL AS PERMANENT IN-MEMORY STORAGE FOR MEMORY-RESIDENT DATA - Embodiments relate to a method, system, and computer program product for data management. An aspect includes a search index that is created for a database. The search index has a reference value of a first or a second type associating data to a storage location in a first memory or a second memory respectively. Responsive to a data retrieval request, data is accessed using the reference value from the first or the second memory. If there is a data migration between the first and second memory storage, the reference values are then recalculated and altered in the search index accordingly. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136511 | DISCOVERY AND USE OF NAVIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN TABULAR DATA - Detection and use of relationships in tabular data is enhanced. A foreign-key-based relationship between two tables in memory is automatically discovered by a module. A view over table data is computationally augmented by adding an expandable hierarchical column. The expandable hierarchical column includes second table data that is related to rows of a first table by the discovered foreign-key-based relationship. A naming scheme for the added column is described. Sometimes the augmentation places an AddJoinColumn operator in a query expression tree; sometimes the tree is rewritten by moving a query operator or replacing a specified pattern of operators by a flat Join operation between two tables. Column expansion may be followed by reshaping data into a flat table, by getting a homogeneous query, by performing a join, or other operations. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136512 | RELATIVE PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF A REPLACEMENT DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS) - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for pre-migration performance prediction of a database management system (DBMS). In an embodiment of the invention, a method for pre-migration performance prediction of a DBMS can include executing a calibration workload in a target DBMS to produce a conversion factor of cost of executing the calibration workload to temporal performance of executing the calibration workload. The method also can include subsequently submitting a sample workload from a database of a source DBMS for evaluation of cost of execution on an empty replica of the database in the target DBMS. Finally, the method can include predicting a temporal performance of the sample workload in the target DBMS as a product of the conversion factor and the cost of execution of the sample workload on the empty replica of the database in the target DBMS. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136513 | QUERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ENGINE ALLOWING FOR EFFICIENT QUERY EXECUTION ON RAW DETAILS - A database system maintains a feature set of a modern database system while operating directly on raw data files. Systems may use an adaptive indexing mechanism that maintains positional information to provide efficient access to raw data files, a flexible caching structure, and techniques for selective parsing and selective tokenizing. In doing so, possible performance bottlenecks associated with repeated parsing, tokenizing, and expensive data type conversion costs can be overcome. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136514 | SUPPORT FOR A PARAMETERIZED QUERY/VIEW IN COMPLEX EVENT PROCESSING - The present invention includes a method for providing parameterized queries in complex event processing (CEP). The method includes providing a query template which includes one or more bind variables, providing sets of parameters corresponding to the one or more bind variables, and parsing the query template to determine positions of the one or more bind variables. The method further includes scanning the provided sets of parameters to determine which of the sets of parameters are to be bound to the one or more bind variables, binding the one or more bind variables which are determined to be bound to the sets of parameters, and substituting the bound one or more bind variables with the corresponding sets of parameters. The method further includes injecting all incarnations of the parameterized queries into the system, and one template/parameterized query is configured to run them all. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136515 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DATABASE - A database management method generates an execution plan with respect to a factorized character string generated by factoring an execution value list of a query and storing the factorized character string and an execution plan identifier associated with the factorized character string. The method includes receiving a factorized character string generated from a query; determining whether the factorized character string is stored in a memory; transmitting an execution plan identifier matching the factorized character string stored in the memory when the factorized character string is stored in the memory; generating and transmitting an execution plan identifier with respect to an execution plan of the factorized character string when the factorized character string is not stored in the memory; receiving a query request consisting of the execution plan identifier and an execution value list included in the query; and providing a query result obtained using the query request. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136516 | RELATIVE PERFORMANCE PREDICTION OF A REPLACEMENT DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (DBMS) - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for pre-migration performance prediction of a database management system (DBMS). In an embodiment of the invention, a method for pre-migration performance prediction of a DBMS can include executing a calibration workload in a target DBMS to produce a conversion factor of cost of executing the calibration workload to temporal performance of executing the calibration workload. The method also can include subsequently submitting a sample workload from a database of a source DBMS for evaluation of cost of execution on an empty replica of the database in the target DBMS. Finally, the method can include predicting a temporal performance of the sample workload in the target DBMS as a product of the conversion factor and the cost of execution of the sample workload on the empty replica of the database in the target DBMS. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136517 | Apparatus And Methods for Providing Search Results - In one embodiment, online posts are processed by automatic analysis to generate a concise summary which has limited quantity of words and/or symbols for quick and easy viewing. In embodiments involving multiple searches based on one query, a concise summary on posts is complemented by general search results, or a general internet search is complemented by concise summaries on relevant posts. In other embodiments, comparable search results are generated and shown together based on multiple query subjects in the same or similar categories. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136518 | MULTI-PANE PRESENTATION OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL SEARCH RESULTS - A user is provided with multidimensional search results in multiple panes. Search results include, not only content, typically documents, responsive to a user's search query, but also include information regarding entities that are responsive to the search query, including tasks relevant to those entities, and include identifications of individuals from whom additional information can be obtained, or who are otherwise relevant to the user's search. Responsive documents are presented in one pane, while responsive entities and associated information and tasks are presented in a separate pane and responsive individuals are presented in yet another separate pane. Two or more panes can be presented to the user, and user action in one pane can impact other panes, such as user selections in the entity pane being utilized to disambiguate the search query and thereby causing the listing of documents presented in another pane to be updated in accordance with the disambiguation. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136519 | TASK-ORIENTED SEARCH ENGINE OUTPUT - A task-oriented search tool searches for one or more tasks related to a search term submitted via a computer-user interface. The task-oriented search tool displays search results that include a task related to the search term and a task-solving tool for performing the task related to the search term. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136520 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING GRAPH QUERIES - In certain example embodiments, a graph query retrieves data items from a data source by indicating a source node, a target node, and a plurality of edges between the source and target nodes. Each edge includes one or more relation conditions. Each relation condition defines a mapping between items of one of the source item types and items of one of the target item types. The edges are selected and traversed from the source node to the target node in accordance with the relation condition(s), producing an intermediate set of result items including items of the data source that belong to the at least one target item type and fulfill the corresponding relation condition(s). Items from the intermediate set of result items that do not fulfill the corresponding relation condition(s) are deleted as further traversals are made. The intermediate set ultimately is returned as the graph query result. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136521 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING TOPICAL INFLUENCE IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for identifying topical influence in an online social network. In some implementations, an entity associated with a feed item is identified. A topic associated with the entity or with the feed item is also identified. The entity can be determined to be a topical influencer regarding the topic in the online social network based on one or more factors, such as a factor indicating dissemination of information associated with the identified topic to other entities. A display device can be configured to display information indicating the determination that the entity is a topical influencer of the identified topic. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136522 | COLLECTIONS OF LINKED DATABASES - A method and system generate an inferential network. Records of searches of a network of linked nodes are stored. Each of the nodes is connected to another one of the nodes by a link. Further, each of the records includes: 1) search terms used in a corresponding search; and 2) results of the corresponding search. The results correspond to nodes of the network. The stored records are analyzed to infer relationships between pairs of nodes of the network. Each of the relationships is inferred from the behavior of one of the nodes of a pair of nodes relative to the other node of the pair of nodes. Inferential nodes corresponding to the nodes of the pairs of nodes are generated, and inferential links between the inferential nodes are generated. The inferential links correspond to the inferred relationships. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136523 | Method, Apparatus And System For Providing Search Prompt Information Based On Session - A method, apparatus and system for providing search prompt information based on a session. The method is implemented as follows. A hot word list and a session message are obtained, and a word is selected from the session message according to a preset word selecting policy. The selected word is matched with the hot word list, and a word matching the hot word list is taken as a search prompt word, and search link information is set for the search prompt word. The search prompt word is marked. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136524 | Method And System For Displaying Commodity Search Results - A method and system for displaying commodity search results are provided. A commodity keyword input by a user may be received. A search may be executed based on the commodity keyword input by the user. A commodity list searched out may be obtained. Key attributes of all of the commodities in the commodity list may be extracted. Commodities with the same key attributes may be identified. The commodities with the same key attributes may be aggregated into one Standard Product Unit (SPU) product. The SPU product, which has aggregated the commodities with the same key attributes, may be displayed. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136525 | UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION OF USERS ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL AND COMPUTER NETWORKS - A method and a device are disclosed including a Username Software Component (USC) configured to provide a connection between a communication software application, social networking sites, and a database to allow search, retrieval, and verification of various usernames associated with a single user and uniquely identifying the single user. The database stores the various usernames for future use. When a local user receives a message from a remote user, various usernames potentially associated with the remote user are retrieved by USC. The local user validates some of the usernames to indicate that they represent the same remote user. Usernames may also be validated by weighted functions applied to user votes. Such validated usernames may be stored in the database for future use by all users to uniquely identify the same remote user. The USC may be implemented as a plug-in component or as a built-in software application functionality. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136526 | DISCOVERY OF LIVE AND ON-DEMAND CONTENT USING METADATA - Mechanisms are provided to allow for content discovery using closed caption content search and ranking. Search mechanisms analyze titles, descriptions, social media content, metadata, etc., and intelligently organize content for presentation to a viewer. Image recognition and audio recognition algorithms can also be performed to further identify entities or validate results from the analysis of metadata. Other closed captioning content may be analyzed to determine the relevance of a piece of media content to a particular search term found in the piece of media content. Results are ranked based on the prominence of search and related terms in titles, descriptions, and closed caption contents along with the popularity of the media content itself. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136527 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR POWER USER IN SOCIAL MEDIA - Disclosed are an apparatus, a system, and a method for searching for a power user in social media. The apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit configured to receive a keyword corresponding to an interested object from a user; a communication unit configured to transmit a search request message including the received keyword and receive a search response message corresponding to the transmitted search request message; a controller configured to, when receiving the search response message, extract a search list in which power users related to the keyword are arranged according to a preset power ranking from the received search response message; a display unit configured to sequentially display the power users related to the keyword received from the user according to the preset power ranking based on the extracted search list; and a storage unit configured to store the extracted search list. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136528 | Providing Content Recommendation to Users on a Site - The disclosure includes a system and method for providing content recommendation to users on a site. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive data describing a page on a site visited by a first user; query one or more sources to retrieve one or more candidate items for the first user; determine one or more source types related to the one or more candidate items; determine one or more scores for the one or more candidate items based on an interest profile and the one or more source types; rank the one or more candidate items; determine that an invitation trigger event causing a presentation of an invitation state occurs; determine that a recommendation trigger event causing a presentation of a recommendation state occurs during the invitation state; and provide a recommendation state to the first user. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136529 | 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. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136530 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE COLLABORATIVE COLLECTION, ASSIGNMENT, VISUALIZATION, ANALYSIS, AND MODIFICATION OF PROBABLE GENEALOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS BASED ON GEO-SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PROXIMITY - System, methods, apparatus and media for the geo-spatial capture and transcription of family trees, vital records, census records, land transfer records, cemetery records, and organizational membership records; for assigning deterministic and probabilistic relationships between people in geographic proximity; and for visualizing known, probable, and potential relationships in a geo-spatial context over time. Also disclosed are systems, methods, apparatus and media for organizing and analyzing genealogical information for searching and visualizing individuals and entities and their relationships to each other within a geo-spatial and temporal context. Further disclosed are systems, methods, apparatus and media for identifying a social networking site based on geo-spatial and temporal context data relating to individuals and entities and their relationships to each other. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136531 | Managing Delivery of Contextual Content - Techniques for managing an enterprise portal workspace include identifying user context data in the enterprise portal workspace; querying, based on the user context data, a semantic network including nodes and edges, identifying at least a subset of the plurality of content items based on a match of the user context data and the metadata attributes of the plurality of content items; ranking the identified subset of the plurality of content items based on the match of the user context data and the metadata attributes of the plurality of content items; and preparing the ranked subset of the plurality of content items to display to the user in a virtual workspace of the enterprise portal workspace. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136532 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC INDEX TERM AUGMENTATION IN DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL - Disclosed are methods and systems for indexing or retrieving materials accessible through computer networks. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136533 | INDEXING AND SEARCH QUERY PROCESSING - A method for processing a search query according to one embodiment includes receiving a search query containing terms; combining at least some consecutive terms in the search query to create biwords; looking up at least some of the terms and biwords in a search index for identifying sections of documents containing the at least some of the terms and/or biwords; generating a content score for each of the identified sections based at least in part on a number of the terms and biwords found in the sections of each document, wherein the biwords are given a higher priority than matched terms, wherein the priority affects the content score; and selecting and outputting an indicator of at least one of the sections, or portion thereof, based at least in part on the content score. | 2014-05-15 |
20140136534 | SIMILARITY CALCULATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A similarity calculating method and apparatus are disclosed. A similarity calculating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes extracting similarity calculating data, which is determined in advance, by receiving a communication activity record for every user; modeling a communication activity pattern for every user and common information between the users based on the extracted similarity calculating data; and calculating a similarity between users using the modeled communication activity pattern for every user and common information. The modeling includes: modeling the communication activity pattern by calculating a value of a static feature from the similarity calculating data, and modeling the common information by calculating a value of a dynamic feature from the similarity calculating data. | 2014-05-15 |