28th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130179420 | SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION FOR CATEGORY SPECIFIC SEARCH RESULTS - Search engine optimization for all digital content of an entity, including category specific content such as images, videos, products, news, places, and other content, can change the entity's visibility on the internet, particularly on search engine result pages. A method for increasing search engine optimization of digital content can include performing a search and analyzing the search results to identify category specific search results. The method can further include determining an equivalent search engine ranking for each category specific search result that depends on one or more factors and making a recommendation on how to increase the search engine optimization of the entity's digital content. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179421 | System and Method for Collecting URL Information Using Retrieval Service of Social Network Service - A system and method for collecting a URL using a retrieval service of an SNS capable of accurately and effectively extracting and collecting information including a malicious code among information exchanged in an SNS are provided. URL information included in post (a bulletin script, a message, a note, or the like) exchanged in an SNS based on real-time search word information is extracted and collected to be utilized for collecting a malicious code in the SNS, whereby generation of a malicious code in the SNS can be prevented in advance, and thus, damage to users due to infection of a malicious code can be significantly reduced. In addition, the URL information can be effectively collected through crawling. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179422 | GLOBAL VALUE NETWORKS - A method and system to develop a digital platform by organizing of data sets, interactions and communications of the participants in structured categories and thereby deriving value networks of any economic entity or industry comprising of individuals or groups or legal entities or any combination of those to facilitate, enhance and encourage evolving value network cycles commencing from value creation to value consumption. The platform may comprise a service database configured to store information associated with value networks, a user interface coupled with and configured to interact with the service database, a search engine coupled with the user interface and configured to perform searches in the service database, a catalog creation and updation module configured to create a catalog and store the same in the service database, said catalog comprising one or more data structures including but not limited to industry, sub-sectors, functions, sub-functions, supporting functions, and components; and further update the value networks thus created. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179423 | COMPUTER-GENERATED SENTIMENT-BASED KNOWLEDGE BASE - A computer-automated method and system of providing a searchable knowledge base with decision-relevant attributes (including some subjective or sentiment-based attributes) for a plurality of individual items within a choice set are described. First, information (including texts) relevant to the plurality of individual items in the choice set is harvested from Internet sources. Next, normalized representations of statements are extracted from excerpts of the harvested texts that pertain to attributes of interest for the choice set, and corresponding scores for the attributes are derived from each of the normalized representations. The scores derived from the various harvested sources are aggregated for each attribute of each item. Finally, the knowledge base of the plurality of individual topics is generated. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179424 | METHOD AND TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING CRAWLING SCHEDULE - Methods, systems and computer-readable storage medium for determining a crawling schedule. In an aspect, a method includes obtaining crawl history data for a Web site having Web pages, determining a status of the Web pages, determining a total quantity of Web pages that have a status of deleted, calculating a probability that another Web page of the Web site will be removed based on the total quantity, and storing data associating the calculated probability with the Web site. The method can further include determining, for a plurality of sets of the previous time periods, a respective crawl penalty as a combination of a penalty for crawling the Web site and a penalty for showing a deleted Web page based on the calculated probability, and determining a re-crawl schedule based on the crawl penalties. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING FOR PROGRAM USING RELATED KEYWORD - A program search apparatus and method using a related keyword is provided. The program search apparatus may include an interface to extract a search keyword from a program search request, in response to the program search request being received, and a processor to obtain a related keyword with respect to the search keyword, using the extracted search keyword, to search a database for first program information using the obtained related keyword, and to provide found first program information. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179426 | Search and Retrieval Methods and Systems of Short Messages Utilizing Messaging Context and Keyword Frequency - Systems and methods of identifying and retrieving messages that satisfy a search query using the context of the message and term frequencies are provided. One embodiment includes identifying at least one category relevant to the search query, wherein a plurality of scored keywords are associated with each category, selecting at least one of the scored keywords that is relevant to an identified category, performing a plurality of searches of messages from a social networking messaging service to retrieve messages, where at least one search includes retrieving messages based on the original search query and one of the selected scored keywords, scoring the retrieved messages with respect to each of the at least one identified categories using at least the scored keywords relevant to each category, and returning at least the message with the highest score as the search result. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179427 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGGREGATING SEARCHABLE WEB CONTENT FROM A PLURALITY OF SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PRESENTING SEARCH RESULTS - There is disclosed a method and system for presenting indexed search results from a social network, concurrently with customary search results returned by a search engine hosted on a website, to a user performing a search from a user interface of a user device using the search engine. The user is registered on the social network and has connections thereon. The method comprises: indexing data related to users registered on the social network to produce indexed data, the data obtained from the social network hosted on a website different from the website hosting the search engine; receiving a search query along with a user identifier; performing a search on the indexed data specific to the user's connections to obtain indexed search results specific to the user's connections on the social network; and returning to the user device the indexed search results for presentation on the user interface. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179428 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANKING RESULTS AND PROVIDING LISTS OF EXPERTS FROM SOCIAL NETWORKS - There is described a method and system for obtaining ranked search results including names of experts who are members of a social network and presenting the ranked search results to a user performing a search from a user interface of a user device. The user is registered on the social network and has connections thereon. The method comprises: indexing data representative of activities of the members on the social network to produce indexed activity data; receiving a search query relative to a subject along with a user identifier from the user device; using the search query and the user identifier, ranking members from the user's connections based on their activities on the social network related to the subject to obtain ranked experts for the subject; returning the names of ranked experts for the subject to the user device for presentation on the user interface. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL NETWORK USER ACTIVITIES - There is described a method implemented on a social search server for presenting names of members of a social network who shared information about a commercial item to a user performing a search from a user interface of a user device. The user is registered on the social network and has connections thereon. The method comprises: indexing data representative of activities of the members on the social network; extracting commercial items from the indexed activity data; receiving a search query along with a user identifier; identifying a commercial item within the search query; using the search query and the user identifier, performing a search on the extracted commercial items specific to the user's connections to obtain names of members who shared information about the commercial item; and returning the names of the members who shared information about the commercial item to the user device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179430 | PROXY SERVER FOR APPLICATION ON MOBILE DEVICE - The present document describes a method for presenting modified information obtained from the internet on an application on a mobile device. The mobile device is set to communicate with the internet through a proxy server. A user of the mobile device is registered on a social network from which indexed search content specific to the user's connections on the social network are obtained. The method comprises: modifying, based on the indexed search content specific to the user's connections, an output for the application from an internet server to produce a modified output for the application; and sending the modified output for the application to the mobile device for presentation in the application on the mobile device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179431 | TOKENIZED JAVASCRIPT INDEXING SYSTEM - A client generates an index token for each of a plurality of data objects received from a server as a function of at least one of the plurality of fields of the data object. The client creates an index for the plurality of data objects based on the generated index token for each data object. The client may then utilize the index to search plurality of data objects to identify and render a subset of the data objects. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179432 | QUERY EXECUTION AND OPTIMIZATION WITH AUTONOMIC ERROR RECOVERY FROM NETWORK FAILURES IN A PARALLEL COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE NETWORKS - A database query execution monitor determines if an network error or low performance condition exists and then where possible modifies the query. The query execution monitor then determines an alternate query execution plan to continue execution of the query. The query optimizer can re-optimize the query to use a different network or node. Thus, the query execution monitor allows autonomic error recovery for network failures using an alternate query execution. The alternate query execution could also be determined at the initial optimization time and then this alternate plan used to execute a query in the case of a particular network failure. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179433 | DATABASE QUERY OPTIMIZATION USING INDEX CARRYOVER TO SUBSET AN INDEX - A method, apparatus and program product use a first index associated with a field in a database table to identify a range of records in the database table that includes instances of a first key value in the field and use the identified range of records to subset a second index associated with another field in a database table. The database query identifies the first key value for the field in the database table and the second key value for the other field in the database table. By doing so, information from an index may be carried over and applied to another index to subset the other index, often reducing the quantity of entries that are searched in the other index and improving performance. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179434 | DYNAMIC CONSTRUCTION OF MODULAR INVITATIONAL CONTENT - The present disclosure is related to managing delivery of items of invitational content based on a feature-based model. Specifically, a content delivery system is provided for managing a campaign using a content bundle identifying different content blocks and rules for assembling the content blocks into the items of invitational content. The feature-based model then accrues costs based on content blocks delivered, content blocks accessed, a degree of user interaction with the accessed content blocks, or any combinations thereof. The relative performance of the items can be evaluated by obtaining a ranking based at least on the number of content blocks and a performance of these content blocks. The ranking can then be used to manage future assembly and delivery of items. In some configurations, rules can be provided to specify when particular content items can be included as costs vary. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179435 | Layout-Driven Data Selection and Reporting - A system includes a database with a plurality of records, each record including a plurality of data fields. The system receives input from an end user. The end user input is received via an end user interface, and the end user input includes a subset of the plurality of data fields. The system queries the database using the subset of data fields, and data is retrieved from the database using the subset of data fields. The data retrieved from the database substantially include only data fields that are the data fields supplied by the end user. In an embodiment, the retrieved data do not include data fields that are not part of the data fields supplied by the end user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179436 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND SEARCHING METHODS THEREOF - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display an image frame of a content, an interface unit configured to receive a user command for selecting an object, a selection unit configured to select the object corresponding to the user command as a search target, in a plurality of image frames of the content, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external search server, and a control unit configured to transmit the selected object as the search target to the external search server, receive a searching result for the selected object from the external search server, and display the searching result. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179437 | RESOURCE SEARCH OPERATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for identifying query-relevant content in a resource identified by a search result in response to the query. In one aspect, a method includes identifying resource search tidbits for a resource, each resource search tidbit being eligible for a resource search operation for the resource. The resource search tidbits are provided with search results to a client device. In response to a user selecting a resource identified by a search result, the client device identifies text in the resource matching the query-relevant text of the resource search tidbit and performs a resource search operation on the resource if the identified text meets a search operation threshold condition. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179438 | GOAL-ORIENTED USER MATCHING AMONG SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for goal-based user matching among social networking environments. In a typical embodiment, a querying user is asked to respond to a series of questions related to goals, criteria, and criteria priorities (and, optionally, a desired “degree” of separation among other users). The querying user will submit his/her responses, which are then parsed and prioritized accordingly. Based on the responses, social networking sites are then searched to identify a set (e.g., at least one) of candidate users that are potential collaboration partners with the querying user. This set of candidate users may be arranged in a list and sorted according to a best match to the querying user's responses. The list can then be provided to the querying user. In addition, invites can be sent to the set of candidate users to invite such users to connect/collaborate with the querying user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179439 | Methods and Systems for Utilizing Contextual Feedback to Generate and Modify Playlists - Systems and methods of generating and modifying a playlist using contextual information are disclosed. For example, a user may provide an input seed such as a song name or artist name. The input seed is compared to database items and a playlist is generated as a result. In some examples, the contextual information is used to enhance the comparison and to select better content objects for a user's playlist. Meanwhile, in some examples the content objects in the playlist may be arranged in an enhanced order using ranking and/or contextual information. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179440 | IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL INTENTIONS AND DETERMINING RESPONSES TO INDIVIDUAL INTENTIONS - Systems and methods automatically determine responses to intention-focused content based on semantic analysis, natural language analysis, token analysis, social network analysis and influence ratings. The systems and methods identify relevant queries for product support, purchase or advocacy from multiple communications channels and further separate the high-value conversations and individuals from the low value conversations and individuals in an efficient manner. Described herein is a system and method to use the identification of important individuals and the context of their conversations to appropriately route content items and messages and subsequent responses in such a way as to allow an efficient interaction to occur. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179441 | Method for determining digital content preferences of the user - Method for determining digital content preferences of the user is combining content access logs with additional information representing user physical activity patterns. For additional information describing changes in user activity pattern recordings from different sensors, like accelerometer, tilt sensor, magnetometer, e-field sensor, etc. integrated into handheld device will be used. Certain typical sensor patterns present higher or lower user interest comparing to an average. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179442 | SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS - This invention is generally directed to one or more systems or methods relating to social network analysis. More specifically, this invention is generally directed to one or more systems or methods relating to personal communication networks and the analysis of personal-communication-network data. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179443 | Generating A Pivot Table From An Aggregated Data Set - In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to access a data set comprising a plurality of data entries. A data entry comprises one or more data values that are each associated with a field identifier of a plurality of field identifiers. The method may further include, determining the plurality of field identifiers of the data set. A plurality of formatting preferences associated with the plurality of field identifiers may be received. A request to generate a first aggregated data set comprising an aggregation of two or more data entries of the plurality of data entries may be communicated. The aggregation may be based on the plurality of formatting preferences. A pivot table may be generated according to the formatting preferences and the aggregated data set. The first pivot table may comprise at least one column field, a plurality of row fields, and a plurality of table entries. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179444 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179445 | ELECTRONIC ORGANIZATION OF JOBSITE PHOTOGRAPHS - A method enables users to access critical information contained in construction photos. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179446 | Linking Single System Synchronous Inter-Domain Transaction Activity - An approach is provided to correlate transaction data occurring at two different domains running on a common operating system image without using static, or common, correlators. Request-type event records are collected at a first domain within the operating system image, with each of the request-type event records including execution identifiers and a unique token that indicates the order in which the corresponding request-type event occurred on the first domain. Similarly, response-type event records are collected at a second domain within the operating system image. The request-type event records are matched with the response-type event records based on the execution identifiers and an overall order that is indicated by unique tokens included in the records. The matching of request-type event records with response-type event records indicate a number of inter-domain transactions which are recorded in a correlation data store. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a first storage unit, a receiver, an analyzer, a second storage unit, a determiner, an executor, and a controller. The first storage unit is configured to store user information including user attribute information. The receiver is configured to receive a user information using program from a server. The analyzer is configured to analyze the received user information using program to extract the user attribute information. The second storage unit is configured to store use availability information for the user attribute information indicating whether to permit use of the user attribute information. The determiner is configured to determine whether to permit the use of the user attribute information. The executor is configured to execute the user information using program. The controller is configured to prevent or permit to execute the user information using program. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179448 | Linking Single System Synchronous Inter-Domain Transaction Activity - An approach is provided to correlate transaction data occurring at two different domains running on a common operating system image without using static, or common, correlators. Request-type event records are collected at a first domain within the operating system image, with each of the request-type event records including execution identifiers and a unique token that indicates the order in which the corresponding request-type event occurred on the first domain. Similarly, response-type event records are collected at a second domain within the operating system image. The request-type event records are matched with the response-type event records based on the execution identifiers and an overall order that is indicated by unique tokens included in the records. The matching of request-type event records with response-type event records indicate a number of inter-domain transactions which are recorded in a correlation data store. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179449 | DETECTING OVERLAPPING CLUSTERS - A technique for identifying overlapping clusters of items in a data set. The technique may be used in connection with a social network or other on-line environment in which users express approval for other users, such as through votes, tags or other inputs. These expressions of approval may be used to form clusters such that entities assigned to a cluster have a higher metric of approval from other entities within the cluster than from outside the cluster. Such clusters may be arrived at through a computationally efficient approach that involves randomly selecting one or more entities as a seed for a cluster. The to cluster may be grown by testing other entities, similar to those already in the cluster, to determine whether they are more preferred by those already in the cluster than those outside the cluster. Once a cluster is grown to a desired size, it may be pruned. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179450 | CONTENT ANALYTICS SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE TENANTS - Techniques are disclosed for a software as a service (SaaS) provider to host a content analytics tool used to evaluate data collections for multiple customers (referred to as tenants) using one dedicated and expandable computing infrastructure, without requiring that the service provider obtain, install, license, and manage a separate copy of the content analytics tools for each tenant. Customers are provided access to resources dedicated to their enterprise, but do not have access, or even awareness, of data collections or analytics resources hosted for other customers. That is, embodiments presented herein allow a provider to host content analytics tools used by customers to evaluate their enterprise data in a secure and timely manner. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179451 | DYNAMICALLY SCALABLE MODES - The present disclosure includes techniques for storing indexed values that may increase computing performance. In one example, a method includes receiving a request to store an input value in a data structure. The method also includes determining the input value is not represented by an index value of the first group of index values, generating an index value that represents the input value, and determining the generated index value is not included in the first group of representations. The method also includes generating a second group of index values wherein a first size of index values of the first group is different than a second size of index values of the second group. The method also includes modifying a storage capacity of the data structure to store the index values of the second group of the second size and storing the second group of index values in the data structure. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179452 | Media Fingerprinting and Identification System - The overall architecture and details of a scalable video fingerprinting and identification system that is robust with respect to many classes of video distortions is described. In this system, a fingerprint for a piece of multimedia content is composed of a number of compact signatures, along with traversal hash signatures and associated metadata. Numerical descriptors are generated for features found in a multimedia clip, signatures are generated from these descriptors, and a reference signature database is constructed from these signatures. Query signatures are also generated for a query multimedia clip. These query signatures are searched against the reference database using a fast similarity search procedure, to produce a candidate list of matching signatures. This candidate list is further analyzed to find the most likely reference matches. Signature correlation is performed between the likely reference matches and the query clip to improve detection accuracy. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179453 | Hawkeye Graphical Search Interface - Some embodiments of the invention provide a graphical user interface as a means of inputing search parameters to database search engines. In some embodiments two or three dimensional projections spatially represent relationships between search parameters, located along the periphery of the projections and search hits whose significance are represented by position relative to the center of the projection and comparative distance from each of the search parameters. As the user manipulates the overall shape of the search projection, the weighting of search parameters adjusts, reconfiguring the search. The invention also provides, in some embodiments, an intuitive means of assimilating search parameter weightings based on peer or social network preferences with global search results. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179454 | AUDIENCE PLATFORM - An audience platform is disclosed. In a first example case, a first question is received. A preference event associated with the first question is received. A score is determined for the first question based at least in part on the preference. In a second example case, indications of a first and second potential interviewee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential interviewees are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential interviewees based at least in part on the received preference events. A designated interviewee is selected based on the first and second scores. In a third example case, indications of a first and second potential awardee are received. Preference events associated with the first and second potential awardee are received. Scores are determined for the first and second potential awardees based at least in part on the received preference events. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179455 | COLLABORATION DATA ORGANIZER - A system and method for organizing information relevant to a collaboration. An example method includes automatically calculating by a computer processor a relevance value of user-encountered information respective to the collaboration. The method also includes distributing to at least one attendee of the collaboration the user-encountered information if the relevance value is beyond a relevance threshold. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179456 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER- READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECORDING OR RECOMMENDING CONTENT - A program vector can represent attributes of a program to be generated. EPG data can be received, and metadata necessary for generation of a program vector PP can be extracted from the EPG data. A morphological analysis can be carried out on contents and title included in the metadata to disassemble the contents and the title into words. Items included in the metadata can be subjected to a vector creation process to generate the program vector PP. An effect vector can be extracted on the basis of a genre of a program associated with the metadata. The extracted effect vector can be associated with the generated program vector PP and the processing can be ended. This can be applied to a distribution server for distributing contents. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING, PROCESSING AND PRESENTING INFORMATION - In a method for organizing information in a database, abstractions are separated from expressions of the abstractions to obtain a first set of information corresponding to the abstractions and a second set of information corresponding to at least one set of characteristics relating to the expressions of the abstractions. Each abstraction is arranged within the first set of information hierarchically within the database. Each set of characteristics relating to an expression of an abstraction within the second set of information is associated with an abstraction within the database. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179458 | ENABLING SIEBEL DATABASE MANIPULATION BY USE OF A DIRECT SQL STATEMENT - A system and associated method for manipulating a Siebel database (SDB) with a Structured Query Language (SQL) statement utilizes a SQL-eScript parser, which uses a business component (BC) on a Siebel data model of the SDB, which has data elements corresponding to the data elements of the SQL statement to be performed against the SDB. In the SDB, data of the SDB is stored in relational database tables, accesses to the SDB must utilize a BC which describes and references a part of the Siebel data model. The SQL-eScript parser enables users to access the SDB by use of the SQL statement by interpreting the SQL statement and automatically identifying and utilizing a BC on the Siebel data model having all data elements of the SQL statement and performing eScript BC methods corresponding to operations of the SQL statement in updating the SDB. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179459 | MIXED SOURCE MEDIA PLAYBACK - Playlists having media items from more than one source are described. Media items in a first library are mapped to media items from an online media item store. Media items within the playlist that can be found in the first library will be played from the first library, while media items not within the first library will be played from the online media store. By identifying media items present in both libraries and playing them only from the first library, the described method can reduce the royalties needing to be paid by the online media store. Further methods are disclosed for setting limits on the number of media items that can be shared by a second library. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179460 | PREDICTING A COMMAND IN A COMMAND LINE INTERFACE - An apparatus for predicting a command in a command line interface includes a template command module, a parameter derivation module, and a parameter substitution module. The template command module is configured to determine a template command based on a command line history. The template command includes a command name and a parameter and the command line history includes two or more previously entered commands. The parameter derivation module is configured to determine a parameter derivation rule for deriving the parameter in the template command based on the command line history. The parameter substitution module is configured to substitute a substitute parameter for the parameter of the template command according to the parameter derivation rule. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179461 | Proactive Monitoring of Database Servers - A computer system monitors database servers to mitigate server availability risks. The plurality of servers may be proactively monitored to determine database status at each server before an alert is generated. An automated proactive process executes at a user's desktop to monitor database features over a plurality of database servers. Information about the server status is presented in a graphical user interface (GUI) format where status information for all of the database servers is presented in one integrated view in an automated manner. For example, the monitoring process reads a list of SQL instances and then connects to each listed SQL server to query the system catalogs of an SQL server engine. The monitoring process interprets the received information from the SQL servers and updates the GUI. The GUI may be color-coded to indicate the status state of individual SQL features for each monitored SQL server. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179462 | Apparatus and Method for Viewing Medical Information - An apparatus includes a computer system programmed to retrieve information from a plurality of data sources; the computer system including a plurality of vault query services; an adapter for each of the data sources, each adapter translating an interface for one of the data sources to a vault query service interface; and a cross-vault query service providing an interface for data communication between an application program and the plurality of vault query services; and a user display for displaying the information retrieved from the data sources in response to a query from the application program. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179463 | RETRIEVAL OF SEARCHABLE AND NON-SEARCHABLE ATTRIBUTES - Retrieving stored data is disclosed. A retrieval request is received for an object. A retrieval response is generated that includes: 1) a first set of searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the first set of attributes is stored in a database in a manner that enables a database query to be performed against the attribute of the first set of attributes; and 2) a second set of non-searchable attributes associated with the object, wherein an attribute of the second set of attributes is stored in the database in a manner that does not enable a database query to be performed against the attribute of the second set of attributes. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVENANCE FUNCTION WINDOW OPTIMIZATION - A system and method for managing provenance data are disclosed. In accordance with one method, input data elements assessed by a processing element are evaluated. The method further includes determining whether an input window comprising the input data elements includes a sufficient amount of relevant input data. If the input window does not include a sufficient amount of relevant input data, then the input data elements are designated for reference in response to a provenance query. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179465 | INVERSE SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Inverse search systems and methods operate on identifiers of content items in a corpus such as the World Wide Web In an inverse search, the user submits a query that includes an identifier of a target content item in the corpus and receives information (metadata) about the target content item being returned to the user. Many types of metadata can be returned, including ratings or other metadata related to the target content item obtained from users, popularity data specific to the target content item, information about previously submitted forward search queries that led to the target content item being identified as a hit, and metadata extracted from the target content item. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179466 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a data processing method, a storage apparatus stores one or more results of a second process, corresponding to input data sets processed in the past. When a first input data set is designated, a search unit searches the storage apparatus for a result of the second process, corresponding to a second input data set having an overlapping part with the first input data set. A data processing unit acquires a result of the first process, corresponding to differential input data that is included in the second input data set but not included in the first input data set, and generates a result of the second process, corresponding to the first input data set, by removing the effect of the differential input data from the result of the second process found as a result of the search, using the acquired result of the first process. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179467 | Calculating Property Caching Exclusions In A Graph Evaluation Query Language - The present disclosure involves methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for calculating property caching exclusions in a graph evaluation query language. One method includes determining whether a value of a query property operation corresponds to a named sub-query, using a first cache to determine whether the named sub-query uses labels, parsing the named sub-query into a first parse tree, and evaluating, by operation of a computer, the parsed named sub-query using the first parse tree to determine whether the result for the named sub-query may be cached, the evaluation comprising: determining whether a node operation is encountered in the named sub-query, determining whether a value of a named sub-query property operation corresponds to a new named sub-query, using a first cache to determine whether the new named sub-query uses labels, parsing the new named sub-query into a second parse tree, and evaluating the parsed new named sub-query using the second parse tree to determine whether the result for the new named sub-query may be cached. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179468 | Product search - A system and method for searching a product model number database having a plurality of product model numbers stored therein receives a string to be searched in the product model number database from a client device. Multiple queries are then created based on the string and the model number database is queried using the created queries. Query results responsive to the created queries are then received from the model number database and transmitted to the client device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179469 | DATA BACKUP, STORAGE, TRANSFER AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A data storage system including a virtual server on a network managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more files; the virtual server adapted to verify user access information for a particular user account; the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to a verified user on a user computer; the virtual server further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the user computer. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179470 | TABLE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - When a key of a first record in a first table is entered in a trie tree in which keys of a plurality of records in a second table are entered, a computer generates a third record by using the first record and a second record in the second table. The second record includes the key of the first record. A link to a leaf corresponding to the second record is deleted from an array which stores links to a plurality of leaves of the trie tree corresponding to the records. When a key of a fourth record in the first table is not entered in the trie tree, a fifth record is generated by using the fourth record. Then, a seventh record is generated by using a sixth record in the second table corresponding to a leaf linked by a link remaining in the array. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179471 | MULTI-TIERED CACHES IN DATA RENDERING - Methods, program products, and systems for rendering data using multi-tiered caches are described. A system can render a first section of data and store the rendered first section of data in a first tier cache. The system can determine that a data field, when rendered, straddles the rendering of the first section of data and a rendering of a second section of data. The system can generate a rendering of the data field and store the rendering of the data field in a second tier cache. When rendering the second section of data, the system can use the rendered data field stored in the second tier cache instead of regenerating the rendering of the data field. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179472 | Context Dependent Application/Event Activation for People with Various Cognitive Ability Levels - The system includes a computer-readable memory having a data structure configured with electronic data indicative of the patient's cognitive ability and/or context information relevant to the patient. The computer system is programmed to dynamically present information based on the patient's cognitive ability and/or context, obtained by accessing the computer-readable memory. The system is thus able to dynamically customize the way the system interacts with the patient, dynamically rendering information and automatically launching specific applications and events based on set parameters to meet the assistive needs of the patient. The system also captures information about the patient's health and wellbeing which is dynamically communicated to the caregiver, which information is also in part based on cognitive ability of the patient and/or context. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179473 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE DATABASE ENGINE IMPLEMENTING A POSITIONAL DELTA TREE UPDATE SYSTEM - A computer system hosting a column-store database engine is responsive to database requests for the update and retrieval of data from within a stable data table and providing for the storage of database tuples within a column-store organized database structure. A positional delta tree data structure is implemented in the memory space of the database engine and is operatively coupled in an update data transfer path between a database engine interface and the stable data table. The positional delta tree data structure includes a differential data storage layer operative to store differential update data values in positionally defined relative reference to database tuples stored by the stable data table. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179474 | Rich Database Metadata Model that Captures Application Relationships, Mappings, Constraints, and Complex Data Structures - The capturing of rich database metadata includes: capturing partitioned column metadata of a database as mappings defined by a plurality of constraint statements; defining non-standard user-defined types of the database according to a schema; defining physical representations of columns of the database according to the schema; and storing the defined mappings, the defined user-defined types, and the defined physical representations of columns to a catalog of the database. Application enumerated data values in the database may also be defined according to the XML schema and stored to the catalog of the database. In this manner, the database management system may manage application constraints, user-defined types, and physical representations of data for applications referencing the same database using the metadata information stored in the catalog of the database. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179475 | MANAGING THE ASSOCIATION OF DOCUMENTS AND THEIR COPYRIGHTS FOR GENERATING AND PRINTING COMPILATION OF WORKS - A method and program for managing the association of works and their copyrights for producing a compilation of works, including the step of obtaining works to be compiled having copyright metadata associated with each work of the works to be compiled by searching for works to be compiled, retrieving copyright metadata of the works to be compiled, and associating copyright metadata to each work of the works to be compiled, and the step of re-associating copyright metadata of a work with a user's own digital file of the work. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179476 | SCALABLE BILLING USAGE DATA STORAGE - An invention is disclosed for scalable billing usage data storage. In an embodiment, users are billed on a monthly cycle. The data storage is divided into two partitions. First, the data is divided into an “L1” partition for each day of the billing cycle. Within each L1 partition, data is further divided into “L2” partitions based on a customer's subscription ID. Through such partitioning, each customer's billing usage data for a billing cycle is entirely contained within a single L2 partition, and that data may be retrieved without spanning partitions. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179477 | Dynamic Generation of Target Files from Template Files and Tracking of the Processing of Target Files - Target file generation systems and methods are described, which are optionally for use by ordinary computer users enable those users to readily generate target files without the requirement that they know the internal layout structures of the target files. A user is enabled to select a template file from a plurality of template files via a user interface configured to be displayed on a computer display to the user, wherein the template files include changeable fields associated with corresponding field delimiters and prompting labels. An incomplete software program file containing variable name locations is accessed from memory. The program file is parsed to locate the variable name locations. The label names obtained from the template file selected by the user are inserted into the variable name locations to further complete the software program file. The software program file is stored in computer memory. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179478 | PERSISTENT DATA MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-IMAGE CODE LOAD SYSTEMS - A method for managing persistent data in a multi-image code load system is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes providing first and second code images for loading onto a computing system. The method stores, in a common repository, persistent data that is shared by each of the first and second code images. When changes are made to the shared persistent data associated with the first and second code images, the changes are recorded in the form of content deltas. When generating such content deltas, the method determines which of the first and second code images the content deltas apply to and marks the content deltas accordingly. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179479 | INTELLIGENT FILE MANAGEMENT - In one example, an indication is detected that an application has performed a file operation on a file and a computing system determines whether a datastore includes an association between an application identifier that identifies the application and a file identifier that identifies the file. If not, the association between the application identifier and the file identifier is stored. A computing system also determines whether execution behavior of the application changes when the file is not accessible to the application. Responsive to a change in execution behavior of the application, a status indicator is associated with the file identifier to indicate that the execution behavior of the application changes when the file is not accessible to the application. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179480 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLUSTERED FILE SYSTEM USING A STANDALONE OPERATION LOG - Systems and methods are disclosed for operating a clustered file system using an operation log for a file system intended for standalone computers. A method for updating a file stored in a clustered file system using a file system intended for standalone computers includes receiving a command to update a file, writing the command to update the file to an operation log on a file system on a primary node, where the operation log tracks changes to one or more files, transmitting the updated operation log to a secondary node to initiate performance of the received command by the secondary node, and applying the requested changes to the file on the primary node. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179481 | MANAGING OBJECTS STORED IN STORAGE DEVICES HAVING A CONCURRENT RETRIEVAL CONFIGURATION - A data storage method for storing data in a plurality of storage devices having a concurrent retrieval configuration. The data storage method comprises storing data in a plurality of data container objects distributed among in a plurality of storage devices, storing a plurality of metadata container objects and a plurality of metadata directory objects in the plurality of storage devices, wherein each metadata directory object indexes a group of the plurality of metadata container objects and each the metadata container object comprises metadata including storage location data of at least one of the plurality of data container objects and the plurality of metadata directory objects, and managing access to the plurality of data container objects by locally executing a plurality of data control requests by the plurality of storage devices, by a module installed in the plurality of storage devices or in a proxy. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179482 | DATA PATTERN FOR STORING INFORMATION, INCLUDING ASSOCIATED VERSION AND AUDIT INFORMATION FOR USE IN DATA MANAGEMENT - Information is stored in a data pattern. The data pattern includes an identity table, a version table that includes at least one reference to the identity table, and an audit table that includes at least one reference to the version table. The identity table stores information identifying the information. The version table stores version information identifying one or more versions of the information identified in the identity table. The audit table stores audit information identifying when each of the one or more versions of the information was modified. The audit table may also store effectiveness information identifying when each of the one or more versions of the information is in effect. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179483 | Technique for Optimization and Re-Use of Hardware In the Implementation of Instructions Used in Viterbi and Turbo Decoding, Using Carry and Save Arithmetic - The present invention provides a means for optimization and re-use of hardware in the implementation of Viterbi and Turbo Decoders using carry save arithmetic. Successful provision for each target application requires that two main issues be confronted. These are: merging the computation of summation terms (a2−b2+c2) with (x2+y2+z2); and (a3+b3−c3) with (x3+y3+z3); implementing an efficient method of computing (a4−b4−c4); and merging this computation with (x4+y4+z4). The invention solves both of these issues and successfully merges the Viterbi instructions with a complete reuse of the hardware that is required for the implementation of Turbo instructions. The hardware required by both classes of instructions is optimized by efficiently employing carry save arithmetic. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179484 | Efficient Technique for Optimal Re-Use of Hardware In the Implementation of Instructions Used in Viterbi, Turbo and LPDC Decoders - Low density parity check (LDPC) decoding can be mapped to a class of DSP instructions called MINST. The MINST class of instructions significantly enhance the efficiency of LDPC decoding by merging several of the functions required by LDPC decoders into a single MINST instruction. This invention is an efficient implementation of the MINST class of instructions using a configurable three input arithmetic logic unit. The carry output results of the three input arithmetic logic unit enable permit boundary decisions in a range determination required by the MINST instruction. The preferred embodiment employs 2's complement arithmetic and carry-save adder logic. This invention allows reuse of hardware required to implement MAX* functions in LDPC functions. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179485 | DISTRIBUTED PARALLEL COMPUTATION WITH ACCELERATION DEVICES - A method for distributed computing between a host computer and at least one accelerator device interconnected through a network includes profiling a data transfer rate and a computation rate for a range of data sizes to find an optimal chunk size for the data transfer through the network; splitting or aggregating a size of the data stored in a memory in the host computer for encapsulating the data into a chunk with the optimal chunk size; dispatching the encapsulated data to the accelerator device; and instructing pipeline computation to the accelerator device with respect to the encapsulated data received. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179486 | CLUSTER SYSTEM BASED ON PARALLEL COMPUTING FRAMEWORK, AND HOSE NODE, COMPUTING NODE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION THEREIN - A cluster system based on a parallel computing framework is provided, and the cluster system includes a host node configured to execute a host program for a parallel computing framework and a computing node configured to be connected to the host node and execute a kernel program for the parallel computing frame work. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179487 | DISTRIBUTED STOCHASTIC CLUSTERING FOR AUTOMATED FORMATION OF CONNECTED NETWORKS OF AGENTS - A “Stochastic Clustering-Based Network Generator” enables rapid formation of an interconnected hierarchical network structure from an arbitrary number of agents via an iterative turn-based coalescence process. Given N agents wishing to coalesce into one hierarchical network, a turn-based process allows each agent (or the head of each hierarchical cluster of agents), to randomly decide whether to issue or listen for merge requests in each round. Issuing a request amounts to contacting a randomly chosen agent with a merge request. Given multiple received requests, a cluster head will randomly accept one request for a merge received by any agent in that cluster. The requesting cluster then merges as a hierarchical child of the accepting cluster. In a related embodiment, given multiple merge requests, the request from the smallest cluster is accepted. In further embodiments, ties of the smallest cluster size are broken based on various options. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179488 | REST INTERFACE FOR JOB SUBMISSION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for REST interface for job submission. At a HPC cluster system, a hosting program works between the clients on different platforms and the schedulers of the cluster system. The hosting program receives requests from the clients and then submits the requests to the schedulers. The communication between the hosting program and the schedulers may be based on .Net remoting protocol. Regardless of what platform the clients use, the hosting program maintains a same user interface to all the clients and the communication between the clients and the hosting program may be based on Representational State Transfer (“REST”). In addition, the hosting program also delegates identities to the clients when it receives multiple authentications from the schedulers. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179489 | ACCELERATING WEB SERVICES APPLICATIONS THROUGH CACHING - Embodiments of a service acceleration system are described, wherein the service acceleration system accelerates messages between a client computing system and a server computing system. For at least some messages over a computing network between the client computing system and the server computing system, the service acceleration system can replace full messages with identifiers. The service acceleration system can then translate the identifiers into full messages before final processing of the messages by the client computing system or server computing system. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179490 | Reducing Latency and Cost in Resilient Cloud File Systems - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of storing a file block in a cloud system including a plurality of data centers. The method may include; receiving the file block from a client; generating a plurality of chunks from the file block, wherein each chunk is smaller than the file block and the file block may be reconstructed from a subset of the chunks; distributing each chunk to one of the plurality of data centers; and storing the file block in a cache. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a cloud system for storing files. The system may include a plurality of data centers including a primary data center. The primary data center may include: a cache configured to store at least one complete file block; a chunk storage configured to store a chunk for each of a plurality of file blocks; a file encoder; and a file decoder. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179491 | ACCESS CONTROLS FOR COMMUNICATION SESSIONS - Aspects of the present disclosure may provide techniques that enable a first user participating in a real-time communication session to choose whether to communicate with a second user that joins the real-time communication session. In one example, a method includes sending a plurality of video feeds for display at a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) of client devices coupled to a real-time communication session. The method also includes receiving a request from a first client computing device to couple to the real-time communication session, wherein a first user is associated with the first client device. The method also includes determining whether to enable communication using the real-time communication session between the first user and a second user associated with a second client device coupled to the real-time communication session. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179492 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A BIDIRECTIONAL DATA ACCESS SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for providing a bidirectional data access service includes a relay server and a service server. The relay server is located in the Internet. The service server registers an internal Internet Protocol (IP) address, an external IP address, and a corresponding server identification in the relay server, and establishes a data channel. When a user wants to utilize a predetermined service provided by the service server through a client device, the client device transmits the corresponding server identification to the relay server, and the relay server transmits the internal IP address and the external IP address to the client device according to the corresponding server identification. The client device automatically determines a connection method between the client device and the service server according to an application program, the internal IP address, the external IP address, and a network on which the client device is located. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179493 | WEB BASED SYSTEM USING EVENTS AND PUSHED WEB CONTENT TO INTERACT WITH REMOTE USERS FOR NOTIFICATIONS AND DATA COLLECTIONS - In a system and method for a web based system using events and pushed web content to interact with remote users for notifications and data collections operations may be performed including receiving, from a computing device, event data concerning a job being performed by a piece of agricultural equipment wherein the event data includes an identifier associated with the agricultural equipment. A database may be queried to determine a subscriber associated with the identifier. The event data may be transmitted to a network address associated with the subscriber. A response message may be received from the subscriber and forwarded to the computing device. The computing device may connect with the subscriber via a web application address included in the response message. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179494 | Collaborative, contextual enterprise networking systems and methods - Described is an enterprise-based, contextual network system and method to keep employees connected with one another, as well as to external resources. Current media offers a great way to stay in touch with others but is not cohesive and contextual for businesses or generally productive for businesses. The enterprise media disclosed in this application presents a way for businesses to keep all of their employees and outside resources connected, but in a professional and efficient manner for the workplace. This enterprise media adapts to its users to create an interface that will help the user complete work, connect with others, and use various applications all in one place. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALERTING LEAKAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - There are provided a file management server for ensuring security in a cloud computing environment, and a file management method thereof. The file management server includes: a file registration unit configured to store a file in a plurality of chunk servers, and to manage a security level of the file; and a file search unit configured to receive a file access request from a client module, to check a security level of a file corresponding to the file access request, to notify, if the security level of the file is equal to or higher than a predetermined security level, the file's owner that a request for accessing the file has been made. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179496 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING AUDIOVISUAL WORKS - A method for provisioning audiovisual works to a client includes maintaining categorization information specifying, for each of multiple audiovisual works, one or more of multiple categories. One or more of the categories are associated with each of multiple delivery slots in response to input from a client. For each of the delivery slots, a first audiovisual work from one of the categories associated with the respective delivery slot is provisioned for delivery to a location associated with the client. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179497 | High Level Network Layer System and Method - A technique for providing high level network layer functionality to an IM environment involves providing a high level platform through which IM clients can connect to IM networks. A platform according to the technique may include a low level network connect engine, an aggregated low level information database, and/or a high level function engine. A method according to the technique may include facilitating a high level login; checking user configurations; accomplishing one or more IM network logins in accordance with the user configurations; and providing high level services in association with at least one of the IM networks. Another method according to the technique may include logging into a high level platform; logging into a first IM network; logging into a second IM network; and accessing at the high level platform aggregated low level information associated with the first IM network and the second IM network. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179498 | STOP CONDITION FUNCTIONALITY IN A STATELESS MICROKERNEL WEB SERVER ARCHITECTURE - A method of serving a resource from an HTTP server system having a stateless microkernel architecture and one or more link resource servers is provided. The method may include generating a data object in response to an HTTP request, sending the data object to each of the link resource servers, and at each link resource server receiving the data object from the handler and examining the data object for pre-determined information to perform a linking operation. The method may further include if the data object includes the pre-determined information, performing the linking operation by returning one or more links to the handler linking to related information provided by the link resource server. The method may further include if the data object does not include the pre-determined information, not performing the linking operation and instead returning one or more stop condition links indicating that the pre-determined information is not included. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179499 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION APPLICATION INFORMATION - A method, a device and a system for displaying radio frequency identification application information are provided. The method includes: a Secure Digital Memory Card (SD card) running a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) application to generate RFID application information, wherein the RFID application includes a RFID service program and a display application (S | 2013-07-11 |
20130179500 | Home Hub - In one embodiment, transmitting, from a first computing device, a private-home-network-discovery message that comprises a first identifier corresponding to a private-home-networking system, receiving, at the first computing device, one or more content-response messages from a second computing device that collectively comprise a second identifier corresponding to the second computing device, a third identifier corresponding to the private-home-networking system, and information corresponding to content stored on the second computing device, and storing, at the first computing device, the second and third identifiers and the information received in the one or more content response messages for access by one or more applications hosted on the first computing device, one of the applications being associated with administering the private-home-networking system. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179501 | Calendaring Tool With Optimized Management Capabilities - A computer-implemented method, apparatus and computer-readable storage device for arranging a meeting in a networked environment having nodes assigned to respective individual users. Upon receiving a set of meeting requirements including at least a meeting time and a set of invitees from a user at one of the nodes, invitations for a meeting at the meeting time are sent to at least a subset of the invitees based on one or more of the meeting requirements. The meeting is confirmed at the meeting time responsive to receiving acceptances from a predetermined subset of the invitees, such as a set of invitees identified as being critical invitees or a number of invitees constituting a quorum, and is rescheduled or cancelled responsive to a failure to receive acceptances from the predetermined subset of the invitees. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179502 | Creating and Sharing Interest Lists in a Social Networking System - A social networking service allows a user of the service to create an interest list associated with a topic of interest, where the interest list includes members that may post content via the social networking service. Members of the interest list may post content associated with the topic. Other users of the social network service may subscribe to the list, and these subscribers may then receive a feed that contains the content posted by the members of the interest list. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179503 | EVENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR ASSOCIATING AN OUTGOING ELECTRONIC MESSAGE WITH AN INCOMING RESPONSE - An event notification system is linked to a plurality of event generation devices and to an event notification network. The system receives event messages from the event generation devices and determines what information should be included in an event notification message that the system transmits to one or more recipient devices. Each event notification message includes coded event message information and a coded unique message identity. A response message receive by the system from a recipient device includes the coded event message information which is used by the system to validate the response. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179504 | Generating Sponsored Story Units Including Related Posts and Input Elements - A viewing user is provided with sponsored story units when accessing content associated with a social networking system. The sponsored story units include a sponsored story describing an interaction and one or more related posts. The sponsored story may describe an action of another user connected to the viewing user who has interacted with a social networking object. The one or more related posts may include content associated with the social networking object involved in the interaction described by the sponsored story. The sponsored story unit can optionally include an input element with which the viewing user can interact. The information received from the viewing user via the input element can be used to generate additional sponsored story units to the viewing user's friends. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179505 | MANAGING MESSAGE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - Various systems, processes, and products may be used to manage the transmission and reception of messages. In particular implementations, a system, process, and product for managing message transmission and reception may include the ability to receive a plurality of messages to be transmitted over a communication network, wherein some of the messages have a higher priority and some of the messages have a lower priority, and enqueue descriptors for the messages in a direct memory access queue. The system, process, and product may also include the ability to determine whether an overrun of the queue has occurred, analyze the queue if an overrun has occurred to determine if lower priority messages are associated with any of the descriptors in the queue, and replace, if descriptors for lower priority messages are in the queue, the descriptors for the lower priority messages with descriptors for higher priority messages. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179506 | Communicating Media Data - Communicating media data over a communication system in which a first communication instance for a user of the communication system is implemented at a first user terminal, and a second communication instance for the user of the communication system is implemented at a second user terminal. The user is simultaneously logged into the communication system via: (i) the first communication instance at the first user terminal, and (ii) the second communication instance at the second user terminal A media communication session is established between the first and second communication instances, wherein the media communication session is authenticated on the basis of the same user being simultaneously logged into the communication system via both the first and second communication instances. Media data is communicated in the media communication session from the first communication instance at the first user terminal to the second communication instance at the second user terminal | 2013-07-11 |
20130179507 | Communicating Media Data - Method and communication system for communicating media data, wherein a call is implemented over the communication system between a first user terminal associated with a first user and a second user terminal associated with a second user. Whilst the call is implemented, a separate media sharing session is established over the communication system between the first and second user terminals, wherein the media sharing session is authenticated on the basis of the call being implemented between the first and second user terminals when the media sharing session is established. Media data is communicated in the media sharing session, under the control of the first user, from the first user terminal to the second user terminal, the communicated media data being for output to the second user at the second user terminal in the media sharing session. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179508 | DATA SEND/RECEPTION DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a data send/reception device includes a storage unit configured to store a profile. It further includes a PROFILE control unit configured to control send of a profile to other data send/reception device and reception of a profile from the other data send/reception device by mutually sending and receiving the profiles to exchange the profiles. It further includes a wireless control unit configured to control wireless communication with the other data send/reception device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179509 | Identifying guests in web meetings - A technique that identifies registered or guest users in web meetings. Registered and guest users are provided different forms of a meeting invite URL. A guest user receives a unique URL for the meeting that is generated with a nonce value associated with the user's contact information. The nonce value does not expose the contact information. To join the web meeting, each registered user follows a common web meeting link and authenticates. Information obtained during authentication is used to identify the registered user, whose identity is then displayed. Each guest user follows his or her unique URL to join the meeting. The web meeting service receives the nonce in the unique URL and maps it to the guest user's contact details. The service displays the guest user's contact details as the guest user's identity. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179510 | SOCIAL NETWORKING ADVOCACY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An online advocacy platform provides one or more of a crowd-sourced vote-counting mechanism for legislative issues, support on target selection, tactic prioritization, fundraising, supporter recruitment, campaign marketing, and content creation and aggregation. In some embodiments, the platform further provides one or more of group purchase of advocacy services and a social networking address book. According to some embodiments of the disclosure, computer-implemented methods for advocacy efforts using social networks may comprise providing an online site hosting information associated with an advocacy effort to influence a decision of a decision maker, providing, using a strategy calculator module, a plurality of advocacy actions available to influence the decision maker, receiving input selecting an advocacy action from an online user interface of the online site, and performing, using a fulfillment module, the selected advocacy action using one or more electronic actions to influence the decision maker. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179511 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING USER IMPACT ON THEIR CONTENT POOLS WITHIN AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - A method and apparatus for determining a user's impact in an online social network based on responses by other users to posts made by the user are provided. Responses by other users to one or more posts by the user are received. A response score is determined for each of the one or more responses. A post score is determined for each post by the user, based at least in part on the response score for that post. A cumulative score is determined based at least in part on the post score. An impact score is determined based at least in part on the cumulative score of the user and a total number of friends that the user has within the online social network. The impact score represents that user's impact or influence within his or her online social network, regardless of the particular size of that network. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179512 | User Status Displaying Method, and Server - A method for displaying user status is provided. The method includes: obtaining original information of a user from an information source which is an application, by calling an application programming interface (API) of the information source, wherein the original information comprises an identifier of the user in the information source, contents posted by the user in the original source; parsing the original information of the user, and obtaining user status information of the user; obtaining a virtual image of the user which matches the user status information from a virtual image database according to the user status information; and notifying a virtual image displaying terminal to display the virtual image of the user. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179513 | BEHAVIOR INFORMATION COLLECTION DEVICE AND BEHAVIOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A user is enabled to control the analysis accuracy of preference information obtained by analyzing behavior information collected by a service provider. A temporary identifier of a user, a group identifier of the user, and behavior information of the user are stored in a behavior information storage unit, a group identifier is assigned to a group of temporary identifiers corresponding to behavior information for which preference information matches regarding the temporary identifier and the behavior information stored in the behavior information storage unit, the group identifier and the preference information are stored in a group information storage unit in association with each other, and, for each group identifier stored in the behavior information storage unit, a group list including a plurality of temporary identifiers corresponding to the group identifier, a plurality of group identifiers assigned to the plurality of temporary identifiers, and a plurality of pieces of preference information corresponding to the plurality of group identifiers is transmitted. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179514 | SMARTER MECHANISM TO IMPLEMENT PUSH EMAIL ON HANDHELD DEVICES - A push email system which includes an email server and an unstructured supplementary service data (USSD)-type server. The email server is configured to receive email for an email account of a mobile user and notify the USSD-type server of the receipt of the email for the mobile user. The USSD-type server is configured to send a USSD or USSD-like message to a mobile user's handheld device, the USSD or USSD-like message notifying the mobile user's handheld device of the receipt of the email by the email server for the account of the mobile user. Also disclosed is a method of pushing email to a mobile user's handheld device. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179515 | FACILITATING COORDINATED AND COLLABORATIVE AUTHORING USING MESSAGING - A first message associated with a collaborative task is received from a user. The first message includes an identification of the collaborative task, a plurality of participants for the collaborative task, and a request from the user for each of the participants to provide content for the collaborative task. In response to receiving the first message, a processor generates a request message for each of the participants. Each of the request messages includes a notification of the collaborative task and the request from the user for that participant to provide the content for the collaborative task. The request messages are sent to the participants. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179516 | METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING EMAIL - A method for classifying email includes receiving an email. Several recipient email accounts of the email are extracted. Several email feature values of the email are generated according to the recipient email accounts. A classification algorithm is utilized to classify the email as an official email or a private email according to the email feature values of the email. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179517 | E-MAIL PROTOCOL OPTIMIZED FOR A MOBILE ENVIRONMENT AND GATEWAY USING SAME - A message delivery server system for delivery of electronic content to a receiving client, comprises: a data storage for storing electronic content, a connection unit for maintaining a connection with the receiving client, and a connection establishment unit for allowing a receiving client to establish a connection with the server. The connection establishment unit comprises a definition unit for placing one or more connection definitions relating to the connection in an entity that is independent of any actual connection socket used for the session. The definition unit can be use to establish additional sockets to maintain the session and the definitions within can be used to find the best way to download media to the receiving client. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179518 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAVING A CONFERENCE ACROSS IM SYSTEMS - A method for having a conference across IM systems is provided, comprising: receiving a conference creation request sent from a conference creating user by an IM agent, establishing a conference room and generating a list of conference accounts, adding user accounts of the conference creating user on various IM systems to the list of conference accounts; receiving an invitation request sent by the conference creating user, the invitation request comprising an account of a user to be invited; the IM agent sending an invitation request in a message format of a corresponding IM system to the user to be invited using an IM system user account of the conference creating user that has been logged in. In this invention, a conference creating user creates a conference room through the IM agent, and realizes conference message communication with and between users on various IM systems through IM agent forwarding. | 2013-07-11 |
20130179519 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATION, MESSAGING AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN ENGINEERING TOOLS - A system and method are provided for the collaboration between engineering tools and engineers. A data processing unit is combined with or includes a source engineering tool having a source engineering data storage. The data processing unit exchanges data with at least one target data processing unit associated with at least one target engineering tool having its own engineering data storage. The collaboration system and method provides engineers of the source or target engineering tools to generate collaboration requests or collaboration responses which are automatically assigned to the corresponding engineering data object, and the owner and receivers of regarding engineering data objects are automatically notified about corresponding collaboration requests or responses across engineering tools and data processing units. | 2013-07-11 |