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20100057803 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL - We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General purpose devices may include a control unit, a display, a user input, and an audio output. The MPN may provide a variety of functions, including time, communication, entertainment, organization, guidance, athletic, medical, travel, outdoors, identity, security, and military. | 03-04-2010 |
20100063968 | STRUCTURED NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERY AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM - A structured natural language query and knowledge system is provided to allow a user who lacks programming skills to enter a database query or a rule in the form of a structured natural language sentence. The scope of the sentence is preferably defined by an improved object relational query language, an object relational algebra, or both. Command and conditions that appear in natural language form are defined with corresponding formal query texts. A user is prompted to compose a structured natural language sentence using the defined commands and conditions. The user-selected command and its arguments appear as the verb phrase of a structured natural language sentence. The user-selected conditions and their parameters appear as the adjective phrases of the sentence. The sentence is parsed and changed into a translated formal query text for formal database query and rule processing. | 03-11-2010 |
20100070495 | FAST-APPROXIMATE TFIDF - Our approach seeks to reduce the complexity of this type of calculation through approximation and pre-computation. It is designed to work efficiently with modern relational database constructs for content management. The approach is designed to enable the kinds of highly interactive data-driven visualizations that are the hallmark of third generation business intelligence. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070496 | Searchable Object Network - Methods and systems for preparing data for searching and performing searches are provided. Searchable data definitions describe the location and format of searchable data within enterprise applications. Documents may be created from the searchable data definitions and indexed by a search engine, while preserving semantic information available within the enterprise application. Search results can include an indication of objects that are semantically related to each search result, providing more information and increased navigation and search options. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070497 | Automated Criterion-Based Grouping and Presenting - Interrelated items in a complex item set (such as a set of components in a complex software architecture) may be difficult to present in a manner that facilitates an understanding and evaluation of the item set, due to the amount of information and the difficulty in automatically discerning the organization of the item set. A set of criteria may be utilized to form criterion groups to which items matching respective criteria may be automatically assigned. Further grouping assignments may be achieved by identifying an ungrouped item that is associated with a grouped item. Such techniques may be applied in many variations to yield a representation of the item set, and a presentation of the item set to a user, that aggregates similar items and interrelationships, thereby promoting an understanding and analysis of the structure and organization of the item set while reducing the user involvement in the generation of same. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070498 | OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR TUNING RANKING ENGINE - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for facilitating the ranking of web objects. The method includes automatically adjusting a plurality of weight values for a plurality of parameters for inputting into a ranking engine that is adapted to rank a plurality of web objects based on such weight values and their corresponding parameters. The adjusted weight values are provided to the ranking engine so as to generate a ranked set of web objects based on such adjusted weight values and their corresponding parameters, as well as a particular query. A relevance metric (e.g., that quantifies or qualifies how relevant the generated ranked set of web objects are for the particular query) is determined. The method includes automatically repeating the operations of adjusting the weight values, providing the adjusted weight values to the ranking engine, and determining a relevance metric until the relevance metric reaches an optimized level, which corresponds to an optimized set of weight values. The repeated operations utilize one or more sets of weight values including at least one set that results in a worst relevance metric value, as compared to a previous set of weight values, according to a certain probability in order to escape local optimal solution to reach the global optimal solution. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070499 | SOCIAL NETWORK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A social networking apparatus includes a first project involvement module, a second project involvement module, and a relationship determination module. The first project involvement module determines a first degree of involvement with a project for a first person. The second project involvement module determines a second degree of involvement with the project for a second person. The relationship determination module determines a social relationship between the first and second person based on the first and second degree of involvement. A combined project involvement module may also determine a combined degree of involvement that takes into account the contributions of substantially all project participants, which combined degree of involvement may be further employed when determining the social relationship. In this manner, social relationships may be determined in a more efficient manner. | 03-18-2010 |
20100070500 | DATA PROCESSING | 03-18-2010 |
20100070501 | ENHANCING AND STORING DATA FOR RECALL AND USE USING USER FEEDBACK - A user of a computing device may see an item of interest she would like to remember for future reference. The user captures data of the item of interest and submits it to a memory enhancement service for enhancement and storage. The service submits the captured data to a human interaction task system which distributes the captured data to one or more human workers which to identify the item of interest, determine the user's interest in the item, and provide information regarding the item based on this determined interest. To facilitate the enhancement process, the user may add indications to the captured data prior to submission. Alternatively or additionally, the service may electronically submit queries to the user. The enhanced data returned from the human interaction task system is then stored by the memory enhancement service for subsequent recall by the user and possible use by the user. | 03-18-2010 |
20100076969 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CLUSTERING BIOLOGICAL ASSAY DATA - Methods for clustering a data set from a biological assay are provided. Aspects of the methods include applying statistical analyses to bisected subsets of the data at selected cut-of values to identify one or more break points in the data set. In certain aspects, the statistical analyses employed are based on determining the p-values of two-tailed t-tests calculated using the bisected data at each cut-off value. Aspects of the invention further include computer programming and systems which are configured to cluster data sets from biological assays according to the subject methods. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076970 | Providing Location Information Within a Virtual World - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for providing information describing locations to users of an immersive virtual environment. In one embodiment, patterns of locations visited by various users of the virtual environment may be stored in a searchable data structure(s). Further, characteristics of the location visits may be used to determine whether a given location visit was favorable for each user. Subsequently, locations visited by a current user may be matched to one of the stored patterns of locations. The matching pattern may then be used to provide favorability information describing other locations available to the current user. The favorability information may be presented to the user as graphical indications visible within the user's view of the virtual environment. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076971 | Flexible methods for cataloguing metadata and for specifying a play queue for media systems - A flexible method for cataloguing metadata makes it possible for users of digital media systems to define the set of metadata tags that best describe recordings within each genre. Tagging recordings with appropriate metadata facilitates selection of a desired recording. In addition, flexible metadata tags minimize the display area required to present information essential to selecting the desired recording. A flexible method for specifying a Play Queue makes it possible to queue items comprising Collections of Tracks. Tracks can be collected according to various criteria. One type of Collection simply lists the desired Tracks from a single album. Other Collections specify Tracks based on a search of the catalog, a random selection from the catalog, or a previously saved list. Collections maintain their identity in the Play Queue, so users can easily modify or remove a Collection or change the sequence of Collections. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076972 | CONFIDENCE LINKS BETWEEN NAME ENTITIES IN DISPARATE DOCUMENTS - The invention relates to cross-document entity co-reference systems in which naturally occurring entity mentions in a document corpus are analyzed and transformed into name clusters that represent global entities. In a first aspect of the invention, a name variation module analyzes naturally occurring names of entities extracted from the document corpus and provides an initial set of equivalent names that could refer to the same real world entity. In a second aspect of the invention, a disambiguation module takes the initial set of equivalent names and uses an agglomerative clustering algorithm to disambiguate the potentially co-referent named entities. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076973 | RESOURCE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, METHOD, RESOURCE INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - In a resource information providing system in which resource information providing apparatuses which periodically collect pieces of resource information of a management target apparatus and stores the pieces of information in a cache are hierarchized, when an elapsed time specifying request specifying maximum allowable elapsed time with respect to the resource information is input from a request source which requests the resource information, the resource information providing apparatus obtains the maximum elapsed time from acquisition of the resource information by the management target apparatus until arrival thereof to the request source and determines whether it is exceeding the maximum allowable elapsed time input from the request source or not. If it is exceeding, the resource information providing apparatus shortens the collection interval thereof by the time obtained by subtracting the maximum allowable elapsed time from the maximum elapsed time. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076974 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING MESSAGE PATTERNS - An apparatus receives messages having a linking keyword for identification of a transaction, classifies the received messages in terms of transaction using message patterns and the linking keyword. It compares a series of messages associated with the transaction with the message patterns. It makes a decision as to whether the series of messages associated with the transaction matches any one of the message patterns. It creates a record including an identifier for the transaction and the linking keyword. It searches for the unclassified messages based on the linking keywords contained in the unclassified messages, and identifies the record containing the identical linking keyword. It stores the identifiers for the unclassified messages into a linked candidate list in a corresponding manner to linked candidate transactions. It adds the unclassified messages to the message pattern which corresponds to the linked candidate transaction to create a new message pattern. | 03-25-2010 |
20100076975 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SEARCH METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a search execution unit configured to execute a search on the basis of a search condition, an item specification unit configured to specify particular data as an item from data included in a result of the search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of the search condition, an item storage unit configured to store the item specified by the item specification unit in a storage apparatus, a search result generation unit configured to generate a search result without data overlap on the basis of data included in a result of a search executed by the search execution unit on the basis of a new search condition and the item stored in the storage apparatus, and a search result display unit configured to display the search result generated by the search result generation unit. | 03-25-2010 |
20100082620 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING SIGNATURE FROM PROBLEM RECORDS THROUGH UNSTRUCTURED AND STRUCTURED TEXT MAPPING, CLASSIFICATION AND RANKING - The structure attributes and unstructured attributes of a ticket are used to generate a problem signature. For structured attributes, correlation between field values is determined and fields with the highest weight are identified. For unstructured attributes, data mining techniques are applied to generate a plurality of keywords with a ranking for each ticket by identifying keywords, and commonly used acronyms and corpus variances. The set of structured attributes and the plurality of keywords from unstructured attributes form the signature of a given problem ticket. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082621 | MECHANISM FOR ENABLING NEW TASK TYPES TO BE ADDED TO A SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED NODES - A mechanism is disclosed for enabling new task types to be added to a management server without changing the source code of the management server. To add a new task type, a descriptor file is provided. This descriptor file specifies all of the particulars of the new task type. Any mechanisms referred to in the descriptor file are also provided. At startup time, the management server processes the descriptor file and forms associations between the various aspects of the task type with the mechanisms that are responsible for implementing those various aspects. At runtime, these associations are used to manage the definition and execution of tasks of that task type. By doing so, the management server enables new task types to be added, and enables task instances of the new task types to be defined and executed, without changing the source code of the management server. | 04-01-2010 |
20100082622 | METADATA COLLECTING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A device of the invention includes a search inputting unit inputting a search object service and a search condition of content; a first search processing unit, when an accumulation method corresponding to an inputted search object service is a preliminary accumulation method, searching the metadata coincident with an inputted search condition in a first metadata storage; a second search processing unit, in case that the accumulation method corresponding to the inputted search object service is a search-based accumulation method, when the inputted search condition is registered in a second metadata storage in association with the inputted search object service, obtaining corresponding metadata from the second metadata storage, whereas when not registered, obtain and accumulate the metadata coincident with the inputted search condition in the second metadata storage in association with the inputted search condition; and a search-result displaying unit displaying the metadata acquired. | 04-01-2010 |
20100094870 | METHOD FOR MASSIVELY PARALLEL MULTI-CORE TEXT INDEXING - There is provided, in a parallel pipelined structure on a multi-core device, a method for parallel pipelined multi-core indexing. The method includes generating one or more single document indexes respectively corresponding to one or more single documents of a given data stream. The method further includes generating one or more multi-document interval-based hash tables from the one or more single document indexes. The method also includes generating a global hash table formed from merging one or more of the multi-document interval-based hash tables, the global hash table representing a collective index for all of the single documents for which the one or more single document indexes were generated. | 04-15-2010 |
20100100544 | DOCUMENT SEARCHING DEVICE, DOCUMENT SEARCHING METHOD, AND DOCUMENT SEARCHING PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a document retrieval apparatus for retrieving the desired data from a structured a document file. The apparatus holds index information in which a tag set including tags that are in a hierarchical relation with each other, is associated with one or more of positions of which path expressions include the tag set, in a structured document file. When receiving an input of a partial path expression, the apparatus specifies a position where the tag set included in the partial path expression is present as part of a path expression of the position, as a candidate position for a position to be retrieved, with reference to the index information. | 04-22-2010 |
20100106721 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STAPLE ATTRIBUTE SETTING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an attribute setting unit configured to set a continuous staple attribute as chapter information of document data having a hierarchical structure that includes document information, chapter information, and page information, based on a user's setting entered via a screen, wherein the continuous staple attribute is set to instruct a printing apparatus to staple consecutive chapters together as a group. | 04-29-2010 |
20100106722 | Synthetic Audiovisual Description Scheme, Method and System for MPEG-7 - A method and system for description of synthetic audiovisual content makes it easier for humans, software components or devices to identify, manage, categorize, search, browse and retrieve such content. For instance, a user may wish to search for specific synthetic audiovisual objects in digital libraries, Internet web sites or broadcast media; such a search is enabled by the invention. Key characteristics of synthetic audiovisual content itself such as the underlying 2d or 3d models and parameters for animation of these models are used to describe it. More precisely, to represent features of synthetic audiovisual content, depending on the description scheme to be used, a number of descriptors are selected and assigned values. The description scheme instantiated with descriptor values is used to generate the description, which is then stored for actual use during query/search. Typically, a user, to search for a needed synthetic audiovisual content initiates a query that is passed on to a search engine that then retrieves the candidate content from one or more databases whose description closely matches the query criteria specified by the user. | 04-29-2010 |
20100114885 | QUERY SUBMISSION PIPELINE USING LINQ - Described is a technology comprising a query processing pipeline in which a SPARQL query is processed into an intermediate LINQ query, which is then processed by a LINQ provider. The LINQ provider decides which instructions correspond to flat database queries, and routes those instructions a database engine (e.g., SQL server) for querying a database. Other instructions are provided to a reasoning engine for processing, e.g., by performing a graph traversal and/or database queries. The pipeline may include a parser that parses the query into an abstract syntax tree, and an optimizer that processes the abstract syntax tree into a LINQ query, including by reordering LINQ instructions and/or associating a flag with each of the instructions that indicates whether to query the database or provide the instruction to a reasoning engine. | 05-06-2010 |
20100121847 | Exploring Large Textual Data Sets Via Interactive Aggregation - A method and a system are provided for exploring a large textual data set via interactive aggregation. In one example, the method includes receiving the large textual data set and an original query template, building an index for the query template, wherein the building the index comprises ordering the index a particular way to optimize query time, receiving one or more bindings for the original query template, computing an answer to the original query template using the index and the one or more bindings, and anticipating one or more future queries that a user may submit and that are related to the original query template. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121848 | MULTI-INTERVAL QUICKSORT ALGORITHM FOR COMPLEX OBJECTS - Systems and methods (“utility”) for sorting a plurality of complex objects are provided herein. The utility may include a sorting algorithm that sorts references to the complex objects, rather than the complex objects themselves, such that the need to copy and swap complex objects in their locations in memory is reduced. Further, the sorting algorithm may utilize a recursive divide and conquer process, using multiple pivot elements at each sorting level. For example, the sorting algorithm is based on a modified Quicksort algorithm that uses multiple pivot elements at each level to sort an array of references that point to complex objects. | 05-13-2010 |
20100121849 | MODELING SOCIAL NETWORKS USING ANALYTIC MEASUREMENTS OF ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT - Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for generating a social network graph to model one or more social networks of related authors of online social media and their corresponding posts of online social media conversations relevant to subject matter of interest in a category. Embodiments are configured to harvest and aggregate posts of online social media conversations from one or more online social media sources; to perform content scraping on the posts of online social media conversations to obtain raw data that includes user-profile information of a social media author corresponding to each individual post of online social media conversations; and performing social network analysis processing on the raw data to obtain the social network graph. | 05-13-2010 |
20100125577 | Extending Distribution Lists - A method including determining a set of clusters of person records from a data source that includes the person records, where the person records include attributes and person identifiers that correspond to the attributes; determining memberships of the person records to the clusters based on a correlation of the attributes across the person records; searching the person identifiers of the person records in the memberships for matches to existing person identifiers in a distribution list; and for the memberships that include person identifiers that are matches to the existing person identifiers, suggesting other person identifiers from these memberships to be added to the existing person identifiers in the distribution list to extend the distribution list. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125578 | SCALABLE SELECTION MANAGEMENT - Architecture for handling large data selections with small and substantially constant memory footprints. The architecture facilitates the creation of sets of data objects (e.g., rows) of a data source based on selection of the data objects. The set structures can be defined according to a range (span) of data objects selected and a pattern of the objects selected. These set structures are then saved in memory, rather than the data objects, to provide optimized memory usage. In a database implementation, the solution stores the set representation (the structure) in nearly a constant amount of memory, regardless of the number of rows in the grid, and regardless of the number of rows selected. Memory usage can be proportional to the number of discontinuous spans of rows selected by the user. Structures in memory can be consolidated, replaced, or eliminated dynamically as the user changes row selections and pattern criteria. | 05-20-2010 |
20100125579 | DATA STORAGE - A data storage apparatus, for allowing querying of structured data, in which the structure of the data and the values of the data are stored separately, the apparatus comprising a computer system including a memory, | 05-20-2010 |
20100131502 | COHORT GROUP GENERATION AND AUTOMATIC UPDATING - Techniques for creating and utilizing cohort groups help to facilitate connectedness. Cohort groups can be created, built and utilized to identify parties that could and/or should be connected. The cohort groups can be easily and quickly created and modified both passively and actively, through automated and semi-automated means. Users provide profile information to the system. The system can generate cohort groups based on the provided information, as well as updated information, relationship rules between the information, geographic locations of the users, semantic processing, advanced inferences (such as artificial intelligence or other techniques), and self-identified affiliations. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131503 | Soliciting data indicating at least one objective occurrence in response to acquisition of data indicating at least one subjective user state - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: acquiring subjective user state data including data indicating at least one subjective user state associated with a user; soliciting, in response to the acquisition of the subjective user state data, objective occurrence data including data indicating occurrence of at least one objective occurrence; acquiring the objective occurrence data; and correlating the subjective user state data with the objective occurrence data. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131504 | Hypothesis based solicitation of data indicating at least one objective occurrence - A computationally implemented method includes, but is not limited to: soliciting, based at least in part on a hypothesis that links one or more objective occurrences with one or more subjective user states and in response at least in part to an incidence of at least one subjective user state associated with a user, at least a portion of objective occurrence data including data indicating incidence of at least one objective occurrence; and acquiring the objective occurrence data including the data indicating incidence of at least one objective occurrence. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 05-27-2010 |
20100131505 | HARVESTING APPLICATION METADATA - A method for harvesting application metadata includes receiving metadata from a web application and storing the metadata to a metadata collection. The metadata indicates a characteristic of a web application user. The metadata collection identifies the user and may include metadata from other web applications. The advertisement is then characterized. For example, keywords may be associated with the advertisement. An affinity between the advertisement and the user is then determined and an indication of the affinity is recorded. When the affinity exceeds a predetermined threshold, the user may be identified as a potential target of the advertisement. The service provider may then identify the potential targets to the advertiser or provide the advertisement to the targets on behalf of the advertiser. The web application may be compensated for providing the metadata. The compensation may occur in response to the metadata resulting in identifying the user as a potential target. | 05-27-2010 |
20100138415 | Apparatus and Method for Comparing Computer Documents Using Tree Structures - Embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method of comparing computer documents such as programs and XML. A hierarchical level may be specified. For each hierarchical level between a root and the specified hierarchical level, first and second searches are executed for nodes representing subsections of each document. The returned nodes from the first search correspond to subsections of the first computer document, and may be set equal to nodes representing the second document if the addresses are the same. The second search is executed on the second document, and the addresses of the nodes returned by the first search may be compared against addresses for nodes returned from the second search. Nodes are matched and marked as equal. The hierarchical level may then be increased and the process repeated until the root node is reached. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138416 | CONTEXT AND ACTIVITY-DRIVEN CONTENT DELIVERY AND INTERACTION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing device that delivers personally-defined context-based content to a user. This computing device receives a set of contextual information with respect to the user, and processes the contextual information to determine a context which is associated with an activity being performed by the user. The computing device then determines whether either or both the context and a current activity of the user satisfy a trigger condition which has been previously defined by the user. If so, the computing device selects content from a content database, based on the context, to present to the user, and presents the selected content. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138417 | APPARATUS OF PROVIDING DIGITAL CONTENTS WITH EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE AND METADATA, AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for providing digital contents includes a device recognition unit that recognizes an external storage device; a contents searching unit that searches a contents file stored in the external storage device; a representative screen extracting unit that determines whether or not a representative screen can be extracted by checking the contents file and extracts the representative screen from the contents file when the representative screen can be extracted; and a metadata creating unit that creates metadata including one or more information among a contents name, a service type, a reproduction time, a resolution, a library required in reproduction, a thread, a distribution condition, a producer, a file name of the representative screen, and a selling price for the contents file. | 06-03-2010 |
20100138418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENT BY USING METADATA - A method and apparatus for reproducing content by using metadata are provided. In the method, a metadata file and a content file are obtained, wherein the metadata file comprises at least one of learned content reproduction pattern information and reproduction management information; the content file is reproduced based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information of the metadata file; and the metadata file is updated based on the at least one of the learned content reproduction pattern information and the reproduction management information. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145938 | System and Method of Keyword Detection - A system and method are disclosed to detect keywords in media content. The system and method include sending a stream of media content to a media receiver, scanning the stream of media content to locate at least one keyword within the stream of media content, and providing a search result to be displayed concurrently with the media content. The search result contains results of a search using the identified keyword. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145939 | DETERMINING RELATED KEYWORDS BASED ON LIFESTREAM FEEDS - Embodiments are directed towards providing related keywords determined to be relevant to a search term using life-streaming data to identify the related keywords. Relevancy is determined by performing the related keyword analysis when life-stream services have been updated. Related keywords may be identified for a given search term using a combination of an aggregated life-stream analysis, a user profile based analysis, and/or a community based life-stream analysis. Each of these mechanisms identify a subset of updated life-streams or profiles to be analyzed to identify keywords that co-occur within each life-steam along with the given search term. The resulting co-occurring keywords may then be ordered based on a frequency of occurrence for the subset of life-streams. A weighted combination of the identified related keywords may be used to display related keywords to a user for use in modifying a search query. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145940 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING ELECTRONIC TEXT - Systems and methods for systematically analyzing an electronic text are described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving the electronic text from a plurality of sources. The method also includes determining an at least one term of interest to be identified in the electronic text. The method further includes identifying a plurality of locations within the electronic text including the at least one term of interest. The method also includes for each location within a plurality of locations, creating a snippet from a text segment around the at least one term of interest at the location within the electronic text. The method further includes creating multiple taxonomies for the at least one term of interest from the snippets, wherein the taxonomies include an at least one category. The method also includes determining co-occurrences between the multiple taxonomies to determine associations between categories of a different taxonomies of the multiple taxonomies. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145941 | RULES AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING IMAGE SEARCH RELEVANCE THROUGH GAMES - An application conforming to a set of rules is described for improving the accuracy of results provided by image search engines through identifying images as true positive hits, true negatives, false positive hits, and false negatives. The set of rules comprise: (1) causing players to associate given images with given metadata; (2) associating a player with a skill level; (3) utilizing measures of accuracy and time; (4) causing players to select a few images from a relatively large pool of images; and (5) testing player tolerance. An application that conforms to these rules test the relevancy of images to given metadata tags. The application provides information that is the basis for adjusting the metadata associated with the tested images so as to improve the relevancy of image search results lists that include these images. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145942 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR MAPPING LARGE OBJECT DATA CONTENT IN A DATABASE TABLE TO A WORK AREA - According to some embodiments, a programming language in an application server may include access to different database server implementations, wherein the programming language accesses content of database tables via work areas derived from the database tables. A database table, having columns to store content, each column being associated with a column type, may be mapped to a work area such that, at a database server, each column in the database table is mapped to a corresponding component of the work area, the corresponding component having a default component type based on the column type of the associated column in the database table. It may be determined that a particular column in the database table is to store large object data content, and, in response to the determination, a new mapping to a work area may be defined such that the particular column maps to a corresponding component having a component type other than the default component type. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145943 | Using Message Sampling To Determine The Most Frequent Words In A User Mailbox - A method is presented for generating a list of frequently used words for an email application on a server computer. When a request is received for a word frequency list for emails stored in a user's mailbox, a word frequency list is returned if one exists. If the word frequency list does not exist, an asynchronous process is started on the server computer to generate a word frequency list. If the word frequency list exists but it is older than an aging limit, an asynchronous process is started on the server computer to regenerate the word frequency list. The word frequency list is stored in the user's mailbox along with a timestamp indicating the date and time that the list was created or updated. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145944 | MINING BROAD HIDDEN QUERY ASPECTS FROM USER SEARCH SESSIONS - An optimization-based framework is utilized to extract broad query aspects from query reformulations performed by users in historical user session logs. Objective functions are optimized to yield query aspects. At run-time, the best broad but unspecified query aspects relevant to any user query are presented along with the results of the run time query. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145945 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CLASSIFYING DATA ELEMENTS INTO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF A BUSINESS HIERARCHY - A method, system and program product for classifying data elements into different levels of a business hierarchy. The method includes identifying data elements to be classified into one or more levels of a business hierarchy, selecting a first logic decision tree for evaluating the data elements identified for classification into the hierarchy and executing the first tree for recursively evaluating each data element identified until the first tree has been traversed. Further, the method includes dynamically creating configurable anchor point classifications for the data elements evaluated through the first tree and assigning a respective anchor point classification to each data element evaluated, such that, a respective anchor point classification assigned to a data element evaluated links the data element to a lowest level of the hierarchy, and where the anchor point classification conveys classification information as to each higher level of the hierarchy that the data element belongs to. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145946 | TRANSLATING QUERIES TO REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER (REST) - Query expressions, such as LINQ (language integrated queries) queries, are enabled to be translated to URIs (uniform resource indicators) that may be used to query data sources at REST (representational state transfer) interfaces. A compiler is configured to convert a query into an expression tree. An expression tree normalizer is configured to normalize the expression tree into a normalized expression tree. A resource bound expression tree generator is configured to transform the normalized expression tree into a resource bound expression tree. A URI generator is configured to translate the resource bound expression tree into a URI. | 06-10-2010 |
20100145947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INVENTIVE GEO-NETWORK - A system and a method for communication using geo-tagged data among a plurality of communication devices in an inventive geo-network, using a communications network, are described. The method further facilitates enabling multiple networks within the network such that each network separately and securely enables the collection, distribution, and display of data and location-enriched geo-data. | 06-10-2010 |
20100153386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING MULTIPLE GEO-TAGGED MEDIA FILES AND RENDERING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for organizing a geographically tagged media file, the method obtaining geographical information for the media file; identifying a subfolder for the media file; and placing the media file in the identified subfolder. Also, a method and apparatus for utilizing an album of geographically tagged media files within a media application, the method allowing a third party application access to the geographically tagged media files; and upon selection of the third party application within the media application, launching the third party application populated with the album of geographically tagged media files. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153387 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATE DERIVATION - Methods and systems for estimate derivation are described. In one embodiment, a query may be received with a predicate for sets over a collection of items. Associated samples associated with the query may be accessed. Items of an associated sample may be accessed from the collection of items. A determination of whether the predicate is an attribute-based selection from a union of at least some sets may be made. Available items of the particular associated sample may be selected from the items. Identified items may be identified among the available items in the associated sample that satisfy the predicate. An adjusted weight may be assigned to an item based on a weight of the item and a distribution of the associated samples. An estimate may be generated based on the adjusted weight of the identified items of the associated samples that satisfy the predicate. Additional methods and systems are disclosed. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153388 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RESULT DIVERSIFICATION - Methods, apparatus, and systems directed to receiving search queries, retrieving documents, computing the number of categories to present for a given query, computing the number of results to show in each category, computing an ordering of categories, and for all the result pages beyond the first page employing user interface elements that optionally allow the user to quickly zoom in on a specific category and get more results belonging to that category. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153389 | Generating Receptivity Scores for Cohorts - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating receptivity cohorts. A receptivity cohort is identified. The receptivity cohort includes a set of members and conduct attributes for the set of members. Each conduct attribute in the set of conduct attributes describes at least one of a facial expression, vocalization, body language, and social interactions of a member in the set of members. Each conduct attribute is an indicator of receptiveness to a proposed future change in a set of circumstances associated with the set of members. Events metadata is received. The events metadata describes the set of circumstances associated with the set of members. The set of conduct attributes and the events metadata is analyzed to generate a receptivity score for the receptivity cohort. The receptivity score indicates a level of receptiveness of the set of members to the proposed future change in the set of circumstances. The set of members of the receptivity cohort are identified as receptive to the proposed future change based on the result of a comparison of the receptivity score to a threshold score. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153390 | Scoring Deportment and Comportment Cohorts - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for scoring deportment and comportment cohorts. A deportment and comportment cohort having a set of conduct attributes is received. The conduct attributes may include at least one of a facial expression, vocalization, body language, and social interactions. A deportment and comportment cohort score is calculated. The deportment and comportment cohort score is normalized to calculate an overall deportment and comportment cohort score using at least one of demographic data and patterns of historical conduct. The overall cohort score indicates an appropriateness of conduct displayed by a member of the deportment and comportment cohort. Thereafter, a predefined action is executed based on the overall deportment and comportment cohort score. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153391 | Method and System for Ranking of Keywords for Profitability - A physical computing device receives information regarding a total number of people who are searching on the search term. Information is received regarding an amount advertisers pay for the search term. Information is received regarding a click through rate of the search term. A traffic estimate of the search term is determined. Longevity of the search term is determined. | 06-17-2010 |
20100153392 | Consolidating Tags - Methods, systems, and computer program products for searching a resource associated with a tag. The method may include receiving a search request comprising a first tag for identifying the resources associated with the tag, replacing the tag of the search request with a tag in a standardized form and running a search query comprising the standardized tag to identify the resource associated with the standardized tag. | 06-17-2010 |
20100161599 | Computer Method and Apparatus of Information Management and Navigation - Computer method and apparatus manages and navigates computer implemented information. A first source information and second source information are related as parent-child information. Keywords are extracted from the first and second source information and are used to relate second source information to the first source information. This produces dynamic sets or groupings of second source information related by keywords. Display of a listing of the keywords enables user navigation of the information especially according to the groupings of second source information. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161600 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS - A system and method for automated service recommendations. A request is received over a network, from a user for service recommendations, wherein the request comprises an identification of the user and at least one service selection criteria. A query is formulated so as to search, via the network, for user profile data, spatial data, temporal data, social data and topical data that is available via the network and relates to the requesting user, the service selection criteria and to a plurality of services available via the network so as to a identify a subset of the plurality of services available via the network that relate to the request. A list of the identified subset of services is transmitted, via the network, to the requesting user. A selection of at least one of the selected subset of services available received from the user and the user is enrolled in the selected service. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161601 | SEMANTICALLY WEIGHTED SEARCHING IN A GOVERNED CORPUS OF TERMS - A method and system for conducting semantically weighted searches in a governed corpus of terms is provided. A search expression having a plurality of terms for performing a search in the governed corpus of terms is received. The governed corpus of terms comprises a plurality of corpus expressions each comprising a plurality of terms, each term within the governed corpus of terms being associated precisely with a single concept within a lexical database. At least one concept of the lexical database is assigned to each term in the search expression based on a syntactical analysis. A semantic similarity is calculated between pairs of concepts of the search expression and one of the corpus expressions. A total semantic similarity is calculated between the search expression and the one of the corpus expressions by aggregating the semantic similarities of the pairs of concepts based on an order of significance of the terms. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161602 | GROUPING SIMILAR VALUES FOR A SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTE TYPE OF AN ENTITY TO DETERMINE RELEVANCE AND BEST VALUES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for grouping similar values of an attribute type and determining the best value of an attribute type for an entity in an entity resolution system. By applying attribute grouping rules to organize similar values into groups, an accurate number of distinct values for an entity may be ascertained by counting the number of resulting groups. A preferred group may be selected from the resulting groups and a “best value” may be selected from the preferred group by applying best value rules. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161603 | GROUPING METHODS FOR BEST-VALUE DETERMINATION FROM VALUES FOR AN ATTRIBUTE TYPE OF SPECIFIC ENTITY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for grouping similar values of an attribute type and determining the best value of an attribute type for an entity in an entity resolution system. By applying attribute grouping rules to organize similar values into groups, an accurate number of “distinct” values for an entity may be ascertained by counting the number of resulting groups. A preferred group may be selected from the resulting groups and a “best value” may be selected from the preferred group by applying best value rules. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161604 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MULTIMEDIA CONTENT BASED MANIPULATION - An apparatus and methods for generating an ontology for a domain based on analysis performed on interactions captured in the domain. The analysis provides groups of concepts which are used as topics appearing or retrieved from the interactions are used as topics or concepts in the ontology. Concepts belonging to one group are indicated as connected within the ontology. The ontology can then be used in analyzing further interactions and provide meaning, content and relationships between concepts. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161605 | CONTEXT TRANSFER IN SEARCH ADVERTISING - A computer-implemented method is disclosed for determining a type of landing page to which to transfer web searchers that enter a particular query, the method comprising: classifying a landing page as one of a plurality of landing page classes with a trained classifier of a computer based on textual content of the landing page; determining, by the computer, characteristics of one or more query to be associated with the landing page; and choosing, with the computer, whether to retain or to change classification of the landing page to be associated with the one or more query based on relative average conversion rates of advertisements on a plurality of manually-classified landing pages when associated with the characteristics of the one or more query. | 06-24-2010 |
20100161606 | INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEM, INFORMATION SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM - This invention provides an information search system including a management table which stores a name of a memory area and memory area information indicating the memory area in association with each other. When received source information search destination information indicates that source information to be searched is stored in a memory, the information search system searches the management table for a name of a memory area which matches a received source information name of the source information to be searched. When the name of the memory area which matches the received source information name of the source information to be searched is retrieved, the system acquires information which matches the received search target condition information from memory area information associated with the retrieved name of the memory area. | 06-24-2010 |
20100169306 | Type neutral container - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with an artifact type neutral container are described. This artifact type neutral container is achieved through an artifact type neutral architecture that is managed using a central type neutral registration mechanism. Queries are executed on type neutral registration tables to return data stores that store the artifacts found within a given artifact type neutral container. The data stores are queried to return the artifacts in the artifact type neutral container. The artifact type neutral container can be used in systems in which the artifact type neutral container and artifact data are stored in the same database as well as in systems in which the artifact type neutral container and artifact data are stored in different databases. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169307 | PERFORMING AN EFFICIENT IMPLICIT JOIN OF MULTIPLE MIXED-TYPE RECORDS - A method, system, method and computer program product for retrieving data. Records are retrieved from a hierarchical database. The records are categorized into a plurality of record types. Each record comprises a unique identifier field. A record map contains zero or more entries. Each entry comprises an identifying value, data from at least one record and a set of Boolean flags. Each flag corresponds to a record type. A computer iterates over the retrieved records. Data from each record is stored at an entry in the record map having an identifying value equal to the value included in the unique identifier field of the record. Moreover, the flag in this entry which corresponds to the record type of the record is set. Inner joins and outer joins are then performed using the contents of the record map. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169308 | DYNAMIC TRANSLATOR FOR REQUESTS FOR SYSTEM RESOURCES - Techniques for selectively translating resource requests from a program running on a computer system are disclosed. The resource request may be a request to access a file, library file, API, etc. The resource request may be a system call or library call. The computer program may be non-native to the computer system. Translation of resource requests may occur within the operating system or outside it. A resource request containing a reference to a first path and file name may be selectively translated by altering the resource request to contain a reference to a second path and file name. After selectively translating a request, he request is caused to be serviced. A resource request may be serviced by forwarding it to an operating system, and a result may be sent back to the program. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169309 | System, Method, and Apparatus for Information Extraction of Textual Documents - A method and system for extraction of text from a set of text document(s). A plurality of document segments are identified within a given text document. For each document segment, at least one structured annotation is embedded within the document and associated with the given segment. The structured annotation specifies the start and end of the given document segment and a rhetorical relation associated with the given segment. The structured annotations are processed generate a plurality of variables that represent document segments and associated rhetorical relations as specified by the structured annotations, and such variables are stored in a data repository. A user interacts with a computer to define query input that specifies at least one rhetorical relation of interest. The query input specified by the user is processed to query the variables stored in the data repository to identify zero or more document segments that are associated with a rhetorical relation that matches the at least one rhetorical relation of interest specified by the query input. Information corresponding to the zero or more matching document segments is returned to the user. In the preferred embodiment, the rhetorical relations represented by the user supplied query input as well as the variables stored in the data repository include a set of RST relations whose meaning is dictated by nuclearity of the associated text. Such RST relations can include a plurality of mononuclear RST relations each having a nucleus and a satellite and a plurality of multinuclear RST relations each having a plurality of nucleus. The rhetorical relations represented by the user supplied query input as well as the variables stored in the data repository can also include a set of Speech Act relations whose meaning extends beyond the situational semantics of the associated text. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169310 | DISPLAYING AND MANIPULATING VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON VIRTUAL SURFACES - A computerized method of providing an interactive virtual surface to display virtual objects is described. The method may comprise providing the virtual surface via a graphical user interface on a display screen, wherein the virtual surface displays at least one axis and a plurality of virtual objects. The method may monitor positioning (including re-positioning) of each of the plurality of virtual objects by a user on the virtual surface relative to the axis. Thereafter, virtual object association data may be stored in a database identifying an association between each of the virtual objects and at least one attribute based on the positioning. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169311 | APPROACHES FOR THE UNSUPERVISED CREATION OF STRUCTURAL TEMPLATES FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS - A method and apparatus for creating templates for electronic documents is provided. One or more attributes are extracted, using a seed template, from a first document, such as a web page. A second document that contains a particular attribute, extracted from the first document, is identified. The second document may be in a different cluster than the first document. The second document is annotated, using an extracted attribute, to create an annotated document. The second document is annotated without human intervention. A new template for the annotated document is generated. The new template facilitates extraction of information from the annotated document. The new template may be used to extract additional attributes from all documents in the cluster of documents of which the second document is a member. The process may continue over numerous iterations to generate a large number of templates in an automated fashion. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169312 | Method and System for Negative Keyword Recommendations - Effectiveness of keywords is determined. The keywords are classified to include effective keywords and ineffective keywords. An exclusion keyword list based on ineffective keywords is created. The ineffective keywords that conflict with the effective keywords are removed from the exclusion keyword list. Negative keywords are determined. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169313 | Pangenetic Web Item Feedback System - Computer based systems, methods, software and databases are presented in which correlations between web items and pangenetic (genetic and epigenetic) attributes of individuals are determined and stored to generate a pangenetic based item feedback matrix. The pangenetic item feedback matrix can be used in computer based systems for web search, online recommendation of web items, web item satisfaction prediction, and online user behavior prediction to provide personalized results based on a user's pangenetic makeup. Data masking can be used to maintain privacy of sensitive portions of the pangenetic data. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169314 | CONTENT ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION - A content analysis and correlation service system can include a summary manager service for generating content correlation summaries, wherein the generated content correlation summaries are based on discovered content and analyzed content based on the discovered content. The system can include a content search manager service for generating the discovered content based on search criteria and correlation criteria and a semantic analysis service for generating the analyzed content based on the discovered content. The system can also include a data store for storing the generated content correlation summaries and a notification service for providing notifications based on the generated content correlation summaries. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169315 | ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS AND CORRELATION - An attribution analysis and correlation system can include a content manager and a semantic correlation module. The content manager can receive a list identifying at least one contributor to be evaluated. The content manager can also mine at least one community for content pertaining to the contributor(s). The semantic correlation module can generate correlation results by performing a semantic analysis and correlation on the persistent content and attributions corresponding to the contributor(s). | 07-01-2010 |
20100169316 | SEARCH QUERY CONCEPT BASED RECOMMENDATIONS - Search Query Concept Based Recommendations. A method includes electronically receiving, in a computer system, a title as an input. One or more subsets of the title are generated. A list of key phrases associated with the title is obtained. Further, one or more key phrases from the list corresponding to the one or more subsets is electronically identified. Contents are selected based on the one or more key phrases identified. The contents can be ranked. The contents are then provided to the user. | 07-01-2010 |
20100169317 | Product or Service Review Summarization Using Attributes - Described is a technology in which product or service reviews are automatically processed to form a summary for each single product or service. Snippets from the reviews are extracted and classified into sentiment classes (e.g., as positive or negative) based on their wording. Attributes are assigned to the reviews, e.g., based on term frequency concepts, as nouns, which may be paired with adjectives and/or verbs. The summary of the reviews belonging to a single product or service is generated based on the automatically computed attributes and the classification of review snippets into attribute and sentiment classes. For example, the summary may indicate how many reviews were positive (the sentiment class), along with text corresponding to the most similar snippet based on its similarity to the attributes (the attribute class). | 07-01-2010 |
20100174711 | CONCURRENCY OBJECT CLASSIFICATION - A method of automatically classifying a concurrency object includes intercepting a call that is configured to create the concurrency object. Concurrency type information for the concurrency object is identified based on the call. The type information indicates whether the concurrency object is a lock object or a synchronization object. The concurrency type information is associated with the concurrency object. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174712 | EXPERTISE RANKING USING SOCIAL DISTANCE - Tools and techniques for expertise ranking using social distance are provided. These tools may receive search queries from users, and extract from these search queries record identifiers associated with the users. In addition, the tools may extract query strings from the search queries. In connection with processing these queries, the tools may identify other users associated with a given user, with some of these other users being first-level colleagues of a given user, and some of these other users being second-level colleagues. The tools may identify documents within a search store that are associated with the other users, and may search these documents for any occurrences of the query string. In turn, results of the search may be ranked based on a social distance between the user and the other users, with the social distance indicating whether the other users are first-level or second-level colleagues of the user. | 07-08-2010 |
20100174713 | Enhanced Content Web Browsing - An embodiment of a method for enhanced content browsing includes loading a web page in a user interface; detecting entities of a first specified type in the web page by an analysis service; tagging the detected entities in the web page; calling an action service associated with the analysis service when a detected entity is activated; and displaying a result of the action service in the user interface. Embodiments of systems for enhanced content browsing are also provided. | 07-08-2010 |
20100185614 | Shared Internet storage resource, user interface system, and method - The Shared Internet Storage Resource provides Internet-based file storage, retrieval, access, control, and manipulation for a user. Additionally, an easy-to-use user interface is provided both for a browser or stand-alone application. The entire method provides means by which users can establish, use, and maintain files on the Internet in a manner remote from their local computers yet in a manner that is similar to the file manipulation used on their local computers. A high capacity or other storage system is attached to the Internet via an optional internal network that also serves to generate and direct metadata regarding the stored files. A web server using a CGI, Java®-based, or other interface transmits and retrieves TCP/IP packets or other Internet information through a load balancer/firewall by using XML to wrap the data packets. File instructions may be transmitted over the Internet to the Shared Resource System. The user's account may be password protected so that only the user may access his or her files. On the user's side, a stand-alone client application or JavaScript object interpreted through a browser provide two means by which the XML or other markup language data stream may be received and put to use by the user. Internet-to-Internet file transfers may be effected by directly downloading to the user's account space. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185615 | SEARCHING A REPOSITORY OF DOCUMENTS USING A SOURCE IMAGE AS A QUERY - What is disclosed is a system and method for searching a repository of documents containing images using an image as a query. The present method enables the adjustment of a threshold level through a no-reference quality assessment of the query image which produces an estimated measure of quality for the image. For each image in each document in the repository, a distance is computed between a hash value of each image extracted from the document and the hash value of the query image. Documents are flagged as possible matches if the computed distance is less than the adjusted threshold. Documents flagged as a result of the search are retrieved and provided to the user. The present method can be used along or as an adjunct to text-based search techniques. Other embodiments are provided. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods for tagging websites with recent asset information and storing the tagged recent asset information in a database that includes tagged existing asset information, identifying relationships between the recent asset information and the existing asset information, identifying a technical experience for a user by matching user data with the tagged asset information using a technical experience definition and delivering the technical experience to the user are described. | 07-22-2010 |
20100185617 | CONTENT AUGMENTATION FOR PERSONAL RECORDINGS - A content augmentation process for personal recordings involves a service center (SC). The service center (SC) collects personal recordings from various different users via a network so as to constitute a database (DB) of personal recordings. The service center (SC) identifies personal recordings within the database (DB) that concern a particular scene and that are mutually complementary so as to form a selection of personal recordings (FSRR) for content augmentation purposes. The service center (SC) applies a content augmentation process (AUGP) to the selection of personal recordings (FSRR) so as to obtain an enhanced representation (CA). | 07-22-2010 |
20100191728 | Method, System Computer Program, and Apparatus for Augmenting Media Based on Proximity Detection - Augmenting media based on proximity detection involves detecting proximate devices of participants of an event via a wireless proximity device. User media associated with the participants is obtaining based on the proximity detection and further based on contact data associated with the participants. Event media that records an aspect of the event is obtained the event media is combined with the user media to form augmented media, wherein the augmented media simulates the participant's presence in the event media. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191729 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit, an information selection unit and an information retrieval unit. The calculation unit calculates a retrieval target level for each information based on time from when the information was stored in the past to the present. The retrieval target level for each information is used to determine as to whether or not each information is set as a retrieval target. The information selection unit selects some of the pieces of information as the retrieval targets based on the retrieval target levels calculated by the calculation unit. The information retrieval unit retrieves the some of the information selected by the information selection unit. | 07-29-2010 |
20100191730 | EFFICIENCY IN PROCESSING QUERIES DIRECTED TO STATIC DATA SETS - Data is maintained indicating which conditions match which data items (e.g., rows) of a data set (e.g., table(s) in a database). When a query is later received, the maintained data is quickly examined to determine the matching data items, thereby enhancing the throughput performance in processing queries directed to the data set. | 07-29-2010 |
20100198823 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE ENHANCED INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SELECTED WEB TABLE - According to some embodiments, a system, method, means, and/or computer program code are provided to facilitate use of a data sharing web server remote from a user device. According to some embodiments, information from a remote web resource server may be received at the user device (and the received information may include tabular data comprising cells arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns). A user selection of a portion of the received information may also be received at the user device, and the selected portion may include the tabular data. Enhanced information associated with the selected portion may be automatically generated and transmitted to the remote data sharing web server. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198824 | IMAGE KEYWORD APPENDING APPARATUS, IMAGE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SAME - A keyword or the like effective for conducting a search is appended to an image. Subjects contained in an image are detected. The subject names and positions of the respective subjects that have been detected are detected. Keywords representing broader concepts of the detected subject names and the positions of the subjects are stored in correlation with the image as data to be used in searching for the image. If a search for the image is conducted, the subject names or broader concepts of the subject names, which serve as keywords, and the positions of the subjects are input. An image that matches the entered subject names, etc., and subject positions is retrieved. Rather than retrieving an image simply using keywords alone, an image is retrieved utilizing also the positions of subjects. As a result, it is possible to narrow down images found in a case where a desired image is to be retrieved from among a large number of images. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198825 | Method and System for Providing Targeted Documents Based on Concepts Automatically Identified Therein - A system and method for providing a graphical document are provided. A graphical document is processed to identify one or more ideas associated with the graphical document. The identified ideas may be used to determine concepts to associate with the first electronic document and suggest those concepts for association with the first electronic document for use in a document distribution system that distributes documents based on a price parameter associated with concepts and a performance parameter. A request for a document associated with a concept is received. Responsive to the request, the graphical document is delivered if an association between the one or more ideas and the concept is determined. | 08-05-2010 |
20100223263 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ORCHESTRATION OF CONTENT PROCESSING IN MOBILE DELIVERY FRAMEWORKS - A method and system for coordinating content processing in a mobile delivery framework, the method having the steps of embedding, within a metadata envelope associated with content, external references to external enablers; and inserting content processing coordination rules into the metadata envelope. | 09-02-2010 |
20100228730 | INFERRING SENSITIVE INFORMATION FROM TAGS - A set of tags can be identified from a first set of tagged documents in a first repository. A set of tags can be identified from a second set of tagged documents in a second repository. Access to documents in the second repository can be more restrictive than access to documents in the first repository. For each of a subset tags in the first set and/or the second set, a number of steps can occur. A ratio can be determined of tag instances in the second repository compared to tag instances in the first repository. It can be determined whether the ratio exceeds a previously determined threshold. When the threshold is exceeded, an indicator of at least one tagged document associated with the tag can be changed to indicate that the tagged document is likely to contain sensitive content. | 09-09-2010 |
20100235355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIFIED CLOUD MANAGEMENT - Method and system for managing workloads in a cloud computing environment comprising cloud services providers is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises, for each of the cloud services providers, monitoring a situation of the cloud services provider to obtain situation information for the cloud services provider and evaluating the obtained situation information and then deploying an workload to a selected one of the cloud services providers based at least in part on results of the evaluating. | 09-16-2010 |
20100241626 | CYBERTAG FOR LINKING INFORMATION TO DIGITAL OBJECT IN IMAGE CONTENTS, AND CONTENTS PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A CyberTAG for linking information to a digital object in an image contents, and an image contents display device, a method and a system using the same are provided. The CyberTAG includes: a tag ID field which serves to identify the digital object in the image contents and to link the digital object to additional information of the digital object; an object generation location field which serves to identify a location at which the digital object is generated while the image contents is displayed; a time field which serves to identify a time when the digital object appears while the image contents is displayed; and a modification value field which serves to trace the location of the digital object from when the digital object is generated to when the digital object disappears. | 09-23-2010 |
20100250531 | SHARED DRIVE DATA COLLECTION TOOL FOR AN ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for improved electronic discovery. Embodiments herein disclosed provide for an enterprise wide electronic management server that provides for data to be identified, located, retrieved, preserved, searched, reviewed and produced in an efficient and cost-effective manner across the entire enterprise system. In addition, by structuring management of e-discovery based on case/matter, custodian and data and providing for linkage between the same, further efficiencies are realized in terms of identifying, locating and retrieving data and leveraging results of previous e-discoveries with current requests. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250532 | SINGULAR, COLLECTIVE AND AUTOMATED CREATION OF A MEDIA GUIDE FOR ONLINE CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided in which a content guide includes one or more tags associated with a single user, a group of users or a channel subscribed to by users that enables the retrieval of content for subsequent viewing and which can be supplemented by recommendations and data from other sources. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250533 | Generating Recommendations for Content Servers - A multimedia content server including a memory area in which metadata is stored in association with at least one content accessible via said server and usable for selecting at least one of said contents with a view to formulating a request for access to the selected content, said server including:
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20100250534 | Document Management Techniques to Account for User-Specific Patterns in Document Metadata - Document management techniques to account for user-specific patterns in document metadata are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating document retrieval may comprise: assigning a first entitlement to a first user for accessing a first plurality of documents; identifying patterns in the first user's creation or modification of metadata related to the first plurality of documents; recording the identified patterns associated with the first user; receiving a document query from a second user who has been assigned a second entitlement to access a second plurality of documents; determining, based on the second entitlement, an access right of the second user with respect to the first plurality of documents; and modifying the document query based on the access right of the second user and the identified patterns, such that the document query returns relevant documents from the first plurality of documents despite the second user's ignorance of the identified patterns. | 09-30-2010 |
20100250535 | IDENTIFYING AN ITEM BASED ON DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE ITEM - There are provided methods and systems to identify an item based on data associated with the item. Information is received that is descriptive of an item to be listed on an information storage and retrieval platform. The information is associated with an aspect-value pair, which is an aspect of the item and a value of the aspect. An expression of an interest of a user in the item is received. The expression is associated with the aspect-value pair. In response to the associating of the expression with the aspect-value pair, the item is identified. | 09-30-2010 |
20100268711 | DOCUMENT SUMMARIZATION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with automatically summarizing a document are described. One method embodiment includes computing term scores for members of a set of terms in a document to be summarized and computing sentence scores for sentences in a set of sentences in the document. The method embodiment also includes computing a set of entries for a term-sentence matrix that relates terms to sentences. The method embodiment also includes computing a dominant topic for the document and simultaneously ranking the set of terms and the set of sentences based on the dominant topic. The method embodiment provides a summarization item(s) selected from the set of terms and/or the set of sentences. | 10-21-2010 |
20100274784 | VIRTUAL DISK FROM NETWORK SHARES AND FILE SERVERS - A system manages a file directory containing data that is exposed by a file-server. The system provides a block-device layered on top of a network share that treats the underlying network share as read-only but allows local file-system semantics to operate on top of the network share. The end-result is a virtual disk containing a locally recognizable file-system that can read and write from the perspective of the operating system but where the data is store in the cloud as network shares. The virtual disk appears to be a fully functional local disk with all the expected local disk semantics. | 10-28-2010 |
20100281026 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BUNDLE DATA DATABASE STORING DATA ASSOCIATION STRUCTURE - A bundle database management system comprises a search server including a bundle definition unit for defining a core word and a relevant word connected to the core word, and connection relation between the core and relevant words to generate and store bundle data; a description definition unit for defining description data corresponding to the core and relevant words; a search request receiving unit for receiving a search request including a specific search word input by a user; a search result page generating unit for generating a search result page including the bundle data retrieved by the search word as a core word and the description data retrieved by the core word; and a search result page transmitting unit for transmitting the search result page to the user; and a user terminal connected to the search server for transmitting the search request and receiving the search result page. | 11-04-2010 |
20100293161 | AUTOMATICALLY AVOIDING UNCONSTRAINED CARTESIAN PRODUCT JOINS - Database queries for retrieving data from database tables, that do not impose any constraints on the data to be retrieved, result in Cartesian product joins. Such unconstrained database queries when executed impose a significant load on resources, take a long time to execute, and may produce inaccurate and misleading results. Functionality can be implemented to reduce the amount of data retrieved by constraining database queries resulting in Cartesian product joins before they are executed. This can be done by leveraging referential constraints that depict relationships between the tables to be joined to limit the results produced by executing the Cartesian product join. Automatically detecting and preventing execution of Cartesian product joins by leveraging the referential constraints can reduce the processing load on the machine, reduce the time spent in executing the database query, minimize the number of query results, and prevent inaccurate results from being displayed. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293162 | Automated Keyword Generation Method for Searching a Database - The present invention relates to a method of generating keywords in an automated manner for use in searching an electronic database. The generated groups of keywords may be formatted in a variety of configurations, including a table. The table may include a plurality of columns for keywords and a plurality of rows for groups of keywords. The plurality of columns may include categories for keywords, and keywords with software compatible operators. A user may input at least one keyword in the table and is presented, in an automated manner, with at least one suggestion of a related term from which the user may choose. The sources of suggestions may include commercial thesauri or dictionaries, or a database of previously executed search queries or saved keyword tables. Boolean operators compatible with the database to be searched are added in an automated manner to the selected keywords when the table is populated. | 11-18-2010 |
20100293163 | OPERATIONAL-RELATED DATA COMPUTATION ENGINE - A computation system includes a receiver, a schema generator, and a table generator. The receiver receives operational related data relating to an IT environment of an organization from remote systems. The schema generator organizes the operational related data into at least one class of IT metric-oriented data based on at least one intrinsic characteristic of the operational related data to generate a schema. The operational related data includes data tables corresponding to IT assets of the organization. The table generator processes an input table based on the schema to generate an output table. The input table includes a starting table having one or more columns. The output table identifies a subset of interrelated data included in the starting table. | 11-18-2010 |
20100299327 | Generating Structured Query Language/Extensible Markup Language (SQL/XML) Statements - A mechanism is provided for generating Structured Query Language/Extensible Markup Language (SQL/XML) statements. An SQL/XML generation module receives an SQL statement that is expressed in terms of logical data items. The SQL/XML generation module parses and analyzes the SQL statement and generates a set of XMLQUERY functions, a set of XMLTABLE functions, and a set of XMLEXISTS predicates to retrieve, filter, or update at least one of XML documents or relational data based on a main mapping table and a namespace mapping table. The SQL/XML generation module generates at least one SQL/XML statement from parts of the SQL statement and the generated set of XMLQUERY functions, the set of XMLTABLE functions, and the set of XMLEXISTS predicates. The at least one SQL/XML statement is substantially equivalent in functionality to the SQL statement. The SQL/XML generation module sends the at least one SQL/XML statement to a database engine for execution. | 11-25-2010 |
20100299328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING PROTOTYPES - An apparatus and method for machine-updating of prototypes—for example, during design of digital objects, or content-management—has input means ( | 11-25-2010 |
20100306195 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING QUERIES FOR COMPLEX DATA STRUCTURES - A system for creating queries for complex data structures includes a database populated with data relating to a manufacturing process and a graphical user interface accessed via a computer. The graphical user interface includes a tree domain and a query area, the tree domain including a tree representation of the data populating the database, wherein the tree representation includes graphical representations of attributes and/or structural-elements relating to the manufacturing process and populating the database. A mechanism is provided for dragging and dropping the graphical representations from the tree domain to the query area where the graphical representations are converted to a query based upon operators linking the graphical representations dragged and dropped from the tree domain. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306196 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE INDIVIDUAL STORAGE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION - The invention relates to a method for the individual storage of public information, characterized by the following steps: providing information in a digital information storage unit of an information provider; marking the information thus provided with an individual, explicit marker; publishing the information with the associated marker; receiving information requests sent by users in the form of selected markers; and providing the public information associated with the selected markers to the user for further use. | 12-02-2010 |
20100306197 | NON-LINEAR REPRESENTATION OF VIDEO DATA - The present invention is a method of representing video data in a non-linear paradigm. Video data are categorized into semantic content comprising multi-layer structure each denotes semantic reference, such as different cinematic entities. The semantic content is organized in a hierarchical structure where the top layer denotes global information while the lowest layer represents primitive information. The cinematic entities in the top layer are hyper-linked to the entities in the second layer. The entities in the second layer are hyper-linked to the third layer and so forth. Each cinematic entity in the lowest layer is designated to a part of the video content and hyper-linked to the corresponding video data. The semantic content comprises hyper-linked video data in an N-to-N relationship. N-to-N relationship means the data are hyper-video and the video data supports multiple access and multiple presentation. An apparatus for presenting categorized semantic content is also disclosed. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318516 | PRODUCTIVE DISTRIBUTION FOR RESULT OPTIMIZATION WITHIN A HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURE - A producer node may be included in a hierarchical, tree-shaped processing architecture, the architecture including at least one distributor node configured to distribute queries within the architecture, including distribution to the producer node and at least one other producer node within a predefined subset of producer nodes. The distributor node may be further configured to receive results from the producer node and results from the at least one other producer node and to output compiled results therefrom. The producer node may include a query pre-processor configured to process a query received from the distributor node to obtain a query representation using query features compatible with searching a producer index associated with the producer node to thereby obtain the results from the producer node, and a query classifier configured to input the query representation and output a prediction, based thereon, as to whether processing of the query by the at least one other producer node within the predefined subset of producer nodes will cause results of the at least one other producer node to be included within the compiled results. | 12-16-2010 |
20100332469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING DATA FROM A DATABASE - Systems and methods for accessing data from a database are provided. A user selection of a database object may be received. One or more input fields for obtaining user input associated with the selected database object may be dynamically generated and presented to the user. User input associated with the selected database object may be received via the one or more generated input fields. A database query may then be generated utilizing the received user input, and the database may be queried utilizing the constructed database query. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332470 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING USING CONTEXTUAL DATA - A method and system for searching using contextual data are provided. The method includes receiving one or more areas of data captured by a user from a display, the data including content and context or structure. The method converts the area of captured data to one or more extensible markup language (XML) representations of the content and context or structure. The method provides multiple hierarchical textual instances with formatting (for example, as hypertext markup language instances) corresponding to the XML representations. A query is generated for searching in a search engine for each textual instance. The one or more areas of data captured by a user include an indication of whether the area of data is selected for content, context, or both. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332471 | Bloom Bounders for Improved Computer System Performance - A system and method for space and time efficient bound calculation is disclosed. The method comprises inserting a plurality of key/value pairs into a “Bloom bounder”, each key/value pair comprising a key and a value. For each pair, the inserting includes calculating a plurality of hash values, each calculated by applying a different one of a plurality of hash functions to the key, and selectively updating one or more data arrays based on the plurality of hash values and the value received key/value pair. A bound may then be determined for a given query key by analyzing information in the one or more data arrays to determine a bound value, such that for every received key/value pair with a key matching the query key, the corresponding value is less than or equal to the bound value. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332472 | QUERY PROGRESS ESTIMATION BASED ON PROCESSED VALUE PACKETS - A data processing system performs query progress estimation based on processed value packets. In the illustrative data processing system, a database query processor comprises a query optimizer that creates a query plan, and a database plan executor that executes the query plan and observes intermediate result streams processed as the query plan is executed. A value packet manager anticipates value packets during query optimization, creates value packets as the intermediate result streams are processed, and compares anticipated value packets with created value packets to determine accuracy of the anticipated value packets and estimate query progress. | 12-30-2010 |
20100332473 | CORRELATING QUERIES ISSUED BY APPLICATIONS WITH THEIR SOURCE LINES AND ANALYZING APPLICATIONS FOR PROBLEM DETERMINATION AND WHERE USED ANALYSIS - Provided are techniques for invoking with a processor executing on a computer a source code parser to obtain source information that includes a first location of an Application Programming Interface (API) call and parameters of the API call in source code of a client application, where the parameters the API call do not include query text for a query that is to be used to access a database; examining a stack trace to determine a second location of the API call in the stack trace; and deriving the query of the API call and a third location of the query in the source code by identifying the query in the stack trace at the location of the API call in the stack trace. | 12-30-2010 |
20110004594 | Media Package Format for Submission to a Media Distribution System - The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the submission of media content to a media distribution system and the generation of media items from the media content. The media items may include, for example, audio, video, image, or podcast data. In accordance with one embodiment, a package for use in generating a downloadable digital media content asset includes metadata content that describes how the media content in a plurality of data files including media content can be processed to generate a downloadable digital media content asset, where the package includes information identifying the plurality of data files. | 01-06-2011 |
20110016122 | COMMAND LINE INTERPRETER FOR ACCESSING A DATA OBJECT STORED IN A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NETWORK - A user device includes a DSN interface operably coupled with a DSN memory and a DS processing module for storing and retrieving a data object from the DSN memory, wherein the data object is partitioned into a plurality of data segments and wherein each of the plurality of data segments is stored in the DSN memory as a plurality of encoded data slices that are generated based on an error encoding dispersal function. The user device also includes a command line interpreter operable to interpret a file command as a request to display the data object by an application program, determine the data object is stored in the DSN memory and request the DSN processing module to retrieve the data object from the DSN memory and provide the data object to the application program. | 01-20-2011 |
20110029518 | DOCUMENT SEARCH ENGINE INCLUDING HIGHLIGHTING OF CONFIDENT RESULTS - A search engine includes a decision component that determines whether documents that are returned in response to a user search query are likely to be very relevant to the search query. Links that refer to documents that the search engine determines to likely be very relevant may be displayed with visual cues that assist the user in browsing the links. The decision component may base its decision on a number of parameters, including: (1) the position of the document in a ranked list of search results, (2) the click through rate of the document, (3) relevance scores for the document and other documents that are returned as hits in response to the search query, and (4) whether the document is classified as a pornographic document (the search engine may refrain from showing visual cues for potentially pornographic documents). | 02-03-2011 |
20110040754 | METADATA TAGGING OF MOVING AND STILL IMAGE CONTENT - A method and apparatus for tagging image content with rich metadata is provided. The metadata is generated from keyword descriptions of image content spoken by human taggers whilst viewing the content. Voice recognition software is employed to identify the key keywords in an audio stream and the resultant metadata is associated in a synchronous manner with the relevant image content. A control console allows the human tagger to rapidly navigate onscreen menus and select different taglines for providing multilevel metadata tagging of the image content. An integrated system provides for the storage of tagged digital image content, with near immediate access to tagged raw footage for viewing and editing, and for easy searching and accessing of finalized footage. A method of serving the tagged content is also provide, which allows the content to be streamed over the web at an acceptable image resolution whilst maintaining the associated metatags. | 02-17-2011 |
20110040755 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE COMBINING ASSET LISTINGS - A system, method and API for processing and providing a unified list of the content offerings of multiple content sources. | 02-17-2011 |
20110047154 | PROTECTION OF DATABASE OPERATIONS - A system protects database operations performed on a shared resource. The system may chunk memory to form a set of memory chunks which have memory blocks, at least some of the memory blocks including database objects. The system may configure at least one binary search tree using the memory chunks as nodes and buffer a set of pointers corresponding to the memory blocks. The system may further validate the buffered pointers and dereference validated buffered pointers. | 02-24-2011 |
20110047155 | MULTIMEDIA ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON MULTIMEDIA CONTENT CHARACTERISTICS, AND A MULTIMEDIA DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON MULTIMEDIA - Metadata includes information for effectively presenting content, and the information included in the metadata includes some information useful for encoding or decoding of multimedia data. Thus, although syntax information of the metadata is provided for an information search, an increase of encoding or decoding efficiency of data can be achieved by using strong connection between the syntax information and the data. | 02-24-2011 |
20110066614 | Systems and Method for Dynamic Content Injection Using Aspect Oriented Media Programming - A system for injecting business content dynamically based on the context of the user. A media content analysis tool may be used to analyze existing media to identify features and insert tags based on the content and/or time. A media content orchestrator may be used to author scriplets containing product advice for the media stream to insert and associate scriplets to tags in the media stream. The media player, equipped with a codec for the new media format, performs functions such as browsing product information, places orders, or the like. | 03-17-2011 |
20110072013 | ALGORITHM AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR FAST COMPUTATION OF CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS - In various example embodiments, a system and associated method for fast computation content recommendation is provided. A dynamic user profile for a user is determined. The dynamic user profile is based on one or more fingerprints of viewed documents by the user. One or more relevant documents are determined based on the dynamic user profile and the fingerprints of documents in the system. A list of the one or more relevant documents is then provided to the user. | 03-24-2011 |
20110072014 | PATENT MAPPING - The present inventive subject matter provides systems, methods, software, and data structures for patent mapping, storage, and searching. Some such embodiments include mapping patent documents, claims, and claim limitations. Some further embodiments provide for searching a universe of patent documents by patent document, claim, limitation, class, element, or concept. | 03-24-2011 |
20110078141 | Database and Method for Evaluating Data Therefrom - A computer system for calculating a quantity from a set of input values is disclosed. The computer system comprises a database that is configured to store a sequence of first input values x | 03-31-2011 |
20110078142 | Internet-user accessible system database computer method and system for analyzing government legsilationand legislative documents, statutes, bills, by-laws, proposals and amendments - The present invention relates to a computer method and system for analyzing, critiquing and providing feedback on or for government legislation and legislative documents, statutes, bills, by-laws, proposals and amendments hereto for referred to as legislation or legislative document, and more particularly, to a computer method and system for quantifying key components and sections within the legislation or legislative document. This computer method and system works in conjunction with a document management system. This computer method and system quantifies the feedback of the user based on a single user or multiple users' opinion. The result is a computerized document in the form of a report that can be printed, collaborated, managed and distributed electronically. The key component used to quantify feedback is a scoring tool with a set of criteria and standards used to assess the legislation or legislative document. | 03-31-2011 |
20110087662 | VISUAL ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION VIA ASSOCIATED GEOSPATIAL DATA - In a method of organizing information, a plurality of diverse data items is accessed. The diverse data items are related to a physical location. The diverse data items that are accessed comprise at least a non-visual data item and a visual imagery data item, and include geospatial data associated with the individual accessed data items. The diverse data items are parsed by data type and stored in a data store such that the diverse data items are accessible by one or more of the geospatial data associated with the individual data items. Diverse data items related to the physical location are processed to produce an integrated image displayable via a web viewer. The processing occurs in response to receiving a request regarding the physical location. The integrated image comprises an integration of at least two of the stored diverse data items. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087663 | COMPUTER CAPABLE OF RETRIEVING AMBIGUOUS INFORMATION - The present invention is to support the retrieval of an ambiguous file stored on a computer. Desktop space images are generated at predetermined time intervals, and metadata for each desktop space image is created from internally used data and externally input data existing at the time. The metadata consists of multiple pieces of tag data, and part of tag data is a target file to be searched for. Upon searching for the target file, a user selects a desktop space image that evokes the target file from among the multiple desktop space images initially displayed. The selected desktop space image is displayed and the target file is selected from the metadata associated with the desktop space image displayed. The desktop space image can refresh a user's recollection about the target file, and hence allows the user to narrow down the scope of search. | 04-14-2011 |
20110087664 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING AND DELIVERING MEDICAL IMAGES TO MOBILE DEVICES AND REMOTE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A system for automated conversion and delivery of medical images, comprising: a communication interface; a data storage system configured to store medical image files, a list of modalities, a list of meta data fields associated with each of the modalities, and expected content for at least some of the meta data fields associated with each of the modalities; a server coupled with the data storage system and the communication interface, the server configured to: receive a medical image file via the communications interface, the medical image file comprising medical data and meta data, determine what fields are present in the meta data, correlate the determined fields with a modality in order to determine a modality associated with the medical image file, determine whether the data recorded in the fields has been altered, identify a recipient associated with the medical image file based on the meta data, and transmit a message to the recipient via the communication interface. | 04-14-2011 |
20110093461 | Extensible Custom Variables for Tracking User Traffic - A system and method for presenting custom variables to a user of a web analytics system. An activity file of a web server is received, wherein the activity file includes activity file hit records that provide information about respective requests for documents made by visitors of web sites. A custom variable tag of an activity file hit record in the activity file is identified. Attribute-value pairs of the custom variable tag are then extracted. The attribute-value pairs of the custom variable tag are stored in a database hit record of a database of the server. One or more attribute-value pairs of a plurality of custom variable tags assigned to the custom variable of the web site are then prepared to be presented to a user, wherein the user is separate and distinct from the authors of the documents of the web site. | 04-21-2011 |
20110093462 | HIERARCHICAL METADATA GENERATOR FOR RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS - A computer-implemented method of locating information in a database of electronic documents includes defining fragments of the documents, associating the fragments with the document from which the fragments originated, and associating metadata with the fragments, where the metadata associated with a fragment includes metadata related to one or more topics of the fragment. A query for one or more documents containing information about a topic is received, and a document is located from the database based on a comparison of the query with the metadata associated with a fragment of the document. | 04-21-2011 |
20110099166 | EXTENDING TYPES HOSTED IN DATABASE TO OTHER PLATFORMS - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to extending types hosted in a database to other platforms. In aspects, a database may store objects according to a one type system while an application accessing the database may store objects according to another type system. To allow the application to understand the types, a mapping mechanism may be employed that maps from the types of type system of the database to types of a type system of the application. The mapping mechanism may utilize metadata associated with the data in mapping between types. In conjunction with mapping a source type to a target type, a target object may be instantiated and populated with properties of a source object of the source type. | 04-28-2011 |
20110099167 | Graph Server Querying for Managing Social Network Information Flow - An online social network is managed using one server for database management tasks and another server, preferably in a distributed configuration, for CPU-intensive computational tasks, such as finding a shortest path between two members or a degree of separation between two members. The additional server has a memory device containing relationship information between members of the online social network and carries out the CPU-intensive computational tasks using this memory device. With this configuration, the number of database lookups is decreased and processing speed is thereby increased. | 04-28-2011 |
20110106800 | VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - The specification and drawing figures describe and show a vehicle identification system that includes a programmable application for database management of a plurality of customer-specific vehicle descriptors. The vehicle identification system also includes a mobile computing platform in a mobile satellite communications system adapted to operatively associate the customer-specific vehicle descriptors with a vehicle. | 05-05-2011 |
20110113030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE USE OF GEOSPATIAL DATA IN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND SALE OF ARGICULTURAL SEED - A system for aggregating data obtained from different organizations within a seed company or within multiple seed companies is provided. The system may receive seed product development data from a seed product development source, seed production data from a seed production source, and/or seed sales and/or marketing data from a seed sales and/or marketing source. The data may be aggregated in a central storage unit based on the geospatial data associated with the received data. The aggregated data may then be accessed and/or output in response to a query and/or algorithm. | 05-12-2011 |
20110119266 | METHOD FOR DOCUMENTING AND VIEWING EXPERIENCES - A method for documenting and viewing human experiences is disclosed. The method may include enabling people to record experiences starting at a decision that needs to be taken (decision point) and providing the relevant data points for the decision followed by the action taken and the consequences. These consequences can then be further linked to a new experience. Further, this method may allow multiple people to enter their experiences for the same decision point creating a per decision point inclusive repository of the various data points, actions and consequences as experienced by multiple people. Last, the method may allow people to view the experiences entered by others applying keyword search criteria, tags and data point filters that fit their desired viewing parameters and to navigate between the experiences using the defined links between consequences and experiences | 05-19-2011 |
20110125740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TEXT - The present invention generally relates to a method and system for generating text, and particularly but not exclusively to a method and system for generating syntactically correct text for a report. The ability of an expert system to interpret data is limited by the same factor that limits a human expert—data complexity. Therefore, traditional expert systems suffer limitations in interpreting ever increasing volumes of complex data and in converting such data to knowledge. The present invention provides a means for interpreting complex data and in converting such data to knowledge expressed in a textual report. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125741 | USING POINT-IN-TIME VIEWS IN A DATABASE - A data-warehousing system allows various areas of an enterprise to view data at varying levels of data freshness. The system acquires data that represents an event in the life of a business enterprise, such as a transaction between the enterprise and one of its customers, and loads this data into a database table. The system then makes the data available for retrieval from the table and stores information indicating when the data was made available for retrieval. In some embodiments, the system also acquires data that is related to and more current than the data representing the event and stores the more current data in the database. The system then stores information indicating when the more current data was stored in the database. Such a data warehouse allows decision-makers in the business to see some information (e.g., customer transaction or account data) up-to-the-moment and other information as it stood at some specific point-in-time, such as at the end of the previous month. The data-warehousing system does this without requiring duplication of data, i.e., without requiring the replication of data in multiple databases or tables. The system allows the enterprise to maintain all of its data in a single database with refresh periods as short as the enterprise wishes. Departments that demand data that changes less frequently can view the data as it stood at some point prior to the last refresh. | 05-26-2011 |
20110125742 | Auto-Publishing Photo Albums On A Home Server - A system for selectively publishing multimedia files | 05-26-2011 |
20110131208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE-SCALE LINK ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for accepting relationship indications based on interaction among entities, where each relationship indication specifies that a respective pair of the entities may be related. A single entity record may be constructed that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the entity. The entities may include an individual, a set of individuals, a communication terminal, a plurality of communication terminals, an organization, an e-mail address, a Web-site, a bank account and a home address. An analytics operation may performed, such as identifying a shortest sequence of interrelated entities that relate a first entity with a second entity, and acting upon the identified sequence. | 06-02-2011 |
20110145236 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MESSAGES - In a client, an input receiver receives utterance data inputted through the client and utterance data inputted through a different client and received by a receiver, and then stores the utterance data in a past log storage as a past log. When the input receiver receives new utterance data, a reference information generator determines preceding utterance data referred to by the new utterance data, from the past log, generates reference information indicating a reference relationship, and then stores the reference information in a reference information storage. Then, a transmitter transmits the new utterance data and the reference information to the different client, and a display controller displays the utterance data stored as the past log, the new utterance data, and an indicator based on the reference information. | 06-16-2011 |
20110161320 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR GEOCODING DATA - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for geocoding data for use by a mapping utility. A method may include accessing a data record from a data set. The data record may include proprietary data and address data associated with the proprietary data. The method may additionally include formatting a request for geocoding information corresponding to the address data. The request may include the address data, but not the proprietary data. The method may also include directing transmission of the request to a geocoding service. The method may further include receiving geocoding information corresponding to the address data in response to the request. The method may additionally include generating a geocoded data record including the geocoding information and at least a portion of the proprietary data. The method may also include adding the geocoded data record to a file formatted to be compatible with the mapping utility. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161321 | EXTENSIBILITY PLATFORM USING DATA CARTRIDGES - A framework for extending the capabilities of an event processing system using one or more plug-in components referred to herein as data cartridges. Generally speaking, a data cartridge is a self-contained unit of data that can be registered with an event processing system and can store information pertaining to one or more objects (referred to herein as extensible objects) that are not natively supported by the system. Examples of such extensible objects can include data types, functions, indexes, data sources, and others. By interacting with a data cartridge, an event processing system can compile and execute queries that reference extensible objects defined in the data cartridge, thereby extending the system beyond its native capabilities. | 06-30-2011 |
20110161322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read watermark information including information for search from an electronic document, and a pre-processing unit configured to execute a process for extracting feature amount or text information as information for search from the electronic document if the reading unit does not read the watermark information including information for search, and to skip the process for extracting feature amount or text information if the reading unit reads the watermark information including information for search. | 06-30-2011 |
20110173194 | IMPLICIT USER INTEREST MARKS IN MEDIA CONTENT - Automatically marking locations of user interest in media content is disclosed. Data that describes user interaction with media content is analyzed to determine locations of potential interest. For each of the locations of potential interest, the data is analyzed to determine whether user interest satisfies a criterion for establishing a mark for the location. Marks are determined for those locations that satisfy the criterion. A mark includes a description for a given location and information that allows the given location to be automatically presented to a user upon selection of the description. In another aspect, extrinsic data that is separate from a piece of media content is analyzed to determine whether moments of high user interest might exist in the piece of media content. Then, the piece of media content is scanned to find locations in the media content that correspond to the moments. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173195 | Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Provided is an information processing apparatus including: analysis unit for determining association of attributes between items belonging to each different region, by analysis based on evaluation of respective items by users; setting unit for setting associated information which is information indicating the association determined by the analysis by the analysis unit to the respective items as metadata; acquisition unit for acquiring registration information in which attributes are registered corresponding to preferences of predetermined users; and recommendation unit for specifying, as recommendation items, the items which have association with attributes that are the attributes registered in the registration information acquired by the acquisition unit and have high dependence of the predetermined users, and which belong to a region different from a region to which the items of the attributes belong, based on the associated information. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173196 | AUTOMATIC METADATA EXTRACTION AND METADATA CONTROLLED PRODUCTION PROCESS - Metadata generated at the outset of an audio visual program, such as a television undergoes transmission to a field device associated with a capture device operated by production personnel, such as a news reporter and/or a videographer to capture one of audio and/or video information. The production personnel will typically edit the metadata for incorporation into the file structure of audio and/or visual information captured by the capture device. A server receives and updates the original metadata using the metadata in the file structure of the capture audio and/or video information, thus effectively harvesting the original metadata. | 07-14-2011 |
20110179027 | AUTOMATIC LINKING OF POINTS OF INTEREST FOR INDOOR LOCATION BASED SEARCHING - A database of the location based relationships of points of interest within an environment is automatically generated using a digital representation of the environment that includes the points of interest at different locations within the environment. The locations of the points of interest in the environment are identified and the location based relationships between the points of interest are determined. The points of interest are labeled with the determined relationships and the points of interest and labeled relationships are stored. For example, a graph structure may be produced where each node is a point of interest and the edges between nodes is labeled with the determined relationships. | 07-21-2011 |
20110184947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When searching for and printing information from a plurality of portlets, a user must indicate search keywords for each portlet, and the labor increases as the number of portlet increases. Thus, the present invention enables compiling and printing related documents simply by inputting one search term, and the operational labor is thereby reduced. A portal server forms a portal system that manages a portlet server group. In this system, one portlet is defined as the main portlet, and formulae are defined for search terms for each portlet. The portal server searches the main portlet by using one designated search term and extracts related information according to the search term formula for other portlets based on these search results. The extracted search results resulting from searching each portlet using the search term formulae are laid out as one document and print data is produced. | 07-28-2011 |
20110191341 | Systems and Methods for Sharing the Results of Computing Operations Among Related Computing Systems - A computer-implemented for sharing the results of computing operations among related computing systems may include: 1) identifying a need to perform a computing operation on a file, 2) identifying a unique identifier associated with the file, 3) determining, by using the unique identifier to query a shared store that is shared by a group of related computing systems, that at least one computing system within the group of related computing systems has previously performed the computing operation on an instance of the file, and then 4) retrieving the results of the computing operation from the shared store instead of performing the computing operation. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. | 08-04-2011 |
20110208736 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION QUERYING AND SERVING ON MOBILE DEVICES BASED ON AMBIENT CONDITIONS - The disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for information querying and serving on mobile devices based on ambient conditions. Such conditions may include weather, traffic, market prices, news and events, and/or the like. Information and/or advertisement providers may use a code triggered information server to serve context, demographic, and behavior targeted information to users via mobile devices. Users, in turn, trigger the provision of information by scanning or observing codes or information. The scans, together with geographic, temporal, and user-specific information, are obtained by the server that receives, processes, and records the message. Based on these messages and a user profile—which may include continuously updated user-specific behavior information, situational and ambient information, an accumulated history of scanned code messages, and integration with outside database information—the server selects information to serve to the users' mobile devices from an information base. In one embodiment, information may also be served to users based solely on the user profiles and ambient conditions, and without any initiating code scan. This is based on the accumulated history of scanned codes, which yields behavioral information about a user, including user space-time trajectories. | 08-25-2011 |
20110213773 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, KEYWORD REGISTRATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a reception unit for receiving a predetermined trigger, a keyword estimation unit for estimating a keyword, desired to be registered by a user who transmits the trigger, in a content and metadata corresponding to the content provided in a predetermined period immediately before a time when the trigger is received, and a keyword registration unit for registering the keyword estimated by the keyword estimation unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110213774 | SEARCH ENGINE FOR MEDICAL DATA - A system having a first data storage element storing a first set of data including patient images and a second data storage element storing a second set of data that is derived from the first set of data, the second set of data including searchable data that is descriptive of the first set of data and excludes the patient images. | 09-01-2011 |
20110225153 | CONTENT SEARCH DEVICE AND CONTENT SEARCH PROGRAM - A content search device | 09-15-2011 |
20110231397 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPILING A UNIQUE SAMPLE CODE FOR A DIGITAL SAMPLE - Methods for providing a digital sample with a unique sample code. Methods for gaining access to a digital sample provided with a unique sample code. Computer-readable media with computer-executable instructions and compiled sample codes for accessing digital samples, including physical embodiment of codes such as bar codes or other visually perceptible, radio frequency identification (RFID) codes. Databases comprising one or a multiple such sample codes. Systems for compiling a unique sample code and systems for handling a user's request for gaining access to a digital sample provided with a sample code. User devices with resources to use sample codes and obtain access to corresponding digital samples. | 09-22-2011 |
20110231398 | Single Repository Manifestation Of A Multi-Repository System - Techniques are provided for manifesting a multiple repository system as a single repository to an application that is designed to use a single repository. According to one aspect, a particular container, which is used by the application to store data, is identified. One or more additional containers are created in one or more different repositories. Each of the additional containers is formatted to store the data that the application stores in the particular container. A construct is created. The construct is associated with the particular container's identifier. The construct causes information from the particular container and each of the additional containers to be combined to answer database commands that reference the particular container's identifier. As a result, data stored in a single repository can be distributed among multiple repositories, and the unmodified application can continue to access that data as though the data was stored in the single repository. | 09-22-2011 |
20110238663 | Search method and system using thinking system - The present invention relates to a system and method for information process using artificially constructed apparatus. More specially, the present invention provides a system and method that can search for information in a document structure and provide precise results by analyzing the inputs and search results using the executing system and the knowledge structure of the think system. In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the search terms are divided into subject terms and corresponding feature terms, and document entry files comprising respective subject terms and corresponding feature terms will provide access to documents including subject terms and corresponding feature terms. | 09-29-2011 |
20110246460 | COLLECTING AND AGGREGATING DATASETS FOR ANALYSIS - Systems and methods of facilitating collecting and aggregating datasets that are machine or user-generated for analysis are disclosed. One embodiment includes, collecting a dataset on a machine on which the dataset is received or generated, wherein, the dataset is collected from a data source on the machine, aggregating the dataset collected from the data source at a receiving location, performing analytics on the dataset upon collection or aggregation, and/or writing the dataset aggregated at the receiving location to a storage location. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246461 | RELATED SEARCH SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON RESOURCE DESCRIPTION FRAMEWORK NETWORK - Related search service system and method based on the RDF network are provided. The related search service method includes: extracting a subject, a predicate, and an object from a text document composed of the unstructured sentences not having the structured format; creating RDF models composed of the extracted one subject, one predicate, and one object: determining whether there is semantic collision by comparing the RDF models; constructing an RDF network by separating the RDF models when there is semantic collision in the RDF models, and integrating the RDF models when there is no semantic collision; and providing service for searching the subjects or the objects which have the same predicate on the basis of the created RDF network. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246462 | Method and System for Prompting Changes of Electronic Document Content - A method and system for prompting changes of electronic document content. The method includes the steps of: determining a first relation information from a first document where the first relation information includes: a first named entity, a second named entity, and a first relationship between the first named entity and the second named entity, storing the first relation information in a database, determining a second relation information from a second document, where the second relation information includes: a third named entity, a fourth named entity, and a second relationship between the third named entity and the fourth named entity, retrieving the first relation information from a database, and sending the first relation information to a client, if the first relation information is different from the second relation information, where at least one step is performed using a computer device. | 10-06-2011 |
20110258188 | Semantic Segmentation and Tagging Engine - In accordance with the embodiments of the present invention, a method and engine for assigning semantic tags to segments within media. The invention receives media and extracts textual information related to the media's content. It processes the textual information and creates a list of topics related to the content. The invention segments the media and intelligently assigns topical tags to the segments. The semantically segmented media data is outputted for storage or analysis. | 10-20-2011 |
20110258189 | MULTIMEDIA INTEGRATION DESCRIPTION SCHEME, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MPEG-7 - The invention provides a system and method for integrating multimedia descriptions in a way that allows humans, software components or devices to easily identify, represent, manage, retrieve, and categorize the multimedia content. In this manner, a user who may be interested in locating a specific piece of multimedia content from a database, Internet, or broadcast media, for example, may search for and find the multimedia content. In this regard, the invention provides a system and method that receives multimedia content and separates the multimedia content into separate components which are assigned to multimedia categories, such as image, video, audio, synthetic and text. Within each of the multimedia categories, the multimedia content is classified and descriptions of the multimedia content are generated. The descriptions are then formatted, integrated, using a multimedia integration description scheme, and the multimedia integration description is generated for the multimedia content. The multimedia description is then stored into a database. As a result, a user may query a search engine which then retrieves the multimedia content from the database whose integration description matches the query criteria specified by the user. The search engine can then provide the user a useful search result based on the multimedia integration description. | 10-20-2011 |
20110270831 | Method for Generating Streaming Media Value-Added Description File and Method and System for Linking, Inserting or Embedding Multimedia in Streaming Media - The present invention provides a method for generating streaming media value-added description file and a method and system for linking, inserting or embedding multimedia in streaming media. The method for linking, inserting, or embedding multimedia in streaming media comprises the following steps: generating the streaming media value-added description file corresponding to the streaming media file; establishing multimedia databases; reading the corresponding streaming media value-added description file in the course of opening or playing the streaming media file, searching for said multimedia file in said multimedia database, and judging whether said multimedia file is correlated to said characteristic information of said sampling point of said streaming media value-added description file; if it is correlated, matching said multimedia file with said characteristic information, and dynamically associating said sampling point with the link of said matched multimedia file; and prompting the users to trigger the link. Multimedia files related with point of interest of said streaming media files are linked, inserted or embedded without changing the said streaming media files. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270832 | REPORT PREVIEW CACHING TECHNIQUES IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE - The present invention is directed to methods and systems for rendering perceivable stimuli representative of information processing by a multi-tenant architecture that pre-fetches a portion of a subset of data on a multi-tenant architecture and emulates a result set of data in accordance with a report definition. To that end the method comprises identifying a subset of data on the multi-tenant architecture that is subject to a report definition. A portion of the subset is pre-fetched and analyzed to emulate a result. The emulated result is transmitted to a computer system of a user of the multi-tenant architecture. Perceivable stimuli is generated on the user computer system, in response to receiving the emulated result. In this manner, a user may have the perception of real-time processing of information in accordance with the report definition white affording the owner of the multi-tenant architecture flexibility to processes the data as desired while minimizing the user's awareness that real-time processing is not occurring. | 11-03-2011 |
20110270833 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM FOR AN IMPROVED ENTERPRISE SPATIAL SYSTEM - Disclosed is a method, system, and program for providing access to spatial data. A request for data is received. Enterprise and third party data are integrated. The integrated data is processed. Spatially referenced results are generated using the processed data. The spatially referenced results are returned in response to the request. | 11-03-2011 |
20110276569 | CACHING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT RESOURCES IN A CLIENT DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRONIC RESOURCE DATABASE - An electronic document references one or more electronic document resources stored on a host device. The host device may indicate in the electronic document that an electronic document is cacheable by a client device. When an electronic document resource is identified as cacheable by the client device, the client device caches the electronic document resource in a database stored in a computer-readable medium of the client device. The client device may also generate an electronic document resource catalog that identifies those electronic document resources that are cached in the database. When the client device next requests the electronic document from the host device, the client device may transmit the electronic document resource catalog to the host device. Upon receiving the electronic document resource catalog, the host device may modify the electronic document so that the electronic document references the electronic document resources cached in the database of the client device. | 11-10-2011 |
20110276570 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Computer Program Products for Adding Profile Data - It is presented a method being performed in a server ( | 11-10-2011 |
20110295853 | EXTENSIBLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data mashup system having information extraction capabilities for receiving multiple streams of textual data, at least one of which contains unstructured textual data. A repository stores annotators that describe how to analyze the streams of textual data for specified unstructured data components. The annotators are applied to the data streams to identify and extract the specified data components according to the annotators. The extracted data components are tagged to generate structured data components and the specified unstructured data components in the input data streams are replaced with the tagged data components. The system then combines the tagged data from the multiple streams to form a mashup output data stream. | 12-01-2011 |
20110307484 | System and method of addressing and accessing information using a keyword identifier - The present invention relates to a system and method of addressing and accessing information on the Internet comprising of a Keyword Identifier and means to interpret the Keyword Identifier, wherein said means include a Software Protocol and a Keyword Management System. These means include the process of generating a query by the Software Protocol on the basis of the said Keyword Identifier; said query being sent to the system of the domain that the Keyword Identifier belongs to, or any other system that can interpret the query correctly. The Software Protocol then interprets the said query into a Keyword Identifier and selects the data mapped for the Keyword Identifier, which thereafter sends this result to the system using the Keyword Identifier. The Keyword Identifier is created and maintained through an Internet Website system or a Software System running on a Client-Server Computer System, as a means of addressing and accessing their Electronic Resources, using the Keyword Management System. | 12-15-2011 |
20110314014 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FEDERATING TAGS ACROSS MULTIPLE SYSTEMS - A method, system, and computer program product for federating tags across multiple web-based systems in order to provide an improved tag management system which allows users of a community to upload their contributions to the content of the content server systems, including uploading their tags. The method includes: storing tags in a central database, wherein the central database accesses the resources and the tags of the multiple systems; retrieving all tags from the central database; displaying the tags to a user; receiving a search request by the user, wherein the user search comprises selection of specific tags or specification of tag search criteria; generating a tag cloud containing references to tag-associated resources which result from the search, wherein the resources may reside in any one of the systems; and displaying the resources. | 12-22-2011 |
20110314015 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: a creating block configured to create relating information for relating each of one or more news gathering materials that are data obtained as a result of news gathering in accordance with predetermined news gathering contents with an On Air material, which is abbreviated to OA material, obtained as a result of editing the one or more news gathering materials. | 12-22-2011 |
20110314016 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING IMAGES BASED ON POSITIONAL INFORMATION - A system and method for suggesting keywords for tagging a digital image are provided. In general, a requesting node is communicatively coupled to a keyword service via a network. The requesting node sends a request to the keyword service requesting suggested keywords for a digital image. The request includes information relating to the digital image such as positional information. Based on the information, the keyword service generates a list of suggested keywords and provides the list of suggested keywords to the requesting node. At the requesting node, the list of suggested keywords is displayed to a user, and the user selects one or more of the suggested keywords for tagging the digital image. | 12-22-2011 |
20120005205 | Server system and method for discovering digital assets in enterprise information systems - Member object(s) of a computer system part(s) in an Enterprise Information System (EIS) are identified (discovered) and topographical relationship(s) are established among them to create digital assets by traversing computer file system(s) to find member object(s). For each member object found, a digital asset identifier thereof is placed in an intermediate representation, such as a graph with nodes and edges. Each digital asset identifier corresponds to a node. The edges represent the topographical relationship. A digital asset is created by placing the member object in a logic/data section of the digital asset, attaching an extended environment data structure to the logic/data section and storing the digital asset in an asset inventory container object. This is repeated for each found member object until the intermediate representation fully describes the computer system part and the asset inventory container object is a complete inventory of the digital assets in the computer system part. | 01-05-2012 |
20120011118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEFINING AN EXTENSION TAXONOMY - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a computer system, method implemented on a computer, and computer readable medium storing instructions for defining an extension taxonomy. The computer system comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions, the instructions being executable to configure the processor to provide a selection module operable to designate a selected portion of a source document, wherein the source document comprises a set of locations and a location map for identifying each location in the set of locations; wherein each location is configured to receive text-based content and wherein the selected portion comprises at least one location in the set of locations. The processor is also configured to provide: an extension module operable to associate a taxonomy element with a location in the selected portion; a connection module operable to define a location link between the identified taxonomy element and the location in the selected portion; and, a storage module operable to store the taxonomy element and the location link in a repository. | 01-12-2012 |
20120016876 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AND DETECTING A FINGERPRINT FUNCTIONING AS A TRIGGER MARKER IN A MULTIMEDIA SIGNAL - A device is configured to perform a method that detects a trigger marker for an action corresponding to a segment of a multimedia signal. A fingerprint is generated based on the segment of the multimedia signal at a trigger time point. The generated fingerprint is stored in a database and communicated to the device. During playback of the multimedia signal, fingerprints of segments of the multimedia signal are generated and matched against fingerprints in the database. When a match is found, one or more associated actions for the segment are retrieved by the device. The trigger time point may be determined as a time point near or at the segment of the multimedia signal with the matched fingerprint. In this way, trigger markers for actions may be enabled without modifying the multimedia signal. | 01-19-2012 |
20120023099 | System and method for creating metadata - A system and a method create metadata for media files. The metadata may be information relating to, based on and/or associated with the media files. The metadata of the media files may be searched by one or more terminals. An event database connectable to a terminal may use a location, a date and/or a time of creation of the media files to associate specific events with the media files. Further, the specific events may be used by the database to create keywords associated with the media files. As a result, the system and the method may organize and/or may provide searching for media files. A web page may be generated for an event that accumulates the media files related to the event. | 01-26-2012 |
20120023100 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING REFERENCES BETWEEN OBJECTS - Presented is a method and an apparatus that change references between computer-objects that are memory blocks. Purpose is to change all references to a specific computer-object, which is called current-destination-object, into another object, which is called next-destination-object. For this purpose, information showing the next-destination-object, which is called as order-information, is attached to the current-destination-object. Reference of each computer-object is changed by tracing these computer-objects, references and order-information in order of the followings: A source-object, reference held by the source-object, next-destination-object indicated by the reference, and order-information (showing the next-destination-object) that is attached to the current-destination-object. Finally, the reference is changed so as to indicate the new destination object. | 01-26-2012 |
20120036130 | Systems, methods, software and interfaces for entity extraction and resolution and tagging - For automated text processing, the inventors devised, among other things, an exemplary system that includes an entity tagger, an entity resolver, a text segment classifier, and a relationship extractor. The entity tagger receives an input text segment, and tags named entities with the segment as being a person, company, or place. The entity resolver accesses authority files, and associates the persons and companies named in the text segment with specific entries in the files. The text segment classifier determines whether the text segment includes a relationship event, such as job-change event or merger and acquisition event, and if an event is detected, the relationship extractor determines the event role of entities named in the segment. For example, the extractor determines for a merger and acquisition event, which named company was the acquirer and which was acquired. | 02-09-2012 |
20120036131 | COMPUTER-AIDED METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PATTERN-BASED COGNITION FROM FRAGMENTED MATERIAL - A method for obtaining and analyzing information objects including generating, collecting or discovering information objects. The information objects are signified at least in part using deliberately ambiguated signifier prompts, for example, linear scale opposing negatives or positives, and/or multi-dimensional signifier prompts. The information objects may comprise text or non-text fragments, and may be generated or selected. The responses to the signifier prompts are stored with the fragments to provide a dataset of signified fragments. The signified fragments may be analyzed based on the signifiers and can be utilized as part of an explorable knowledge repository, or objective measures can be created to aid in mass opinion capture or human attitude auditing. The fragments may be represented on a graphical template. In one embodiment, fragment exemplars are identified that exemplify significant locations on the template, and the exemplar signifiers are used to automatically locate other signified fragments on the template. | 02-09-2012 |
20120047136 | ANNOTATING MEDICAL DATA REPRESENTED BY CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS - According to certain embodiments, a set of samples of sensor data is accessed. The set of samples records medical measurements taken by one or more medical sensors. A characteristic function is generated from the set of samples. The characteristic function indicates whether a given sample is a member of the set of samples. One or more samples of the set of samples that are associated with a given medical annotation are identified according to the characteristic function. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047137 | ANNOTATING ENVIRONMENTAL DATA REPRESENTED BY CHARACTERISTIC FUNCTIONS - According to certain embodiments, a set of samples of sensor data is accessed. The set of samples records environmental measurements taken by one or more environmental sensors. A characteristic function is generated from the set of samples. The characteristic function indicates whether a given sample is a member of the set of samples. One or more samples of the set of samples that are associated with a given environmental annotation are identified according to the characteristic function. | 02-23-2012 |
20120047138 | CONTENT FILE CLASSIFYING APPARATUS AND CONTENT FILE CLASSIFYING METHOD - A content file classifying apparatus includes the following: an obtaining unit obtaining content files; a classifying unit generating, based on additional information on each of the content files obtained by the obtaining unit, classification information showing a category to which each content file belongs; a control unit controlling recording of the content files on a recording medium; and a recording unit recording each of the content files on the recording medium according to the control by the control unit, wherein the control unit causes the recording unit to (i) create, on the recording medium, folders corresponding to categories shown in the classification information, and (ii) record each of the content files in at least one of the folders corresponding to a category to which the content file belongs. | 02-23-2012 |
20120059822 | KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TOOL - A document processor for use with an indexing application comprising: a pre-defined programmatic interface for content extractors; a data store; and an extended document metadata processor; wherein: the content extractor proxy receives a signal from the indexing application identifying a target document; and the document metadata processor creates from the target document extended document metadata for storage in the data store. | 03-08-2012 |
20120066221 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A PERSONALIZED JOURNAL BASED ON COLLECTING LINKS TO INFORMATION AND ANNOTATING THOSE LINKS FOR LATER RETRIEVAL - A system and method is provided for handling data in wireless communication devices where data may be captured and linked to a personal journal via indexing and mapping of context data tags abstracted from captured data. The captured data may be retrieved by matching a query to one or more context data tags indexed and mapped to the personal journal. A user preference utilizing one or more of the context data tags linked to the personal journal may facilitate captured data retrieval. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event pre-tagged with indexed information such as user ID, time, date, location and environmental condition or optionally one or more user's biometric data in response to the event. The pre-tagged captured data may be stored in the local host device or transferred to a remote host or storage for later retrieval or post processing. | 03-15-2012 |
20120078898 | Method and Device for Modifying Meta Data of Media Objects - The present invention provides a method for handling meta data of media objects, comprising creating a media object at a mobile electronic device, obtaining at least one rule defining modifications for positional data relating to at least one geographical area, determining positional data relating to the current geographical position of said mobile electronic device, applying said at least one rule to said positional data to derive positional meta data if said positional data relate to said at least one geographical area, deriving positional meta data from said determined positional data if said determined positional data do not relate to said at least one geographical area, and associating said positional meta data with said media object. An electronic device capable of performing the method is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFINING OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Methods and systems for detecting objects of interest in multimedia content are disclosed. One method includes receiving multimedia content at one or more computing systems, and generating a plurality of scenes from the multimedia content, each of the plurality of scenes including one or more candidate objects of interest. The method also includes receiving selection of one or more of the candidate objects of interest as objects of interest, and defining one or more actions to be taken with respect to one or more of the objects of interest. The method further includes generating metadata associated with each of the objects of interest, the metadata defining actions to be taken with respect to the one or more of the objects of interest. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078900 | Method of Delivering Goods and Services Via Media - A method for distributing a prescription pharmaceutical product includes recording a unique identifier in a database that identifies a medium and a prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. The database is provisioned with criteria that establish different potential values for the medium. Thus, the medium has a variable value that varies according to the criteria provisioned in the database. A holder of the medium then presents the medium to a provider of the prescription pharmaceutical product. Upon receipt the medium, the provider communicates the unique identifier associated with the medium. Based on the unique identifier of the medium and the variable value criteria provisioned in the database, the value of the medium is determined and communicated to the provider. The holder then utilizes the determined value to purchase the prescription pharmaceutical product associated with the medium. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078901 | Personal Genome Indexer - The present invention relates to method and computer systems that provide a personal genome indexer. The present invention provides an output that allows individuals to access publically available scientific resources through the “prism” of their unique genetic code. Individual genetic information is indexed with information from public databases (e.g., PubMed database) that contain genetic information about the condition and the risk allele, and public databases (e.g., MedLinePlus database) that provide information about the condition. In an aspect, the present invention provides an output display that correlates an individual's specific risk alleles with genetic information and associated phenotypic condition based on one or more references from a publically accessible database, and/or a link to consumer health information about the phenotypic condition. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078902 | PROVIDING QUESTION AND ANSWERS WITH DEFERRED TYPE EVALUATION USING TEXT WITH LIMITED STRUCTURE - A system, method and computer program product for conducting questions and answers with deferred type evaluation based on any corpus of data. The method includes processing a query including waiting until a “Type” (i.e. a descriptor) is determined AND a candidate answer is provided. Then, a search is conducted to look (search) for evidence that the candidate answer has the required Lexical Answer Type (e.g., as determined by a matching function that can leverage a parser, a semantic interpreter and/or a simple pattern matcher). Prior to or during candidate answer evaluation, a process is provided for extracting and storing collections of entity-type pairs from semi-structured text documents. During QA processing and candidate answer scoring, a process is implemented to match the query LAT against the lexical type of each provided candidate answer and generate a score judging a degree of match. | 03-29-2012 |
20120089603 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING POLYMERIC SEQUENCE DATA AND RELATED INFORMATION - Methods and systems for organizing, representing and processing polymeric sequence information, including biopolymeric sequence information such as DNA sequence information and related information are disclosed herein. Polymeric sequence and associated information may be represented using a plurality of data units, each of which includes one or more headers and a payload containing a representation of a segment of the polymeric sequence. Each header may include or be linked to a portion of the associated information. | 04-12-2012 |
20120102028 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A computer-readable storage medium having stored an information processing program therein, an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing system, which can efficiently prevent output of inappropriate contents to a recipient. Data including a content is assigned creation information indicating information related to a time when the content is created. Identification information for identifying a content which is inappropriate to be outputted to a user, among contents included in the data received from another information processing apparatus, is previously registered. A content identified on the basis of the previously registered identification information is set so as not to be outputted, whereby only a content which is not set so as not to be outputted can be outputted to the user. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102029 | MANAGING DATA SET OBJECTS - Managing data set objects for graph-based data processing includes: storing a group of one or more data set objects in a data storage system, the data set objects each representing a respective data set; and generating an association between at least a first data set object in the group and at least a first node of a dataflow graph for processing data in a data processing system, the first node representing a source or sink of data in a flow of data represented by a link in the dataflow graph, and the first data set object including a plurality of modes in which different transformational logic is applied to data processed by the first node. | 04-26-2012 |
20120102030 | Methods for text conversion, search, and automated translation and vocalization of the text - Methods for conversion, search, automated translation, and vocalization of text are proposed. A method for converting text (including also computer programs) includes—dividing the text into words,—converting the words into a digital representation with a fixed length,—composing a vocabulary containing the words at least once occurring in the text and/or the digital representations thereof, and—storing the digital representations and/or the vocabulary with or instead of the text. Another method for text automated translation into a language further includes—substituting the words in the vocabulary and/or in the words' digital representations by digital representations of words with similar meaning in the language, or immediately by identical words of the language. Another method for text vocalization further includes—generating sounds respectively to the digital representation of each text's word providing reproduction of the whole word. Additional embodiments provide for effective search, enhanced memory usage, storing certain word characteristics, etc. | 04-26-2012 |
20120109952 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF DIGITAL CONTENT - The present invention is directed towards a data structure enabling data management capabilities on a second computing device, including for example a portable device, that are typically only available to users using data management applications provided on a first computing device, including for example a personal computer. The present invention also provides these management capabilities in association with content that does not necessarily need to be fully stored on the second computing device. The present invention further provides these capabilities with or without the presence of a network connection between the second computing device and a first computing device, which typically hosts the full set and full attributes of digital content. | 05-03-2012 |
20120109953 | System and Method for Modeling Human Experiences, and Structuring and Associating Experience Information so as to Automate the Production of Knowledge - The present invention creates a system for describing human experience, and creating, accessing and analyzing information that allows human experiences to be shared, compared, and analyzed. An Experience is described using Condition (C), Objective (O), and Strategy (S) attributes. Data is identified or tagged using C, O and S attributes, allowing the data to be combined to describe an experience, then making it searchable in such as way so that highly relevant information is selected, organized, and presented to the user. The system allows multiple individuals to share their experience data so that individuals can compare experiences, and make more informed choices. A system composed of experience databases, an individual's current needs, and automated computer agents, is presented to search for, select, display and update highly relevant information to the user as the user's situation changes, making information self-organizing, and automating the production of knowledge and taking actions based thereon. | 05-03-2012 |
20120117062 | INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM - There is provided an information collecting system capable of collecting general information. An accusation information collecting system | 05-10-2012 |
20120117063 | System and method of determining the appropriate mixing volume for an event sound corresponding to an impact related events and determining the enhanced event audio - A system and method of determining the appropriate mixing volume corresponding to an impact related event is described herein. The instant raven non facilitates determination of the appropriate mixing volume for the event sound corresponding to an impact related event in an related audio-video feed so as to account for the perceived visual proximity of the event and variations in the loudness of accompanying event audio, thereby enabling perfect mixing of event audio and event sound. The instant invention further discloses method's of minimizing any unwarranted/drastic increase in the overall volume during the mixing process. | 05-10-2012 |
20120124042 | 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. | 05-17-2012 |
20120124043 | PERIOD TO DATE FUNCTIONS FOR TIME INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONALITY - A system for extending a Time Intelligence language to provide support for period-to-date functions and for generating member sets in response to data queries is provided. The system may apply member aggregation functions and queries across a plurality of heterogeneous data sources. Each data source is aligned to a reference dimension and is said to organize data according to at least one level of granularity. In some embodiments, a member aggregation function specifies a period (e.g., year, quarter, month) and retrieves data from a data source starting with the current specified period and ending with the most recently completed period equal to the granularity of the data source. The system may allow a user to further customize a member aggregation function by specifying a granularity, a period offset, or a granularity end offset. Additionally, the system may generate a caption to display in association with the retrieved data. | 05-17-2012 |
20120131002 | VIDEO TAG SHARING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A tag sharing method and system. The method includes receiving by a computer processor, an audio/video data file and tag data describing different subject matter of audio/video data of the audio/video data file. The computer processor associates portions of the tag data with audio/video subsets of the audio/video data and in response the computer processor generates a modified audio/video data file including independent audio/video tags. Each audio/video tag of the independent audio/video tags includes an audio/video subset of the audio/video subsets independently stored with an associated portion of the portions of the tag data. The computer processor receives rule data comprising rules associated with allowing users of a social networking system to view each audio/video subset. The computer processor stores the modified audio/video data file and the rule data. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMATTING MULTIFUNCTIONAL ELECTRONIC BOOKS FOR ELECTRONIC READERS - A platform agnostic digital publication format that supports rendered and resizable text, illustrations and graphics, “read to me” features and interactive functionality. The format takes advantage of the alternate renditions feature of the OCF of the EPUB® specification and includes both a ShockWave Flash (SWF) based rendition and a HyperText Markup Language (HTML), Java Script (JS), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) based implementation. In order to avoid duplicating large components (graphics, audio, etc.), files containing those components are not embedded in the SWF files, but are rather externally referenced by both the SWF and the HTML files. A strict and consistent folder structure and file-naming convention improves efficiency and reduces the potential for error. | 05-24-2012 |
20120131004 | METHOD FOR ENHANCED VEHICLE SERVICE - A method according to the present invention may be used to convey information to enhance customer service for a wide variety of industries, and especially the automotive repair industry. Among other things, methods of the present invention allow a service provider to supply customers with information on services provided using one or more methods of distribution and in a manner that is fast, efficient, and easy for the customer to access. The information provided to customers can be distributed in a variety of formats and stored permanently for retrieval by the customer at any time. | 05-24-2012 |
20120143864 | Method and Apparatus for Generating and Managing Service Requests - An example approach is provided for generating and managing service requests. One or more service requests are generated. Further, the one or more requests are assigned to one or more service providers and are aggregated. Furthermore, one or more updates are presented on at least a portion of the aggregation. | 06-07-2012 |
20120158721 | Tag Association with Image Regions - A computing device configured to determine that one or more regions of an image are associated with a tag of the image is described herein. The computing device is further configured to determine one or more attribute tags describing at least one of the content or context of the one or more regions. Upon determining the attribute tags, the computing device associates the attribute tags with the tag to enable image searching based on the tag and attribute tags. | 06-21-2012 |
20120166437 | Generating Maps of Private Spaces Using Mobile Computing Device Sensors - Digital maps of private spaces may be implemented using mobile computing device sensors. Sensor data may be received from one or more mobile computing devices to determine a digital signature describing a private space. Scheduling data may also be received from the one or more mobile devices. The scheduling data may describe a location associated with the private space to be mapped. A digital map of the private space may then be generated from the digital signature and the location associated with the private space in the scheduling data. | 06-28-2012 |
20120173522 | FIELD EXTENSIBILITY FOR ANALYTICAL REPORTS - A system may include reception of an instruction to add an extension field to a node of a business object object model, identification of at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model including a reference field referring to the node of the business object object model, determination of at least one report associated with the determined at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model, reception of a selection of one of the at least one report, extension of the one of the at least one multi-dimensional analytical view object model associated with the report based on the extension field, and extension of the selected report based on the extension field. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173523 | INTELLECTUAL ASSET AUTOMATIC DOCKETING AND FILE ASSOCIATION - One embodiment of the invention includes a method of associating a file with an intellectual asset record. The method includes reading information such as the file name and metadata pertaining to a file. The file name has a predetermined format made up of fields. The fields in the file name and the metadata are extracted. Based upon the fields, the file is linked to intellectual asset record. The intellectual asset record includes a set of related data organized into meaningful units pertaining to an intellectual asset. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173524 | CAPTURING COLLECTION INFORMATION FOR INSTITUTIONS - Information on collections may be gathered from publishing platforms and institutional library services. The information may be imported and analyzed to aid in utilization of the collections. Additional information may be scraped from web pages to augment the data imported. Alternatively, data may be scraped from web pages even if import of data has not been performed. | 07-05-2012 |
20120173525 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-05-2012 |
20120179674 | HARDWARE ACCELERATED SHORTEST PATH COMPUTATION - The non-negative single-source shortest path (NSSP) problem is solved on a graph by using a preprocessing phase and then, in a query phase, computing the distances from a given source in the graph with a linear sweep over all the vertices. Contraction hierarchies may be used in the preprocessing phase and in the query phase. Optimizations may include reordering the vertices in advance to exploit locality, performing multiple NSSP computations simultaneously, marking vertices during initialization, and using parallelism. Techniques may be performed on a graphics processing unit (GPU). This makes applications based on all-pairs shortest-paths practical for continental-sized road networks. The applications include, for example, computing graph diameter, exact arc flags, and centrality measures such as exact reaches or betweenness. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179675 | DATA MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL USING DATA IMPORTANCE LEVELS - Data management and control, including obtaining an importance level associated with a data item, identifying a data entry interface as a source of the data item, associating the importance level with the data entry interface, and performing an action corresponding to the association of the importance level with the data entry interface. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANNOTATING IMAGE IN DIGITAL CAMERA - A method and apparatus for annotating an image of a digital camera are disclosed. The method includes taking a photograph, transmitting a message including an image and an identifier of the photograph to a mobile terminal, receiving a response message including metadata and the identifier, determining an image file to be updated by using the identifier, and updating at least one metadata area of the image file with the metadata of the response message. The apparatus includes a message transmitting/receiving unit which transmits to a mobile device a message including an image and an identifier, and receiving a response message from the mobile terminal including metadata and the identifier. An annotation unit determines an image file to be updated based on the response message received from the message transmitting/ receiving unit by using the identifier. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179677 | INTEGRATED CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING SAME - An integrated customer communications computer system is configured to provide outbound customer communications. The communications computer system generates documents associated with the communications in a predefined format, in real-time or in batch, by merging templates comprising static data received from a template repository, dynamic data received from at least one component of an account opening system, and static content for the templates received from a content repository. The communications computer system includes a communication manager, a plurality of transmission channels, an interface for managing the templates and the content, and a document repository. Various embodiments are described, including a computer implemented method of providing customer communications using an integrated customer communications component and/or module. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179678 | METADATA COLLECTING DEVICE - A metadata collecting device efficiently acquires metadata from one or more metadata providing devices that hold contents and metadata of the contents distributed from one or more content distribution services, and accumulates the acquired metadata. The metadata collecting device includes a cache system determining unit that determines for each service an accumulation system that accumulates the metadata, a service/metadata information accumulating unit that stores for each accumulation system accumulation system information which includes at least a start condition to start acquiring the metadata, a search condition to select the metadata to be acquired, and a finish condition to finish acquiring the metadata, and a metadata acquiring/update requesting unit that acquires the metadata according to the accumulation system information. | 07-12-2012 |
20120179679 | Autonomically Regulating Information Transfer When Accessing Database Resources - A database access facility for accessing databases includes a monitoring function which monitors accesses by requestors of database data. The monitoring function tracks which database fields are requested to dynamically determine the fields which the application needs. Once sufficient tracking data is obtained, subsequent accesses to the database on behalf of an application are automatically modified by the application server to request only the fields which are likely to be needed. Preferably, the database access facility is an application server for one or middle tier applications which access the database on behalf of multiple clients in a three-tier client-server environment. | 07-12-2012 |
20120191706 | SITUATION-AWARE RECOMMENDATION USING CORRELATION - In one embodiment, data relating to usage patterns of the user is stored, wherein the data includes information as to items which were used and the context in which they were used. A correlation table is constructed. Correlation values between each item and each context are then stored in then correlation table, wherein the correlations are used to recommend one or more of the items. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191707 | Machine, Computer Readable Medium, and Computer-Implemented Method For File Management, Storage, and Display - Machines, computer readable media, program products, and computer-implemented methods of file management, storage, and display are provided. According to an example of an embodiment of a method, a user is displayed an icon palette having a palette boundary and including icons representing a plurality of predetermined categories representing notable events in a life of the user. An unsorted file is assigned to at least one predetermined category through a user action so that dragging and dropping a file across the palette boundary onto an icon on the icon palette assigns the file to a category. The user is prompted to fill out a questionnaire associated with the file. The questionnaire includes any additional categories, album data, a journal entry, event information, and display information. The display device displays an album of files using pre-selected formats based on information provided in the questionnaires. | 07-26-2012 |
20120197884 | CREATING BENCHMARK GRAPH DATA - According to an aspect of the present principles, a method is provided for generating resource description framework benchmarks. The method includes deriving a resultant benchmark dataset with a user specified size and a user specified coherence from and with respect to an input dataset of a given size and a given coherence by determining which triples of subject-property-object to add to the input dataset or remove from the input dataset to derive the resultant benchmark dataset. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197885 | INTEGRATED EXTERNAL RELATED PHRASE INFORMATION INTO A PHRASE-BASED INDEXING INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - An information retrieval system uses phrases to index, retrieve, organize and describe documents, analyzing documents and storing the results of the analysis as phrase data. Phrases are identified that predict the presence of other phrases in documents. Documents are the indexed according to their included phrases. Related phrases and phrase extensions are also identified. Changes to existing phrase data about a document collection submitted by a user is captured and analyzed, and the existing phrase data is updated to reflect the additional knowledge gained through the analysis. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197886 | ALBUM SYSTEM, PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, AND SERVER - A photographing device is arranged to communicate with a server via a network. In the photographing device, an information uploading unit transmits a user identifier and image data to the server. An image information storing unit receives a data identifier from the server, associates the image data with the data identifier, and stores the image data in a non-volatile memory or a removable non-volatile memory of the photographing device. A URL information generating unit generates URL information of a web page containing the data identifier and requesting the server to manipulate management information of the image data. An encoding unit encodes the URL information into a bar code. A display unit displays an image of the bar code on a display. | 08-02-2012 |
20120197887 | GENERATING DATA PATTERN INFORMATION - A data storage system stores at least one dataset including a plurality of records. A data processing system, coupled to the data storage system, processes the plurality of records to produce codes representing data patterns in the records, the processing including: for each of multiple records in the plurality of records, associating with the record a code encoding one or more elements, wherein each element represents a state or property of a corresponding field or combination of fields as one of a set of element values, and, for at least one element of at least a first code, the number of element values in the set is smaller than the total number of data values that occur in the corresponding field or combination of fields over all of the plurality of records in the dataset. | 08-02-2012 |
20120203781 | VARIANT ENTRIES IN NETWORK DATA REPOSITORIES - A logical network directory database compliant with the X.500 standard for a directory data system is disclosed. The network directory database provides a source of subscriber and service data accessible by various control and management processes that require subscriber information. The network directory database may be extensible across various communications service providers and IT domain. Further, the disclosed network directory database may be applied to new and existing services, such as, IP Multimedia Subsystem, Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) and other IP services. | 08-09-2012 |
20120209841 | BOOKMARKING SEGMENTS OF CONTENT - A request from a user to bookmark a segment of content is received at a computing device. The segment of content is identified automatically and/or manually by the user. An expression of the user regarding a particular attribute of the segment of content is obtained, and a bookmark is generated. The bookmark includes both an identification of the segment of content and metadata that includes the expression of the user. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209842 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CUSTOMIZED TRAVEL ITINERARIES - A method for generating a customized travel itinerary is disclosed. The method may comprise associating an individual with a travel sign based upon the results of a travel quiz; associating the individual with a travel location based upon the travel sign and a travel date; and associating the individual with an activity item based upon the travel sign. The method may additionally comprise receiving, by a mobile communication device, a travel itinerary comprising a plurality of travel locations; displaying, by the mobile communication device, a first travel location from the plurality of travel locations prior to a scheduled departure time for the first travel location; and displaying, by the mobile communication device, a second travel location from the plurality of travel locations prior to a scheduled departure time for the second travel location. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209843 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROCESSING DATA IN A NETWORK - A technique for processing data in a network is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for processing data in a network having a plurality of network stations. The method comprises receiving a first representation of data at a first of the plurality of network stations, processing the first representation so as to generate a second representation of the data, and transmitting the second representation from the first network station to a second of the plurality of network stations for storage therein, wherein the second representation is stored at an address within the second network station. The method also comprises receiving the address at the first network station, and transmitting the address from the first network station to a third of the plurality of network stations for storage therein. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209844 | EXTENSIBLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION EXTRACTION IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A data mashup system having information extraction capabilities for receiving multiple streams of textual data, at least one of which contains unstructured textual data. A repository stores annotators that describe how to analyze the streams of textual data for specified unstructured data components. The annotators are applied to the data streams to identify and extract the specified data components according to the annotators. The extracted data components are tagged to generate structured data components and the specified unstructured data components in the input data streams are replaced with the tagged data components. The system then combines the tagged data from the multiple streams to form a mashup output data stream. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209845 | PROCESSING A SPREADSHEET FOR STORAGE IN A DATABASE - Generally, systems, methods and media for processing a spreadsheet for storage in a database are disclosed. Embodiments may include a method for processing records of a spreadsheet by receiving a request to process a spreadsheet having a plurality of records for storage in a database. Embodiments may also include accessing a configuration file associated with the spreadsheet and, for each record of the spreadsheet, creating a new business object and populating the new business object based on the record and the configuration file associated with the spreadsheet. Embodiments may also include passing each new business object to a back-end business component for processing. The configuration file may include a name of a business object associated with a record of the spreadsheet, metadata for one or more columns of the spreadsheet, and/or a name of a back-end business component associated with the spreadsheet. | 08-16-2012 |
20120209846 | DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document processing system includes: an activity storage; a business process narrative storage; a risk storage; a control storage; an information extracting unit; and a document preparing and outputting unit. | 08-16-2012 |
20120221569 | ENDOSCOPE INSPECTION REPORT CREATING APPARATUS, CREATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE INSPECTION REPORT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An endoscope inspection report creating apparatus has a file name reading section that reads file names of a plurality of endoscopic images, a file name of each of the endoscopic images including inspection result information separated with use of a predetermined symbol or character, and a report creating section that creates a predetermined report by writing the inspection result information which is included in each of the file names read by the file name reading section in each predetermined position in the predetermined report by associating the inspection result information with the endoscopic image of each of the read file names. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING DATA ON APPLICATION-LEVEL ACTIVITY AND OTHER USER INFORMATION TO ENABLE REAL-TIME MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REPORTING ABOUT USER OF A MOBILE DATA NETWORK - A method and apparatus for storing data on application-level activity and other user information to enable real-time multi-dimensional reporting about a user of a mobile data network. A data manager receives information about application-level activity from a mobile data network and stores the information to provide dynamic real-time reporting on network usage. The data manager comprises a database, data processing module, and analytics module. The database stores the application-level data for a predetermined period of time. The data processing module monitors the data to determine if it corresponds to a set of defined reports. If the data is relevant, the processing module updates the defined reports. The analytics module accesses the database to retrieve information satisfying operator queries about network usage. If the operator chooses to convert the query into a defined report, the analytics module creates a newly defined report and populates it accordingly. | 08-30-2012 |
20120226689 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MAINFRAME OVERHEAD DURING DETECTION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIA AND SYSTEM UTILIZING SAME - Examples of methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing mainframe overhead during detection of sensitive information are described using multiple techniques. The techniques may include manipulating a scan definition, defining scan parameters and limitations, utilizing user-supplied scan filters, and using a redrive operation. The redrive operation may include halting one or more analysis requests associated with scan definitions, storing a redrive position for each analysis request, and resuming the servicing of analysis requests at the redrive position for each request. | 09-06-2012 |
20120233162 | METHOD OF STORING PHONE BOOK DATA IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method and mobile communication terminal for storing phone book data in the mobile communication terminal are provided in which phone book data can be registered group-by-group, where a predetermined is selected group among the registered groups in response to a user's request, and at least one of phone book data stored in the selected group is moved and stored into a group assigned by the user when a phone book data movement request is input by the user. Accordingly, a plurality of phone book data stored in a predetermined group among phone book data stored in a group basis in a mobile communication terminal can be easily moved and stored into another group. In addition, since the user can easily store phone book data whose group is not identified in a predetermined group, user convenience improves. | 09-13-2012 |
20120239647 | System and method for custom marking a media file for file matching - A file-identifying fingerprint or marker is associated with a media/audio file after waveform values are extracted therefrom via certain data extraction and/or audio analysis routines. The extracted waveform values are statistically manipulated so as to render an array of statistical values for the analyzed media/audio file, which are then compiled to form the custom marker, and embedded with the metadata of the media/audio file thereby marking the media/audio file. The custom marker or fingerprint can be matched against a set of reference fingerprints (e.g., in a database) to determine the identity of the signal or the similarity between two signals. Because of the nature of the fingerprint extraction algorithm, it does not suffer from many of the problems that plague existing solutions, and as compared to such solutions it is fast, efficient, highly accurate, scalable, and robust. | 09-20-2012 |
20120239648 | System And Method For The Creation And Access Of Dynamic Course Content - A computer based system and method for the creation and access of dynamic course content and associated media products is disclosed. The present invention utilizes dynamic current content sources such as news, web sources, blogs, podcasts, user generated content, and other sources to create media products such as slides, videos, audio and the like. The media products of the present invention are keyed to the static framework of the textbook or textbooks, and are searchable by textbook structure, media structure, key terms, date range, and the like. | 09-20-2012 |
20120246157 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY TAGGING METRICS DATA - Embodiments of systems and methods are described for dynamically tagging metrics data by a provider of computing resources. In some implementations, a requesting user or application can request the provider of computing resources to tag the metrics based on configurations and/or settings specified by the requesting user or application. The tagged metrics data can then be processed by a processing user or application at a later time. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246158 | CO-RANGE PARTITION FOR QUERY PLAN OPTIMIZATION AND DATA-PARALLEL PROGRAMMING MODEL - A co-range partitioning scheme that divides multiple static or dynamically generated datasets into balanced partitions using a common set of automatically computed range keys. A co-range partition manager minimizes the number of data partitioning operations for a multi-source operator (e.g., join) by applying a co-range partition on a pair of its predecessor nodes as early as possible in the execution plan graph. Thus, the amount of data being transferred is reduced. By using automatic range and co-range partition for data partitioning tasks, a programming API is enabled that abstracts explicit data partitioning from users to provide a sequential programming model for data-parallel programming in a computer cluster. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246159 | OPTIMISATION - There is described a method for implementing a system for authentication of an article based upon a signature generated from a set comprising groups of data points collected when a plurality of regions of an intrinsic surface structure of an article are sequentially subjected to coherent light and the light scattered by the intrinsic surface structure is collected. For a given system implementation, the method comprises: determining a set of parameters which influence the performance of the system; determining a definition of system performance which can be affected by the set of parameters; producing an initial population of parameter value sets, each parameter set including a value for each parameter to be used in achieving a desired system performance; determining for each parameter value set a fitness value in terms of the system performance definition; identifying mating pairs of the population in accordance with the determined fitnesses; producing a new population by crossing the mating pairs; repeating the determining of a fitness value for each parameter value set, identifying of mating pairs and producing a new population until an end criterion is satisfied; and configuring the system in accordance with a selected one of the parameter sets from the final population. Thereby, a flexible and appropriate approach to system implementation can be followed which provides high efficiency in terms of the human time input and which provides high quality reliable setup parameter values to enable a reliable and efficient system implementation to result. | 09-27-2012 |
20120254167 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires personal identification information for identifying a person, a control unit that generates correlation information by correlating the personal identification information acquired by the acquisition unit with an environmental impact which is an impact exerted on the environment by the person, and a storage unit that stores the correlation information generated by the control unit. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254168 | PLAYLIST CREATION APPARATUS, PLAYLIST CREATION METHOD AND PLAYLIST CREATING PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a playlist creation apparatus including a person specification section, a liking extraction section, a searching section, and a playlist creation section. The person specification section is adapted to specify a person captured in an image based on image data. Also, the liking extraction section is adapted to extract a liking of the person specified by said person specification section. The searching section is adapted to search, based on the liking extracted by said liking extraction section, for sound data of sound conforming to the liking. In addition, the a playlist creation section is adapted to create a playlist which defines a reproduction order of the sound data searched out by said searching section during displaying of the image based on the image data. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254169 | GENERATING AND IMPLEMENTING A-LISTS TO MANAGE USER RELATIONSHIPS - Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically generating and displaying a contacts list for one or more services of a computing system. The method comprises identifying one or more contacts having associated contact information, the one or more contacts being associated with a user of the computing system, wherein the one or more contacts are identified across one or more information services or sources associated with the computing system; determining a subset of the one or more contacts and associated contact information based on a set of predefined criteria; generating a list of the subset of contacts and associated contact information; and displaying the generated list of contacts and associated contact information on the user interface. | 10-04-2012 |
20120254170 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING USER PROFILE USING CONTENT TAG, AND METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION USING THE CONSTRUCTED USER PROFILE - A method of and apparatus for constructing a user profile using a content tag, a method of recommending digital content by using a user profile including a tag included in the digital content and a preference value for the tag. According to the methods and apparatus, a user profile is generated by using a content tag, and thus the taste of the user according to digital content consumption can be expressed in more varied ways. Also, by suggesting a method of generating a tag from web content, construction of a user profile for digital content having no tag is enabled. Furthermore, a tag extracted from digital content used by a user is included in a profile and it can be used for a variety of purposes, such as expansion of a comparison scope, use of preference keywords, providing of content links, and expansion of search scope. | 10-04-2012 |
20120259848 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY BUILDING A SEARCH DATABASE FOR DIGITAL DATA OF MEDIUMS - A method for automatically building a search database for digital data of mediums by executing a software program stored in a memory of a computer, the method comprising: receiving a first request for selecting files to be processed; receiving a second request for selecting a target medium; and creating a search database for the selected files according to the target medium. | 10-11-2012 |
20120271822 | SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING PREFERRED CONTACTS FOR A CENTRAL USER OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system is implemented on a mobile communication device for establishing preferred contacts for a central user of the mobile communication device. The system comprises a data collection device that captures the central user's interaction with other users on a network according to frequency during situational factors; and a query apparatus that inquires, for current situational factors, which contacts are preferred that the central user will communicate with based on central user's past interactions during same situational factors that correspond only to the central user. A list is provided to the central user of one or more of the preferred contacts that the central user selects from; and an application launcher is communicatively coupled to the list for display of the list of preferred contacts that are also functionally related to the application launcher. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271823 | AUTOMATED DISCOVERY OF CONTENT AND METADATA - A system for discovering content and metadata includes a processor communicatively coupled to a communication network and a database. The processor determines whether an end portion of a portion of content has been received based on the portion of content and/or metadata. The processor generates a content fingerprint based on the portion of content if the end portion has been received. The content fingerprint and/or the metadata are stored in the database. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271824 | Performance Curve Generation For Non-Destructive Testing Sensors - Methods and apparatus for enhancing performance curve generation, damage monitoring, and improving non-destructive testing performance. Damage standards used for performance curve generation are monitored using a non-destructive testing (NDT) sensor during a damage evolution test performed with the standard. The evolution test may be intermittently paused to permit ground truth data to be collected in addition to the NDT sensor data. A damage evolution model may be used to estimate ground truth data during the intervening periods of the damage evolution test. The NDT sensor data and ground truth data are used to generate performance curves for the NDT system. Multiple sensors may be monitored at multiple locations on the damage standard and multiple damage evolution tests may be performed with multiple damage standards. | 10-25-2012 |
20120271825 | Digital Content Curation and Distribution System and Method - Disclosed herein are systems and method for curating and distributing digital content; including: digital video, music, pictures, etc. For example, presented herein are systems and methods for providing a digital content program, including a plurality of continuously provided digital assets streamed over a digital content platform. Example embodiments include: (a) curating a plurality of assets; (b) selecting a subset of assets from the plurality of assets, based on similarity metrics between assets; and (c) ordering the subset of assets into a digital content program. | 10-25-2012 |
20120278320 | RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION SERVICE METHOD, AND RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - A recommendation information providing apparatus includes: a stay record managing section configured to store a stay record as a record when each of a plurality of users stayed in each of a plurality of locations; and a visit pattern calculating section configured to calculate a first visit pattern showing statistic data of the stay records for each of the plurality of locations. A candidate location extracting section extracts a second visit pattern to a specified location related to recommendation information from a plurality of the first visit patterns, extracts a third visit pattern which meets a determination value met by the second visit pattern from the plurality of first visit patterns, and extracts a similar location having the third visit pattern from the plurality of locations. A recommendation level calculating section extracts from the stay records, a first user and a second user of the plurality of users who stayed in at least one of the specified location and the similar location, calculates a fourth visit pattern of the first user to the specified location and the similar location from ones of the stay records related to the first user, calculates a fifth visit pattern of the second user to the specified location and the similar location from ones of the stay records related to the second user, and calculates a first priority level of the specified location and the similar location to be notified to the first user and a second priority level of the specified location and the similar location to be notified to the second user based on the fourth visit pattern and the fifth visit pattern. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278321 | VISUALIZATION OF CONCEPTS WITHIN A COLLECTION OF INFORMATION - A system for visualizing concepts within a collection of information analyzes a set of materials from at least one collection of information and defines an attribute space associated with the set of materials. The system then determines automatically similarity of members of the attribute space. The system then generates a graphical model of the members of the attribute space, where the generating includes generating a display of the members of the attribute space, each of the members having a respective display distance from other respective members of the attribute space reflective of the determined similarity. | 11-01-2012 |
20120284264 | Methods and Systems for Monitoring Crop Management and Transport - Methods and system for multi-dimensional environmental monitoring, systematic dissection of interpretive relationships and extensive computational analysis, which can be displayed in a visual real-time data-rich web-based configuration called AdviroGuard™ interpretive analysis. Additionally, methods and systems for monitoring crop production, the logistics of crop transport, and the impact of crop production and transport on the environment. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284265 | DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF SPAM IN TAGGING SYSTEMS - A method for detection of spam in a tagging system can include assigning negative points to each tag in the tagging system responsive to the tag matching at least one spam filter criteria, assigning trust points to a tagger responsive to the tagger's behavior matching at least one tagger filter criteria, wherein the at least one tagger filter criteria depends upon tags assigned by the tagger that are assigned negative points, and restricting a tagging functionality of the tagging system for a tagger if a first predefined threshold of negative trust points is exceeded. | 11-08-2012 |
20120290572 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING - An information processing apparatus includes a receiver unit that receives record information related to a record, the record including information about an item and time and date information about time and date on which the item has been preformed, a classifying unit that classifies the received record information into at least one of multiple series, a standard event specifying unit that specifies a standard event on a per series basis, the standard event serving as a standard in the generation of a structure, a structuring unit that performs a structuring operation on the classified record information in accordance with the standard event specified by the standard event specifying unit, a pattern extraction unit that extracts a common pattern from multiple pieces of record information that are structured in the structuring operation of the structuring unit, and an output unit that outputs the pattern extracted by the pattern extraction unit. | 11-15-2012 |
20120290573 | INFORMATION CAPTURING METHODS AND COMPONENTS - Capturing methods and components are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying information to be captured. An electronic image of the information is generated. A file is identified, and the electronic image is associated with the file. The electronic image may be stored to the file and/or to a database. Other data (e.g. other textual or image data) may be stored along with the electronic image. Additionally, a determination may be made as to whether or not permission has been granted to use the information. If permission has not been granted, a request for permission is optionally generated. | 11-15-2012 |
20120296898 | Efficient Publication of Sparse Data - The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for publishing data. A data summary summarizing the data can be generated and published according to several publishing schemes. In some embodiments, non-zero entries are selected and modified and zero entries are sampled according to one or more distribution functions. The sampled and modified values are added to a data summary, or a sample of the sampled and modified values are added to the data summary. The data summary is published, released, used, or otherwise output. In other embodiments, priority values are assigned to each value associated with the data, and a number of entries with the highest values are selected and added to the data summary. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296899 | Decision Management System to Define, Validate and Extract Data for Predictive Models - The present invention provides a decision management system to define, validate and extract data for predictive models. A system of sensors is deployed in a sample collection environment, where such sensors are used to collect data from a biological or chemical sample, with additional sensors for ambient data whose output as a form of metadata can characterize performance conditions including background ambient conditions. A format or sequence of processes is the basis for a math model to establish a logical weight to data for predictive modeling and event reporting. The present invention provides a computer or other sensor interface system with a primary sensor or sensors, network connection, and supplementary sensors to measure the conditions in which the primary data is captured. A software process allows for user inputs of data in order to establish the methods and rules for normal function. | 11-22-2012 |
20120303616 | Data Perturbation and Anonymization Using One Way Hash - An embodiment of the invention provides a method for anonymizing data from multiple data sources according to an embodiment of the invention. The data sources include record identifiers identifying entities associated with the data, wherein the record identifiers are only stored by the data sources. The data is collected by a central data aggregation module connected to the data sources. A record identifier is received by an anonymization engine from a first data source; and, a first anonymous identifier is generated with the anonymization engine to replace the record identifier. A map is sent to a mapping module if the anonymization engine has anonymized the record identifier before, wherein the map includes a list of anonymous identifiers that have been used to replace the record identifier. The first anonymous identifier and first data associated with the first anonymous identifier are sent to the data aggregation module. | 11-29-2012 |
20120303617 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CENTRALIZED AUDIO AND VIDEO NEWS PRODUCT COLLECTION, OPTIMIZATION, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION - Methods and systems are disclosed for collecting media and news products such as audio sound bites and/or video clips. Methods and systems in accordance with an embodiment include organizing, categorizing, or cataloguing the collected news products. Further, methods and systems include storing such multimedia products in a searchable manner so that they may be easily found and retrieved. | 11-29-2012 |
20120310934 | Historic View on Column Tables Using a History Table - A computer-implemented system and method for providing an historical view of a data record are disclosed. A data record is stored in main memory of a server computer. An instruction to update the data record is received, and the instruction to update the data record is executed to provide a most recent version of the data record. A history table is generated that includes a main table part that represents the most recent version of the data record after the data record is updated, and a history table part that represents one or more past versions of the data record before the data record is updated. The history table is stored in the main memory of the server computer. | 12-06-2012 |
20120317111 | METHOD AND APPLICATION FOR MANAGING DIGITAL FILES - A web-based digital file storage system is disclosed. The storage system may include a digital file repository for storing and retrieving digital files, such as photos, a digital tagging system configured to assign digital tags to the digital files, a sorting system, and a user interface. | 12-13-2012 |
20120323911 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TAGGING PLANTS USING A SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM - A method and system are disclosed for tagging plants using a social networking system. The method includes receiving and storing a database, said database comprising a plurality of plant types, each plant type associated with a geographical location, said database further comprising user-based information. One social networking function is provided via a user interface for users of a computer-based service, said computer-based service accessible to users over a network that provides, to the user, the information stored in the database. A plurality of selectable plant types is provided, in response to a request by a user, whereby the user may select a plant type and tag a location within the associated geographical location associated with the selected plant. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323912 | Collaborative, Incremental Specification Of Identities - Methods and systems for collaborative, incremental specification of identities are provided. Users of an information processing system collaborate to define and refine identities of entities, and users can create references for those identities. Relationships among the identifiers imply related keywords that can be used to improve search, navigation, and integration. Relationship factoring can be used to maintain efficient logical and physical representations. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323913 | SELECTIVE LOGGING BASED ON SET PARAMETER - Logging for a transaction is coordinated when provided by applications implemented on multiple nodes. An indicator is set, prior to activity occurring related to a transaction, to log information for a transaction based on specified criteria. A first application implemented on a first node generates, based on the set indicator, a first detailed log for activity occurring related to the transaction. A transaction identifier and the indicator are passed to a downstream second application implemented on a second node. A second detailed log for activity occurring related to the transaction is generated by the downstream second application based on the set indicator. The first detailed log is correlated with the second detailed log. | 12-20-2012 |
20120323914 | STORING AND RETRIEVING ASSOCIATED INFORMATION WITH A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method and apparatus for processing metadata of an image are disclosed. The metadata is associated with the image and an applet views the metadata in response to selection of the image. The metadata may include links to websites, audio files, video files, and text files, as well as image capture information including GPS location, time and date of capture, camera settings, etc. In response to selection of the image, or in response to arriving at a website pointed to by a URL in the metadata, a list of information materials associated with the image may be displayed. One or more of the information materials may be automatically activated. | 12-20-2012 |
20120330950 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEGMENTING MEDIA CONTENT - A method for creating information in media content is disclosed. In one embodiment, one or more macro segments of the contiguous stream are identified. A standardized segment tag associated with the one or more macro segments is created. | 12-27-2012 |
20120330951 | PROVIDING ACCURATE RECIPIENT LISTS BY CORRELATING TAGGED KEYWORDS TO RECIPIENT LISTS - A method, system and computer program product for providing accurate recipients lists. Keywords (e.g., processor, monitor) in a document (e.g., electronic mail message) are identified. These keywords are tagged, where tagging refers to an index term assigned to a piece of information, such as these keywords. A list of recipients may be provided to be correlated with these tagged keywords. The list of recipients is associated with these tagged keywords thereby providing a predefined recipient list to be used when a subsequent document with these tagged keywords is identified. Furthermore, the user is provided an option to modify this recipient list when a subsequent document containing the tagged keywords associated with the recipient list is identified thereby ensuring an accurate recipient list is used. | 12-27-2012 |
20130006980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATED CONTENT DISTRIBUTION - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention coordinate the distribution of content by multiple users on a variety of distribution platforms. One embodiment includes a coordination server system, where the coordination server system is configured to query a coordination database, wherein the coordination database includes: a source account; a repeater account including access information enabling access via a distribution platform to a user account maintained by the distribution platform; content associated with the source account; a distribution rule associated with the content; wherein the coordination server system is configured to: associate uploaded content with the source account in the coordination database; and post the content in a user account associated with the repeater account via a distribution platform using access information associated with a repeater account according to the distribution rule. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006981 | STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE UTILIZING DETERMINED DICTIONARY COMPRESSION - A data processing device for a storage device can include a dictionary storage unit that is configured to store a plurality of dictionaries and a compression unit that is configured to determine a selected dictionary from the plurality of dictionaries based on received data, and compress the received data using the selected dictionary to provide compressed data. Each of the plurality of dictionaries can include a plurality of pattern-symbol correspondence relations defining a one-to-one correspondence between respective ones of a plurality of patterns and respective ones of a plurality of symbols. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006982 | Storing Method of Performance Data and System Thereof - A method and system for storing performance data are disclosed, and the method includes: during a process of adding a collection point, a system creating a data subtable in real time according to the number of added collection points and a predetermined maximum number of collection points of the data subtable; and storing the performance data of the collection point into the created data subtable, and storing the corresponding relationship between the collection point and the data subtable. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The information processing apparatus may be configured to accumulate files. The information processing apparatus may include a communicating part configured to communicate with the information processing apparatus; a data obtaining part configured to obtain data to be accumulated; an encrypting part configured to encrypt the data to be accumulated; a metadata generating part configured to transmit the encrypted data to be accumulated to the information processing apparatus, and set metadata, which is received or generated by an operation receiving part, in a property of the data to be accumulated according to a WebDAV protocol; and an access control information setting part configured to set access control information which defines whether to permit an edit, an addition or a deletion of the metadata as well as an access entity according to the WebDAV protocol. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006984 | CREATING BENCHMARK GRAPH DATA - According to an aspect of the present principles, a method is provided for generating resource description framework benchmarks. The method includes deriving a resultant benchmark dataset with a user specified size and a user specified coherence from and with respect to an input dataset of a given size and a given coherence by determining which triples of subject-property-object to add to the input dataset or remove from the input dataset to derive the resultant benchmark dataset. | 01-03-2013 |
20130006985 | Document Management Techniques To Account For User-Specific Patterns in Document Metadata - Document management techniques to account for user-specific patterns in document metadata are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating document retrieval may comprise: assigning a first entitlement to a first user for accessing a first plurality of documents; identifying patterns in the first user's creation or modification of metadata related to the first plurality of documents; recording the identified patterns associated with the first user; receiving a document query from a second user who has been assigned a second entitlement to access a second plurality of documents; determining, based on the second entitlement, an access right of the second user with respect to the first plurality of documents; and modifying the document query based on the access right of the second user and the identified patterns, such that the document query returns relevant documents from the first plurality of documents despite the second user's ignorance of the identified patterns. | 01-03-2013 |
20130013597 | Processing Repetitive Data - The present disclosure introduces a method, an apparatus, and a system of processing repetitive data. In an example embodiment, the data structure of the comparison data to be compared is processed as having a same data structure of the data in the repetition database. The repetition database is formed by an internal memory mapping after processing data in a database according to a preset data structure. The processed comparison data is compared with data in the repetition database to determine whether the comparison data is repetitive data. After it is determined that the comparison data is not repetitive data, the comparison data is written into the database. The techniques described herein improve the efficiency of the servers for eliminating repetitive data and save the server resources. | 01-10-2013 |
20130013598 | MANAGING A FLOW TABLE - A device may include a flow table to store, in flow table records, statistics associated with a number of data flows, and a flow type table to store, in flow type table records, information that indicates whether to store statistics in the flow table for each of a number of types of data flows, information that indicates a manner for sampling data units associated with the data flows, and/or information that indicates when to delete flow table records from the flow table. | 01-10-2013 |
20130018881 | Geo-Tagging Digital ImagesAANM Bhatt; NikhilAACI CupertinoAAST CAAACO USAAGP Bhatt; Nikhil Cupertino CA US - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, are described for automatically and/or interactively editing image metadata. In one aspect, the methods include the actions of obtaining two from among three items of geo-metadata associated with an image. The three items of geo-metadata include an acquisition geo-location for the image, an acquisition geo-orientation for the image and a geo-location of a subject depicted in the image. The methods further include the actions of representing on a map the two obtained items of geo-metadata associated with the image, and determining candidates for the third item of geo-metadata based on the representations of the two obtained items of geo-metadata. In addition, the methods can also include the actions of determining the third item of geo-metadata associated with the image from among the generated candidates. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018882 | Method and System for Sharing Life Experience Information - A computer-implemented method and system comprise a server executing a computer-executable program being configured for receiving psychological profiling information, life experience information and tags at least comprising date information, comments and emotions for the life experience information from registered members of a life experience system. The server is further configured for processing the psychological profiling information, life experience information and tags to generate a psychological profile of the member and a timeline of the life experience information. A client executing a computer-executable application is configured for submitting the psychological profiling information, life experience information and tags to the server. The client is further configured for receiving from the server a home page in which the time line and the life experience information is accessible. | 01-17-2013 |
20130018883 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RELATIONSHIP AND HISTORY OF COMBINED SPACE OF INTEREST (SOI) OBJECT AND CONTENT - A system for managing a relationship or a history of a space of interest (SOI) containing information of a space having a certain area or structure and a content, the system comprising: an SOI-content selection unit configured to newly generate a desired SOI and contents or select the desired SOI or contents among existing SOIs or contents; a term of use setting unit configured to set a duration of use or a theme of use of the generated or selected SOI and contents; and an SOI-content relationship management unit configured to generate contents of an SOI that connects the generated or selected SOI and contents and configured to manage the contents of the SOI. | 01-17-2013 |
20130024450 | CONVERTER TRAVERSAL USING POWER OF TWO-BASED OPERATIONS - A system includes reception of a request for a page location corresponding to a logical page number, determination of a difference between the logical page number and a smallest logical page number of each of a plurality of converter leaf pages descending from a parent converter inner page, determination of a smallest number 2 | 01-24-2013 |
20130024451 | Content transfer - The present invention provides a method of transferring content from a file and a database. In this case, the file includes content instances, each content instance being associated with a respective field, and each field having a respective type. The transfer is achieved by determining the type of each field, and then storing each content instance in a store in accordance with the determined field type of the associated field. Each content instance can then be transferred to the database in accordance with the determined field type. A similar procedure is provided for creating XML files based on content within the database. | 01-24-2013 |
20130036115 | GENERIC FRAMEWORK FOR HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS OBJECTS - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for analyzing historic changes to business objects. One method includes monitoring at least one business object for a modification made to at least one business object node attribute. In response to a monitored modification associated with a particular business object node attribute, a new historical version of the at least one business object node attribute is prepared, the new historical version of the at least one business object node attribute including the modified business object node attribute value. A previous historical version of the at least one business object node attribute is retrieved and updated in response to the monitored modification. The new historical version of the at least one business object node attribute and the updated previous historical version of the at least one business object node attribute are then stored. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036116 | PRIVACY-AWARE ON-LINE USER ROLE TRACKING - Access is obtained to a first nonnegative factor matrix and a second nonnegative factor matrix obtained by factorizing a nonnegative asymmetric matrix which represents a set of data which tracks time-stamped activities of a plurality of entities. The first nonnegative factor matrix is representative of initial role membership of the entities, and the second nonnegative factor matrix is representative of initial role activity descriptions. At a given one of the time stamps, while holding a change in the first nonnegative factor matrix constant, a change in the second nonnegative factor matrix is updated to reflect time variance of the set of data at the given one of the time stamps, without accessing actual data values at previous ones of the time stamps. At the given one of the time stamps, while holding a change in the second nonnegative factor matrix constant, a change in the first nonnegative factor matrix is updated, to reflect the time variance of the set of data at the given one of the time stamps, without accessing the actual data values at the previous ones of the time stamps. The role membership of the entities and the role activity descriptions, at the given one of the time stamps, are updated based on the updating steps. A suitable technique for nonnegative symmetric matrices is also provided. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036117 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METADATA CAPTURE, EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS - System and methods are provided that enable a data and information repository with a semantic engine that enables users to easily capture information in various formats from various devices along with rich metadata relating to that information. The information repository can be configured to query the captured information and any metadata to extrapolate new meaning, including semantic meaning, and to perform various tasks, including but not limited to sharing of the information and metadata. In some embodiments, the information repository is configured to generate recommendations to users based on analysis of the captured information. | 02-07-2013 |
20130036118 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY PROCESSING COMMENTS TO RECORDS IN A DATABASE, WHILE AVOIDING REPLICATION/SAVE CONFLICTS - A system for processing comment contents associated with a parent document by providing a parent document user interface including a display object enabling a user to enter comment contents, creating a comment document associated with said parent document and storing said comment contents in said comment document, obtaining said comment contents from said comment document and displaying said comment contents within a region of said parent document user interface, copying, in response to detecting a change of state of said parent document from a state in which comments can be added to a state in which comments cannot be added, said comment contents from said comment document into said parent document, deleting said comment document, and presenting said comment contents after deleting said comment document. | 02-07-2013 |
20130041897 | CONTENT-BASED INFORMATION AGGREGATION - A system includes reception of first data content, generation of a first semantic representation of the first data content, determination of whether the first semantic representation is similar to a second semantic representation of second data content, generation of a third semantic representation based on the first semantic representation and on the second semantic representation, and association of the third semantic representation with the first data content and with the second data content if the first semantic representation is similar to the second semantic representation, and association of the first semantic representation with the first data content if the first semantic representation is not similar to the second semantic representation. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041898 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A web site determination unit determines web sites associated with any one of a plurality of users of interest. A web site association unit associates, among the determined web sites, a plurality of the web sites with each other, each of the plurality of the web sites satisfying at least one of a condition on a feature amount of the each of the plurality of the web sites and a condition on at least one of the users of interest associated with the each of the plurality of the web sites. Accordingly, web site groups possibly having a commonality may be determined among web site groups associated with users of interest. | 02-14-2013 |
20130041899 | Information Tracking System and Method - An information tracking system includes a plurality of sources (S | 02-14-2013 |
20130046761 | Method and Apparatus for Social Tagging of Media Files - Media tagging is significantly improved by fusing subjective, user-specific tags with collaborative, community based tags. Users share multimedia metadata tags in a network of users, to improve automatic tag generation for personal multimedia collections without compromising media privacy. In one method, a combined set of annotation tags is suggested to a user, for use in annotating a given media file. The combined set includes a first set drawn from a private, user-specific repository, and a second set drawn from a public, shared repository. In each case, determining which tags are suggested involves computing similarities between an attribute vector associated with the media file being tagged and attribute vectors associated with the tags. An attribute vector is a set of values representing given types of contextual metadata. The similarity determinations may be weighted according to user-specific and shared weights, and these weightings can be adapted to reflect user and community preferences. | 02-21-2013 |
20130054591 | SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SOCIAL SIGNALS - One example includes a method of increasing search engine optimization (SEO) performance of a social media website of an entity. The method includes obtaining SEO data from a webpage of the entity and obtaining SEO data from the social media webpage of the entity. The method further includes generating a report based on the SEO data from the webpage and SEO data from the social media webpage that indicates a level of the search engine optimization performance of the social media webpage of the entity. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054592 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROJECT INFORMATION - A method and system are provided for the transfer and/or aggregation of data and, in particular, integrating data used in managing a professional services practice. The invention preferably transfers and/or aggregates data relating to the identity of clients and matters for whom professional services are being rendered with data relating to the work which data may be maintained in inconsistent, proprietary formats, comprising one or more of the following types of information: accounting; budgeting; docketing; time and billing; work product; word processing; records; project management; and/or other information relating to the professional services. The system of the present invention preferably comprises data storage and data processing means adapted to use the data in substantially portable and/or application-independent format, and/or and transfer or aggregate data between common, and/or proprietary data formats. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054593 | DETERMINING USER PREFERENCE OF ITEMS BASED ON USER RATINGS AND USER FEATURES - A set of item-item affinities for a plurality of items is determined based on collaborative-filtering techniques. A set of an item's nearest neighbor items based on the set of item-item affinities is determined. A set of user feature-item affinities for the plurality of items and a set of user features is determined based on least squared regression. A set of a user feature's nearest neighbor items is determined based in part on the set of user feature-item affinities. Compatible affinity weights for nearest neighbor items of each item and each user feature are determined. Based on user features of a user and items a user has consumed, a set of nearest neighbor items are identified as a set of candidate items, and affinity scores of candidate items are determined. Based on the affinity scores, a candidate item from the set of candidate items is recommended to the user. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054594 | HANDLING, MANAGEMENT AND CREATION OF ICE CONTACTS - A method includes receiving input at a user equipment that designates a particular entity recorded in a user equipment contacts database as being an entity to be contacted in case of an emergency and setting an indication in a first field of a corresponding contacts database entry, where the first field is separate from a second field of the contacts database entry that stores a name of the entity. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054595 | Automated File Name Generation - Described herein are methods for determining a type and unique features of a document. The methods generally include generating at least one document hypothesis corresponding to the type of the document. For each document hypothesis, the document type is verified. A best type hypothesis is selected. A document name is formed based on the best type hypothesis and one or more unique features of the document. Such steps are generally included in automatically or programmatically naming of documents. A unique or semi-unique name is given, one that reproduces some of the document's contents, attributes and/or characteristics. Each document is provided with a name that can be easily understood and that is related to the content of the document. | 02-28-2013 |
20130054596 | MACHINE DATA WEB - Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity logs, configuration files, messages, database records) and represents the evidence of particular events that have taken place and been recorded in raw data format. In one embodiment, machine data is turned into a machine data web by organizing machine data into events and then linking events together. | 02-28-2013 |
20130060770 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus for managing data transmission/reception in a mobile terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a memory for storing identification information for displaying data selected from a data transmission/reception history list, and a controller for generating and storing identification information for transmitted/received data, and for displaying original data of the selected data based on identification information of the data selected from the data transmission/reception history list. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060771 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING COMPOSITE RISK ASSESSMENT DATA AND CLINICAL TRIAL DATA FOR PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS - A risk metrics information platform implemented as a reimbursement risk tracker application facilitates gathering, synthesizing, and presenting risk related data to users to foster a better understanding of pricing and reimbursement market risk for pipeline compounds and marketed pharmaceutical products. In one embodiment, the reimbursement risk tracker application provides a visually intuitive dashboard to help demonstrate how different global agencies look at a drug class or a therapeutic area. In another embodiment, a clinical trial tracker similarly facilitates gathering, synthesizing, and presenting of data relating to studies and outcomes across a number of different markets to foster a better understanding of the evaluation criteria as well as the conclusions of clinical trial studies. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060772 | PREDICTIVE ANALYTIC METHOD AND APPARATUS - A computerized project management analytical system and method that develops and manages an ontology that links objects and is capable of being mined. The ontology is comprised of a project ontology framework, a matching engine and a project status matrix that illustrates a multi-relational view of the project status, of confidence levels, or interdiction points and/or positions on project timelines. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060773 | ASSEMBLER AND METHOD THEREOF FOR GENERATING A COMPLEX SIGNATURE OF AN INPUT MULTIMEDIA DATA ELEMENT - An assembler for generating a complex signature of an input multimedia data element comprises a first interface for receiving a plurality of signatures respective of a plurality of minimum size multimedia data elements, wherein each of the plurality of the minimum size multimedia data elements is a minimal partition of the input multimedia data element; an assembly unit for combining the plurality of signatures respective of the plurality of minimum size multimedia data elements to generate the complex signature; and a second interface for storing at least the complex signature in a storage unit connected thereto. | 03-07-2013 |
20130073547 | DATA MINING ACROSS MULTIPLE SOCIAL PLATFORMS - One or more devices store in a memory, customer tags originating on an external social platform and employee tags originating on an internal social platform. The one or more devices provide to a user device, keyword suggestions for new content to be published on the internal social platform. The keyword suggestions include selections from both the customer tags and the employee tags. The one or more devices receive employee metadata, for content published on the internal social platform, that includes tags selected from the keyword suggestions, and associates the tags in the employee metadata as customer-originated tags or employee-originated tags based on the stored customer tags and employee tags. The one or more devices perform data correlation to determine relationships between use of the customer-originated tags and use of the employee-originated tags in the employee metadata. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073548 | PRODUCT ATTRIBUTE ENFORCEMENT RULES - Rules may be defined and enforced against air waybills in a logistics management system (LMS) to reduce operator input error and reduce operator input omissions. A rule may include a product code, a restriction type, and special handling codes associated with the product code by the restriction type. For example, when an air waybill has a particular product type, a rule may require certain special handling codes be applied to the air waybill. In another example, when an air waybill has a particular product type, a rule may prevent certain special handling codes from being applied to the air waybill. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073549 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a presenting unit, an information extracting unit, a characteristics extracting unit, and a limiting unit. The presenting unit presents information. The information extracting unit extracts, in a case where the information presented by the presenting unit is selected, information associated with the selected information from a storing unit that stores plural pieces of information and association between the plural pieces of information. The characteristics extracting unit extracts characteristics relating to the plural pieces of information and the association between the plural pieces of information. The limiting unit limits, in a case where the presenting unit presents the information extracted by the information extracting unit and the number of pieces of information to be presented is greater than or equal to or greater than a predetermined number, information to be presented on the basis of the characteristics extracted by the characteristics extracting unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073550 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS - An information management method to be executed by a computer, the information management method includes; accepting a registration request that includes identification information of a mobile device, and position information of the mobile device that includes latitude and longitude; generating a value that includes the identification information followed by information that indicates a date and time when the registration request is accepted; storing the position information in a first storage unit in a manner correlated with the value; generating another value that includes the information that indicates the date and time followed by the identification information; storing the position information in a second storage unit in a manner correlated with the other value; storing the position information in a third storage unit in a manner correlated with the identification information; and storing the identification information in a fourth storage unit in a manner correlated with the position information. | 03-21-2013 |
20130073551 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AWARDING TROPHIES - A method and apparatus for adding trophy support games that do not have trophies without modifying the original game. The method and apparatus are used to detect particular disk access, use the detected disk access as potential trophy triggers in games, and recognize the triggers while a game is played. Trophies are awarded based on the triggers, and the awarded trophies are stored. | 03-21-2013 |
20130080430 | Identification of Electronic Content Significant to a User - Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080431 | COMPUTER TOOL WITH SPARSE REPRESENTATION - Computer tool characterised in that it includes:
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20130080432 | SYSTEMS,METHODS AND COMPUTER PRODUCTS FOR CONTENT-DERIVED METADATA - Systems, methods and computer products for content-derived (generated) metadata. Exemplary embodiments include a metadata generation method, including receiving a media file, searching the media file for metadata associated with the media file, adding the metadata to a metadata file associated with the media file, searching the media file for media components and adding metadata entries that are associated with the media components to the metadata file. | 03-28-2013 |
20130080433 | SIGNATURE GENERATION FOR MULTIMEDIA DEEP-CONTENT-CLASSIFICATION BY A LARGE-SCALE MATCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Content-based clustering, recognition, classification and search of high volumes of multimedia data in real-time. The embodiments disclosed herein are dedicated to real-time fast generation of signatures to high-volume of multimedia content-segments, based on relevant audio and visual signals, and to scalable matching of signatures of high-volume database of content-segments' signatures. The embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented in any applications which involve large-scale content-based clustering, recognition and classification of multimedia data, such as, content-tracking, video filtering, multimedia taxonomy generation, video fingerprinting, speech-to-text, audio classification, object recognition, video search and any other application requiring content-based signatures generation and matching for large content volumes such as, web and other large-scale databases. | 03-28-2013 |
20130086059 | Method for Discovering Key Entities and Concepts in Data - A method of automatically processing text data is described. An initial set of data tags is developed that characterize text data in a text database. Higher order entities are determined which are characteristic of patterns in the data tags. Then the text data is automatically tagged based on the higher order entities. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086060 | PRIVILEGED ACCOUNT MANAGER, MANAGED ACCOUNT PERSPECTIVES - Techniques for managing accounts are provided. An access management system may check out credentials for accessing target systems. For example a user may receive a password for a period of time or until checked back in. Access to the target system may be logged during this time. Upon the password being checked in, a security account may modify the password so that the user may not log back in without checking out a new password. Additionally, in some examples, password policies for the security account may be managed. As such, when a password policy changes, the security account password may be dynamically updated. Additionally, in some examples, hierarchical viewing perspectives may be determined and/or selected for visualizing one or more managed accounts. Further, accounts may be organized into groups based on roles, and grants for the accounts may be dynamically updated as changes occur or new accounts are managed. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086061 | IMPLEMENTING SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE INDUSTRY MODEL REPOSITORY USING SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES - A plurality of topic maps are stored in one or more storage devices. Each of the topic maps represents information using topics, associations, and occurrences. Each of the topic maps provides meta data for assets stored in an asset repository. A computer provides one or more services over a network. At least one of the one or more services enables functionality of one or more user interfaces. The one or more services provide semantic search functionality for the assets of the asset repository. The semantic search functionality utilizes the topics, associations, and occurrences of one or more of the topic maps to find one of more of the assets of the asset repository that satisfies conditions input via one of the one or more user interfaces. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086062 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES PROJECT INFORMATION - A method and system are provided for the transfer and/or aggregation of data and, in particular, integrating data used in managing a professional services practice. The invention preferably transfers and/or aggregates data relating to the identity of clients and matters for whom professional services are being rendered with data relating to the work which data may be maintained in inconsistent, proprietary formats, comprising one or more of the following types of information: accounting: budgeting; docketing; time and billing: work product; word processing; records; project management; and/or other information relating to the professional services. The system of the present invention preferably comprises data storage and data processing means adapted to use the data in substantially portable and/or application-independent format, and/or and transfer or aggregate data between common, and/or proprietary data formats. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086063 | Deriving User Influences on Topics from Visual and Social Content - Analyzing digital content associated with a entity to identifier the entity's interest and influence related thereto. A set of digital content, such as text, pictures, or video, which the entity has submitted to one or more social media services, is identified. A set of interests for the entity is identified. This may be performed, in part, by analyzing a set of pictures to identify a set of visual attributes for each picture. Then, one or more descriptive labels that characterize the content shown in each picture are determined based on the set of visual attributes for each picture. Next, one or more subject categories for each picture are determined based upon the one or more descriptive labels for each picture. Thereafter, a set of actual interests for the entity is identified based, at least in part, upon the one or more subject categories associated with each digital picture. | 04-04-2013 |
20130086064 | SPREADSHEET BASED DATA STORE INTERFACE - A computer-implemented method for exploring external data sources includes selecting a first function from a function library in a spreadsheet application based on a first user input, designating a first data source for the first function based on a second user input, wherein the first data source comprises a first dataset stored externally to the spreadsheet application, and arranging a first cell formula comprising the first function and a first identifier for the first data source in a first cell of a spreadsheet. The method further includes selecting an output function from the function library based on a third user input, designating a source function's reference based on a fourth user input, designating an output location in the spreadsheet based on a firth user input, and arranging a second cell formula including the selected output function, the designated source function's reference and the designated output location in a second cell of the spreadsheet. The method further includes translating the first cell formula contained in the first cell referenced as the source function to the output function into a data query for a data engine in response to a refresh action and sending the data query to the data engine, wherein the data engine is configured to execute the data query against the first dataset. | 04-04-2013 |
20130091133 | DATABASE VISUALIZATION SYSTEM - A display request is received by user input to an input device (step S | 04-11-2013 |
20130091134 | MAINTENANCE OPERATION INSTANCE COLLECTION APPARATUS, MAINTENANCE OPERATION INSTANCE COLLECTION METHOD, AND MAINTENANCE OPERATION INSTANCE COLLECTION PROGRAM - A maintenance operation instance collection apparatus includes: a storage unit that includes a maintenance operation instance database in which operation information obtained from a device via a sensor and maintenance information on a measure to deal with the operation information corresponding thereto are stored in association with each other; and a control unit that receives an input of new operation information, receives an input of new maintenance information, searches the maintenance operation instance database using the newly-received maintenance information as a search key, acquires searched operation information, compares the newly-received operation information to the acquired operation information, determines whether or not the newly-received operation information is close to the acquired operation information in such a degree of satisfying a prescribed criterion, and, if the newly-received operation information is not determined to be close to the acquired operation information, prompts a re-input of the newly-received maintenance information. | 04-11-2013 |
20130097163 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION WITH A GEOHASH-INDEXED DATA SET - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating interaction with a geohash-indexed data set. A method may include providing a geohash-indexed data set. The method may further include determining a density map indicating a density of indexed data items of the data set for each of a plurality of geohashes. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097164 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA ANNOTATION - Systems and methods for distributed data annotation in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a distributed data annotation server system includes a storage device configured to store source data, one or more annotators, annotation tasks and a processor, wherein a distributed data annotation application configures the processor to receive source data including one or more pieces of source data, select one or more annotators, create one or more annotation tasks for the selected annotators and source data, request one or more annotations for the source data using the annotation tasks, receive annotations, determine source data metadata for at least one piece of source data using the received annotations, generate annotator metadata for at least one annotator using the received annotations and the source data, and estimate the ground truth for the source data using the source data metadata and the annotator metadata. | 04-18-2013 |
20130097165 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA FILES - The present invention relate to the field of mobile communications, and disclose a method and a device for associating media files. The method includes: writing a second media file associated with a first media file and abstract information of the second media file into an association segment of the first media file, where the abstract information of the second media file is used to retrieve the first media file; and re-storing the first media file. With the present invention, complex file association management may be avoided. | 04-18-2013 |
20130103684 | TV WHITE SPACE DEVICES USING STRUCTURED DATABASES - A two-level database structure for use by unlicensed TVBD devices operating in TV white space comprises a central database and local databases. The central database comprises two sub-database: the central licensed database which maintains information about all licensed TV devices and the central unlicensed database which maintains information about unlicensed wireless devices operating in TV spectrum. The local database is created by each TVBD device or TVBD network when it initiates and it stores information related to all transmitters in the local area including location, power transmission levels, operating schedule, sensing results, backup channel information. The local databases communicate with central database to query it about licensed usage of TV spectrum and register with central database. The local databases communicate with each other to exchange information about channel usage, sensing results, transmission patterns and other information that will allow the local databases to negotiate coexistence without central coordinator. The locally implemented negotiation prevents the overloading of the central database. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103685 | Multiple Table Tokenization - Data is tokenized using multiple token tables. An initialization vector is generated based on a first data portion and a first set of token tables. The initialization vector can be generated by querying a first token table with the first data portion. A second data portion is tokenized based on the initialization vector and a second set of token tables. The second data portion can be modified with the initialization vector, and a second token table can be queried with the modified second data portion to form a tokenized second data portion. The first set and second set of token tables can be generated based on a received tokenization key, or can be previously generated. The first portion of the input data and the tokenized second data portion of the input data can be concatenated to form tokenized data. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEREST MATCHING, DISCOVERY, COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION - Described herein are a web-based interest matching, discovery, communication, and collaboration system and related features. The interest matching, discovery, communication, and collaboration system provides a browser add-on, an extension, a plugin and/or web site that may be used by one or more users. Via the browser add-on, extension, plugin and/or search page, a user can perform searches from multiple different Internet search engines, social networking sites, online newspapers, online magazines, content sites, eCommerce sites, libraries (as an example, university libraries), and/or databases. When the user performs a search, the interest matching, discovery, communication, and collaboration system stores information about the search including, for example, terms that the user searched for on the web-site searched and the URL, and provides information to the user that allows the user to connect to and collaborate with other users who have searched for the same or similar user inputs or search strings. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103687 | SIMULATION DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR SAME - Disclosed are a simulation device and a program for the same which make it possible to simulate whether the world is changing in a good direction or is changing in a bad direction by assessing the news. The impact relationship and degree of impact among a multitude of items representing change factors relating to nature and change factors due to human activity are created as a database and stored. In addition, current assessment values of good/bad are stored for each item as a database. News and items related to the news are distributed to a user terminal (UC) from a server device (SB). A user inputs an assessment value of good/bad with respect to the impact of the distributed news on the related items. The input user assessment value is transmitted to the server device (SB) and the current assessment values for the items having changed assessment values are updated from the impact relationship among the multitude of items and the degree of impact thereof. | 04-25-2013 |
20130110832 | TECHNIQUES TO DETERMINE NETWORK ADDRESSING FOR SHARING MEDIA FILES | 05-02-2013 |
20130110833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE USERS | 05-02-2013 |
20130117262 | Content Display Systems and Methods - Systems and methods to display content are described. In some embodiments, program content is received from a content source. A method identifies product-related metadata associated with the program content where the product-related metadata includes at least one item displayed in the program content. The program content is communicated to a display device for presentation to a user in a first portion of the display device. The product-related metadata is communicated to the display device for presentation to the user in a second portion of the display device. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117263 | Context-Based Item Bookmarking - In a method for context-based item bookmarking ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130117264 | OBJECT ARRANGEMENT APPARATUS, METHOD THEREFOR AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Disclosed is an object arrangement apparatus which arranges a plurality of objects approximately uniformly to a plurality of arrangement destinations by a comparatively easy processing configuration. This object arrangement apparatus includes an arrangement destination determination means. The arrangement destination determination means refers to sequence information generated based on unique information for objects and refers to corresponding information between arrangement destination identifiers identifying arrangement destinations of the objects and second numbers associated with the arrangement destination identifiers. The arrangement destination determination means generates first numbers by using the sequence information, the first numbers not having a correlation therebetween when the first numbers are generated with different sequence information, and repeats generating a new first number until the first number matches the second number contained in the corresponding information. The arrangement destination determination means determines, when the first number matches any of the second numbers, to arrange the object to an arrangement destination corresponding to the arrangement destination identifier related to the matched second number. | 05-09-2013 |
20130117265 | COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, COMMUNICATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication assistance device ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130124517 | DISPLAYING AUTO-GENERATED FACTS ABOUT A MUSIC LIBRARY - A method for surfacing auto-generated facts about a music library is provided. The method initiates with receiving from a client device a request to access an online music library associated with a user, the music library including a plurality of audio files, each of the audio files including audio data and metadata associated with the audio data. The metadata of the audio files in the music library are transmitted to the client device. A music application code is transmitted to the client device, the music application code configured to be executed by a browser application on the client device, the music application code including a fact template defining an analysis to be performed on the transmitted metadata and posting logic configured to display a result of the analysis performed according to the fact template in said browser application on the client device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124518 | INFORMATION REGISTRATION DEVICE, INFORMATION REGISTRATION METHOD, INFORMATION REGISTRATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, INFORMATON PRESENTATION METHOD, INFORMATON PRESENTATON SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An information registration device includes an object information acquiring unit and a content information registering unit. The object information acquiring unit acquires object information obtained by performing processing for detecting and identifying an object for image data. The content information registering unit registers target content information in a database in association with the object information. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124519 | MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A medical information processing device includes a display portion which displays a chart information display screen, an operation portion for specifying an inspection item on the chart information display screen, an acquisition portion which acquires image data of an inspection image corresponding to the specified inspection item, and a controlling portion. The controlling portion sets the acquisition portion in a standby state for acquisition of the image data when the inspection item is specified by the operation portion, and when the image data was acquired by the acquisition portion, the controlling portion stores the acquired image data in a memory portion such that the image data is associated with chart information being displayed on the chart information display screen. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124520 | GENERATION OF SERVICE SPECIFICATION OF A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) SOLUTION - A system and associated method for automatically generating a service specification of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution. A process model framework and a data model framework are received as inputs. Processes in the process model framework perform services of various complexity levels. Processes are decomposed into a respective set of atomic service processes in the lowest complexity level and data objects are extracted from the decomposed atomic service processes. The data objects are associated with data elements of the data model framework. The data model framework is extended and flexibility patterns are added for reusability of the service specification. The service specification of the SOA solution is generated as process interfaces represented with the data objects according to inputs from a user customizing aspects of the service specification, for either a desired service of the SOA solution or a desired process in the process model framework. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124521 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTING CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF METADATA FOR CORRECTING PROBLEM IN DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATION - Method to support creation and management of metadata for correcting a problem in a dynamic web application. A support apparatus includes a metadata creation section, a block extraction section, a similar-block search section, and a metadata generalizing section. In response to correction of a problem by a corrector, the support apparatus implements methods to create metadata including the details of the correction and application conditions, that is, a global variable group and cookie information that identify the state of the web application in which the problem has occurred, extracts another block to which the created metadata is applicable from an operation log by using a semantic block including the location of the problem as a clue, and generalizes the application conditions of the created metadata by converting them to a key-value pair structure by using the other block and by extracting a common portion therefrom. | 05-16-2013 |
20130132382 | END CREDITS IDENTIFICATION FOR MEDIA ITEM - Systems and methods for automatically identifying end credits in a media item are disclosed. An analysis component analyzes a media item and identifies a transition point in the media item where end credits begin and a presentation component presents a prompt, such as a survey, based on the transition point. In another aspect, a monitoring component monitors at least one of content or audio of the media item. According to this aspect, the analysis component analyzes the at least one of the content or the audio, identifies a pattern of the media item associated with the end credits, and identifies the transition point as a function of the pattern. In various aspects, the pattern is associated with a streaming of text, a music soundtrack, an absence of speech, an absence object movement, or an absence of an appearance of objects included in the body of the media item. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132383 | INFORMATION SERVICE FOR RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FACTS EXTRACTED FROM DIFFERING SOURCES ON A WIDE AREA NETWORK - In one general aspect, a wide area network fact information service system is disclosed. It includes a real time database that stores information about facts on the network by recording at least an identifier and an occurrence timepoint for each fact, with the occurrence timepoint identifying a time at which the fact occurred. It also includes fact-based expression logic operative to interact with expressions that define relationships between facts based on both their identifiers and their timepoints, a relationship database for storing representations of the relationships that satisfy the expressions, and a service interface operative to allow a service consumer to query the database of stored relationships. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132384 | SOCIAL DIALOGUE LISTENING, ANALYTICS, AND ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of social media listening, analytics, and engagement systems and method are described herein where a system user may listen to and analyze social media content based on one or more key terms. The system may expand the key terms and listen to additional social media content based on the expanded terms. The system may also enable a user to engage social media participants related to the social media content via multiple campaigns. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132385 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING TIME SERIES ACTIVITY STREAMS AND DEVICES THEREOF - A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and data manager computing device comprises retrieving a time series data of a monitored asset based on one or more tags in response to a request. Further, a heterogeneous data based on the one or more tags is retrieved. Furthermore, a cause of an anomaly period in retrieved time series data of the monitored asset is determined based on the retrieved heterogeneous data. Finally, the determined cause of the anomaly period in the time series data in the monitored asset is provided. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132386 | SEMANTIC MODEL OF EVERYTHING RECORDED WITH UR-URL COMBINATION IDENTITY-IDENTIFIER-ADDRESSING-INDEXING METHOD, MEANS, AND APPARATUS - A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising non-transitory computer executable program code configured to perform the steps of: receiving a representation of an unlabeled event; labeling the unlabeled event according to a unitary relative event ontology; and storing the labeled event in the computer readable storage medium. The unitary relative event ontology can comprise an information description vector comprising a plurality of ontological primitives, and the plurality of ontological primitives can comprise a point description element, a reference-body description element, an observer description element, a position description element, a scene description element, and a specification description element. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing terminal device includes: a communication unit; a primary content information acquiring unit for acquiring primary content information; a primary content information holding managing unit for holding and managing primary content information, in correlation with a unique primary content identifier; a subsidiary content information holding managing unit for obtaining subsidiary content information configured having at least playback control information and having a subsidiary content identifier corresponding to itself and an editing history identifier; an editing processing unit for executing editing processing with secondary usage of at least one of primary content information and subsidiary content information; a subsidiary content information creating unit for creating subsidiary content information; an editing history identifier managing unit for generating the editing history identifier; and a subsidiary content identifier managing unit for generating a subsidiary content identifier to be correlated with subsidiary content information and providing this to subsidiary content information. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132388 | APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING BRUSHING HABITS - An apparatus that monitors the brushing history of a user is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus, such as a toothbrush, may capture brushing data when a user is brushing teeth, and store the captured brushing data in a database of the apparatus. | 05-23-2013 |
20130132389 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT REPOSITORY SYSTEM - An electronic document repository system comprises a storage arrangement ( | 05-23-2013 |
20130138645 | Grouping multimedia and streaming media search results - A method and system for grouping metadata search results associated with media on a computer network, such as multimedia and streaming media include binning and iterative masking. The media metadata has an associated media file, which has an associated uniform resource locator (URL). Each URL has at least one field, and each field has at least one character. Binning includes selecting, sorting, and putting URLs having a common attribute into the same bin. Masking includes creating a mask of masking characters. Each field in each URL in each bin is compare with the mask. If a masking character matches a character in a field, the character in the field is removed from the field. This produces at least one resultant URL. Identical resultant URLs are collapsing into one URL. Redundant and variant URLs are collapsed into a single URL. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138646 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MAPPING AND SEARCHING OBJECTS IN MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACE - This invention relates to a system and methods for determining the placement of an object in a distributed key-value store by mapping the object to nodes in multidimensional hyperspace. A search function supports efficient object retrieval, even when the search query requests multiple objects and specifies them through non-primary keys. In response to a search query, the search is translated into hyperregions in the hyperspace to determine the set of nodes that hold the queried data object. The number of contacted nodes and the number of scanned objects are significantly reduced in comparison to prior art techniques. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138647 | EXTENDING TAGS FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES - A method for extending a tag of an information resource in an information network may be provided. The method may include providing a group of tags, stored in a database, in a user interface, and selecting at least one tag out of the group of tags and linking the tag to an information resource using the user interface. Furthermore, the method may include extending the tag, such that the resulting extended tag may be a semantically structured string of characters building a first expression including a first operand, a first operator and a first value, wherein the tag may be the operand, such that the extended tag is machine-interpretable by a parser, such that the information resource may be tagged with the machine-interpretable, extended tag. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138648 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING REVIEW STANDARDS IN DIGITAL DOCUMENTS - A system and method for validation, review, approval, editing, developing, publishing, and/or ongoing maintenance of a digital document, the system and method having the functionality to work alone or can be used in conjunction with other software applications and workflows in order to facilitate the direct review of documents. | 05-30-2013 |
20130138649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORING DIGITAL CONTENT - An overlay content distribution network provides a consistent interface to enable the storage and retrieval of digital content at multiple storage providers ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130138650 | ALARM MONITORING DEVICE AND ALARM MONITORING METHOD - An alarm monitoring device monitors, when a failure has occurred in a transmission device or a transmission line, an alarm transmitted from a transmission device that has detected the failure. The alarm monitoring device includes: an alarm database for recording therein information included in the alarm, the information being on a detected time, a generated location, an alarm importance, and an ID of a path having the generated location as a route; and a monitoring control unit configured to register information of a received alarm in the alarm database, extract one alarm from the alarm database for each path ID based on an alarm importance and a detected time, determine the detected time as an alarm generation time, associate a path ID of the extracted alarm with the alarm generation time and the alarm importance, and cause to display the path ID as an alarm-generating path list. | 05-30-2013 |
20130144878 | DATA DISCOVERY AND DESCRIPTION SERVICE - The subject disclosure relates to one or more computer-implemented processes for collecting, analyzing, and employing annotations of data sources. In particular, an annotation component is configured to receive annotations of data for a data source, wherein the respective annotations comprise different associations of a global terms with the data of the data source, a data store configured to store the annotations, and an interface component configured to render the data based on the annotations in response to a request for the data. In an aspect, storing information, the data also stores descriptions of the data sources and definitions of the global terms, and the interface component determines a subset of the information in the data store based on the annotations. A method is further provided comprising receiving a global term and determining data sources that have the global term associated with the data thereof based on the information in the data store. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144879 | TRUSTING CROWDSOURCED DATA WITH ISSUED TAGS - Embodiments control submission of crowdsourced data from a computing device to a cloud service. The cloud service receives a packet from the computing device having collected data and a single-use data tag associated therewith. The single-use data tag represents one of a threshold quantity of single-use data tags issued to the computing device. The cloud service validates the single-use data tag in the received packet by, for example, searching for the single-use data tag in a tag store maintained by the cloud service. The collected data from the received packet is stored by the cloud service based on the validation. After validation, the tag store is updated to prevent re-use of the single-use data tag. In some embodiments, the cloud service is a location service receiving crowdsourced beacon fingerprint data from a plurality of mobile computing devices. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151515 | Behavioral Fingerprinting Via Social Networking Interaction - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for behavioral fingerprinting via social networking interaction. For certain example embodiments, at least one indication of family relation for at least one authorized user may be obtained via at least one social networking interaction, and the at least one indication of family relation may be incorporated into at least one behavioral fingerprint that is associated with the at least one authorized user, the at least one behavioral fingerprint including one or more indicators of utilization of one or more user devices by the at least one authorized user. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151516 | CLINICAL DATA ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND CLINICAL DATA ANALYSIS METHOD - Provided are a clinical data analysis apparatus and a clinical data analysis method. The clinical data analysis apparatus includes a statistical process unit and a statistical analysis unit. The statistical process unit is configured to collect and store first clinical data or second clinical data and statistically process the first clinical data so as to provide the processed first clinical data as statistical data. The statistical analysis unit refers to the statistical data and the second clinical data to verify correlation between the second clinical data and the statistical data or predict a progression of a disease of a patient from whom the second clinical data are collected. The statistical analysis unit provides a result of the verification or the prediction to a user terminal as medical data. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151517 | FILE SEARCH APPARATUS AND METHOD USING TAG GRAPH - A file search apparatus includes a tag graph storage storing a tag graph. The tag graph includes tag nodes with tag words linked thereto, links/edges between pairs of the tag nodes having association relationships, where each tag node has a list of files tagged with the tag word of the tag node, a list of files attached to each of the tag nodes, such that the files are tagged by the corresponding tag words. A tag word searcher configured to search for the tag nodes containing the words from the user, among all tag nodes of the tag graph. A file searcher configured to search a candidate file, linked to tag words contained the tag nodes searched by the tag word searcher, to determine whether the candidate is a desired file. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151518 | Graphical objects bonding society system and method of operation for a game - The present inventions relates to an Internet service based on two fundamental beliefs, first that identity on the Internet and in real life is substantially based on a individual's or organization's relationship to other people, objects, places, spaces, and organizations and second that individuals or organizations themselves should create, manage and control that identity. Based on these beliefs the present invention offers the Internet's leading tools, services and ecosystem that enables individuals and organizations to intuitively create and manage their identity based on relationships, effortlessly customize their internet experience to fit that identity and empower themselves to use that identity for benefit in their real life. | 06-13-2013 |
20130159301 | Electronic Device, Recording Medium Management Method and Program - A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program for implementing functions of managing a recording medium in an electronic device, includes a recording medium management module that includes: an acquisition module configured to acquire an upper limit to the number of recording media registered in the electronic device; and a registering module configured to register the recording medium in which the program is installed in the electronic device such that the acquired upper limit is not exceeded. The recording medium management module may link date and time information to a recording medium identifier identifying the recording medium in which the program is installed, and register the information and the identifier as linked in a management database used to manage the recording medium. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159302 | INSTANT DYNAMIC STRATEGY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An instant dynamic strategy method is provided for dynamically providing a strategy according to external sensed information. The method includes receiving external sensed information; analyzing the sensed information so as to generate target data and conditional data according to user requirements; and transmitting the target data and the conditional data to an external dynamic strategy module such that the dynamic strategy module collects and analyzes strategic data according to the target data and the conditional data so as to generate a strategy. Compared with prior art that provides strategies based on fixed databases and fixed strategic rules, the present invention takes into account external information so as to achieve a desired strategic effect. | 06-20-2013 |
20130159303 | COMPUTER SYSTEM, DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT COMPUTER - A computer system, comprising: a computer for outputting a result in response to a request; and a storage system for storing data output based on the request, the computer including: a request reception module for receiving the request; a processing procedure generation module for generating a plurality of processing procedures including an order of access to the data stored in the plurality of storage devices; a data division module for dividing the data; an information obtaining module for obtaining load information indicating a load condition of the storage system; an allotment determination module for determining, based on the obtained load information, allotments for allocating the divided data to be processed by the generated plurality of processing procedures; and a processing execution module for executing, based on the determined allotments, the generated plurality of processing procedures in parallel. | 06-20-2013 |
20130166549 | Providing Access to Media Content in Multiple Locations - A computer-implemented method for providing access to media content in multiple locations includes: storing media content in a system that has a memory and another storage; generating an object that represents the media content, the object including media content metadata and a media content reference configured to identify each of a memory location and a storage location; and making the object available to an application, the media content reference providing access to the stored media content at the memory location or at the storage location. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166550 | Integration of Tags and Object Data - Example systems and methods of integrating data tags with their associated object data are presented. In one implementation, a data object employed in a first computer application is accessed. Examples of the data object include, but are not limited to, structured data and unstructured data. Tagging data that is descriptive of the first data object is also accessed. The tagging data is stored in at least one of the first data object and a separate data object linked with the first data object. The tagging data and the first data object are processed using a second computer application. | 06-27-2013 |
20130166551 | CUBITS - A system may include display of a result set associated with one or more dimensions and one or more key figures, the result set comprising one or more members of each of the one or more dimensions and one or more values of each of the one or more key figures, reception of a selection of a portion of the result set, the portion associated with a first one or more of the one or more dimensions, a second one or more of the one or more key figures, and one or more rows of the result set, and storage of metadata defining the first one or more dimensions, the second one or more key figures, the one or more rows of the result set, and a condition, a schedule to evaluate the condition, and a notification type associated with the portion. | 06-27-2013 |
20130173615 | TECHNIQUES FOR FAST LOADING OF DATA FROM AN EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEM TO A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Techniques for fast loading data from an external distributed file system (DFS) to a database management system (DBMS) are provided. Assigning a portion of data from a file located in the DFS to each of a plurality of DFS clients. Configuring each DFS client to interact with a specific gateway from a plurality of gateways associated with the DBMS. Each gateway configured to send its portion of the file received from its designated client to every access module processor (AMP) controlled by that gateway. Each AMP processes a portion of the data received from the gateway to load the data into a table of the DBMS. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REPUTATION MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for providing efficient reputation management schemes resilient to malicious attacks. Methods for providing a reputation management scheme can comprise representing sets of service providers, raters, and ratings of service providers as a factor graph, wherein a factor node is associated with a function representing the probability distributions of the arguments of the function given the trustworthiness value and the ratings associated with a rater; and calculating the probability distributions of each variable in the reputation values of the set of providers using a belief propagation algorithm. In some embodiments, the computational complexity of the method is linear in the number of service providers and raters. In some embodiments, the method can identify malicious behavior and accordingly adjust the trustworthiness value for raters associated with malicious behavior. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173617 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173618 | METHODS AND APPARATUS RELATED TO GATE BOUNDARIES WITHIN A DATA SPACE - In one embodiment, one or more processor-readable media storing code representing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to receive a set of parameter values defining a boundary within a data space associated with a dataset. The dataset can represent signaling related to a test substance. A first metric can be defined based on a first portion of the dataset associated with a first region defined by the boundary. A second metric can be defined based on a second portion of the dataset associated with a second region defined by the boundary after the boundary is modified. The second region can be different than the first region. | 07-04-2013 |
20130173619 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In association with user specifying information for specifying a user who uses search words and search time specifying information for specifying search times at which search processing is executed using the search words, a pair search word which is obtained by forming a pair of a preceding search word and a subsequent search word in the search times is generated in accordance with an order of the search times, from search words in which intervals between the search times associated with the identical user specifying information are within a predetermined time, with reference to a search word memory means ( | 07-04-2013 |
20130173620 | ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ATTRIBUTE INFORMATION EVALUATION SYSTEM - An attribute information processing device includes: an attribute information acquiring unit that acquires attribute information; an attribute value acquiring unit that acquires at least two types of attribute values including a first-type attribute value and a second-type attribute value corresponding to an attribute value of the acquired attribute information; a generating unit that determines a function for obtaining an evaluation value from the acquired two or more types of attribute values, determines a acquisition source of the first-type attribute value to be a first-attribute providing device that can provide the first-type attribute value concerning attribute information serving as a comparison target, determines an acquisition source of the second-type attribute value to be a second-attribute providing device different from the first-attribute providing device, and generates attribute evaluation information containing information on the function, an evaluation value, information for identifying the first-attribute providing device, and information for identifying the second-attribute providing device; and an output unit that outputs the second-type attribute value and the attribute evaluation information. | 07-04-2013 |
20130179443 | Generating A Pivot Table From An Aggregated Data Set - In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes receiving a request to access a data set comprising a plurality of data entries. A data entry comprises one or more data values that are each associated with a field identifier of a plurality of field identifiers. The method may further include, determining the plurality of field identifiers of the data set. A plurality of formatting preferences associated with the plurality of field identifiers may be received. A request to generate a first aggregated data set comprising an aggregation of two or more data entries of the plurality of data entries may be communicated. The aggregation may be based on the plurality of formatting preferences. A pivot table may be generated according to the formatting preferences and the aggregated data set. The first pivot table may comprise at least one column field, a plurality of row fields, and a plurality of table entries. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179444 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179445 | ELECTRONIC ORGANIZATION OF JOBSITE PHOTOGRAPHS - A method enables users to access critical information contained in construction photos. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179446 | Linking Single System Synchronous Inter-Domain Transaction Activity - An approach is provided to correlate transaction data occurring at two different domains running on a common operating system image without using static, or common, correlators. Request-type event records are collected at a first domain within the operating system image, with each of the request-type event records including execution identifiers and a unique token that indicates the order in which the corresponding request-type event occurred on the first domain. Similarly, response-type event records are collected at a second domain within the operating system image. The request-type event records are matched with the response-type event records based on the execution identifiers and an overall order that is indicated by unique tokens included in the records. The matching of request-type event records with response-type event records indicate a number of inter-domain transactions which are recorded in a correlation data store. | 07-11-2013 |
20130179447 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a first storage unit, a receiver, an analyzer, a second storage unit, a determiner, an executor, and a controller. The first storage unit is configured to store user information including user attribute information. The receiver is configured to receive a user information using program from a server. The analyzer is configured to analyze the received user information using program to extract the user attribute information. The second storage unit is configured to store use availability information for the user attribute information indicating whether to permit use of the user attribute information. The determiner is configured to determine whether to permit the use of the user attribute information. The executor is configured to execute the user information using program. The controller is configured to prevent or permit to execute the user information using program. | 07-11-2013 |
20130185296 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185297 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185298 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING EXTERNALLY STORED METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDIA ASSET USING A UNIQUE IDENTIFIER INCORPORATED INTO THE ASSET ITSELF - An enhanced metadata structure and associated process is provided which captures and stores metadata gathered about the source and usage of a media asset or file. The source and usage metadata is integrated, such as by encoding within the enhanced media file, as the media asset is transferred and used. The integrated metadata accumulates, as a trail of source information and usage information in the enhanced media asset, and can be extracted upon arrival at a target computer system. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185299 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method of performing system maintenance in a computing device. The method includes launching a maintenance application in a pre-operating system environment of a computing device ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130191383 | Method for digitally recording information - In a system and computer implemented method for digitally recording progress notes a content database is operable with a computing device to populate information relevant to patients and care providers. Selected items are displayed on a screen of a computing device. The computing device operates to generate information mandated by one or more certifying authorities by causing questions pertaining to the mandated information and selectable answers to the questions to be exhibited on a display of the computing device. At least a portion of the questions displayed are dependent on the answers chosen by the user during operation of the computing device. The selected answers are stored into the content database. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191384 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECODING AND/OR ENCODING A TEXT MESSAGE OR INSTANT MESSAGE SENT BY A WIRELESS DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING AUDIO AND/OR VIDEO CONTENT TO THE RECIPIENT OF THE TEXT MESSAGE OR INSTANT MESSAGE BASED ON KEY WORDS IN THE TEXT MESSAGE - A text messaging computer-implemented system is disclosed for providing embedded multi-element (text message and the inclusion of any audio recorded or video recorded) content by authenticating a mobile device compatible with multiple transport technologies (such as 4G and 5G networks) and operable to render a text message with an integrated audio and/or video embedded message within a text message originating from a first mobile device. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191385 | Geopoint Janitor - A system and method for tagging place names with geographic location coordinates, the place names associated with a collection of objects in a memory of a computer system. The system and method process a text string within an object stored in memory to identify a first potential place name. The system and method determine whether geographic location coordinates are known for the first potential place name. The system and method identify the first potential place name associated with an object in the memory as a place name. The system and method tag the first identified place name associated with an object in the memory with its geographic location coordinates, when the geographic location coordinates for the first identified place name are known. The system and method disambiguate place names when multiple place names are found. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191386 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING MESSAGES INCLUDING IMAGE INFORMATION - Storing image data and related information for sharing via a URL includes receiving image data uploaded from a client computer via a user interface and receiving, separate from the receiving of the image data, related information uploaded via the user interface. The uploaded image data and related information are stored. A uniform resource locator (URL) configured for retrieving a display that includes the stored image data and the related information is generated. The URL is provided in a message. | 07-25-2013 |
20130191387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING A TAG ADDED TO A CONTENT FILE - The present invention is directed to improving user operability by identifiably notifying the user of the current collective addition statuses of tags to a plurality of files which are targets of tag addition or tag deletion, when the tags are collectively added or deleted to/from the plurality of files. An information processing apparatus acquires tag information stored in association with a plurality of content files, and selects a part of the plurality of content files. The information processing apparatus then detects whether the acquired tag information is associated with the selected content files, and displays the tag information in a display mode according to a sufficiency rate at which the piece of the tag information is added to the selected content files. | 07-25-2013 |
20130198179 | TECHNIQUES FOR HIERARCHY VISUALIZATION FOR ORGANIZATIONS - Techniques for hierarchy visualization for organizations are described. An apparatus may comprise an information retrieval component and a profile construction component. The information retrieval component may be generally operative to retrieve information regarding a plurality of individuals from a plurality of data repositories. The profile construction component may be generally operative to create a plurality of profiles from the retrieved information, wherein each profile combines information regarding an individual from the plurality of data repositories. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING KNOWLEDGE ENGINES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention is a system for integrating knowledge engines in a cloud computing environment, having a cloud computing platform, a graphical user interface (GUI), several applications for integrating information, knowledge engines for extracting knowledge from data and information, and an index consisting of an index engine, an index database, and a connector to several data sources. The present invention also includes a method of integrating knowledge engines in a cloud computing environment. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198181 | Summarising a Set of Articles - A computer-implemented method for summarising a set of articles relating to a topic, comprises using metadata of respective articles in the set to generate multiple subsets of articles, each article within a subset linked by a common article parameter, summarising content of the articles in a subset by extracting key phrases from constituent articles, editing extracted summaries for respective ones of the subsets of articles according to a predetermined optimisation goal to generate an article review for the topic. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198182 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR COMPARING CLAIMED ANTIBODIES WITH A TARGET ANTIBODY - A method, system and program for facilitating consideration of clearance of a target sequence. The method comprises retrieving a predefined patent document library data structure having fields for claim identifiers, a matching criterion for a comparison, translated claim statements, matching procedures, sequence identifiers, logical relationships between claim statements and machine readable comparison instructions; retrieving a sequence database indexed by sequence identifier, comparing the target sequence with each of the claims in the retrieved patent document library data structure, using a corresponding machine readable comparison instructions and a sequence which is obtained from the retrieved sequence database corresponding to a sequence identified in the claim and determining whether each of claims in the retrieved patent document library data structure matches the target sequence based upon a result of the comparison. Each predefined patent document library data structure can be user customized for each claim. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING AND NORMALIZING PRODUCT INFORMATION - A method and system for retrieving and normalizing product information are described. The system retrieves product information from sources that are accessed over a network. Next, the system creates markup language based on the product information. The markup language includes a first attribute-value pair that includes a first attribute and a first value. Next, the system normalizes the markup language by translating the first attribute to a second attribute responsive to an identification of the first attribute in a list that includes a plurality of attributes that are associated with a first product and the second attribute. The second attribute is a canonical representation of the plurality of attributes respectively. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198184 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PORTAL USER DATA ACCESS IN A MULTI-TENANT ON-DEMAND DATABASE SYSTEM - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system can enable embodiments to provide portal-specific user accounts to the multi-tenant on-demand database system which have reduced configuration requirements than users directly accessing the multi-tenant on-demand database system. The ability of embodiments to provide portal-specific user accounts can reduce processing requirements of the database system. | 08-01-2013 |
20130204872 | SEMANTIC MODEL OF EVERYTHING RECORDED WITH UR-URL COMBINATION IDENTITY-IDENTIFIER-ADDRESSING-INDEXING METHOD, MEANS, AND APPARATUS - A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising non-transitory computer executable program code configured to perform the steps of: receiving a representation of an unlabeled event; labeling the unlabeled event according to a unitary relative event ontology; and storing the labeled event in the computer readable storage medium. The unitary relative event ontology can comprise an information description vector comprising a plurality of ontological primitives, and the plurality of ontological primitives can comprise a point description element, a reference-body description element, an observer description element, a position description element, a scene description element, and a specification description element. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204873 | IDENTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT SIGNIFICANT TO A USER - Content that is significant to a user may be determined. An indication that a user finds content within a document significant may be received. In response to the received indication, the document may be analyzed to identify a set of topics associated with the content of the document. From the set of topics, a subset of topics responsible for the user finding the document significant may be identified. A user profile associated with the user may be updated based on the subset of topics. | 08-08-2013 |
20130212100 | ESTIMATING RATE OF CHANGE OF DOCUMENTS - One aspect of the disclosure can be embodied in a method that includes obtaining a first document from a corpus and obtaining metadata for the first document. The method also includes obtaining existing change rates for second documents selected based on the metadata, and calculating an estimated change rate for the first document based on the change rates for the second documents. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212101 | PORTLET PROCESSING APPARATUS, PORTAL SERVER, PORTAL SYSTEM, PORTLET PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a technology which enables recommendation of a portlet providing the function of being a gateway to contents frequently browsed by users without imposing any burden on users' work. | 08-15-2013 |
20130212102 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN ENTITY - A method accesses information related to a reference entity through a display device. The method includes providing an ontology describing the reference entity and entities, the reference entity and the entities being classes of the ontology or being arranged into classes, the classes having respective properties; receiving information for identifying the reference entity; and calculating a network of entities out of the entities, the entities having relationships with the reference entity, according to the properties. The method further includes identifying portions available on an area of the display device, according to the classes of the ontology; assigning the entities to at least one of the display area portions; selecting a display area portion out of the display area portions; and displaying, on the display device, images and/or text data for indicating at least part of the entities of the network assigned to the selected display area portion. | 08-15-2013 |
20130218887 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AND USING AN INTEREST GRAPH - Methods and apparatuses are provided for generating, updating, and using an interest graph. A plurality of interests representing a plurality of subjects' affinities towards a plurality of topics may be obtained. A processing device may generate an interest graph based on the obtained interests. The generated interest graph may include: (i) at least two nodes, each of the at least two nodes representing an interest of the obtained interests, wherein the obtained interests are free of any personally identifiable information associated with the plurality of subjects and (ii) at least one link connecting a first node to a second node of the at least two nodes, the at least one link representing a relatedness of the interest represented by the first node to the interest represented by the second node. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218888 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING TAGS IN A CALENDAR - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for assigning tags in a calendar. These tags can be hashtags, metadata, or other markings used to identify or classify an item. These tags are received and associated with an event, which can be a previous, present, or future event. A calendar is identified based on the tag and the event. In certain instances this identification lends to a work calendar, whereas in other instances the identification lends to a personal calendar, a community calendar, a shared calendar, or a public calendar. Upon identifying the calendar, the tag is inserted into the identified calendar, and associated with a calendar entry in the calendar, the calendar entry being associated with the event. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218889 | SUPERVISOR HISTORY VIEW WIZARD - An approach for selecting points of archived history data for viewing. The approach may relate to a user interface workflow of selecting points. Site controllers may be configured using control entity definitions, history extensions, point group naming and template features of a supervisor. The supervisor may provide for selection of groups or categories of sites and controllers within selected sites using selection boxes. This may permit a user to quickly refine site selection by, for example, filtering by group, site category, and a refined site list box. Once a site, the controllers and desired point groups and other appropriate items have been selected, the user may proceed to view historical data for the selected sites and controller points. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218890 | GEOGRAPHIC ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A geographic asset management system, in which assets such as buildings, permits and grants are tagged with geographical locations for display on a geographical information subsystem forming a component of the system. In an asset management subsystem, assets may be selected, analyzed or edited according to a user's permission level. Physical assets may be represented as 3D models which may be selected, or of which parts may be selected, in order to provide further information. The geographic relationship between multiple assets is easily visualized. Assets may be stored in relation to time and/or date, and the system is able to retrieve and display asset data in a historical and geographical sense. Scenarios involving changing assets and proposing new assets may be played out by users. Notifications based on the assets may be automatically triggered and sent to users. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218891 | CONTROL METHOD FOR HARMFUL CONTENTS IN YOUTH AND TEENAGERS - The present invention provides a method of remotely controlling harmful contents including: storing connection information of a managed-terminal and connection information of a managing-terminal in a database unit by using an administrative server, by transmitting the connection information to the administrative server by using the managed-terminal; analyzing, by the managed-terminal, contents stored in the managed-terminal and creating an analysis result on the contents; requesting, by the managed-terminal, the connection information of the managing-terminal to the administrative server; transmitting, by the managed-terminal, the analysis result on the contents to the managing-terminal by using the connection information of the managing-terminal transmitted from the managing server; and processing, by the managed-terminal, the contents in accordance with a processing request for the contents transmitted from the managing-terminal. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218892 | HYBRID STORAGE SUBSYSTEM WITH MIXED PLACEMENT OF FILE CONTENTS - A storage subsystem combining solid state drive (SSD) and hard disk drive (HDD) technologies provides low access latency and low complexity. Separate free lists are maintained for the SSD and the HDD and blocks of file system data are stored uniquely on either the SSD or the HDD. When a read access is made to the subsystem, if the data is present on the SSD, the data is returned, but if the block is present on the HDD, it is migrated to the SSD and the block on the HDD is returned to the HDD free list. On a write access, if the block is present in the either the SSD or HDD, the block is overwritten, but if the block is not present in the subsystem, the block is written to the HDD. | 08-22-2013 |
20130226919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN EVENT OCCURRED IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A method of determining when an event occurred in an industrial plant, the event being defined by a number of variables simultaneously meeting their respective event-specific conditions, each of the number of variables having a plurality of data entries, each data entry comprising a value of the each of the number of variables and a time at which the value was obtained from the industrial plant, the method comprising a user creating an event definition on a client machine by defining the respective event-specific conditions for the number of variables; an executable application module in the server tagging with a user-assigned event label those of the plurality of data entries in which the number of variables simultaneously met their respective event-specific conditions; and the executable application module further creating an event occurrence list containing times corresponding to those of the plurality of data entries that have been tagged. | 08-29-2013 |
20130232142 | Methods and Apparatus to Identify Users of Handheld Computing Devices - Methods and apparatus to identify users of handheld computing devices are disclosed. An example method includes generating, via a logic circuit, a first handling pattern indicative of a manner in which a handheld computing device is moved while the handheld computing device is presenting media; and storing the first handling pattern and corresponding user identification information in a database, handling patterns stored in the database to identify users of the handheld computing device. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232143 | EFFICIENT KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM - A knowledge base system is provided which includes a relations table which includes slots for a predicate identifier and first and second arguments of a respective relation. Each predicate identifier encodes a key for a respective entry in a predicate table. The predicate identifier also encodes argument types for the two arguments in the respective row of the relations table. Some of the argument types are associated with respective linked tables. This allows one of the arguments in a row of the relations table to serve as a key to an entry in the respective linked table on the condition that the predicate identifier for that row encodes the associated argument type. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232144 | MANAGING STORYBOARDS - Managing assets in a movie during production, including: storing an image file in a temporary location; storing an XML file containing various metadata; sending a signal including the path the XML filet wherein the XML file contains a path to the image file that it is to be imported. Keywords include Photoshop and XML. | 09-05-2013 |
20130232145 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EDITING A NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTED CONCEPTS - Systems and methods that create and edit a network of interconnected concepts are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semantic engine implements a method comprising receiving a primary term representing a first concept to be added to a network of interrelated concepts, receiving at least one related term related to the primary term, receiving at least one relationship between the first concept and a second concept, receiving a strength value associated with the relationship, and adding the first concept to the network. | 09-05-2013 |
20130238617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILE - A method of and system for operating a social networking service. The system includes a social network server computer that provides a social networking service, wherein a multiplicity of members register with the social networking service to selectively form social networks. The social network server computer generates a member profile for each of the members of the social networking service. A plurality of social networks may be formed by the social network server computer, each of the social networks including a subset of the multiplicity of members selectively linked to each other via the social network server computer. The social network server computer then generates a network profile for each social network that is based on an analysis of the member profiles of the members of the social network. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238618 | METHOD OF ORGANIZING A DATABASE ACCORDING TO AN EVENT FOR A WEB-BASED CONFERENCE COLLABORATION TOOL WITH DYNAMIC CONTENT AND ROLES - A conference collaboration system has a server connected to a network and configured to generate a page view requested by a client device over the network and provide dynamic content associated with the requested page view for display on the device; and a database configured to store the dynamic content, update the dynamic content in response to commands from the server, and provide the dynamic content to the server in response to requests from the server, wherein the dynamic content is associated with a plurality of services, each shown in a page view, and the dynamic content and the services are associated with a conference. The server can determine an authorization level of a user interacting with the client device and provide a page view and dynamic content in response to the authorization level, and the dynamic content is updated or created in response to or for actions during the conference. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238619 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention provides a data processing system and a data processing device with which a search for data having a desired time-series data pattern is carried out quickly from among a large amount of stored time-series data. The data processing device generates feature information which indicates the features of received data, associates the feature information with said data which is held in a connected storage device and records the feature information in the storage device, and carries out a search in relation to the data held in the storage device, based on the feature information held in the storage device. Furthermore, the data processing device generates new feature information based on multiple items of said feature information. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238620 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes: an analysis information storing means for storing each of analyzed raw data so as to be associated with analysis portion specification information; a storage destination information storing means for storing each of the raw data so as to be associated with a raw data storage destination address referring to a raw data managing device storing the each raw data; a raw data specifying means for specifying raw data associated with analysis portion specification information corresponding to portion designation information designating a predetermined time portion in combined analysis result information; and a distribution instructing means for instructing a raw data managing device specified by a raw data storage destination address associated with the specified raw data to distribute raw data of the time portion corresponding to the designated portion designation information. | 09-12-2013 |
20130246417 | MEMORY USAGE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FOR DYNAMIC OBJECTS - A script engine for a dynamic language can collect memory allocation information for dynamic objects created by the scripting engine and for dynamic objects created by the script engine host. A native interface can be exposed to a client comprising a software development tool. The software development tool can be a third-party tool. In response to a query, the script engine can take a snapshot of a garbage collector heap and return an object record for each dynamic object in the heap. The object information can include memory allocation information, object type and other information. Multiple snapshots can be taken and the delta between snapshots can be determined and sent to a requestor. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246418 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF CONTACT INFORMATION - Systems and methods for the management of contact information, which may include automatic transfer processes, automatic update processes, automatic customization processes, automatic delivery processes, automatic storage processes, automatic portability processes, and/or automatic radial mining processes. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246419 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING CONTENTS IN A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A content tagging method of an electronic device includes requesting for content tagging, determining at least one or more of an association type, a contents identifier, a place identifier, and a current time according to the content tagging request, and creating a place tag including the determined at least one or more of the association type, the contents identifier, the place identifier, and the current time The method can give semantic location information, which is recognized and sorted by a user, to contents and can utilize the semantic location information for contents management. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246420 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING MOBILE CUSTOM VIEWS FOR TENANTS OF AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating mobile custom views for tenants of an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for creating mobile custom views for tenants of an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to allow tenants to create and push instructions for generating user-defined views to mobile devices, etc. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may allow tenants to efficiently and effectively create interfaces on mobile devices. | 09-19-2013 |
20130246421 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DATABASE - An electronic control unit (ECU) and a database (DB) of a travel assist device specify and store a deceleration end point of a vehicle on the basis of information relating to an absolute position independent from a structure on the ground. Further, the ECU and the DB of the travel assist device stores a deceleration end area which is an area within a predetermined range from the deceleration end point. | 09-19-2013 |
20130254193 | Distance in Contextual Network Graph - A method and apparatus for determining relationships between objects in a meta-model semantic network is described. A contextual network graph comprising nodes and edges representing semantic objects and semantic relationships is generated from a meta-model of business objects from the meta-model semantic network. The contextual network graph is used to generate a unique identifier for each node and associated edge. The unique identifiers are used to compute information of cost and energy between the nodes. The information is stored in a meta-model semantic network database. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254194 | PROVIDING SETTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method to effect setting recommendations at a communication device is described. The method may include receiving contextual data at the communication device. The contextual data may indicate conditions existing at application of a setting during use of an application at the communication device. The method may further include identifying a pattern based on the contextual data. The method may further include generating, based on the identified pattern, a setting recommendation to apply during use of the application at the communication device under conditions substantially matching the identified pattern. The method may further include presenting the setting recommendation to a user of the communication device and receiving data indicating a response to the setting recommendation. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254195 | System and Method for Traffic Engineering Information Summary of a Zone in Network Communications - A method for summarizing topology transparent zone (TTZ) traffic engineering (TE) information, comprising computing a TE link state for every TE link internal to a TTZ from a root node to one or more non-root edge nodes, wherein the TE link state comprises the maximum bandwidth of the link, summarizing the computed TE link state information and storing the summary in a memory, and distributing at least a portion of the information in the summary to at least one neighboring node external to the TTZ connected to the root node via an external link. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254196 | COST-BASED OPTIMIZATION OF CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS AND CLUSTER SIZING FOR HADOOP - Cost-based optimization of configuration parameters and cluster sizing for distributed data processing systems are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes receiving at least one job profile of a MapReduce job. The method also includes using the at least one job profile to predict execution of the MapReduce job within a plurality of different predetermined settings of a distributed data processing system. Further, the method includes determining one of the predetermined settings that optimizes performance of the MapReduce job. The method may also include automatically adjusting the distributed data processing system to the determined predetermined setting. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECOMPRESSION-FREE INSPECTION OF SHARED DICTIONARY COMPRESSED TRAFFIC OVER HTTP - A system and a method for decompression-free inspection of compressed data are provided herein. The method includes the following stages: obtaining a dictionary file comprising a string of symbols, each associated with a respective index; obtaining at least one delta file associated with said dictionary file, wherein said delta file comprises a sequence of instructions that include at least one copy instruction pointing to an index within said dictionary and a length of a copy substring to be copied; scanning said dictionary using a pattern matching algorithm associated with a plurality of patterns and implemented as a Deterministic Finite Automaton (DFA), to yield DFA execution data; scanning said at least one delta file, using said pattern matching algorithm, wherein said DFA execution data is used to skip at least part of the scanning of the copy substrings for at least one of the copy instructions. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254198 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Generating Waymarks - A computer-implemented system and method for generating waymarks is provided. A database of waymarks is maintained. Each waymark is associated with a category. A new waymark is generated. Geospatial data defining a location, metadata describing a physical object associated with the location, and at least one photograph of the location are received from a user. The geospatial data, metadata, and photograph are complied as the new waymark. One of the categories is assigned to the new waymark. The new waymark is added to the database. A search option is provided for accessing the waymark by at least one of the location and category. | 09-26-2013 |
20130254199 | PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE CONTENT TO USERS - Systems, methods, and computer-storage media for generating and providing knowledge content to users utilizing a web architecture that integrates information across data silos through a common, flexible data storage schema, such as a star or snowflake schema, are provided. Data from a content graph, a user activity graph, a social graph, and temporal data as it relates to each of the content graph, the social graph and the user activity graph, is stored in a knowledge content database utilizing the star schema. In this way, data from each of these formerly disparate sources may be accessed from a common, extensible application platform utilizing ontologies and pivot table functionality, thus providing smarter, more comprehensive knowledge in response to received user queries. | 09-26-2013 |
20130262461 | Method and System for Centralized Issue Tracking - In one embodiment, a method for facilitating centralized issue tracking. The method includes receiving information on a case from an issue tracking system (case information). The method facilitates executing a tagging method stored in a memory device that reads the case information, determines whether a part of the case information is desired information, and then tags the desired information. Finally, the method facilitates communicating the tagged information to a centralized database, where the centralized database stores the tagged information, and where the tagged information is accessible to the issue tracking system and at least one other issue tracking system. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262462 | IDENTIFYING VIDEO FILES OF A VIDEO FILE STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING RELEVANCE TO A FIRST FILE - Methods and systems for providing related video files in a video file storage system are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of video files within the video file storage system, wherein the plurality of video files each have a relationship with the first file, and each video file includes a video and associated information. The method further includes generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of video files, providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one creator of the first file, receiving from the at least one creator at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of video files based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of video files. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262463 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SMART TAGGING OF SEARCH INPUT - Method and system to provide smart tagging of search input are described. In one example embodiment, as a user types search terms or keywords into a search box, a computer-implemented system for smart tagging links one or more keywords presented in the search box with an additional presentation. The additional presentation may include a hover window containing additional information associated with the keyword. | 10-03-2013 |
20130262464 | System Configuration Method And Apparatus - Systems and methods of simplifying the configuration of systems, particularly those with components from multiple vendors are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system allows a user to enter the identity of the components that are to be assembled. Based on this, a rules-based logic system in conjunction with a database, generates a customized set of installation instructions for these particular components. These step-by-step instructions are then delivered to the user using a data output system. In some embodiments, the instructions are accompanied by images, illustrations or photographs of the component being described. The data input may be performed in a number of ways. In one embodiment, each component that is included in the database is labeled with an RFID tag which uniquely identifies it. In other embodiments, a bar code, the manufacturing SKU, a QR code, or an identifier from the retailer's receipt provides the identification information. | 10-03-2013 |
20130268527 | PROCESSING ACQUISITION DATA INTO DELIVERABLE FORMAT - A method of processing data includes: receiving by an application acquisition data from at least one data acquisition source, the acquisition data having a first data format, the first data format including the acquisition data and business data related to the first data format; instructing a software component to access the acquisition data; and processing the acquisition data by the software component, wherein processing includes separating the acquisition data from the business data and making the acquisition data available to one or more other components via a common interface that can be implemented by the software component and the other components. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268528 | FILE NAME PRODUCING APPARATUS THAT PRODUCES FILE NAME OF IMAGE - An MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) is a file name producing apparatus that produces a file name of an image. The MFP selects a candidate character string, which is a file name candidate and in which a head character is a space, from the character strings extracted from the image. The MFP deletes the space that is the head character of the candidate character string, or changes all the characters constituting the candidate character string to other characters. The MFP produces the character string, which is corrected by the deletion or the change, as the file name of the image. Therefore, the proper file name can be produced. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268529 | Systems and Methods for Contact Management and Referral Engine - The present system allows business people to organize, receive and transfer key information about themselves and their contacts through the use of videos, audio and text. Users can create their own profile video (either from a pre-set group of videos or videos they create and name themselves) that may then be disseminated to their entire contact list, prompting their network to join the system. The system in one embodiment provides an effective way to give referrals to others as a path to in turn receiving referrals. The system also provides a way for users to associate a plurality of multimedia clips with then profile, so that other users can easily learn what a user does, what they look like, and what referrals would be of most use to the user. The system provides templates and guidelines to creating the multimedia clip and creates an easy platform for sharing the information with others. This would include an easy, effective way for members of groups, clubs, organizations, etc, to become more familiar with their members thus providing a more effective business and personal engagement. All of this is accomplished in a controlled, secure environment. | 10-10-2013 |
20130268530 | GENERATING DEPORTMENT AND COMPORTMENT COHORTS - A computer implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates deportment and comportment cohorts. Digital sensor data comprises event metadata describes a set of events associated with an individual. Descriptive data about the individual is retrieved by data mining a combination of online sources and off-line sources. A set of conduct analysis models is selected based on event metadata and available description data. The event metadata and the description data are analyzed in the set of conduct analysis models to form a deportment and comportment cohort, where the deportment and comportment cohort comprises attributes identifying a demeanor and manner of the individual. | 10-10-2013 |
20130275426 | Information System for Nutritional Substances - An information system for nutritional substances obtains information regarding a nutritional substance from the creation of the nutritional substance, the preservation of the nutritional substance, the transformation of the nutritional substance, the conditioning of the nutritional substance, and the consumption of the nutritional substances. The information system stores and provides this information to the various constituents of the nutritional substance supply system. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275427 | SYSTEM TO INFORM ABOUT TRADEMARKS SIMILAR TO PROVIDED INPUT - Various embodiments of the present invention generally relate to trademark searching and notification systems. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for informing requesters about trademarks similar to a provided input. Some embodiments of the present invention provide for a proactive system in which users are notified of similar trademarks before using specific term(s) and users proceed after understanding which trademarks actually exist and what areas those trademarks actually entail, and possibly being notified of newly applied trademarks and modified trademarks at later times that are similar to the specific term(s) being used. | 10-17-2013 |
20130275428 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a navigation device including a navigation function performing unit 13 | 10-17-2013 |
20130282714 | Personalized Redirection Identifiers - Personalized redirection identifiers are described. The personalized redirection identifiers allow Internet users to access information on the Internet by using simple text description without remember a web page address. A method comprises receiving an identification term, receiving a target, receiving a long description for the target, and creating a redirection identifier by combining the identification term and the target. A database record based on the target, the long description and the redirection identifier is stored for later searching and retrieval. The method may be performed on a server and accessed by a computing device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282715 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROVIDING MEDIA FILE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE - A method and an apparatus of processing a media file for an Augmented Reality (AR) service are provided. The method includes storing a media file including information about an event to provide the AR service, and providing the media file. The information about the event includes identification information about an event item and information about an event type. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282716 | DELIVERING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON USER CONTENT PROFILE - In embodiments of the present invention, a request may be received at a web service facility. The request may be received from a handheld device and may include at least one of: at least one of: content details viewed by a user, content lists viewed by the user, bookmarked content stored by the user, content that may be rated by the user, various locations of usage of the handheld device, and handheld device actions. After the request has been received, the web service facility may process the request by an algorithm. Upon processing the request, the web service facility may send a response to the handheld device, wherein the response comprises at least one of: recommendations and predictions. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282717 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An information providing system is disclosed. The system includes a management apparatus having a database storing facility-event information of facilities or events, and a portable apparatus communicatable with the management apparatus. The portable apparatus sets each place, at which a movement stop time exceeds a prescribed staying time, as a stay place. The management apparatus estimates that a living area of a user of the portable apparatus is a collective area covering all of the stay places of the user. The management apparatus sets the collective area as the search scope, extracts the facility-event information matching the search scope from the database, and transmits the extracted facility-event information to the portable apparatus. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282718 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - The present invention is an information processing device which registers in a map database, a charging point in which charging equipment is located at the time of charging of an electric vehicle, including a registration section that, in a case where the charging point is located within a facility area registered in the map database, registers in the map database, the charging point in association with positional information of the facility area. | 10-24-2013 |
20130282719 | System For Managing Address Reflectors - A system is disclosed for managing address reflectors, in one example, the system discloses a reflector storage | 10-24-2013 |
20130290326 | System for dynamically linking tags with a virtual repository of a registered user - A system and related method for dynamically linking tags with a virtual repository of a registered user are disclosed. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290327 | PARALLEL SET AGGREGATION - A system, method and medium may provide determination of a first plurality of a plurality of data records assigned to a first processing unit, identification of a first record of the first plurality of data records, the first record associated with a first key value, generation of a first dictionary entry of a first dictionary for the first key value, storage of a first identifier of the first record as a tail identifier and as a head identifier in the first dictionary entry, storage an end flag in a first shared memory location, the first shared memory location associated with the first record, identification of a second record of the first plurality of data records, the second record associated with the first key value, replacement of the tail identifier in the first dictionary entry with a second identifier of the second record, and storage of the first identifier in a second shared memory location, the second shared memory location associated with the second record. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290328 | Data Exchange Management System and Method - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented system and method for data exchange management. The method may incorporate a physical data exchange management system and/or a logical data exchange management system. The method may include storing a data exchange profile for each communicating entity, receiving a request for data exchange from one of the communicating entities, and processing the request through a request handler for handling receipt of data exchange requests from the communicating entities, wherein the request handler accesses a relevant data exchange profile for the requesting communicating entity. The method may additionally include formatting data for exchange in accordance with the relevant data exchange profile and delivering the formatted data to a destination in accordance with the relevant data exchange profile. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290329 | Legal Relationship Manager - A computer implemented legal relationship manager tracks documents, provisions, public filings, address books, social media information, personal and business activities and produces a plurality of online interview interfaces to gather information for a user knowledge database. A relationship manager subsystem accepts information from the user knowledge database and produces analysis, including charts and graphs and other useful displays to help users with their legal circumstances. A recommendation engine produces recommendations for third party products and further actions within the system. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290330 | METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FINGERPRINT OF PUBLICATION, APPARATUS FOR EXTRACTING FINGERPRINT OF PUBLICATION, SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PUBLICATION USING FINGERPRINT, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PUBLICATION USING FINGERPRINT - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for extracting a fingerprint of a publication. And disclosed are a system and a method for identifying a publication using a fingerprint. The system for identifying the publication using the fingerprint includes: a fingerprint extraction unit for extracting fingerprints for collected query publications to identify the copyrights infringement; a fingerprint query unit for querying fingerprints of original publications corresponding from the fingerprint extraction unit; a DBMS for storing the fingerprints extracted from the original publications and additional information from the original publications, and providing a search result candidate group which is composed of fingerprints of at least one of the original publications corresponding to the queries of the fingerprint query unit; and a candidate group verification unit for determining copyright infringement for the query publications by verifying the search result candidate group provided from the DBMS. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290331 | MOBILE LOCATION AWARE SEARCH ENGINE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING CONTENT FOR SAME - A method includes identifying a geographic position of a wireless device. Data input by a user while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device is received. The data is associated with a landmark at the geographic position. The data is provided to a database based on the geographic position. A wireless device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a geographic position of the wireless device to a database. A receiver is configured to receive data input by a user of the wireless device while the user is located at the geographic position of the wireless device. The data is associated with a landmark at the geographic position of the wireless device. The receiver is configured to automatically receive information associated with the landmark from the database. | 10-31-2013 |
20130290332 | Method of Building a Geo-Tree - A method of building a geo-tree includes collecting a plurality of data items having geographic and contextual tags, associating the geographic tags with the contextual tags, clustering the collected data items based on the contextual tags, classifying the clusters based on the contextual tags, building a geo-tree with each classified cluster being associated with a node on the tree and storing the geo-tree. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297597 | INFORMATION DELIVERY USING QUERIES AND CHANGEABLE DATABASE CONTAINING QUERIES, ADVISORY INFORMATION, AND FLOW LOGIC - A data storage system may contain a changeable database that includes: advisory information that includes the content of multiple advisory statements; query information that includes the content of multiple user queries; and flow logic information indicating a sequence for the delivery of the advisory statements and the user queries based on answers to the user queries. A user interface may deliver the user queries and the advisory statements to a user and receive answers in response to the user queries from the user. An information delivery engine that is separate from the changeable database may cause the user interface to deliver the user queries and the advisory statements to the user in a sequence based on the user's answers to the user queries and the flow logic information. This in system may be adopted to troubleshooting equipment, such as an optical network terminal. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297598 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR COMMUNICATING DATA BETWEEN A DATABASE AND A CACHE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for communicating data between a database and a cache. These mechanisms and methods for communicating data between a database and a cache can enable improved application quality and performance, enhanced client application interaction, increased system performance, etc. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297599 | MUSIC MANAGEMENT FOR ADAPTIVE DISTRACTION REDUCTION - An example embodiment involves creating a playlist of audio tracks, wherein the playlist comprises a plurality of segments, and selecting audio tracks for each segment, wherein the audio tracks comprising each particular segment are related to each other by at least one property of the audio tracks' musical composition. Points, based upon input data, are defined in the playlist at which each segment will begin playing, and at each defined point, a particular segment wherein the at least one property of the audio tracks comprising the particular segment is different from the at least one property of the audio tracks comprising the previously-played segment is played. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHRONOLOGICAL TAG CORRELATION AND ANIMATION - Systems and methods for facilitating the comprehension and awareness of electronic content dynamically changing over time through the movement of tags across defined intervals are herein disclosed. The systems and methods include a fetching engine that requests the content using a web service; a chronological tag assembler that selects the documents from the time-stamped document repository for the defined intervals, and creates information associated with tags within the documents in tag tables; and a tag cloud canvas that accepts the tag table information from the chronological tag assembler, determines the placement of the tags in the tag cloud canvas using the tag table information, and renders animation of the tags in the tag cloud canvas to a display device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297601 | Memory Recalling Device - A memory recalling system comprises a memory recalling device having a message collection module, a memory backup module operatively connected with the message collection module so as to receive a input message to generate historical memory assistance data, a memory assistance module operatively connected with the message collection module so as to receive a query message to find the answers for the query message, a storage module arranged to store the historical memory assistance data and the answers for the query message, an interaction and control module operatively connecting with a visual display indicator, the message collection module, and the memory assistance module and the memory backup module. In addition, the memory recalling system further comprises a remote terminal storage wireless connected with the memory recalling device wherein the remote terminal storage is arranged to store the historical assistance memory data from the storage module. | 11-07-2013 |
20130297602 | SINGULAR, COLLECTIVE AND AUTOMATED CREATION OF A MEDIA GUIDE FOR ONLINE CONTENT - Systems and methods are provided in which a content guide includes one or more tags associated with a single user, a group of users or a channel subscribed to by users that enables the retrieval of content for subsequent viewing and which can be supplemented by recommendations and data from other sources. | 11-07-2013 |
20130304732 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a link feature amount selecting unit that selects a link feature amount that is a feature amount for linking a first item with another item, an item selecting unit that selects one or more candidates of a second item to be linked with the first item, on the basis of the selected link feature amount, a provision control unit that controls provision, to a user, of the first item, the link feature amount, and the one or more candidates of the second item, and a link creating unit that selects the second item and creates a link of the first item and the second item. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304733 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AUTO-NAMING OF CONTENT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A method of performing auto-naming of content includes: receiving an auto-naming command for the content; performing auto-naming of the content by using different parameters according to different content types to obtain at least one auto-naming result for the content; and displaying the auto-naming result. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304734 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC USER PROFILE HANDLING AND MANAGEMENT - A method of generating a dynamic user profile for a user accessing products and/or services from a Travel Agent based on customer defined rules. The method includes determining via a computer a static user profile for a particular use case; determining via a computer one or more customer defined rules that apply to the use case; and determining via a computer a set of required fields for the dynamic user profile for the use case based on the applicable customer defined rules using the dynamic user profile to collect the required fields from the user in use. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304735 | RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A records management system may include a policy management module receiving a policy related to retention, disposition or hold of information storable on an external storage system. A computerized management module may associate a unique record identifier with a collection record including metadata for the information. The unique record identifier may enable management of the information by the computerized management module when the unique record identifier and the information are stored on the external storage system. | 11-14-2013 |
20130304736 | POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention is to provide a position information providing apparatus that allows the calculation of the confidence level of the measurement result with high accuracy. | 11-14-2013 |
20130311463 | EXPLANATORY ANIMATION GENERATION - Various embodiments included herein include at least one of systems, methods, and software for explanatory animation generation. Some embodiments include receiving data representative of at least two data items, each data item to be presented as a node. Relationships between these data items are discovered in an interrelated dataset and the relationship is illustrated as a set of sequential nodes on a canvas. A text-script descriptive of each of the nodes is then generated. Finally, such embodiments include generating a visualization with a synchronized voiceover based on the sequence nodes and the text-script, the visualization including each node with a synchronized voiceover of each node. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311464 | Aggregated Preference-Driven Social Content Player - A system and method are disclosed for managing playlists of digital content. Digital content preference data is received from a plurality of users. The preference data is then processed to generate a group preference playlist, which contains references to digital content that is mutually preferred by each of the users. The group preference playlist is then initiated to play the mutually-preferred digital content. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311465 | DATA REFERENCE ASSISTANT APPARATUS, AND DATA REFERENCE ASSISTANT METHOD - A data reference assistant apparatus includes a generator configured to generate data-type relation information between at least one of combinations of two data types from a database that manages component information and location relation information, the component information indicating components of data that include a data type of data, and the location relation information indicating a relational destination or a relational source between two or more of the data, for each of the data, and a recording unit configured to connect between two or more connectable combinations of the data-type relation information based on a matching result between the data type of the relational destination and the data type of the relational source, and to store the connected result in a storage unit as reference relation information for limiting a reference range of the database. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311466 | COMPUTER ALGORITHMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCT SAFETY - The invention comprises systems, methods and a computerized, data management device for creating and using data relating to a medical or non-medical product or device to enhance the safety of the product or device. A vast amount of data regarding adverse events associated with a particular product or device is analyzed to identify new essential adverse events associated with the product or device. At least one database anew essential adverse event information is created and utilized, and new characteristics of or uses for the product or device related to the new essential adverse event information are determined. Adverse event information is gathered for a large number of population sub-groups. The system may also be programmed to incorporate the information into intellectual property and contract documents. Manufacturers and/or distributors can include the proprietary information in consumer safety information, which accompanies the product or device, or which is provided to patients, users, consumers and the like, or in the case of certain medical products or devices, to prescribers of those products or devices. The system and methods also provide for commercializing the essential adverse event information. | 11-21-2013 |
20130318081 | PEAKPOWER ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS - An integrated Energy Management and/or Control System method and apparatus that continually monitors power consumption on each piece of equipment | 11-28-2013 |
20130318082 | GENERATION APPARATUS, GENERATION METHOD, SEARCHING APPARATUS, AND SEARCHING METHOD - A generation apparatus includes a processor configured to generate existence information indicating that character information including a plurality of continuing characters is included in the file, and in a case that first adscript designation and second adscript designation following to the first adscript designation are included in the file, the first adscript designation designating that first character information is written down with second character information, the second adscript designation designating that third character information is written down with fourth character information, generate another existence information indicating that another character information, which includes an end part of the first character information and a head part of the fourth character information following the end part, is included in the file. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318083 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING CONTENT IN SCREENSHOT - Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method and apparatus for obtaining the content in a screenshot. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, content organization information associated with the screenshot may be obtained, wherein the content organization information may include the structure and data of one or more data objects associated with the content in the screenshot. The content in the screenshot may be determined based on the content organization information. | 11-28-2013 |
20130318084 | PROCESSING STRUCTURED AND UNSTRUCTURED DATA USING OFFLOAD PROCESSORS - Methods of processing structured data, unstructured data, or both are disclosed. Processing structured data can include providing an in-memory database with at least one of a plurality of modules connected to a memory bus of a server; executing database functions with at least one processor on the module; and directing database queries to the at least one module with a CPU of the server. Processing unstructured data can include executing data processing tasks with a CPU connected to a memory bus; and directing parallel computation tasks to a plurality of modules connected to the memory bus. | 11-28-2013 |
20130325859 | USING CHRONOLOGY AS THE PRIMARY SYSTEM INTERFACE FOR FILES, THEIR RELATED META-DATA, AND THEIR RELATED FILES - Methods, Apparatuses, and Storage Medium associated with chronology based file management are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a method may include receiving a selection of a plurality of files or the plurality of files, and generating association data selectively associating the plurality of files with a plurality of events scheduled in a calendar of a user or time periods of the user. The method may further include storing the association data to facilitate subsequent selectively retrieval of the plurality of files in response to retrieval requests for files associated with selected ones of the plurality of events scheduled in the calendar of the user or the time periods of the user. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 12-05-2013 |
20130325860 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A RESUME - A résumé of a developer working with a parallel processing development environment is, at least in part, automatically generated by the parallel processing development environment based upon information of the developers work experience within the development environment. | 12-05-2013 |
20130339351 | USING CINEMATIC TECHNIQUES TO PRESENT DATA - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for using cinematic techniques to present data. Embodiments of the invention can be used to infer and generate cinematic techniques or combinations thereof based on a model and user action. Cinematic techniques can be used to meet the data exploration and analysis requirements of a user. As such, embodiments of the invention permit users (including non-programmers) to employ cinematic techniques (possibly in combination with other techniques) to gain insights into their data and also convey appropriate emotional messages. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339352 | SHORTEST PATH COMPUTATION IN LARGE NETWORKS - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for determining the shortest distance between vertices in relatively large graphs. In an embodiment a method includes identifying an original graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges, identifying a plurality of hub nodes from within the original graph, creating a hub matrix comprising the plurality of hub nodes and the shortest distance between the plurality of hub nodes, and determining a shortest distance between the at least two nodes using the original graph and/or the hub matrix. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339353 | Method for Operating a Geolocation Database and a Geolocation Database System - A method and a system for the operation of a geolocation database comprising a spatiotemporal spectrum map comprising of white space spectrum occupancy and/or white space spectrum underutilization data, wherein a) at least one white space spectrum sensor takes measurement data remote from the geolocation database; b) the measurement data are transmitted to the geolocation database; c) the spatio-temporal spectrum map and/or its parameters and/or decisions based on this spectrum map are modified in dependence of the measurements received by the geolocation database. | 12-19-2013 |
20130346405 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DATA ITEMS USING STRUCTURED TAGS - Systems and methods are provided for associating structured tags with files in a computer system. In one method, the method includes requesting a user, by the computer system, to provide the structured tag for the file, where the structured tag includes a tag type, a value type, and a tag value. The method can further include receiving the structured tag from the user, associating the structured tag and the file, and storing the association of the structured tag and the file in a non-transitory storage medium. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346406 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides a system and method of providing context information. Context information is automatically retrieved by monitoring at least one application program executable on a computing system, so as to detect an event associated with the application program, identifying information corresponding to the detected event, and retrieving, automatically without user request, context information associated with the detected event. | 12-26-2013 |
20130346407 | CONTEXT SENSITIVE MEDIA AND INFORMATION - Systems and methods for creating and processing context sensitive media objects are disclosed. One method is directed to processing a context sensitive media object in a target context. The method includes receiving an object with one or more object rules embedded within the object such that the one or more object rules are propagated with the object. Further, a determination of whether the object is context sensitive is made. If the object is context sensitive, the method prioritizes between the one or more object rules and one or more context rules related to a target context. In addition, a determination of which method or methods should be executed to process the object in the target context is made based on the prioritization. | 12-26-2013 |
20140006397 | Methods and Apparatus for Multimedia Creation | 01-02-2014 |
20140006398 | System and Method for Energy Management Information System Reliability Assurance | 01-02-2014 |
20140012843 | HEALTHCARE ANALYSIS STREAM MANAGEMENT - Apparatus, systems and methods for pre-processing, analyzing, and storing genomic data through a scalable, distributed analysis system across a network is presented. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012844 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a data management apparatus (i-Win (trademark)) which carries out centralized management of data containing data on each product during the management of product data having different data items to be handled and which has increased maintenance-ability in system and program(s). | 01-09-2014 |
20140012845 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a data management apparatus (i-Win (trademark)) which carries out centralized management of data containing data on each product during the management of product data having different data items to be handled and which has increased maintenance-ability in system and program(s). | 01-09-2014 |
20140012846 | FINANCIAL-SERVICE STRUCTURED CONTENT MANAGER - A financial-service system that manages content objects includes a chronicles platform with a chronicle associated with a loan request. A content manager determines a set of content objects to be associated with the chronicle and generates a bucket for each content object of the set of content objects. Each bucket is associated with a name and is configured to receive an associated content object. The chronicle is populated with the generated buckets. An interface that detects a user action and that thereafter receives or generates a content object, which is detected by the content manager and associated with a bucket. The content manager causes the bucket to receive the content object and presents representations of the buckets to a user. Representations of one or more buckets that have received a content object differ from representations of one or more other buckets that have not received a content object. | 01-09-2014 |
20140019448 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Efficient Structuring of Time Series Data - Systems and methods are provided for analyzing through one-pass of unstructured time stamped data of a physical process. A distribution of time-stamped unstructured data is analyzed to identify a plurality of potential hierarchical structures for the unstructured data. A hierarchical analysis of the potential hierarchical structures is performed to determine an optimal frequency and a data sufficiency metric for the potential hierarchical structures. One of the potential hierarchical structures is selected as a selected hierarchical structure based on the data sufficiency metrics. The unstructured data is structured according to the selected hierarchical structure and the optimal frequency associated with the selected hierarchical structure, where said structuring of the unstructured data is performed via a single pass though the unstructured data. The identified statistical analysis of the physical process is performed using the structured data. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019449 | Method for Providing Codes for the State of Risk of a Battery - The present disclosure relates to a method for providing codes which describe the state of risk (SOR) of a battery having at least one cell. The method includes determining a code SORT for the state of risk of the battery with regard to the cell temperature, and determining a code SORV for the state of risk of the battery with respect to the cell voltage. The method further includes providing the code SORT and/or the code SORV for further use. | 01-16-2014 |
20140019450 | TEXT CHARACTERIZATION OF TRAJECTORIES - In one embodiment, processing location data collected with a mobile device having a positioning system includes accepting trajectory data representing successive geographic positions of the mobile device, where the positions are associated with corresponding times. A set of coordinate segments is determined to represent in the accepted trajectory data, such that the trajectory data represent repeated traversals of at least some of the coordinate segments. A textual characterization is associated with each segment of the determined set of coordinate segments, and then a representation of the trajectory data (for example, an electronic diary) is formed using the textual characterization of the coordinate segments and stored. In some examples, a text based query associated with the accepted trajectory data is accepted and a response is determined using the stored representation of the trajectory data. | 01-16-2014 |
20140025675 | AS-BUILT COMPILER - Diverse drawings, documents, files and notes in different formats describing buildings in their finished and installed state are electronically aggregated into sets of as-built drawings for convenient and rapid future access. | 01-23-2014 |
20140025676 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PRE-AUTHORIZED CONTACT DATA - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing pre-authorized contact data. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes receiving contact data by a computing device based at least in part upon accessing a machine-readable code, wherein the machine-readable code encodes a network address for accessing the contact data. The method can also include automatically associating at least one of current location, current date, or current time information with the received contact data. Moreover, the method can optionally include associating one or more notes with the received contact data, wherein the one or more notes are capable of providing information relating to the received contact data. The method can further include generating an electronic contact entry based at least in part upon the received contact data, at least one of the associated current location, current date, or current time information, and optionally upon the one or more notes. | 01-23-2014 |
20140032547 | Automatic asset versioning - Assets or the locations where assets may appear are monitored. If a new asset appears within a monitored location or if an existing asset is copied, modified, or moved, a decision is made as to whether to assign a new unique identifier or to assign a new version number to an existing unique identifier. The unique identifiers and version numbers are carried as metadata within the assets and optionally also stored separately within a data store. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032548 | DURATIONAL REFERENCING CUE POINTS FOR LINKING MULTIMEDIA FILES - In some example embodiments, a system and method are illustrated to link a plurality of scenes from at least one multimedia file. The system and method include loading a plurality of multimedia files including a first and second multimedia file. The first multimedia file includes a first scene, and the second multimedia file includes a second scene. The system and method include linking the first scene with the second scene. The linking includes connecting a first durational data for the first scene with a second durational data for the second scene. The first durational data identifies a first start location and a first end location for the first scene. The second durational data identifies a second start location and a second end location for the second scene. The system and method further include generating a linked durational data file as a result of the linking. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032549 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INSULIN DOSAGE DATA - A method is provided for managing insulin dosage data collected over a complete day and a partial day. The method includes providing, by an insulin pump, a plurality of insulin dosages over a complete day and a partial day and recording the insulin dosages. The method also includes recognizing a completion of the complete day, recording an end-of-day marker, and associating the end-of-day marker to the dosages delivered during the complete day. Moreover, the method includes identifying complete day dosage data and partial day dosage data. Additionally, the method includes performing a calculation of insulin dosage statistics and/or displaying and distinguishing between the complete day dosage data and the partial day dosage data. The calculation includes the complete day dosage data and excludes the partial day dosage data. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032550 | METHOD FOR MANAGING DATA AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A data storage and retrieval method of an electronic device is provided. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for retrieving data through a contact application in the electronic device are provided. The method for retrieving data in the electronic device includes generating tagging data including added tag information when data is stored in the electronic device by executing a first application, storing the tagging data, updating a tagging data table which contains tagging data information, executing a second application, and when a search word for data retrieval is input, retrieving and outputting tagging data including the same tag information as the search word. | 01-30-2014 |
20140032551 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record a plurality of pieces of information in which position information and date and time information are associated with each other, as log data in a recording medium, a reception unit configured to receive identification information capable of specifying image files recorded in an external device and imaging dates and times relating to the image files, from the external device without receiving the image files, a determination unit configured to determine whether the received imaging dates and times and the date and time information of the log data are in a predetermined relationship, and an association unit configured to associate identification information corresponding to the imaging dates and times determined to be in the predetermined relationship with position information corresponding to the date and time information of the log data determined to be in the predetermined relationship. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040257 | DASHBOARD VIEWS OF TASK ACTIVITY - Various embodiments illustrated and described herein provide include at least one of systems, methods, and software providing dashboard views of task activity data. Some embodiments include servicing dashboard view requests by retrieving a dashboard configuration that identifies at least one chart template of a chart to be included in the dashboard view and identifying user and activity data to populate respective charts generated based on the respective at least one chart templates. Such embodiments further include retrieving each of the at least one chart template and the respective user and user activity data to populate respective at least one chart. The retrieved chart templates are then processed to incorporate the respective user and user activity data into a respective chart rendering generated based thereon, and each chart rendering is added to a dashboard view data structure which may then be transmitted to a requestor for viewing. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040258 | CONTENT ASSOCIATION BASED ON TRIGGERING PARAMETERS AND ASSOCIATED TRIGGERING CONDITIONS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for associating content are disclosed. First content, such as video content or audio content, may be associated with second content, such as text, images, audio content, or video content, using content association data. The content association data may include triggering information that specifies one or more triggering parameters and one or more associated triggering conditions. Upon satisfaction of at least one of the triggering condition(s) associated with a corresponding at least one triggering parameter, the second content associated with the at least one triggering parameter may be presented to a user, for example, during playback of the first content. Further, one or more identifiers determined to be associated with a geographical location associated with a user device may be used to identify related content for presentation to a user of the user device. In addition, content may be identified and presented to a user based on one or more user interactions with other content. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040259 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a user information manager that registers, in a database, registered device information in which devices specified by a user from among devices capable of realizing functions by linking together are associated with the user, a recommended function determiner that acquires, from the database, function information in which the functions and the devices are associated, and determines recommended functions for the user on the basis of the function information and the registered device information, and a procedure information manager that acquires, from the database, procedure information indicating operating procedures for realizing a function that the user selects from among the recommended functions, and provides the procedure information to the user. | 02-06-2014 |
20140040260 | Method and System for Storing, Retrieving, and Managing Data for Tags - This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and manages data that is written to and/or read from these tags. | 02-06-2014 |
20140046940 | MEDICAL TREATMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR TRACKING AND ADVISING PATIENT CAREGIVERS - A portable medical treatment device is designed to be placed on or near a patient when the patient is moved. The device communicates with a database that stores patient profiles and/or treatment protocols. Based on input patient information, the device communicates with the database and loads a patient profile and/or treatment protocol. The device evaluates data entered by a user according the patient profile and/or treatment protocol to determine metrics, and the determined metrics are compared with parameters to determine whether the entered data is within acceptable limits. The device tags and displays the entered data in a manner that reflects whether it was within the acceptable limits. | 02-13-2014 |
20140046941 | ENDOSCOPE INSPECTION REPORT CREATING APPARATUS, CREATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE INSPECTION REPORT AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An endoscope inspection report creating apparatus has a file name reading section that reads file names of a plurality of endoscopic images, a file name of each of the endoscopic images including inspection result information separated with use of a predetermined symbol or character, and a report creating section that creates a predetermined report by writing the inspection result information which is included in each of the file names read by the file name reading section in each predetermined position in the predetermined report by associating the inspection result information with the endoscopic image of each of the read file names. | 02-13-2014 |
20140052723 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR APPLYING CONSTRAINTS TO DATA OBJECT - In one example embodiment, a processor-implemented method is described. The processor implemented method includes: associating a first notebook with one or more predetermined constraints; receiving input associating a data object with a notebook; and when the notebook associated with the data object is the first notebook, applying the one or more predetermined constraints associated with the first notebook to the data object. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052724 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT ITEM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a data acquisition unit that acquires content item data indicating a content item, an identification information generation unit that generates identification information of the content item on the basis of the content item data acquired by the data acquisition unit according to a predefined rule, and a browsing history extraction unit that extracts a browsing history of a user regarding the content item in correlation with the identification information of the content item generated by the identification information generation unit. | 02-20-2014 |
20140052725 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TYPE OF INPUT METHOD EDITOR - A method for determining an input method editor in a terminal includes detecting a focus on an input field displayed on the terminal, analyzing information of the input field, determining a character type for the input field, setting input method editor corresponding to the determined character type, and outputting the set input method editor. A terminal includes an input detection unit to detect a focus on an input field, and an input method editor providing unit including an information analysis unit to analyze information of the input field, an input method editor determination unit to determine a character type for the input field, a database unit to store data related to the character type corresponding to the input field, and an input method editor output unit to output the input method editor corresponding to the determined character type. | 02-20-2014 |
20140059046 | Associating Metro Street Address Guide (MSAG) Validated Addresses with Geographic Map Data - Master Street Address Guide (MSAG)-validated street address data is correlated with real-world geographic (e.g., latitude/longitude) data. Conventional MSAG-validated street address data is processed, or geocoded, into an additional (or integrated) database that associates latitude/longitude information with a particular entry in the existing MSAG-validated database. The association of the lat/lon data may be direct, or indirect using link ID or other unique tags indicating a particular entry in the MSAG-validated database. The geocoding need be performed only once by a service provider, e.g., as part of the deployment of an emergency service system. In this way, the closest public service answering point (PSAP) to a given latitude/longitude position of a wireless or VoIP device may be determined quickly, providing emergency services with the smallest possible reliable response time. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067800 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING AND PREDICTING AUTOMOTIVE DATA - Computerized systems distribute storage and analytical tasks between multiple storage devices and processors to analyze large amounts of automotive data. Reception of huge amounts of fine automotive data from large amounts of users and delivery of real-time and predictive analysis of the data can be handled across a distributed architecture. Configured storage devices can retain a universe of all reported/collected automotive data and advanced analytics can be performed on the data, before and after storage. The analyses can include real-time data extraction, batch-type complex predictive analysis, data management, machine learning on useful analytics, etc. The large and real-time data input may not interfere with analysis on the universe of accumulated data, permitting users and/or third-parties to readily access results of such analyses in real-time. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067801 | GEOTAGGING BASED ON SPECIFIED CRITERIA - A method of geotagging based on specified criteria is described. The method may include analyzing a data stream indicating a variable parameter associated with an object to determine data within the data stream satisfying a specified criteria. The method may also include obtaining geospatial information for the object or another object corresponding to a time the data was generated. Relevant data collected at the time the data satisfies the specified criteria may be tagged with the geospatial information. Related systems are also described. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067802 | META DATA DRIVEN FEED ARCHITECTURE - A feed management system is provided that includes a first application module receiving from a user a plurality of fields for processing. The first application module reads meta data from one or more database servers so as to form configuration data for extracting information from the one or more database servers. A generic feed program receives the configuration data and invokes a plurality of extractions of feed data from the one or more database servers. The generic feed program generates one or more feed files associated with the extractions of feed data. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067803 | Data Enrichment Using Business Compendium - Embodiments relate to enrichment of a data warehouse utilizing a business compendium. Embodiments may employ a process comprising data standardization and cleansing, de-duplication of entries, and matching and enrichment, followed by manual review of an enriched record by a user. During standardization, data may be transformed into consistent content, placing correct data elements into appropriate fields, removing invalid characters, and/or standardizing names and addresses. Duplicate records are then detected and marked. During matching and enrichment, the existence of an entity (such as a supplier), may be verified by progressive matching against the business compendium. Enrichment may provide additional information regarding the entity (e.g. related to risk, diversity, and bankruptcy). The enriched record is available for manual review, allowing the user to change duplicates, matches, and parent/child linkages. Feedback from the user review may enhance accuracy of subsequent enrichment by self-learning aspects, reducing over time a need for manual review. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067804 | WORKFLOW GENERATION SERVER AND METHOD OF GENERATING WORKFLOW - There is provided a history database for recording a history of a data operation with respect to a database. A workflow generation server quantifies a relation between the multiple data operations that are recorded in that operation history. A data definition and a history of an operation schedule on data in the database are used for this quantification. Then, a workflow is generated based on a numerical value that results from the quantification. Then, the workflow generation server compares the generated workflow and workflow data in a workflow database and performs recommendation of the workflow that has to be newly defined and recommendation of an amendment to the existing workflow, based on the result of the comparison. | 03-06-2014 |
20140067805 | Cloud-based information exchange using identifiers such as QR codes - Document capture and tracking is simplified using coded information that may be printed on the document. In one embodiment, the coded information is scanned. As a result, the information of the document or a pointer thereto is retrieved or stored from a server (i.e., from the cloud). Preferably, the information of the document is in XML format such that one or more interested programs may process the information intelligently. | 03-06-2014 |
20140074832 | INFORMATION LIFECYCLE GOVERNANCE - A case manager for managing the lifecycle of case files is provided. This case manager may serve to identify the status of a case file from a case file management system, determine whether the identified status meets or exceeds an active status threshold, and when the determined status meets or exceeds and active status threshold, channel the case file to a high performance storage resource. In embodiments, when access frequency goes down for a case file, the status may be changed and the case file may be channeled to alternative less efficient storage. When no further access to a case file is anticipated, the case file may be purged. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074833 | USER-SPECIFIC SYNTHETIC CONTEXT OBJECT MATCHING - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product generates and utilizes a synthetic context-based object to locate a user-specific data store. A processor associates a non-contextual data object with a context object to define a synthetic context-based object. The synthetic context-based object is associated with at least one specific data store that contains data that is associated with data in the non-contextual data object and in the context object. The processor determines a subject-matter of interest for a specific user, and associates that determined subject-matter of interest to a specific synthetic context-based object. In response to receiving a request for data from a specific user, the request is directed to the specific synthetic context-based object that describes the subject-matter of interest for that specific user. This specific synthetic context-based object locates the appropriate data store in order to return the requested data to the specific user. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074834 | Storage Block Metadata Tagger - A storage management system may monitor file activity from a file system and tag storage blocks with metadata. The metadata may be used by the storage management system to apply various policies to the blocks. The tagging operation may intercept or monitor file system interaction to classify storage blocks as operating system, application, and data files, as well as other classifications. Some embodiments may include file types, restrictions for physical location, access frequency, block size, and other metadata. The tags may be appended to storage blocks, stored in a separate database, or otherwise associated with the storage blocks. A storage management system may manage storage over many computing devices by handling the storage blocks according to the metadata tags. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074835 | METADATA ARCHITECTURE FOR INTERFACING WITH AND PROCESSING METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH DIGITAL CONTENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for interacting with and/or processing metadata associated with digital content. In a typical embodiment, various architectures are provided that may comprise interfaces, applications, processors, etc. to allow for metadata to be processed and/or appended to related main data. The architectural components herein also provide for various ways for metadata to be gathered and/or stored (e.g., provided by a user). Among other things, these approaches optimize digital and/or social media exchanges. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074836 | Method and device for associating metadata to media objects - Methods, systems, and devices for associating metadata with a media object that has been published on a plurality of social networks obtain a respective identifier by which the media object is identified on each of the plurality of social networks, retrieve metadata associated with the media object from each of the plurality of social networks using the corresponding identifier, and store the retrieved metadata in association with the media object. | 03-13-2014 |
20140074837 | ASSIGNING KEYPHRASES - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for improving features that are made available to users for navigating through libraries of media items, searching for media items, and organizing groups of media items for consumption. An exemplary method includes receiving a user-tagged keyphrase for a media item from a plurality of media libraries, determining that the user-tagged keyphrase meets a predefined criterion, and sending a command to a selected media library to associate the keyphrase with the media item. | 03-13-2014 |
20140081966 | Methods, Systems, and Program Products for Tagging a Resource - Methods and systems are described for tagging a resource. In an aspect, a matched tag is created by associating a user identified tag with a tagging criterion that is based on data other than the tag. A determination is made that the tagging criterion is met for each resource in a plurality of resources. Each resource in the plurality is tagged with the tag, in response to the determining. Presentation information is sent to present, via an output device, a tag user interface element representing the tag, that represents the tag, as a target for a user input to initiate an operation that identifies a resource in the plurality. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081967 | Methods, Systems, and Program Products for Distinguishing Tags for a Resource - Methods and systems are described for distinguishing tags for a resource. In one aspect, a first resource is detected as tagged with a first matched tag that identifies the first tagging criterion and the first resource is detected as tagged with a second matched tag that identifies the second tagging criterion. The first matched tag is determined to identify a first tag. The second matched tag is determined to identify the first tag. First presentation information is sent to present, along with a resource user interface element that represents the first resource, a first tag user interface element that represents the first tag identified by the first matched tag and second presentation information is sent to present a second tag user interface element that represents the first tag identified by the second matched tag. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081968 | Methods, Systems, and Program Products for Automatically Managing Tagging of a Resource - Methods and systems are described for automatically managing tagging of a resource. In one aspect, a first matched tag is identified that identifies a first tag and a first tagging criterion, wherein whether the first tagging criterion is met for a first resource is based on a first attribute of the first resource. A change to the first attribute is detected. Based on the change, whether the first tagging criterion is met for the first resource is determined. The first resource is tagged with the first tag, automatically in response to determining that the first criterion is met. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081969 | Methods, Systems, and Program Products for Locating Tagged Resources in a Resource Scope - Methods and systems are described for locating tagged resources in a resource scope. In an aspect, a first tag is detected that tags at least one resource. A first scope descriptor for the first tag is identified. A second scope descriptor for the first tag is identified. A first set of resources is determined that are in a first resource scope specified by the first scope descriptor and that are tagged with the first tag. A second set of resources is determined that are in a second resource scope specified by the second scope descriptor and that are tagged with the first tag, wherein a third resource tagged with the first tag is included in one of the first set and the second set. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081970 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a server that may include a control section to control generation of recommendation information based on log data from an information processing apparatus that communicates with the server over a network, wherein the log data includes data related to behavior of a user and combination data indicating at least one of a keyword or category selected by the user. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081971 | Location Based Exchange Operating System - Provided is a distributed system and method for enabling new and useful location dependent features and functionality to mobile data processing systems. Mobile data processing systems (MSs) interact with each other as peers in communications and interoperability. Data is shared between mobile data processing systems to carry out novel Location Based eXchanges (LBX) of data for new mobile applications. Information which is transmitted inbound to, transmitted outbound from, or is in process at, a mobile data processing system, is used to trigger processing of actions in accordance with user configured permissions, charters, and other configurations. In a preferred embodiment, a user configurable platform is provided for quickly building well behaving LBX applications at MSs and across a plurality of interoperating MSs. | 03-20-2014 |
20140081972 | SYSTEM FOR OBSERVING AND ANALYZING CONFIGURATIONS USING DYNAMIC TAGS AND QUERIES - There is provided a system for tagging information in a virtual server environment based on a systems model. The system comprises a systems model arranged to provide configuration data for tags. The tags are associated with configurable items of the systems model in the virtual server environment. The system further comprises an evaluation rules engine arranged to evaluate data in the virtual server environment based on a set of predetermined evaluation rules and the provided configuration data, and to generate a new tag, remove an existing tag, or update an existing tag based on the evaluation. | 03-20-2014 |
20140089307 | USING DIGITAL FINGERPRINTS TO ASSOCIATE DATA WITH A WORK - A computing device, during sampling or playback of a work, receives a command to associate data with the work at a particular point in the work. The computing device generates a digital fingerprint of a segment of the work, wherein the segment corresponds to the particular point in the work. The computing device then associates the data with the digital fingerprint. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089308 | Tracking Documents in Computing Devices - A method and system for tracking documents in computing devices is provided. The method includes creating a unique identifier for a document in a computing device based on contents of the document and meta-data associated with the document. The unique identifier is then used for tracking the document in one or more computing devices. The tracking of the document can be done for all the documents in plurality of computing devices. The method further tracks propagation of the document in the plurality computing devices. | 03-27-2014 |
20140089309 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING BROADCAST PROGRAM CONTENT - A broadcast program content recognition system comprising at least one receiver adapted to sample broadcast program content from a broadcast source; a content recognition engine for recognizing and storing the sampled broadcast program content; and a content database in data communication with the content recognition means; the content database adapted to return information relating to the broadcast program content upon receipt of a query from a client device is disclosed. The system is configured such that in event where the content recognition engine is unable to recognize the sample broadcast program content, the content recognition engine splits the unrecognized sample into at least a first and a second sequential portions and appends the first portion to a previously recognized sample. | 03-27-2014 |
20140095497 | MANAGING GEOGRAPHIC REGION INFORMATION - In an implementation, geographic region information is managed through storage, in a database, of respective sets of coordinates of elements and region identifiers of a plurality of geographic regions that are mapped onto the respective sets of coordinates of elements, in which the plurality of geographic regions are expanded to extend into additional elements prior to the storage of the respective sets of coordinates and the region identifiers. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095498 | Systems And Methods For Facilitating Access To Documents Via A Set Of Content Selection Tags - Systems and methods are provided to facilitate access to documents via a set of content selection tags. According to one embodiment, information is received from a content reader. For example, a content controller may receive information from a content reader via a Web site. A set of content selection tags are then established based on the received information, each content selection tag being associated with a hierarchical tag domain. It is then arranged for the content reader to receive an indication of a document tag in accordance with the set of content selection tags. For example, a content controller may retrieve one or more documents based on a set of content selection tags and document tags and transmit indications of the retrieved documents to a content reader via a Web site. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095499 | PROCESSING PROGRAM DATA FOR MEDICAL PUMPS - An apparatus for maintaining a library of program data for medical pumps, the apparatus comprising: memory loaded with a database, the database including a plurality of program data records and a plurality of data key records, each program data record containing a set of program data items, at least some of the program data items included in the database for controlling operation of a medical pump, each data key record containing a data key and each data key identifying one of the data program records; a database management system programmed to link a data key to a set of program data; and a scanner in data communication with the database management system, the database management system being further programmed to receive a code scanned by the scanner, save the code in a data key record, and link the code to a set of program data, the code being a data key. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095500 | EXPLANATORY ANIMATION GENERATION - Various embodiments included herein include at least one of systems, methods, and software for explanatory animation generation. Some embodiments include receiving data representative of at least two data items, each data item to be presented as a node. Relationships between these data items are discovered in an interrelated dataset and the relationship is illustrated as a set of sequential nodes on a canvas. A text-script descriptive of each of the nodes is then generated. Finally, such embodiments include generating a visualization with a synchronized voiceover based on the sequence nodes and the text-script, the visualization including each node with a synchronized voiceover of each node. | 04-03-2014 |
20140095501 | System and Method of Integrating Enterprise Applications - The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to enterprise application integration. In general, one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a computer system including a service oriented architecture (SOA), where the system includes a composite application configured to present sales targeted information by combining services from multiple application resources on a network, wherein the multiple application resources include: a sales force automation (SFA) tool configured to automate sales and sales force management functions; a real-time predictive analytics tool configured to evaluate customer purchasing data and recommend products or services based on the customer purchasing data; a knowledge management tool configured to search and retrieve data across multiple integrated applications; and a calendar tool configured to manage appointment scheduling. The multiple application resources can further include a collaboration tool; and a business intelligence tool, including at least one live news feed. | 04-03-2014 |
20140101149 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHODS AND APPARATUS TO INTERACT WITH RECORDS USING A PUBLISHER OF AN INFORMATION FEED OF AN ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable storage media for interacting with records using a publisher configured to publish information to a feed of a social network. In some implementations, a computing device receives a request to interact with a child record related to a parent record stored in a database system. The request is generated via the publisher displayed in a user interface on a display device. The user interface is also configured to display the feed in association with an entity of the social network. Child record information indicating a type of the child record and field data to populate one or more fields of the child record can be received. The field data is differentiated from message content generated via the publisher to include in a feed item for presentation in the feed when displayed to one or more users following the parent record. The requested interaction with the child record can be performed using the child record information. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101150 | EFFICIENT HIGH PERFORMANCE SCALABLE PIPELINED SEARCHING METHOD USING VARIABLE STRIDE MULTIBIT TRIES - A method for high speed searching of a large database provides speed, throughput, and efficient memory usage comparable to TCAM-assisted searches without using dedicated processors. Successive groups of bits from a key are processed by tables in a search tree. The tables are constructed with different sizes and types according to the structure of the key and the distribution of information in the database. Each link to a subsequent table specifies both the type of the linked table and how many key bits the table will process. The tables include, but are need not be limited to, address offset tables that use bits from the key as an addressing offset to locate a result. Embodiments are implemented on pipeline processors that include internal memory units and access to external memory. Embodiments also include string compare tables, memory mapped tables, and/or instructions to continue searching on a different memory unit. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101151 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF OBJECTS - A system may generate a database of a geographical map of a navigation device. The geographical map covering a geographical area which is divided into several update regions. The system may identify at least one object in the geographical map which covers an object area in the geographical area. The object area can be divided into different parts which are located in different update regions. The system can store in the database, for each of said at least one object, information indicating that the object area overlaps with plural update regions, the information including pointers to update regions in which the respective different parts of the object area are stored. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101152 | Proactive creation of image-based products - A method for proactively creating an image product includes storing a library of specification terms for image products by a computer system, receiving a command from a user, tokenizing the command into a plurality of tokens by the computer system, matching one or more of the tokens to the specification terms in the library to determine specification parameters for an image product by the computer system, automatically identifying images based on the specification parameters by the computer system, and automatically creating a design for the image product that incorporates at least some of the images identified based on the specification parameters. | 04-10-2014 |
20140108396 | INTEGRATION OF STATISTICAL LANGUAGES FOR REPORTING - Methods and systems for integrating the output generated by a statistical language script into a report of a reporting application. In some implementations a uniform resource identifier may include a hostname, a port, a location of the statistical language script, and one or more parameter names and associated values. The script may be sent to a statistical programming language interface. The statistical programming language interface may generate an output based on the script and using data from a database. The output may be sent to the reporting application for inclusion within a report. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108397 | Computer-Implemented Document Manager Application Enabler System and Method - Systems and methods are provided for providing document data. A host application is displayed on an interface of a computer system, where the host application includes an interface field that is linked to a document field of documents in a document management system. An enabler application captures a field value for the interface field and an operation identification from the host application. A context rule database contains a plurality of context rules that are accessed based upon the operation identification, where the context rule identifies a type of document that is relevant to the identified operation. A document management system is configured to be queried based on the field value and the relevant document type, where the document management system is configured to return document data based on said query, and where the interface of the computer system is configured to be updated based on the returned document data. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108398 | Method and System for Recording Responses in a CRM System - In an embodiment of the present invention, a Response object collects and synchronizes information from other types of objects as may be implemented in a CRM system. For example, certain objects may include a Lead or Contact Object, a Campaign object, and an Opportunity Object that is synchronized into a Response object. In this way, the results for a given Lead or Contact can be directly attributed to the Campaign or Opportunity without having to guess as may be necessary in certain typical CRM systems. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108399 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR POLYMORPHIC QUERIES - Techniques for providing polymorphic query requests. A request is received that has at least a database query. The database query comprises at least an expression using a polymorphic relationship. The request is processed utilizing the polymorphic relationship. A user-readable result is provided for the query where the result is defined by at least the polymorphic relationship. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND ACCESSING MEMORABILIA - A computer based system for management of memorabilia including a processor coupled to memory and an input-output controller, a data store in communication with the processor, an input device coupled to the input-output controller and a display device coupled to the input-output controller. The memory includes at least one algorithm comprising an initial processing section configured to upload a plurality of images and audio files having a plurality of data file formats. The memory includes an organization and storage section configured to determine at least one location within the data store for storage of each of the plurality of images and audio files. The memory also includes an access and display section configured for at least one of creating, retrieving, viewing, moving, annotating and transmitting the images and audio files. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108401 | System and Method for Adjusting Distributions of Data Using Mixed Integer Programming - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to systems, methods, and computer-readable medium to facilitate modifying a distribution of data elements to more closely resemble a reference distribution. In exemplary embodiments a modification constraint can be assigned to limit a modification of data elements in a subject distribution and a reference distribution can be identified. Data elements in the subject distribution can be programmatically modified to generate a modified distribution based on a reference distribution, wherein a modification of the data elements can be constrained in response to the modification constraint. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108402 | System and Method to Store and Retrieve Indentifier Associated Information Content - In one embodiment, information content files, such as text files, image files, XML files and the like, that provide information related to an identifier bearing item, such as a consumer item with a barcode, are stored on a data storage device such as network server. Identifier data entries, such as UPC data, are associated with file data entries, such as file names, in a database. General file access information that is used in accessing the information content files is stored on a terminal. In operation an identifier is read by the terminal and is used to extract one of the file data entries from the database based on database communication information stored on the terminal. The file data entry in combination with the general file access information is used to establish communication with the data storage device and to extract one of the information content files. | 04-17-2014 |
20140114969 | Building Dynamic Knowledge System Based on Instant Communications and Static Posts - Allow enterprises to build a dynamic knowledge base in real time from instant communications within the company and with external entities. Index, and make searchable all communications based on texts within these communications, as well as tags that can be added in real time during instant messaging. Allow users to share all or parts of their instant message conversations with specific groups of people within, or outside of their enterprise. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114970 | Systems and Methods for Interest-Driven Data Visualization Systems Utilized in Interest-Driven Business Intelligence Systems - Systems and methods for interest-driven data visualization systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one embodiment, an interest-driven data visualization system includes a processor, a memory connected configured to store an interest-driven data visualization application, and metadata storage, wherein the interest-driven data visualization application configures the processor to define reporting data requirements, generate data retrieval job data based on the reporting data requirements, transmit the data retrieval job data, receive aggregate data, create at least one piece of reporting data using the received aggregate data and the reporting data requirements, associate visualization metadata with the reporting data describing the visual appearance of the at least one piece of reporting data, and generate a report using the reporting data requirements and the visualization metadata. | 04-24-2014 |
20140114971 | Systems and Methods for Interest-Driven Data Sharing in Interest-Driven Business Intelligence Systems - Systems and methods for interest-driven data sharing in interest-driven business intelligence systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one embodiment, an interest-driven data sharing server system includes a processor, a memory configured to store an interest-driven data sharing application, raw data storage, metadata storage configured to store data description metadata describing the raw data, and report storage configured to store previously generated reports, wherein the interest-driven data sharing application configures the processor to receive a report specification, locate at least one previously generated report stored in the report storage, identify raw data stored in the raw data storage using the data description metadata and at least one of the reporting data requirements, calculate redundant data metadata using the located previously generated reports and the identified raw data, determine modified reporting data requirements, retrieve updated source data, and generate reporting data based on the updated source data. | 04-24-2014 |
20140122476 | PRIVACY PRESERVING DATA QUERYING - A method, system, and computer-readable memory containing instructions include employing a tokenizing authority to obtain a tokenized query term that represents a query term, using the tokenized query term to perform a lookup against a tokenized term database, determining whether the tokenized query term exists in the database. The method, system, and computer-readable memory may further include returning an encryption or decryption key corresponding to an encrypted record of information associated with the query term and corresponding to the tokenized query term. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122477 | STATION FINGERPRINTING - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for determining encoding media station fingerprints and determining if media station fingerprints are related. Also disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for allowing client devices to preview sample media stations prior to actually creating a media station, receiving user interaction data relating to the user's activity with a sample media station, storing sample station fingerprints along with client device interaction data and using the client device interaction data to influence media item sequence generation rules for an additional related media station. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122478 | LARGE-SCALE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A large-scale data processing apparatus, method, and non-transitory tangible machine-readable medium are provided. The large-scale data processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an interface, and a processor. The storage unit is stored with a measure table comprising at least one measure. Each of the at least one measure includes a value corresponding to a key attribute and a piece of data corresponding to a data field. The interface is configured to receive a level order of N attributes, wherein N is a positive integer and the N attributes comprise the key attribute. The processor is configured to create a measure tree object for the measure table by following the level order so that the measure tree object has N levels corresponding to the N attributes in a one-to-one fashion. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122479 | Automated file name generation - Described herein are methods for determining a type and semi-unique features of electronic files. The methods generally include generating at least one document hypothesis corresponding to the type of the document. For each document hypothesis, the document type is verified. A document type hypothesis is selected. A document name is formed based on the selected document type hypothesis and one or more features of the document. Such steps generally include automatically or programmatically naming of electronic files. A unique or semi-unique name is given, one that reproduces some of the document's contents, attributes and/or characteristics. Each document is provided with a name that can be easily understood and that is related to the content of the document. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122480 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ONE OR MORE SERVICES AND/OR DEVICE DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring obscured data, said obscured data including property data regarding at least one property of one or more devices, wherein said obscured data has been obscured to avoid uniquely identifying the one or more devices, acquiring one or more services configured to be carried out on the one or more devices, said acquiring at least partly based on the acquired obscured data including the property data regarding at least one property of the one or more devices, and offering the one or more services in exchange for access to identifying data configured to uniquely identify the one or more devices associated with the property data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVICE ADVERTISING AND DISCOVERY - A centralised identity and capability resolution server (ICRS) keeps track of which user or subscriber is logged in on every device in a communications ecosystem and maintains the state of user, device and service relationships based on multiple external events. Each subscriber is provided with a unique identifier within the ecosystem or unique ecosystem identifier. The ICRS establishes an association between the service identifier, user and particular device that a user is using for that service. The devices within the ecosystem are configured to inform the ICRS of new accounts, or changes affecting existing accounts, such as cancelling of an account or loss of device. In that way, the ICRS has up to date state of the relationships between user or subscriber identifiers, devices, and various service identifiers. This enables ICRS to retrieve any identifier associated to the subscriber when any other identifier belonging to the user is provided. | 05-01-2014 |
20140122482 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND ASSIGNING METADATA TAGS - An information management system including at least one data storage device and at least one processor coupled to the at least one data storage device. The at least one processor is configured to receive at least one object, the object having a location in a hierarchical file organizational structure. The processor also generates at least one prospective keyword for the at least one object based upon the location of the object in the hierarchical organization structure, and associates the at least one object with at least one of the prospective keywords. | 05-01-2014 |
20140129555 | Collaborative, Incremental Specification of Identities - Methods and systems for collaborative, incremental specification of identities are provided. Users of an information processing system collaborate to define and refine identities of entities, and users can create references for those identities. Relationships among the identifiers imply related keywords that can be used to improve search, navigation, and integration. Relationship factoring can be used to maintain efficient logical and physical representations. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING, STORING, MANIPULATING AND DISTRIBUTING RF DIGITAL INFORMATION FILES - A system and method for receiving storing, manipulating and distributing RF data. A computing device receives and stores collected RF data. A requesting user issues a request for the RF data file, which request includes one or more modification parameters. The computing device selects one or more processing algorithms based on the one or more modification parameters and applies the selected processing algorithms to the collected RF data. The computing device provides the manipulated RF data to the requesting party in response to the request. | 05-08-2014 |
20140129557 | Zone Oriented Applications, Systems and Methods - Zone management infrastructure systems and methods are presented. A zone comprises a set of boundary conditions, which can include a geographic boundary. Zones further comprise a zone object representing the nature of the zone and the services or applications offered by the zone. Zone objects have intrinsic value based on their boundary conditions as well as the services they offer. Zone owners can allow third parties to offer services for the zone in exchange for a fee. | 05-08-2014 |
20140149405 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF NETWORKS BASED ON TEXT ANALYTICS AND SEMANTIC ANALYTICS - A method includes providing data from at least one data source to an analytics engine; outputting data from an identity management system to the analytics engine; outputting data from an enterprise communities database to the analytics engine; causing the analytics engine to issue at least one recommendation based on the data from the at least one data source, the identity management system data and the enterprise communities database data, wherein the determining is executed by at least one processor. | 05-29-2014 |
20140149406 | DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD TO HOST APPLICATIONS AND MANAGE STORAGE, FINDING AND RETRIEVAL OF TYPED ITEMS WITH SUPPORT FOR TAGGING, CONNECTIONS, AND SITUATED QUERIES - A data management method to host applications and manage storage, finding and retrieval of typed items with support for tagging, connections, and situated queries is provided. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156656 | Managed Assessment of Submitted Digital Content - Methods and systems for managing assessment of media content electronically submitted to a network-based media distribution system. A submitter can prepare a media package that is associated with a particular media asset (e.g. media title), and then electronically submit the media package to the media distribution system. The media distribution system can then process the media package to produce various components that are used by the media distribution system to electronically distribute media content of the media asset. According to one aspect, the media distribution system can manage a review process on the various components so that the components can be individually approved or rejected. According to another aspect, embodiments pertain to a reviewer's workspace that can assist a user in reviewing the submitted media content. According to still another aspect, embodiments can utilize a plurality of reviewers to review various media assets that have been submitted. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156657 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENTING EVIDENCE - A system and method for documenting evidence. Investigators are provided a mobile client device enabling them to document evidence directly at a crime scene. Documentation is provided to an evidence gathering module which collects the documentation and stores it to an evidence database. Once the investigation is complete, a chain of custody document is generated. Documentation is time and date stamped and each documented item of evidence is linked to the particular investigator that documented it. The mobile client device provides automated location and environmental data, reducing error and overhead for the investigator. | 06-05-2014 |
20140156658 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING EXAMINATION PROCESS - In a method for displaying an examination process of a patent application, one or more examination files of the patent application are obtained. The method obtains contents of each examination file, determines one or more rejected claims in each examination file by analyzing the contents of each examination file, and creates rejection information corresponding to each rejected claim. The method further creates a node for each examination file according to a preset mode, displays the rejection information of the rejected claims in a specific examination file on a display device when a node of the specific examination file is selected. | 06-05-2014 |
20140164373 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSOCIATING MEDIA DESCRIPTION TAGS AND/OR MEDIA CONTENT IMAGES - Systems and methods for associating tagged data in media content and/or media content images are disclosed herein. A tag is assigned to a content element in a media item. The tag is associated with one or more other tags based at least in part on information associated with the tag. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164374 | STREAMING DATA PATTERN RECOGNITION AND PROCESSING - When processing data tuples, operators of a streaming application may identify certain tuples as being relevant. To determine relevant tuples, the operators may, for example, process the received tuples and determine if they meet certain thresholds. If so, the tuples are deemed relevant, but if not they are characterized as irrelevant. The streaming application may use a pattern detector to parse the relevant data tuples to identify a pattern, such as a shared trait between the tuples. Based on this commonality, the pattern detector may generate filtering criteria that may be used to process subsequently received tuples. In one embodiment, the filtering criteria identified by one operator is transmitted to a second operator to be used to process tuples received there. Thus, once one of the operators determines a pattern, the operator generates filtering criteria that another, related operator uses for filtering received tuples. | 06-12-2014 |
20140164375 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOGGING AND PROCESSING DATA RELATING TO AN ACTIVITY - The resent invention relates to a system for gathering and assembling information based on data received from one or several mobile terminals, the system comprising: one or several mobile terminals, and a central processing unit. The data at least relates to a position, environmental information and a tool used by a user of the mobile terminal for carrying out an activity and the central processing unit is configured to: process said data, assemble a unique information based on said data, said unique information comprising optimized data for carrying out said activity. | 06-12-2014 |
20140172848 | CONTENT REACTION ANNOTATIONS - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for annotating content based upon user reaction data and/or for maintaining a searchable content repository. That is, a user may request and/or opt-in for user reaction data to be detected while a user is experiencing content (e.g., watching a movie, walking through a park, interacting with a website, participating on a phone conversation, etc.). Metadata associated with the content may be used to determine when and/or what sensors to use to detect the user reaction data (e.g., metadata specifying an emotional part of a movie). The content may be annotated with a reaction annotation corresponding to the user reaction data, which may be used to organize, search, and/or interact with the content. A search interface may allow users to search for content based upon annotation data and/or aggregated annotation data of one or more users who experienced the content. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172849 | FACILITATING PERSONAS IN COMMUNICATION EXCHANGE ENVIRONMENTS - Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for facilitating personas in communication exchange environments. In at least one implementation, a communication exchange system receives a persona request for a specific persona and in response identifies contacts associated with the specific persona. The communication exchange system assembles contact information from at least a portion of each of the contacts associated with the specific persona and replies to the persona request with at least the specific persona. The specific persona includes the contact information assembled from the at least a portion of each of the plurality of contacts. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172850 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR OPTIMIZED DATA SUBSETTING - An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for data subsetting, including receiving a request for a subset of data from a plurality of tables, determining whether an entity graph corresponding the plurality of tables contains a cycle, and if so, performing cyclic subset processing, otherwise, expanding the entity graph and performing acyclic subset processing if the expanded entity graph does not have any cycles and cyclic subset processing if the expanded entity graph does have cycles. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172851 | ON THE FLY DATA BINNING - A computer-implemented method, a computer-implemented system, and a computer program product for data binning are disclosed. In a first aspect, the computer-implemented method comprises in response to a determination that a data value is greater than an estimated maximum data value, calculating a new bin position for the data value by adding multiples of a bin width to the estimated maximum data value until a bin where the data value belongs is found. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172852 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Reducing Data to Facilitate Identification and Presentation of Data Variations - A system includes a first device and a second device. The first device includes traffic analysis logic configured to process first data measured over each of a plurality of time intervals of a first time granularity to obtain second data associated with each of a plurality of time intervals of a second time granularity. The first time granularity is finer than the second time granularity. The second device is configured to receive and display the second data. The traffic analysis logic is configurable responsive to the second device to reduce a volume of the first data to obtain the second data such that an indication of a feature in the first data is maintained in the second data, where the feature would be obscured if the second data were based on an aggregate of the first data over each of the plurality of time intervals of the second time granularity. | 06-19-2014 |
20140172853 | GENERATING AND DISPLAYING TASKS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating tasks from user observations. One of the methods includes segmenting a plurality of observations associated with a user of a user device into a plurality of tasks previously engaged in by the user; and generating a respective task presentation for each of the plurality of tasks for presentation to the user. | 06-19-2014 |
20140181103 | MODIFYING A USER PROFILE - Modifying a user profile, including: receiving, by a content presentation module, a request for one or more elements in a user profile, wherein each element in the user profile includes information identifying attributes associated with a user; presenting, by the content presentation module, content provided by a content provider; receiving, by the content presentation module, a user request to alter the presentation of the content; receiving, by the content presentation module, updated values for the requested one or more elements in the user profile; and updating, by the content presentation module, the user profile in dependence upon the updated values for the requested one or more elements in the user profile. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181104 | IDENTITY WORKFLOW THAT UTILIZES MULTIPLE STORAGE ENGINES TO SUPPORT VARIOUS LIFECYCLES - In one embodiment, an indication of a request pertaining to a user account is obtained, where the user account is associated with at least one user. An account type of the user account is determined, where the account type is one of two or more account types. One or more actions indicated by the request are performed based, at least in part, upon the account type. | 06-26-2014 |
20140181105 | VEHICLE POINT AND SELECT - A point and select method, apparatus and system are disclosed. The method comprises capturing a pointing direction of a user, obtaining geopositioning information, communicating the pointing direction and the geopositioning information to a database, the database configured to analyze the pointing direction and the geopositioning information to arrive at at least one of context dependent options and context dependent information, receiving and communicating to the user the at least one of context dependent options and context dependent information, and upon a user requesting one of the at least one context dependent option, receiving and fulfilling the requested option. | 06-26-2014 |
20140188868 | PREDICTIVE MODELS OF FILE ACCESS PATTERNS BY APPLICATION AND FILE TYPE - The speed at which files can be accessed from a remote location is increased by predicting the file access pattern based on a predictive model. The file access pattern describes the order in which blocks of data for a given file type are read by a given application. From aggregated data across many file accesses, one or more predictive models of access patterns can be built. A predictive model takes as input the application requesting the file access and the file type being requested, and outputs information describing an order of data blocks for transmitting the file to the requesting application. Accordingly, when a server receives a request for a file from an application, the server uses the predictive model to determine the order that the application is most likely to use the data blocks of the file. The data is then transmitted in that order to the client device. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188869 | MIGRATING CONTENT ITEMS - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for migrating content items from a source user account to a target user account. A user can specify content items in the source user account to be migrated to an existing or new target user account. A new content entry including an account identifier of the target account and a pointer to the content item can be created for each migrated content item. Further, a determination can be made as to whether a sharing link to each content item exists, and if so, the content pointer of the old content entry is modified to forward or redirect to the new content entry. An active flag associated with the old content entry can be set to false or 0 to indicate that the old content entry is no longer active. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188870 | LSM CACHE - A variety of methods for improving efficiency in a database system are provided. In one embodiment, a method may comprise: generating multiple levels of data according to how recently the data have been updated, whereby most recently updated data are assigned to the newest level; storing each level of data in a specific storage tier; splitting data stored in a particular storage tier into two or more groups according to access statistics of each specific data; during compaction, storing data from different groups in separate data blocks of the particular storage tier; and when a particular data in a specific data block is requested, reading the specific data block into a low-latency storage tier. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188871 | TLD MARKUP LANGUAGE - Domain name Registrars typically offer for registration domain names that have a variety of different Top-level Domains (TLDs). Each TLD may have different business requirements (rules the Registrar follows when registering a domain name having the TLD). A Registrar must reconfigure its functions when the Registrar wants to offer a new TLD or when business rules change for a TLD already being offered by the Registrar. The present invention allows the Registrar to easily reconfigure its functions to accept new business rules by storing the business rules in an electronic document stored in a database. The electronic document is preferably written in a TLD markup language (TLDML). | 07-03-2014 |
20140188872 | TLD MARKUP LANGUAGE BASED DOMAIN NAME REGISTERING ENTITY - Domain name Registrars typically offer for registration domain names that have a variety of different Top-level Domains (TLDs). Each TLD may have different business requirements (rules the Registrar follows when registering a domain name having the TLD). A Registrar must reconfigure its functions when the Registrar wants to offer a new TLD or when business rules change for a TLD already being offered by the Registrar. The present invention allows the Registrar to easily reconfigure its functions to accept new business rules by storing the business rules in an electronic document stored in a database. The electronic document is preferably written in a TLD markup language (TLDML). | 07-03-2014 |
20140188873 | Presenting Information Based on User Profiles - A server may be configured to receive behavior information associated with a user device. The behavior information may indicate a set of geographical locations at which the user device has been present. The server may generate a mode based on the behavior information. The mode may indicate a set of conditions based on which the mode is to be activated, and a set of information to be presented when the mode is activated. The server may output the mode to the user device. The user device may determine, after receiving the mode, that the set of conditions has been satisfied. The determining may be based on a geographical location of the user device. The user device may activate the mode, based on determining that the set of conditions has been satisfied; and may present at least a portion of the set of information, based on activating the mode. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188874 | USING DATA FROM A WEARABLE DEVICE TO DETERMINE AND PRESENT ACTIVITIES FOR TYPES OF INDIVIDUALS - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188875 | METHOD FOR MEASURING COEFFICIENT OF CONTACTS OF ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK - The present disclosure relates to online social networks. In particularly it is relates to a method for measuring coefficient of contacts of online social network. A method for measuring coefficient of contacts of online social network comprises the following steps that: the social network comprises at least one tree system, the sum of the coefficients of contacts of each tree system is 1, and the tree system is composed of root-level users, trunk-level users and leaf-level users; each user in the social network belongs to a unique tree system and has a unique code; the leaf-level user has no subordinate relationship of contacts, thus the coefficient of contacts of the leaf-level user is zero; the coefficient of contacts of each of the trunk-level users of the tree system is as follows: Si=ΣSi+1+j/n/(i+1). The whole situation of contacts and specific situation of contacts of any group can be evaluated quantitatively in social network sites, so as to provide the basis for commercial activities and social media activities of the social network sites. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188876 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device may include a control device to determine a mood in a space based on sensing data from at least one sensing device placed in the space, and to execute an appropriate operation based on the mood. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188877 | Method for Managing a System of Geographical Information Adapted for Use With at Least One Pointing Device, with Creation of Purely Virtual Digital Objects - A method is proposed for managing a geographical information system adapted for use with at least one pointing device. The geographical information system includes a central unit accessing a data base containing a plurality of digital objects. Each digital object possesses an identifier and is defined in the data base by a geometrical component defining a geographical position and by a descriptive component defining at least one descriptive attribute. The central unit is adapted for determining, as a function of the geometrical components of the digital objects and of information on the position and orientation of a given pointing device, whether the position of one of the digital objects is being pointed at by the given pointing device. The central unit carries out a step of creating, in the data base, a purely virtual object, the geometrical component of which defines a geographical position independently of the presence or non-presence of a real object at said geographical position. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCESSING AND MANAGING MOBILE DEVICE METADATA - A system and method are provided for accessing information describing content residing on agent devices. The system includes a central node and agent devices communicatively coupled by a network. The central node obtains content information describing content stored at the agent devices and optionally the locations of the agent devices from the agent devices. The content information and optionally the locations of the agent devices are stored in a database associated with the central node. The central node enables requesting nodes such as the agent devices to access the database. For example, the agent devices may communicate with the central node to obtain the content information for a known agent device or to query the database to find agent devices having content information and optionally locations that satisfy specified criteria. Alternatively, the central node may provide alerts to the agent devices when other agent devices matching specified criteria are available. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED DATA ANNOTATION - Systems and methods for distributed data annotation in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a distributed data annotation server system includes a storage device configured to store source data, one or more annotators, annotation tasks and a processor, wherein a distributed data annotation application configures the processor to receive source data including one or more pieces of source data, select one or more annotators, create one or more annotation tasks for the selected annotators and source data, request one or more annotations for the source data using the annotation tasks, receive annotations, determine source data metadata for at least one piece of source data using the received annotations, generate annotator metadata for at least one annotator using the received annotations and the source data, and estimate the ground truth for the source data using the source data metadata and the annotator metadata. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188880 | PRIVATE NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL NETWORK, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Disclosed are a method and system of private neighborhood social networks, according to one embodiment. In one aspect, a method of providing users of information with timely information about a news story related to the geographic locations of the users includes receiving a submission of a news story from the Internet via a computer network interface device. A contact database is searched to select users whose geographic locations indicate a proximity to the geographic location of the news story. The selected users are provided with the geographic location of the news story, the description of the details of the news story, and the information related to items associated with the news story. An interested user is enabled to form an immediate communication in the form of an online interview with a neighboring user surrounding the specific geographic location of the news story. | 07-03-2014 |
20140195531 | GUI FOR VIEWING AND MANIPULATING CONNECTED TAG CLOUDS - A method of visualizing and interacting with a given term graph for a given group G defined by a set of values d for a set of dimensions D and topic X, may comprise obtaining the term graph associated with the given group G and the topic X; displaying the topic X in a tag cloud; representing each term from the term graph as a tag in the tag cloud, wherein a distance of a given tag from the displayed topic X in the tag cloud represents a distance of a term represented by the given tag from the topic X in the term graph; and visually representing a tag's importance relative to one or more of resources associated with the given group G in the tag cloud. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195532 | COLLECTING DIGITAL ASSETS TO FORM A SEARCHABLE REPOSITORY - A digital asset is identified, and a copy of the digital asset to store in a repository. Program code tokenizes plaintext into a grammar, wherein the plaintext is associated with the digital asset. If the digital asset is an image the program code is instructed to identify colors and shapes within the image, and also relationships between the image and other digital assets stored in the repository. Contextual information corresponding to the digital asset is generated by utilizing the plaintext that is tokenized into the grammar, wherein the contextual information includes parameter values representing the colors, shapes, and relationships identified. The repository is queried to retrieve one or more copies of other digital assets having contextual information that matches with the contextual information corresponding to the digital asset that is identified. The computer annotates the copy of the digital asset within the repository to form searchable metadata. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195533 | OBJECT NAMING - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product names an object comprising a set of properties. One or more processors define a property as a name of the object, and then generate a name for the object with a naming scheme referring to properties of the object and connected objects. The processors store the generated name as part of the defined property. In response to the processors detecting changes in the referred properties and connected objects, the stored name is automatically updated according to the naming scheme. | 07-10-2014 |
20140201205 | Customized Content from User Data - There is provided a system and a method for customized content from user data. The method comprising receiving data corresponding to a user of a device, processing a content with the data to create a customized content, and outputting the customized content for display to the user. The data may be received from a device sensor, such as a GPS, camera, accelerometer, or receiver. The data may correspond to location data at a location of a user, and the content may be customized to mimic or contrast the location data. Additionally, the data may correspond to user information saved in a user database, such as a music library or personal profile. In certain implementations, the content may correspond to a virtual environment and the customized content may correspond to a customized virtual environment. | 07-17-2014 |
20140201206 | Global Deployment of Analytical Methods Via Networked Database to Mobile (Smart Phone) Technology - a method for global deployment of analytical methods and merging of data via mobile technology and remote mobile devices, the method comprising: developing analytical methods for quantification and identification to be stored in a relational database and distributed to remote mobile devices; developing execution methods to be stored in a relational database and distributed to remote mobile devices; employing a methodology incorporating gatekeeper applications to ensure full control and traceability in the development, deployment, and use of the analytical methods and the processing and distribution of data and analytical predictions; collecting field data from remote devices to a central relational database for a posterior analysis, model enhancement, and archiving; providing remote distributed access to all stored data including field data and processed data; providing a database methodology that provides for a highly level of security for the transmission of data and the storage of data; and providing a robust networking strategy to accommodate for potentially unreliable and unstable network connections | 07-17-2014 |
20140201207 | MENTAL STATE DATA TAGGING FOR DATA COLLECTED FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES - Mental state data useful for determining mental state information on an individual, such as video of an individual's face, is captured. Additional data that is helpful in determining the mental state information, such as contextual information, is also determined. The data and additional data allows interpretation of individual mental state information. The additional data is tagged to the mental state data and at least some of the mental state data, along with the tagged data, can be sent to a web service where it is used to produce further mental state information. | 07-17-2014 |
20140207774 | Virtual Building Browser Systems and Methods - Systems and methods are provided for a virtual building browser with a viewing module displaying images of visible elements and hidden elements, a searchable, relational database configured in a (COBie) compliant format, a query module, and an interface tool for accessing building information management (BIM) data in real-time, monitoring systems to manage facility assets, integration applications linking the searchable database with associated databases, peripheral devices, and user devices. In one embodiment, user devices are iPad® tablet devices with GPS. A computer implemented apparatus for a virtual tour system is also included. Steps for providing a virtual building browser, a virtual tour, and for linking LEED data to a virtual location are included plus computer-implemented methods with computer-usable readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform steps for a virtual tour, displaying building information management images of locations are included. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207775 | ON THE FLY DATA BINNING - A computer-implemented method, a computer-implemented system, and a computer program product for data binning are disclosed. In a first aspect, the computer-implemented method comprises in response to a determination that a data value is greater than an estimated maximum data value, calculating a new bin position for the data value by adding multiples of a bin width to the estimated maximum data value until a bin where the data value belongs is found. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214827 | Data Caveats for Database Tables - A method for storing data caveats for databases is described. The method includes storing at least one record in at least one content table in a database. The method includes storing at least one data caveat having a relationship to the content table in at least one record in a caveat table. A data caveat has a relationship to the content table when the data caveat applies to: a record in the content table or the content table in entirety. The method also includes storing, in a memory device, an indication of the relationship. Articles of manufacture are also described. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214828 | DATA CAVEATS FOR DATABASE TABLES - A method for storing data caveats for databases is described. The method includes storing at least one record in at least one content table in a database. The method includes storing at least one data caveat having a relationship to the content table in at least one record in a caveat table. A data caveat has a relationship to the content table when the data caveat applies to: a record in the content table or the content table in entirety. The method also includes storing, in a memory device, an indication of the relationship. Articles of manufacture are also described. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214829 | IMPLEMENTING ENTERPRISE LEVEL BUSINESS INFORMATION NETWORKING - Systems, apparatus, and methods for implementing enterprise level social and business information networking are provided. Users can receive relevant information about a database system and its users at an appropriate time. Users can then use this relevant information to reduce errors and limit redundant efforts. For example, an update of a record in the database can be identified, and a story created automatically about the update and sent to the users that are following the record. Which updates have stories created and which stories are to be sent to which users can be configured. Other events besides updating of records can also be tracked. For example, actions of a user that result in an event can be tracked, where such tracking can also be configurable. Subscriptions to follow an object can be automatic, and access checks can be used to ensure that unauthorized users do not see certain data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140214830 | METRICS-BASED ACCESSING OF SOCIAL THREADS - A method of accessing feeds based on metrics is provided. Feeds, each associated with an object stored in a database system, are provided to users of the database system. Inferential user interaction data captures implicit user behavior of users of the database system, wherein the data is generated in relation to a feed. Feed metrics are determined based on the user interaction data, wherein a feed metric is based upon statistics comprising user consumption, user responsiveness, content proliferation, and feed life. Finally, an action is executed in relation to at least one feed based on the feed metrics, wherein the action comprises discontinuing the feed, characterizing a feed, determining that a feed can be monetized, determining that a feed should be cached, or determining that intervention in a feed is advisable. | 07-31-2014 |
20140222809 | PROCESSING MEDIA ITEMS IN LOCATION-BASED GROUPS - Processing a plurality of media items that are associated with a respective plurality of locations includes: obtaining the plurality of media items; selecting a first media item that defines a first region on a map; determining a first set of media items that are located within the first region; selecting a second media item that defines a second region on the map, the second media item being selected among media items that are not located within the first region; determining a second set of media items that are located within the second region; and processing the first set of media items and the second set of media items as distinct groups. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222810 | Pattern Labeling - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a log associated with a user. The log includes a number of entries that each indicate a geo-location of the user at a point in time. The log spans a period of time and some of the entries are based on a geo-location determined and reported by a mobile computing device of the user without manual user input. The method also includes determining a pattern among the geo-locations of the user at the points in time; and determining for some of the geo-locations of the user at the points in time, a place corresponding to the geo-location; and inferring by the computing device a routine of the user based at least in part the pattern and the places. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222811 | INTEGRATING AND MANAGING SOCIAL NETWORKING INFORMATION IN AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SYSTEM - Some embodiments comprise integrating information from a social network into a multi-tenant database system. A plurality of information from the social network is retrieved, using a processor and a network interface of a server computer in the multi-tenant database system, wherein the plurality of information is associated with a message transmitted using the social network. Metadata related to the transmitted message is generated, using the processor. A conversation object is generated, using the processor, based on the plurality of information associated with the transmitted message and the metadata related to the transmitted message. The conversation object is then stored in an entity in the multi-tenant database system, using the processor of the server computer. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222812 | Systems and Methods for Utilizing and Searching Social Network Information - Methods and systems for indexing, storing, recalling and displaying social network user profiles, event calendar postings and user feed postings are described. A single, discrete set of keywords, can be utilized and assigned to both user profiles and postings and can operate as a method of indexing. The assignment of these keywords may allow users to control the display of calendar and feed content by matching assigned posting keywords to assigned profile keywords via a matching algorithm. Matched event-related postings may also be automatically displayed in a user's calendar. Searches of profiles and postings may also be performed by constructing queries using the same set of discrete keywords attached to profiles and postings. Users may have the ability to control the display of specific profile information and postings via privacy settings, which utilize unique methods of tracking relationship segmentation and social distance. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222813 | COLLECTING DATA IN INTERNET OF THINGS - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, apparatus and system for collecting data in an Internet of Things. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for collecting data in an Internet of Things, comprising: receiving status data from a sensor node of at least one sensor node; in response to verifying the status data being trusted status data, extracting content data from the status data; aggregating the content data based on a predefined rule; and transmitting the aggregated content data to a data center; wherein the at least one sensor node is connected with the data center via the Internet of Things. In one embodiment, there is provided an apparatus for collecting data in an Internet of Things. In one embodiment, there is provided a system for collecting data in an Internet of Things. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222814 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPRESSING NETWORK FEED ACTIVITIES USING AN INFORMATION FEED IN AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for suppressing network feed activities using an information feed in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, a message is received, including data indicative of a user action. An entity associated with the user action is identified, where the entity is a type of record stored in a database. A type of the entity is identified. It is determined whether the entity type is a prohibited entity type. When the entity type is not a prohibited entity type, the message data is saved to one or more tables in the database. The tables are configured to store feed items of an information feed capable of being displayed on a device. When the entity type is a prohibited entity type, the saving of the message data, to the one or more tables in the database configured to store the feed items, is prohibited. | 08-07-2014 |
20140222815 | GENERATING CONTACT SUGGESTIONS - Systems and methods for generating contact suggestions are provided. In some implementations, a method includes, at a computing device, identifying a first recipient of a draft electronic communication; and suggesting, to a user, a second recipient for the draft electronic communication in accordance with a condition that both the first recipient and the second recipient shared a single electronic communication. The single electronic communication was communicated at a time prior to identifying the first recipient. In some implementations, the method optionally includes, suggesting, to the user, a removal of a third recipient of the draft electronic communication. In other implementations, the method optionally includes, suggesting, to the user, a replacement of a fourth recipient of the draft electronic communication. | 08-07-2014 |
20140236943 | METHOD OR SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING PERSONALIZED CONTENT - Methods and systems are provided that may be utilized to recommend content to a user. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236944 | PREDICTIVE MAPPING SYSTEM FOR ANGLERS - A method includes receiving, at a computing device, a search request that includes one or more search criteria for a body of water. The one or more search criteria include an identification of a fish species. One or more locations on the body of water that satisfy the one or more search criteria are identified. The one or more locations include at least one predicted location of the fish species within the body of water. The one or more locations are highlighted on a map of the body of water. | 08-21-2014 |
20140236945 | INTEGRATED MEDIA JUKEBOX AND PHYSIOLOGIC DATA HANDLING APPLICATION - A method is provided to operate a computer to interoperate with a portable media player. The method includes processing signals provided from the portable media player to the computer that are indicative of whether an accessory has been connected to the portable media player, to determine whether the accessory has been connected to the portable media player. Based on a determination that the accessory has been connected to the portable media player, physiologic data of a user that was provided to the portable media player from a wireless physiologic data gathering device, is received from the portable media player, into the computer, via the accessory. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244636 | DYNAMIC MEDIA CONTENT - Data associated with a user is collected from one or more remote sites. A first set of media data is received from a media content source. Metadata related to the media data is stored. An association is made between the data associated with the user and the metadata. In a computing device that includes a processor and a memory, the first set of media data is modified based at least in part on the association between the data associated with the user and the metadata. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244637 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF QUERY PROCESSING - A system and method for responding to a request based on whether the request is seeking factual or subjective information is described. A subjective or objective type is assigned to a request based on automated and or human assisted evaluation. A response algorithm is optimized based on the subjective or objective type assigned to a request. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244638 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IN-LINE SCHEDULING IN AN ON-DEMAND SERVICE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for providing in-line scheduling in an on-demand service in a database system. These mechanisms and methods for providing in-line scheduling can enable embodiments to provide a multi-tenant database that stores client scheduling information, client customer contact information, and enables drag and drop event scheduling. In a multi-tenant database, a system for managing client customer contact information and event scheduling is established, which may be useful for a tenant that is a salesperson or that employs salespersons. The multi-tenant database may include a combined view application that provides for the simultaneous display of a calendar view and list view of contact information. The multi-tenant database may further include drag and drop functionality, allowing list view information to be dragged and dropped onto the calendar view for event scheduling. The ability of embodiments to provide drag and drop inline event scheduling can enable efficient calendaring of events by rapidly transferring relevant information onto a calendar. | 08-28-2014 |
20140244639 | SURPRISAL DATA REDUCTION OF GENETIC DATA FOR TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND ANALYSIS - A method, computer product, and computer system of reducing an amount of data representing a genetic sequence of an organism, comprising: a computer comparing nucleotides of the genetic sequence of the organism to nucleotides from a reference genome, to find differences where nucleotides of the genetic sequence of the organism which are different from the nucleotides of the reference genome; the computer using the differences to create and store surprisal data in a repository, the surprisal data comprising a starting location of the differences within the reference genome, and the nucleotides from the genetic sequence of the organism which are different from the nucleotides of the reference genome, discarding sequences of nucleotides that are the same in the genetic sequence of the organism and the reference genome. | 08-28-2014 |
20140250120 | Interactive Multi-Modal Image Search - A facility for visual search on a mobile device takes advantage of multi-modal and multi-touch input on the mobile device. By extracting lexical entities from a spoken search query and matching the lexical entities to image tags, the facility provides candidate images for each entity. Selected ones of the candidate images are used to construct a composite visual query image on a query canvas. The relative size and position of the selected candidate images in the composite visual query image, which need not be an existing image, contribute to a definition of a context of the composite visual query image being submitted for context-aware visual search. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250121 | TRANSLATING BUSINESS SCENARIO DEFINITIONS INTO CORRESPONDING DATABASE ARTIFACTS - The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for providing process intelligence by translating a business scenario definition into one or more corresponding data storage system artifacts. One example method includes identifying a process intelligence scenario associated with one or more business processes and including one or more definitions defining an observable behavior of the one or more business processes, processing the one or more definitions to produce an executable description including one or more artifacts associated with a data storage system, the one or more artifacts associated with the one or more definitions, storing the executable description in the data storage system, and processing one or more flow events associated with the one or more business processes using the executable description in the data storage system to expose the observable behavior of the business process defined in the process intelligence scenario. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250122 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAVEL MANAGEMENT - A system and method comprising: receiving itinerary data from at least two sources; identifying a traveler associated with the itinerary data; and adding information about the identified traveler to the itinerary data. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250123 | INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING STORED DATA - A modular data and storage management system. The system includes a time variance interface that provides for storage into a storage media of data that is received over time. The time variance interface of the modular data and storage management system provides for retrieval, from the storage media, of an indication of the data corresponding to a user specified date. The retrieved indication of the data provides a user with an option to access specific information relative to the data, such as content of files that are included in the data. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250124 | DATA EDITING DEVICE AND DATA EDITING METHOD - A data storage unit of a data editing apparatus stores both a base indicating a data attribute and a data value in association with each other as data to be edited. A code acquisition unit acquires a user code, which is a code described in a first program language for describing data editing details by intensive notation and which describes editing details for the data to be edited that are based on the base. A code generation unit generates, in accordance with a predetermined correspondence relationship between a second program language for describing data editing details by extensive notation and the first program language, an execution code described in the second program language based on the user code. An editing processing unit edits the data to be edited in accordance with the execution code. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258289 | DISPLAY OF PORT TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE PARAMETERS SORTED BY HIGHER OF TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE VALUE - The data ports in a network are displayed in a list in descending order based on either the higher transmit or receive data value of the port. Therefore, the port with the highest of either the transmit or receive data value would be displayed on the top of the list. The port with the second highest of the transmit or receive data value would be displayed second on the list. This process would continue for all data ports that are displayed. The other of the transmit or receive data values of the port would be displayed but would not affect the ordering on the display. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258290 | PROCESSING CONTROL IN A STREAMING APPLICATION - A method, system, and computer program product for processing a stream of tuples are disclosed. The method, system, and computer program product may include receiving a stream of tuples to be processed by a plurality of processing elements. Each tuple may have an associated processing history. The stream of tuples may be segmented into a plurality of partitions, each representing a subset of the stream of tuples. The method, system, and computer program product may include estimating the contribution each partition will have on a particular processing result and processing a partition if it substantially contributes to the particular processing result. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258291 | PROCESSING CONTROL IN A STREAMING APPLICATION - A method, system, and computer program product for processing a stream of tuples are disclosed. The method, system, and computer program product may include receiving a stream of tuples to be processed by a plurality of processing elements. Each tuple may have an associated processing history. The stream of tuples may be segmented into a plurality of partitions, each representing a subset of the stream of tuples. The method, system, and computer program product may include estimating the contribution each partition will have on a particular processing result and processing a partition if it substantially contributes to the particular processing result. | 09-11-2014 |
20140258292 | Apparatus, system, and method for integrating content and content services - A system and method for providing seamless consumption of media content and managing playlists for seamless consumption of media is described. One embodiment includes receiving a request for media content; determining a mode of consumption for the media content; determining a media content service to provide the media content; and providing the media content according to the preferred mode of consumption and from the preferred service and managing playlists to integrate reproduction of media content from multiple services. | 09-11-2014 |
20140280125 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO BUILD A TIME-SENSITIVE PROFILE - A system to build a time-sensitive profile is described. A plurality of sensing devices collect respective different types of information. A data collector receives sensor data collected by an electronic sensing device. A historical profile detector determines a historical profile associated with the first sensor data and that the historical profile is to be updated using the first sensor data. A profile generator then updates the historical profile using the sensor data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280126 | CACHING SLIDING WINDOW DATA - Disclosed are methods, systems, paradigms and structures for caching data associated with a sliding window in computer systems. A sliding window can include a time window that progresses with time, and the data can include time series data. As time progresses, the sliding window changes bringing in new data. The cache is updated with new data as and when the sliding window moves. The sliding window data is cached at various granularity levels. The method includes storing a first portion of the data at a first granularity level and a second portion at a second granularity level. The data is cached at various granularity levels in order to effectively use the cache considering at least cache updating criteria such as (i) number of times a storage unit is queried to retrieve the data for updating the cache, (ii) the day/date/time at which the storage unit is queried. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280127 | Methods and Systems for Arranging and Searching a Database of Media Content Recordings - Methods and systems for arranging and searching a database of media content recordings are provided. In one example, a method is provided that comprises receiving a sample of media content, and performing, by a computing device, a content recognition of the sample of media content using a data file including a concatenation of representations for each of a plurality of media content recordings. In other examples, another method is provided that comprises receiving media content recordings, determining a representation for each media content recording, concatenating by a computing device the representation for each media content recording as a data file, and storing by the computing device a mapping between an identifier for a respective media content recording and a global position in the data file that corresponds to the representation of the respective media content recording. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280128 | ENDING TUPLE PROCESSING IN A STREAM-BASED COMPUTING APPLICATION - A method includes receiving streaming data to be processed by a plurality of processing elements comprising one or more stream operators. Time metadata may be added to a parent tuple at a first stream operator. A first time metric may be determined for a first child tuple of the parent tuple at a second stream operator. The first time metric may be determined, at least in part, from the time metadata. The second stream operator may receive the first child tuple from the first stream operator. The method may include transmitting a second child tuple of the parent tuple from the second stream operator to a third stream operator if the time metric is inside a time limit. In addition, the method may include ending processing of the first child tuple if the time metric is outside of the time limit. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280129 | SELF PROVISIONING AND APPLYING ROLE-BASED SECURITY TO TEAMSPACES IN CONTENT REPOSITORIES - Provided are techniques for self-provisioning a teamspace instance. A teamspace template including one or more teamspace characteristics and one or more user roles is generated. A teamspace instance is provisioned from a snapshot of the generated teamspace template using the one or more teamspace characteristics and the one or more user roles. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280130 | MULTI-ENTITY NORMALIZATION - In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, systems and methods are provided for normalizing data representing entities and relationships linking the entities including defining one or more graph rules describing searchable characteristics for the data representing the entities and relationships linking the entities, applying the one or more graph rules to the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities, identifying one or more matching instances between the one or more graph rules and the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities, and performing one or more actions to update the one or more matching instances between the one or more graph rules and the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280131 | Recommendations for Applications Based on Device Context - There is disclosed a mobile device comprising a sensor, a memory and a processor. The sensor collects a first datum associated with a sensed condition of the mobile device. The memory, whether local or remote, is accessible by the mobile device and stores a second datum associated with a usage history of one or more applications resident at the mobile device. The processor selects a particular application, different from the application or applications of the usage history, based on the collected first and second data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280132 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ENABLED DIGITAL CLIPBOARD - A method and system for network enabled digital clipboard are provided. The method includes: performing a clipboard command with selected data at a first user device; retrieving metadata associated with the selected data at the first user device; storing the selected data and associated metadata at a network device; and performing a further clipboard command on the selected data and associated metadata at a second user device. The system having: a clipboard module at a first user device configured to receive a clipboard command for selected data, the clipboard module further configured to retrieve metadata associated with the selected data; a memory component at a network device configured for storing the selected data and associated metadata; a clipboard module at the network device for providing access to the selected data and metadata via a second user device; and a clipboard module at the second user device configured to access the selected data and metadata and perform actions on the accessed data. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280133 | Structured Data to Aggregate Analytics - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for obtaining first user interaction data corresponding to a user's interaction with a web resource, identifying structured data included in the web resource, identifying an entity referenced by the structured data included in the web resource, and associating the first user interaction data with the entity. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280134 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-REFERENCING FEED ITEMS - Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for publishing a cross-referenced feed item for access by one or more followers in an online social network. A request to publish a feed item to a feed of a parent entity is received at a computing device, where the parent entity is identified in a database of the online social network. An entity is identified as being cross-referenced with the feed item, where the cross-referenced entity has one or more followers. A request to publish the feed item for access by the one or more followers of the cross-referenced entity is received at the computing device. The feed item is stored in one or more database tables in association with the parent entity and in association with the cross-referenced entity, the feed item capable of being provided in a plurality of information feeds accessible by the one or more followers including the parent entity feed and one or more feeds of the one or more followers. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280135 | TIME-SERIES DATA ANALYZING APPARATUS AND TIME-SERIES DATA ANALYZING METHOD - A time-series data analyzing apparatus includes an observation data storing unit, a feature amount data obtaining unit, a state rule obtaining unit, an action rule obtaining unit, and an output unit. The observation data storing unit stores one or more types of observation data in time series which are observation data of an object for observation. The feature amount data obtaining unit obtains two or more types of feature amount data from one type of the observation data. The state rule obtaining unit obtains a state rule which is a rule related to a state of the object, by using the feature amount data. The action rule obtaining unit obtains an action rule which is a rule related to an action of the object, by using the feature amount data. The output unit outputs the state rule and the action rule. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280136 | PLATFORM FOR OPTIMIZING DATA DRIVEN OUTCOMES - A system, method, server, and computer readable medium for tracking outcome specific data. Input establishing accounts for providers serving clients is received. The accounts are stored in a server. Each of the clients is assigned to one or more of the providers in response to selections from an administrator. Data associated with each of the clients received from the providers is compiled utilizing computing or communications devices in communication with the server. The compiled data is presented visually in response to a user request. | 09-18-2014 |
20140289240 | MANAGING ATTRIBUTES IN STREAM PROCESSING - A method and system for managing attributes in a streaming application is disclosed. The system may have a stream manager communicatively coupled with processing elements for tracking a stream of tuples. The system may also have a first stream operator communicatively coupled with the stream manager and capable of receiving the stream of tuples, wherein the first stream operator selects the selected attribute of the first tuple and assigns a first identifier to the selected attribute. The system may also have a second stream operator communicatively coupled with the stream manager and capable of receiving the stream of tuples, and capable of replacing the selected attribute in the second tuple with a second identifier provided by the first stream operator. The system may also have an identifier table communicatively coupled with the stream manager and the first and second stream operator, wherein the identifier table includes identifiers for selected tuples. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289241 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A MEDIA VALUE METRIC - Systems and methods for determining a media engagement metric for a media content item are described. Respective exposure times for one or more respective segments of a media content item are received from each of one or more users, wherein the media content item is divided into a plurality of respective segments. For each user of the one or more users, a media engagement metric is generated for each of the plurality of segments of the media content item, wherein generating the media engagement metric includes standardizing the respective exposure times based at least in part on a characteristic consumption time for each respective segment of the media content item. For each of the one or more users, the media engagement metric for each of the plurality of segments of the media content item is stored in association with a user identifier. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289242 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a keyword to be added to a first image and a structuring unit configured to structure, based on an input order of a plurality of keywords input by the input unit, the plurality of keywords. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CENTRALIZED ISSUE TRACKING - In one example, a method for facilitating centralized issue tracking. The method includes receiving information on a case from an issue tracking system (case information). The method facilitates executing a tagging method stored in a memory device that reads the case information, determines whether a part of the case information is desired information, and then tags the desired information. Finally, the method facilitates communicating the tagged information to a centralized database, where the centralized database stores the tagged information, and where the tagged information is accessible to the issue tracking system and at least one other issue tracking system. | 09-25-2014 |
20140289244 | ASSOCIATING A FILE TYPE WITH AN APPLICATION IN A NETWORK STORAGE SERVICE - Techniques are described for associating file types with application in a network storage service. A user environment manager at the storage service receives a file identifier for a specific requested file from a user operating a computing device and obtains a file format type identifier associated with the file identifier from a data store for the file. The user environment manager determines a default application to open the specific requested file in response to matching an application ID (app ID) from a default “Open with” list contained in a user preferences store with a list of app IDs for installed applications that support the file format type. Once determined, the user environment manager opens the specific requested file from the data store utilizing the default application. In some implementations, the user environment manager presents a list of applications capable of opening a requested file. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297635 | INTERFACE FOR MANAGING PERSONAL DATA - The invention relates to a system that collects personal data for a user from a plurality of information sources, wherein the personal data includes event data from a security system; analyzes the personal data to generate insight data about the user; and presents the insight data to the user in a format that is contextually relevant to them. The system may also be configured to enable a user to share certain data with other users, who can socialize on the user's data, which the system may analyze to generate further insight data about the user. The system may provide recommended actions, activities the user may participate in, or things that the user may acquire in order to become more efficient in their daily routines, enhance wellness, or improving toward certain goals. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297636 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TECHNIQUE FOR CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT DATABASE - Upon receiving a request to change an attribute value for a certain configuration item (CI), it is determined whether a first pattern exists that includes a first condition, which is satisfied with change relating to the request. Each pattern includes a first condition relating to a certain change of an attribute value for a first CI and a second condition relating to an attribute value, which is to be changed at a same timing as the certain change, for a second CI that has a predetermined relation with the first CI. Upon determining that there is the first pattern, it is determined whether a second condition of the first pattern is satisfied, based on another request to be processed with the request or the like. Upon determining that the second condition of the first pattern is satisfied, a predetermined processing is performed. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297637 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME SERIES DATA - A system, device, computer program product, and/or method generates display data that allows a user to ascertain relationship between related electronic information from among sent and received electronic information. The three-dimensional time series data processing system selects one electronic information, extracts electronic information relating to the selected electronic information from the electronic information, calculates relevance between the sender of the selected electronic information and the sender of the extracted electronic information, and generates three-dimensional time series data for three-dimensionally rending a relationship between the selected electronic information and the extracted electronic information as positional information of the respective extracted electronic information in a virtual three-dimensional space, where the sender, the send time and the relevance are axes. In addition, the three-dimensional time series data processing system renders three-dimensional time series data for relevance of electronic information in cylindrical coordinates and displays the data while modifying a viewing angle. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297638 | DATA MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - An apparatus includes: the arrangement pattern sampling data generator | 10-02-2014 |
20140304262 | EVENT BASED METADATA SYNTHESIS - Event based metadata synthesis is provided. In some embodiments, event based metadata synthesis includes determining time and location information for a first digital asset (e.g., a photograph, video, or recording) associated with a first user based on a first set of metadata associated with the first digital asset, in which the first set of metadata does not include location information, and in which the first set of metadata includes a first time value, and based on a second set of metadata associated with a second digital asset associated with a second user, in which the second set of metadata includes a second time value and a first location value; determining the first digital asset is associated with an event based on a correlation of the determined time and location information for the first digital asset with event time and location information for the event, in which the determined time and location information for the first digital asset includes the first time value and the first location value; and associate the first digital asset with a third set of metadata associated with the event. In some embodiments, event based metadata synthesis further includes, associating the first user with the second user based on a social graph associated with a social networking service, wherein the social networking service stores a plurality of digital assets for each of the first user and the second user. | 10-09-2014 |
20140310273 | BINDING OF DATA SOURCE TO COMPOUND CONTROL - The automated binding of a data source to a compound control. The properties of the compound control are identified. Furthermore, a particular data source is associated with the compound control. For each of one or more of the properties of the compound control, information regarding the compound control and the data source are used to identify a set of one or more fields of the particular data source that may be bound to the corresponding property of the compound control. If the corresponding property of the compound control has bound thereto an output parameter of a declarative transformation, the nature of the transformation may also be taken into consideration when identifying the set of one or more fields that may be used in order to bind to the corresponding property of the compound control. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310274 | USING A WEARABLE DEVICE TO PREDICT AN INDIVIDUALS TYPE AND RESPONSE TO CONTENT - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310275 | HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS UTILIZING DETECTED STRESS DATA OF AN INDIVIDUAL - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310276 | HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEMS UTILIZING DETECTED STRESS DATA OF AN INDIVIDUAL - The methods and systems described herein may involve determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and delivering content to at least one individual based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing a game, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one player of the game, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and affecting the game play based on the analysis. The methods and systems described herein may involve providing an interactive space, determining at least one lifeotype of at least one individual in the space, analyzing the at least one lifeotype, and modifying at least one attribute of the space based on the analysis. | 10-16-2014 |
20140310277 | SUSPENDING USER PROFILE MODIFICATION BASED ON USER CONTEXT - Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to create, modify, and maintain profiles associated with users. The user profiles are generated based on selectively collecting data associated with the users. Although each user profile may include settings, preferences, habits, and content associated with an individual user and/or vehicle, some user profiles may represent multiple users. These user profiles can change a configuration of a vehicle to match settings for a user, such as a driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for a user. Further, the user profiles can be transferred from vehicle-to-vehicle and/or user-to-user. | 10-16-2014 |
20140317109 | Metadata Templates for Electronic Healthcare Documents - A method of creating a metadata template for a non-DICOM electronic healthcare document to be submitted to an electronic repository according to one example embodiment includes creating the metadata template from received metadata values and identified corresponding metadata fields. The created metadata template is stored as default metadata for the non-DICOM electronic healthcare document to be submitted to the electronic repository. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317110 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFINING DATA OF INTEREST - Some embodiments of the invention include tools for extracting data of interest from the world wide web (WWW). The extraction is accomplished using descriptions of data of interest. The descriptions of data of interest can include computer programs comprising a sequence of instructions and extractor patterns. The extractor patterns can be developed interactively using a web browser integrated into the graphical development environment for creating the descriptions of data of interest. The instructions can be selected from a predetermined list of instructions designed for extracting information from the WWW. The descriptions of data of interest can be grouped into categories sharing common query elements. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317111 | Scalable Interactive Display Of Distributed Data - A method, system, and processor-readable storage medium are directed towards generating a report derived from data, such as event data, stored on a plurality of distributed nodes. In one embodiment the analysis is generated using a “divide and conquer” algorithm, such that each distributed node analyzes locally stored event data while an aggregating node combines these analysis results to generate the report. In one embodiment, each distributed node also transmits a list of event data references associated with the analysis result to the aggregating node. The aggregating node may then generate a global ordered list of data references based on the list of event data references received from each distributed node. Subsequently, in response to a user selection of a range of global event data, the report may dynamically retrieve event data from one or more distributed nodes for display according to the global order. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317112 | CONSUMPTION PROFILE FOR MOBILE MEDIA - Optimizing delivery of content by a mobile media platform includes using a processor of the mobile media platform to configure a consumption profile for a content item comprising attributes of devices on which the content item can be accessed, a profile of networks on which the content item can be delivered, and attributes of the content item. Optimizing delivery of content further includes optimizing at least one of ingestion of content, encoding of content, and hosting of content based on the consumption profile; and optimizing delivery of content based on the consumption profile. | 10-23-2014 |
20140324856 | APPLICATION DISCOVERABILITY - Architecture that enables the discovery of relevant applications, where the relevance is personalized to the user and user interests. New, relevant, and interesting applications are personalized to the user based on friends and/or people with whom the user shares common interests (e.g., social networks), based on queries for a popular application within a geographical area, and/or collaborative filtering. Moreover, users who employ the disclosed architecture can maintain anonymity to prevent the exposure of personal identifying details. Social-based application discovery, location-based application discovery, anonymous-profile-based application discovery, and collaborative-filtering-based application discovery, are provided. Application installs, uninstalls, and frequency of user interaction are also available, as well as privacy modes for privacy protection. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324857 | DYNAMIC ASSIGNMENT OF BUSINESS LOGIC BASED ON SCHEMA MAPPING METADATA - Provided are techniques for dynamic assignment of business logic based on schema mapping metadata. A first transformation is performed using a simplified map and a structural transformation map that maps attributes between a source system and a target system to generate simplified map data that includes source attribute and target attribute pairs. A document that includes combined data is generated using the simplified map data and source system metadata containing contextual values of the source system. A second transformation is performed to generate transformed contextual metadata containing contextual values for the target system using a contextual metadata transformation map and the combined data. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324858 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, KEYWORD REGISTRATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a reception unit for receiving a predetermined trigger, a keyword estimation unit for estimating a keyword, desired to be registered by a user who transmits the trigger, in a content and metadata corresponding to the content provided in a predetermined period immediately before a time when the trigger is received, and a keyword registration unit for registering the keyword estimated by the keyword estimation unit. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324859 | BROWSER COLLECTION METHOD, SYSTEM AND TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A browser collection method, a browser collection system and a terminal device including the browser collection system are provided. The method includes: receiving an address collection instruction signal inputted via a webpage tag or a button associated with the webpage tag; obtaining a webpage link address corresponding to the webpage tag in accordance with the address collection instruction signal; and saving the webpage link address in a favorites folder. Thus, a webpage link address can be saved in a favorites folder by inputting an address collection instruction via a webpage tag or a button associated with the webpage tag, without the need of opening the webpage, and such operations are quick, simple and convenient. | 10-30-2014 |
20140324860 | CONTENT SELECTION FOR STORAGE TIERING - A method, of managing storage of content of a system ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140330823 | STORING CHANGES MADE TOWARD A LIMIT - A program identifier, a limit identifier, a minimum value, and an increment value are stored to limit data. The limit identifier identifies a first variable used by the program. In response to storing a data value to a second variable, the stored limit identifier is found and a determination is made whether the stored limit identifier identifies the second variable. If the stored limit identifier identifies the second variable, a determination is made whether the data value is greater than the minimum value. If the data value is greater than the minimum value, the data value is stored to a log if an absolute value of the data value minus a most recently logged data value that was previously stored to the second variable is greater than the increment value. The execution of the program is halted or a user is notified in response to the storing to the log. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND SHARING IMAGES - An image sharing server provides several ways of sharing images between users. After a user contributes images to the image sharing server, the user can interact with the image sharing server to identify and tag people in the images, share the images with other users, and organize the images into memory boxes. Memory boxes can also be shared between users, and multiple users can be granted the ability to add images to a shared memory box. In addition, the image sharing server can prompt a user to share his or her images with other users who contributed related images. The image sharing server also performs facial recognition to automatically identify people in images, and facial recognition models can be shared between users. | 11-06-2014 |
20140330825 | RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - Determining an item to present to a first user is disclosed. Preference information is received that comprises the preferences of a plurality of users associated with one or more items. User correlations are determined from the received preference information. For the first user, a set of other users most correlated with the first user is determined. One or more items are presented to the first user based at least in part on the preferences of the other users. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337334 | ALTERING RELEVANCY OF A DOCUMENT AND/OR A SEARCH QUERY - Various embodiments provide for altering relevancy of a document by adding (e.g., to an index associated with the document) one or more term relationships (which may result, for example, in adding one or more non-obvious terms). Other embodiments provide for altering relevancy of a search query by adding to the search query one or more terms based upon one or more determined term relationships (in one example, the added term(s) may be one or more non-obvious terms). | 11-13-2014 |
20140337335 | VIDEO LINK DISCOVERY IN A VIDEO-LINK AGGREGATION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for presentation of content through an interface to provide personalized video feeds to a user. A selective feed is generated by combining a first service feed and a second service feed. Additional feed items are generated by searching content objects for additional links to videos. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337336 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR ENTERPRISE WIDE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA - A scalable network of mobile data storage containers that are connected in peer-to-peer networks to archive large data storage capacities. The various embodiments provide a method of extracting a large amount of data from a variety of sources and storing the extracted data in mobile, storage units. The various embodiments provide storage units housed in mobile containers that can store multiple days/weeks of sensor data in the order of petabytes (1024 terabytes). The various embodiments, integrate high performance computing devices into the mobile storage containers that are able to perform critical extraction, pattern, and index processing on the sensor data. The various embodiments, provide a method for the efficient physical transport of the mobile storage containers from current locations to a center analysis location for re-connecting in another peer-to-peer network for integration into a central enterprise data warehouses. | 11-13-2014 |
20140337337 | Similarity Score Lookup and Representation - Facilitating information retrieval and improving similarity score computations among objects, via a compactor component that interacts with a layered memory structure. Data structures (e.g., tuples) that are associated with objects can be compacted into a condensed format, via employing a layered memory structure. The system further includes a sorting component that is operatively coupled with the “compactor component”, to reduce memory space that is required to store and retrieve similarity scores related to various objects. | 11-13-2014 |
20140344267 | Storing, Accessing and Restoring Website Content via a Website Repository - Systems and method of the present invention provide for one or more server computers configured to identify, within a database transaction log, a dynamic website content in a database and a command modifying the dynamic website content, write the dynamic website content and the command modifying the dynamic website content to a website repository as a delta, receive a request to reverse the command modifying the dynamic website content, identify, within the delta, the command modifying the dynamic website content, and generate and execute a database query configured to reverse the command modifying the dynamic website content. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344268 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, DATA EXTRACTION METHOD, AND DATA EXTRACTION DEVICE - A data extraction device generates, based on master information and an extraction condition, a determination result indicating whether the master information is an extraction target. When stream data is received, the data extraction device determined, using the determination result, whether the master information that is specified based on the received stream data is to be extracted. | 11-20-2014 |
20140344269 | Semantic Naming Model - Semantics may be embedded in the name of sensory data. In an embodiment, an identification of sensory data is created based on attributes that include at least one of time, location, or type. | 11-20-2014 |
20140351250 | Method for Validation of Pharmaceutical Formulation Composition Weight - A method for validating pharmaceutical compositions' weight is disclosed. The method may involve a pharmaceutical composition weight validation system, which may include a pharmaceutical manufacturing process, a barcode scanning, weighing the pharmaceutical compositions with a pharmaceutical balance, sending the barcode scanning and weight information to a database, and having a user accessing the information through a user interface. Additionally, the method for validating pharmaceutical compositions' weight may include entering inventory into the system, formulating the batch, storing weight information, manufacturing the batch, assigning and printing a barcode on the pharmaceutical products, scanning the barcode, weighing the pharmaceutical compositions, populating and storing the weight data, checking if weight is correct in pharmaceutical compositions, and correcting the weight of pharmaceutical compositions. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351251 | TEXT-BASED COMMAND GENERATION - Embodiments relate to generating application-processable commands from character strings. An aspect includes preparing a database in which are recorded keywords for presenting commands as conversion candidate objects, conversion candidate objects, and commands generated when a conversion candidate object has been selected. Another aspect includes receiving a plurality of character strings inputted by a user for an application. Another aspect includes converting a character string of the plurality of character strings to generate a completion candidate character string. Another aspect includes referencing the database when the character string includes a keyword, and presenting, to the user, completion candidate character strings and conversion candidate objects as a conversion candidate list. Another aspect includes generating a command corresponding to a selected conversion candidate object in response to selection of one of the conversion candidate objects from the conversion candidate list by the user. | 11-27-2014 |
20140351252 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD FOR ANALYZING INNOVATION INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITHIN AND BETWEEN LARGE PATENT PORTFOLIOS - The method of the present invention provides a labor and time saving ability to determine interrelationships within patents determined by searching, via a computer system, through patent fields to see if one or more particular pieces of alphanumeric data are common to any of the patents in the database in which the field indicia are located. Such commonality is searchable in backward or forward direction, or both, from, for example, one patent of particular interest. The method allows for presentation of families of interrelated patents within minutes rather than hours, weeks or longer by utilizing computer based technology. Further, the methodology allows for determinations of interrelationships within desired degrees of separation by manipulation of the indicative data to be searched. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358917 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE IMAGE ORGANIZATION AND ANALYSIS - A system for remote image organization and analysis. The system includes at least one remotely-accessible computer including a processor, and a software program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium accessible by the processor. The software program is operable to access at least one multi-dimensional library of image data stored on a storage medium, supplement the library by adding at least one new image to the library, share at least one image in the library between a plurality of users, wherein at least one user remotely accesses the computer, and perform at least one computational or analytical function related to an image in the library. | 12-04-2014 |
20140358918 | Method and Apparatus for Handling Data-Related Requests - A method and a request distributor ( | 12-04-2014 |
20140365483 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA FILE MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for media file management are provided. A music file including music samples is provided. The music file is analyzed to calculate a gain for each music sample. At least one valley point is detected based on the gains of the respective music samples. A first and a second specific valley points are selected from the detected valley point, and respectively setting the first and second specific valley points as a start and an end of a music segmentation. Media data is generated for media files in the electronic device based on the music segmentation. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365484 | COMPREHENSIVE USER/EVENT MATCHING OR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON AWARENESS OF ENTITIES, ACTIVITIES, INTERESTS, DESIRES, LOCATION - A method for comprehensive user/event matching or recommendations is described. The method includes a network environment which receives one or more pieces of user data, event data, or social data from users or third party data sources, determining the relevance of the data for users, and displaying the identified data to user in the form of recommendations. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365485 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USERS OF SERVICE USING GESTURES INFORMATION - A method for setting a relationship between users of a plurality of mobile terminals includes receiving, from a plurality of mobile terminals, information on gestures made on, and recognized at, the plurality of mobile terminals, respectively, with respect to a single user gesture; determining a gesture correlation between the recognized gestures and the single user gesture based on information on the recognized gestures; and determining whether to set a relationship between users of the plurality of mobile terminals based on the gesture correlation. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365486 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR TAGGING A RESOURCE - Methods and systems are described for tagging a resource. In an aspect, a matched tag is created by associating a user identified tag with a tagging criterion that is based on data other than the tag. A determination is made that the tagging criterion is met for each resource in a plurality of resources. Each resource in the plurality is tagged with the tag, in response to the determining. Presentation information is sent to present, via an output device, a tag user interface element representing the tag, that represents the tag, as a target for a user input to initiate an operation that identifies a resource in the plurality. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365487 | METHOD OF REMOTELY CRITIQUING AN IMAGE AND SOFTWARE APPLICATION THEREFORE - A method of remotely critiquing an image is disclosed that includes receiving an electronic image at a portable electronic device of a user, wherein the electronic image visually depicting at least one of plurality of steps physically performed by the user. The method also includes then transmitting the electronic image, over a network, to a server having at least one database communicatively coupled thereto and annotating the electronic image with at least one reviewing indicia concerning the at least one of plurality of steps physically performed by the user to create an annotated electronic image, the at least one reviewing indicia caused by a second user. The process also includes transmitting the annotated electronic image to the user for review. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365488 | POSITIONING SYSTEM - There is disclosed a method of managing a database of positioning data, the positioning data including electromagnetic signal source data for use by a positioning system, and the method comprising: receiving signal data relating to signals received from a plurality of electromagnetic signal sources; associating an appropriate one of a plurality of zone identifiers with each of the electromagnetic signal sources, each zone identifier being associated with a respective geographical zone; selecting a subset of the plurality of electromagnetic signal sources in dependence on their associated zone identifiers; processing the signal data relating to the subset of the plurality of electromagnetic signal sources to compute position estimates of the electromagnetic signal sources; and updating the database of electromagnetic signal source data in dependence on the computed position estimates. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365489 | MANAGEMENT OF ANNOTATED LOCATION AWARE ASSETS - A method may include storing a plurality of floor maps, each floor map indicating a structural layout of a respective physical location, storing a plurality of point-of-interest (POI) data structures, each POI data structure including a physical location of an associated POI that is associated with the respective POI data structure, receiving a floor map request, the floor map request including a requested location, based upon the location included by the floor map request, selecting a floor map and a subset of the plurality of POI data structures, for each of the subset of the plurality of POI data structures, receiving metadata from the associated POI, the metadata indicating a status of the associated POI, and transmitting, to the client computing device and in response to the floor map request, the selected floor map and the selected POI data structures. | 12-11-2014 |
20140372426 | FILTERING EVENT LOG ENTRIES - A method for efficient logging in a control system is provided. A first plurality of registers, frequently accessed registers, is identified. A request is received from a server to access at least one of the first plurality of registers. The request includes a second plurality of registers and a plurality of data values to be stored in the second plurality of registers. At least some registers included in the request are frequently accessed registers. A third plurality of registers is identified based on predetermined criteria for inclusion. The third plurality of registers is a subset of the second plurality of registers storing a corresponding subset of the plurality of data values. A log entry is stored in an event log file corresponding to each data value included the third plurality of registers. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372427 | REAL-TIME ANALYTIC REPORT ANALYSIS AND RETRIEVAL FRAMEWORK - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products providing real-time analytic report analysis and data retrieval. One computer-implemented method includes receiving extracted metadata associated with a first analytic report, identifying the first analytic report using the received metadata, retrieving updated data used to generate the first analytic report, generating a second analytic report, where the second analytic report is an updated version of the first analytic report and uses the updated data, and transmitting the second analytic report. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372428 | INTEGRATION FLOW DATABASE RUNTIME - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for providing application integration functionality directly on a relational database according to an implementation. One computer-implemented method includes inserting relational data into a start table of a database, detecting a change in the start table, retrieving the inserted relational data from the start table, processing, using a computer, the relational data using a database integration flow runtime into result data, inserting the result data into an end table of the database, detecting a change in the end table, and retrieving the result data from the end table. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372429 | INCORPORATING USER USAGE OF CONSUMABLE CONTENT INTO RECOMMENDATIONS - Disclosed herein is a system and method for generating a user profile for a user based on the way the user interacts with consumable content in an application, such as an electronic book in an e-reader. The actions of the user with regards to the content are monitored and the associated with characteristics of the content. This association is used to build the user's profile of their likes and dislikes which are then provided to a recommender system to provide more relevant and personalize recommendations. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372430 | AUTOMATIC AUDIENCE DETECTION FOR MODIFYING USER PROFILES AND MAKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS - Disclosed herein is a system and method for determining that a current user profile in a system should be modified or changed. An audience detection component detects that a characteristic has been detected that does not match at least one characteristic in the current user profile. The audience detection component determines how the profile should be modified or restricted based on the inputs received from the sensors. The modified profile is then provided to a recommender system so that appropriate content may be suggested to the consumers without any further intervention or action required by the user. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372431 | GENERATING DIFFERENCES FOR TUPLE ATTRIBUTES - A sequence of tuples, each having one or more attributes, is received at one of one or more processing elements operating on one or more processors. Each processing element may have one or more stream operators. A first stream operator may be identified as one that only processes an instance of a first attribute in a currently received tuple when a difference between an instance of the first attribute in a previously received tuple and the instance of the first attribute in the currently received tuple is outside of a difference threshold. A second stream operator may generate a difference attribute from a first instance of the first attribute in a first one of the received tuples and a second instance of the first attribute in a second one of the received tuples. The difference attribute may be transmitted from the second stream operator to the first stream operator. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372432 | Active Platform System - In the case of a web-based platform apparatus for collecting and editing information, which platform apparatus can be networked to a plurality of subscribers that can be identified by means of an identifier, wherein the information on the platform is formed by a plurality of dual units (DuUs), wherein a dual unit (DuU) respectively comprises a memory location, associated with a prescribeable topic and provided with an identifier, and also a prescribeable criterion, associated with the memory location and in the form of an information filter, for input of a piece of information into the memory location, synergistic editing of the contents of dual units by a plurality of suitable subscribers is rendered possible in that the content of at least one dual unit (DuU) ( | 12-18-2014 |
20140372433 | Analysis of Event Driven Information - Event driven information may be analyzed. A plurality of electronic documents may be received. The plurality of electronic documents may represent activity in a plurality of cases. A respective plurality of event identifiers for each case may be generated based on the plurality of electronic documents. For example, each of the respective plurality of event identifiers may be a respective ordered list. And, a visual representation of the activity in the plurality of cases may be generated. The visual representation may be based on an aggregation of the respective plurality of event identifiers. The visualization may include a directional network of connected nodes. For example, each node may represent a respective event identifier and each respective plurality of event identifiers may represent a path in the network. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SOCIAL CONNECTIONS BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL LIFE SCIENCES DATA - Technologies are provided for data dependent socialization for life scientists and organizations. Data dependent socialization may be based on statistical correlations between experimental life science data. A service may provide individuals with an interface for providing experimental data, and the service may generate a visual connection report representing potential connections for collaboration. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372435 | PERSONAL CONTENT STREAMS BASED ON USER-TOPIC PROFILES - A personal content stream comprising a plurality of videos is generated for a user. The user selects topics used in the generation of a personal content stream. The plurality of user selected topics is expanded to include topics related to one or more of the user selected topics. Each of the topics in the expanded plurality of topics includes a topic weight. Videos are selected that are related to one or more of the expanded plurality of topics to generate a plurality of stream videos. Additional videos are selected and added to the plurality of stream videos as the user watches videos. The topic weights are adjusted during video playback based on feedback from the user. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372436 | EVENT BASED METADATA SYNTHESIS - Event based metadata synthesis is provided. In some embodiments, event based metadata synthesis includes determining time and location information for a first digital asset (e.g., a photograph, video, or recording) associated with a first user based on a first set of metadata associated with the first digital asset, in which the first set of metadata does not include location information, and in which the first set of metadata includes a first time value, and based on a second set of metadata associated with a second digital asset associated with a second user, in which the second set of metadata includes a second time value and a first location value; determining the first digital asset is associated with an event based on a correlation of the determined time and location information for the first digital asset with event time and location information for the event, in which the determined time and location information for the first digital asset includes the first time value and the first location value; and associate the first digital asset with a third set of metadata associated with the event. In some embodiments, event based metadata synthesis further includes, associating the first user with the second user based on a social graph associated with a social networking service, wherein the social networking service stores a plurality of digital assets for each of the first user and the second user. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372437 | Comparison of Multi-Dimensional Datasets - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for comparing multi-dimensional datasets are provided. A multi-dimensional dataset comparison includes receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates, wherein a subset of coordinates defines a geo-fence. For a coordinate within a geo-fence of one of the plurality of datasets, determining analogous coordinates in each of the other datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a coordinate input set, and performing in parallel an operation on the coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the coordinate input set. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379710 | PATTERN BASED VIDEO FRAME NAVIGATION AID - Systems and computer program products may perform unattended software installation. The systems and computer program products may include receiving a user's selection of one or more software installation files, and reading at least a portion of the one or more user-selected software installation files. The systems and computer program products may additionally include extracting, from the read one or more software installation files, questions that a user will be asked to answer during execution of the one or more user-selected software installation files, and compiling the extracted questions. The systems and computer program products may further include prompting a user to provide answers to the compiled questions, and receiving answers to one or more questions of the compiled questions prior to execution of the one or more user-selected software installation files. The systems and computer program products may additionally include storing the received answers, and providing the stored answers when requested during execution of the one or more user-selected software installation files. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379711 | MANAGING PASSTHRU CONNECTIONS ON AN OPERATOR GRAPH - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, system, and computer program product for processing data such as a stream of tuples. Each tuple can contain one or more attributes. The method can include processing the attributes of the stream of tuples using stream operators operating on one or more computer processors and corresponding to one or more processing elements. The method can also include detecting an indicative element from a plurality of stream operators. The method can also include transmitting, in response to detecting the indicative element, a passthru command to a processing element corresponding to the indicative element. The method can also include altering, in response to receiving the passthru command at the processing element, a portion of attribute processing for the indicative element. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379712 | DATA STREAM MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS - A method is carried out by a data stream management system suitable for executing continuous queries on input data streams. Primary continuous queries are executed by, or provisioned to be executed by, the data stream management system on one or more input data streams in order to produce one or more output data streams. In the method, at least one secondary continuous query is generated for execution on the data stream management system on one or more input data streams. The generated secondary continuous queries are different from the primary continuous queries, and the secondary continuous queries are generated based on the at least one primary continuous query. The generation of secondary continuous queries notably enables, when ad-hoc continuous queries are requested, to quickly start outputting data streams for these ad-hoc queries. Data stream management systems and computer programs are also disclosed. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012532 | USER MODELS FOR IMPLICIT INTENTS IN SEARCH - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving a plurality of documents, the plurality of documents being associated with a user of a plurality of users and having been generated using a plurality of computer-implemented services, determining information from the plurality of documents that is of potential interest to the user, and providing a user model that is specific to the user and that includes one or more n-grams, one or more terms of the n-grams being associated with one or more annotations, the annotations indicating at least one context in which each of the one or more terms have been used, wherein the at least one context is based on information determined from the document | 01-08-2015 |
20150012533 | METHOD AND CLIENT DEVICE FOR ACCESSING WEBPAGE - Methods and device for accessing a webpage are provided. A client obtains a first URL (uniform resource locator) according to a request for accessing a webpage and updates the first URL to generate a second URL. The second URL contains one or more pre-stored data items which are pre-stored in the client, and the second URL is configured to load information corresponding to the one or more pre-stored data items to the webpage to be accessed. The client accesses the webpage via the second URL. A client device includes a first obtaining unit, a first updating unit, and an accessing unit. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL USERS ACCESSING A WEB SITE - An improved method and system for identifying individual users accessing a web site. A web site server is able to identify distinct users by using a unique identifier associated with each client computer system requesting access to the web site. The unique identifier comprises an Internet address, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and a time value associated with each client computer system requesting access to the web site. On starting up a web browser, an application program or browser plug-in may synchronize the internal clock included with the client computer system with a global time standard. The synchronized time value may be based on an event associated with the client computer system, such as the start of a web browser. A web site server may determine the uniqueness of the client computer system by comparing unique identifier records of users accessing the web site. A user may be identified as distinct if no matching record exists in the database. Multiple client computer systems having a common Internet address may be identified by using this method. Users privacy is also protected as the unique identifiers are erased when the client computer system's user exits the web browser or powers down the computer. | 01-08-2015 |
20150012535 | Tracking Changes to Content on an External Source in an Online Social Network - In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a profile page of a user of an online social network, determining whether content on an external web site has been update by the user, and if the content on the external web site has been updated, then updating the profile page of the user to include the content. | 01-08-2015 |
20150019548 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIDING A USER DECISION REGARDING TIME-SENSITIVE DATA ELEMENTS - Provided is a system and method for aiding a user in deciding upon an appropriate action to take regarding a plurality of time-sensitive data elements, the time-sensitive data elements stored in a first database, based upon stored further information data elements stored in a second database. The user is provided with a report which comprises links between the time-sensitive data elements and the stored further information data elements. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019549 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND ORGANIZING METADATA ASSOCIATED WITH ON-LINE CONTENT - A system and method are disclosed for controlling metadata associated with content on an electronic device that includes displaying interface screens for user entry of metadata control instructions, accepting user instructions, modifying metadata of applicable content, and associating the modified metadata with the applicable content. The system can export and/or store the applicable content along with modified metadata. The system can automatically modify metadata according to one or more profiles. Relevant profiles can be determined based on the export mechanism, destination or type of content. The system can add watermarks to indicate metadata modification. The system can display metadata for user modification. The content can include photos, videos or other content. The system can display metadata and geolocation indicators for each content item that indicate whether that item has associated metadata and geolocation information. The user can selectively modify meradata of selected content. | 01-15-2015 |
20150019550 | AUTOMATED CONTENT TAG PROCESSING FOR MOBILE MEDIA - In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing an automated tag processing facility, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the automated tag processing. | 01-15-2015 |
20150026174 | Auto Insurance System Integration - An approach is provided for acquiring and integrating data into external services. According to the approach, image and/or video data and identification data are received from a client device. The image and/or video data includes one or more images and/or video data of an object that are acquired by the client device and the identification data is data that uniquely identifies the object. Record data is generated and stored that includes the identification data and at least a reference to the image and/or video data. The image and/or video data and the identification data are transmitted to an external service. This identification data allows an external service to associate the image and/or video data with other data maintained by the external service. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026175 | HEALTHCARE SYSTEM INTEGRATION - An approach is provided for acquiring and integrating data into external services. According to the approach, image and/or video data and identification data are received from a client device. The image and/or video data includes one or more images and/or video data of an object that are acquired by the client device and the identification data is data that uniquely identifies the object. Record data is generated and stored that includes the identification data and at least a reference to the image and/or video data. The image and/or video data and the identification data are transmitted to an external service. This identification data allows an external service to associate the image and/or video data with other data maintained by the external service. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026176 | Enhanced E-Book and Enhanced E-book Reader - An electronic device for storing and displaying an electronic document. The electronic document is displayable on a display screen of the electronic device by executable instructions in memory of the electronic device. The electronic document has at least one term searchable within, and wherein upon selection of the searchable term by a human reader, and without the human reader manually typing the searchable term into a search field, the executable instructions cause to be displayed on the display screen an indication of another portion of the electronic document wherein the searchable term appears. | 01-22-2015 |
20150026177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE CONTEXT OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT ELEMENTS - A method and system for determining a current context of a multimedia content element are provided. The method includes receiving at least one multimedia content element from a user device; receiving at least one environmental variable related to the at least one multimedia content element; generating at least one signature for the multimedia content element; determining a context of the at least one multimedia content element based on the at least one contextual parameter; and determining the current context of the at least one multimedia content element based on at least one contextual parameter and the determined context. | 01-22-2015 |
20150032742 | COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL,COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication management system receives a request for registering first candidate information for use by a communication terminal, obtains second candidate information available for use by the communication terminal, calculates a duplicate rate of member communication terminals, between the first candidate information and the second candidate information, and determines not to automatically register the first candidate information when the duplicate rate is at least greater than a threshold. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032743 | ANALYZING FILES USING BIG DATA TOOLS - This document describes technology that can be embodied in a method that includes accessing a file representing at least one spreadsheet, and analyzing the file to identify a plurality of components of the spreadsheet. The plurality of components includes at least two of: (i) a component representing content of the at least one spreadsheet, (ii) a component representing one or more formulae associated with the at least one spreadsheet, (iii) a component representing one or more macros, (iv) a component representing one or more queries, and (v) a component representing links associated with the at least one spreadsheet. The method also includes creating, based on the components of the spreadsheet, a plurality of files that together represents the at least one spreadsheet, and storing the plurality of files at a storage location. Each of the plurality of files corresponds to a particular component. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032744 | GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED PLAYLISTS FOR REPRODUCING CONTENTS - A method is provided for generating personalized playlists for reproducing contents in relation to the experience of an event by a user of a communication terminal. The method includes determining at least two distinct elements as a function of data provided by the communication terminal of the user and of data relating to the event which are made available by a device for providing services concerning the event. Each of the elements makes it possible to determine at least one content made available by at least one device for providing contents, wherein the contents thus determined for each element are integrated into a playlist. Thus, the playlist is not only generated automatically but in addition it is associated with an event and personalized as a function of the experience of this event by a user. | 01-29-2015 |
20150032745 | Managing Cross-Correlated Data - Systems and processes for storing correlated data in a graph database are described. A first user node may be stored. In response to a request, a first event node and a second user node may be stored. The first event node may be associated with the first user node through an edge indicating participation. The first event node may be associated with the second user node through an edge indicating participation. In response to a content access, a second event node and a content node may be stored. The second event node may be associated with the first user node through an edge indicating participation. The second event node may be associated with the content node through an edge indicating usage. The first user node may be associated with the content node through an edge indicating the first user node handles the content node. | 01-29-2015 |
20150039610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DATA ACCESS BASED ON DOMAIN MODELS - A system, a method and a computer product are disclosed. The method includes using at least one domain ontology including a plurality of domain models connected through mappings to a plurality of data sources, the data sources storing data to be accessed by the query; receiving a query by a query formulation unit; evaluating at least one of a language for defining at least one of the domain models involved in the query, a language of mappings involved in the query and a language of the query and selecting a query answering mode in accordance with results of the evaluation and retrieving an answer meeting at least one query condition from the data sources. | 02-05-2015 |
20150046447 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A controlling method of a multimedia player device is disclosed. The multimedia player device is capable of playing plural multimedia files from plural memory cards. The controlling method comprising: when a memory card of the memory cards is connected to the multimedia player device, determining if there is a corresponding log file corresponding to the connected memory card; if the log file exists, creating a playlist comprising at least part of the plural multimedia files according to the log file; and, playing the multimedia files according to the playlist from the connected memory card. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046448 | FAST SELECTION IN HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE - In an exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method includes receiving an instruction to select an output set from an input set, where the output set is a top subset or a bottom subset of the input set, where the input set comprises a plurality of members, and where each member of the input set includes a plurality of bits. A first subset of the plurality of bits is selected. A histogram is generated, by a computer processor, based on the values in the first subset of the plurality of bits. A threshold value of the input set is determined, where the threshold value separates the values of the output set from the values of the remainder of the input set, and where the threshold value is based at least in part on the histogram. The output set is then extracted from the input set based on the threshold value. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046449 | REAL-TIME DATA VISUALIZATION OF STREAMING DATA - In certain implementations, a first data element set associated with a first attribute may be provided on a user interface. Individual first data elements of the first data element set may each represent a first value associated with the first attribute. A control element set may be provided on the user interface. Individual control elements of the control element set may each represent an attribute. A first touch-based input indicating an association of a first one of the individual control elements with a first one of the individual first data elements may be received. Responsive to the indicated association, a second data element set associated with a second attribute that is represented by the first one of the individual control elements may be provided on the user interface. Individual second data elements of the second data element set may each represent a second value associated with the second attribute and correspond to the first value represented by the first one of the first individual data elements. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046450 | SEARCHABLE CODE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a searchable cipher system, the security of ciphertext, the optimization of the size of ciphertext and the optimization of the network traffic are not examined enough. A registration client deposits encrypted data acquired by compressing the size of a search tag created for a search by a stochastic encryption using a mask by a hash value and an output value of a homomorphic function in a server, a search client similarly stochastically encrypts a search keyword and transmits it to the management server as a search keyword acquired by encrypting only a part of the encrypted data, the search client requests the management server to search data to be searched without making the management server release a mask by random numbers of the encrypted data and the encrypted keyword, the search client detects a wrong search in a search result, and decrypts the search result. | 02-12-2015 |
20150046451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A system enabling use of an application program suitable for a user environment includes an obtaining unit that obtains first application program information associated with a first application program used with a first identifier, a determination unit that determines an application program suitable for a second identifier based on the first application program information obtained by the obtaining unit and a second application program information associated with each of application programs, and
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20150052131 | INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM - An information provision system includes: a vehicular mobile terminal; and a server that accesses a registration database and provides a content to the vehicular mobile terminal. The registration database registers a position-interrelated content provision web page that: specifies the content to be provided according to an input condition; and defines a position-interrelated content to be provided when the vehicular mobile terminal satisfies a trigger condition. The system further includes: a position-interrelated content search device that searches for the position-interrelated content corresponding to a same trigger condition as a moving state of the vehicular mobile terminal when the vehicular mobile terminal accesses the position-interrelated content provision web page and the position-interrelated content provision web page defines the position-interrelated content for the vehicular mobile terminal; and an information provision device that provides a user of the vehicular mobile terminal with a searched position-interrelated content when the trigger condition is satisfied. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052132 | LOCATION GRAPH BASED DERIVATION OF ATTRIBUTES - Location graph-based derivation of user attributes is disclosed. In various embodiments, location data associated with a user, such as a current and/or past location at which the user has been, is received. A user attribute data associated with the location data is determined and used to update a user profile associated with the user. | 02-19-2015 |
20150052133 | LOCATION-BASED SECURITY SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A location-dependent security method and system for a portable electronic device is disclosed. Without requiring that the user enter any location information, the system determines one or more familiar areas for the device based on locations where the device has received at least a threshold amount of successful user authentication entries. Thereafter, when a user attempts to access the device or an application of the device, the device will implement a first authentication process if the device is in one of the familiar areas, or a different authentication process if the device is not in one of the familiar areas. | 02-19-2015 |
20150058337 | DATABASE ACCESS - Database access is described, for example, where data in a database is accessed by an inference engine. In various examples, the inference engine executes inference algorithms to access data from the database and carry out inference using the data. In examples the inference algorithms are compiled from a schema of the database which is annotated with expressions of probability distributions over data in the database. In various examples the schema of the database is modified by adding one or more latent columns or latent tables to the schema for storing data to be inferred by the inference engine. In examples the expressions are compositional so, for example, an expression annotating a column of a database table may be used as part of an expression annotating another column of the database. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058338 | PROMOTING ACTIVITY DURING PERIODS OF SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR - Systems and methods of operating a computing system may involve determining an identity of a user, determining physical attributes of a user, monitoring user activity, intelligently interrupting sedentary user activity after a threshold period of time has passed, and proposing activities to break the sedentary period of user behavior. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058339 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATING SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION FOR WEBSITES - Systems and methods for automating search engine optimization of a website may include obtaining a set of keywords using a computer network. The keywords may be relevant to a business and may be obtained from the website of identified local competitors to the business. The system may present the keywords to the user in a display and provide an interface with an option to refine the set of keywords. The system may include in the display one or more educational displays to help the user choose appropriate keywords from the keyword set. The system may create a website for the business, including inserting the keywords into one or more web pages of the website. Inserting the keywords may include adding HTML to the web pages and identifying focus keywords and a primary location to one or more search engines. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058340 | Data Retrieval System - Disclosed are various embodiments for a data retrieval system comprising code that accesses a data retrieval platform according to a customer identifier, the customer identifier linked to a plurality of asset identifiers, and code that access a recent correspondence history of an asset identifier of the plurality identifiers. The data retrieval system further comprises code that compares the recent correspondence history to a previous correspondence history of the asset identifier, and code that identifies a recent correspondence associated with the asset identifier in response to a difference between the recent correspondence history and the previous correspondence history. Additionally, the data retrieval system comprises code that encodes a user interface for display to a client associated with the customer identifier, the user interface comprising a portal for retrieving the recent correspondence. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058341 | PERSONAL ATTRIBUTE CARTOGRAPHY WITH ANALYSIS FEEDBACK - Systems and methods for managing individuals are provided. A method includes recording interactions of a user with one or more computer-implemented applications and calculating parameter values for the user for a plurality of user attributes based on the interactions. The method can further include determining whether at least a portion of the parameter values are missing or conflicting and in response to determining wherein at least a portion of the parameter values are missing or conflicting, prompting the user to interact with at least one additional computer-implemented application that is associated with the portion of the parameter values. After the prompting, the method can include repeating the recording and the calculating to update the parameter values. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058342 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method of storing information at data and displaying the stored information and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of a bookmark event while recording or reproducing media data; determining a bookmark segment in the media data to correspond to the occurrence of the bookmark event; and acquiring text information corresponding to voice information of the bookmark segment. | 02-26-2015 |
20150058343 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISCONTINUING THE FOLLOWING OF RECORDS IN AN ON-DEMAND DATABASE SERVICE ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods, and computer readable media for discontinuing the following of records in an on-demand database service environment. In one embodiment, one or more records are identified according to one or more designated criteria. The records are stored in a database. The records are being followed by one or more users in an on-demand database service environment such that updates to the records are capable of being stored as feed items in one or more feed tables in the database. The feed items are capable of being published in an information feed displayed on one or more devices associated with the one or more users. The following of the identified one or more records by the one or more users is discontinued. | 02-26-2015 |
20150066922 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Various aspects of a system and a method for recommending multimedia content are disclosed herein. The method is included in a server communicatively coupled to a first electronic device operable to execute a first application and a second application. The method receives a first plurality of user preferences. The received first plurality of user preferences comprises a set of metadata corresponding to a first multimedia content rendered during the execution of the first application at the first electronic device. The method recommends second multimedia content to a user through a multimedia distribution channel during execution of the second application based on the received first plurality of user preferences. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066923 | REFERENCE CARD FOR SCENE REFERRED METADATA CAPTURE - Scene-referred metadata comprising correspondence relationships between coded values used in generated images and reference values defined independent of any specific image may be provided as a part of image metadata for the generated images. Downstream image processing devices or image rendering devices may use the scene-referred metadata to perform image processing or rendering operations. When coded values of input images are altered in corresponding output images, the scene-referred metadata may be updated with new coded values used in the output images. Reference values refer to reference color values or reference gray levels. Coded values refer to color values or gray levels coded in pixels or sub-pixels of one or more images. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066924 | PROGRAMMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A programmable display device main body includes an address file detecting section for detecting whether a memory card stores a MAC address file, a password file detecting section for detecting whether the memory card stores a password file, and an activation control section for reading data from the memory card. The activation control section does not read data in a case where the memory card stores neither a MAC address file nor a password file. | 03-05-2015 |
20150074103 | METADATA-DRIVEN AUDIT REPORTING SYSTEM WITH DYNAMICALLY CREATED DISPLAY NAMES - A system is provided that reports audit data. The system retrieves audit data that is stored in database tables, where the audit data includes a history of modifications to data, and where the audit data includes data values. The system further retrieves a display name that is stored in a lookup table, where the display name is associated with a data value of the data values within the lookup table. The system further displays the audit data within a user interface, where the display name is displayed within the user interface. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074104 | METHOD, SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SELECTIVELY REMOVING NONDETERMINISM OF NONDETERMINISTIC FINITE AUTOMATA - A method for selectively eliminating nondeterministic elements of NFA is disclosed. The method includes steps of: (a) determining a specific state calculated to have a highest arrival probability through a transition from a current state among all states in the NFA as a current highest probability state; (b) determining whether there exists at least one common transition between a first set of transitions including at least one transition moving the current highest probability state to a state i and a second set of transitions including at least one transition moving the current highest probability state to a state j in the NFA; and (c) excluding the at least one common transition between the first and the second sets of transitions and creating a state k which is arrived as a result of moving from the current highest probability state through the at least one common transition. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074105 | MOBILE APPLICATION DATA STORAGE ALLOCATION - In a method for allocating and storing application data for applications of mobile devices, one or more processors receive one or more portions of application data of an application selected by a user of a mobile computing device. The one or more processors determine where to store each of the one or more portions of application data based on predefined instructions. The one or more processors cause each of the one or more portions of application data to be stored based on the determination. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074106 | PROVIDING APPLICATION PROGRAM AND USER RECOMMENDATION INFORMATION - The present disclosure provides example methods and devices of recommending application program and user recommendation information. Information of a use sequence of application programs used by a user at a terminal is determined. A correlation relationship of the application programs is determined according to the information of the use sequence. The correlation relationship of the application programs is uploaded to a server so that the server integrates the correlation relationship uploaded by each terminal to determine at least one third application program which is correlated with the first application program and sends recommendation information of correlated application program. Alternatively, at least one another user that is similar to the user is determined and recommendation information of similar user is provided. The present techniques improve an effectiveness of providing recommendation information. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074107 | Storing and serving images in memory boxes - Images and related data are served from an image server to a client device. A unique identifier and associated parameters for each image are converted into a binary string. Responsive to a request for images, a timestamp is set, and images are served with the respective binary strings. Updates are recorded by the image server with a respective time of each update. When the image server receives the next request for images, all the updates since the previously set timestamp are served, and a new timestamp is set. Other embodiments provide methods of laying out images based on time in a plurality of rows for display within a user interface. The next image in order by time is found by reference to the timestamps associated with each image. Then, the shortest row of the plurality of rows is determined, and the image is placed in the shortest row. | 03-12-2015 |
20150074108 | ENDING TUPLE PROCESSING IN A STREAM-BASED COMPUTING APPLICATION - A method includes receiving streaming data to be processed by a plurality of processing elements comprising one or more stream operators. Time metadata may be added to a parent tuple at a first stream operator. A first time metric may be determined for a first child tuple of the parent tuple at a second stream operator. The first time metric may be determined, at least in part, from the time metadata. The second stream operator may receive the first child tuple from the first stream operator. The method may include transmitting a second child tuple of the parent tuple from the second stream operator to a third stream operator if the time metric is inside a time limit. In addition, the method may include ending processing of the first child tuple if the time metric is outside of the time limit. | 03-12-2015 |
20150081693 | MANAGING DATA PATHS IN AN OPERATOR GRAPH - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and, system for processing data such as a stream of tuples. The method can include receiving the stream of tuples to be processed by a plurality of stream operators operating on one or more computer processors. The method can include creating an overflow path that includes at least one stream operator that performs processing duplicative to at least one stream operator from the plurality of stream operators. The method can include monitoring a stream operator for a triggering condition. The method can include identifying a tuple from the stream of tuples to process on the overflow path. The method can include processing, on the overflow path, the identified tuple from the stream of tuples in response to the presence of the triggering condition. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081694 | MULTI-TEMPORAL WIDELY DISTRIBUTED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TRANSACTION STATE AND DATA STATE MEMORY SYSTEM - A method, in a multi-temporal widely distributed hardware and software transaction state and data state memory system, the steps comprising: creating an entry within the metadata layer for a first access to a data item within the data structure at a time-equals-zero state to create a time-equals-zero version branch of the data item in a graph structure of the data structure at a time-equals-zero time; updating the graph structure within the metadata layer when a copy-on-write overlay is generated by creating an additional branch connected to a same node as the time-equals-zero branch, storing a set of characteristics regarding the copy-on-write overlay within the metadata layer; updating the graph structure to reflect a status of propagated changes from the copy-on-write overlay to the plurality of computers; and storing a set of characteristics regarding the propagated changes to the plurality of computers. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081695 | LOCAL RECOMMENDATION ENGINE - A recommendation engine and a user profile stored on a user device are employed by the user device to select from a content store, content that is relevant to a current display of the user device. The selected content is combined with the current display to generate the contextually relevant display. The user profile on the user device is updated based on user interaction with the displayed content and the updated profile may be uploaded to the server in accordance with privacy settings associated with the user profile. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081696 | Systems and Methods for Actively Composing Content for Use in Continuous Social Communication - A system and method are provided for analysing and communicating social data. A method performed by a computing device or server system includes obtaining social data and deriving at least two concepts from the social data. A relationship between the at least two concepts is determined. The method also includes composing a new social data object using the relationship and transmitting the new social data object. User feedback associated with new social data object is obtained, and the computing device or server system computes an adjustment command using the user feedback. Executing the adjustment command adjusts a parameter used in the method. After the adjustment command is executed, the method is repeated. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081697 | INTEROPERABLE SOCIAL SERVICES - In a method for utilizing multiple social computing services of a user, a processor accesses a first networking service of a user and a second networking service of the user, wherein the first networking service includes a first group of contacts connected with the user and the second networking service includes a second group of contacts connected with the user. A processor retrieves the first group from the first networking service and the second group from the second networking service. A processor creates a set of contacts, wherein the set of contacts includes each contact of the first group of contacts with a corresponding link to information about that contact, and each contact of the second group of contacts with a corresponding link to information about that contact, and wherein a contact of the set of contacts has an associated relationship, established externally from either networking service, with the user. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081698 | LOGGING EXTERNAL EVENTS IN A PERSISTENT HUMAN-TO-HUMAN CONVERSATIONAL SPACE - A method, system and apparatus for logging external events in a human-to-human conversational space. In a preferred aspect of the invention, a persistent human-to-human conversational system can include a persistent human-to-human conversational tool such as a persistent chat tool, and an external event processor coupled to the persistent human-to-human conversational tool. The system further can include a query interface to the persistent human-to-human conversational tool. Finally, the system can include one or more collaborative tools communicatively linked to the persistent human-to-human conversational tool. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081699 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Capturing Media Items - An apparatus, method and computer program, the method comprising:
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20150081700 | DATA ROUTING METHOD IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK, BASE STATION NODE AND WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK - A data routing method in a wireless sensor network, a base station node, and a wireless sensor network are provided. The data routing method comprises: establishing a routing table for a base station node in the wireless sensor network, in which the routing table comprises a plurality of data types and a plurality of destination addresses corresponding to the plurality of data types; receiving a search request by the base station node, and searching for the destination address corresponding to the search request in the routing table according to the search request; determining a memory corresponding to the destination address and obtaining target data satisfying the search request from the memory; and feeding back the target data to the base station node from the memory. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081701 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA FLOW EXPLORATION - Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to capture a first data flow between a data source and a data client. One or more elements relating to the first data flow are determined. At least one element of the first data flow is tagged with a first tag. A visual representation of the first data flow based on the elements relating to the data is generated. The visual representation of the first data flow is adjusted according to the first tag in response to selection of the first tag. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081702 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) that generates files receives a selection of a folder from a plurality of hierarchically-managed folders, the MFP gives a generated file a file name including at least a name of the selected folder and a name of a folder located at a higher hierarchical level than the selected folder. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081703 | PROVIDING LABELS FOR PHOTOS - Systems, methods and computer readable media for providing labels for photos are described herein. In some implementations, a method can include receiving a plurality of photos. The method can also include associating one or more labels with the plurality of photos based on one or more predetermined criteria. The method can also include determining one or more suggested labels from the one or more labels to be used as search terms, and providing for the suggested labels for display in a user interface. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081704 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO OBTAIN ANONYMOUS AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DATA FROM NETWORK SERVER DATA FOR PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC AND USAGE PROFILES - Example audience measurement methods disclosed herein include accessing demographic information and identification information for subscribers of a service provider based on first data received from an audience measurement entity. Such disclosed example methods also include accessing network log data stored by the service provider for the subscribers using the identification information. Such disclosed example methods further include determining audience measurement data for the subscribers based on the network log data, the demographic information and the identification information, and removing the identification information from the audience measurement data to determine anonymous audience measurement data to send to the audience measurement entity. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081705 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES TO ACCOUNT FOR USER-SPECIIC PATTERNS IN DOCUMENT METADATA - Document management techniques to account for user-specific patterns in document metadata are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating document retrieval may comprise: assigning a first entitlement to a first user for accessing a first plurality of documents; identifying patterns in the first user's creation or modification of metadata related to the first plurality of documents; recording the identified patterns associated with the first user; receiving a document query from a second user who has been assigned a second entitlement to access a second plurality of documents; determining, based on the second entitlement, an access right of the second user with respect to the first plurality of documents; and modifying the document query based on the access right of the second user and the identified patterns, such that the document query returns relevant documents from the first plurality of documents despite the second user's ignorance of the identified patterns. | 03-19-2015 |
20150088878 | Discovering New Media Items for a User - A method for identifying a media item is provided. A method includes identifying a list of previously activated media items based on a plurality of sources of media activation history for a user. Each previously activated media item may have a plurality of attributes. Next, a discovery media item may be identified based on the list of previously activated media items and the discovery media item may not be included in the list of previously activated media items. Additionally, an indication of the discovery media item may be presented to the user. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088879 | System for Controlling and Optimizing Information Distribution Between Users in an Information Exchange - An automatic control system for regulating the information exchange between information producer and information consumer. One control mechanism can dynamically refine the decision to include or exclude information items from the consumer information stream to improve success metrics like participation. One or more system interface request control mechanisms can dynamically provide incentive and limits for the input of audience targets, priorities, preferences, and other data. An administrator may set parameters and select success metrics to balance the goals of the information exchange participants and stakeholders. The system can also serve to resolve conflicts between the selection criteria of a consumer and the audience targets of a producer. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088880 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DATABASE SERVER VERSIONS ON A DATABASE MACHINE - Techniques are described herein for supporting multiple versions of a database server within a database machine comprising a separate database layer and storage layer. In an embodiment, the database layer includes compute nodes each hosting one or more instances of a database server. The storage layer includes storage nodes each hosting one or more instances of a storage server, also referred to herein as a “cell server.” In general, the database servers may receive data requests, such as SQL queries, from client applications and service the requests in coordination with the cell servers of the storage layer. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088881 | Measuring Web Browser Tag Properties Without True Unique Tags - Methods to estimate a statistic using web browser tags are disclosed. An exemplary method can include obtaining a data set of impressions. Each impression can be tagged with a first tag of a first type and a second tag of a second type different than the first type. A statistic of the data set of impressions can be estimated based at least in part on the first tag and the second tag of each impression. Computer systems and non-transitory computer readable media are also disclosed. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088882 | LOCATING FILE DATA FROM A MAPPING FILE - In some examples, a distributed system may include a plurality of nodes with a file stored in a file system across the plurality of nodes. One of the nodes may receive a request for location data corresponding to a part of the file. For instance, the location data may be included in a mapping file, and the request may specify an offset of the mapping file. The mapping file may include locations of nodes storing parts of the file in the file system across the plurality of nodes, and the mapping file may have a plurality of parts corresponding to the parts of the file. In response to the request, the node may access the mapping file and send location data corresponding to the offset of the mapping file. The location data may indicate at least one of the nodes storing the part of the file. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088883 | SUBSCRIBER RECORD CONTEXT OBJECTS - Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device, wherein the Diameter message is associated with a subscriber; establishing a subscriber record context object in response to receiving the Diameter message, wherein the subscriber record context object is associated with a subscriber record of the subscriber; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the subscriber record context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule. | 03-26-2015 |
20150095331 | Establishing and querying methods of knowledge library engine based on emergency management - An establishing method of a knowledge library engine based on emergency management includes steps of extracting relevant data from unstructured text information, filtering out unwanted data and improving a structure of the relevant data, so as to ensure homogeneity of the relevant data; structurally analyzing a text content of obtained information, extracting a feature thereof and storing the feature in the feature library as a key word of a knowledge; and processing the obtained information with the automatic word segmentation module, then classifying a result according to an information classification standard, and establishing an association of the knowledge and information classification. A querying method of the knowledge library engine based on emergency management includes steps of: understanding semanteme, understanding knowledge, and querying knowledge. | 04-02-2015 |
20150100572 | Methods and Techniques for Collecting, Reporting and Managing Ionizing Radiation Dose - Provided is a method of collecting and managing information relating to medical diagnostic procedures which includes collecting objective information about a plurality of procedures and subjective information about the results of those procedures. The objective information provides information about the parameters of the procedure and the patient who underwent the procedure while the subjective information includes an assessment of the quality of the results of the procedure. This information can be stored in a database. The database can be accessed and the information therein used in connection with understanding the results of past procedures and planning for future procedures. | 04-09-2015 |
20150100573 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING DATA - A plurality of computers dispersedly store pieces of data and pieces of depository information of the respective pieces of data. The depository information indicates a depository computer storing data of the pieces of data. A first computer of the plurality of computers stores, when depository information of first data is absent in a first storing unit of the first computer, first depository information in the first storing unit. The first depository information indicates the first computer as a first depository computer storing the first data. The first data is stored in a second storing unit of the first computer. The first computer identifies, by searching the first storing unit, a second computer as a second depository computer storing second data to be manipulated in association with third data stored in the second storing unit. | 04-09-2015 |
20150106370 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF MARKERS BASED ON SOCIAL INTERACTION - Aspects relate to observing various activities, interactions, behaviors, and other factors associated with a data exchange and creating one or more markers based on significant details associated with the observance. The one or more markers are retained and selectively rendered as a function of one or more conditions that should be satisfied before the marker is presented to the user. Some markers can contain parameters that should be satisfied in order for the marker to be considered complete. If a parameter is not satisfied, subsequent markers can be created as a function of the rendered marker. The subsequent markers can be rendered when a condition associated with the subsequent marker is satisfied. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106371 | GENERATING CONNECTION RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON RECENT CONNECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS OF CLOSE CONNECTIONS - The present disclosure is directed to methods, systems, and computer program products for rendering member profile suggestions based on data derived from a social graph and activity data derived from a social network service operation on the social graph. A social network service may store member or organization profiles as nodes on the social graph. In response to a recommendation event, the social network service may identify a source profile having direct connections to a first set of profiles. The social network service may then determine a second set of profiles that are directly connected to one or more profiles of the first set of profiles. The profiles may be further associated with connection activity information, and the social network service may select one or more of the profiles from the second set of profiles as recommended profiles for the source profile based on the connection activity information. | 04-16-2015 |
20150106372 | PHOTO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A photo management system is provided to record occurrence dates of important events in the individual life course, classify the photos according to the occurrence dates and name the photo folders. Once the preset occurrence date of a specified event is approaching, the photo management system will remind the user of taking and storing photos. Consequently, the photo management system provides a photo book marked by individual life timing. Another photo management system is a family relationship-based photo management system for managing family relationship and sharing photos. By linking the birth date to the blood relation, linking the marriage date to the affinity relation and using the information of the face address book, the kinship between the user and others can be established to deduce the family tree. | 04-16-2015 |
20150112985 | System and Method for Querying Disparate Data Sources in Real Time - A system and method for querying disparate data sources in real time utilizes a plurality of listeners and at least one data adapter operated on a request proxy. A interface specific data query is received from a client account by the request proxy through a specific listener. The interface specific data query is formatted into an agnostic request object that is then forwarded to a specific adapter, wherein a specific method is determined from a plurality of methods for the specific adapter. The request proxy retrieves requested data from at least one data source through the specific adapter. The requested data is then formatted into an agnostic response object that can be cached on the request proxy. The agnostic response object is then formatted into a interface specific response stream by the request proxy and the interface specific response stream is sent to the client account through the specific listener. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112986 | METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SCALABLE REACHABILITY - Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods for scaling reachability computations on relatively large graphs. In an embodiment, a method provides for scaling reachability computations on relatively large graphs, the method comprising, identifying an initial graph comprising a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges, processing at least a portion of the plurality of vertices and at least a portion of the plurality of edges to generate a plurality of reachability indices for the at least a portion of the plurality of vertices, and generating a backbone graph comprising a scaled-down version of the initial graph, based at least in part on at least one of the plurality of reachability indices. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112987 | GENERATION OF SERVICE SPECIFICATION OF A SERVICE ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE (SOA) SOLUTION - A method and associated system for generating a service specification of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution. Each process of at least one process is decomposed into at least one atomic service process. The service specification of the SOA solution to be compatible with both a process model framework that includes the at least one process and a data model framework that includes at least one data element that is indirectly matched to the at least one process. The service specification represents a respective process interface of each atomic service process that performs a respective atomic service in the SOA solution. The customized service specification is stored in a database. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112988 | Distributed and Tiered Architecture for Content Search and Content Monitoring - An efficient large scale search system for video and multi-media content using a distributed database and search, and tiered search servers is described. Selected content is stored at the distributed local database and tier1 search server(s). Content matching frequent queries, and frequent unidentified queries are cached at various levels in the search system. Content is classified using feature descriptors and geographical aspects, at feature level and in time segments. Queries not identified at clients and tier1 search server(s) are queried against tier2 or lower search server(s). Search servers use classification and geographical partitioning to reduce search cost. Methods for content tracking and local content searching are executed on clients. The client performs local search, monitoring and/or tracking of the query content with the reference content and local search with a database of reference fingerprints. This shifts the content search workload from central servers to the distributed monitoring clients. | 04-23-2015 |
20150120724 | DESKTOP, STREAM-BASED, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A steam-based document storage and retrieval system accepts documents that are in diverse formats and come from diverse application, automatically creates document model objects describing these documents in a consistent format and associating time stamps with the documents to automatically create a main stream in chronological order. The stream, or sub-streams meeting selected search criteria, are displayed in a variety of forms, including a receding, partly overlapping stack with aids that facilitate user interaction. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120725 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A MASTER CLINICAL DATABASE AND USES THEREOF - A method and system for generating a master clinical database from disparate sources, including public databases, private databases, and data from users, correlating the received data, determining a degree of confidence in and requesting and seeking confirmation of any data matched from the correlated data. The invention may identify key time points and users from whom to seek and receive confirmation of correlated data. The invention may be utilized to create a cross-trial, cross-sponsor, clinical master database that maintains appropriate user, subject and data confidentiality and privacy and which may be utilized to facilitate study design collaboration. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120726 | Using Audio Cues to Improve Object Retrieval in Video - A method of object retrieval from visual data is provided that includes annotating at least one portion of the visual data with a context keyword corresponding to an object, wherein the annotating is performed responsive to recognition of the context keyword in audio data corresponding to the at least one portion of the visual data, receiving a query to retrieve the object, wherein the query includes a query keyword associated with both the object and the context keyword, identifying the at least one portion of the visual data based on the context keyword, and searching for the object in the at least one portion of the visual data using an appearance model corresponding to the query keyword. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120727 | OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR IN-MEMORY STORAGE OF POLICY SESSION DATA - The present disclosure provides for an optimization framework that optimizes the amount of information persisted in a policy session using rule introspection. In one embodiment, the optimization framework receives a message, where the message includes an attribute, and the attribute includes an attribute name and an attribute value. The optimization framework consults a mapping table to determine persistence behavior associated with the attribute name. The optimization framework persists the attribute in a rule field cache, according to the persistence behavior. In one embodiment, the persistence behavior includes a persistence type, a persistence mode, and/or custom persistence logic, which specify how the attribute should be persisted. In one embodiment, the optimization framework also provides for performing rule introspection and rule evaluation of decision rules. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120728 | E-BOOK SERVICE PROVISION SYSTEM, E-BOOK SERVICE PROVISION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An e-book service provision system includes an information receiving unit that receives life log from a life log unit or a reader terminal. A personal information management unit stores the received life log in a personal information D/B or loads the life log stored in the personal information D/B. A life log analysis unit analyzes the life log stored in the personal information D/B and extracts pattern information. A book information management unit stores in a book information D/B the multiple pieces of pattern information and book information that is created corresponding to each of the multiple piece of pattern information, with each of the multiple pieces of pattern information and the book information being matched to each other, or loads the book information stored in the book information D/B. An information provision unit transmits to the reader terminal the book information loaded from the book information management unit. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120729 | WEB-BASED REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER API SERVER - A middleware server solution that allows businesses to provide web based REST API's for use by mobile apps and websites. The server solutions includes a communications module for sending and receiving HTTP traffic, the communication module requiring the use of API keys and a data access module for selecting, inserting, deleting and updating data against a database store. A query store module maintains an array of REST services to respond to HTTP requests. The query store module further executes preprocessing JAVASCRIPT, executes SQL statements and executes post JAVASCRIPT. An automatic documentation module generates and distributes documentation to consumers of an API defined by a query store module configuration. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127644 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTAL COLLECTION OF FORUM REPLIES - The present application discloses methods and systems for incrementally collecting replies in a forum and belongs to the technical field of collecting network information. The method comprises periodically determining whether there is a newly-established post and a post having new replies in all forum list pages needed to be collected: if yes, extracting a main post and reply information from the newly-established post, and extracting the information of the new replies from the post having new replies. The system comprises a determining device ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150127645 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT WITH RDBMS - According to some embodiments, a method and an apparatus of using a relational database as an underlying structure of file storage are provided to receive a file and store non-content information associated with the file in a row of a first relational database table. If the content associated with the file is binary content then the content associated with the file is stored in a second relational database table else the content associated with the file is stored in a third relational database table. | 05-07-2015 |
20150134656 | EXTRACTING AND MINING OF QUOTE DATA ACROSS MULTIPLE LANGUAGES - Extracting and mining of quote data across multiple languages, including: retrieving, from a plurality of quote sources, a plurality of commentary summarizations, wherein each commentary summarization is embodied as a machine-readable data structure and wherein the plurality of commentary summarizations include information in at least two or more languages; for each commentary summarization: identifying, within the commentary summarization, quote data, wherein the quote data represents a quote from a commentator; creating a quote tuple for the quote data, the quote tuple including information associated with quantifiable aspects of the quote data; and storing, in a quote tuple repository, the quote tuple; mining, for quote analysis information, the quote tuple repository; and presenting, to a user, the quote analysis information. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134657 | Data Imparting Apparatus and Method for Providing References to Data Records in a User Database - Automatic identification and prioritization of user profiles in network-based application systems are provided. When creating network-based content, references to a plurality of user profiles within the entire network system may be automatically identified by specifying a user identifier, and references to one or more of these user profiles may then be determined according to user specifications or specified guidelines. The content of a network-based application may then always be supplemented with references to user profiles according to the user profiles identified in this manner. | 05-14-2015 |
20150134658 | PROVIDING A COMMON VIRTUAL ITEM REPOSITORY IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - Virtual items may be unlocked in a virtual space responsive to physical token detection. A common virtual item repository may be provided in the virtual space. Once unlocked, a given virtual item may be accessible to multiple characters in the virtual space via the virtual item repository. Customization of a virtual space may be facilitated. The customization may be based on the virtual items accessible via the virtual item repository. | 05-14-2015 |
20150142794 | HIERARCHICAL LINGUISTIC TAGS FOR DOCUMENTS - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with linguistic tags for documents are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a document. The example method includes applying a language tag value to a language tag of the document and applying a locale tag value to a locale tag of the document. The language tag and the locale tag are assigned positions in a hierarchy of linguistic tags such that the language tag inherits from the locale tag. The example method may also include storing the document, the language tag value, and the locale tag value in a memory. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142795 | CONFIGURABLE MEDIA PROCESSING WITH META EFFECTS - Systems, methods and computer readable media for configurable media processing with meta effects are disclosed. In some implementations, the systems, methods and computer readable media can process a media file based on one or more meta effects (e.g., an ordered list of effects and their corresponding parameters). | 05-21-2015 |
20150142796 | PROCESSING SEARCH QUERIES USING A DATA STRUCTURE - The disclosure relates to of generating a data structure stored in a computer memory for use in performing a search query to determine a separation between nodes in a network of interconnected nodes, wherein the method comprises: selecting a set of landmark nodes from the network; and for at least two of the landmark nodes in the set; generating a path tree for each landmark node that indicates a separation between the landmark node and each of a plurality of nodes; wherein the generating is configured to limit the number of path trees each of said plurality of nodes may appear in to no more than a predetermined number of path trees. A method of processing a data structure is also disclosed. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142797 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MESSENGER SERVICE IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a method providing a messenger service in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display configured to display a timeline bar in a dialogue window of a messenger application, the timeline bar including a plurality of time points, each time point associated with archived messages, and a controller configured to receive a selection of one of the time points and retrieve the archived messages associated with the selected one of the time points, and display the retrieved archived messages. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142798 | CONTINUITY OF CONTENT - A method and system for media consumption are described. The method including tagging each one of a plurality of content items with at least one metadata tag, the metadata tag including a descriptor of at least one topical attribute describing the content item, the plurality of content items being adapted for consumption on a plurality of user devices, wherein the plurality of content items are provided in multiple file formats; acquiring a history of user consumption of the plurality of content items on a plurality of user devices associated with a single user; storing a user record including the acquired user history, a plurality of metadata tags associated with user consumed content, and including a list of devices comprising the plurality of user devices associated with a single user; building a playlist based, at least in part, on the following criteria, wherein each content item which is listed on the playlist has at least one tag which is also one of a plurality of tags already stored in the user record: a) including a content item which has been started but not completely consumed, b) not including content items marked in the acquired history as being completely consumed, unless the content items have changed with respect to the version consumed, and c) including content items which have not been consumed; selecting at least one content item from the playlist; and pushing the selected at least one content item to at least one of the plurality of user devices associated with a single user, wherein if the selected at least one content item is not suitable for consumption on the at least one of the plurality of user devices, then a next item in the playlist is pushed to the least one of the plurality of user devices. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142799 | ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN AN OBJECT AND A MOOD MEDIA ITEM - A method comprising identifying a mood media item association with an object media item, the mood media item being a media item of a face of a user while the object media item is being viewed by the user, determining an object that is associated with the object media item, and causing establishment of an association between the object and the mood media item is disclosed. | 05-21-2015 |
20150149456 | SHARING DOCUMENT LINKS FROM MULTIPLE DATA PROVIDERS - A document sharing system includes a plurality of different data provider implementations. The document sharing system exposes a common application programming interface to a plurality of different clients and receives data requests identifying a given data provider, from the clients. The document sharing system then uses the data provider implementation for the data provider identified in the request, in order to obtain the requested data, and place it in a common data structure that is returned to the client. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149457 | METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING PERSISTENT MESSAGING SESSIONS - Creating a persistent messaging session includes providing a web application that enables browser-to-browser multimedia communications, creating the persistent messaging session in response to a request from a user, and setting the persistent messaging session to an idle state when all users have exited the persistent messaging session, wherein the idle state is monitored by the web application. Joining a persistent messaging session includes querying a server hosting a web application that supports and tracks a plurality of persistent messaging sessions, using a set of search criteria, receiving a set of search results from the server, wherein the search results indicate that the persistent messaging session satisfies the set of search criteria, and joining the persistent messaging session, where the joining allows the first endpoint device to exchange browser-to-browser multimedia communications directly with a second endpoint device. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149458 | METHOD FOR GENERATING BLOCKS FOR VIDEO SEARCHING AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING QUERIES BASED ON BLOCKS GENERATED THEREBY - The present invention relates to a method for generating blocks for video searching and to a method for processing queries based on the blocks generated thereby. One embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: detecting a reference frame of which the position information and/or direction information, which are forms of space information on a frame, nonlinearly changes from among frames forming a video; and generating a tilt block including a plurality of frames on the basis of the reference frame. Accordingly, compared to the prior art, the same amount of queries can be processed using a smaller amount of memory and in a shorter amount of time. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149459 | Tag Based System For Leveraging Design Data - This application discloses a computing system implementing one or more tools or mechanism configured to integrate different design stages, phases, or levels of abstraction by relating objects based on one or more of their characteristics, such as physical or electrical attributes, properties, references, or the like. The tools or mechanism can generate tags corresponding to characteristics of objects in one or more designs representing at least a portion of an electronic system. The tools or mechanism can link the objects in the one or more designs based, at least in part, on tags, and, in response to receiving a selection corresponding to a portion of the one or more designs, present information corresponding to at least another portion in the one or more designs associated with the selected portion based, at least in part, on the linked objects. | 05-28-2015 |
20150149460 | SEARCHING OF EVENTS DERIVED FROM MACHINE DATA USING FIELD AND KEYWORD CRITERIA - Methods and apparatus consistent with the invention provide the ability to organize and build understandings of machine data generated by a variety of information-processing environments. Machine data is a product of information-processing systems (e.g., activity logs, configuration files, messages, database records) and represents the evidence of particular events that have taken place and been recorded in raw data format. In one embodiment, machine data is turned into a machine data web by organizing machine data into events and then linking events together. | 05-28-2015 |
20150302037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PROCESSING DATABASE REQUESTS - A system is provided that is adapted to service web-based database service requests. In one implementation, a database service is provided for servicing web-originated service requests. In one implementation, virtual computer systems may be used to service requests in a more reliable manner. Different operating modes may be configured for backup redundancy and the database service may be scaled to meet service requests for a particular application. Also, methods are provided for exchanging timestamp information among web service transaction systems to reduce the amount of processing capability and bandwidth for ensuring database consistency. Further, a NoSQL Key/Value (KVS) database is provided that provides one or more features that may be beneficial for cloud service, Internet-based, and other types of database applications. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302052 | System and Method for Controlling Audience Data and Tracking - In a computing device executing a master tag embedded in a webpage, identifying a first subsequent tag in the webpage; identifying a second subsequent tag called by the first subsequent tag; identifying information collected by one or more of the first and second subsequent tag; identifying a location to which the collected information is sent; and indicating to a user the information collected and the location to which the collected information is sent. In addition, the master tag may determine a number of cookies dropped by the first subsequent tag; determine one or more characteristics of each cookie dropped by the first subsequent tag; and indicate to the user the number of cookies dropped and the one or more characteristics of each cookie dropped. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302054 | PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING CONTACTS LIKELY TO BE NEEDED BASED ON USER COMMUNICATION HABITS - A dynamic contact list based on a user's communication habits is disclosed. Some embodiments include a method for tracking a user's communication habits and dynamically providing, from a first set of contacts, a reduced contact list with a second set of contacts that the user is likely to need in a given situation. In some embodiments, the method is implemented as software that tracks the communication actions of the user and then processes that data taking a number of variables into account such as time, location, recurring calls, calendar events, and other variables, to try to understand the user's habits. Upon request, the software then comes up with a short list of possible candidates with which the user will most probably communicate at a given time highlighting a specific communication method in each situation. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302059 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION APPARATUS AND THE METHOD THEREOF - A content recommendation apparatus includes a data collector configured to collect user information and process the collected user information as user context data; a query generator configured to generate a query for searching a content based on the user information and the user context data; and a controller configured to generate a decision rule to decide whether a content searched based on the generated query satisfies at least one of the user information and the user context data, and provide a content which satisfies the decision rule. | 10-22-2015 |
20150310009 | Media Preference Database - Embodiments are provided for populating a preference database affiliated with a media playback system with preferences received for media items. A preference may be associated with a media item from a service provider account, and may be stored in the preference database in association with the service provider account. The service provider account may be associated with multiple user profiles used to access a media playback device, and the preference may be associated with one of the user profiles associated with the service provider account, and stored in association with the user profile. Further, the preference may be received from a user account different from a user account used to access the media item. In this case, the preference may be stored in association with the user account providing the preference. The stored preferences may be used to manage media content playback by the media playback system. | 10-29-2015 |
20150310109 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING ON-DEMAND DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS TO MOBILE DEVICES IN OTHER GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS - A request is received from a mobile device located in a first geographic location for an image displaying a second geographic location. Mobile devices are geolocated and those located within a predetermined distance from the second geographic location are identified. A description of the desired image is delivered to each such identified such mobile device, whereupon the desired image is received from at least one such identified mobile device and forwarded to the requesting mobile device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150317353 | CONTEXT AND ACTIVITY-DRIVEN PLAYLIST MODIFICATION - A method of dynamically modifying a playlist includes obtaining, at a device, context data including information indicating a context associated with a user and obtaining, at the device, activity data including information indicating an activity of the user. The method also includes adding a media content item to a playlist, wherein the content item is added to the playlist based on information descriptive of the media content item, the context data, and the activity data. The method further includes setting, at the device, a playback parameter of the media content item based on the context data, the activity data, or any combination thereof. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317364 | MANAGING PASSTHRU CONNECTIONS ON AN OPERATOR GRAPH - Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method, system, and computer program product for processing data such as a stream of tuples. Each tuple can contain one or more attributes. The method can include processing the attributes of the stream of tuples using stream operators operating on one or more computer processors and corresponding to one or more processing elements. The method can also include detecting an indicative element from a plurality of stream operators. The method can also include transmitting, in response to detecting the indicative element, a passthru command to a processing element corresponding to the indicative element. The method can also include altering, in response to receiving the passthru command at the processing element, a portion of attribute processing for the indicative element. | 11-05-2015 |
20150324389 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING MAP SERVICE, AND FILE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Provided is a method, apparatus, system, and/or computer readable medium for providing a map service. The map providing method may include extracting region information attached to a posting in response to an execution of a storage capability or a sharing capability by a user to the posting displayed on a page accessible to a computer, storing address information of the posting and the extracted region information associated with the user, and displaying a point of interest corresponding to the region information on a map service screen associated with the user. | 11-12-2015 |
20150324411 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR IC CARD ISSUING, IC CARD ISSUING APPARATUS, IC CARD ISSUING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR IC CARD ISSUING, IC CARD ISSUING PROGRAM - An embodiment provides a data processing apparatus for IC card issuing of an IC card issuing system, the system including the data processing apparatus for the IC card issuing and an IC card issuing apparatus that issues an IC card, including: a data processor for issuing that generates issuing data to be used to issue the IC card in the IC card issuing apparatus by adding an identifier to an input data, and the identifier indicating processing to be executed in the IC card issuing apparatus. | 11-12-2015 |
20150339212 | CREATING SEARCHABLE AND GLOBAL DATABASE OF USER VISIBLE PROCESS TRACES - In one example, a controller device includes one or more network interfaces communicatively coupled to one or more devices of a virtual network, and a processor configured to determine, for the virtual network, a set of two or more related processes executed by respective devices in the virtual network, receive via the network interfaces data for the set of two or more related processes, and aggregate the data for the set of two or more related processes to form aggregated data for the set of two or more related processes. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339334 | METHOD FOR ENTERING IDENTIFICATION DATA OF A VEHICLE INTO A USER DATABASE OF AN INTERNET SERVER DEVICE - A method for entering identification data of a vehicle into a user database of an Internet server includes the steps of: establishing a network connection via the Internet to the server-and authenticating a user at an internet portal of the server and transmitting the identification data (VIN) via the network connection to the server, and storing the identification data (VIN) as part of user data of the user in the user database by the server. The aim is to make determination of the identification data easier for the user. For that purpose, the network connection is established by a mobile communication device, which is additionally connected to the vehicle by a transmission device for transmission of data, and the identification data (VIN) is received from the vehicle by the communication device via the data transmission device. | 11-26-2015 |
20150339407 | SENSOR MANAGEMENT AND SENSOR ANALYTICS SYSTEM - Systems, apparatuses, and methods described herein are configured for monitoring and managing a plurality of sensors. The plurality of sensors may be fixed, mobile, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the monitoring and management of the sensors is facilitated via a graphical user interface. | 11-26-2015 |
20150347486 | AGNOSTIC DATA BROKER - Exemplary embodiments are provided for integrating data into an agnostic data broker, wherein a type and structure of the data is previously unknown to the data broker. Aspects of the exemplary embodiment include ingesting the data from a data source by providing a first API through which a first API call is received that includes both the data and a manifest that describes a type of the data and the structure of the data; storing the data in a data repository; and providing a second API through which a second API call is received that queries the data based on the manifest. | 12-03-2015 |
20150347499 | MANAGING USER INFORMATION - BACKGROUND PROCESSING - Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are provided for managing user information. For example, subscription information may be received from an application that identifies a data type associated with information of a user. The application may be launched as a background process at least in response to receipt of a portion of the information that corresponds to the data type. In some examples, the application may be relaunched as the background process at least until receipt of a confirmation that the application has processed the portion of the information | 12-03-2015 |
20150347504 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to acquire screen image data representing a screen image of the electronic apparatus including a window displayed by execution of software, acquire log data including time and date when the screen image data is acquired and software data indicating the software, and store the screen image data associated with the log data in a storage. | 12-03-2015 |
20150356084 | Social Queue - Embodiments described herein may involve a “social” queue for use by a group of two or more media playback systems. An example method involves receiving, from a first media playback system, a first message indicating a first set of media items and receiving, from a second media playback system, a second message indicating a second set of media items. The method also involves generating a playback queue (i.e., a social queue) that includes the first set of media items indicated in the first message and the second set of media items indicated in the second message. The method may then involve transmitting, to at least one of the first media playback system and the second media playback system, the generated playback queue. | 12-10-2015 |
20150356136 | RETRIEVING CONTEXT FROM PREVIOUS SESSIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for retrieving and using contextual data from previous conversation sessions in conversational searches. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first query for a first user session, determining that the first query refers to one or more tags in a first repository, the first repository associating respective identifiers to respective tags, each identifier representing a corresponding user session, determining one or more particular identifiers associated with the one or more tags in the first repository, retrieving particular contextual data associated with the determined particular identifiers in a second repository, the second repository associating respective identifiers to respective contextual data associated with corresponding user sessions represented by the respective identifiers, and performing an action responsive to the first query based on the retrieved particular contextual data. | 12-10-2015 |
20150363400 | SERVING FONT GLYPHS - A computer-implemented method is disclosed which comprises the steps of receiving a request for glyphs, the request identifying a font and characters of the font that are required, and searching for at least one superset of glyphs that contain the required glyphs and are absent of other glyphs of the font. The method further operates so that, if at least one superset is found, it returns the or a selected superset in reply to the request. Otherwise, if at least one superset is not found, a superset of glyphs that contain the required glyphs is compiled and returned in reply to the request, and the new superset is stored in a cache. A system configured to perform said method steps is also disclosed. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363459 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL TERMINAL, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication terminal includes an acquiring part that, when a data set including real data representing content of the data set and attribute data indicating an attribute of the real data is newly stored on a data storage device, acquires the attribute data from the data storage device without waiting for a user to instruct that the attribute data is to be acquired, and acquires the real data after the user instructs that the real data is to be acquired, and a notification controller that controls a notifying part to notify the user of the attribute indicated by the attribute data acquired by the acquiring part. | 12-17-2015 |
20150363486 | Device for Generating Attribute Data for Facility and Tangible Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Computer Program for Generating Attribute Data for Facility - The present invention pertains to a device for generating attribute data for a facility from log data of a game in which a facility assumed by a user is guessed by an interactive question form. Provided is a game in which a facility assumed by a user is guessed by an interactive question form, wherein log data of questions and answers obtained from the game is associated with the facility and stored in a log database, a facility serving as a subject for generating attribute data pertaining to the facility is specified as a subject facility, log data pertaining to the specified subject facility is extracted from the log database, and attribute data pertaining to the subject facility is generated on the basis of the extracted log data. | 12-17-2015 |
20150370856 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A SEARCH QUERY - Various aspects of a method and a system for processing a search query are disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a search query from a user. Based on the received search query, a set of search results is determined. The set of search results includes a set of first-level search results and a set of second-level search results, which are hierarchically, associated with each search result of the sets of first-level search results. Further, the at least one search result of second-level search results is modified to comprise that portion of text of the at least one search result of set of second-level search results, which differ from one or more portions of the text of the associated set of first-level search results. | 12-24-2015 |
20150370879 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MODELING DATA - Techniques are described for modeling data in a graphical user interface. In one example, a method for modeling data includes generating for output a plurality of data item graphical representations, wherein the data item graphical representations represent data items. The method further includes receiving one or more inputs to select two or more data items from the data item graphical representations and to select a connecting option. The method further includes generating, in response to the one or more inputs, a hierarchical association between the two or more data items, such that the hierarchical association corresponds to the selected connecting option. The method further includes generating for output a hierarchical data graphical representation that graphically represents the two or more data items and the hierarchical association between the two or more data items. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378574 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE OF A SENSOR BASED DETECTION SYSTEM - Provided herein are systems and methods for receiving information associated with a plurality of sensors configured to detect a hazardous condition, wherein the information includes metadata and sensor reading data; and rendering the information on a graphical user interface on a display device, wherein the rendering is configured to identify sensors of the plurality of sensors that satisfy the hazardous condition. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378996 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR KEY PHRASE CHARACTERIZATION OF DOCUMENTS - Systems and methods are disclosed for key phrase characterization of documents. In accordance with one implementation, a method is provided for key phrase characterization of documents. The method includes obtaining a first plurality of documents based at least on a user input, obtaining a statistical model based at least on the user input, and obtaining, from content of the first plurality of documents, a plurality of segments. The method also includes determining statistical significance of the plurality of segments based at least on the statistical model and the content, and providing for display a representative segment from the plurality of segments, the representative segment being determined based at least on the statistical significance | 12-31-2015 |
20150379035 | On-Demand Caching in a WAN Separated Distributed File System or Clustered File System Cache - A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for on-demand caching in a wide area network (WAN) separated distributed file system or clustered file system. The mechanism monitors file access by a plurality of cache sites in the WAN separated distributed file system or clustered file system. The mechanism identifies access patterns by cache sites. The mechanism shares the access patterns with the plurality of cache sites. A given cache site within the plurality of cache sites combines the access patterns with local access information and identifies files to pre-fetch based on the combined information. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379050 | CONFIGURABLE-CAPACITY TIME-SERIES TABLES - Methods and apparatus for configurable-capacity time-series tables are disclosed. A schedule of database table management operations, including at least an operation to change a throughput constraint associated with a table in response to a triggering event, is generated. The table is instantiated with an initial throughput constraint in accordance with the schedule. Work requests directed to the table are accepted based on the initial throughput constraint. The throughput constraint is modified in response to the triggering event. Subsequent work requests are accepted based on the modified throughput constraint. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379150 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A VXLAN CONTROL PLANE - A method for distributing VXLAN information that includes receiving, from a first leaf network device and by a first intermediate network device, first VXLAN information associated with a first computing device. The first leaf network device is connected to the first computing device and includes a first database server. The first intermediate network device includes a first database client and a second database server. The method also includes storing the first VXLAN information in a first database entry on the first intermediate network device; sending, by a second database server, a first copy of the first database entry to a higher-tier network device, and sending, by the first database client, a second copy of the first database entry to a third database server. The third database server is executing on a second leaf network device. | 12-31-2015 |
20150379159 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RANDOM LINKED DATA ACCORDING TO AN RDF DATASET PROFILE - A method, computer program product, and computer system for gathering statistics, by a computing device, for a set of resources associated with a framework. A profile is generated based upon, at least in part, the gathered statistics. A data set is selected for generation of a new resource. The new resource is generated using the profile generated based upon the gathered statistics. | 12-31-2015 |
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20160019255 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MONITORING DATA ACTIVITY UTILIZING A SHARED DATA STORE - In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store. These mechanisms and methods for monitoring data activity utilizing a shared data store can enable enhanced data monitoring, more efficient data storage, improved system resource utilization, etc. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019280 | IDENTIFYING QUESTION ANSWERERS IN A QUESTION ASKING SYSTEM - Methods and systems are provided for a question answering. In some implementations, a question is received from a question asker. A complexity metric associated with the question is determined. One or more potential question answerers to answer the question are identified. For each of the one or more potential question answerers, a sophistication metric is determined. At least the sophistication metric and the complexity metric are analyzed to generate a metric analysis. A question answerer to answer the question is selected from the potential question answerers based at least in part on the metric analysis. | 01-21-2016 |
20160019288 | RESTRICTED ACCESS DATABASE AGGREGATES - A computer-implemented method involves constituting an aggregate relation of one or more explicit relations in a computer database, each explicit relation being associated with a respective security label under a label-based access control scheme for the computer database. The computer-implemented method further involves computing a security label for the aggregate relation based on the security labels of the one or more explicit relations constituting the aggregate relation. | 01-21-2016 |
20160034482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING RELEVANT PARAMETERS OF MAPREDUCE APPLICATIONS - Method and apparatus for configuring relevant paramenters of MapReduce applications. The method includes: receiving a request for processing a first MapReduce job; obtaining job feature attributes of historical MapReduce jobs; searching out a job feature attribute of a second MapReduce job associated with the first MapReduce job from within the job feature attributes of the historical MapReduce jobs; configuring relevant parameters of the first MapReduce job based on the job feature attribute of the second MapReduce job. According to this method of configuring parameters, network overheads of file transfer can be effectively reduced, the method of configuring parameters of the MapReduce job can be processed locally as much as possible, thereby effectively increasing system resource utilization while reducing the administrator's configuration burden. An apparatus for configuring relevant parameters of MapReduce application is also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034505 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE-SCALE LINK ANALYSIS - Systems and methods for accepting relationship indications based on interaction among entities, where each relationship indication specifies that a respective pair of the entities may be related. A single entity record may be constructed that indicates all the linked entities that have been identified as being related to the entity. The entities may include an individual, a set of individuals, a communication terminal, a plurality of communication terminals, an organization, an e-mail address, a Web-site, a bank account and a home address. An analytics operation may performed, such as identifying a shortest sequence of interrelated entities that relate a first entity with a second entity, and acting upon the identified sequence. | 02-04-2016 |
20160034528 | CO-PROCESSOR-BASED ARRAY-ORIENTED DATABASE PROCESSING - A technique includes receiving a user input in an array-oriented database. The user input indicates a database operation and processing a plurality of chunks of data stored by the database to perform the operation. The processing in dudes selectively distributing the processing of the plurality of chunks between a first group of at least one central processing unit and a second group of at least one co-processor. | 02-04-2016 |
20160042030 | PERFORMING ACTIONS ON OBJECTS AS A RESULT OF APPLYING TAGS TO THE OBJECTS - Systems, methods, and computer program products to tag objects in a cloud computing environment, by tagging an object with a first tag, of a plurality of tags, wherein each of the plurality of tags specifies a respective criterion for objects tagged by each tag, and upon determining that the object not satisfy the criterion of the first tag, performing an action associated with the first tag to modify the object to meet the criterion of the first tag. | 02-11-2016 |
20160042031 | PERFORMING ACTIONS ON OBJECTS AS A RESULT OF APPLYING TAGS TO THE OBJECTS - Methods to tag objects in a cloud computing environment, by tagging an object with a first tag, of a plurality of tags, wherein each of the plurality of tags specifies a respective criterion for objects tagged by each tag, and upon determining that the object not satisfy the criterion of the first tag, performing an action associated with the first tag to modify the object to meet the criterion of the first tag. | 02-11-2016 |
20160062992 | SHARED SERVER METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INFORMATION STORAGE, ACCESS, AND SECURITY - Devices and methods for managing multi-media files and associated metadata in a hybrid manner are disclosed. Methods for using the device(s) to implement different methods for managing information obtained (e.g., recorded) by a plurality of recording devices are also disclosed. This disclosure also relates to comprehensive use of multiple distinct surveillance systems in a coordinated manner. For example, a set of surveillance devices configured for use by one or more law enforcement agencies or other government agencies may share metadata to facilitate indexing, sharing, accessing, and coordinating potential surveillance recordings. In one example, metadata may be uploaded to cloud storage while associated multi-media files are maintained locally by the responsible agency. Maintaining metadata and actual multi-media content separately may reduce bandwidth transmission requirements and maintain confidentiality of surveillance recordings. Further, chain of custody of evidence requirements regarding digitally recorded evidence may be complied with. | 03-03-2016 |
20160062997 | Serialized Child Associations in Parent Record - A parent record is created, and the parent record includes a cache for children. Child records are created, and each child record belongs to a parent. Responsive to the creation or update of a child record, the parent record's cache is invalidated. To rebuild the parent record's cache, the child records are serialized and written into the parent record's cache. During a read operation, the parent record is read, including the parent record's cache of children, in a single database access. This results in a substantial savings of time as compared to retrieving the parent and the children from the database separately. Where the number of reads of the parent record greatly exceeds the number of changes to child records, serialized child associations in parent records enhances the efficiency of database access. | 03-03-2016 |
20160063084 | Database without Structured Query Language - A database system uses an iterative set to store data and relationships among the data in a parallel manner. Unlike a relational database, which is limited to representing two-dimensional relationships (i.e., relationships between pairs of tables), the database system of the present invention may represent N-dimensional relations in a three-dimensional coordinate system. Furthermore, the database system of the present invention may store all database data in a single iterative set, without the need to use multiple tables. As a result of the manner in which data and relationships among data are stored by embodiments of the present invention, embodiments of the present invention may be used to search the database without the need to formulate queries in a formal query language such as SQL. | 03-03-2016 |
20160070782 | ASSOCIATING CONTENT ITEMS WITH DOCUMENT SECTIONS - A document such as a book or textbook includes multiple sections such as chapters. Concept phrases are determined for each of the sections based on the text of each section. A set of content items such as videos is received, and each content item is associated with one or more queries that were submitted by users who were provided the content item in a set of search results. These queries are processed to determine concept phrases that are associated with the content items. The content items and their associated concept phrases are compared with the concept phrases associated with the sections to determine, for some or all of the content items, a minimum subset of the sections whose associated concept phrases cover most of the concept phrases that are associated with the content item. The content items are inserted or linked with the sections in their corresponding minimum subsets. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078114 | VIRTUAL REPOSITORY MANAGEMENT - Virtual repository management is disclosed. An indication is received that a content management functionality is desired to be available with respect to one or more external content items. A reference object is created for each for the one or more external content items that represents the external content item and enables the content management functionality to be performed with respect to the external content item. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078118 | PARALLEL PROCESSING USING A BOTTOM UP APPROACH - A method, apparatus, system, computer program product, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to parallel process hierarchical data. Hierarchical data is obtained. The hierarchical data is organized in a relationship graph having two or more nodes (consisting of parent nodes that are dependent on child nodes). The relationship graph requires bottom-up processing. Cycles are identified in the relationship graph. The relationship graph is leveled by traversing the graph and assigning all graph nodes into levels. The hierarchical data is processed by parallel processing the nodes in a first level of the one or more levels before parallel processing the nodes in a subsequent level. | 03-17-2016 |
20160078130 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING DATABASE BASED ONMUTUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN VIDEO DATA - The present invention relates to a method and system for constructing a database (DB) based on mutual relations between pieces of video data. The present invention provides the method of constructing a DB based on mutual relations between pieces of video data, including 1) generating one or more nodes so that pieces of identical video data are included in an identical node, 2) generating pieces of node information about respective generated nodes, 3) comparing comparison target video data with pieces of video data of the respective nodes, and then setting relations between the comparison target video data and the pieces of video data of the respective nodes, and 4) updating pieces of node information about the respective nodes, based on the set relations, and also provides a DB construction system using the method. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085570 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMUTATION ENCODING OF DIGITAL DATA - A method of constructing an application file from a plurality of files, each storing only a portion of an original application file. Each of the files stores one or more data blocks obtained from the original application file, and a location in the original application file from which each of the data blocks was obtained. At least one of the files stores the size of the original application file. The method includes allocating a block of memory the size of the original application file and storing each of the data blocks of the files in a memory location of the block of memory corresponding to the location in the original application file from which the data block was obtained. Before the block of memory includes the entire original application file, a reconstructed application file comprising the block of memory is executed to thereby at least partially implement an application. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085809 | ENRICHING EVENTS WITH DYNAMICALLY TYPED BIG DATA FOR EVENT PROCESSING - Some event ordering requirements can be determined based on continuous event processing queries. Other event ordering requirements can be determined based on distribution flow types being used to distribute events from event streams to node executing the queries. Events from event streams can be ordered according to ordering semantics that are based on a combination of all of these event ordering requirements. Additionally, virtual computing nodes can be associated with constraints, and computing processors can be associated with capabilities. Virtual computing nodes for processing event streams can be assigned to execute on various computing processors based on both these constraints and capabilities. Additionally, for each of several events in an event stream, a ratio between a total latency and a communication latency can be for determined. Based on an average of these ratios, a quantity of reducing nodes that will be involved in a map-reduce operation can be selected. | 03-24-2016 |
20160085852 | SUPPLEMENTING STRUCTURED INFORMATION ABOUT ENTITIES WITH INFORMATION FROM UNSTRUCTURED DATA SOURCES - A method for supplementing structured information within a data system for entities based on unstructured data analyzes a document with unstructured data and extracts attribute values from the unstructured data for one or more entities of the data system. Entity records with structured information are retrieved from the data system based on the extracted attribute values. Entity references for corresponding entities of the data system are constructed based on a comparison of the retrieved entity records and the extracted attribute values. The entity references are linked to the corresponding entities within the data system, with the entity references including extracted attributes from the unstructured data for corresponding linked entities. | 03-24-2016 |
20160092562 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE ACQUISITION OF KEY INFORMATION AND PROVIDING RELATED INFORMATION - An apparatus for automatically providing information related to actively acquired key information is disclosed. The apparatus | 03-31-2016 |
20160092603 | AUTOMATED SUPPLEMENTATION OF DATA MODEL - Mechanisms to help a computing system respond to a request for information within a data model. After determining that there is insufficient information within the data model to respond to the request, the computing system identifies one or more additional data sources that are external to the data model and that contain information suitable to respond to the request. The computing system then automatically supplements the data model with at least one of such additional data sources. The computing system then responds to the request using the supplemented data model. In some embodiments, the supplementation may be performed in advance of the request by analyzing the characteristics of the data model and/or by anticipating possible future requests. Thus, a data model may grow automatically in response to particular usage of that data model to satisfy requests. | 03-31-2016 |
20160098421 | COMPUTER TOOL WITH SPARSE REPRESENTATION - Computer tool characterised in that it comprises:
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20160103912 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND REPRESENTING A DATA ONTOLOGY - Methods and apparatus are provided for representing structured information. A computing device can receive data from data sources. The computing device can generate a data frame that includes data items based on the received data. The computing device can determine a data ontology, where the data ontology can include datanodes. The computing device can determine data pins which include a first data pin. The first data pin can include a first reference and a second reference. The first reference can refer to a first data item in the data frame and the second reference can refer to a first datanode of the plurality of datanodes. The first datanode can be related to the first data item. The computing device can obtain data for the first data item at the first datanode via the first data pin and then can provide a representation of the data ontology. | 04-14-2016 |
20160110389 | Semantic Database Platform - A semantic database platform may include an interface through which a user may provide data in a form selected by the user and a database that stores the data in the form selected by the user. The data may be organized into events, each of which includes one or more facts, each of which facts may include a value and an indication vocabulary of which the value is a member. The user may select the vocabulary. The database may store the data in the form in which it is presented by the user. | 04-21-2016 |
20160117358 | GRAPH DATABASE SYSTEM THAT DYNAMICALLY COMPILES AND EXECUTES CUSTOM GRAPH ANALYTIC PROGRAMS WRITTEN IN HIGH-LEVEL, IMPERATIVE PROGRAMING LANGUAGE - Techniques are provided for a graph database system that accepts custom graph analytic programs that are written in a high-level graph-specific programming language and compiles the programs into executables that, when executed, directly access graph data of a graph that is stored in the graph database. In this way, a low-level data-access API is avoided. Also, a graph analytic program, which only describes an abstract description of an algorithm, does not include any details regarding data access. In one technique, a user is not required to include explicit parallelization in a graph analytic program in order for the graph analytic program to take advantage of parallelization. A compiler of the graph database system identifies portions of the graph analytic program that can benefit from parallelization and, in response, generates parallelized executable code that corresponds to those portions. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124997 | SAVING EVENTS INFORMATION IN IMAGE METADATA - A method, system, and computer program product for saving events information in image metadata are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A first event is detected at a first time, using a processor and a memory in a device. Information related to the first event is collected. At a second time, the capturing of a first image is detected, the second time being later than the first time. The information related to the first event is associated with the first image as first metadata of the first image. | 05-05-2016 |
20160125012 | DATA CACHE ARCHITECTURE - A computing platform may receive data identifying one or more sets of fields of a database. The computing platform may, for each record of a plurality of records of the database, instantiate one or more objects corresponding to the one or more sets and comprising values stored in the fields for the record, and may store, amongst a plurality of objects associated with the database, the one or more objects. In some embodiments, the computing platform may instantiate: an object for the record; for each set of the one or more sets, an object for the set; and for each field of the set, an object for the field. | 05-05-2016 |
20160140095 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING REFERENCE INFORMATION FOR PROVIDED CONTENT - An electronic device and method for managing reference information for provided content is provided. The electronic device may include a display, a memory configured to store reference information executed in relation to the creation or editing of a content, and a processor configured to output the content through the display and output at least some of the reference information in relation to the content. | 05-19-2016 |
20160147826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING POINTS OF INTEREST INFORMATION VIA CROWDSOURCING - An approach is provided for updating or validating information associated with potential points of interest using crowd sourcing methods. The validation/updating platform determines at least one query from at least one device for location information associated with at least one point of interest. Next, the validation/updating platform determines at least one next location visited by the at least one device. Then, the validation/updating platform causes, at least in part, an updating of the location information associated with the at least one point of interest based, at least in part, on the at least one next location. | 05-26-2016 |
20160148156 | GREETING AGENT FOR MEETING INTRODUCTIONS - In an approach to determining an introduction of a user in a meeting, one or more computer processors retrieve a document containing information associated with a user, wherein the document includes one or more fragments describing the user. The one or more computer processors determine an audience of a meeting associated with the user. The one or more computer processors determine a description of the meeting. The one or more computer processors prioritize one or more of the one or more fragments, based, at least in part, on the audience of the meeting and on the description of the meeting. The one or more computer processors select one or more of the one or more fragments for the introduction of the user in the meeting, based, at least in part, on the prioritization of the one or more fragments. | 05-26-2016 |
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20160188714 | TRACKING DEVICE FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK - A system, method, and device for communicating information. A designated signal is transmitted to a tracker from a device. A signal is received from the tracker. An identifier associated with the tracker is determined from the signal. Information associated with the identifier is retrieved. The information is communicated to the user at least audibly. | 06-30-2016 |
20160196341 | System and Method for Traffic Engineering Information Summary of a Zone in Network Communications | 07-07-2016 |
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20180024997 | FULL SYSTEM SIMULATOR AND MEMORY-AWARE SPLAY TREE FOR IN-MEMORY DATABASES IN HYBRID MEMORY SYSTEMS | 01-25-2018 |
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20220138225 | FASTER VIEW CHANGE FOR BLOCKCHAIN - An example operation includes one or more of receiving view change messages which request a view change from a previous primary peer of a blockchain to the primary peer, identifying that a change to a state of the blockchain is in process with the previous primary peer based on metadata of the received view change messages, verifying that the change to the state of the blockchain corresponds to a latest change to the blockchain based on a received view data message, and transmitting a new view message to following peers which includes the in-process change to the state of the blockchain. | 05-05-2022 |
20220138251 | PARALLEL PREDICTION OF MULTIPLE IMAGE ASPECTS - Example embodiments that analyze images to characterize aspects of the images rely on a same neural network to characterize multiple aspects in parallel. Because additional neural networks are not required for additional aspects, such an approach scales with increased aspects. | 05-05-2022 |
20220138255 | PLAYLIST ANALYTICS - A method includes logging first user interactions associated with a playlist of content items and generating first metrics based on the logged first user interactions with the playlist. The first metrics include a first metric indicating a first duration of playback of a first content item of the playlist during playback of the playlist. The first duration of playback of the first content item during the playback of the playlist is greater than a first default duration of playback. The method further includes reporting at least the first metric to a creator or curator of the playlist, logging second user interactions associated with the playlist, and generating second metrics based on the logged second user interactions with the playlist. The logged first user interactions correspond to more deviations from a default playback sequence of the playlist than the logged second user interactions. | 05-05-2022 |