48th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 62 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140351137 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING A DECISION MAKING PLATFORM - A computer-implemented method of providing enriched transaction data for a transaction requiring an authorization is provided, the transaction performed using a computer system having a processor and a memory device. The method includes storing transaction data received from an input channel, the transaction data including a transaction identifier. An execution plan is retrieved based at least in part on the transaction identifier. The transaction data is processed across an enrichment processor based on the execution plan to generate at least one fraud score for the transaction. The transaction data is enriched to include at least one of the fraud score and an enriched data object. The enriched data is transmitted to an authorizing party for authorization. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351138 | Payment System for Vehicle Fueling - A secure wireless vehicle fueling payment system which provides a multi-factor authorization and identity scheme while encouraging vehicle occupants to remain in the vehicle while using a mobile device to initiate the payment transaction utilizing an mobile commerce site server to integrate with existing POS systems, fuel control networks, and fueling dispensers. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351139 | MULTI-TIER TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD AND PAYMENT SYSTEM IN M- AND E-COMMERCE - A server executes a protocol that automates transactions involving a customer and a merchant agreeing to trade money in the customer's account for goods or services available from the merchant. The protocol protects personal identifying information of the customer from disclosure to the merchant, and protects all parties from repudiation of the specific transaction. The protocol defines a pre-authenticated form of the specific transaction; obtains authorization from the customer and the merchant to commit on their behalf to the pre-authenticated transaction; and obtains authorization from the bank to commit resources for settlement with the merchant. After obtaining authorizations, a transaction clearance code is generated completing a record of the pre-authenticated transaction for non-repudiation, for proof of a right to receive settlement from the third party and for proof of a right to receive the goods or services from the merchant. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351140 | Authentication System and Method - Aspects of the invention relate to a customer authentication system for authenticating a customer making a request related to a customer account. The customer authentication system may include multiple application level data receiving and processing mechanisms for receiving customer requests and collecting customer data. The customer authentication system may additionally include a central authentication system for receiving the customer requests and customer data from the multiple application level data receiving and processing mechanisms, the central authentication system determining, based on authentication policy, whether the collected customer data is sufficient to authenticate each customer in order to fulfill the customer request. The central authentication system may return its conclusions and instructions to the multiple application level data receiving and processing mechanisms. The customer authentication system may additionally include a fraud policy system for centrally managing authentication policy implemented by the central authentication system. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351141 | Determining Status of Low-Cost Tags Used to Facilitate Mobile Transactions - Systems, methods and computer program products for facilitating payments using low-cost barcode or RFID tags are disclosed. Such tags can be attached or affixed to physical, real-world objects thus allowing the objects to be purchased using a customer mobile device, without the need for a dedicated, on-site point-of-sale system. The tags may be constructed from paper, metal, leather, plastic or some other low-cost material. The tag allows a unique visual identifier such as a tag code to be imprinted so that it can be read using a mobile camera or other sensor enabled telephone. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS - Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for processing transactions. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for processing proposed transactions can be provided. The method can include storing, by a service provider system comprising one or more computers, one or more issuer rules associated with the applicability of one or more payment accounts to proposed transaction; receiving, by the service provider system from a merchant computer, information associated with a proposed transaction, the information comprising one of an identification of a payment account or an identification of a consumer payment device; evaluating, by the service provider system utilizing the one or more issuer rules, the proposed transaction; and determining, by the service provider system based at least in part upon the evaluation, at least one of (i) a payment account to utilize in association with the proposed transaction or (ii) whether the proposed transaction will be approved or denied. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURING A PAYMENT CARRIED OUT WITH THE AID OF A PAYMENT CARD - This method for securing a payment carried out with the aid of a payment card associated with card identification data and a security cryptogram, is characterized in that it includes a step ( | 2014-11-27 |
20140351144 | PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS ON MOBILE DEVICE USING MOBILE CARRIER - A user makes a purchase request through a merchant app on a mobile device, such as by selecting an item for purchase. A mobile SDK of a payment provider is installed in the merchant app. The payment request includes the phone number for the mobile device. The payment provider verifies the phone number of the user and requests approval of the payment from a mobile operator providing wireless communication services on the mobile device. If the request is approved, the payment is charged to the user mobile operator account. The user simply taps a button to select an item to purchase and selects another button to confirm the purchase. Once processing is done, the user is notified on the mobile device of a successful payment. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351145 | POINT OF SALE (POS) PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (PIN) SECURITY - A key is securely injected into a POS PIN pad processor in its usual operating environment. In response to entry of a personal identification number (PIN) into a PIN pad, the processor puts the PIN into a PIN block; puts additional random data into the PIN block; and encrypts the entire PIN block using asymmetric cryptography with a public key derived from the injected key residing in the PIN pad processor. The corresponding private key may be held securely and secretly by an acquirer processor for decrypting the PIN block to retrieve the PIN. The encrypted random data defends the PIN against dictionary attacks. Time stamp data and constant data encrypted with the PIN block enables a defense of the PIN against replay attacks and tampering. The method may also include accepting the PIN from a mobile phone in communication with the processor. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351146 | AUTHENTICATION FOR A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION USING A MOBILE MODULE - Current embodiments provide for authorization and payment of an online commercial transaction between a purchaser and a merchant including verification of an identity of the purchaser and verification of an ability of the purchaser to pay for the transaction, where the identity provider and the payment provider are often different network entities. Other embodiments also provide for protocols, computing systems, and other mechanisms that allow for identity and payment authentication using a mobile module, which establishes single or multilevel security over an untrusted network (e.g., the Internet). Still other embodiments also provide for a three-way secure communication between a merchant, consumer, and payment provider such that sensitive account information is opaque to the merchant, yet the merchant is sufficiently confident of the consumer's ability to pay for requested purchases. In yet another embodiment, electronic billing information is used for authorization, auditing, payment federation, and other purposes. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351147 | Payment Processing and Customer Engagement Platform Methods, Apparatuses and Media - A customer engagement device (CED) may receive a payment token associated with a transaction from a point of sale (POS) system. The CED may retrieve transaction details associated with the transaction from a gateway. The CED may prompt a customer to provide payment information for the transaction and may collect payment information from the customer. The CED may provide the payment information and may obtain a transaction authorization from the gateway. The CED may inform the POS system regarding the transaction authorization. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351148 | MAINTENANCE INFORMATION COORDINATION SYSTEM - A maintenance information coordination system coordinates maintenance-related information held by a user of a machine or held by an independent maintenance service provider company of the machine. Maintenance-related information is held by a provider of the machine. A user machine inference unit of the maintenance information coordination system infers a machine identifier provided by the provider of the machine, which operates in a zone for which maintenance work information has been recorded from a provider machine information storage unit, a user information storage unit and an operation information storage unit. It further infers a mapping relation between the machine identifier assigned by the provider and an identifier of the machine assigned by its user from operation information of the machine and information in a user machine information storage unit, and a maintenance work information storage unit and stores the mapping relation into an integrated maintenance information storage unit. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351149 | REPLACEMENT CANDIDATE PRESENTATION METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer stores configuration information that indicates the inclusion relationship between a plurality of replacement units in a target apparatus that is a target of a replacement work by identification information that identifies the plurality of replacement units. The computer determines, according to the configuration information, first identification information indicating a first replacement unit that includes a second replacement unit in the target apparatus indicated by second identification information included in report information transmitted from the target apparatus. Then, the computer outputs replacement candidate information including the first identification information for indicating that the first replacement unit is a replacement candidate. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351150 | FITNESS FACILITY EQUIPMENT USAGE CONTROL SYSTEM - A system and method manage distribution of fitness equipment units based upon automatically collected usage information for the fitness equipment units. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351151 | PROVIDING A LEASE PERIOD DETERMINATION - An optimal lease period of data is determined for each client by a centralized entity by using a variety of factors. The variety of factors include at least access characteristics of the data, historical access patterns of the data, and system configurations and policies. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351152 | Method And System For Service Of Process - Methods and systems for service of process by which a client is automatically brought into contact with a process server authorized to serve process in a geographical jurisdiction in which process is to be served. The client communicates with a central processing station by telephone, internet or computer, and inputs into central processing station the telephone area code or the postal zip code corresponding to the geographical jurisdiction in which process is to be served. Process servers authorized to serve process in different geographical jurisdictions are registered in a database of the central processing station. The client, upon accessing the central processing station, enters either the telephone area code or the postal zip code corresponding to the geographical jurisdiction in which process is to be served. The central processing system then automatically places the client in contact, by telephone, internet or computer, with a process server registered in the database who is authorized to serve process in the geographical jurisdiction corresponding to the telephone area code or postal zip code designated by the client. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351153 | Tracking, Accounting, and Reporting Machine - A method can include (i) tracking, through a supply chain, by a computing device, a carbon containing process input; (ii) tracking, through the supply chain, by the computing device, a hydrocarbon fluid extracted from Earth by injecting the carbon containing process input into a subterranean environment; and (iii) determining, by the computing device, a quantity of fuel, produced from the hydrocarbon fluid, having a carbon intensity value based on sequestration of the carbon containing process input in the subterranean environment and utilization of at least one co-product of the carbon containing process input in the supply chain. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351154 | EPISODIC SOCIAL NETWORKS - Systems and methods for delivering augmented user information are provided. A method includes receiving a request for augmented information regarding an entity and obtaining an entity profile for the entity based on activity data from at least one data source and corresponding to one or more activities associated with the entity, the entity profile comprising temporal activity data and non-temporal activity data for the activities. In the method, the entity can be a single user or a group of users. The method also includes identifying one or more episodic social networks (ESNs) associated with the entity, based at least on an episodic social network model and the entity profile, where each of the ESNs associated with a different set of finite temporal boundaries and non-temporal boundaries. The method further includes delivering information regarding the ESNs to a requesting party as the augmented information. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351155 | AUTOMATED EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION PREDICTOR - Employee satisfaction and the possibility of an employee job change are predicted. Data can be collected related to employee internet usage, employee mobile device telecom usage, employee human resource data, or employee demographic data. By analyzing this collection data, employees that are satisfied or dissatisfied can be identified. In addition, it can also be determined how likely an employee is to make a job change. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351156 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PERSONAL ASSESSMENT AND PROFILING - One aspect of the present invention is a search engine that returns as results a list of job-seekers who meet specific criteria related to the results of professionally scored assessment profiles including personality, cognitive ability and skills aptitude. Coupled with the ability to score and rank the results of the assessment profiles, it facilitates the research on job-seekers prior to interviews. The present invention provides a method for assessing and profiling personal attributes, comprising: generating one or more personal assessment tests; generating one or more test results from the personal assessment tests taken; validating the test results; generating one or more personal profiles of the user, the personal profiles comprising the test results, and other personal attributes; allowing a user to publish whole or one or more portions of the personal profiles; and ranking a plurality of users using the test results of personal assessment tests taken by the users. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351157 | LEARNING IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN A MODULAR LEARNING SYSTEM - A system and method are disclosed for updating learner identity items in a modular learning system. Identity items associated with a plurality of learning users are stored in the modular learning system. The modular learning system updates identity items associated with a learning user responsive to receiving a request to update the identity items. When the modular learning system receives a request to display the updated identity items to a user of an external system, the modular learning system exports the requested identity items to the external system. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351158 | USE OF ORGANIZATION CHART TO DIRECT MAIL ITEMS FROM CENTRAL RECEIVING AREA TO ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITIES - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item are provided. The apparatus may include a processor device; and machine readable memory. The processor device may be configured to: assign a unique destination identifier to an organizational entity; aggregate into an aggregate documents that were addressed to the entity and received by the entity; and store in the machine readable memory the unique destination identifier and a library that includes unique terms in the aggregate. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351159 | ROUTING FROM A MAIL SORTING ASSEMBLY SIMILARLY ADDRESSED MAIL ITEMS TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing mail items to different destinations. A driven mail conveyor may receive: a first mail item that includes a paper envelope displaying in an addressee segment an institution name and institution address information, the first mail item including a first part; and a second mail item that includes a paper envelope displaying in the addressee segment the institution name and the institution address information and no other institution address information, the second mail item including a second part. A processor may electronically route, based on a first text string vector of the first part, the first mail item to a first mail item destination in the institution; and, based on a second text string vector of the second part, the second mail item to a second mail item destination in the institution. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351160 | ROUTING DIFFERENT PARTS OF A MAIL ITEM TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item part are provided. A receiver device may electronically receive: an indication that a first mail item part of a mail item is a check; an indication that a second mail item part of a mail item is a payment coupon; and an indication that a third mail item part of a mail item is a message. A processor device may: route the first mail item part and the second mail item part to a first destination; and route the third mail item part to a second destination that corresponds to terms in the message. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351161 | ROUTING INCOMPLETE MAIL ITEMS - Apparatus, methods, media and code for routing a mail item are provided. A conveyor in mechanical communication with a mail item registration station may include a processor for registering a first part of the mail item. The processor may: determine that: the first part is a payment part; and a second part that corresponds to the first part is exceptional; identify a destination that corresponds to the first part; and route the first part to the destination along with an indication corresponding to the missing second part. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351162 | CONTENT MAINTENANCE OPTIMIZATION - In an example embodiment, a delivery unit comprises a plurality of objects. The delivery unit is encapsulated within a transport container for delivery to an entity for installation. As new versions of the objects are created by modifying the source code, the modified versions of objects are included in the delivery unit along with unmodified versions of the remaining objects of the delivery unit. The modified versions of the objects are marked for installation, while the unmodified versions are not marked for installation. Upon installation, the objects marked for installation are extracted from the delivery unit while the objects not marked for installation are discarded. The extracted objects are then installed, thus updating any previous versions of the objects, while unmodified objects are not installed. In one representative embodiment, objects are procedures of a database system, which may be organized hierarchically into folders. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSONALIZED DELIVERY VERIFICATION - The methods and systems disclosed enable objective verification of the delivery of goods based on comparative data sets; one associated with a given address location and the other associated with retrieved positional coordinates using a global positioning system (GPS) while at the location of delivery, with the retrieved coordinates tagged to a digital photograph of the intended recipient. Comparative data sets are also obtained from a digitized photograph showing an intended recipient's face, the photograph provided by the customer requesting the delivery, and from a photograph taken at the location of delivery to the recipient. Facial recognition technology is utilized to determine if there is a match between the two images. Satisfaction and assurance of delivery is further achieved by delivery to the customer of the photograph taken at the location of delivery showing the recipient with the goods. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351164 | METHOD OF SEQUENCING A DELIVERY ROUTE - A method for sequencing geo coded addresses on a delivery route with the use of a device is disclosed, The methodology includes the steps of a driver selecting a street segment on a device and selecting a sequence mode for the delivery. The methodology also includes driving down a selected street segment and confirming an odd or even number of the addresses on either side of the street. The methodology also comprises the marking of each address as delivered as it is passed by the driver. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351165 | PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT HEDGE STRUCTURE - A method for modeling a hedge structure that dynamically transfers financial and operating leveraged market risk between a real estate company and an investor as the real estate company's development projects go through the different risk phases of the development cycle resulting in market risk exposure changes. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351166 | Streamlined portfolio allocation method, apparatus, and computer-readable medium - A method of allocating investment assets within a portfolio, performed by a processing device, the method including: receiving a current age value of a user; receiving a retirement age value of the user; displaying a plurality of questions for the user; receiving answers to the questions; determining a risk tolerance level for the user based on the answers to the questions; determining portfolio allocation constraints of the investment assets based on the current age, the retirement age, and the risk tolerance; determining an efficient frontier based on the constraints; determining a plurality of mixes of investment assets along the efficient frontier; displaying the efficient frontier and the plurality of mixes of investment assets; selecting at least one mix of investment assets along the efficient frontier; and displaying at least one risk statistic and at least one expected future return parameter for the selected mix of investment assets. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351167 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING RATING AND MODELING OF ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - The present invention provides a computer-based system for evaluating risk in asset backed securities (ABS) comprising: a database containing data associated with an asset pool of an ABS; a computer having a processor for executing software and being adapted to establish a communication link with an external provider of electronic data and to receive a first data set associated with an asset pool of an ABS, the first data set including credit score data related to the asset pool; and a migratory pattern predictive model application executed by the processor and adapted to analyze at least a part of the first data set, including the credit score data, and to determine a rating concerning the relative risk associated with the ABS. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCOME PLANNER - The invention forecasts a customer's annual withdrawals, manages order of withdrawal, forecasts likelihood that assets at retirement will provide needs for retirement, and provides ability to perform alternative analysis by changing various retirement goals, such as preservation of principal, amount of income desired, or expected length of retirement. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MARGINING FIXED PAYOFF PRODUCTS - A system and method is disclosed for determining performance bonds for fixed payoff products, i.e. contracts which payoff a fixed amount based on the outcome of an underlying event regardless of the value thereof. The worst outcome of the overall portfolio, which may contain more multiple instruments, is calculated, allowing the portfolio to have both long and short positions on the same underlying event and offsets among instruments within the portfolio. A universe of outcomes is constructed including single events with single outcomes, and the probability thereof, and single events with multiple outcomes, each with a probability thereof. Each outcome has an associated price and probability. Low probability events will have low values, resulting in a lower margin requirement. The margin requirement is then the amount of the maximum loss that the portfolio can sustain for any possible outcome of the underlying event, adjusted for the probability thereof. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351170 | FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT BASED ON CONTENT AND METHODS FOR VALUATION - The present invention is a system and methods by which an investment vehicle can be established that is directed to one or a very limited specific form of content. More specifically, the system and methods of the present invention creates a financial instrument directed to specific content—such as a specific technology or specific artistic or literary work—that may be issued, thereby providing investors with the opportunity to invest in the specific content or aspect of that specific content. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351171 | Investment Guidance System Which Enables Individuals To Rate And Select Assets Based On Personal Investment Preferences - An investment guidance system which enables individuals to rate and select assets based on personal investment preferences. The system comprises a method for receiving a request to rate a plurality of assets, providing two or more criteria associated with the assets for a user to evaluate, receiving a relative weight of importance for the two or more criteria, and determining a rating for each asset based on the relative weights assigned to the two or more criteria. The system then ranks the plurality of assets based on the rated value for each asset, provides a list of the ranked assets and receives requests to execute trades for the ranked assets. The assets can comprise mutual funds, stocks, bonds, and/or other investment vehicles. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351172 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Compute Resource Usage Chargeback for Cloud Multi-Tenant Environment - Method and Apparatus for rapid scalable unified infrastructure system management platform are disclosed by discovery of compute nodes, network components across data centers, both public and private for a user; assessment of type, capability, VLAN, security, virtualization configuration of the discovered unified infrastructure nodes and components; configuration of nodes and components covering add, delete, modify, scale; and rapid roll out of nodes and components across data centers both public and private. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351173 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING REGISTERED POST - A method for automating issuing and attachment of a label including post ID information when a user intends to apply a registered post providing tracking and tracing information such as a registration or a parcel service by using an unmanned device of itself and an apparatus for receiving a registered post including a post receiving unit receiving reception information for receiving the registered post including a registered or parcel service post, and a reception information managing unit authenticating a user who intends to apply the registered post and verifying the reception information of the registered post to generate label information for issuing the label including the reception information. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351174 | METHOD OF PROVIDING FRAGRANCE AS A DECOR ELEMENT - A method of providing a consumer with a fragrancing system to coordinate with their home décor comprising the steps of: (a) providing a palette of décor styles, wherein the palette comprises at least two décor styles; (b) providing a plurality fragrances, wherein at least one of the plurality of fragrances coordinates with at least one of the at least two décor styles; and wherein the wherein the décor style is shown on the fragrance or the palette with an indicator selected from the group consisting of: primary nomenclature and iconography. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351175 | AUTOMATED WORKFLOW ACCESS BASED ON PRIOR USER ACTIVITY - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for automating workflow access for a user are provided. A prior activity of a user at a first healthcare application session on a first user device may be determined. The prior activity may occur at a first location in a healthcare facility. Based on the prior activity of the user, as well as a role associated with the user and a second location of the user, a next activity of the user at a second healthcare application session may be predicted. The second healthcare application session may then be automatically launched. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351176 | ACTIVE LEARNING ON STATISTICAL SERVER NAME EXTRACTION FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SERVICE TICKETS - Access is obtained to a plurality of information technology services problem tickets. At least a first subset of the tickets include free text tickets with server names embedded in unstructured text fields. The server names are extracted from the first subset of the tickets via a statistical machine learning technique. Using the extracted server names, those of the first subset of the tickets from which the server names have been extracted are linked to corresponding server entries in a configuration information database to facilitate resolution of problems associated with the first subset of the tickets from which the server names have been extracted; and/or at least one of the extracted server names is identified as missing from a list of known server names. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351177 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THICKNESS OF BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THICKNESS OF BATTERY - A system for predicting the thickness of a battery is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery thickness predicting system includes a learning data input unit for receiving data on a previously manufactured battery. The thickness predicting system further includes an object data input unit for receiving data on a battery whose thickness is to be predicted. The system further comprises a mechanical learning unit connected to the learning data input unit to obtain a predicting function based on learning factors input to the learning data input unit and to provide weight values to the learning factors, respectively. The system further includes a thickness predicting unit connected to the object data input unit and the mechanical learning unit and using the weight values provided by the mechanical learning unit in order to predict the thickness of the battery whose thickness is to be predicted. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351178 | ITERATIVE WORD LIST EXPANSION - Methods and systems are provided for expanding an electronic word list, containing a set of words where each word is associated with a label from a first set of labels. A subset of training data containing a set of texts having a second set of labels is obtained. For each word in the electronic word list and a label in the sub-set of the training data, a feature selection criterion is calculated. One or more words are selected, for which resulting value of the feature selection criterion calculation is greater than a predetermined threshold value. The one or more selected words are added to the electronic word list. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351179 | INFORMATION PUSH METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention is applicable to the field of information processing technologies, and provides an information push method and apparatus. The method includes: acquiring historical behavior information of a user from a social data source; dividing, according to a preset rule, the acquired historical behavior information into one or more documents related to user behavior information; obtaining a model according to the document and by using a statistical learning method; and generating push information based on the model, and sending the push information to a client where a corresponding user is located. The push information in the present invention is generated based on the historical behavior information of the user, so that accuracy of information push can be effectively improved. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351180 | Learning Device With Continuous Configuration Capability - An embodiment method for continuous configuration of learning devices includes operations for storing, by a learning device within a decentralized system of a plurality of learning devices, events obtained while in a monitoring mode, activating a triggered mode for a reflex when at least one of the stored events corresponds to a trigger pattern, determining whether the reflex has a trigger weight exceeding a trigger weight threshold, conducting the predetermined action associated with the reflex when the trigger weight exceeds the trigger weight threshold, obtaining at least one additional event while in the triggered mode, adjusting the trigger weight of the reflex when the at least one additional event corresponds to a correction pattern or a reward pattern occurring in response to conducting the predetermined action, and creating a second reflex when the at least one additional event does not correspond to a known pattern. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351181 | REQUESTING PROXIMATE RESOURCES BY LEARNING DEVICES - Various embodiments for a learning device to improve the performance of learned behaviors by requesting information from proximate devices within a decentralized system including a learning device method for generating, by the learning device, a first pattern based upon one or more obtained events, determining whether the first pattern exactly matches a known second pattern, determining whether the first pattern matches the second pattern within a predefined threshold in response to determining that the first pattern does not exactly match the second pattern, identifying a missing event of the second pattern in response to determining that the first pattern matches the second pattern within the predefined threshold, and broadcasting, by the learning device, a message requesting data related to the identified missing event. Data received in response to request messages may be used to recognize that the known second pattern is matched. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351182 | Modifying Learning Capabilities of Learning Devices - Various embodiments for modifying learning capabilities within a decentralized system of learning devices, a method including receiving, at a learning device, a signal from a nearby device, determining whether the received signal is a learning modifier signal based on data within the received signal, and modifying one or more of the learning capabilities in response to determining that the received signal is the learning modifier signal. The method may further include determining whether subsequent learning modifier signals are received, and resetting the modified one or more of the learning capabilities in response to determining that the subsequent learning modifier signals are not received. Modifying learning capabilities may include enabling or disabling a learning mode of the learning device and/or adjusting values of variables used to calculate trigger weights of reflexes. When subsequent learning modifier signals are not received, the learning device may reset modified learning capabilities. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351183 | METHODS AND RELATED SYSTEMS OF BUILDING MODELS AND PREDICTING OPERATIONAL OUTCOMES OF A DRILLING OPERATION - Building models and predicting operational outcomes of a drilling operation. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: gathering sensor data regarding offset wells and context data regarding the offset wells, and placing the sensor data and context data into a data store; creating a reduced data set by identifying a correlation between data in the data store and an operational outcome in a drilling operation; creating a model based on the reduced data set; and predicting the operational outcome based on the model. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351184 | USER SPECIFIC PLAN GENERATION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention envisages a personalized plan generation system and a method that satisfies maximum user preferences and constraints; besides including a number of enabling features like of plan repair or revision with dynamically changing situations or contextual information. Moreover, the system is able to perform a collaborative planning by opinion mining in social networks to achieve better optimization. Significantly, the explanation for the selection of plan steps or a change in plan altogether can be expressed in natural language. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351185 | MACHINE LEARNING MEMORY MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTED RULE EVALUATION - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to management of evaluated rule data sets. Specifically, a unreduced evaluated rule data set may contain a number of items to be compared or analyzed according to a number of rules, and may also contain the results of such analysis. An illustrative reduced evaluated data set can include the results of evaluated rules. When utilized in conjunction with an item data set and a rule data set, the information contained within the unreduced evaluated rule data set may be maintained. The reduce memory requirements of the reduced evaluated rule data set may facilitate storage of the reduced evaluated rule data set in faster to access memory, or may facilitate distributed computation of the reduced evaluated rule data set. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351186 | SPIKE TIME WINDOWING FOR IMPLEMENTING SPIKE-TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITY (STDP) - Methods and apparatus are provided for implementing spike-timing dependent plasticity (STDP) using windowing of spikes. One example method for operating an artificial nervous system generally includes recording spike times for a first artificial neuron, recording spike times for a second artificial neuron coupled to the first artificial neuron via a synapse, processing spikes for the second artificial neuron according to a window based at least in part on the spike times for the first artificial neuron, and updating a parameter (e.g., a weight or a delay) of the synapse based on the processing. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351187 | Method and System for Validating Energy Measurement in a High Pressure Gas Distribution Network - A method and system for validating energy measurement in a high pressure gas distribution network. The method comprises the steps of calculating a validation energy value using an artificial neural network (ANN) engine based on measured parameters associated with a gas flow in the gas distribution network; measuring an actual energy value of the gas flow; and comparing the validation energy value and the actual energy value, wherein the actual energy value is validated if the validation energy value and the actual energy value are substantially equal. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351188 | PREFETCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for prefetching data. Address logs are separated into streams and a model associated with each stream. Each stream address is forecasted according to its respective model and pages corresponding to one or more forecasted stream addresses are retrieved from memory based on their respective models. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351189 | PREDICTION OF USER RESPONSE ACTIONS TO RECEIVED DATA - A system is provided for automatically predicting actions a user is likely to take in response to receiving data. The system may be configured to monitor and observe a user's interactions with incoming data and to identify patterns of actions the user may take in response to the incoming data. The system may enable a trainer component and a classifier component to determine the probability a user may take a particular action and to make predictions of likely user actions based on the observations of the user and the identified pattern of the user's actions. The system may also be configured to continuously observe the user's actions to fine-tune and adjust the identified patterns of user actions and to update the probabilities of likely user actions in order increase the accuracy of the predicted user action in response to incoming data. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351190 | EFFICIENT HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPIKING NETWORKS - Certain aspects of the present disclosure support operating simultaneously multiple super neuron processing units in an artificial nervous system, wherein a plurality of artificial neurons is assigned to each super neuron processing unit. The super neuron processing units can be interfaced with a memory for storing and loading synaptic weights and plasticity parameters of the artificial nervous system, wherein organization of the memory allows contiguous memory access. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351191 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a calculation section which calculates a proficiency level of a user for operations performed by the user for achieving a prescribed objective based on history information related to the operations and attribute information related to physical features of the user, and a generation section which generates advice for achieving the objective based on the proficiency level calculated by the calculation section. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351192 | AUTOMATON DETERMINIZATION METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an embodiment, an automaton determinization method includes: state-generating, first-transition-generating, second-transition-generating, and first-deleting. The state-generating includes generating, assigned with a first symbol, a second state newly. The first-transition-generating includes generating a second transition that leaves from the first state and enters to the second state and that is assigned with the first symbol. The second-transition-generating includes generating, regarding the first transitions, a fourth transition where a state previous to a third transition is substituted with the second state. The third transition is an outgoing transition from a next state of the first transition. The first-deleting includes deleting states that are next to the first transitions where the fourth transitions are generated and that do not have incoming transitions other than the first transitions, deleting outgoing transitions from the deleted states, and deleting the first transitions where the fourth transitions are generated. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351193 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POST-ADAPTION OF A DATA-BASED FUNCTION MODEL - A method for post-adaption of an at least partially data-based function model which corresponds to a sum of a basis function model, e.g., a data-based basis function model, and an additive fault model, includes: providing the basis function model; recording training data; ascertaining the data-based additive fault model based on difference training data which represent differences between the measured values of the training data and the function values of the data-based basis function model at the measuring points of the training data; | 2014-11-27 |
20140351194 | Method and Apparatus to Forecast Resource Pool Exhaustion - Method and Apparatus for rapid scalable unified infrastructure system management platform are disclosed by discovery of compute nodes, network components across data centers, both public and private for a user; assessment of type, capability, VLAN, security, virtualization configuration of the discovered unified infrastructure nodes and components; configuration of nodes and components covering add, delete, modify, scale; and rapid roll out of nodes and components across data centers both public and private. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351195 | FORWARD INFERENCING OF FACTS IN PARALLEL - A method and system for inferring facts in parallel in a multiprocessor computing environment is provided. An inference system infers facts by applying rules to a collection of existing facts. For each existing fact, the inference system schedules a thread to apply the rules to that existing fact. As a thread infers a new fact (i.e., one that is not already in the collection of facts), the thread adds that inferred fact to the collection of facts. When a thread adds a new fact to the collection, the thread also applies the rules to that new fact. After the threads complete execution, the inference system may apply the rules to the facts of the collection, including the newly inferred facts, by again launching a thread for each fact to apply the rules to that fact. The inference system performs this processing iteratively until a termination condition is satisfied. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351196 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING CLUSTERING FOR SPLITTING TREE NODES IN CLASSIFICATION DECISION TREES - Systems and methods for determining an optimal splitting scheme for a node in a classification decision tree. A computing system may receive input data related to a decision tree to be generated from a data set. The input data identifies a target attribute of the data set and a set of candidate attributes of the data set to be used as nodes in the decision tree. The computing system may determine, using a clustering algorithm and the set of candidate attributes, a number of potential splitting schemes to be used to split a node in the decision tree. The computing system may calculate a splitting measurement for each of the plurality of potential splitting schemes. The computing system may select an optimal splitting scheme from the plurality of potential splitting schemes for each node in the decision tree based on the splitting measurement. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351197 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PATIENT-SPECIFIC DOSING AS A FUNCTION OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS UPDATED TO ACCOUNT FOR AN OBSERVED PATIENT RESPONSE - A system and method for predicting, proposing and/or evaluating suitable medication dosing regimens for a specific individual as a function of individual-specific characteristics and observed responses of the specific individual. Mathematical models of observed patient responses are used in determining an initial dose. The system and method use the patient's observed response to the initial dose to refine the model for use to forecast expected responses to proposed dosing regimens more accurately for a specific patient. More specifically, the system and method uses Bayesian averaging, Bayesian updating and Bayesian forecasting techniques to develop patient-specific dosing regimens as a function of not only generic mathematical models and patient-specific characteristics accounted for in the models as covariate patient factors, but also observed patient-specific responses that are not accounted for within the models themselves, and that reflect variability that distinguishes the specific patient from the typical patient reflected by the model. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351198 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus that tests independence between multiple variables, the information processing apparatus including: a discretization section that discretizes at least one numerical variable on the basis of at least one categorical variable, when the categorical variable and the numerical variable are included in at least two dependent variables in a graphical model and a set of conditional variables serving as conditions of independence between the two variables; and a test execution section that executes a test for conditional independence between the two variables by using the categorical variable and a discrete variable which is obtained by discretizing the numerical variable. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351199 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY PREDICTING WORKLOAD GROWTH BASED ON HEURISTIC DATA - The disclosure provides a method and system for elastic computing that includes the steps of presenting an interface for user entry of a threshold upper limit for compute pool consumption, a threshold lower limit for compute pool consumption, and a threshold time for the out of range condition. The policy engine of the controller node monitors consumption and expands or shrinks the compute pool. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351200 | PIVOT ANALYSIS METHOD USING CONDITION GROUP - A pivot analysis method using a condition group is applicable to a front end processing device and includes the following steps. A file name processing interface is presented according to a plurality of file names. A file name selection value is received via a first sub interface of the file name processing interface. A range setting value is received via a second sub interface of the file name processing interface. A file name computing value is received via a third sub interface of the file name processing interface. A file name processing value generated by integrating the file name selection value, the file name range setting value and the file name computing value, is outputted. A multidimensional array is received to present a pivot analysis table. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351201 | AUTOMATED DATA PURGE IN AN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for automated data purge in an e-discovery system. The automated data purge process determines files within an e-discovery file system that qualify for purging based on one or more purge policies, locates the files within the file system and automatically purges the data from the file system. Additional embodiments provide for automatically creating log entries that track the details of the purge and automatically generating and communicating alerts/messages that notify concerned parties of the data purge. As such the present invention is able to accurately and automatically purge data from an electronic discovery file system and provide for detailed purge data tracking, as well as, purge notification. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351202 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READ OPTIMIZED BULK DATA STORAGE - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to store load data in new rows of an append only table within a data warehouse, without updating or deleting existing rows in the append only table. The new rows are added in a database transaction that guarantees that the distributed reads and writes of all transactions are processed reliably and that the transactions obey snapshot isolation rules. Data changes associated with the load data are maintained in a separate update table. Data from the append only table is merged with data changes from the update table to supply read data. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351203 | Database Sharding with Update Layer - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an update of activity associated with one or more content objects associated with a search term. The search term is associated with a number of content objects exceeding a pre-determined threshold number. The content objects associated with the search term are indexed on a list of one or more index servers. The list includes identifier information corresponding to the content objects. The method also includes modifying the list of one or more of the index servers in response to the update. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351204 | Database Sharding with Incorporated Updates - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an update of activity associated with one or more content objects associated with a search term. The content objects associated with the search term are indexed on a list of one or more index servers or a term server. The list of the term server include identifier information of one or more content object types. The list of the index servers include identifier information of a single content object type. The method also includes determining whether the search term has a number of associated content objects exceeding a pre-determined threshold number; and modifying the list associated with the search term of a term server or one or more of the index servers based at least in part on the determination and in response to the update. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351205 | Cloud Based Master Data Management System and Method Therefor - A source record from an enterprise is received at a registry at a master data management system at a host enterprise. The enterprise is located remotely from the host enterprise. The source record has a source identifier. A data record is generated based on the source record and the data record has a first registry identifier. The data record is stored at a data store. The registry maintains a link identifying a relationship between the registry identifier and the source identifier. A reference engine determines a value of an attribute of a field of the source record identifies a second source record, and determines whether the registry includes a second registry identifier associated with a second data record generated based on the second source record. The reference engine sets an indicator identifying the data record if the registry does not include the second registry identifier, and clears the indicator if the registry does include the second registry identifier. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351206 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION MANAGEMENT - An apparatus and method for managing an application in a digital device are provided. The method includes receiving Appcessory identification information from an accessory device if the accessory device is connected to the digital device; searching, based on the Appcessory identification information, for at least one application having a function of controlling the accessory device from among at least one application installed in the digital device; and displaying application information associated with the at least one searched application according to a result of the search. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351207 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, CONTENT RECOMMENDATION DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - The content recommendation system includes a user attribute information acquisition means for acquiring attribute information of a given user, a list acquisition means for acquiring at least one list from among lists of content sequentially generated over time on the basis of the attribute information of the given user acquired by the user attribute information acquisition means, a user preference information acquisition means for acquiring user preference information, which is feature information of content preferred by the given user, a content extraction means for extracting some content from content included in the list acquired by the list acquisition means on the basis of the user preference information acquired by the user preference information acquisition means, and a content presentation means for presenting the content extracted by the content extraction means to the given user. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351208 | STORAGE SYSTEM DEVICE MANAGEMENT - This document describes, in various implementations, features related to receiving, at a storage system that includes a storage volume and a plurality of storage devices that operate separately from the storage volume, read requests directed to data stored on the storage volume. The document also describes replicating certain data stored on the storage volume to the storage devices such that read requests associated with the certain data are fulfilled either by the storage volume or by the storage devices. The document also describes determining first usage information that is indicative of actual or expected usage of the storage system at a first time, and powering down at least one of the storage devices based on the first usage information. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351209 | PREDICTIVE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR CLUSTERED DEVICES - A method and system is provided for a scalable clustered system. The method and system may handle asynchronous traffic as well as session backup. In the method and system, a home cluster member having ownership of a local session predicts designation of a an other cluster member to receive a packet associated with the local session and sends appropriate state information or forwarding instruction to the other network member. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351210 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a data processing system including nodes each configured to retain data used for providing a user group with a service in units of one or more users serving as a part of the user group, and a routing manager configured to, in response to an access request to the data from the one or more users, perform routing to the nodes in which data of the one or more users is stored. The nodes include a first node for retaining master data of the one or more users, a second node for retaining slave data obtained by replicating the master data, and a third node. The muting manager further performs data movement processing involving changing the slave data retained in the second node into the master data, also replicating the slave data, and causing the third node to retain the replicated slave data as new slave data. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351211 | Media File Synchronization - Among other things, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed for manipulating media. In one aspect, synchronization of media files involves identifying a change to an attribute associated with a media file associated with a first media file library located on the host system; accessing a client device list including device IDs for devices associated with the first media file library; identifying a first client device indicated by the device list; accessing a first synchronization order file stored on a server system; modifying the first synchronization order file to indicate the change to the attribute associated with the media file; and providing the modified first synchronization order file to the server system to enable the first client device to apply the indicated change to the attribute associated with the media file within a second media file library located on the first client device. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351212 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING READING HISTORY - A method and apparatus for processing reading history is provided. The method includes receiving a reading history saving instruction, and acquiring an anchor position of a designated reading position of a current web page; generating an anchor link, based on the anchor position of the designated reading position; creating a reading history based on a title of the designated reading position and the anchor link, the created reading history includes at least the title of the designated reading position and the anchor link; and saving the created reading history. By saving the title of the designated reading position and the anchor link correspondingly, this application makes it convenient for the user to fast access the web page to which the anchor link is directed, locate the anchor position, thereby reducing the electric power consumption during the terminal device is accessing a particular web page. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351213 | SYNCHRONIZATION AND RECONCILIATION THROUGH IDENTIFICATION - A system and method to synchronize and reconcile objects are described. The system includes a memory device storing a first baseline including a set of first objects associated with a respective set of first identifiers and a second baseline including a set of second objects associated with a respective set of second identifiers. The system also includes a processor configured to determine a kinship among the set of first objects and the set of second objects based on the set of first identifiers and the set of second identifiers and to create a new baseline based on reconciling any conflict identified by the kinship. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351214 | Efficient data replication - Described herein are systems and methods for efficient data replication. A set of hashes for a source object to be replicated is sent from the source local deduplication store to the remote server. The remote server generates a set of object hashes representative of data in the source object that is already present on the remote server, and data indicative of source object hashes that are not present on the remote server. The remote server transmits the generated data to the source local deduplication store. The source local deduplication store identifies portions of the source object that are not already present on the remote server based on the received data. The source local deduplication store transmits the identified portions of the source object to the remote server to replicate the source object on the remote server. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351215 | Application Management Method And Device - Disclosed are an application management method and device, applied to a first device connected to a second device. The method includes mapping at least one application in the second device, to obtain at least one corresponding application identifier; detecting a first operation; when the first operation satisfies a first preset condition, determining an application identifier of a first application according to the at least one application identifier; detecting a second operation; when the second operation satisfies a second preset condition, obtaining a corresponding application management command according to the second operation; and sending the application management command to the second device, so that the second device manages the first application according to the application management command. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351216 | ENHANCED REPLICATION - Systems, methods, and software are disclosed that provide enhanced replication for message services. In one implementation, updates to a replication source are replicated to replication targets. The replication is monitored to identify an individual health of the replication for each of the replication targets. A composite health of the replication is determined based on the individual health of the replication for each of the replication targets. The updates to the replication source are then controlled based on the composite health of the replication. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351217 | DATABASE SNAPSHOT ANALYSIS - Analysis tools summarize and provide statistics from snapshot files. The analysis tools may provide a temporal view of the changes of the data values across two or more periods of time from one or more snapshot files to show trends in performance of the system. The analysis tools may include meta-data definitions for different sources of the snapshot information. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351218 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR BACKING UP DATA - System, method and program product for backing up a plurality of data files from a first server to a second server via a network. A determination is made that more than one compressed data file at the second server, downloaded by the first server, is waiting to be decompressed. A determination is made whether an amount of available processor resource in the second server exceeds a predetermined threshold. If the amount of available processor resource in the second server exceeds the predetermined threshold, a plurality of data decompression programs are invoked in the second server to decompress the plurality of compressed data files substantially concurrently, and data updates in the decompressed data files are applied to corresponding files in the second server. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351219 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING DATA IN A COMPUTER NETWORK - A data retrieval system comprising a first computing device communicatively coupled to a second computing device; the first computing device having a processor that supports operation of at least one software application that is used for retrieving data; the second computing device communicatively coupled to one or more storage media; the software application having a retrieval module for retrieving data from the one or more storage media; a storage and backup map that maps to the second computing device; and a data index stored on the second computing device that indicates to the retrieval module a particular location of the data that is to be retrieved by the retrieval module. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351220 | CONFIGURATION OF ONE OR MORE COMPUTER DEVICES - An image loader resource invokes execution of a backup restoration function in a target computer device to be configured or reconfigured. The backup restoration function in the target computer device is present on the target computer device to receive a device image of data settings derived from a previously configured computer device. In furtherance of configuring the target computer device, the image loader resource retrieves a device image. According to one configuration, rather than being an actual device image obtained from a previously configured or already used computer device, the device image information is synthesized from a set of computer configuration instructions received from an administrator resource. The computer configuration instructions specify settings to be applied to the target computer device. The image loader resource communicates the synthesized device image information to the backup restoration function on the target computer device to configure the target computer device. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351221 | TRANSFER OF USER DATA BETWEEN LOGICAL DATA SITES - The present application is directed to systems and methods for transferring data between data backup sites. Backup data for transferring from a source data backup site to a destination data backup site is determined based on a storage parameter, the backup data comprising data associated with a client device. A transfer parameter is received from the destination data backup site, the transfer parameter comprising a storage logical site available for data storage. The determined backup data is matched to the storage logical site based on a parameter selected from a group consisting of the storage parameter, and the transfer parameter. A transfer of the determined backup data to the storage logical site is scheduled based on a parameter selected from a group consisting of the storage parameter, the transfer parameter, and a schedule parameter. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351222 | DIGITAL ARCHIVE SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LINKING LINKED FILES - A digital archive system includes a plurality of digital files and a user interface that allows a user to designate any one of the files as an anchor file and to link other ones of the files to a designated anchor file. The user interface allows a user to annotate each file linked to an anchor file with information describing the respective file and any relationship between the anchor file and the respective linked file. The content of an anchor file and all files linked thereto can be displayed via the user interface. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351223 | DISTRIBUTED CLIPBOARD - Techniques for providing a shared clipboard to participants in a conversation are provided. The shared clipboard is specific to the conversation to which it is associated in that the shared clipboard does not “spill over” from one conversation to another. When a conversation between two or more participants is established, a shared clipboard becomes available to the participants of the conversation. The shared clipboard facilitates the sharing of data between the participants in the conversation. During the conversation, each participant in the conversation is provided access to the shared clipboard, including its contents. When a participant joins or is added to the conversation, the added participant is also provided access to the shared clipboard and its contents. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351224 | Making Publisher Content Available to Specific Users - Disclosed are various embodiments for making publisher content available to specific users. A directory describing media items that are remotely stored is presented via a user interface. Selection information corresponding to a particular media item is received via the user interface. The media item is requested and received from another computing device. Consumption data is collected during consumption of the media item. The consumption data is sent to another computing device. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351225 | ALTERNATE DATA STREAM CACHE FOR FILE CLASSIFICATION - Described is caching classification-related metadata for a file in an alternate data stream of that file. When a file is classified (e.g., for data management), the classification properties are cached in association with the file, along with classification-related metadata that indicates the state of the file at the time of caching. The classification-related metadata in the alternate data stream is then useable in determining whether the classification properties are valid and up-to-date when next accessed, or whether the file needs to be reclassified. If the properties are valid and up-to-date, they may be used without requiring the computationally costly steps of reclassification. Also described is using more than one alternate data stream for the cache, and extending the classification-related metadata through a defined extension mechanism. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351226 | Distributed Feature Collection and Correlation Engine - A distributed feature collection and correlation engine is provided, Feature extraction comprises obtaining one or more data records; extracting information from the one or more data records based on domain knowledge; transforming the extracted information into a key/value pair comprised of a key K and a value V, wherein the key comprises a feature identifier; and storing the key/value pair in a feature store database if the key/value pair does not already exist in the feature store database using a de-duplication mechanism. Features extracted from data records can be queried by obtaining a feature store database comprised of the extracted features stored as a key/value pair comprised of a key K and a value V, wherein the key comprises a feature identifier; receiving a query comprised of at least one query key; retrieving values from the feature store database that match the query key; and returning one or more retrieved key/value pairs. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351227 | Distributed Feature Collection and Correlation Engine - A distributed feature collection and correlation engine is provided, Feature extraction comprises obtaining one or more data records; extracting information from the one or more data records based on domain knowledge; transforming the extracted information into a key/value pair comprised of a key K and a value V, wherein the key comprises a feature identifier; and storing the key/value pair in a feature store database if the key/value pair does not already exist in the feature store database using a de-duplication mechanism. Features extracted from data records can be queried by obtaining a feature store database comprised of the extracted features stored as a key/value pair comprised of a key K and a value V, wherein the key comprises a feature identifier; receiving a query comprised of at least one query key; retrieving values from the feature store database that match the query key; and returning one or more retrieved key/value pairs. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351228 | DIALOG SYSTEM, REDUNDANT MESSAGE REMOVAL METHOD AND REDUNDANT MESSAGE REMOVAL PROGRAM - There are provided an answer evaluation means | 2014-11-27 |
20140351229 | EFFICIENT DATA COMPRESSION AND ANALYSIS AS A SERVICE - Data may be efficiently analyzed and compressed as part of a data compression service. A data compression request may be received from a client indicating data to be compressed. An analysis of the data or metadata associated with the data may be performed. In at least some embodiments, this analysis may be a rules-based analysis. Some embodiments may employ one or more machine learning techniques to historical compression data to update the rules-based analysis. One or more compression techniques may be selected out of a plurality of compression techniques to be applied to the data. Data compression candidates may then be generated according to the selected compression techniques. In some embodiments, a compression service restriction may be enforced. One of the data compression candidates may be selected and sent in a response. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351230 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AGGREGATING AND TRANSLATING REAL-TIME USER INFORMATION TO UPDATE SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for automatically updating social network profiles are disclosed. For example, the method receives one or more inputs from a subscriber, processes the one or more inputs in accordance with a policy defined by the subscriber to produce an update about the subscriber and publishes the update about the subscriber on one or more social network profiles associated with the subscriber. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351231 | Low Overhead Contention-Based Switching Between Ticket Lock And Queued Lock - A technique for low overhead contention-based switching between ticket locking and queued locking to access shared data may include establishing a ticket lock, establishing a queue lock, operating in ticket lock mode using the ticket lock to access the shared data during periods of relatively low data contention, and operating in queue lock mode using the queue lock to access the shared data during periods of relatively high data contention. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351232 | ACCESSING ENTERPRISE DATA USING A NATURAL LANGUAGE-BASED SEARCH - Enterprise data can be accessed via a natural language user interface. In one embodiment, a mobile application can receive voice data and text data corresponding to the voice data. A conversion from voice to text can be performed by the mobile application or a third-party dictation service. Based on the text data, a command can be generated for use by a business analytics engine or by an enterprise search engine. In the case of the business analytics engine, it can perform analysis on the retrieved enterprise data, such as by applying business algorithms on the retrieved enterprise data in order to generate analytical results. In the case of the enterprise search engine, it can perform a search of enterprise data based on the command. In either case, results can be presented to the user on a user interface. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTICS RUN AGAINST A COMBINATION OF STATIC AND REAL-TIME DATA - A system for continuous analytics comprises an in-memory storage and a processor. The processor receives a query that indicates an analytic function to be performed on a combination of static data and real-time data. The processor loads the in-memory storage from a first source external to the processor with data that was stored as the static data. At the same time that the in-memory storage is already loaded with the static data, the processor continuously receives ephemeral real-time data as it is being generated by a second source external to the processor. The processor runs the analytic function from the query against the in-memory storage loaded with the first data and the real-time data that is being continuously received, in combination, to produce a result of the analytic function. The result is stored and time-stamped in the in-memory storage as an analytic cube. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351234 | System and Method for Enhancing User Search Results by Determining a Streaming Media Program Currently Being Displayed in Proximity to an Electronic Device - A method receives a search query from a user device during a time window and accesses a repository of streaming media related information to determine one or more streaming media programs available to the user device during the time window. The method identifies a first set of categories associated with the received search query and identifies a respective program-specific set of categories associated with each of the respective available streaming media programs. The method compares the first set of categories to each respective program-specific set of categories to infer that a first streaming media program is being displayed in proximity to the user device. The method modifies the search query based on adding search terms from the streaming media related information corresponding to the first streaming media program. The method identifies search results corresponding to the modified search query and returns the search results to the user device. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351235 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CRAWLING A WEBSITE BASED ON A SCHEME OF THE WEBSITE - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for crawling a website based on a scheme of the website. In use, a difference between a first content and second content of a website is identified. Additionally, a scheme of the website is identified based on the difference. Furthermore, the website is crawled based on the scheme. | 2014-11-27 |
20140351236 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WEBSITE SEARCHING ON A WEB BROWSER - A method, apparatus, server and system for websites searching in a browser of a mobile terminal is presented. The method includes the steps of: loading one or more preconfigured website search engine information for generating a website search engine list on a browser search bar; receiving information on which website search engine has been selected from the generated website search engine list; receiving a search keyword input to the browser search bar; sending a search request to the selected website search engine to query the received search keyword; and displaying a search result returned by the selected website search engine upon a successful search. | 2014-11-27 |