50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 64 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090307127 | Electronic Spread Trading Tool - A versatile and efficient electronic spread trading tool to be used when buying and selling comparable commodities either simultaneously or in conjunction with one another. The spread trading tool involves a method of displaying, on an electronic display device, the market depth of a plurality of commodities including an anchor commodity and a non-anchor commodity, where the method includes dynamically displaying a plurality of bids and asks in the market for the commodities, statically displaying prices corresponding to those plurality of bids and asks, where the bids and asks are displayed in alignment with the prices corresponding thereto, displaying an anchor visual indicator corresponding to and in alignment with a desired price level of the anchor commodity, displaying a price level indicator corresponding to and in alignment with a price level of the non-anchor commodity. Based on an unhedged position, and taking into account the parameters and spread price point values, as determined by the trader, price level indicators are calculated and displayed, which provide a visual representation of where the trader should buy and sell the applicable commodities. The price level for the price level indicator in the non-anchor commodity is determined based upon said desired price level of the anchor commodity. The price level indicator also includes a first visual indicator corresponding to and in alignment with a first price level of the non-anchor commodity and a second visual indicator corresponding to and in alignment with a second price level of the non-anchor commodity. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307128 | Multi-Variable Transaction System and Method - A system for optimization of variables is provided. The system includes a buyer finance system for receiving asset data and buyer finance data. A seller variable system receives the asset data and the buyer finance data and applies a seller variable distribution to generate seller transaction state data. A finance variable system receives the asset data and the buyer finance data and applies a finance variable distribution to generate finance transaction state data. A variable optimization system receives the seller transaction state data and the finance transaction state data and generates transaction approval data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307129 | COMMUNITY-BASED WORK VALUE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein are a system and method to identify one or more tasks, determine a community corresponding to an identified task, receive input from the determined community, e.g. valuation input, suggestions on a performer of the task, inquiry input, etc. A value is assigned for the task using input received from the determined community. The determined community that values the task may be responsible for paying an amount equal to the value of the task identified by the community in exchange for performance of the task. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELAYED PAYMENT OF PREPAID CARDS - A method and system for accepting delayed payment of prepaid cards is described. The method includes providing a prepaid card to a purchaser, the prepaid card associated with a face value. The method includes, responsive to a redemption of the prepaid card, providing a consideration in accordance to the face value. The method includes receiving a payment for the prepaid card after the consideration has been provided. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307131 | Payment and settlement over the internet with internet currencies - A method of payment and settlement over the Internet with Internet Currencies for purchases of products and services or their equivalents over the Internet, it can be used for payment and settlement over the Internet for other purposes as well. It is secure, convenient and flexible for every consumer and therefore can greatly increase the Internet business. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307132 | ENHANCED USER INTERFACE FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENT FUNCTION IN MOBILE TELEPHONE - A payment card account number is downloaded to a contactless payment application program stored in a mobile telephone. In association with the payment card account number, at least one image that represents a payment card is also downloaded to the contactless payment application program stored in the mobile telephone. The at least one card payment card image displays the downloaded payment card account number. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307133 | Online Payment System for Merchants - A payment system that utilises the Internet to gain access to an Internet banking system enabling a user to purchase merchandise bought through an online merchant or merchant who has Internet access in their store is disclosed. The payment system may also be utilised to provide a means for a user to retrieve and view balances and account transaction information for their bank accounts and to transfer funds between accounts. The system uses a “virtual pin-pad” which provides a web-based, stand-alone method of payment that is independent of banks and capable of performing real-time currency conversions. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307134 | PERFORMING AUTOMATICALLY AUTHORIZED PROGRAMMATIC TRANSACTIONS - Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as by performing transactions between parties that are automatically authorized via a third-party transaction authorization system. In some situations, the transactions are programmatic transactions involving the use of fee-based Web services by executing application programs, with the transaction authorization system authorizing and/or providing payments in accordance with private authorization instructions previously specified by the parties. The authorization instructions may include predefined instruction rule sets that regulate conditions under which a potential transaction can be authorized, with the instruction rule sets each referenced by an associated reference token. After one or more of the parties to a potential transaction supply reference tokens for the parties, the transaction authorization system can determine whether to authorize the transaction based on whether the instruction rule sets associated with the reference tokens are compatible or otherwise satisfied. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307135 | PERFORMING AUTOMATICALLY AUTHORIZED PROGRAMMATIC TRANSACTIONS - Techniques are described for facilitating interactions between computing systems, such as by performing transactions between parties that are automatically authorized via a third-party transaction authorization system. In some situations, the transactions are programmatic transactions involving the use of fee-based Web services by executing application programs, with the transaction authorization system authorizing and/or providing payments in accordance with private authorization instructions previously specified by the parties. The authorization instructions may include predefined instruction rule sets that regulate conditions under which a potential transaction can be authorized, with the instruction rule sets each referenced by an associated reference token. After one or more of the parties to a potential transaction supply reference tokens for the parties, the transaction authorization system can determine whether to authorize the transaction based on whether the instruction rule sets associated with the reference tokens are compatible or otherwise satisfied. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307136 | System and method for processing checks and check transactions with thresholds for adjustments to ACH transactions - A system and method of processing paper checks that divides into two independent paths the processing of a data file representing a check and the digital image of the check. The data files and image files are separated both in time and in space, with the data files being used to promptly initiate the transfer of funds to and from appropriate accounts, while the paper checks, at a remote location and typically lagging in time, are scanned to create digital image files and deposited as an image or substitute check if deemed ACH ineligible. The method provides for the comparison of data files to image files, based on MICR information, to find any unmatching or mismatched items for exception processing and a process to manage ACH-ineligible items as an image or substitute check. The system and method further provides for sorting exceptions according to transaction type (ACH eligible versus ACH-ineligible) and prioritizing the further processing of the exceptions based on transaction type. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307137 | MANAGING PROVENANCE OF DIGITALLY SIGNED DATA IN USER EDITABLE RECORDS - A system and method for managing health information. The system may include a server configured to execute an account interface module enabling a user to access a user account, wherein a plurality of healthcare record items are stored on a server, via a user client device. The server may also be configured to execute an upload module that is configured to receive a digitally signed, original version of a healthcare record item from a content supplier, and an editor module configured to enable a user to make a user edit, thereby producing an updated version of the healthcare record item. The server may also be configured to execute a provenance module to determine whether the user edit affects the digitally signed data, and accordingly remove or replace the digital signature, and a download module to download the updated version of the healthcare record item to a content recipient. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307138 | Innovation Marketplace Systems - This invention relates to a ready system for providing secure innovation-maturation marketplace systems that increase innovation-maturation efficiencies while safely exposing innovative concepts to expert-ranking information, and while providing expert-innovation rankers with opportunities to enhance and monetize their innovation ranking-credentials. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307139 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION OF MOBILE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS BY TRUSTED SERVICE MANAGERS - A method for authenticating a financial transaction at a point of sale (POS) includes storing an application program in a first secure element of a mobile phone. The application is configured to generate instruction codes to effect the financial transaction upon verification of a user's identity. The user's credentials are stored in a second SE of the phone, which is operable to verify the user's identity from a biometric trait of the user input to the phone and to generate data authenticating the financial transaction in response to the verification of the user's identity. At the POS, the user invokes the application and then inputs a biometric trait to the phone. The second SE verifies the user's identity, and upon verification, generates data authenticating the transaction. The financial transaction data, including the instruction codes and the authenticating data, are then transmitted from the phone to the POS. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307140 | MOBILE DEVICE OVER-THE-AIR (OTA) REGISTRATION AND POINT-OF-SALE (POS) PAYMENT - A method for enabling secure registration of a mobile device OTA and for conducting a financial transaction at a point-of-sale (POS) has been described herein. In one embodiment, a method of mobile device registration over-the-air (OTA) comprises enabling a pre-loaded payment application having payment account information; enabling a certificate request; receiving payment credentials; associating the payment credentials with the payment account information; transmitting the payment account information and the certificate request OTA; and receiving a certificate of registration of the mobile device OTA. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307141 | Secure Card Services - Methods and systems are provided to increase the security of a user's information as well as perform secure transactions. More particularly, in one exemplary embodiment, a user inputs information into a database which enables or disables information which may be requested by a third party establishment. In another exemplary embodiment, location based transaction authentication is used. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307142 | TRUSTED SERVICE MANAGER (TSM) ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS - A client device comprises a first secure element and a second secure element. The first secure element comprises a first computer-readable medium having a payment application comprising instructions for causing the client device to initiate a financial transaction. The second secure element comprises a second computer-readable medium having a security key, a payment instrument, stored authentication data and instructions for generating a secure payment information message responsive to the payment application. The secure payment information message comprises the payment instrument and is encrypted in accordance with the security key. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307143 | Electronic Commerce System - An electronic commerce system includes a client computer and a server computer interconnected by a public packet switched communications network. The client computer is programmed to transmit to the server computer an order acceptance request that includes a plurality of terms or conditions of a proposed offer for a purchase, including multiple options of at least one of the terms or conditions of the offer. The server computer is programmed to process the order acceptance request based on pre-programmed criteria and, based on the processing of the order acceptance request, to transmit to the client computer an order acceptance response that includes a plurality of amendments to the proposed offer for the purchase, including selection of an option of the at least one of the terms or conditions. The processing of the order acceptance request is performed by a controller module that handles processing of the order acceptance request that is primarily not specific to a particular application of the electronic commerce system to which the order acceptance request pertains, and that initiates a plurality of calls to a plurality of plug-in modules. The server can handle fraud-avoidance processing of the order acceptance request. The server can initiate a call to a database of a virtual warehouse in which merchants store virtual inventories of items, to ensure that a sufficient virtual inventory exists for a purchase. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307144 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OFFERING AND SELLING ADVERTISING | 2009-12-10 |
20090307145 | MULTIPLE PRICE CURVES AND ATTRIBUTES - The subject invention relates to electronic buying and selling systems and methods. In particular, the invention concerns relations among distinct price curves, price curve attributes (i.e., factors of the offer that can affect the price curves) and buyers or potential buyers. For instance, a price offered to a system user can vary based on total volume of all people aggregating in private environments, cumulative total order by user, ship date, optimal time, as well as terms and conditions associated with the offer (e.g., no cancellation of order, cancellation possible, payment method . . . ). | 2009-12-10 |
20090307146 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING UNDERWRITING AND DISTRIBUTION RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBORDINATE DEBT - A method for assessing underwriting and distribution risks associated with a portfolio of subordinate debt is provided. The method is performed using a computer system coupled to a database. The method includes storing in the database historical bond issue data for a period of time preceding and proceeding at least one historical liquidity event and generating a plurality of simulated subordinate debt warehouses using the computer and the historical bond issue data stored in the database. The method also includes calculating a historical loss distribution based on the plurality of simulated subordinate debt warehouses generated. The method also includes determining a value at risk for a portfolio of subordinate debt resulting from a potential liquidity event by applying the historical loss distribution to the portfolio of subordinate debt. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307147 | INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO ALLOCATION - A method and a system of allocating a lump sum of money for to continue asset growth while at the same time providing income with some asset preservation are disclosed. The method includes determining an amount for investing and an income to be periodically distributed over a given time period. Each periodic income distribution corresponds to a pool having a lifetime and bearing a projected rate of return over the pool's lifetime. The method also includes apportioning the amount into at least two sub-amounts assigned to at least two different pools such that each pool prospectively yields over the given time period the periodic distribution of income corresponding to that pool. Each pool invests the sub-amount into selected investment vehicles based on their risk of return suited for each pool's projected rate of return over the pool's lifetime. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307148 | Method And System For Generating An Index Of Securities - A method for generating an index of securities includes selecting index constituents and weighing the selected index constituents by a measure (“an intangible asset measure”) of quality and/or value of the intangible assets of constituent entities. The index constituents can be selected from a set of potential constituents based on an intangible asset measure of each constituent in the set, and the selected index constituents may then be weighted by a desired measure or methodology or weighted equally, or by an intangible asset measure. Another method for generating an index of securities includes combining groups of constituents, which are selected based on an intangible asset measure, to be index constituents and weighing the index constituents by a desired measure or methodology. The groups of constituents may be stocks of existing indices having assigned weights in the existing indices based on intangible asset measures of the stocks. These assigned weights of the stocks may be used in a calculation of the weights of the index constituents which correspond to these stocks. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307149 | Systems and Methods for Financial Optimization Using Portfolio Calibration - Described herein are systems and methods for calibrating the efficiency of portfolios for financial optimizations. One exemplary method includes defining a portfolio optimization model, determining original inputs for the model, performing an optimization procedure on each of the at least one model parameter to compute an original efficient frontier, selecting one or more portfolios from the original efficient frontier for calibration, generating a plurality of random samples of optimization inputs based on the original inputs, computing a current efficient frontier using the portfolio optimization model with the optimization inputs, calibrating each of the one or more selected portfolios of the original efficient frontier to create a corresponding calibration portfolio for each selected portfolio and averaging each of the calibration portfolios for each of the selected portfolios of the original efficient frontier, and creating a calibrated efficient frontier report. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307150 | COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM - A computer-based system for determining insurance premium taxes (IPT) for multiple clients | 2009-12-10 |
20090307151 | Method and device for automatically reconstruction and analyzing a travelled route - A method and device are provided concerning automatic reconstruction and evaluation of a traveled route, e.g., for offboard toll recording. In an embodiment, cost-effective onboard units, i.e., mobile telephony devices installed in a vehicle, are provided which record the position information, compress the recorded position information, and transmit the compressed position data to a main station. The main station is then able to reconstruct from the compressed position data the route a vehicle has actually traveled. An evaluation of the position information, e.g., for determining tolls, is carried out in a separate device. Since position data, digital maps and other operating data are now administered and processed in a central device, these data may be adapted in a simple and rapid manner, e.g., when updating the road geometries. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307152 | Cost Management System - A cost management system for an inventory item defines a set of one or more attributes or “valuation structures”, and at least one value for each of the attributes in the set or “valuation unit”. The system receives a transaction involving the inventory item. The system then determines the cost of the inventory item based on the attribute values for the valuation structure of the item. Therefore, the cost of the inventory item will vary based on the attribute values. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307153 | Method And Apparatus For Pricing Products In Multi-Level Product And Organizational Groups - The invention organizes various pricing tables and price adjustment tables and various products and purchasing organizations based on “who” (i.e. which purchasing organization) is purchasing “what” (i.e. which product). The invention utilizes a denormalized table to relate the “who” to the “what” using denormalized numbers. The invention further organizes various purchasing organizations and products into hierarchical tables. These hierarchical tables are called organizational groups and product groups. Various price adjustments may be specified for each level of the organizational groups and product groups hierarchies. The price adjustments for a particular purchasing organization are determined by retrieving the price adjustments for that particular purchasing organization as well as the price adjustments for organizational groups above the particular purchasing organization in the organizational groups hierarchy. Likewise, the price adjustments for a particular product are determined by retrieving the price adjustments for that particular product as well as the price adjustments for product groups above the particular product in the product groups hierarchy. The invention sorts the various pricing adjustments applicable to a particular product offered to a particular purchasing group based on several criteria. After the sorting is accomplished the pricing adjustments are applied in sequence to arrive at a final price at which a particular product can be sold to a particular purchasing organization. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307154 | Method And Apparatus For Pricing Products In Multi-Level Product And Organizational Groups - The invention organizes various pricing tables and price adjustment tables and various products and purchasing organizations based on “who” (i.e. which purchasing organization) is purchasing “what” (i.e. which product). The invention utilizes a denormalized table to relate the “who” to the “what” using denormalized numbers. The invention further organizes various purchasing organizations and products into hierarchical tables. These hierarchical tables are called organizational groups and product groups. Various price adjustments may be specified for each level of the organizational groups and product groups hierarchies. The price adjustments for a particular purchasing organization are determined by retrieving the price adjustments for that particular purchasing organization as well as the price adjustments for organizational groups above the particular purchasing organization in the organizational groups hierarchy. Likewise, the price adjustments for a particular product are determined by retrieving the price adjustments for that particular product as well as the price adjustments for product groups above the particular product in the product groups hierarchy. The invention sorts the various pricing adjustments applicable to a particular product offered to a particular purchasing group based on several criteria. After the sorting is accomplished the pricing adjustments are applied in sequence to arrive at a final price at which a particular product can be sold to a particular purchasing organization. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307155 | FRANKING SYSTEM MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO PROCESS MAILPIECES HAVING DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS - A method of searching for a destination price zone applicable to a mailpiece, the method consisting in scanning the mailpiece so as to obtain an image of the destination address, in extracting an item of destination data from said image, in comparing the destination data extracted in this way with destination price zones previously stored in a database, in preventing any printing of a postal imprint by the franking means of the franking machine if said destination data does not belong to any of the destination price zones in said database or if such belonging cannot be established before the mailpiece goes past said franking means, and in incrementing a counter totaling a number of non-franked mailpieces that is associated with at least one determined reason for non-franking. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307156 | METHOD OF STAGING PRODUCT - A method for staging product includes the steps of acquiring a site placement right for a product staging structure (FIG. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307157 | FIELD CONDITION INDICATOR - In a system for reporting field conditions, a method includes determining whether jurisdictional wetland conditions at a specific field location exist. When conditions are met for at least one of hydrology, soils and vegetation, a section of an indicator is filled in. The indicator is overlaid on a map to identify the specific field location. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307158 | METHOD OF DISTRIBUTING ADVERTISING MATERIAL THROUGH RETAIL BUSINESS - Disclosed are various methods of advertising one business (advertiser) using another business, which is a retail service or retail sales business, and is not an advertising service business or agent. Some embodiments involve distributing an advertising material of the advertiser to customers of the retail business. The advertising material includes a useful item and advertisement of the advertiser integrated in the useful item. The useful item induces the customers to keep the advertisement for a relatively long period. Some embodiments involve affixing advertisement of the advertiser onto an automobile of a customer of the retail business and providing a value to the customer to induce acceptance of affixing the advertisement. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307159 | INTERACTIVE COMPUTING ADVICE FACILITY - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for helping a user make a decision through the use of a computing facility, where the computing facility may be a machine learning facility. The process may begin with an initial question being received by the computing facility from the user. The user may then be provided with a dialog consisting of questions from the computing facility and answers provided by the user. The computing facility may then provide a decision to the user based on the dialog and pertaining to the initial question, such as a recommendation, a diagnosis, a conclusion, advice, and the like. In embodiments, future questions and decisions provided by the computing facility may be improved through feedback provided by the user. In embodiments, the present invention may be utilized in conjunction with a third-party application. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307160 | PARALLEL GENERATION OF A BAYESIAN NETWORK - A method for generating a Bayesian network in a parallel manner is based on an initial model having a plurality of nodes. Each node corresponds to a variable of a data set and has a local distribution associated therewith. The method includes assigning a plurality of subsets of the nodes to a respective plurality of constructors. The plurality of constructors is operated in a parallel manner to identify edges to add between nodes in the initial model. The identified edges are added to the initial model to generate the Bayesian network. The edges indicate dependency between nodes connected by the edges. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO LEARN AND DEPLOY AN OPTIMAL USER EXPERIENCE IN AN ONLINE SYSTEM - Methods and systems to learn an optimal user experience. The system receives a request over a network from a user. The request includes context information. The system identifies a response to the request is to be utilized to learn whether a first interface component included in a first plurality of interface components is an optimal choice for a first decision. The response includes an interface. The interface includes the first interface component. The system identifies the response to the request is to be utilized based on the context information. Finally, the system communicates the response over the network to the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307162 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED ASSISTANCE WITH TASK MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for assisting with automated task management. In one embodiment, an apparatus for assisting a user in the execution of a task, where the task includes one or more workflows required to accomplish a goal defined by the user, includes a task learner for creating new workflows from user demonstrations, a workflow tracker for identifying and tracking the progress of a current workflow executing on a machine used by the user, a task assistance processor coupled to the workflow tracker, for generating a suggestion based on the progress of the current workflow, and a task executor coupled to the task assistance processor, for manipulating an application on the machine used by the user to carry out the suggestion. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307163 | VIRTUAL MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD - A virtual measuring device and a method for measuring the deposition thickness of amorphous silicon being deposited on a substrate is disclosed, where the method of measuring the deposition thickness of amorphous silicon includes predicting and adapting operations. In the predicting operation, during a process of depositing the amorphous silicon to a substrate, the deposition thickness is predicted by multiplying a predicted deposition speed to a deposition time by using a prediction model expressing a relationship between a deposition speed and a plurality of process factors that are correlated with the deposition speed obtained from the deposition thickness and the deposition time, and the predicted deposition thickness is compared with the measured deposition thickness, so that the relationship between the plurality of process factors and the deposition speed in the prediction model is compensated according to the comparison difference. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307164 | BIOMETRIC SECURITY USING NEUROPLASTIC FIDELITY - A system, method and program product for providing biometric security using neuroplastic fidelity. A method is disclosed that includes: receiving biometric data; analyzing the biometric data with a probabilistic neural network and outputting a chromosome containing a binary string; mapping the binary string to a selected extractor and a selected matcher; apply the selected extractor to the biometric data to generate a template; using the selected matcher to compare the template to a set of stored templates to identify a match; and outputting a result. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307165 | NERVE EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT, SYNAPSE EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT AND NERVE CELL BODY EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT - By mathematizing input/output relations of a nerve circuit, a synapse and a cell body, it is intended to provide a nerve equivalent circuit, a synapse equivalent circuit and a cell body equivalent circuit whereby electrical characteristics in accordance with the physiological functions and physical structures of nerve cells are faithfully reproduced. A nerve equivalent circuit simulating the electrical characteristics of nerve cells wherein an input signal f | 2009-12-10 |
20090307166 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED INTEGRATED SERVER-NETWORK-STORAGE DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING - An automated disaster recovery (DR) planning system for a computing environment is provided. A discovery module discovers servers, networks, and storage devices in a computing environment. An expert knowledge base module captures best practices in planning, and capabilities, interoperability, limitation and boundary values for different DR technologies. A match-making module determines multiple DR plans as combinations of one or more replication technologies that can be used to satisfy DR requirements. And, an optimizer configured for assessing a feasible DR plan from said multiple DR plans, to deploy for DR planning of a primary computing environment. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307167 | CLASSIFICATION USING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES AND VARIABLES SELECTION - A method of deriving a classifier for classifying items using a plurality of variables for characteristics of the items, the method comprising determining a representative subset of the variables for use in said classifier. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307168 | Systems and methods for photo-based content discovery and recommendation - Described are systems and methods for photo-based content discovery and recommendation. The methods and systems disclosed provide a photo-based website for allowing users to discover places, people and activity of similar likes and preferences. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307169 | Distributable Serializable Finite State Machine - A distributable and serializable finite state machine and methods for using the distributable and serializable finite state machine are provided wherein finite state machine instance can be location-shifted, time-shifted or location-shift and time-shifted, for example by serializing and deserializing each instance. Each instance can be located-shifted between agents, and a persistent memory storage location is provided to facilitate both location-shifting and time-shifting. Finite state machine instances and the actions that make up each instance can be run in a distributed fashion among a plurality of agents. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307170 | VISUALIZATION OF DATA RECORD PHYSICALITY - Systems (and corresponding methodologies) that enable inferences to be drawn from the physicality of electronic information much like that of a visual inspection of physical records are provided. In other words, a user is able to draw inferences from parameters of electronic data such as quantity, regularity, age, condition, type, keywords, title, author, origination date, storage location, etc. The innovation provides a data observation system having a summarization generator component and a rendering component that conveys attributes of electronic data such that inferences and conclusions based upon the physicality of the data. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307171 | Automated Design of Computer System Architecture - In certain embodiments, a method includes accessing a number of target values. Each target value may be associated with a respective design criterion of a computer system. The computer system may be associated with one or more domains. Each domain may be associated with a respective function of the computer system. The method may include determining, based at least in part on a first set of one or more of the number of target values, a respective implementation pattern for each of the one or more domains. The one or more determined implementation patterns may represent a logical architecture for the computer system. The method may include determining a physical architecture for the computer system by determining a respective solution stack for each of the one or more determined implementation patterns based at least in part on a second set of one or more of the plurality of target values. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307172 | RETROACTIVE POLICY ENFORCEMENT - Disclosed herein is a system and method for enforcement of management policies by automatically trigging action-based processes that are mapped to the management policies. This may occur when: a new management policy is created; a final set of a management policy is modified; a new workflow is added to the management policy; and the membership filter or explicit membership of a set referenced by the management policy's final set is modified. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307173 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DYNAMICALLY ENHANCING AN APPLICATION EXECUTING ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system is described that dynamically enhances a software application executing on a computing device without having to change and recompile the original application code. The system includes a staging environment that monitors the execution of the application and indexes each item of graphical and/or audio information generated by the application into a first database. A second database is then populated by manual or automated means with one or more business rules, wherein each business rule is associated with one or more of the objects indexed in the first database. The system further includes a run-time environment that identifies items of graphics and/or audio information as they are generated by the application during run-time, uses the second database to determine if an identified item is associated with a business rule, and, responsive to a determination that an identified item is associated with a business rule, applies the business rule. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307174 | CONNECTION OF VALUE NETWORKS WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA VIA APPLICATIONS AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL - A method and a system for relating of a value network analysis of a mission to a knowledge base of dependencies of data objects, applications and information technology resources required for achieving of such mission, such method used for optimization of provisioning for information technology resources and for prioritizing of control of data and application security and integrity of such mission. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307175 | PARALLEL PATTERN MATCHING ON MULTIPLE INPUT STREAMS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, system and computer program product for performing pattern matching in parallel for a plurality of input streams. The method includes calculating a memory address in a translation table responsive to a current input value, a current state and current state information. A transition rule is retrieved from the transition rule table at the memory address, the transition rule including a test input value, a test current state, and next state information. It is determined if the current input value and the current state match the test input value and the test current state. The current state information is updated with the next state information in response to determining that the current input value and the current state match the test input value and the test current state. The current state information is updated with contents of a default transition rule in response to determining that the current input value and the current state do not match the test input value and the test current state. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307176 | CLUSTERING-BASED INTEREST COMPUTATION - Data relating to usage patterns of the user are stored. The data includes a context portion having information as to the context in which items were used and an interest rating portion indicative of an interest of the user in one or more objects of interest. The data is clustered into clusters of data points. For each of the clusters, a centroid is determined. The centroid includes a context portion and an interest rating portion. A current context of the user is received. Clusters are selected by comparing a data point representing the current context with the context portion of one or more centroids. Based on the selected clusters, an interest rating is computed. The computed interest rating indicates an interest of the user in one of the one or more objects of interest, given the current context. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307177 | CALL GROUP MANAGEMENT USING THE SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL - A method, apparatus, and electronic device for hierarchical communications are disclosed. A connection interface | 2009-12-10 |
20090307178 | UTILITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, and devices for monitoring one or more utilities consumed within a monitored area. At least certain disclosed methods include detecting an amount of a first utility consumed by a load associated with a device. An amount of a second utility consumed by a load associated with the device is detected. The identity of the device is determined based on the amount of the first and second utility consumed. In further disclosed methods, a utility monitoring method is disclosed that includes measuring an amount of a utility consumed by a first device at a first time and an amount of a utility consumed by a second device at a second time. The identity of the first device is determined based on the measured consumption of the first and second devices at the first and second time. In certain implementations, the electricity meter uses an effective variance analysis of the conductance waveform on an electrical circuit to identify specific appliances. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307179 | Genetic analysis - The present invention provides methods for generating genetic profiles or analyses. Included are methods for conducting comprehensive, dynamic genetic analysis. Also provided are methods for determining genetic health scores for specific phenotypes, such as diseases, disorders, traits, and conditions, as well as for organ systems, for certain medical specialties, and for overall health. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307180 | Genetic analysis - The present invention provides methods for generating genetic profiles or analyses. Included are methods for conducting comprehensive, dynamic genetic analysis. Also provided are methods for determining genetic health scores for specific phenotypes, such as diseases, disorders, traits, and conditions, as well as for organ systems, for certain medical specialties, and for overall health. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307181 | Genetic analysis - The present invention provides methods for generating genetic profiles or analyses. Included are methods for conducting comprehensive, dynamic genetic analysis. Also provided are methods for determining genetic health scores for specific phenotypes, such as diseases, disorders, traits, and conditions, as well as for organ systems, for certain medical specialties, and for overall health. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307182 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AN IDENTITY OF A USER - Methods and apparatuses for determining the identity of the user detect a current user's electronic device activity pattern; compare the detected activity pattern against a plurality of user action identification profiles, wherein each user action identification profile is associated with a particular user; and use the comparing to identify the current user as being the particular user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307183 | System and Method for Transmission of Communications by Unique Definition Identifiers - A system and method are provided for transmitting communications according to unique definition identifiers associated with the underlying elements (e.g., words) of the communications. The unique defintion identifiers are unique identifiers associated with a specific defintion, such as a unique numerical code of a certain length. Rather than storing, analyzing and transmitting the particular words that make up a communication, the communication is transmitted by a set of unique definition identifiers in accordance with the present system and method. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307184 | Hyperspace Index - Hyperspace index data structure. A data structure indexes identifiers corresponding to parameter patterns. The presence of an identifier in the data structure indicates that the corresponding parameter pattern may be present in a set of parameter patterns, while absence of the indicator can be used to indicate that the corresponding parameter pattern is not present. The data structure includes a first field which includes binary bits or groups of small parameter pattern keyed records. Each binary bit or parameter pattern keyed record corresponds to an identifier corresponding to a parameter pattern. If the bit or record corresponding to the identifier is set or present, the identifier is included in the first field. One or more additional fields are hierarchically below the first data field. Each of the additional fields includes identifiers for a subset of information in the first field. The absence of an identifier corresponding to a parameter pattern at any level in all of the hierarchical threads indicates that the parameter pattern is not present. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307185 | METHOD FOR SEAMLESS PLAYBACK OF MULTIPLE MULTIMEDIA FILES - A method for seamless playback of multiple multimedia files is provided. First, a first multimedia file and a second multimedia file are pre-analyzed to establish a playing list. Next, index content of the first multimedia file and the second multimedia file are referred to, so as to establish a first random access table and a second random access table. Then, the multiple multimedia files are played according to the play list, the first random access table, and the second random access table. Accordingly, the multiple multimedia files can be played seamlessly while the video and audio data are kept synchronized, such that the continuity for viewing multimedia files is improved. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307186 | Method and Apparatus for Database Management and Program - A database management apparatus including an auxiliary storage unit for storing structured data and a database management part for managing the structured data, which extracts all paths showing a storage position of the structured data to be processed from an SQL statement for processing the structured data; when a plurality of the paths are extracted, the database management apparatus compares the extracted paths with each other, and extracts as a common path a common part of both the paths; and processes using the SQL statement the structured data of nodes of the storage position or lower shown by the extracted common path. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307187 | Tree automata based methods for obtaining answers to queries of semi-structured data stored in a database environment - Methods for efficiently obtaining answers to queries in a database (DB) environment include forming tree automata (TA), processing semi-structured data using the TA to provide indexed data, pruning the indexed data to obtain pruned data and performing a join operation to join either the pruned data or the semi-structured data to provide the answers. The queries relate to data stored as semi-structured data. In some embodiments, the TA is unordered. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307188 | Displaying Compact and Expanded Data Items - A system sends a search query to a search engine and receives from the search engine, responsive to the search query, a document comprising a first search result item and a second search result item. The system visually renders a portion that includes less than an entirety of the first search result item and includes the second search result item, where the portion is visually rendered in a region of the document. The system receives a selection of the first search result item from a user and visually expands the region of the document to a size sufficient to render an entirety of the first search result item based on the selection. The system visually renders the entirety of the first search result item within the expanded region of the document. Data supplied from the esp@cenet database—Worldwide | 2009-12-10 |
20090307189 | ASYNCHRONOUS WORKFLOW PARTICIPATION WITHIN AN IMMERSIVE COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENT - A system (and corresponding method) that enables establishment of a record associated with an immersive collaborative environment is provided. The record represents events and actions that occur within the virtual environment. Additionally, the system enables a user to modify the record following the initial capture. Upon modification, the record is ‘time-shifted’ such that the resultant record is a seamless chronological rendition of events and actions that occurred within the immersive collaborative environment or virtual workspace. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307190 | INTERFACING AN APPLICATION TO DATA SOURCES VIA A WEB SERVICE INTERFACE - A system supports discovering available web services, retrieving description documents describing the web services, and binding methods and their parameters to data of an application document. When a user wants to bind a discovered web service to an application document, the system retrieves a description document from the web service. The system then parses the description document to identify the methods supported by the web service along with their parameters. The system allows a user to map method names and parameter names to more user-friendly display names. The system allows the user to bind the parameters to data of an application document. When the document is to be updated, the system sends a request for services specifying a method and input parameters as indicated by the binding. When a response is received, the system stores output parameters of the response in the document as indicating by the binding. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307191 | TECHNIQUES TO ESTABLISH TRUST OF A WEB PAGE TO PREVENT MALWARE REDIRECTS FROM WEB SEARCHES OR HYPERLINKS - Various techniques to establish trust of a web page to prevent malware redirects from web searches or hyperlinks are described. An apparatus may include a trust engine to determine an indication of trustworthiness of each of one or more web pages. The trust engine to append information in each of the tags of the one or more web pages based on the determined indication of trustworthiness for that web page. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307192 | VIRTUALIZING OBJECTS WITHIN QUERIES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for virtualizing objects within queries. Embodiments of the invention virtualize data access for use with queries. Virtualization can be implemented within any portion of a syntax tree. For example, data can be virtualized for a property of an object that is itself another object. Data virtualization facilitates lazy evaluation of query expressions. That is, actual property values for properties within a data construction statement are virtualized until a query specifically requests the actual property values. Further, data virtualization also conserves resources and results in more efficient query evaluations. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307193 | Testing File System Semantic Parity - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to testing filters for semantic parity. In aspects, a parity filter receives a request directed to a base file system. In response, the parity filter creates a semantically similar request to send to a tested file system. The parity filter then sends the requests to drivers associated with the file systems and receives responses thereto. The parity filter then compares the responses to determine if they are semantically equivalent. If they are different, the parity filter writes a log entry to a log. The parity filter may also directly or indirectly compare the two file systems associated with the drivers for semantic equivalency. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307194 | Neutral sales consultant - An expert system is provided for answering questions provided by a potential purchaser of goods or services using a neutral sales consultant in which a question sentence entered by the purchaser is understood using specialized library tables developed to understand both the subject and form of the question sentence. Thereafter an appropriate or relevant answer to the question is automatically given relating to sale of the product or service. The result is that questions are more easily understood by the system and more relevant answers can be given because both relate to specialized fingerprint parameters and the use of neutral experts. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307195 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A document management apparatus is provided in a system that includes a project management unit capable of managing progress of a project to which a user belongs. The document management apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a search keyword input by the user and user attribute thereof, a search unit configured to search document information based on the search keyword received by the reception unit, an obtaining unit configured to detect the project to which the user belongs based on the user attribute received by the reception unit, and obtain a phase of the detected project from the project management unit, an extraction unit configured to extract document information which is operated on a number of times that is equal to or more than a threshold value in the project phase obtained by the obtaining unit, from the document information searched by the search unit, and an output unit configured to output the document information searched by the search unit and the document information extracted by the extraction unit to provide the user therewith. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307196 | FORUM SEARCH WITH TIME-DEPENDENT ACTIVITY WEIGHTING - A search engine index measures and tracks one or more numeric indicators of activity at different times, including a most current time, in on-line forums and social networking sites. Such indicators may include, for example, a current volume per unit time of messages or data posted to the site, a moving average of such volume, a moving average of current participants over time, a count of current participants, other indication of site activity, or any combination of such indicators. The search engine is responsive to queries seeking forums ranked by activity for a defined time period, including a most current time. The search engine prioritizes search results to identify the specified sites or locations in order of activity (among other possible criteria) relative to a defined time. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307197 | REPLAY DEVICE - From when any one of several DMSs | 2009-12-10 |
20090307198 | IDENTIFYING REGIONAL SENSITIVE QUERIES IN WEB SEARCH - A system for determining the intent of query that includes a search engine that receives a first search query, a query/click log module configured to store log data associated with the first search query; and a computational module that generates metric values associated with the first search query based on the log data and that determines that the first search query is one of a regional specific query or a global query based on the metric values, where the metric values reflect a likelihood of local intent of the first search query, and where the search engine provides search results selected in part based on the metric values. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307199 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING VOICE ANNOTATIONS FOR PLAYLISTS OF DIGITAL MEDIA - The invention concerns a method, apparatus, software, and systems for annotating a playlist of media files comprising receiving an input playlist comprising a plurality of media files, generating supplemental media files, and inserting the supplemental media files into the input playlist to create an annotated output playlist. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307200 | System and Method For Providing Suppression of Zero, Null, Overflow, and Divide by Zero Values in Sparse Query Results - A suppression provider comprises a query preparation unit and a query execution unit. The query preparation unit analyzes a request from a client for data to obtain suppression criteria from an edge suppression specification in the request, and saving the suppression criteria in a query plan generated. The query execution unit receives execution result data including values, each associated with one or more edge values, determines if each value is to be suppressed based on the suppression criteria, and identifies one or more edge values to be suppressed when an edge value has only values that are determined to be suppressed. Thus, the suppression provider suppresses values and/or edge values identified to be suppressed in a resultant report. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307201 | ASSOCIATING AND LINKING COMPACT DISC METADATA - Improved techniques for enhancing, associating, and linking various sources of metadata for music files, to allow integration of commercially generated metadata with user-entered metadata, and to ensure that metadata provided to the user is of the highest quality and accuracy available, even when the metadata comes from disparate sources having different levels of credibility. The invention further provides improved techniques for identifying approximate matches when querying metadata databases, and also provides improved techniques for accepting user submissions of metadata, for categorizing user submissions according to relative credibility, and for integrating user submissions with existing metadata. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307202 | Method for Automatically Indexing Documents - A method for retrieving based on a search term together with its corresponding meaning from a set of base documents those documents which contain the search term and in which the certain search term has the certain meaning to enable the building of an index on the retrieved documents. The method includes searching for those base documents among the set of base documents which contain the certain search term and evaluating the found base documents as to whether the search term contained in the found base documents, respectively, has a certain meaning. Evaluation includes generating a text document to represent elements surrounding the search term and their corresponding absolute or relative position with respect to the search term; inputting the text document into a trainable classifying apparatus; classifying the inputted text document to judge whether the search term has the inputted meaning. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307203 | METHOD OF LOCATING CONTENT FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING - A method is disclosed to gather content for use in language learning, the method comprising combining a user entered search phrase with a user model of derived by a language learning program, which user model identifies subject matter that should be learned or practiced. The delivered content then represents topics of interest to a user, and also is optimized to work with the language learning program to teach the target language. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307204 | ADAPTIVE APPLICATION OF SAT SOLVING TECHNIQUES - A computer-implemented method for solving a satisfiability (SAT) problem includes defining a formula, including variables, which refers to properties of a target system. Using a chosen search strategy, a search process is performed over possible value assignments of the variables for a satisfying assignment that satisfies the formula. A performance metric estimating an effectiveness of the search process is periodically evaluated during the search process. The strategy of the search process is modified responsively to the evaluated performance metric. The method determines, using the search process, whether the formula is satisfiable on the target system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307205 | FRIENDLY SEARCH AND SOCIALLY AUGMENTED SEARCH QUERY ASSISTANCE LAYER - Community search query technology operable to provide users with the means to collaborate on search queries and share their query results with other users in a community is disclosed. The community search query technology provides a collaborative search engine that utilizes community feedback and personal profiles. The community search query technology also comprises personal task, information management, project creation, listing queries by activity categories, setting deadlines for ongoing search needs, setting up search queues, and annotation of search sessions. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307206 | SELF VERIFYING ADDRESS UPDATE PROCESS AND SYSTEM - Address information is analyzed and ranked to provide a relative indication of the reliability of a particular address. The system and method utilized, perform modeling of address data, which produces a model that can be applied to a particular address. A resulting score is generated for each address discovered relating to a particular individual or entity. Using these scores, multiple addresses can then be ranked, to determine which address is most likely to be accurate and reliable. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307207 | CREATION OF A MULTI-MEDIA PRESENTATION - A computer implemented method, computer system, and program storage device can be used for displaying images or videos simultaneously with a composition text that is read or sung. The displayed images or videos have been identified as related to selected words or phrases of the composition text and are displayed only when those selected words or phrases are read or sung in the accompanying audio playback. A number of techniques can be used to identify the appropriate images or videos for the selected words or phrases. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307208 | SEMANTIC ENHANCED LINK-BASED RANKING (SEL RANK) METHODOLOGY FOR PRIORITIZING CUSTOMER REQUESTS - One exemplary method embodiment, pre-processes customer requests that are maintained in a dataset to create a matrix between products and the customer requests. Each of the customer requests comprises at least a customer identification, a textual request, and a product identification related to the textual request. After such pre-processing of the dataset, the method can respond to queries of the dataset using the matrix. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307209 | TERM-STATISTICS MODIFICATION FOR CATEGORY-BASED SEARCH - An apparatus for searching a document collection is provided. The apparatus includes a memory, which is arranged to store a plurality of documents that are respectively associated with one or more categories and contain terms, a search processor, which is arranged to provide an index of the terms indicating the documents in which the terms appear, to estimate a first statistical distribution of each of at least some of the terms in the index over the documents in the collection, to estimate a second statistical distribution of each of at least some of the categories over the documents in the collection, to accept a query comprising one or more of the terms and a specified category restriction referring to at least one of the categories, to compute a local term distribution, which is indicative of occurrence frequencies of at least one of the terms in the query within the specified category restriction, using the first and second estimated statistical distributions to determine a category-specific score for the at least one of the terms responsively to the local term distribution within the specified category restriction, and to apply the query to the index using the category-specific score so as to return a response, wherein the processor is arranged to construct term histograms of the at least some of the terms in the index, to construct category histograms of the at least some of the categories, and to map the documents in the collection to bins of the histograms, so as to estimate the first and second statistical distributions, and wherein the processor is arranged to determine a category restriction histogram based on the category histogram of the at least one of the categories responsively to the category restriction, and to multiply the category restriction histogram by the term histogram of the at least one of the terms in the query so as to produce a localized term histogram. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307210 | Text Mining Device, Text Mining Method, and Text Mining Program - Provided is a text mining device capable of showing a user whether the characteristics extracted by a text mining are either common to all texts independently of the citations, in case the text to be mined is configured with texts of a plurality of kinds of different citations, or deviated toward a text of a predetermined citation. The text mining device includes a citation information creating device for creating the citation information of texts containing characteristics extracted from a text set collected from a plurality of citations, and a mining result output device for outputting the characteristics and the citation information in a corresponding manner. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307211 | INCREMENTAL CRAWLING OF MULTIPLE CONTENT PROVIDERS USING AGGREGATION - A method for incremental crawling of content stored on a plurality of content providers using aggregation is provided. The method comprises receiving a request to crawl content on one or more associated content providers; retrieving one or more first references to content on a first content provider; retrieving one or more second references to content on one or more second content providers during the same request; aggregating the first and second references; and returning the aggregated first and second references. This is done while taking into consideration opaque timestamp object which is managed in a distributed manner. The opaque timestamp is filled in by the content providers but stored in the crawler side between crawling sessions. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307212 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT - A cooperative scheduling system for cooperative scheduling between large numbers of independent users, the users being divided into a several interest groups, comprises: a networked server, a scheduling database associated with the networked server for storing scheduling data, the scheduling database allowing categorization of the data for the interest groups; a multi-user input interface for allowing multiple remotely located users to enter scheduling data to the scheduling database, the data being categorized for the interest groups; and a multi-user output interface for allowing multiple remotely located users to retrieve scheduling data from the scheduling database, the output interface including a configuration for filtering of the retrieval according to category. Thus scheduling data is stored at a central location in a cooperative effort and is retrieved according to the level of relevance to the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307213 | Suffix Tree Similarity Measure for Document Clustering - The subject innovation provides for systems and methods to facilitate weighted suffix tree clustering. Conventional suffix tree cluster models can be augmented by incorporating quality measures to facilitate improved performance. Further the quality measure can be employed in determining cluster labels that show improvements in accuracy over conventional means. Additionally “stopnodes” can be defined to facilitate traversing suffix tree models efficiently. Quality measurements can be determined based in part on weighting factors applied to terms in a vector model, said terms being mapped from a suffix tree model. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307214 | COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AGGREGATION OF TREE-STRUCTURED DATA, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR - A computer system, methods, and programs for creating an index for aggregating data in at least one tree structure including at least one node each including one label indicating node type and values. The system includes a node ID assignment processing unit for assigning IDs to the nodes in a post order; first, second, and third index creation processing units. The first unit creates a first index having one or more sets of data including the node ID and values included in the node; the second unit creates a second index having one or more sets of data including node ID and ID of a descendant node having the minimum ID; and the third unit creates a third index having one or more sets of data including IDs of one or more nodes having specific values. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307215 | NETWORK RESOURCE ANNOTATION AND SEARCH SYSTEM - A method and system for annotation of network resources existing within an electronic network. Further provided for is a method for increasing, or decreasing the relevance of network resources forming part of a search result of a network through use of annotations associated with network resources. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307216 | Systems and Methods for User-Constructed Hierarchical Interest Profiles and Information Retrieval Using Same - Systems and methods for delivering Web content are provided. The systems and methods include a mechanism for providing interest data that may be applied to filter Web content at the provider side. A hierarchical data set of user-identified interests in received from the user's Web client. The hierarchical data set is parsed, and responsive thereto, one or more keyword attribute values are extracted from the hierarchical data set. The extracted keyword values are applied to filter content for delivery to a requesting Web client. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307217 | Method, Device and System for Processing, Browsing and Searching an Electronic Documents - A method for processing electronic document and its corresponding device, a method for browsing electronic document and its corresponding browser, as well as a method for searching electronic document and its corresponding searching system are disclosed in the present invention. The method comprises at least the following steps of: generating one or more query according to the content of said document when an author is composing the electronic document; and correspondingly storing information about said one or more query with said electronic document. Wherein the query comprises keywords, keyword string or questions, and the query has passed the verification in order to ensure its reliability. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307218 | ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY AND DATA SEARCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for searching a database ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090307219 | IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE USING IMAGE ANALYSIS AND CATEGORIZATION - An Internet infrastructure that supports searching of images by correlating a search image with that of plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers in selected categories, containing an image search server, and a web browser contained in a client device that supports displaying of the images. The image search server supports delivery of search result pages to a client device based upon a search string or search image, and contains images from a plurality of Internet based web hosting servers. The image search server also delivers characteristic analysis of an image to the client device upon request. The selection of images is done within selected categories and is based upon: (i) word match, that is, by selecting images, titles of which correspond to the search string; and (ii) image correlation, that is, by selecting images, image characteristics of which correlates to that of search image. The selection of images in the search result page also occurs on the basis of popularity. The search image server also selects category based upon user's choice. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307220 | IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE EMPLOYING IMAGE CORRELATION - An Internet infrastructure that supports searching of images by correlating a search image with that of plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers, containing an image search server, and a web browser contained in a client device that supports displaying of the images. The image search server supports delivery of search result pages to a client device based upon a search string or search image, and contains images from a plurality of Internet based web hosting servers. The image search server delivers a search result page containing images upon receiving a search string and/or search image from the web browser. The selection of images in the search result page is based upon: (i) word match, that is, by selecting images, titles of which correspond to the search string; and (ii) image correlation, that is, by selecting images, image characteristics of which correlates to that of search image. The selection of images in the search result page also occurs on the basis of popularity. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307221 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMING FOR MAINTAINING BOOKMARKS UP-TO DATE - A solution is proposed for facilitating accessing resources of a data processing system with distributed architecture by a data processing entity of the system (with each resource that is accessible via a corresponding address). A set of bookmarks are provided for corresponding resources. Each bookmark is associated with a stored address of the corresponding resource—for accessing the corresponding resource in response to a selection of the bookmark. In the solution according to an embodiment of the invention, a signature identifying the corresponding resource is associated with each bookmark. Each bookmark is updated by verifying accessibility of the resource at the stored address matches the signature. The resource matching the signature is then located via a search engine in response to the non-accessibility of the resource. It is then possible to replace the stored address with a new address of the located resource. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307222 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING AFFECTIVE INFORMATION IN A DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM - An image file for storing a still digital image and metadata related to the still digital image, the image file including digital image data representing the still digital image, and metadata that categorizes the still digital image as an important digital image, wherein the categorization uses a range of levels and the range of levels includes at least three different integer values. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307223 | PERSONALIZED WEBSITE AND DATABASE FOR A MEDICAL ORGANIZATION - A system and method for managing the access of individuals to an information infrastructure is described. The metaphor for the user interface may be “myIntranet”, suggesting that the functions are similar to that of a browser of a client connected to the world-wide-web (WWW) through the Internet. The home page of “myIntranet” may be customized at a plurality of organizational levels within a medical facility, so as to provide rapid access to information that a person needs to perform a particular job responsibility. Each person may have a unique home page, or the home page may be customized, in part, by the user. Other portions of the home page may be customized by the department, the information technology organization, or other user with the appropriate permission. The configuration of the home page is associated with the individual user through a log-on procedure. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307224 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING, ACCESSING, ORGANIZING, AND/OR MANAGING, INFORMATION IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A computer-implemented method, including creating a communication record for a task, a project, or a project task, storing the communication record in a database or a memory device, processing a request transmitted from a first user computer or first communication device or processing a request transmitted from a second user computer or second communication device, wherein the request contains a request by a user to access the communication record or information contained in the communication record, or a request by the user to perform an operation or function on or regarding information contained in the communication record, and if the user is an authorized user, providing the user with access to the communication record or to information contained in the communication record, or allowing the user to perform the operation or function on or regarding the information contained in the communication record. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307225 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING ACCESS TO A SCHEMA - A method of facilitating access to a schema, the method comprising the steps of receiving a request from a first computing device for at least one fragment of the schema; identifying a second computing device that has access to the fragment of the schema; and providing the first computing device with a datum that enables the first computing device to retrieve the fragment of the schema from the second computing device to thereby facilitate access to the schema. | 2009-12-10 |
20090307226 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING CHARACTERS TO BE MANIFESTED WITHIN A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT VIRTUAL SPACES - A system and method for providing virtual spaces, where a character associated with a user can be manifested within instances of a plurality of the different virtual spaces. Since a single character can be manifested within instances of different virtual spaces, the character can be transferred by the corresponding user between instances of different virtual spaces and controlled by the user to interact with the different virtual spaces. When the user transfers the character between instances of different virtual spaces (and/or different types of virtual spaces), various aspects of the character may persist between the different virtual spaces (and/or the different types of virtual spaces). This may provide an enhanced continuity to the character between the different virtual spaces. | 2009-12-10 |